The Luthiery Business

39 topics in this forum

1. work references 1 2 3

   By westhemann, May 10, 2004
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   • Crusader
   • November 13, 2013

2. What to do with built guitars? 1 2

   By 2.5itim, March 1, 2016
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   • 2.5itim
   • March 7, 2016

3. Headaches running a business

   By Crusader, January 31, 2020
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   • Bizman62
   • February 4, 2020

4. I'm an aspiring luthier but don't know what the best path is

   By PRSpoggers, November 8, 2020
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   • Bizman62
   • November 10, 2020

5. Hobby or career?

   By PRSpoggers, December 24, 2020
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   • Gordonov
   • April 9, 2021

6. New Shop... Hanging Out My Shingle

   By HuntinDoug, September 19, 2013
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   • NotYou
   • October 5, 2013

7. China factories with CNC that can ship to Perú

   By Wix, March 1, 2014
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   • Wix
   • March 3, 2014

8. How to deal with fraudulent websites?

   By killemall8, June 2, 2014
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   • Workingman
   • June 12, 2014

9. Agents, Dealers, And Exposure

   By NotYou, July 10, 2013
   • 10 replies
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   • Prostheta
   • August 29, 2013

10. Luthier course or self learning

    By icedfirefly, July 5, 2015
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    • Prostheta
    • November 27, 2015

11. Neck Blank Suppliers (thick enough for tilt-back)

    By Lespaul521, November 15, 2019
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    • Bizman62
    • November 16, 2019

12. Wow, Are wood prices out of control?

    By woodfab, March 15, 2023
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    • Bizman62
    • April 30, 2023

13. Sorry that name's been taken

    By Crusader, February 25, 2018   

    • douglas guitars
    • 9 replies
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    • Crusader
    • March 11, 2018

14. New Business

    By Bluesman62, November 29, 2013
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    • Bluesman62
    • December 5, 2013

15. HOW DOES IT ALL START

    By Shay, December 18, 2016
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    • scorpionscar
    • January 16, 2020

16. not wanting to start a business

    By mjrbuzz, April 8, 2016
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    • JimF
    • March 4, 2018

17. Copyrighting a Shape/ design

    By killemall8, February 19, 2015
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    • killemall8
    • February 21, 2015

18. How do you get into this crazy business and make a living?

    By PRSpoggers, November 13, 2020
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    • Gordonov
    • April 9, 2021

19. Guitar price calculator and luthier economics

    By Omri, July 2, 2022
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    • mistermikev
    • July 22, 2022

20. Business taxes and profit

    By killemall8, April 20, 2015
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    • killemall8
    • April 29, 2015

21. Anyone a Duncan dealer/OEM?

    By verhoevenc, June 25, 2017
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    • sdshirtman
    • June 29, 2017

22. I wanna be guitar builder.

    By Brian24, August 11, 2017
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    • JimF
    • February 28, 2018

23. It seems I'm becoming a Luthier...

    By Crusader, March 3, 2018   

    • ...more purchases from stewmac
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    • Crusader
    • March 16, 2018

24. Endorsee Power

    By HuntinDoug, January 23, 2014
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    • demonx
    • January 27, 2014

25. Research Project

    By Abi, April 13, 2021
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    • Abi
    • May 10, 2021