The Luthiery Business

40 topics in this forum

1. work references 1 2 3

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

2. Received possible Gibson Lawsuit email

   By killemall8, Tuesday at 05:14 PM
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   • curtisa
   • Tuesday at 08:34 PM

3. What should I charge for guitar assembly?

   By spindlebox, May 19, 2023
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   • spindlebox
   • May 19, 2023

4. Wow, Are wood prices out of control?

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

5. Custom, Hand Built Guitar Business for Sale

   By Zoe Guitars, January 6, 2023
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   • Zoe Guitars
   • January 6, 2023

6. Guitar price calculator and luthier economics

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

7. Research Project

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

8. 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

9. Hobby or career?

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

10. Trying to find apprenticeship opportunities

    By PRSpoggers, December 22, 2020
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    • Bizman62
    • December 22, 2020

11. How do I get to PRS in about 3 years?

    By PRSpoggers, November 22, 2020
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    • MiKro
    • December 12, 2020

12. 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

13. Where can i buy plain Sycamore/maple?

    By Urumiko, March 31, 2020
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    • ADFinlayson
    • April 1, 2020

14. Headaches running a business

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

15. HOW DOES IT ALL START

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

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

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

17. Guitar pricing

    By Marin Oz, May 24, 2018
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    • ADFinlayson
    • April 20, 2019

18. The waiting game

    By Crusader, March 28, 2018   

    • anyone else?
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    • ADFinlayson
    • March 19, 2019

19. Guitar Templates

    By smoke-wood, April 12, 2018
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    • verhoevenc
    • April 13, 2018

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

    By Crusader, March 3, 2018   

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

21. Sorry that name's been taken

    By Crusader, February 25, 2018   

    • douglas guitars
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    • Crusader
    • March 11, 2018

22. not wanting to start a business

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

23. I wanna be guitar builder.

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

24. gibson financial issues??

    By Mr Natural, February 21, 2018
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    • curtisa
    • February 23, 2018

25. Anyone a Duncan dealer/OEM?

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