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Okay, but that really doesn't help my problem. The damage is done, and I'm wondering how to fix it.

Quick story: I originally had Dunlop Strap Locks installed on my Gibson Les Paul Custom. Those sucked, so I had my luthier put in Schallers instead. Catch with those was he had to insert dowels and glue to make the thinner Schaller screws fit. Well, three years later...during band practice yesterday, the screw holding the top strap button came right out. How the hell do I fix this?

grizzly tools has a few different kits, one that is like a prs one has a floyd and one has a stoptail. they'll probably ship anywhere.. http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?itemnumber=H6082& dave ← This looks pretty cool, actually. Price-wise it's on par with Carvin's Bolt kit.

The F-holes aren't too bad, but they are damn big.

please do not disparage that guitar design.i like it very much,and i know for a fact that rob builds his guitars very well. i would play that guitar...not to mention nile is metal at it's insane best ← It's all good. I'm sure the guitar is great; I just don't like the headstock. For the record, I like Nile a lot.

Those KXK guitars are, er, nice, but far too metal for my tastes. The one that Karl Sanders from Nile is playing is ridiculous - the headstock looks like a stupid polearm! Man, some of those guys get so carried away... Soloway is a cool guy, and I've traded e-mails with him some years back. His guitars aren't necessarily for jazzheads only. I think they'd fit well for the music I play - a weird mix of bands like Isis and Neurosis, Jesu/Godflesh, Failure and Deadguy. Thing is, they're a bit pricey as is, and I think he'd charge me more to build a Swan with a slightly longer scale that's tuned B-to-B. Myka is looking very appealing right now, because I'm in New Jersey and he's not all that far away from me. Hrm... As far as building my own, that's coming. I'm an apartment dweller right now, so I don't have room for any serious tools or anything like that. I plan to continue reading as much as I can until I can purchase a house with a garage, which will hopefully be within the next five years. I'm asking about custom builders because my fiancee is looking to get me a nice guitar as my engagement "present" (I got her a ring, she wants to get me a guitar - pretty sweet deal, no?), and I've always wanted a really nice baritone.

Pretty cool stuff, but they seem to fall more in the Superstrat/Ibanez JEM camp, which doesn't interest me much. I really like Jim Soloway's Swan, but I'm looking for a slightly longer scale length, tuned B-to-B.

Don't know these fine gentlemen, alas. Any links to their work...?

Can anyone suggest some good luthiers who do custom electric baritones? Looks like I'll have the ability to spend about $2,000 on one soon enough, and I'm currently hunting around for some good ideas.

Isn't that Korean-made?

I like the idea of a splalted maple fretboard. That would definitely create a guitar you don't see everyday.

One very annoying thing about Warmoth is the lack of available options with their baritone conversion necks. I will give them credit about answering e-mail fast, but the conversation I had with them also consisted of me asking a bunch of questions and getting a string of, "Nope, can't do that" in response.

I was perusing through some strange Meshuggah forum, and the cats on there claimed the Nevborns didn't stay in tune very well. I find that hard to believe, but there it is. It's interesting to note that Fredrik Nevborn is a graduate of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery.

But that doesn't really make sense. Check out the Nevborn site - those guitars are amazing. I can't imagine that anything Ibanez could build would match that. (Then again I notice there are hordes of Ibanez-lovers in this place...)

Really? I thought they used them exclusively to record Nothing. I saw both guitarists use them live, through POD Pros, and they sounded like pure mud. Shame because they're beautiful guitars.