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Luthier

Instrument Making

Specialty tools and supplies for instrument makers can be difficult to find. Our selection covers the process from construction through to finishing and set-up. All are high quality and used by professional makers, repair shops and leading instrument making factories around the world.

Guitar-Making Tools

Pax Fret-Wire Saw with a shop-made depth stop cutting a fret

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Pax Fret-Wire Saw

$47.50

Planes, Scrapers and Vises

Scraping finish off wood using the triangle blade

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Detail Hand Scraper

$52.50

Blades and Other Tools

Old Brown Glue

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Old Brown Glue

From: $9.90

Guitar Making Hardware

High-quality Japanese-made tuning machines, bridge and end pins, and nut and saddle blanks.

Pick Guards

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Pick Guards

From: $3.25

Finishing Supplies

This line of products covers every step, from preparing surfaces to mixing and applying the finish, as well as the finishes themselves, including traditional shellacs as well as innovative water-based coatings.

56Z4010 - Super-Blonde Shellac Flakes

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Brooklyn Tool & Craft De-Waxed Shellac...

From: $43.50

Finishing Tools

Dipping a Nylon Bristle Brush into a can of paint

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Nylon Bristle Brushes

From: $5.70

Books

49L5140 - Making Poor Man’s Guitars

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Making Poor Man’s Guitars

by Shane Speal

$19.90