Joseph DiTucci Guitar Repair & Learning Center
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I use the Ultra Sharp Diamond Stones, similar to the dmt ones sold on stewmac but significantly less expensive. The quality is just as good if not better than the DMT. Here is a link to a 3 stone kit for $49.95 use code “staysharp” for 12%off. you can find some quality stones at good prices on this site including DMT.
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I use my friends over at Contagious Graphics. They are a small business out of Charlotte NC and really nice guys… they offer full color or black and white. I use black and white with a qrcode 250 start at $21 plus shipping.
They do shirts and hoodies too.
https://www.contagiousgraphics.com/Stickers/standardStickers.html
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Contagious Graphics - Standard Vinyl Stickers
Contagious Graphics - Standard Vinyl Stickers
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Im an authorized dealer of D’Addario for strings, I include their strings with a setup so its convenient…great pricing on luthier packs and having individual packs helps for small sales I get a lot of kids coming in looking for strings. Allparts for pots, switches and hardware. i keep a solid inventory or components for use on repairs and for retail. Hipshot because they are a local company for me and make great stuff, their customer service team is great. Dunlop, for polish and other cleaning products sometimes frets…this also opened me to sell pedals like WayHuge, crybaby and mxr… i don’t stock pedals but can order one offs when i need it.
i have contacts for all of the companies i deal with if you need them.
im definitely going to look into LR Baggs
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They are two totally different systems. However, both can be used for fret leveling under string tension if you can use the Stewmac Fretbar understring leveler. The advantage of the Erlewine Neck jig, is you can take the strings off the neck to do your leveling and have dial indicators to show you that your neck is perfectly straight when performing the work. The Proper workstation does not have that ability…however, when paired with the total vise the Porper station has the ability to move easily in all directions… making it a nice alternative for a free standing tech bench if you don’t have a lot of room in your shop.
I love my Erlewine neck jig workstation. I have it set up on the stewmac shopstand and angle vice, it does the job very well…However, at times I do wish I could move it around the way you can with a proper workstation. I have been tempted to modify my neck jig to something similar to a total vise but hate to mess with a proven system…”if it aint broke dont fix it” kind of thing. they do have a bracket to hook the neck jig in to the total vise but not sure it will have the ability to move like the Proper station…but would most likely be able to swap them out on the mount if you had both systems. Good luck with whatever you decide to go with.
I am curious if any others have found a way to make their neck jig move like a proper station…
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thank you!
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Thank you Tony! I appreciate you 🎸
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I’m a wholesale partner with stewmac that gives me 20% off, is the builder partner something different I should look into ?
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I’m a brick and mortar storefront…Primarily, I am a repair shop. I do light retail of items I use everyday for repairs and consumables that most players use to try and bring new people through the doors. I do lessons as well but primarily make my money on repairs.
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@parrisguitars just reached out to CE and WD thanks for the info on them.
