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And here are the links to the Total Vise items featured:

Proper’s Guitar Workstation: https://totalvise.com/shop/luthier-tools/propers-guitar-workstation/

Telescoping Pedestal: https://totalvise.com/shop/pedestals/telescoping-pedestal/

Pedestal Work Board Support: https://totalvise.com/shop/pedestals/pedestal-work-board-support/

[Robert Owens Robert Owens]

Wow! Thanks very much to both of you, Doug and Nate, for your detailed advice! I will give all of that some deep thought, and may be back with some final questions before placing an order.

For now, a few responses…

First of all, in answer to your question, Doug, about what kind of work I’m doing, I am starting on my fourth build…first was a classical, from scratch, using John Bogdanovich’s book & DVDs (turned out great!), and then a StewMac dreadnought (also turned out great), currently finishing up a StewMac OOO kit (trying to get some familiarity with various shapes/sizes), and also currently starting on a from-scratch OO for a family member (my first “commission”). I hope to do mostly building throughout retirement, but I also enjoy doing small repairs and restorations for friends and family, or when I find something cheap in an antique store needing a little love (I’ve done a vintage uke, a couple of parlors, a resonator, and a Weissenborn…and even sold one one restored parlor on Reverb).

Back to the Total Vise equipment…I can certainly see how the PGW, esp. with the pedestal, would give me infinite options for spinning, swiveling, tilting, raising up & down, etc., which would be awesome for my back! The one thing that I was missing with the PGW at first was how to hold a guitar body without a neck (which was why I was asking about whether I would still want to supplement the PGW with one of the vises, like the #7, which opens up the widest, etc.). But now I see that it’s the “expansion package” that makes that possible. (BTW, I thought I’d watched all the videos on the PGW, but hadn’t yet see one on attaching a body without a neck…maybe I just overlooked it? I did find some still pictures of that on the expansion package page…)

Quick question…what would be the primary uses of the parrot vise, in addition to the PGW?

Anyway…all that being said, I think I like the “shopping list” that you suggested, Doug. That’s probably the way I’ll go.

Thanks so much for all of your help…I’m thinking this “Looth Group” is going to be an invaluable resource for me into the future!

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Thanks Michael! Will check them out…

[Robert Owens Robert Owens]

Thanks, Ian!