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title: "How to inspect guitars and string instruments with computer vision"
description: "A camera station at final setup looks at each guitar, bass, ukulele or violin and flags finish runs, dust, scratches, dings, glue squeeze-out, uneven binding, crooked inlays, frets that stick out and missing parts for a person to check. Each flag is saved with a photo and the serial number, so repeat problems point back to a spray booth, sanding step or bench. A trained luthier decides every pass or touch-up, and the usual playability, setup and sound checks stay in place."
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# How can an instrument maker use computer vision to inspect guitars, basses and other string instruments before they ship?
A camera station at final setup looks at each guitar, bass, ukulele or violin and flags finish runs, dust, scratches, dings, glue squeeze-out, uneven binding, crooked inlays, frets that stick out and missing parts for a person to check. Each flag is saved with a photo and the serial number, so repeat problems point back to a spray booth, sanding step or bench. A trained luthier decides every pass or touch-up, and the usual playability, setup and sound checks stay in place.
## What this means in practice
- A few cameras and soft, even light take pictures of the top, back, sides, neck and headstock of each instrument at final setup, before it is cased or boxed.
- The model is trained on the clients own models and finishes. It flags finish runs, orange peel, dust or bubbles in the clear coat, scratches, dings, glue squeeze-out, uneven binding or purfling, crooked inlays, fret ends that stick out, and missing strap buttons, knobs, pickguards or tuners.
- Each flag is saved with a photo, the model, the serial number and the time, so the shop can see if one spray booth, sanding step or bench keeps causing the same problem.
- A trained luthier checks every flagged instrument and decides whether it ships, gets touched up or goes back to the bench. The cameras point at the instruments, not at the builders, and any people caught in view are blurred.
- Start with one model and one finish, compare the camera flags with what the final checkers find for a few weeks, and keep the existing playability, setup, electronics and sound checks in place.
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