Binding/purfling

[Davis guitars]

ok im in the stages of planing a build every thing is pretty much planed right now but i have a few question as for purfling/binding. i want to use a Mop purfling with 1/4 outsid binding i want to carry this through out the whole guitar but would i need to make a wider neck to fit this in or do i rout the fret board?

randy rhoads body with a 24 3/4 scale

body:

1 1/5"walnut back

1\2maple top

carved top (ik this is gonna be weird on a rr)

inset nobs

neck:

walnut

[Supernova9]

ok im in the stages of planing a build every thing is pretty much planed right now but i have a few question as for purfling/binding. i want to use a Mop purfling with 1/4 outsid binding i want to carry this through out the whole guitar but would i need to make a wider neck to fit this in or do i rout the fret board?

randy rhoads body with a 24 3/4 scale

body:

1 1/5"walnut back

1\2maple top

carved top (ik this is gonna be weird on a rr)

inset nobs

neck:

walnut

1/4" thick binding is massive. Most binding is less than 1/8" thick! As for the purfling, if I were applying it to the fretboard, I'd taper the board to correct measurements (don't make it wider for the purfling, that'll affect how it feels in your hand, and even 1/8" makes a considerable difference to nut width) , then rout a ledge the width of the purfling into the board, glue the purfling and then bind around that. It's entirely possible though. I'd expect that much MOP would cost a pretty penny.

[Davis guitars]

oh yea lol should have said 1/4 around body and 1/8 for neck and headstock but seems how the guitars is for the most part straight im just gonna buy the precut staight mop stips from stew-mac

[Mattia]

I think you're confusing binding height (about 1/4 on the body) and width (a good bit less than 1/8" wide). Width = the dimension you see when you look at a guitar head-on. Height = look at it from the side.

[PunkRockerLuke]

nates always confused

[Davis guitars]

k kewl thanks