Davis guitars Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis guitars Posted February 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkRockerLuke Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 nates always confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis guitars Posted February 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 k kewl thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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