twnorman

Bizman62, Thank you so much! Very informative. Some of which I feel like I should have known.  But I think that it being more of a byproduct than a product explains a lot of the limitations.  I appreciate the trouble you went to answer this. Grace and Peace to you and yours!

I know someone somewhere is making guitar bindings, but who? Can a person make a custom order direct from a manufacturer? I can't find any information on how it's made or even who the companies are that make it. Can I make it myself? If so, how? Who figured out how to make it in the first place? I can find how to make your own wooden guitar bindings but plastic guitar binding manufacturing seems to be almost a secret. Since it is so common, why is it that I can't find any information about how it's made or even who makes it?  I can find places that sell guitar binding but I cant seem to find the actual manufacturers.

I too would like to find orange binding.  Wonder if there is a way to make my own or dye some white binding.  My vision is to build an ES-175 style in a not too dark navy blue with orange binding as a trim and perhaps pretty wide maybe a quarter inch. I think it would be awesome looking.  Orange and Navy blue were the school colors at a high school I went to back in the 70's and I have always loved the combination.