Hello all,
Been lurking for a while and I most enjoy checking out your builds! I'm finally tackling my second 'guitar' build for my uncle and thought I'd share some progress pics and ask a couple questions for advice:
Specs:
Neck: indian rosewood w/pink ivory board, matching pink ivory headstock veneer (front) yellow cedar burl (back)
Gold frets
Body: Swamp ash chambered w/e. indian rosewood back
Top: curly port orford cedar
Binding: rosewood (herein lies a question)
Tailpiece: wood, yet to be created
Bridge: tone pros tuneomatic?? Gold or black
Tuners: Gotoh 510 (gold/black)
Pickups: HD z90's, black
Indian rosewood pickup rings
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/dmt...se/IMG_0091.jpg
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http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/dmt...se/IMG_0082.jpg
I have a question about installing wood binding, as I've never installed any kind of binding before. What glue would you recommend? Any tips/tricks you have learned with installing wood binding?
I have the routing bit & bearing from StewMac already. I have the process down (I think), but my questions lie in which glue to use and how best to go about 'shaping' the binding before I glue it. SHould I just heat it up as I tape it around the body, essentially forming it to the body?
SHould i get the binding wet first? (I've read NOT to do this)...
