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Mr Bones · 12-12-2007, 10:31 PM

I was going to wait on this part until tomorrow, but was on a roll so I went ahead and put the binding on. I usually use the stew-mac cream ABR plastic binding, but got ahold of some cellulose white binding so wanted to use that. it is not vintage-correct, but not much is on this guitar. I will tint it yellow when I paint the guitar. I use DUCO cement with this binding. Binding tape is essential for this since you can pull really hard on it and it won't break, allowing good pressure on the binding. I masked the mahogany first so that any glue drips would not get saturated into the wood causing problems for the grainfiller stain. Here is the binding going on:

Getting the binding around the bottom horn is REALLY hard. I used a hairdryer to bend the binding, but it is still a real chore, and I'm sure when I take the tape off in the morning I will have so spots to fill.

12-12-2007, 10:31 PM	#34 (permalink)
Mr Bones V.I.P. Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 225 Parsons Street Posts: 713	Re: Building a Chambered LP I was going to wait on this part until tomorrow, but was on a roll so I went ahead and put the binding on. I usually use the stew-mac cream ABR plastic binding, but got ahold of some cellulose white binding so wanted to use that. it is not vintage-correct, but not much is on this guitar. I will tint it yellow when I paint the guitar. I use DUCO cement with this binding. Binding tape is essential for this since you can pull really hard on it and it won't break, allowing good pressure on the binding. I masked the mahogany first so that any glue drips would not get saturated into the wood causing problems for the grainfiller stain. Here is the binding going on: Getting the binding around the bottom horn is REALLY hard. I used a hairdryer to bend the binding, but it is still a real chore, and I'm sure when I take the tape off in the morning I will have so spots to fill.