Exposing the binding on the top of my 59.

[Spirit]

Looking good,real visual improvement
well beyond my skilll set

 

[<gator>]

There was a guy on here who claimed he could put nibs on the fret ends….

 

[frehley76]

There was a guy on here who claimed he could put nibs on the fret ends….

I think you can by melting pickup rings with acetone and applying it, I would think someone that has never done it would ruin their guitar though lol!

 

[rjwilson37]

That looks sweet, very nice!

 

[rbraad68]

That looks sweet, very nice!

Thx man! I'm not done with the ADB. I want to take my time with it and do it right. I am not sure how much I should go with it and I definitely don't want to go to much. I will post more pics of the ADB when I get done with it...

 

[rbraad68]

This is what i have so far on the ADB. Thinking about maybe leaving it alone? I can always do more latter on down the road. What do you guys think?? I still have to feather in the chip on the horn. Been wanting to fix that since I bought the guitar...

 

[LeftyF2003]

Looks great. I'd maybe work on that chip on the horn and leave it otherwise as is.

Les Pauls always look odd to me with no binding. I notice this when watching later videos of Gary Moore post Greenie when he was playing a studio. The neck to me looks especially naked without it. Funny how we've been so conditioned to expect it.

For others wanting to do this, Stew Mac makes a tool for scraping binding that should make this easier:

Binding Scraper

Hope this helps and happy scraping!

 

[rbraad68]

Looks great. I'd maybe work on that chip on the horn and leave it otherwise as is.

Les Pauls always look odd to me with no binding. I notice this when watching later videos of Gary Moore post Greenie when he was playing a studio. The neck to me looks especially naked without it. Funny how we've been so conditioned to expect it.

For others wanting to do this, Stew Mac makes a tool for scraping binding that should make this easier:

Binding Scraper

Hope this helps and happy scraping!

Thx man! Yeah I decided to not do anymore to the binding. I think it looks good enough and since I am doing it by hand I really don't want to mess it up. I still need to feather in that chip on the horn. The chip came with the guitar and really didn't bother me until i did the binding. Now it sticks out like a soar thumb. I didn't know you could buy a tool for scrapping the binding that is good to know for next time.

 

[LeftyF2003]

Thx man! Yeah I decided to not do anymore to the binding. I think it looks good enough and since I am doing it by hand I really don't want to mess it up. I still need to feather in that chip on the horn. The chip came with the guitar and really didn't bother me until i did the binding. Now it sticks out like a soar thumb. I didn't know you could buy a tool for scrapping the binding that is good to know for next time.

No worries. Glad to share

PS - the way you did it is how many luthiers still do it, so either way works. Your way is harder so you get extra points!

 

[Sunflake]

Looks great. I'd maybe work on that chip on the horn and leave it otherwise as is.

Les Pauls always look odd to me with no binding. I notice this when watching later videos of Gary Moore post Greenie when he was playing a studio. The neck to me looks especially naked without it. Funny how we've been so conditioned to expect it.

For others wanting to do this, Stew Mac makes a tool for scraping binding that should make this easier:

Binding Scraper

Hope this helps and happy scraping!

Boy that’s a spendy little tool! But looks pretty handy though.

 

[rbraad68]

Boy that’s a spendy little tool! But looks pretty handy though.

Yeah Stew Mac is a bit pricey. Prob find one cheaper elsewhere. But if you do this kinda work and make money at it? I'm sure the tool is well worth the money.

 

[LeftyF2003]

Yeah Stew Mac is a bit pricey. Prob find one cheaper elsewhere. But if you do this kinda work and make money at it? I'm sure the tool is well worth the money.

You could buy one used for quite a bit less.