Neck Binding Bleed

[CRobbins]

My 2014 R9 bleeds.

 

[Sct13]

the 13's saw the Re- start of Aniline dye....

It looks to me that they experimented with all sorts of colorfastness formulas. I had a 2003 that had some bleed and that same guitar faded showing the cherry grain filler.

The 2007 2009, 2010, 2011 I had showed varying kinds of back and neck finishes with 2012 being the worst, was opaque and kind of maroon color, none of those had any binding bleed and they didn't show the woods Chatoyancy quite like the 13, 14, 15 and 16 finishes do. I had a 2006 that had pink binding...that was the color of the plastic...went to HM...

The aniline allows the light to play on Mahogany's ability to reflect, if you compare two guitars with differing types of finish, it really stands out with aniline.

Its a superior dye visually but difficult to apply and control in a mass production environment, which is probably why they kept changing it.

Customers would complain, and warranty work would result....

There are some pretty horrific pictures of ruined clothing and cases out there somewhere, due to the improper application of aniline dye....(from the past) hopefully they worked that out, and the bleed is limited to just the binding.



This has faded somewhat since this photo...2013 CC#7

 

[jco.1]

'06 R8.....tons of bleed. Both sides of the neck. Looks way more apparent in person, but even in comparison to the binding on the body in this photo it is more than noticeable. It stops at the joint of the neck and body, and has never faded. Ever.

 

[THDNUT]

This bleeding horse has been beat to death.

 

[Guitar Rod]

My 2012 R9 has very light bleeding. Slightly pink cream. I think it looks cool.

 

[Kris Ford]

It can happen to a 45 year old case queen too!

So it HAS to be a reaction from skin contact/heat..this SG did NOT have it before I bought it..none...but started to appear soon after I would play it.

 

[PeteGalaxie]

Yeah, my cherry red SG has it too!

 

[jc2000]

My 2014 R9 bleeds.

That looks absolutely beautiful to me!!!

 

[Fritz]

'06 R8.....tons of bleed. Both sides of the neck. Looks way more apparent in person, but even in comparison to the binding on the body in this photo it is more than noticeable. It stops at the joint of the neck and body, and has never faded. Ever.

Looks exactly like my R9, which also looks way more apparent in person.

 

[Fritz]

This bleeding horse has been beat to death.

Thank you. We'll let you know when we're done here. In the meantime, can I get you some coffee or something?

 

[PeteGalaxie]

'06 R8.....tons of bleed. Both sides of the neck. Looks way more apparent in person, but even in comparison to the binding on the body in this photo it is more than noticeable. It stops at the joint of the neck and body, and has never faded. Ever.

Mine's a 2014 R8 - it looks similar. And a lot more apparent in person!

 

[alnico59]

I know it's been beaten to death. The only problem I have with all of this is the apparent false information floating around out there it will eventually go away. To be fair no time frame was given on when it goes away. Mine has been going strong, actually getting worse for the past two years. I've basically given up hope. I try not to dwell on it. But it does look like crap next to my other LP's with aged or cream binding with no pink/red going on.

 

[MikeC]

What they mean is, your caring about the bleed will go away.

 

[Fritz]

What's interesting to me is that I took a real good look at mine under some good daylight today and found that, not only is the pink beginning to slightly disappear in the area I play the most (3rd to 9th fret) on the low-E side, but in addition the side of the neck where my thumb rubs the most is also beginning to fade to a tan/brown color - whatever color you would imagine remaining after the red is gone. I'd noticed it starting about 8 months ago right around the 3rd-5th area, but now it's becoming more obvious and spreading to the 9th fret area. Kinda cool I guess. But back to the bleeding, it's not a deal breaker or even a big disappointment to me, but I would prefer if it wasn't there. Mine's a 2013 R9 [again] by the way.

 

[Thunder Dump]

2015 True Historic R0:

 

[THDNUT]

If you don't like the bleed use an ultraviolet pen to get rid of it.

 

[alnico59]

What they mean is, your caring about the bleed will go away.

 

[Sharky]

What's interesting to me is that I took a real good look at mine under some good daylight today and found that, not only is the pink beginning to slightly disappear in the area I play the most (3rd to 9th fret) on the low-E side, but in addition the side of the neck where my thumb rubs the most is also beginning to fade to a tan/brown color - whatever color you would imagine remaining after the red is gone. I'd noticed it starting about 8 months ago right around the 3rd-5th area, but now it's becoming more obvious and spreading to the 9th fret area. Kinda cool I guess. But back to the bleeding, it's not a deal breaker or even a big disappointment to me, but I would prefer if it wasn't there. Mine's a 2013 R9 [again] by the way.

absolutely the same here with my Beast which is from 2013 as well.

 

[Gibsonricky]

 

[Fritz]

Well hot dang! My 2013 R9 didn't come with that card. Thanks for posting that Gibsonricky (should I call you Rick? Or would you prefer Sir? )