Amazingly it took exactly 1 month to get these bindings on and leveled... actually only took a few afternoons but it took a month to get a few free afternoons!
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...again this is peruvian walnut and redwood bound in Madagascar Rosewood. I really like the mad rose. smells just like EIR, works just as easy, (maybe just a bit more splintery) with a lot more color variation.
I also built the guitar vise yesterday - it's truly one of those things that you kick yourself for not doing earlier. What a difference did it make scraping down those bindings with 2 hands instead of just one. (I basically followed the instructions from Bill's pdf, but its padded with a nice thick cabinet liner and i have a strap underneath the body as Kencierp advises) I highly recommend it!
As for binding... I used ca on the back and will probably never try it again. used lmi white on the top. the issue was that those bindings were REALLY stubborn - I hit a few sections on the top (done with lmi) with the iron to get some gaps to close up. of course that was not happening on the back. live and learn, i guess... I know it works for some of you but sure didn't work for me. so there are some thin spots on the back binding where they didn't get pulled snug enough before the ca set up - i considered routing the whole mess off but decided to leave them on as a reminder that ca and stubborn bindings don't mix. My wife has claimed this guitar as "her's" anyway. apparently the L-OO shape is 'sexy' (no-one had to tell me that though)
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