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I'm trying to repair a friend's guitar. I have the top off and removed the kerfing, no problem. But there is a piece of the side that is missing, about 1" long and 1/2" deep, right where the top and side meet. The wood appears to be eir.
It is deeper than the binding will be, unless I go to 1/2" binding which would be weird. To make things worse, the missing piece is right on the waist curve.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Is this a guitar with value (aside from sentimental)? You could do a two-layer binding, bottom part be EIR, top be whatever was there. you could do a multilayer decorative binding (someone else here did one that looked quite good), or you could try to splice a peice in. It will be a visible repair, however. Tough one. Got pics?

That two layer binding is probably the easier route. I've not attempted a splice like this before. It is a pretty nice guitar that was dropped and hit the floor at a bad spot. I'll see if I can get a pic.
Thanks

edit: attached a crappy pic. Looking thru the gap to the far side of the guitar which is having the kerfing glued on.

Bass or treble side?

Bass side.

Taper the whole bass side into a modified Manzer wedge?

Intriguing.
I just would not know how to go about that, nor if I have the skill set. How would one do it?

Someone else will need to help with the how. I'm the idea guy.

Gotcha. We'll see if anyone does..
Thanks

I will explain how I did mine and the mistakes to avoid in the morning. DaveB, delete some PMs! Sent you a couple.