Fake Binding

[pagemalicious]

Hey guys. I got the idea from NOTP to put pinstriping on my guitars necks and bodies to make the guitars look as if they have binding. I went a steph further than NOTP and had pinstripes on my jackson RR3 body and Washburn 7 string. Here they are:

[Number Of The Priest]

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MAN!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] I feel like a proud father or something. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] How long did it take you? I did two guitars in about two hours, going very carefully.

[pagemalicious]

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To do both guitars took about 30 minutes

[Number Of The Priest]

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I obviously must have done something wrong then. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[pagemalicious]

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[mm2002]

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Stickers on guitars. You guys! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[MountainDog]

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I noticed on the pic of the white tape as neck binding that you didn't have the black dot fret markers. I've tried using a sharpie, but could never get them round and the right size. What I ended up doing was going to a arts and crafts store and buying a 1/8" round hole punch and some black vinyl sticker material (I bought some black vinyl numbers). I punch out a bunch of 'dots', then use an exacto knife to peel them from the backing. The vinyl is thin enough so you don't feel it. I've also done punched out some white dots an put just the dots on some necks that had hard to see white dots originally. here's pic of the punch and of a guitar I did with the white tape and dots.

Punch and dots

guitar with tape binding

[mm2002]

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Oh no!..there's more!!! [img]/images/graemlins/fart.gif[/img]

[delt]

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What i like to do is cover some of those little dots and leave only those on frets 5, 7, 12, and same on the upper octave (17, 19, 24) because i'm used to classical guitar markings and having a dot every 2 frets is confusing!!!

now what should i use for this purpose on my dk2 neck (with ivoroid bindings) ...? masking tape is about the right color but it,s too transparent, paint peels off easily when it's dry, ....

[MountainDog]

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delt - maybe you didn't notice in my comment above, but I've got some white vinyl material to punch out also. PM me your address and I'll mail you a bunch of white stick-on dots you can try out to cover your black dots.

[delt]

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thanks for the offer man (: i live in Canada though, and i dont want you to spend much money on sending me stuff (: (:

i just thought of something that might work, i have some carpet tape (double-sided) that's pretty thin and pretty opaque, and sticks well, i'll try putting masking tape on one side and sticking the other side on the dots.

[MountainDog]

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I don't think a first class letter with a few 1/8" punched 'holes' would cost too much!!

Anyway, here's a link (canadian even) to the type of arts/crafts punch I use, maybe you can find in a arts shop local to you:
1/8" hole punch

Here's one on ebay:
Ebay punch

You can also look in the arts/crafts store for something that is peel-n-stick of the right color. For my white, I used some off-white vinyl numbers. I found that punching from the backing side of the material makes a cleaner cut. Once I punch out a bunch of 'dots', I use an exacto knife to separate the material from its backing, then stick on the guitar.

[MountainDog]

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Delt, my white dots might be too white for you:
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[delt]

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i have a hole-puncher here, but it makes way too big dots, over 1/4". i still have it from when i was passing newspapers when i was 12 years old!!! =) i'll go see at the hardware store if they have any 1/8" ones. otherwise i'll buy one on ebay.