maple neck now with black binding!

[Budman68]

<font color="aqua"> Ok, I took a chance on this project awhile back and just now finally got pics to show. What I did was, took an old model one neck, which wasn't the prettiest thing, and put it on a milling machine and cut grooves in the edges for the binding. Yup, I cut through the ends of the frets and all! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] (sorry, no pics of that, I'm already kicking myself !) It worked very well but I ended up doing the headstock the old fashioned way, by hand [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]. As you can see, I did the binding over the frets and yes, it's tedious work as those who do this professionally know very well. It's not a pro job but not bad at all really. Last but not least, I put the side dots in using white cylindrical material from stew mac.

I always wanted a maple neck with the black binding and I think it looks great. Sorry about the crappy indoor pics but let me know what ya think!









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[pitboss]

Re: maple neck now with black binding!

Man, that looks great ! Would you consider doing this for JCFers like the nice hardware you make ?

[txcharvel]

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Whooaaa!!! You have totally out done yourself. I think it looks great. [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

How tedious was trimming that binding around the frets?

Awesome man [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[sully]

Re: maple neck now with black binding!

looks great dave!

sully

[dg]

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Very pretty work, Dave! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] You now have the coolest Model 2 I've seen, to go along with the coolest Model 5A on the planet.

[mulder1966]

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That is way cool! Great job! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

[Budman68]

Re: maple neck now with black binding!

<font color="aqua">Thanks so much for the kind words fellers!

pitboss: Maybe someday, but I really doubt it as I don't do it often enough to be considered a "pro". I wouldn't want to give anything less, ya know what I mean? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]



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[mm2002]

Re: maple neck now with black binding!

That fukkin rocks brother! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
Unless the pics are hiding something, that looks as good as any "pro" job I've ever seen.
One little bit of criticism though, I think it would look better with black side dots. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Jack Napalm]

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That's pretty cool looking. Nice job!

[mhalsey]

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That is baaaadaaaass!! Nice job, Dave!

[Cleveland Metal]

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Too friggin cool dude!!!!! I realllly like that. I think it looks fantastic.

I've always wanted a maple neck with black binding and dots.

[Surge]

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Awesome job, that looks great!

[jazzman]

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Looks like a lot of work. It came out really good.

[Number Of The Priest]

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Looks amazing! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] Much better than my pinstripe tape pseudo-binding... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[kmanick]

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Awesome Job I love the look of a maple neck with a binding
too cool, you the man [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]