Hi Colby,
Check in with Bobc, he has a great selection of wood bindings at good prices. He might have some good suggestions.
Let us know what you decide.
Good luck,
Walter
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| Author: | Colby Horton [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:25 am ] |
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For my next guitar I'm planning on using a carpathian spruce top with striped sapele back & sides. What kind of wood bindings do you folks think would look best. I like the look of the Curly Eucalyptus bindings. Would this look good? |
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| Author: | John Mayes [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:26 am ] |
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I'm very fond of rosewood bindings with Mahogany like woods. My vote would be either Cocobolo, Or brazilian rosewood. |
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| Author: | John How [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:38 am ] |
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I agree with John, I like darker bindings with sapele/mahogany color wood. |
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| Author: | WalterK [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:55 am ] |
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Hi Colby, Check in with Bobc, he has a great selection of wood bindings at good prices. He might have some good suggestions. Let us know what you decide. Good luck, Walter
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| Author: | RussellR [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:29 am ] |
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Cocobolo for me too |
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| Author: | Colby Horton [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:59 am ] |
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I don't see any cocobolo on Bob's site, but he does have some snakewood and walnut. What about these? |
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:16 am ] |
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I used some left over bubinga on the one I just built with sapele. Looks pretty nice. Very simple looking, I like that. |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:20 am ] |
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Sapele can darken up quite a bit under finish, no? I would almost think something more contrasting would look good. Maybe something light like ivoroid, or even flamed maple. That said, ebony would look good too. Oh heck, I also happen to like cocobolo as a binding with medium colored woods too. Depends partly on the purfling scheme too. |
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| Author: | tippie53 [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:49 am ] |
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I like Maple or sycamore. Sycamore has a beautiful flame or tiger pattern in it when cut well quartered that Pops under a finish |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:54 am ] |
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[QUOTE=Don Williams] Sapele can darken up quite a bit under finish, no? I would almost think something more contrasting would look good. Maybe something light like ivoroid, or even flamed maple. That said, ebony would look good too. Oh heck, I also happen to like cocobolo as a binding with medium colored woods too. Depends partly on the purfling scheme too. [/QUOTE] You know... if you want to go white, I like holly much better than plastic..... ... and the stuff is nearly as pliable as plastic.... Very easy to bend. |
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| Author: | Michael McBroom [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:04 am ] |
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I tend to be a conservative stick-in-the-mud when it comes to the bindings I use with most of my builds. The sides I buy are always much wider than I need so, when I'm trimming them to width, I take these offcuts and trim them up for binding material. That way, the bindings match the sides. Now, I have built a few guitars where I've used contrasting bindings. One has a redwood top and striped padauk back/sides. It got curly maple bindings. A nice contrast. Two others were spruce/cocobola and I used bloodwood for the binding material on those. Of the above three, I like the bloodwood the best. It adds a warm, satisfying richness to the build, I think. Best, Michael |
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| Author: | Bobc [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:40 am ] |
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Colby I do have cocobolo bindings. What I don't have is time to keep my website up to date.  Bloodwood with a black white perfling may look nice too.
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| Author: | Michael McBroom [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:32 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Bobc] Bloodwood with a black white perfling may look nice too. [/QUOTE] You betcha, Bob!
Best, Michael |
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| Author: | Terry Stowell [ Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:45 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Colby Horton] I don't see any cocobolo on Bob's site, but he does have some snakewood and walnut. What about these?[/QUOTE] Hi Colby, This morning my order arrived from Bob C. (Thanks Bob!!)Cocobolo, curly sapelle, and curly eucalyptus bindings. My sets of Euc is almost indistinguishable from the sapelle, till you rotate the euc. Then you really can tell. Similar stuff. (At least the sets I got.) |
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| Author: | Bobc [ Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:25 am ] |
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Michael that looks terrific. I really like your work. Terry glad everthing was satisfactory my friend. |
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| Author: | Colby Horton [ Sun Jul 31, 2005 7:51 am ] |
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Hey Bob, What are the dimensions of your Cocobolo bindings? How much do they cost? |
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