fantasy

visceral · Post by **visceral** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:51 am

plopswagon wrote:

No binding, also 9.5 radios with medium jumbo frets and the truss rod adjuster on the headstock. I want binding, 7.25 vintage radius and Vintage frets and the adjuster at the heel.

Oh and I want to build it. That's the fun part.

^ Agreed on the building = fun part and I totallyyyyyy understand the binding!

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:46 am

plopswagon wrote:hmmmmmm, just found this...

May be right material, but I think the pieces are small (e.g. the size of the acoustic guitar trims they are intended for).

I wouldn't use this one - bottom of page says "We do not recommend using fiber veneer for binding, as it doesnâ€™t sand well." Ditto for blocks that need to be shaped to the fretboard radius.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:50 am

You could make, like, three sets from this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Acrylic-P ... 460f7368b9

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:41 pm

Why not use Ebony for the blocks? Acouple of headstock plates would be enough

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:50 am

I was gonna say ebony would be a bitch to sand, but sitting in maple it would probably all be quite similar.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:42 pm

the idea is that this is a late 60's altered and abused Jazzy. I think I'm going to experiment with the ABS stuff at Stewmac, it's the same material as the binding so it should look the same.

kinda like this as a hardtail with a black pickguard

I might even goes as far as routing the tremolo routing and then filling it in just so it looks "right"

meanwhile my son wants this: