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Ever seen a bound fingerboard with purfling on neck side?
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Author:  AlexanderLou3 [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:27 am ]
Post subject:  Ever seen a bound fingerboard with purfling on neck side?
I'm kind of starting the design process for this gorgeous cloudy cocobolo set I have. It will have:
Bearclaw spruce top
Bolivian Rosewood fingerboard, bridge, head plate
curly maple neck
curly maple bindings

I'm wondering if it would look bad to separate where the maple binding touches the maple neck with a contrasting purfling.

Pics of both scenarios wanted!
*Bound fingerboard with purfling on both sides of binding
*Bound with same colored wood as touching part with no purfling in between.

THANK YOU for looking!!!
Author:  alan stassforth [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:43 am ]
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i don't really know what you mean.
could you cut out some tape and tape it on a guitar you have lying around and take a pic and post?
might help you envision it.
Author:  JohnAbercrombie [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:54 am ]
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Check out some archtop jazz guitars.
Benedetto has some info on getting neck purfling to line up with the headstock purfling/lines.

John
Author:  AlexanderLou3 [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:58 am ]
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@Alan: I mean normally when I see bound headstocks and fingerboards, the purfling is only on the top.
I'm looking for pics of purfling on the side also.
or same colored bindings as surrounding wood with no purfling separating them


Looking at Benedetto's examples right now. Thanks!
edit: Hmmm, not a lot of closeups of the areas I want to see.
Is this info in the book "Making an Archtop Guitar" by him? I don't own that one.
Author:  Haans [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:28 am ]
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Like this?

Image
Author:  vachterman [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:37 am ]
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i think Bruce Petros usually glues a thin veneer between the fingerboard & neck.
while this might not count as "purfling" per definition,it does create a fine seperating line between the two parts.
i think it could look good as a single dark line between a bright neck/bright fingerboard binding.
Author:  Dave Stewart [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:41 am ]
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Pretty common on archtops as John says, & can really make the lines "flow" together (as Haans' beautiful example shows). You can preglue side purfs to binding ( should be lots in archives about this) just like for a body binding.
Haans, is white purfling full height behind tortoise?? ...really makes it "pop" ...great look! [:Y:]
Author:  Bob Garrish [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:56 am ]
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I was making white bound fretboards with a black line between the binding and the neck wood for awhile. Unfortunately, the model those were going to be used on got canned by Gibson when the recession hit! It's a really nice effect.

I've seen the same type thing used on some Somogyi guitars, and there are pictures of such on his site.
Author:  John Mayes [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 12:58 pm ]
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McPherson guitars does this. Looks nice if executed properly.
Author:  AlexanderLou3 [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 1:23 pm ]
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Consider all those examples fine! I just found Howard Klepper guitars as well, and a nice example there before I checked back on this thread.

So I think I'll end up doing a simple line of bolivian rosewood- to separate the maple parts- from a board I have that is a nice consistent dark brown with just a hint of red in it. Very subtle and pretty.- same stuff I've got a good supply of for fingerboards and bridges ;) man 5 boardfeet goes a long way!

Thank you for the examples guys! I really need to make a stop to the local GC and other guitar shops again soon and re examine what I like and dislike in woods and features. I haven't been since I got bitten by the builder bug.
Author:  AlexanderLou3 [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 1:34 pm ]
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Bob Garrish wrote:
I was making white bound fretboards with a black line between the binding and the neck wood for awhile. Unfortunately, the model those were going to be used on got canned by Gibson when the recession hit! It's a really nice effect.

I've seen the same type thing used on some Somogyi guitars, and there are pictures of such on his site.


What a shame. So what happened to the fingerboards you had made already?
Author:  Dave Fifield [ Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:10 pm ]
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I've done it with black and white veneers before - glued up flat with the fingerboard. It worked very well indeed. You have to include the thickness of the veneers as part of the fingerboard and make sure you get the feel you really want (make the fingerboard thinner if necessary).

Dave F.
Author:  Haans [ Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:32 am ]
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Dave, that is a full depth white (and black next to the wood) strip of purfling. The tortoise is also rather special as it came from a guy in Canada, and I must have used 10 strips of it and cut out the best looking parts to use.
Author:  Pat Foster [ Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:12 am ]
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Did that on the banjo necks I used to build.

Pat
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