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John Elshaw
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I have a bunch of killer snakewood bindings I got from the Zootman years ago and have been waiting for some inspiration to use them. Please show me some of your best wood combinations incorporating snakewood. Cheers!
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Jimmy Caldwell
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Here's a 00-13 Brazilian/Lutz w/Snakewood appointments.

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Filipo I can't make out the name on the headstock but that is one gorgeous guitar

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Kent Chasson
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These came from Bob too.

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Gary L
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Koa with snakewood bindings


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Steve Kinnaird
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Here's an OM in Honduran rosewood and Adirondack spruce.
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Donald V
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Here's guitar #2 built for a friend. Being a heavy metal fanatic, he was thrilled to discover there are woods with the words "blood" and "snake" in them and just had to have them on his guitar guitar.

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Snakewood binding, backstrip and bridge
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JJ Donohue
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I love the examples shown so far and have also learned a lot as to what works. I have favored plain and lighter colored woods such as Mahogany where it seems to contrast nicely in a non-competitive way. This is an early Cuban Mahogany guitar from 2004 which was French Polished shellac.

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I've got a chunk of SW to cut up for bindings someday.
Do most of you make them quarter sawn, or does it matter?
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