Re: Tacoma guitars with no binding
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:44 pm
That makes sense. Nuts. I'm not so fond of purfling...
Yeah, Ken's "hinge" theory makes sense. Sorta follows the same concept as thinning the perimeter of the soundboard, right?
Dave, yer gonna havta make at least 3 guitars. One with no binding or purfling, one with binding but no purfling, one with both binding and purfling. Otherwise you need to kep them all identical; don't worry, your wood supplier should be able to accomodate this.
Then make at least 4 more identical copies of each to truly validate the results.
No easy way out of this one! But at least it's only 15 guitars in the name of experimentation. Oh, I almost forgot about inlaying a purfling strip without binding, so make that 20 guitars.
So when is the grand opening for Dave's Guitar Lab?
Seriously, though, I see what Ken is saying.
Try to find out whether they (Burns and students) installed only binding, or both binding and purfling.
Myself, I like the use of binding to protect the grain on the soundboard, plus I don't like scrapping the wood that can be used for binding.
But if you're set on maximizing the potential of one without binding/purfling, maybe judicious thinning of the soundboard edge would give the improvement?