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The white strip you see there is actually a strip of binding I removed from the fretboard. What made it necessary was the fact that so much material had to be removed during the re-truing. I had hardly any fret slot left on the nut end.
Removing the binding, though invasive will make re-cutting the slots super easy, and with a bit of well done finish touch up no one will ever know it was removed.
Removing the binding, though invasive will make re-cutting the slots super easy, and with a bit of well done finish touch up no one will ever know it was removed.
Category All / Tutorials
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 140.7 kB
I really wouldn't be able to get my head around what you're doing, but damn, unless that was a master built guitar (or a really expensive one).
But I think that buying new stuff is wasteful when they can be fixed, so I congratulate you! I tend to keep my guitars very well, always loosen the strings when I store the instrument (am I right in doing that?)
But I think that buying new stuff is wasteful when they can be fixed, so I congratulate you! I tend to keep my guitars very well, always loosen the strings when I store the instrument (am I right in doing that?)
yeah. i kinda cringed at doing this but not as much as when i saw how much i was going to have to saw into the fret slots. Its really annoying to deepen them by other means and since parts of the binding were already loose i decided that this was the best solution. normally anyone doing this should be shot. The other side of the equation is that this is a non valuable cheap shitty guitar and i was told that how it looked didn't matter. so trying something a bit new in this case isn't going to offend the customer, though I'm pretty sure that the very small amount of finish touch up will come out completely unnoticeable. there was a patch of finish damaged that was about 1/32" by 1" on the non player side (the side that faces away from the player). a bit of new finish and it will look better than ever:)
anyway, yeah normally if your storing a guitar for a while (like a few months or so) keeping the strings loos is a good idea. A larger consideration though is relative humidity and heat. somewhere in the range of 40% relative humidity is optimal and with a heat difference throughout the day of no more than 10 or so degrees Fahrenheit. (i really hate imperial but for whatever reason the luthier community thinks it should be standard)
anyway, yeah normally if your storing a guitar for a while (like a few months or so) keeping the strings loos is a good idea. A larger consideration though is relative humidity and heat. somewhere in the range of 40% relative humidity is optimal and with a heat difference throughout the day of no more than 10 or so degrees Fahrenheit. (i really hate imperial but for whatever reason the luthier community thinks it should be standard)
Good to know that people still put a lot of care into instruments!
I loosen my strings all the time just because the humidity here reaches around 60-90 percent, temperature is extremely constant, so no troubles there! I've finished putting the numerals (for the chords) on the sheet music and the violinist will play it! Expect it by around next week!
I hope that my guitar will never end up in similar conditions, but if it does I'll know who to go to!
I loosen my strings all the time just because the humidity here reaches around 60-90 percent, temperature is extremely constant, so no troubles there! I've finished putting the numerals (for the chords) on the sheet music and the violinist will play it! Expect it by around next week!
I hope that my guitar will never end up in similar conditions, but if it does I'll know who to go to!
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