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If you wee building this Macassar Eb. b/s, German bear claw top, what bindings would you choose?

Lightly flamed maple, maybe koa.

Maybe some flamed eucalytus or Koa, or quilted Sapele. For a little less razzle, but very nice look just the same, some dark EIR.

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Same as Mattia said.

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars

I would do Koa, flamed maple or Brazilian RW

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

Classiest of all to my mind would be Macassar ebony, taken from the sides. I always think that self binds add a certain refinement to the look. But, I'd probably go with holly or maple.

Colin

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I don't believe in anything, I simply make use of a set of reasonable working hypotheses.

I am with Colin. If you are doing macassar with bear claw, any figure in the bindings will conflict with the bear claw.

I would do macassar cut from the sides if you can, with a microline purfling on the sides.

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Brock Poling
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.polingguitars.com

I would consider boxwood or bloodwood.

Mike

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Mike

"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

Thanks for the great ideas.
Colin, great idea, but too late for strips from side.

I have built 3 Mac Ebony Guitars and used jet black ebony for binding on all
of them. I like the look....picts attached







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Andy Z.
http://www.lazydogguitars.com

My choice for binding would be ebony, as suggested.

Andy, Thats a nice looking little guitar you have there.

Thanks to all.
When I considered bindings, I came, basically, to the same conclusions.
With Macass. I felt I had to go light color-maple,etc. or darker-ebony.
I have also given thought to BobC's Snake-a-lam and mahog a lam.-Figured but smaller strip set off by purf. top & bottom-how do you think either would look?

I like the ebony idea too.

I try to find ebony with some brown in it (not too much) so you can tell it is actually wood. The really jet black stuff just looks like black plastic under a gloss finish.

I have used brazilian too with Mac ebony, it was the dark stuff, and it looked nice.

Here is what one of my students did last year - Adi top, dark maccassar sides, blk/maple/blk side purf, high flame koa binding, top purfed in paua and LMI fine blk/wh/blk. FB bound in koa and b/w/b too ... headstock as well, SWEEEEETT.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"