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I thought I would post a follow up shot of the guitar I did with the "back lit" tortiose bindings.
this one is an african mahogany/red spruce 12 fret dred.

Matt Gage38750.5135185185

You are making some mighty fine looking guitars my friend. That looks awsome.

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Hey nice to see you back. Is the "Back Light" plastic, fiber or paint? I assume plastic?

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

Man oh man ... That is a beaut my friend.

I got mahogany body that is planned for a some tortise bindings, maybe I should "light-em up."

Without the snow on the Cape you are very productive.

Nice work
johno38750.5275462963

Nice look, Matt! Is that just regular white fiber behind the tortoise? I'll have to do a trial myself and see the color transmission difference. I would imagine the thickness of the binding has an effect as well. Where do you buy tortoise binding? I got some from Martin awhile ago but haven't tried it yet.

I actually love the tortoise look but have been reluctant to use it on darker wood because it didn't seem to contrast as well as I liked. You've come up with a great approach. Thanks for sharing.

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

Looks great! I have a couple of mahogany sets just like that, hmmm...

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Hey Matt,
looking good. The binding really has a classy look. That lacquer job isn't
too shabby either. But anybody that has a shop as nice as yours has a
huge advantage over the rest of us! ''

Craig

Beautiful Matt, just lovely. Anyone would love this guitar.

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Looks great, Matt! Really brightens up the tortoise against the mahogany. Did you do the same on the fb binding? Would like pics!

Since a previous discussion on OLF regarding "backlighting", I discovered that Martin did the same on at least some of their 21 trim models, bringing out the tortoise against the darker rosewood. Several D-21s I've seen don't have it, but older 000 models do.

Maybe they felt that mahogany is light enough that it wasn't needed on those models, but yours looks great. Although I don't see any sign of it on their current tortoise-bound OM-21 on their web site, it could be there.

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Is this the guitar you're buiilding for me?????
Very nice bro !

                        

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Looks great Matt! Nice touch with the back lighting!

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Matt,
Very nice!! I definitely have to take a road trip to the Cape so I can hear these matterpieces.

That is a stunning guitar Matt!

Great looking guitar Matt! More pics please!

Thanks everyone, first I want to be clear that I did see this done first on Martin guitars and liked it so much I decided to try it.

I was`nt sure that you folks would like them. I have been on the fence myself, i was affraid it would look to fancy, or fruity. if I had some darker tortoise I may have chosen that instead.

The "back lite" is indeed white plastic joined to the tortiose with acetone.

here is the front of the guitar, the pic is kind of dark but if you look close you can see that I bound the f-board with the tortoise white and white line too.

thanks again for looking y`all

Matt Gage38751.335787037

Man, that's pretty. Nice work.BruceH38751.3372916667

I really like that Matt. Very creative and very well executed. I did not get that promised picture of the front and would definitely like to see that as well.

What is the finish?

John

yeah I messed up, but put it up shortly after your post.

the finish is nitro.... yeah I`m a nitro guy.

"why worrie about old age, shoot nitro."

very nice!

I'm a nitro guy too but I get someone else to shoot it.

John

Really classy looking to my eye. I used a tortoise binding on my first guitar and was disappointned that the contrasting colors were almost invisible. This solves that problem nicely, along with some great workmanship.

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Was it BobC making all that binding and purfling? Hey Bob, how about doing up some white backed tortoise binding for us?

Ron

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