Benthedemon007
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To make it look like a Standard.
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How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
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Funkfingers
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Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
Same method as any other Les Paul. Cut channels. Glue in binding. Spray guitar in lacquer. Neck binding is easier to apply with the neck off. Fret end options are cut for binding nibs or bind first, fret afterwards.
As you may already be realising, the cost of adding binding to an LP Studio will probably be more than the value of the guitar as it stands.
Same method as any other Les Paul. Cut channels. Glue in binding. Spray guitar in lacquer. Neck binding is easier to apply with the neck off. Fret end options are cut for binding nibs or bind first, fret afterwards.
As you may already be realising, the cost of adding binding to an LP Studio will probably be more than the value of the guitar as it stands.
crusty philtrum
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Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
One would paint it on.
One would paint it on.
NecroPolo
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Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
step #1 I would convince my fellow called Tzuppy to sell me his Studio dirt cheap.
step #2 I would tell my friend "Q" that Tzuppy's guitar that he always wanted is available, for a little extra. No haggling.
step #3 Now I would be able get some nice used Standard with binding. Easy-peasy.
step #1 I would convince my fellow called Tzuppy to sell me his Studio dirt cheap.
step #2 I would tell my friend "Q" that Tzuppy's guitar that he always wanted is available, for a little extra. No haggling.
step #3 Now I would be able get some nice used Standard with binding. Easy-peasy.
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Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
With great difficulty.
I make guitars. I bind them before the neck is set. Even then binding is one of the most PITA jobs to do. You cannot just get a router and run it around a carved top as the router doesn't sit at the right angle. You need a jig to suspend the router so it can sit horizontally but move up and down as the carve dictates.
Then the binding is almost inevitably wider/taller than the channel that you cut.....so you have to scrape it down.
Then there is the neck. You have to pull the frets. rout the fretboard narrower, refret then bind and create nibs by filing/scraping the excess away. Binding on the fretboard is even worse than the body.
Then you will have necessitated a refin.......maybe only the clear, but sometines colour too. Which will require spraying, 4 weeks of nitro curing, sanding, buffing etc.
So the best way of doing what you want (assuming you don't have a friend with a full luthier setup to remove neck and rout properly is to sell the studio and buy a standard.
With great difficulty.
I make guitars. I bind them before the neck is set. Even then binding is one of the most PITA jobs to do. You cannot just get a router and run it around a carved top as the router doesn't sit at the right angle. You need a jig to suspend the router so it can sit horizontally but move up and down as the carve dictates.
Then the binding is almost inevitably wider/taller than the channel that you cut.....so you have to scrape it down.
Then there is the neck. You have to pull the frets. rout the fretboard narrower, refret then bind and create nibs by filing/scraping the excess away. Binding on the fretboard is even worse than the body.
Then you will have necessitated a refin.......maybe only the clear, but sometines colour too. Which will require spraying, 4 weeks of nitro curing, sanding, buffing etc.
So the best way of doing what you want (assuming you don't have a friend with a full luthier setup to remove neck and rout properly is to sell the studio and buy a standard.
Rand-O-Monium
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Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
Pinstriping tape from teh Auto Parts store...
Pinstriping tape from teh Auto Parts store...
Benthedemon007
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Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
Could you just cut out areas for frets in the neck binding?
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Could you just cut out areas for frets in the neck binding?
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Funkfingers
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Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
The whole point of binding is that it disguises - at the very least - the fret tangs.
The nibbing method of covering the fret ends is more cosmetic than structural. It dates back to when luthiery really meant lutes.
Long story short, either the binding lies flush with the fingerboard THEN the frets go in and lay over the binding or oversized lengths of binding material go on after the fret wire, only to be dressed away to fit neatly.
The whole point of binding is that it disguises - at the very least - the fret tangs.
The nibbing method of covering the fret ends is more cosmetic than structural. It dates back to when luthiery really meant lutes.
Long story short, either the binding lies flush with the fingerboard THEN the frets go in and lay over the binding or oversized lengths of binding material go on after the fret wire, only to be dressed away to fit neatly.
regan
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Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
Fake it like this forum member:
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...-my-les-paul-studio&highlight=les+paul+studio
Fake it like this forum member:
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...-my-les-paul-studio&highlight=les+paul+studio
Re: How would one put binding on a Gibson Les Paul Studio?
Clearly, someone of your apparent ability should not even begin to attempt this project.
The best (and cheapest in the long run) way for you to achieve the results you want is to sell your studio and buy a standard.
Clearly, someone of your apparent ability should not even begin to attempt this project.
The best (and cheapest in the long run) way for you to achieve the results you want is to sell your studio and buy a standard.
