A NEAT TREAT

[jingle_jangle]

A recent customer decided to do something very unusual to an otherwise "Plain Jane" (e.g., unmodified) MG 330/12:

He asked me to replace the dot markers with full-width crushed pearl inlays, and to bind the neck with checkerboard.

In order to do this properly, I also had to refret and refill the board before coating everything with new CV and polishing it to a nice gloss.

The result is a very nice "old yet new" look that sparks up the guitar to "what the heck is that?" status:













Finished result:

[cjj]

Ooh, me likey a lot!!!!

[jps]

Very cool! Given how busy the edge of the fingerboard looks now, I would have had LED side markers installed.

[deaconblues]

Very eye-popping!

It's interesting how much lighter the rosewood is post-surgery. Is the red color due to long-term exposure to air?

[jingle_jangle]

Bubinga is one of the species of tropical hardwoods that gets darker upon exposure to UV radiation. There are a few species that get very dark after a few months of sunlight; padauk is one of the most dramatic shifters, beginning when first milled as a brilliant red-brown almost exactly the color of this page header and aging to a color very much like walnut.

[Danotron]

Nice one Paul!

Do you have a shot of the whole guitar, top to bottom, so we can see the total presentation?

[ozover50]

Looks swish indeed!!

[jimk]

Oh man! I want that for my Jim Krause Limited Edition 360 12 string.

[jingle_jangle]

Nice one Paul!

Do you have a shot of the whole guitar, top to bottom, so we can see the total presentation?

Shore--as soon as I get the gold TRC trimmed and fitted...

[scotty]

Swish! avent heard that in ages mate.

[godber]

Blimey that's flash. A bobby dazzler.

[godber]

Paul, I can't see any white lines in the fretboard - did the grain need filling and if so did you use clear filler that RIC announced recently?

[marc61]

That's just awesome. The shot with the finished bound fretboard is outstanding.

[jingle_jangle]

That's just awesome. The shot with the finished bound fretboard is outstanding.

Dazzled me right to the point that this morning I noticed the spot of buffing compound that I missed cleaning off...

[collin]

Paul, that looks amazing---well done!

The fretboard edge certainly does look busy. I think I'd go cross-eyed trying to see where I'm playing!

It should look classy with Gold TRC/guards too. Nice!