1960 450 "Teardrop" restoration

[jingle_jangle]

I vote for SLAB. All the way. There's something charming about a bare-bones, pure SHAPE with no embellishment. (I'm thinking about my Combo 400--with binding it would have been awful...)

[collin]

Very true...and I am on the fence about it. Strange part would be that I love the fretboard, and wouldn't want to change from dot inlays.

Dots n' binding might not work as well on this guitar in reality than it does in my imagination.

[jingle_jangle]

Fender did dots 'n' binding (as you know), transitionally, in mid-'66 between no binding and dots, and binding and block inlays, on the Jag and Jazzmaster.

It's an awkward combination, I agree.

[collin]

Well, that was only on the necks -- I was speaking more about body binding/ neck dots

Which, of course....if my favorite combo with RM 1993's

That said, I don't think it would work as well on a guitar like this, totally different style..

[jingle_jangle]

I'm all for JG and slab-simple. done to perfection, this would be art.

[Ivan3000]

This is gonna be cool to see finished, how much did you pick it up for, if you don't mind, Collin?

[electrofaro]

We need pictures... there's not been an update picture for ages, we're curious beings here!