can you unyellow 4003 binding?

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Wasn't there some discussion somewhere (maybe not here) about RIC using a slightly creamy white binding lately?
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Smooth creamery butter?
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My 2016 4003 is like a cream color. Of course, it may have been lighter in 2016.
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I like when the binding ages, especially on Mapleglo. Natural finish guitars look like cutting boards to me when new.
I wouldn't want to reverse the aged look of mine.


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The JETGLO finish name should be officially changed to JETGLO ROCKS! :-)
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rickenbrother wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:04 pm I like when the binding ages, especially on Mapleglo. Natural finish guitars look like cutting boards to me when new.
Here's a pretty nice, if aged, cutting board! :mrgreen:
4001-1200_0738.jpg
BTW, if anyone has been wondering, yes, that door finally got refinished in 2017, along with a few other enhancements to the room, too. :D
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Re: can you unyellow 4003 binding?

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rickenbrother wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:04 pm I like when the binding ages, especially on Mapleglo. Natural finish guitars look like cutting boards to me when new.
I wouldn't want to reverse the aged look of mine.


'73
73 JG.jpg


'75
4001FL.jpg


'79
4001_79_mancave.jpg
Lovin' that bottom one!
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Re: can you unyellow 4003 binding?

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jps wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 2:50 am
rickenbrother wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:04 pm I like when the binding ages, especially on Mapleglo. Natural finish guitars look like cutting boards to me when new.
Here's a pretty nice, if aged, cutting board! :mrgreen:

4001-1200_0738.jpg

BTW, if anyone has been wondering, yes, that door finally got refinished in 2017, along with a few other enhancements to the room, too. :D

Closet Door-1200_1548.jpg
Looks great, Jeff! We have a new Amish built dinning room set coming in a couple weeks that would fit right in there! :mrgreen:
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I think Jeff should have a custom Rick with white oak body wings, quarter-sawn white oak neck, and maybe a walnut fingeboard to keep it from getting too heavy! :lol:
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teeder wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:43 amLooks great, Jeff! We have a new Amish built dinning room set coming in a couple weeks that would fit right in there! :mrgreen:
We'll be around, so let us know when you're delivering it. Got pics? Will it work well with the 1912 Gustav Stickley sideboard?
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bassduke49 wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:54 am I think Jeff should have a custom Rick with white oak body wings, quarter-sawn white oak neck, and maybe a walnut fingeboard to keep it from getting too heavy! :lol:
I believe I have enough leftoverture QSWO in the wood pile to make this except, no walnut; will red oak do for the neck and poplar for the fingerboard, instead?
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Re: can you unyellow 4003 binding?

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jps wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:22 pm
teeder wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:43 amLooks great, Jeff! We have a new Amish built dinning room set coming in a couple weeks that would fit right in there! :mrgreen:
We'll be around, so let us know when you're delivering it. Got pics? Will it work well with the 1912 Gustav Stickley sideboard?

Stickley 354 1-2 Armchair-819 Sideboard-1200_2072.jpg
Not a perfect match, but I think you'd approve. :lol:
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teeder wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:41 am
Lovin' that bottom one!
That's the "wife". I've had that one forever. It's a keeper.
The JETGLO finish name should be officially changed to JETGLO ROCKS! :-)
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teeder wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:32 pm
Not a perfect match, but I think you'd approve. :lol:
Pics when you get it.
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jps wrote: Sun Feb 06, 2022 2:34 pm
teeder wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:32 pm
Not a perfect match, but I think you'd approve. :lol:
Pics when you get it.
Will do.
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