Nah. Nah. It's just "black" wood. He charred it black. No doubt, Mike, go with Holy.
Andy
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Got any interesting ideas? Besides Maple? Someone suggested orange Peala.. |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Bloodwood might look nice. I did a walnut slab git, with bloodwood, thinking it might look garish, but I think it looks great. |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Here's one I did a while back with amazon rosewood binding. That is of course if you're talking Malaysian Blackwood. Attachment: croped for binding picture Large Web view.jpg
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| Author: | Pmaj7 [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
African, Maylasian or Taz? |
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| Author: | AndyB [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Nah. Nah. It's just "black" wood. He charred it black. No doubt, Mike, go with Holy. Andy |
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| Author: | DennisK [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Spruce top? My default choice would be koa. Or Tasmanian blackwood, for the name  But there are plenty of others that would look good too, including paela. Maybe snakewood, desert ironwood, marblewood, ipe, hickory, anything light colored and spalted.Or if the top is redwood, then pink ivory or purpleheart would be striking. |
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
African Blackwood. Love that stuff. It seems to me rather unimaginative to use curly maple. It would look good in contrast. But... |
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Hmm. Another vote for paela! Snake wood is interesting! |
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| Author: | J De Rocher [ Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Cocobolo can look nice against a dark wood. 
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| Author: | Rod True [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 12:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
I'd go the full tuxedo look and use AB bindings with a fine w/b/w purfling between. But that's just me. |
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| Author: | mqbernardo [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
If paela is chakte viga, I think it'd look nice. I would also consider boxwood, simillar in color to ABW sap. If you want contrast, that is - if not rod's suggestion seems spot on. Cheers! |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 5:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
A couple of times now when building with blackwood I went with BRW for bindings and really like the look. The BRW brings out the purple and browns well in the blackwood. Of course you do have to know that the resulting instrument will not be a border crosser if going with BRW these days. I'll try to find a pic of the results to post too. |
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| Author: | WendyW [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
I like Rod's suggestion or snakewood. |
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| Author: | AndyB [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Almost anything will look good with a dark wood. So that's good news. Might I suggest considering the rest of the guitar and that might give you preferences? For example, what do you want to do with the rosette? Are there color preferences? What's the top wood? Neck wood? Snakewood looks great, but it is expensive and can be tricky to work with. Andy |
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| Author: | Michael Keller [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
 Blood wood with a rather purple/pink hue with red/blue/red puflings from gurian. African black wood with a spruce top. |
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| Author: | Michael Keller [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Now that I see it posted ,the bindings do not look at all like they do on the guitar. Not sure why, much more red/purple/pink .... |
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 11:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
I think Koa works well. 
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| Author: | Quine [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
One more vote for koa. Tortoise shell would look nice too if you can find some that's more amber than black |
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
I bought a bunch of curly Koa from some fellow here. That might me the ticket. But I'd need a curly koa veneer Anybody got pictures of Peala binding? |
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 5:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
That bevel is a veneer. I have a ton of it if you want to drop me a line, I can hook you up. |
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
I'm with Rod. Black binding with just a fine BWB purf to delineate. That would look understated, but very slick, even more so if there's a beautiful streak of pale sapwood showing. |
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| Author: | JasonMoe [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Black Limba, Koa, Cocobolo, Snakewood, Bloodwood are all good choices. It might depend on your fretboard and top choices also. |
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| Author: | James Orr [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Some tasteful ideas so far, but who says it has to be wood? I for one think it would be fascinating to see what someone could do with fibers and fabrics in this application (hereinafter "carpet"). Not only would slicing strips of carpet be inexpensive, it would also be innovative, add to player comfort, and increase the amount of protection the bindings really provide. The visual opportunities would be seemingly endless. A quick trip to any carpet store presents you with an endless spectrum of browns, creams, speckles, textures, and piles. When we had hardwood floors, any opportunity to take our shoes off and walk on carpet felt like a mini-miracle. I'd argue that the player experience, particularly for a player coming from an instrument where seemingly everything is made hard, dense wood, would be much the same. Give it some thought. |
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| Author: | Mike OMelia [ Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
Well, that's interesting. |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Binding Wood ideas for a Black Wood Guitar |
I'd also vote for Blackwood binding with mitered bwb purfling. |
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