All birdseye jazzmaster...Tortoise binding on both body and neck? Or is that Tacky

[Headytopnet]

Planning on doing an all Bordseye maple Jazzmaster. I want to make it the classiest and coolest jazzmaster I can conceive of. I was thinking of doing tortoise binding, but I'm not sure if it'll look good on the birdseye, if it'll take away from the natural beauty, look tacky etc. anyone have any insight on this?

Also, I love the idea of turquoise dots on the fretboard, but I'm not sure if that'll look good with the tortoise pickgaurd I plan on using. This is a side note but if you have any better suggestions, let me know

Thank you!

 

[teleme01]

Warmoth don't make a hollow body jazzmaster, maybe if chambered, otherwise I think it would be to heavy, but would look eyes popping.

 

[ragamuffin]

Love me some birdseye! I think the tortoise binding would look nice. Warmoth's tortoise binding is fairly dark and not as crazy a some tortoise can be.

 

[Headytopnet]

Warmoth don't make a hollow body jazzmaster, maybe if chambered, otherwise I think it would be to heavy, but would look eyes popping.

im just not sure if the tortoise will be good on the light colored woods or too much

 

[Headytopnet]

Love me some birdseye! I think the tortoise binding would look nice. Warmoth's tortoise binding is fairly dark and not as crazy a some tortoise can be.

On the neck as well? Or just the body, the binding I mean

 

[Hodgo]

I think it will look great. Lighter colors seem to pop the binding better.

 

[Hagwood]

I think it would look good with the birdseye too. Maybe even the neck !

 

[Don O]

For reference here’s a birdeyes neck with abalone inlays I bought from W in 2021.

 

[ragamuffin]

On the neck as well? Or just the body, the binding I mean

I think either body only or body + neck would look good

 

[Hanover Fiste]

For point of reference, here's my all-birdseye Strat with abalone dot inlays.

 

[Rick]

I think both would be good. Though it might be cool to match the pickguard to the inlays or the pickup covers. Do they still have the tortes shell inlays? If the inlays are dark then black pickup covers, if light then white or chrome pickup covers. This is fun.

 

[mrpinter]

All-maple is going to be really heavy unless it's chambered; and it would probably be a VERY bright sounding guitar (depending on your pickups, of course). Any of the bindings or dots or whatever will look OK on birdseye maple, and should be fine with a tortoise pickguard as well. Just a personal note: I don't think I would want unrelieved birdseye figure on everything. I use birdseye on a couple of Pinter guitars, but only on the fretboards, and I love that look. But that figure all over the body too would be too much, IMO.