Inlaid tops

[adamwbenjamin]

What do you guys think of them? Is there a reason why Warmoth does not offer this option?

https://youtu.be/ZhsGruC3uMI?t=27

 

[AirCap]

Is there a reason why Warmoth does not offer this option?

Sure. It's called MONEY.

 

[Seamas]

Probably the same reason most makers don't offer them.
Not a big demand at the price they would demand.

 

[amon]

Good chance of tear-out during the routing process.  Just use wood binding if you want that look.

 

[aarontunes]

Good chance of tear-out during the routing process.  Just use wood binding if you want that look.

Yep. I was watching that video and looking at how thin that lip around the edge was, and all I could think was what I nightmare that would be.


Remember when EBMM used to recess their heel plates? I thought it was the coolest thing ever! They stopped going it ten or twelve years ago, and I'm betting it's for this same reason: they were losing too many bodies to tear-out.

 

[Cagey]

You could get that effect by laminating the top, then putting body-height wood binding all around the perimeter.

 

[mayfly]

Yea - that would be pretty scary to do. 

 

[stratamania]

For me, I did not particularly like how the finished idea looked. Of course, that does not mean others might like it but it does not seem too practical as a solution.

 

[mayfly]

Hang on - if memory servers, there is a custom guitar builder that inlays neck plates and pickguards.  He's one of the good ones - Bill Crook?  Chihoe Hahn? Ron Kirn?  One of those guys.

Still makes me really nervous!

 

[Cagey]

Ron Kirn does that.

 

[spe111]

I do like the looks, but the effort and risk seem pretty high for the return.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

As a builder, I would not even risk it unless the revealed edge were at least 1/4" thick, & even that my not be impervious to tear out.

Clear masked binding is your next best option in my opinion.

 

[bagman67]

Hang on - if memory servers, there is a custom guitar builder that inlays neck plates and pickguards.  He's one of the good ones - Bill Crook?  Chihoe Hahn? Ron Kirn?  One of those guys.

Still makes me really nervous!

Ron Kirn's your guy.  His work is all over TDPRI.  As is his loopy wit. 

 

[aarontunes]

Ron Kirn's your guy.  His work is all over TDPRI.  As is his loopy wit.

Oh....so that's what that is called.

 

[stratamania]

Ron Kirn's your guy.  His work is all over TDPRI.  As is his loopy wit.

Oh....so that's what that is called.

:laughing7:...he does have a certain way with words and so on. I can't say I agree with all of his views.

 

[bagman67]

Yeah, RK's a character.  I don't agree with all he has to say either.  But he's an accomplished craftsman and he shares the how-to's pretty generously.