Heel cap replacement

If you remember, when I got my A-350, all the binding was in great shape for it’s age, except for the heel cap, which was crumbling, shrinking, and hanging on by a prayer.



Thanks to a another member on a FB luthier group who had a leftover chunk of material that he graciously sent me gratis, I finally got around to making a replacement. I added a number of coats of shellac to “age” it’s stark whiteness, so it looks like the rest (without the deterioration.) It even has a slight gap to replicate decades of off-gassing. (That’s my story, and I’m sticking with it!)

Man, that's a clean-looking guitar! Wow!

Clean.

Ralph

AcornHouse said:

. . . It even has a slight gap to replicate decades of off-gassing. (That’s my story, and I’m sticking with it!)

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Fine work!

I especially like this part - reminds me of what I heard of native americans - they made immaculately fine crafted things and on purpose left small imperfections in them - so they would not be insulting the almighty who was the only one to create something perfect.