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Don't worry, remember a month ago when I got my new-to-me F50R I was underwhelmed with it for the first day or two. I changed the strings on it and played for a couple of days and it really came alive. I'm sure it will respond to your attention now that it's complete and home where it belongs!

Just seeing this now, Mike. What a beauty! I love the idea of using the turquoise buttons on the tuners. Looks like you've got quite the collection! This is another jewel added.

He did do a pretty good job. I did have a conversation with him on the phone once I got it, but at the time I wasn't sure that there wasn't a version of the F-50 that had no binding at all. He was pretty elderly and hard of hearing when we spoke but a very nice person. His wife had used the...

I'm wondering if someone attempted a refret and damaged the binding when doing that, and just decided to take it all off. It's a shame, but what's done is done, and thankfully it doesn't affect anything, really, except the resale value for someone who wants all original. But I think my price was...

This clearly shows binding was removed at some point.

You know what's especially wonderful about this is that if you hadn't had all this work done and such a good luthier, you'd never have known about the bridge being in the wrong place and you'd have the same intonation issues that previous owners must have suffered. Now that's all fixed!

F-50 nut width is 1-9/16" 12th fret is right at 2" In comparison, the nut width on my bound '84 F-44 is 1-11/16" Sounds like this corresponds to having the binding removed. There is definitely a small gap between the pickguard and the neck on the F-50, whereas on my F-44 there is not. This...

Exactly what I thought, thank you.

I will try to get measurements and photos later today, as I finally have a break. But I think you are 100% correct, Hans, about what happened with this guitar, and the pictures of the binding on Kostask's F50R were revealing as to what may have happened here. The person whom I bought it from did...

Oh happy day! It looks FANTASTIC and I bet it will sound as good. Can't wait to hear what you think of it in your hands.

Hey guys sorry I've been AWOL. I have a vacation rental cottage I just put a roof on, and when my guests arrived last week, the house was invaded by a swarm of Florida carpenter ants that no longer had any way to stroll outside the walls. Some of them were coming in through the ceiling fan and...

Maybe he can figure out whatever happened to the binding on my F50R fretboard ;-)

It's nice to have someone working on it with such good attention to detail. You will be so pleased.

Just gotta say, this thing is a freaking cannon. I’m so happy with it!

Wow, what a project! I love the new finish. Won’t be long now, it looks like.

This had been Gregg Allman’s, now belongs to his son Devon. I took this pic after the Allman Betts show in Clearwater a couple weeks ago.

It has the racing stripes. I will take some better pics of the neck and post them for the curious, those were the seller’s pics. The seller claims he didn’t take off the binding, but someone who owned it prior to his 35 years with it may have. It’s still a mystery and may always be. My intention...

Yes and that’s what I was hoping for and missing on my smaller bodied guitars. Love a nice thumpy bass.

Wonderful! I played it for a couple of hours tonight and it sounds great. I use Ernie Ball Paradigm 11 strings, which I like a lot. Big improvement.

Hahaha! My point for bringing it up in the first place was that even BBKing had problems doing it, so don't feel bad.