Lakewood catalog 2010-11 - Jedistar

Lakewood Customshop
Binding on body, fingerboard & headstock
Purfling on body, fingerboard & headstock
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For body, headstock and fingerboard
the following woods are
available as optional bindings:
• Flamed maple (image sample 2)
• Pear wood
• Yew
• Koa
• Artificial tortoise
• White synthetic
• Muninga (image sample 1)
• Rosewood
• Snakewood (image sample 3)
The use of bindings and purflings for fingerboard and headstock of the guitar is optional, but few people can resist their aesthetics! You can also view the
choices of wood available on pages 44 & 45.
• Purfling from noble woods (image sample 1 and 3)
• Abalone purfling (image sample 2 and 4)
• Abalone purfling on soundboard, back and sides (image sample 5)
What is purfling?
Instrument makers use this description for the small additional inlays that grace the outside edges of the guitar. They provide a suitable contrast when, for
instance, two equally dark woods have been used together. The style and mounting of the purfling cannot be altered in the Lakewood Customshop, nor can they
be left out on the body binding, since we consider them a necessity for the visual harmony of the instrument. Purfling at the edge of the fingerboard or headstock
are however optional. Abalone inlays come under the category of purfling and can be added, if desired, to decorate the body of the guitar or the fingerboard and
headstock.
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