The wood binding on a classical or acoustic guitar not only protects the edges of the guitar from damage, it acts as a decorative element and kind of a signature by each individual luthier as a method of showing their guitar-making talents. This step by step tutorial will give you the necessary information to product professional results in the installation of your next guitar binding job.

The Top Installation Process:
First of all, make sure your Top Plate is ready to go. The braces should be glued on the top, shaped and sanded. The bridge plate should be attached to the top and sanded. The rosette should be in installed as well as the rosette reinforcement strip installed beneath the rosette.

Dreadnought Guitar:
The Dreadnought Guitar Building plans are patterned after the Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar popularized by the C.F.Martin company in the 1930’s. It is the standard in Bluegrass music, but is used universally in rock, country, folk and much more. It is a big-voiced guitar with a lot of volume potential, depending the the selection of the tonewoods. You can give it warm tones with walnut and maple back and side sets and louder and brighter sounds with Koa and Rosewood. This plan has a 14 fret neck to the body and 25.4″(645.2mm) scale.

Standard X-Bracing Pattern: