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Originally Posted by Talldad
Binding is cosmetic!
When you build a guitar the odds of getting a perfect joint between the sides and the top or back are very very low. If you can do it and have perfect adhesion to the kerfing you have reach zen. Most builders won’t or don’t strive to, I certainly don’t. We put on binding as a cosmetic upgrade, upgrade because it hides the end grain of the back or top which is always difficult to work with.
It doesn’t add any stability to the instrument that isn’t already there by virtue of the top being stuck to the letting and sides.
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I think this is wrong. Getting a near perfect joint between the top/back and sides is imperative to the structural integrity of a guitar. The binding shouldn't be there to hide a bad joint; it's there to prevent Rh from getting into the end grain and expanding or contracting the dimension of the top and back.