Shrinkage

[corpse]

No- not that shrinkage- way too cold to swim this time of year on the Cape- but I notice the binding on the horn of my 2018 R9 is now narrower than the slot it fits in. Did it shrink or was I so captivated by the top that I failed to notice when it arrived?

 

[metropolis]

If you mean inside the cutaway it's normal and that's a little sliver of maple you see, as opposed to some Les Pauls where they have thicker binding inside that cutaway. There's a recent thread here somewhere about it.

 

[corpse]

Not what I am seeing- i know the maple fill you are talking about. I said narrow and I should have said deep. The mahogany of the back sticks out further than the Royalite.

 

[Wilko]

That is how they are made. After spraying color, the color is scraped off the binding and the binding is not always the same level as the body edge.

 

[AA00475Bassman]

Normal .

 

[corpse]

Thanks guys.