Eli Ekman- Building of a Crow-Hill Electric Hollowbody KOA guitar

The binding now chosen (Curly Katalox" Erik has " Just finished dying, laminating, and resawing the binding. Looks pink in the photos, but will end up rich red".  The Curl in the Katalox is more pronounced than i imagined and looks incredible. That red purfing will give it some really unique charachter. Damn just can't wait to see the grain of that Koa with some Lacquer. Just hope it sounds as good as it will look! Side-on view with binding and purfing: The Maple Neck is now ready for the trussrod and Headstock Veneers: The neck Carve/shape is a huge call and i'm leaning to the same neck carve as my PRS "Pattern regular" shape Neck whereas Erik prefers a slightly thicker neck such as the Pattern Vintage. The shapes/measurements are depicted below. I'm referencing the PRS shapes as i'm familiar with them as i currently play a 2015 PRS Custom 24 with a pattern regular  neck carve.

Next major decision is Binding.  Points to consider: I dont want to distract from the highly figured texture of the koa wood however contrast appears to be suited. The three i favour are either a Dark wood ie Katalox, a very light Maple or in between a nice Curly Maple... I'm Leaning toward either the Light (almost white) Maple or Katalox with a nice coloured purfing. Erik's comments. " Binding. The curly maple seems like a nice fit. Could also do koa binding. Or, I think my favorite is this curly katalox - it’ll end up dark with very subtle movement of the figuring. Could do it with a thin line of maple, or very thin maple/black/maple purfling. But, I agree, don’t want to over do it and distract from this crazy figuring." Katalox: Curly Maple: Light maple (i think): Koa: Wev'e Chosen the Katalox Binding, Iv'e left it to Erik to choose the purfing as he just has loads more experience and feel for how that might turn out.