1985 Takamine EN 20 Jumbo.

[Bazz]

I am putting a new cedar top on a Takamine EN 20 Jumbo and would like to know what wood was used in bindings and rosette. Thanks for any help.

[kiwigeo]

Looking at photos of the guitar it looks like the instrument has plastic bindings. Maybe it's just me but rosette looks suspiciously like a cheap arse decal rather than an inlay. Perhaps I'm missing something but didnt you note the bindings and rosette before you ripped off the old top?

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[garryalb]

I re-topped an EN10 may years ago that had split across the grain due to extreme run out. From memory the bindings and rosette were brown and cream plastic, so I retrieved and re fitted them. It's not as difficult as it sounds, the plastic peels off the wood fairly easily. Though I wouldn't be crazy enough to do it again! Why is this one being done?

[kiwigeo]

Why is this one being done?

(gazes into crystal ball)......."Using my mystical magic powers....I am sensing that this guitar was left leaning against a wall at a party....."

[garryalb]

Once a customer returned a guitar custom made for him with a totally smashed top saying he had put it down at a party and someone stood on it. I later heard from his mate that the girl friend found him in the embrace of another and used the guitar to deliver a headache.

[Allen]

I've re-topped one Takamine and it had cream coloured plastic bindings. The client wanted a wood rosette, so didn't worry about matching the original.

[old_picker]

Once a customer returned a guitar custom made for him with a totally smashed top saying he had put it down at a party and someone stood on it. I later heard from his mate that the girl friend found him in the embrace of another and used the guitar to deliver a headache.

RAOFLMAO