The other night, after letting the binding dry for an hour or two, I started removing all of the masking tape. A lot of tape residue was left behind stuck to glue squeeze out, but using a scraper and some elbow grease I got the back binding all scraped flush with the back and sides. Over all I'm happy with how it turned out. Most of the binding is tight and gap free, and the small gaps I do have will either sand out or can be filled during finishing. Most of the binding is even, but there are a couple small spots that ended up thinner, but for my first attempt at binding without any proper tooling, I think it turned out pretty good!
I found it difficult getting the binding to fit tight to the cutaway, but apparently by efforts were worth it because it turned out great! There's just one spot that is a bit loose, but a drop of thin CA glue will fix that.
The mitered joint at the neck block turned out good, although there's a bit of a gap where I chipped some of the wood. I'll fill that gap when I finish the guitar.
The bass side of the waist turned out PERFECT! No gap, and the binding is equal thickness the entire way along the curve!
The treble side waist didn't turn out as well. If you look carefully, just to the right of the middle of the waist, there is a spot in the binding that is a bit thinner then the rest. Not as good as the other side, but still not bad!
Where the binding and end wedge fit together turned out great if I do say so myself!
Now on to binding the top!
Now on to binding the top!