Sometimes simpler is better. In this case, leaving off binding makes for a tidy look that lets other elements pop out. The light sapwood in the top rhymes with the maple veneers throughout the instrument, something that might have been visually lost with binding. The Cedar is from Jayson Bowerman, a guitar maker from Bend who harvested this log himself. The curly Walnut is from Goby in Portland and the Mahogany neck is a scrap from a furniture maker.
