How is this finish technique done? Maple top/mahogony back

Greetings, I was just curious how this technique is done where the top is stained/finished differently than the back. Is it strictly masking? Anybody have any examples of teles finished similarly? Thanks!

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+1?? I have a similar project and I really need to know how this is done! Surely someone here knows?

Masking is the only way I could imagine, then clear coat the whole thing :)

It's been discussed here before and here is an explanation from the StewMac site. (http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Finishing/Colors,_stains/a-blueguitar.html)

Here's Jwells393's take on the binding technique.

Thinline build (http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/97436-%2A%2Ahmmm-think-ill-build-thinline-%2A%2A-2.html#post1150415)

Thank you sir! Before posting I'd done a search for "maple cap" but didnt yield many results, its a about the terminology!

Thanks again!

Thanks. I've got some stripers tape and some painter's tape as well. I may actually mask off the body wood first and get a good coat of poly clear on the maple caps; then mask off the caps and stain the body. I'm thinking that even if the stain bleeds a bit, it's not going to sink into the poly like it would the bare wood.

Thank you sir! Before posting I'd done a search for "maple cap" but didnt yield many results, its a about the terminology!



Yeah, all about terminology. You might want to try a search for "PRS binding" or something similar.

Thanks again! Worked pretty well!