Yesterday I peeled off the tape that was covering the binding. In some places it did its job really well, less so in other spots.




Gave it another few hours in the warm sun:



I then went on to scrape the binding which wasn't as easy as it looked in the YouTube videos - but I suppose the guy at the PRS factory does have 12 years of experience!
This has been the most nerve-racking part of the build so far. It came out okay but there are some bits I wasn't 100% happy with. There was 1 area (on the horn) where the stain had soaked deeply into the binding, I had to stop scraping or I worried that there would be no binding left. So it will remain with the stain attached.
I do plan to build other guitars (if this one works out okay) but I'll definitely avoid binding if I can.

Anyway, here's how it turned out:



I do need to go over it again to touch up some little bits. I stopped yesterday as I was starting to lose patience.
Then, give the body a few more days to dry before starting the tru-oil process.