I'm still with the Charvel DS3 appraisal, this time I'm highlighting a short-coming albeit non-detrimental.
What you see here is the DS3 body biding, it stopped short of lining the entire cutaway at the bout's sharpest point. If you note other singlecut guitars, there wouldn't be any trace of binding making its way after the turn, in this case, the factory hands dealing with the DS3 chose to leave a little extension & it was not snipped particularly well; note the slant. I've also noticed some other units featuring some sloppy lift-offs, you could tell this if the binding's terminal manifested frayed edges. The example here had one of the better lifting display, just that it had its excess bit & a crooked end.
Should we deem this careless handling excessive? I wouldn't be too particular about it but there would be people out there who wouldn't be too happy paying for an unworthy finish. Well, it's not squarely a class issue but it affects the product status. Please do not ignore the fact that the rest of the fit & finish are solid all round- we keep looking at flawed trees sometimes, while ignoring the beautiful forest.
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