Center Strip on Super Chet

[Alan Peterson]

I'm sure this has been brought up before. Just can't find where.

Observe the decorative longitudinal inlay strip centered along the ribs of the classic 1970's Gretsch "Super Chet":
http://www.robwesley.com/guitars/listin ... GP1466.JPG

Would this strip typically be incised and glued in during manufacture before the multi-ply sides are bent; dadoed in after the sides are removed from the bender; or a groove cut into the top ply layer before everything is laminated in the press, and the strip glued down after molding?

Which is easiest, most likely, or most economical in the building process? Thanks as always for your expertise.

[Alan Peterson]

I'm discovering the link is not that dependable. Please do a Google search for "Gretsch Super Chet" to see the construction I'm talking about.
Thx.

[Bob Francis]

http://www.elderly.com/items/images/40U ... 1_side.jpg

[Michael Lewis]

I would think it was routed into the sides at the same time the binding ledges were routed.