2016 Gibson Goldtop Dark Back Les Paul

Slash collects LP's & apparently has a great many. Interesting story, decades ago during one of Kiss' tours of Australia, Ace Frehley's main LP at the time was somehow stolen. Fast forward to a few years a, what was thought to be an LP copy with a nastily brush painted headstock appears in a hock shop with an asking price of around a couple hundred bucks. So some guys is in there trying a few guitars & find this particular one plays great so buys it. Couple of days later strips the rough paint from the headsock & it turns out the be Ace's missing axe. He offers it online & in a very short time was contacted by both slashes people & another high profile guitarists. Not sure who ended up with. Cheers
 
Robert Herndon said:
My only real gripe about a Les Paul is the binding where the neck and body meet on the treble side...just never seem clean. You know????
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This Nib issue is a big deal killer in many people's opinions. For those who have purchased binding over fret end guitars who encounter the problem of catching strings in the crack, various little "fixes" have been attempted to alleviate the issue without refretting the guitars.

I have heard of them like clear nail polish maybe,,,,,,,,,, but won't make suggestions in case someone tries something and it messes up their guitar worse.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
This Nib issue is a big deal killer in many people's opinions. For those who have purchased binding over fret end guitars who encounter the problem of catching strings in the crack, various little "fixes" have been attempted to alleviate the issue without refretting the guitars.

I have heard of them like clear nail polish maybe,,,,,,,,,, but won't make suggestions in case someone tries something and it messes up their guitar worse.
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I considered binding over fret, but opted for fret over binding. It's just easier...
 
Robert, I am very glad to hear that choice. Easier, and I sure would hate to see how unhappy you'd be the first time you had that high E sliding off the side of the chopped short fret and into the gap where the binding nib joins the fret end.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Robert, I am very glad to hear that choice. Easier, and I sure would hate to see how unhappy you'd be the first time you had that high E sliding off the side of the chopped short fret and into the gap where the binding nib joins the fret end.
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Nibs are cool. I noticed my Mom's 1979 had some edges on the Nibs...gaps I suppose you could say, didn't seem to cause me any trouble, but I though that down the road, a refret would be easier too....
 
Robert, I have seen these ridged kind. Here is my suggestion for curiosity sake. Take some pics of mom's LP neck and make mental notes just how far the actual fret extends before being cut. Is the fret also cut with a bevel before the nib is in contact with it? Now compare this to the modern 2000"s version of giant nibs. Also, how thick is the actual binding vs the bindings of today's bound necks? I bet you will see the binding is thinner, the wood part of the fretboard is wider giving more surface area for the fingers/stringsto ride on the maximum fret wire as possible. I bet the actual fret lengths are longer and afford enough space for vibrato, finger wigglin without slipping off and making a ping sound instead of the intended notes. It is my theory that today's bound and nibbed Gibs have such thick binding because the cost of plastic is less than the cost of those extra millimeters of Rosewood/Ebony, etc that make up the fingerboards.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Robert, I have seen these ridged kind. Here is my suggestion for curiosity sake. Take some pics of mom's LP neck and make mental notes just how far the actual fret extends before being cut. Is the fret also cut with a bevel before the nib is in contact with it? Now compare this to the modern 2000"s version of giant nibs. Also, how thick is the actual binding vs the bindings of today's bound necks? I bet you will see the binding is thinner, the wood part of the fretboard is wider giving more surface area for the fingers/stringsto ride on the maximum fret wire as possible. I bet the actual fret lengths are longer and afford enough space for vibrato, finger wigglin without slipping off and making a ping sound instead of the intended notes. It is my theory that today's bound and nibbed Gibs have such thick binding because the cost of plastic is less than the cost of those extra millimeters of Rosewood/Ebony, etc that make up the fingerboards.
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will post up pics in a minute...
 
I get what Chili is saying. The older bound guitars often had thinner binding, resulting in smaller nibs.

But, your mom's '79 LPC is pretty much just like my 2007 LPC:

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Like Chili, I would have thought your mom's would be a bit thinner.
 
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smitty_p said:
I get what Chili is saying. The older bound guitars often had thinner binding, resulting in smaller nibs.

But, your mom's '79 LPC is pretty much just like my 2007 LPC:




Like Chili, I would have thought your mom's would be a bit thinner.
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Smitty....on your LPC I noticed the "I always thought it was odd" white switch tip....significance???
 
By the way...Charlie Daniels plays a Derrig Les Paul Replica regularly. Also, Dickey Betts has a Derrig Les Paul Replica....but there's even a much more famous, younger player who debuted playing a Gibson replica....and he now has a signature model....just like Slash....:-)
 
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