Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
We could throw them off a cliff. Into the sar casm. :rim:
Saw a new Gibson this weekend. Binding nibs are gone.
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We could throw them off a cliff. Into the sar casm. :rim:
Elias Graves
Common misfit
~I thought we had one.~
Elias Graves
Common misfit
:bfp:
People can spend their money on whatever they want. And people play at all levels of ability. When people confuse their ability to regurgitate facts (and or non-facts) for authority on a subject they have little first hand knowledge of is what usually grinds my gears. On the other hand, that is 90% of the postings I see on Facebook regarding politics, religion, science, etc....
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
You know what grinds my gears? Cranks.
Elias Graves
Common misfit
For me, it's a lack of lubrication.
Ratae Corieltauvorum
HCEG Exile
You know the irony is, in the first place, the nibs were there to save money and streamline the manufacturing process, as it meant they could have a fretboard assembly.
1. Get fretboard blank
2. Add fretboard inlays
3. Bandsaw sides to correct taper - binding width
4. Radius
5. Fret.
6. Grind fret ends end flush
7. Glue binding on
8. Scrape binding.
9. Fine abrasive paper finish.
10. Dress, level/polish frets
Having fretted LPs, SGs etc using various methods, ie:
Easy: Pull frets, sand off nibs, lightly freshen/re-radius fretboard, then cut frets, remove enough tang to sit inside binding, then dress ends
Difficult: Pull frets, label each fret, reproduce each fret, ie length and radius, and then with the assistance of some cyanoacrylate, press them back between the binding.
Although I've labelled the latter "Difficult" it's my preferred method, and I refuse to do Gibson refrets unless they have stainless frets.
PRS got it right when they just blew binding away, Ted McCarty was no fool, but then neither was Leo
1. Get fretboard blank
2. Add fretboard inlays
3. Bandsaw sides to correct taper - binding width
4. Radius
5. Fret.
6. Grind fret ends end flush
7. Glue binding on
8. Scrape binding.
9. Fine abrasive paper finish.
10. Dress, level/polish frets
Having fretted LPs, SGs etc using various methods, ie:
Easy: Pull frets, sand off nibs, lightly freshen/re-radius fretboard, then cut frets, remove enough tang to sit inside binding, then dress ends
Difficult: Pull frets, label each fret, reproduce each fret, ie length and radius, and then with the assistance of some cyanoacrylate, press them back between the binding.
Although I've labelled the latter "Difficult" it's my preferred method, and I refuse to do Gibson refrets unless they have stainless frets.
PRS got it right when they just blew binding away, Ted McCarty was no fool, but then neither was Leo
jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Maybe raising the cost is why they changed. It’s become common for instruments in the $500–$1000 range to have hand-finished fret ends. And now that’s even happening in the sub-$500 market. Gibson might have realized that they can’t keep halfassing their frets if they want to sell a premium product.