sunking101

What are you talking about? 12th May 2019 isn't in the future.

My LP's build date was 12/05/2019. No felt.

Really? My build date was 12/05/19 and there was no felt under the nut. Just a flat-angled pickguard and a dent in the surface of my guitar.

Big difference between control cavities and underneath pickguards. Too many people accept damage here! You'll get dings anyway, you can hardly see it, it adds character, keep the pickguard on etc. Would you accept that damage if it wasn't underneath the pickguard? I wouldn't. Also, for TWO THOUSAND POUNDS I expect a pristine intrument with zero defects.

This is a post on Gibson workmanship/QC.

I've never understood that argument. My guitars never get dinged up and I play the heck out of them. I'm a bedroom guitarist who looks after his kit. If I buy a brand new item then I expect no scratches, dings or defects. That especially goes for £2000 guitars. It's not hard to design a pick guard that doesn't destroy the guitar's finish. We all expect the two screw holes but the nut pushing into the top of the guitar is just bad design.

I have guitars that are ten years old and have no noticeable blemishes. I'm really, really careful with them. No clothes with zips, presstuds, metal buttons, rivets, buckles or badges etc when I go to play one of my guitars and they live in their cases when I'm not using them to prevent accidental damage. I don't gig so nothing leaves the house. My brand new LP actually has more damage than any other guitar I own, so to say that they get dinged up anyway isn't (touch wood) true in my case. I was going to be a pickguard off kinda guy but now feel forced to keep it on and even then it's bugging me that I know there's an imperfection underneath. Also, I'm of the opinion that a brand new premium item should arrive in mint condition whether it's to get bashed up during my ownership or not...

It's a well known UK dealer in Leeds. I've just returned from the store and he had two LP Classics and both had the damaged top from the scratchplate nut. I bought the only Standard he had in stock a couple of hours earlier. So three out of three have this fault. I've Googled and some say to put a piece of felt between the nut and the top but I cannot even get a piece of paper under my nut, it is resting on the maple top. The bracket needs to be bigger, it needs to extend further or alternatively Gibson should employ a different type of design that attaches to the pickup surrounds. The crude oversized nut and bolt is ridiculous, the scratchplate attachment really does seem like an afterthought. Anyway, my dealer will offer me a credit note against any other guitar or merchandise of the same value (!) but he will not offer a refund. That's the price you pay for not buying online! No cooling-off period. Damn. Any thoughts?

Just got this baby home, removed the scratchplate and the nut behind the bracket has been pushed into the maple top causing a very noticeable dent. Upon closer inspection the scratchplate bracket was installed kinda flat without the usual angle, with the screw being drilled below the binding. Not happy! I rang the dealer and apparently they're all like this. WTF? So my brand spanking new £2000GBP instrument is damaged from the factory?