Marc Allen

Hi Pinch, Thanks for the words. 10 frets. I don't know what are the frets used in this guitar. Gibson said it is .90 wide .55 high but I'm not sure. I compared to a .103' wide fret and the originals doesn't seem narrower. I also heard it could be 95 wide 55 high. But the information is not clear. I just ordered samples of all Jescar models to compare to the original ones. But selling the guitar just became a real option now. Maybe it was meant to be. Best regards and thanks again. Marc Allen

I'm considering selling it as it is for a cheaper price and move forward with another guitar than dealing with a refret. For what I saw and read, it is a very delicate job. I had the chance to see some work made by different luthiers and each of them have different issues: glue on the fingerboard, sharp edges, shattered bidding, wood chips... They cannot guarantee there won't be issues also, cause you never know what will happen and you heat the fret (can melt the fingerboard finish), or when you take it off. How much you guys the guitar would devalue with the issue it has right now? Best regards, Marc Allen

Gibson Repair & Restoration said they use StewMac #149, which is 103' wide 46' height. Gibson Customer Support said the factories do not release specific vendor information. But that the frets used on the Gibson Les Paul Classic 2008 were 90' wide 55' height. Very confusing. I'm ordering samples of different sizes to compare with the original guitar. What a headache. Best regards, Marc Allen

I'm located in San Diego. It costs $600 to send to Gibson in Nashville. That's the only thing I'm considering. But what are those Gibson Les Paul Classic frets? Yes, I should take him to the small court, but that won't bring the frets/nibs back, unfortunately. That hurts. Thank you! Best regards, Marc Allen

Hi, Recently I took my Gibson Les Paul Classic to do a fret leveling. It was showing a slightly wear, nothing that I should be concerned about when playing, but I decided to do anyway due to aesthetics. On this process, the luthier simply destroyed my frets. He reshaped some of the frets, probably because he broke some of the biding nibs (image attached). The thing is now when I'm playing on the reshaped frets, I cannot do vibratos, pull off or even bends without missing the fret and sliding out of the fingerboard. There's no way to play the guitar this way, and I'm wondering what I should do. I'm thinking on refreting it, but afraid that this could end in a worse scenario. I want to keep the same feel of the guitar. I know I'm going to lose the nibs and I'm already working this idea on my mind. The thing is that is very delicate to refret and I'm considering shipping my guitar to Gibson in Nashville to do so. Do you guys have any idea on what is the original fretwire for this model and year? I hear it is Jescar 55095. But Gibson Repair & Restoration department told me they use StewMac. Not sure if they changed the supplier recently or they always used StewMac. I appreciate your help. I can tell taking my guitar for fret leveling was a huge mistake. Best regards, Marc Allen