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rainydayman82@g

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  1. I had no idea these even existed. Thanks for the rec. Specs-wise, the same as an SG but for half the price. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on Gibson. To all intents and purposes, the SG I had was a great guitar but the binding was, shall we say, an 'anomaly'. Kinda like having a brand new Porsche with a bumper that looked like it had been molded by someone's blind grandmother. Just saying...
  2. Ha, I already have one. Don't know which is worse, Gibson or Fender. Do you want it?
  3. Hi, Just to let it be known, Gibson took the guitar back and the dealer gave me a full refund. Despite the problem, Gibson were spot on and didn't hesitate to do what was right. The dealer on the other hand... Now I am one guitar down with 1300€ burning a hole in pocket.. What do?
  4. With all due respect, maybe you need to get your eyes tested? Putting nicks, dings and scratches on a guitar is my prerogative not Gibson's. Compare this to ordering a fried egg in a restaurant and the chef breaking the yolk on your behalf. Your comment doesn't make any sense. At the price Gibson are charging, they should be aiming for perfection. It's not impossible.
  5. Update time: So, the dealer took the guitar back on a Thursday and called me back the next day to try to tell me the guitar was perfect. Obviously not perfect, so I told him what I thought was the problem/s with the guitar. So, a week later, the company sent me an email saying that the luthier had looked the guitar over and apart from a setup to intonate the guitar and a change of strings from 9s to 10s (better tuning stability apparently), nothing else had to be done. All on their dime and in the opinion of all of the shop workers, the guitar was perfect... So, okay. Gibson have also contacted me saying that although it looked like one of the workers had scraped off too much binding / fretboard, the binding is within tolerance and that it is a handmade instrument so it is to be expected. Here's the thing: I get the guitar back and far from having had a setup, change of strings and a lick of spit and polish, the guitar has had: the nut recut and reshaped, frets levelled, crowned and polished, fretboard conditioned and full setup. Also looks like they have done some filing work on the binding too. Don't know if it looks better or worse haha. Honestly, the thing plays better than ever, intonates and holds tune perfectly. It came out of the box in tune and I only had to tune up once between then and the next day despite heavy play instead of every other minute lol but wtf? The guitar is still not perfect in my eyes, even though we are talking nothing more than a cosmetic flaw now. It has been an annoying experience tbh. On one hand, I have the dealer downplaying what was clearly a B-stock guitar in the first place. God knows how many times the guitar had been sent out and rejected. Thinking about it, I bought the guitar in Sept 2020. The guitar was made in Feb 2019. I don't know how long it had been sitting around the factory/dealer but in this country the biggest supplier usually makes you wait at least 3-5 weeks before shipping you an SG Standard out due to their low availability. I made the mistake of just assuming this dealer had some when I now suspect, the ones they had were ones they were having difficulty offloading. Lame. I'll admit I should have been way more thorough and taken the guitar immediately to a luthier to have it checked out and sent back within the 14 day money back period. On the other hand, Gibson are doing nothing except saying 'send us the serial number and the name of the dealer' (biggest Gibson dealer in Spain lol) and 'we will alert QC' lololol. What to do brahs? I can't say I dislike the guitar but the whole experience has left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't think I'll ever buy another Gibson again and as far as buying from that dealer ever again... Nah. Maybe I'm overthinking things but you live and learn. Thoughts?
  6. Just so you know, the music store I bought the guitar from are coming to pick up the guitar to sort out the problem. I just want to say, I've been very impressed by this community. Everyone has been extremely helpful and I wish to say a big thank you to you all. I will keep you posted
  7. Do you think a good luthier could fix up the unsightly binding?
  8. Do you think a good luthier could fix up the unsightly binding?
  9. I'm not entirely sure if the frets are 100% level. The neck seems straight
  10. It has a three year guarantee for factory defects, which this is. I will let you guys know when I receive a reply. I'm certainly not interested in spending X amount of money trying to solve somebody else's mistake. Apart from that the guitar sounds nice, the neck is really slinky. I want to keep but cannot accept the crappy fretwork. It could and should be the best guitar I've ever had in my life but Gibson have somehow deemed that impossible.
  11. If the company I bought it from don't take it back and do the necessary work to rectify the problem, I intend to take it to a luthier. I'm pretty sure the only reasonable option would be to have the fretboard level and the whole thing refretted. Maybe, I'm wrong, perhaps someone could educate me on that.
  12. I swear the notes don't sound one hundred percent in that area..
  13. I already have but I'm still waiting for their reply. The company is called Malaga 8 in Madrid. It is Gibson's fault for shipping out crap with huge blunders like this on it but the dealer's fault for not sending it back in the first place.
  14. I actually think they scraped off some of the fretboard in the process. It's easy to see with the naked eye, less so in a photo.
  15. It does have a 3 year guarantee and as I consider this a manufacturing defect, I should be able to get them to do the work on their dime. The company is called Malaga 8 in Madrid.
  16. I have found a luthier in my area that should be able to go down that route should the eventuality arise. Although I know nothing about guitar repair, it is becoming apparent to me that the binding is the least of my problems. It's sad to say I bought a 400€ Chinese made Epiphone for my son that has none of these issues. I know it is not fair to compare as they are kind of on different entry levels but come on Gibson! It is telling that you had the same problems with two LPs. I'm afraid that if I had the SG replaced, there would be similar issues. It is not a good feeling to spend 1300€ on your dream guitar only to come to the realisation that it needs major work done on it in order to make it playable. It really takes the fun out of what should be a satisfying experience. I have no problem paying for a set up from time to time, hell a refret after years of playing but paying hundreds for what I consider to be work to rectify a very serious quality issue straight out of the box is quite frankly embarrassing and completely unacceptable.
  17. The no quibble return time is 14 days and I'm way past that by this point. However the dealer gives a 3 year guarantee and I would say the given the severity of the defect, it should be covered.
  18. Looking at it again it does look as though the frets are not at all level either. Basically, I find myself having to make tiny adjustments to the tuning constantly as it doesn't seem to sound in-tune in certain positions. I can never seem to get it 100% right. I would like to see the dealer or Gibson address this as it becoming apparent to me that the guitar is somewhat defective and needs to be reviewed under its guarantee. As you can see more ugly and wildly inconsistent profiling:
  19. It's crazy I didn't notice it straight away as the guitar does sound and feel nice but this sloppy craftsmanship is in fact, glaring and extremely messy work and it really bothers me. I can't figure out if the person who was scraping the binding went too hard and lowered the profile of the individual frets or whether the fretboard was shaped this way before the binding went on hence the awkward angle of the binding. The guitar doesn't seem to intonate very well either so I'm wondering if this is a setup issue or is due to the inconsistencies found on the fretboard.
  20. I've got to say, I'm having trouble getting past the inconsistencies on the fretboard of this guitar. It is a 2019 Gibson SG. I've had it for three months and due to my inexperienced eye, failed to notice this when I first bought it. I've also been grappling with tuning stability issues since I've got it and so far, a good setup and playing the guitar in does not seem to have done the trick. I'm starting to worry that I have ended up with a lemon. What is going on here?
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