Jump to content
Gibson Brands Forums

Michal

All Access
  • Posts

    7
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Michal

  1. Michal

    Gibson Cases

    Not necessarily, I got a Les Paul (which itself also has some serious QC issues) in a Made in Canada case (I guess by TKL?), which is not as bad as the OPs, but still disappointing: lid is not closing properly without force, glue residues in the lining. I stumbled upon a comparison between a Made in Canada Gibson case and a Made in China Gibson case on Youtube, where the China case seems to be of a better quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIzJoWScUAE
  2. That's a great top - I'm glad this turned out well!
  3. Good question! Maybe one day this will become valuable, just like minting errors of coins 😅
  4. Thank you all for your feedback, very appreciated! I think I will send this guitar back, I can't unsee this inlay placement anymore. Who knows... besides the misplaced inlays, the binding and fretboard also seem poorly crafted, there are clearly visible tooling marks. Even my much cheaper Korean made LTD Les Paul copy looks much cleaner and more refined, which is disappointing. I guess there is a reason why this guitar was sold in Gibsons Demo Shop.
  5. Thank you Big Bill! The nibs are all there, it is just bad light in the picture. It confused me because Gibson made a very good job of documenting every tiny scratch in the finish (which is not a big deal for me) but not the off-center inlays - the pictures were shoot under an angle, so it was not really visible.
  6. Hi! I have a Steinberger GR4 which has the same zero-fret and “string mounting system” at the nut. It has significant groves on the zero-fret and only double ball ended strings without any adapter have been used. When I am bending certain strings on the frets closer to the nut, they will temporarily pop out of the groves, which feels strange, and you hear a faint “ping” sound - but this is on the “other side” of the string and will not be picked up by the pickups. It doesn’t really bother me and this guitar is over 30 years old, so I guess the groves will “stabilize” at some point and not deteriorate any more. This is a common problem of the zero-fret: I also have a Vigier Guitar which has a stainless-steel (!) zero-fret and still quickly developed said groves. As this is a known issue, Vigier split the zero-fret into six little frets, so that each string has its own zero-fret. This allows you to change only the specific zero-fret, which has a grove and which bothers you. Michal
  7. Hello all, I just bought my first Gibson Les Paul Standard from the Gibson EU Demo Shop - a 2017 Standard T Model. I was pretty excited, the pictures promised a fantastic top. As it arrived, my excitement turned into disappointment, the inlays are are noticeably off-center, they are like 3 mm or 1/8 inch off towards the bass side. It’s clearly visible, the inlays fill up most of the space between the E & A string and very little between the b & e string. Or am I too picky? Is this normal? Thank you and best regards Michal
×
×
  • Create New...