giovanivan Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Can anyone tell me if this Gibson Songwriter Standard is refretted or not ? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giovanivan Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 I'm not sure whether these frets has come from Gibson factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I'm not sure whether these frets has come from Gibson factory That certainly looks like one of the "standard" modern Gibson fret profiles, and the end finishing detail looks standard Gibson to me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 . How old is the guitar? . What makes you think it's been refretted? As Nick commented, the fretwire looks to be the right size and end finish. Is it the wire color that has you concerned? . In your photo, the color of those frets don't look like the same nickel-silver alloy that Gibson uses - but that could be due to the lighting. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 . Is it the wire color that has you concerned? . In your photo, the color of those frets don't look like the same nickel-silver alloy that Gibson uses - but that could be due to the lighting. . It just looks like oxidized nickel silver fretwire to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giovanivan Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 . How old is the guitar? . What makes you think it's been refretted? As Nick commented, the fretwire looks to be the right size and end finish. Is it the wire color that has you concerned? . In your photo, the color of those frets don't look like the same nickel-silver alloy that Gibson uses - but that could be due to the lighting. . The main reason I wonder why the neck bindings have no nibs between the fretwire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 . Okay. I wondered what was causing your concern. That model is bound with maple - it has no nibs because the binding is wood. So with what Nick has commented, I'd say those are the original frets. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 That is a very interesting version of the AJ fretmarkers.....very nice......this looks like a great guitar!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rar Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 The main reason I wonder why the neck bindings have no nibs between the fretwire Gibson Acoustic pretty much switched from binding-over-frets to frets-over-binding a little while ago. So, on close-to-new Gibsons, absence of nubs is no longer evidence of a refret. -- Bob R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giovanivan Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Thank you BigKahune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giovanivan Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Thank you Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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