Blueblooded Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 ...**** without nipples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblooded Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Oh come on now! I freakin can't believe that got automatically censored Unbelieveable! Wait - I have an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblooded Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 ... T!TS without nipples! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Mmmmmm, nibs..... [/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 normal guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I like the nibs on historics, thin binding very small nibs, the way it is supposed to be. Binding on the USA line is too thick and the nibs are too wide. For the USA line no nibs is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Gibsons without nibs are like Fenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Or, Epiphones! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Penny Pinching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 ... vintage Gibsons after refretting on a budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 ...counterfeits... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibis Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 What are all the nibs going to be doing with themselves now that they are redundant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I dunno - I like the idea of having a little more usable fret surface. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenKen Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 easier to refret! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Nibs look cool, but they don't impact playability in my hands. My SG Faded is nibless and I enjoy playing it just as much as my nib-equipped SG and LP. Ultimatley I don't really care. Now nipples, I care about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvar Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 As I recall, Les himself didn't like/want nibs- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 That's because nibs were a cheap hunk of plastic stuck at the end of a fret to keep from having to properly dress the end of the fret. If the entire story were reversed and Gibson was just now, after 150 years, switching from full frets to little plastic nubs to cap the razor sharp ends everyone would be losing their minds. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 That's because nibs were a cheap hunk of plastic stuck at the end of a fret to keep from having to properly dress the end of the fret. If the entire story were reversed and Gibson was just now, after 150 years, switching from full frets to little plastic nubs to cap the razor sharp ends everyone would be losing their minds. :) That train's already left the station! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 That's because nibs were a cheap hunk of plastic stuck at the end of a fret to keep from having to properly dress the end of the fret. If the entire story were reversed and Gibson was just now, after 150 years, switching from full frets to little plastic nubs to cap the razor sharp ends everyone would be losing their minds. :) Guitarists lose their minds about something minor?????? No way!!!! NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyMoon Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Guitarists lose their minds about something minor?????? No way!!!! NHTom Excuse me sir, this statement alone has just thrown me right off my game and I just cannot tolerate this,...I must now go outside and shake my fist angrily at inanimate objects!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 lmao..........I can relate! NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 ...counterfeits... P. Yes, that is what I think. I know a lot of people either don't like the nibs or are indifferent to them but for me they are the ONE thing that made a Gibson neck absolutely stand out from all the rest. I also think that they are genuinely "feelable" (If I can beg the word) and make the neck a whole lot better (IMO) to play. Sad day if they wholly pass away but good for the "vintage" Gibson's because they will (again IMO) dramatically increase (over the next few years) in value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I've owned 13 Gibson guitars and basses going back to 1964. Not one of them has ever had any nubs or nibs. I can't imagine I'll miss them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I have four Les Pauls.. two with nibs and two without and I can honestly say it makes no difference to me.. Ive never picked up a guitar and thought, man I miss those nibs, or man those nibs get in the way... Its all the same.. I kinda agree that its one thing that helped when spotting fakes etc.. BUT those fakes have gotten much better these days so if it helps Gibson to do it without for cost or whatever reason.. then so be it.. (plus I actually think having metal ends is better than plastic ones as far as robustness is concerned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Don't now, never have had a guitar with "nibs." That's included some pretty decent instruments from classical to a board with strings and stuff in between. I still think it's more like chrome on 1950s cars. Didn't do much at all to make 'em more comfortable or faster. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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