robert56 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Need a little help here. I have a 2000 Les Paul Custom and there is a binding issue,the binding on the front side of the horn is wider than the binding on the rest of the guitar.I can't find any pix to compare to. I have verified this is not a fake,I bought it from a dealer who is a personel friend and verifed with Gibson. Can anyone explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Isn't it because it merges with the neck binding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Some confuse the width of the maple top cap with binding... Got any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 Yes the binding is pictured as my avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Yes the binding is pictured as my avatar. It's a little small in the avatar - can you post a bigger picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 How do you download a pix to the email body,I have tried a few times and can't get it to work. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 How do you download a pix to the email body' date='I have tried a few times and can't get it to work. Thanks.[/quote'] Try this. http://forums.gibson.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=11276 I use IMGUR.com - it's fast, free, and you don't have to sign up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 In some guitars the binding was made wider to cover the edge of the cap in others the binding stays the same width exposing the maple cap... Thought the wider binding was just with the Norlin's though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 [/img] This should work !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Here is another view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenKen Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 My standard is just like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Is it a 2000 Standard ? I wonder if the binding was done that way for that year. I took it to a Guitar Center store to possibly sell and they basically thru me out of the store,saying were not in the market to buy a guitar like that !!! I think they thought it was a fake and I was trying pawn it off on them. I went to another store and they were fine about it but they are looking into why the binding is like that,they thought it was a Norlin design but of course due to the year it is not,I wonder why the binding is like that and some and not on others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 That's a common look on Les Pauls. There's been a bunch of threads in the LP forum (do a search). On guitars that show the wood, the maple cap looks almost the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenKen Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Is it a 2000 Standard No, I'm old. Mine is from the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 I have been waiting on a responce back from Gibson to see why the binding is the way it is. I find it amazing or I really don't that a Gibson dealer after verifying the serial #and features of the guitar would still question the validity of the instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 How about a pic of the whole guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Will do a whole pic. Does anyone have a picture of their binding that looks like mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Awesome and thanks !!!! What year and model is your guitar and do you know of any explaination why the binding was done that way ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 That binding is perfectly normal. It's known as 'wide binding' as opposed to the original 'narrow binding' used on the original '52 - '60 instruments and modern re-issues. ...do you know of any explaination why the binding was done that way ?? On the original instruments there was a crescent of maple - used for the carved-top 'cap' - showing paler than the mahogany which was used for the main body of the guitar. Sometime later' date=' after the original-style Les Paul guitar was re-introduced in 1968, a decision was taken to use wider binding to cover up the whole of the maple; hence the wider binding in the cut-away area. Original style 'Narrow binding'. Note thin crescent of lighter wood under stain. [img']http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp254/pippy59/_MG_1641-1.jpg[/img] Later 'Wide binding'. No maple visible. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert56 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 This is perfect !!!! Thanks so much. Now I can go explain it to Guitar Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 This is perfect !!!! Thanks so much. Now I can go explain it to Guitar Center. Guitar Center...... There's your first and only mistake, Take to where people know what there talking about!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 This is perfect !!!! Thanks so much. Now I can go explain it to Guitar Center. I hate that place, nothing but losers from your local city's music scene. I rank their "employees" on the same level of non-quality as a Best Buy blue shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 It's an optical illusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 This is perfect !!!! Thanks so much. Now I can go explain it to Guitar Center. What's the problem? What is there to explain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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