Members Screaming Stone Posted June 4, 2014 Members Share Posted June 4, 2014 I was looking for a friend's recently stolen '54 Gibson Les Paul - and found this '55 Les Paul on EBay. Looking at the fretboard, the neck binding does not cover the tips of thefrets. Does anyone know if in the '50's they were doing binding like they do now - first set the frets, then bind so the binding covers the tips of the frets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Knutsaq Posted June 4, 2014 Members Share Posted June 4, 2014 Looks legit and like it had a refret at some point. It is pretty common to de-nub the binding and run the frets out over it to the edge of the fretboard on refrets. Gibson isn't even bothering with the nubs on most models these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V-8 Posted June 5, 2014 Members Share Posted June 5, 2014 I was looking for a friend's recently stolen '54 Gibson Les Paul... Do you have any info on the '54 LP? Pictures or description, serial number, location and date stolen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 5, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2014 Looks legit and like it had a refret at some point. It is pretty common to de-nub the binding and run the frets out over it to the edge of the fretboard on refrets. Gibson isn't even bothering with the nubs on most models these days. AFAIK, any bound fretboad on a Gibson still uses fret nivs. It's not a design feature, it's a manufacturing decision as it makes bound fretboards easier to produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 5, 2014 Members Share Posted June 5, 2014 The finish does look vintage to me. It has been refretted as you'd expect for a guitar that age. The photos are a bit small to make out details but I believe its for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Into Nation Posted June 5, 2014 Members Share Posted June 5, 2014 AFAIK, any bound fretboad on a Gibson still uses fret nivs. It's not a design feature, it's a manufacturing decision as it makes bound fretboards easier to produce. They changed up a whole slew of 2014 models, the binding runs under the fret rather than over on the ends. From their webpage: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Screaming Stone Posted June 6, 2014 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2014 Guitar was stolen in Hollister, CA a few weeks ago. It's a Custom Shop RI. I have pics on my site: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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