Hello guys! Soon I will be doing a refret on a Gibson Les Paul. It is with binding my question is how to keep the original nibbles on the fret ends
Can you please walk me through the process. Thank you.Β
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I donβt think that you can keep the nibbles when you decide to refret. From every attempt you try to keep them will suffer your fretwork. Better get them off and make a nice frettang overhang. Then you also eliminate the risk that the high E string will get stuck between the fret end and the nibble.
But thatβs my opinion, others may think different 😉
I was thinking about this. I still don't know the value of the guitar. If it's not a relic I will do the over hang and not bother with this. But if it is a relic then I don't want to be responsible for the devaluation of it... You know...Β
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I've *never* done a refret on anything other than something cheap (and mine!), but I don't see how you could do a refret on that without removing at least some of the binding, and probably damaging even more of the binding.
Definitely a task that needs a consultation with the owner/customer before starting work!
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letβs hope it is not a vintage Les Paul.
I was more worried that it was a well played new one. Β If itβs just some old relic, then whoβd care ...
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That has seen a lot of action, those crowns are destroyed. I donβt know how to answer your question, you better ask @markbailey Good luck!Β
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