(this isn't required of you are a bedroom player) For labor, I used established price guides from local SoCal Luthier's websites, although I did my most of my own work:ġ. Now, lets see what I spent to "make it right" enough to record with and earn a living with. (1) Brand New 2016 Gibson Les Paul 50's Tribute - Purchased on SKU #GIB LPST5HT16 for $899.00 Let's use a real-word scenario for this example of bringing an entry-level Gibson les Paul into fighting shape. I've "rebuilt" or "corrected" many issues with a lot of guitars for clients - including some USA models - but I won't invest this kind of time and effort in "fixer-uppers" for myself any longer. When things are made cheaply, to fit a preconceived price point, there are things that are compromised to arrive at that price point. While guitars built down to a price point may - sometimes - surprise you in positive fashion, I find the better quality guitars (in the Gibson line) starting to appear at about the $1,500.00 range and that would reflect the current cost of a 2021 Les Paul Studio.Įverything I bought (brand new) from Gibson in the $749.00 - $899.00 price range (in 2016) was really substandard in terms of nut prep, fret work, overall finish quality, neck angle and attention to detail. The Studio was the best guitar of that group in terms of build quality and finish, and one would expect the build quality to improve on a more expensive product, but I did not like the narrow fretboard and slim-taper neck profile.just a personal preference here.
#Samick guitar tailpiece series
I paid $749.00 each for two brand new 2016 Gibson SG T Series (at different times), $899.00 for a brand new 2016 Gibson Les Paul 50's Tribute and $1,099.00 for a brand new 2016 Gibson Les Paul Studio T Series. I did not see this kind of work/detail in the "T" Series, Faded and Tributes that I purchased in 2016/2017. This is a zero defect guitar.and it is priced accordingly. The stock, white Graph Tech nut on my new Les Paul (according to published specs Ginson is now using Graph Tech now at the factory) had all these angles properly cut. a Fender nut, due to all the oblique angles. Having said that, it's a lot of tedious detail work to get the nut cut correctly and it takes me 3-4 times longer to setup a Gibson style nut vs. Once I worked these details out, I had no more tuning issues. Here's one of my setups on a typical Les Paul: 004" larger than string gauge, a generous fall-away and a slight funnel shape on the tuner side of the nut. It involves cutting slots no less than about.
#Samick guitar tailpiece how to
It took me a while to figure out how to cut the nut on a Les Paul to get the tuning stable. Now, when repairing/setting up Gibson style headstock guitars, there are a few things that give them a bad reputation. The build quality and attention to detail is astounding on this guitar. My 2021 Gibson Les Paul 50's Standard stays in perfect tune no matter what I do to it.
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