Re: Les Paul Custom set neck
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:24 pm
My 960B is also my go-to guitar. Lovely.
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but I assume you mean the plastic binding over the fret ends?
Do not be alarmed, these are called nibs and are the mark of a top quality finish. They are found on more expensive guitars because they require considerable hand finishing to achieve that result.
The metal frets are trimmed back from the edge of the fingerboard and that space replaced by the binding. When the binding is installed it is originally the height of the frets. The material between each fret is then scraped and filed away leaving the metal fret ends nicely covered and your fingers protected from scratches!
