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Fretboard Quality issues continue

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Billielvis

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Uncle Gary said:
You must be. Every Gibson I've ever purchased has had flaws of one sort or another. I've always assumed I was just unusually fussy about such things. Certainly, my friends and family consider me a "perfectionist".

It does seem like I spend a great deal of time correcting "flaws" on every Gibson I buy. Unfortunately, I don't live where I can choose among 20-30 of a given model to cherry pick the best one. Even the "five star" dealer I usually buy from has no more than 2 or 3 Historic Les Pauls in stock at any given time, so....

I HAVE gotten really good and filing nut slots, replacing and notching bridge saddles, touching up finishes and fixing other flaws over the years. Not to mention replacing linear taper pots (including rewiring FOUR ES-335s).
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Congrats on being OCD about these things - so we should be for this kind of money!
 
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