GimmeGibson
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So my new 2021 R8 has these waves on the very edges of the top, right near the binding. Not the optical waves we all love, I mean a physical waviness (dips and rises like a warped record) running around the top edge. It’s not all the way around and not deep enough that I noticed it in the store. In fact I really need to hold it on a shallow angle with the light catching it on the top just so, to see it. It’s looks like an uneven sanding, as if it was sanded to deep in spots.
Both my 50’s Standard and Classic are as smooth as can be, mirror smooth. I’m wondering if this is something anyone else has on their custom shops (or any Les Paul for that matter.) Is it “a look” to make it resemble an older guitar, or perhaps what they actually looked like in 1958?
It’s not bad enough to send back. This beauty is a keeper, unless there is some reason to be concerned about it in some unknown to me structural sense.
I’ll take a picture later if I can capture the waves well enough to post. It’s not visible in my earlier NGD post.
Anyone familiar with this?
Both my 50’s Standard and Classic are as smooth as can be, mirror smooth. I’m wondering if this is something anyone else has on their custom shops (or any Les Paul for that matter.) Is it “a look” to make it resemble an older guitar, or perhaps what they actually looked like in 1958?
It’s not bad enough to send back. This beauty is a keeper, unless there is some reason to be concerned about it in some unknown to me structural sense.
I’ll take a picture later if I can capture the waves well enough to post. It’s not visible in my earlier NGD post.
Anyone familiar with this?