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I went to the Experience Music Project in Seattle a couple of months ago. On my way home I decided to stop at the GC just a few blocks away to check out a few Gibson LPs. I looked at about 6 or 7 LP Standards and every single one of them had horrible binding on the bodies. The bindings were not in the same plane as the side of the guitar. They angled in at the top edge and there was a highly visible ridge at the lower edge where the binding meets the body. I looked at a used LP Custom( I think) that was only 2 or 3 years old. The binding on it was separating from the body in many places. Is this a common problem with Gibson LPs?
I didn't bother to play any of them. I wouldn't pay over 2K for a guitar with two bit bindings. I know they're not all like these but the fact that so many are is enough to turn me off to Gibson.
How can anyone not like Gibsons? High prices and hit or miss quality does it for me. YMMV
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