Gibson Les Paul - Refinished??? Headstock overlay

[MGSchindel]

What's up with this 2001 Gibson headstock logo inlay (or decal)?? See the raised clearcoat finish outine boxed out all the way around it?

Is this a bad refinishing job, where the repairman taped off the original Gibson decal/inlay, and then refinished the headstock with black, then clearcoat, rather than replacing the Gibson logo properly with a new one?

Is there ANY possibility this guitar's headstock is factory and hasn't been refinished? Does anyone's Gibson decal look like this under factory clearcoat finish?

[lakehaus]

I've observed many true Gibson's with logo's like this'n. Maybe a QC thing that has since been corrected?

[walterw]

looks stock to me.

that logo is indeed an inlay, and the edge between inlay and surrounding wood can sometimes get that seam in the finish.