middy
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In '83 my dad sold a '60 LP Special DC and had enough $ for a Peavey T-60 & Bandit 65. A couple years later he sold a '70(?) 335 & '65 Super Reverb to get higher end Peavey stuff.

In '83 my dad sold a '60 LP Special DC and had enough $ for a Peavey T-60 & Bandit 65. A couple years later he sold a '70(?) 335 & '65 Super Reverb to get higher end Peavey stuff.
Some of us don’t have to be in position 1 to play in F.Haha, you get dirty looks from everyone in the control room wondering why your guitar is out of tune. (Nuts, fret location...) That nut and first feet will make or break you. PRS says that’s why his guitars became so popular in the auto tune age
Keyboards are “absolute“, pitch correction is absolute...old guitars have to be finessed. I’m being very general, a great player can make anything work, as we know...
Thankfully not all of us focus on "collectible value" in making every gear decision. Focusing on money is completely losing the point of this hobby, in my humble opinion. Perhaps "value" means something different to certain folks... I certainly value when something works correctly and brings me joy.Vintage guitars are much like antique furniture, i.e. anything non-original or added to them later will significantly lower the collector value to those collectors who desire the original pristine item.
Ever watch Antique's Roadshow where the person owning the rare, super-valuable piece of furniture is told that if the alteration had not been done, the piece would be worth bucket-loads more money? Same thing here. I doubt anyone owning an all original, highly collectible vintage guitar would be called 'smart' changing anything about the guitar, let alone yanking and changing frets, (particularly to a non original style, of all things). Not if you want your $$$$$ back on resale or want to retain the guitar's collectable value.
Want a 'player'? Buy a new custom shop relic, not yank the frets on an original 62 strat, lol. That's insane.
How does it play? Does it need frets? Some people take that approach that they will let the next owner refret it so they have the option to choose their favorite fret size.So here’s my question:
I have a ‘67 SG Special.
Should I get it refretted?
Even if I’m not selling it now I will eventually.
Some people don’t need the tuning accuracy that Bukovac. You might be surprised at how out of tune your guitar actually is, no matter where you play your F. It might not matter to you.Some of us don’t have to be in position 1 to play in F.![]()
I was barely a teen & had no idea what he was selling. In '83 I was using a boom box with a mic input as my amp! My friends & I dreamed of a guitar with a Kahler or Floyd and a SS amp with 2 channels. None of us even wanted old stuff then. A few years later I learned who EJ was & what he played and then I started lusting for older/traditional gear. How I wish my dad would have kept his vintage gear so I could have used it! Of course, I wish I would have kept some gear I had in the past.
By '68, we already knew that old LP's and Martins were great, I got my first vintage Martin in around 1972. I was offered a burst in around 1975- $2000, a lot of dough then.I don’t think so? Read the stories about how Billy Gibbons and Rick Nielsen and others were scrounging hard for the older stuff by the early 70’s.
I yanked the ones on my '63 when they were done, and I don't feel insane. In fact I feel really sane. Guitar sounds and plays great.Vintage guitars are much like antique furniture, i.e. anything non-original or added to them later will significantly lower the collector value to those collectors who desire the original pristine item.
Ever watch Antique's Roadshow where the person owning the rare, super-valuable piece of furniture is told that if the alteration had not been done, the piece would be worth bucket-loads more money? Same thing here. I doubt anyone owning an all original, highly collectible vintage guitar would be called 'smart' changing anything about the guitar, let alone yanking and changing frets, (particularly to a non original style, of all things). Not if you want your $$$$$ back on resale or want to retain the guitar's collectable value.
Want a 'player'? Buy a new custom shop relic, not yank the frets on an original 62 strat, lol. That's insane.
If they are in bad shape, yes. For one thing, if you let them go the fingerboard can get gouged, much worse than replaced frets.So here’s my question:
I have a ‘67 SG Special.
Should I get it refretted?
Even if I’m not selling it now I will eventually.
And some of us rarely use Gibsons at recording sessions. The tuning issues are really noticeable. I almost always track rhythm parts on Fenders. Leads it doesn't matter so much. I've gone so far as to punch in individual chords that are tuned for them a few times when I have used a Gibson.Some of us don’t have to be in position 1 to play in F.![]()
great point. thanks.If they are in bad shape, yes. For one thing, if you let them go the fingerboard can get gouged, much worse than replaced frets.
Good for you, man.I yanked the ones on my '63 ...I feel great.
Here's some info on Gibson's and others scale changes.Buk is wrong when he says Gibson frets were improperly spaced, it's just factually incorrect and likely a tech from Gruhns told him that.
Here's some info on Gibson's and others scale changes.
It seems that G does indeed use different scale lengths and, more importantly, fret spacing that affects tuning and intonation issues.
There are a lot of people who seem to know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.Thankfully not all of us focus on "collectible value" in making every gear decision. Focusing on money is completely losing the point of this hobby, in my humble opinion. Perhaps "value" means something different to certain folks... I certainly value when something works correctly and brings me joy.
People that wouldn't change worn frets on an old guitar because of "the value" are the same kind of nerds who would leave a toy in the package to maximize its collector value. Life is too short....