Mod Collection SG Bass Snow Cone Sparkle

[ilan]

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Bass/MOD-RAM021532/Snow-Cone-Sparkle

Not my taste but YMMV

[Dave W]

No. Just no.

I wonder what the cosmetic defect is. Some horror covered up by the sparkles?

[Grog]

Invisible knobs??? Now i have not seen everything……….

[slinkp]

I think it's fun, but I would only want something like that for myself if it were an Epiphone at Epiphone prices.

[uwe]

It looks like something from the Gibson Goddess series, when 15 years ago they made lighter guitars with slimmer necks in more feminine fins for women. I didn't think it a bad idea at the time, but it failed.

The SG Bass probably has a sizable share of women playing it, given how light it is and how small its body plus the short scale neck of course. It certainly looks better on a diminutive player than a P Bass.

[ilan]

Not their best job.

[Dave W]

Seems like nothing in the Mod Shop is their best job.

[slinkp]

What's with binding on the edge of the frets?

[uwe]

Seems like nothing in the Mod Shop is their best job.

I've always appreciated Dave's more supportive side. Not one to pull the rug from underneath you at all: "You just keep doing what you do, over time you won't get any better judging from what I see now, but people will get used to it more."

[uwe]

Not their best job.

Perhaps from a children's birthday party, yes?



Buy one now, get a sparkly unicorn for free, collect them all!

[TBird1958]

 I really don't like it!


There, I said it.

[Dave W]

I've always appreciated Dave's more supportive side. Not one to pull the rug from underneath you at all: "You just keep doing what you do, over time you won't get any better judging from what I see now, but people will get used to it more."

Gibson Mod™ Collection products may have minor cosmetic defects which are listed in the Warranty Evaluation for each product. These defects are AS-IS and are not covered under the Gibson Mod™ Collection's Limited Warranty.

It's not a bug, it's a feature. 

What's with binding on the edge of the frets?

You've never noticed Gibson Fret Nibs before?

https://modernguitartech.com/blog/2020/7/6/gibson-fret-nibs

They disappeared for a few years in the late Henry years, around 2014, but that didn't last long.

[ilan]

You've never noticed Gibson Fret Nibs before?

Fenders had them too. I don't know what they were good for but at least their absence is the dead giveaway of a refret.

[Basvarken]

I can imagine the main goal was to avoid sharp fret ends.
Metal has a different coefficient of expansion than wood.
Under extreme moisture or temperature changes frets can expand a bit, causing the so-called fret sprout. By locking them up with a binding you solve this problem.

Having said that; when the fret shrinks there may arise a gap between fret and binding. Causing problems with the high E  (on a six string guitar) that can gut stuck in the gap.

[Dave W]

As I understand it, it's strictly a time saving method, i.e. lower cost.