Gibson inlay on headstock of 2000 era LP's. Common problem?

[jm55]

I recently bought a 2000 LP Standard Honeyburst. I love the guitar, but the headstock inlay has some interesting cracking around it, as if it wasn't well done, or suffered from some kind of defect. In my looking at pictures of LP's made around this time, I have seen others with a similar problem. Is this a common and known problem, and anyone know why this period sees LP's with inlay problems?

 

[Christosterone]

I recently bought a 2000 LP Standard Honeyburst. I love the guitar, but the headstock inlay has some interesting cracking around it, as if it wasn't well done, or suffered from some kind of defect. In my looking at pictures of LP's made around this time, I have seen others with a similar problem. Is this a common and known problem, and anyone know why this period sees LP's with inlay problems?

I have a few and have no cracking...
But I live in North Texas so my guitars stay inside[and are pampered] to avoid the temperature and humidity changes...

Any nitro guitar can “check” if conditions are correct...changes of temperature, humidity, etc...
Guys on MLP regularly age nitro in the sun as it yellows before painting their guitars to “relic” the binding as well as the guitar...

FWIW, I’ve seen checking on models less than a month old...

-Chris

 

[Left Paw]

Not necessarily common to 2000 guitars, but not unusual for some models over the past 35 years or so.

 

[Pete M]

I've seen many from when they started using those black fibre headstock overlays and the nitro on those doesn't seem to age particularly well or has some adhesion problems. So 20 years later they can look pretty ugly. Probably because the fibre doesn't expand and contract at the same rate the same as wood does.

 

[Bobby Mahogany]

I recently bought a 2000 LP Standard Honeyburst. I love the guitar, but the headstock inlay has some interesting cracking around it, as if it wasn't well done, or suffered from some kind of defect. In my looking at pictures of LP's made around this time, I have seen others with a similar problem. Is this a common and known problem, and anyone know why this period sees LP's with inlay problems?

Pics?

 

[rockstar232007]

Scraper marks. Here's mine under 50X magnification:

 

[stgreg]

Pics?

Yes.. a Pic would help.

 

[stgreg]

I recently bought a 2000 LP Standard Honeyburst. I love the guitar, but the headstock inlay has some interesting cracking around it, as if it wasn't well done, or suffered from some kind of defect. In my looking at pictures of LP's made around this time, I have seen others with a similar problem. Is this a common and known problem, and anyone know why this period sees LP's with inlay problems?

It's not a known or common problem for any model year (that I know of). But we need to SEE what you mean.

 

[Pappy58]

I've seen many from when they started using those black fibre headstock overlays and the nitro on those doesn't seem to age particularly well or has some adhesion problems. So 20 years later they can look pretty ugly. Probably because the fibre doesn't expand and contract at the same rate the same as wood does.

Have a 96 SG Standard with the Fibre overlay board and the lacquer over and around the logo and pineapple inlays is yellowed and checked as described in the OP.

 

[jm55]

Here's a picture. Under magnification, it looks like the clear coat has cracked and separated where the inlay meets the wood due to expansion and contraction:

 

[Classicplayer]

I don't whether anyone has experience with the entire Gibson scroll letters popping up from the peg head, or not, but I had that happen on my 2000 Classic 3 years ago. My tech pointed it out when I was having some fret work done.

My guess as to why it happened is that the logo's surrounding wood probably shrunk from dryness. My house in winter gets exceedingly dry to the point that painted surfaces on interior trim shrink a bit and pull the paint away from any surrounding surfaces. I've since had a humidifier installed. Currently with my newer heating system, I have a better and more accurate unit to keep an even humidity level.


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