Is this normal for newer Les Pauls? Truss Rod adjustment pocket

[Fonzie]

I picked up a cool 50s 2019 Goldtop. I was cleaning it up and took off the truss rod adjustment cover. Maybe I am not remembering things correctly but I always thought older Gibsons were a lot cleaner in there and more polished. Am I remembering the way things weren’t? Thank you all for your help.

 

[jtees4]

I don't agree that 2019 is an older Gibson, BUT it looks OK to me.

 

[Fonzie]

I’m sorry when I meant older I wasn’t referring to the 2019.I was thinking about 70s n 80s models. Sorry for the bad wording on my part. Thank you for your reply.

 

[Brazilnut]

Compared to some I've seen, yours looks quite spiffy.

 

[Peter M]

Well, the good news is you can cover it.

 

[Fonzie]

Well, the good news is you can cover it.

Lol that’s true. It will be covered.

Brazilnut thank you That makes me feel better. I’m glad it doesn’t look as bad as I thought. I tried to clean it up some. Best I could do.

 

[mjross]

Lol that’s true. It will be covered.

Brazilnut thank you That makes me feel better. I’m glad it doesn’t look as bad as I thought. I tried to clean it up some. Best I could do.

Appears you are good to go Sir, congrats!

 

[jaqueh]

there's nothing wrong with the guitar in your pics

 

[Fonzie]

Thank you all so much for your help and replies. I really appreciate it.

 

[RGX_Custom]

Yours looks great compared to my SG.

 

[moreles]

It's always seemed weird to me that Gibson and some other makers leave the adjustment nut pocket looking like it was carved by trained rodents, but they've always looked for ways to minimize the human work time invested in building their guitars, so this is "good enough" for them. I can't imagine even a home hobbyist settling for such a crappy job, particularly in an area the owner will almost certainly access many times (like their crappy control cavities), but so it goes. It least they've been consistent over the decades -- that is, almost always crappy. Oh well.

 

[BayouGTR]

A 2021 standard. Sweetwater exclusive
don’t look bad in there.