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...make a Les Paul Custom with standard fret wire on it? I think it would be rad to have a Les Paul Custom with a neck and frets like a Studio.
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I think so. AFAIK only certain years were "fretless wonders" - the 60s and some 80's and the reissues maybe? I think the 70's may have had a couple of fretless wonders (76?). Mine's got tall skinnys, but then, I've been informed that the fretboard may have been replaced.
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I have never seen a custom with "standard size frets". All the ones I have seen had the typical low wide Gibson frets with that typical excellent Gibson crown profile.Comment
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Newc's right, only certain years were fretless wonders older late 60's/early 70's and like Newc said some reissues. I had a 77 that had normal Gibson fret wire and I have a 98 that has normal wire as well.Comment
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ACTUALLY...there were two Custom Models that had "standard" fret wire. Those were the Spotlight Edition (Black Hardware and factory EMG's), and the Custom Color Editions from the early 90's
I had one of each in the past, and had the bigger standard fretwire.Comment
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My '94 white LP Custom has thin frets with the binding over them. My '76 Explorer and '81 V have the low fat frets.Scott
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Yeah Scott...
I had a '76 (from 1976) Explorer also, and mine had the low fat frets also. My LPC Lite has the skinny low frets like a typical Custom would have though.Comment
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