New gibsons painful to play

[Boston Joe]

Re: New gibsons painful to play

I went to my local guitar center this Sunday just to check out some gear and get some springs for my tremolo on the strat. I felt like playing all the Gibsons to see what the fuss was all about. I plugged into the fender twin reissue(sounded spectacular), and all the LP's sounded great. But as i was playing, i felt an aching pain in my finger tips.

I noticed that the frets were like sharp rectangles! What's up with this? my buddy's epiphone sg special has better fretwork than a les paul custon i tried out.

That's the crowning. Whoever filed them may have used a triangle file (old school) on what sounds to me like medium/jumbo frets, and didn't polish the edges for a smoother feel. Pretty common on 80's Gibsons.