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If this was sold by George from his private collection, and subsequently by Matt as original frets, I'd be very interested to hear or see any rebuttal material to the contrary.
Although that guitar doesn't appear to have the distinctive mark on the top horn... OP - is it the same ?
The OP refers to the guitar being in George's "collection", semantics whether it's his private collection or stock collection. The fact is if he ( George or indeed Matt ) doesn't refer to this instrument as having been re-fretted,specifically, I'd merely like to see some substantive material from the re-fret brigade as to why they think it has been.
The OP specifically makes the point that that fret wear is minimal, and no re-fret has taken place. I doubt that's coming off the top of his head.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
If they do go over the binding its certainly not a standard feature one would expect to see on any bound gibson (except for some in recent years).
Usually it is a sign of re-fret
The burden of proof would be on the seller to prove it was original. If its come from Gruhn and sold as original frets i would expect him to have provided the evidence. I am a firm believer that "the factory sometimes did that" with many odd features, but without evidence to the contrary this has to be viewed as a re-fret.
its very easy to look at loads of other 61 SG's to show that this is an unusual feature and needs further explanation
This standard shows full nibs
https://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Gibson-Les-Paul-SG-1961-Polaris-White-57318#prettyPhoto
These specials show minimal nibs, but the frets don;t go over the binding
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-1961-SG-Special-Slant-Bridge-Used-Electric-Guitar-FREE-Shipping-/173244323891
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/25669-vintage-vault-1961-gibson-sg-special
Amazing pics of a clean 62 here which show the frets ending at the binding
http://truevintageguitar.com/inventory/1962-gibson-sg-special/#wpexLightboxGallery[]/3/
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the non-standard feature has been called out. I assume any buyer at this price range will do their own research and make their own decision
i would be very interested to hear if any vintage experts would consider this an original fretjob
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Hence my continual use of the conjunction...if...
I agree it's odd that they go over the binding, but as you know, anything's possible with Gibson from this era.
If I were looking at it cold, I'd say re-fret too, but the OP is somewhat adamant that there's been no re-fret.
There is minimal colour fade, somewhat suggestive that this guitar hasn't seen much of the light of day...ergo my earlier point why re-fret a guitar with such minimal use.
Couple this with it's dealer provenance, and considering that the very first question I'd ask would be..."tell me about the frets" , leads me to believe that the OP has something to convince him that this guitar hasn't been worked on. I don't know what that is material is to be honest. But I'd be really interested to see it, hence why I'm not leaping to the the re-fret conclusion.
*if it is a refret you then need to consider if the finish is original... for all the points you raised
*if it’s not a refret then you have to prove this every time it’s sold
Now I have seen nibs of all different sizes, but never seen them go over.
This style of fretwork requires totally different tools and processes. It’s not something that could be done accidentally on a Friday afternoon special. I would need some very convincing evidence to believe it was not a refret.
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So if we have an original finish guitar in such new like condition, doesn't it beg the question..it certainly does to me...why would it need a re-fret?
If the the seller or potential buyer has that, all is good.
without it, it has to be considered, and valued as, a refret.... on the evidence we have in the pics
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I'm not comfortable, regardless how interesting and informed the conversation may be, in discussing this guitar in the context of a sale thread. I'm certainly not going to comment on someone else's price.
Continued best wishes with your sale OP, apologies for commenting further than I intended.
The condition on this ‘61 example sets it apart I guess, and the OP can set his own price accordingly, of course.