BRAND NEW Gibson Les Paul Direct From The Store 

Correct!

@@ChrisLee1353-c6e didn't know that they(tone pros)made those. Oh well, next time I swap out a bridge, maybe I will try one.

Tobacco?

@@matttherrien9608 My R8? It's sort of a honey/iced tea colour.

I am pretty sure that if you buy a LP model that starts with an R, it should be flawless.

@@therapist6328 I agree.

Always Tusq my go to when replacing nuts. I've got a few Fenders with bone and they're fine (bit of nut sauce occasionally) but Tusq ends the pinging forever :)

String Butler for me and I swear by it now. Makes the strings straight through the nut fixing the catching problem totally. Old design, closed mindedness and buyer and maker resistance to evolving the design for the better. I love my Les Paul but they need to fix these problems at that price.

yer crazy

Wow you must live on your own island

@@oceanchief2388 Nope, just not many good guitar techs in my area.

​@@oceanchief2388 *_"WILSON!!"_*

I'm assuming he means L&McQ, Long is a person, McQuade is a street, Jack Long's store located at the corner of Yonge and McQuade. Pete Traynor started behind L&McQ, on McQuade Street, building cheap amps for struggling musicians.

I recently got a Reverend that's just sweet, but they do their own once-overs before they ship 'em back out.

The free setup wasn't the issue. The nut, which is supposed to be part of the PLEK process checks, was not cut correctly.

nice excuse

@@DavesWorldofFunStuff You mean you think they may not have told the truth? I'm shocked at your cynicism Dave ;-)

@@jonniegibbins They actually said that to you? I would have told the guy he was full of Shite and I'll buy my guitar somewhere else!

I love my '22 Slash. Best guitar I have ever owned. My 60s Standard is close though but I like the fat 50s neck the best and the Slash Buckers are killer sounding!

"L & M"...? That some Canadian-only dealer or am having a brain fart for some name I'll feel like a nimrod for not figuring out sooner..?

strings touching back = break strings

That's my exact philosophy.

Been going to Cosmo since before the huge store was built. My Tele I bought there in '93 is going with me, in my casket!

Agree , I love the weight , I find it a complete non issue . Use a wider supportive strap if you're that frail .

@@2216sammy I use 4 inch strap us I'm 6'3 210

No pain, no gain. From a heavy af Telecaster player.

@@therapist6328 I don't know how much a tele weighs my 76 les Paul weighs is over 10 pounds 81 custom weighs 9.5 and 89 black standard 9.8

@@larryburwell8550 I just went upstairs and weighed my 93 American Standard. Only 8.8 lbs. My back tells me it weighs more, but i guess not. I also weighed Carvin V220 and it was 8.8 lbs too. I pulled out my SG but didnt run upstairs with it. It's light as a feather. My next guitar will be a non-chambered LP Standard. I've been trying lots but haven't found "The One" yet.

Long and Mcquade is HORRIBLE!💯

Well it better come with 29,996 fans as well because I am a few short.

Set up for who? We all have different preferences.

Rhyno D...it amazes me that NO matter what crap Gibson puts out, there will always be people who defend them...it makes my brain hurt!!!!

Setups are personal preference.

don't do it

shipping didnt leave nut slots not cut properly. just sayin'

I’m not sure the store should be working for free as the Gibson QC department.

Glad you enjoyed it

If only they costed great

@@thenameless3271 yes, I agree. Everything has it's price tag though

Back in the day the Yamaha SG2000 was called a 'Les Paul Killer'.

@@stringrip back in the 90's I had a Yamaha sg200. It was a very good guitar

Nothing sounds as good as a good Les Paul . NOTHING.

Yep !!

when it breaks, you hang a slash top hat over the decapitation, and noone is the wiser

lmao

Just bought a brand new Epi 59 LP, it arrive two days ago. Fit and finish was really nice, if you like poly satin. Electronics are same USA electronics they put in USA LP's. Plug it in and it sounds fine, especially with gain. However, the frets were really gritty and action was set too high. Relief was fine. Lowered the action and the high register frets buzz after about the 17/18th fret. So yeah if you want to tear everything down, redress the frets, polish them all and do your own set up it can be a good guitar. But when I AB it against my LP double cut, a LP Traditional, 53 LP it is by far the bottom of the barrel in tone. Not enough that anyone at a gig would notice, but I certainly notice it playing it. I've played at least a dozen different LP Epi's over time at GC, a couple have been really good, most pretty blah and 2 of them flat out didn't work, as in no sound, off the wall. There's no free lunch with these.

I love my Epiphone Gold Top but there is nothing like my Gibson Traditional. They are extremely close but when you play them back to back it’s noticeable. And I have Gibson USA Burstbuckers in my Epiphone with proper Les Paul pots and wiring.

I loves me my Єpipɧoɳe 𝓛𝓮𝓼 𝓟𝓪𝓾𝓵.

He'd do a better job

Ya know, they probably did now that you mentioned it.

I payed money once to have my guitar set up, I was 20 , it came back worse so I taught myself , I’m 52 now and I’d never take my guitars to a tech , no offence Dave . All guitar players should know this stuff as part of owning the instrument

I agree to a point, but I always support my local luthiers like Dave because when things go wrong they are invaluable. Try fixing a 1986 L-5 that has sat in a case for 20 years, with the glue dried out and the bracing coming away. And new pots (failing) and switching (failing) whilst not de-valuing the instrument or changing its character, and with access through the f and pickup holes. Few guitarist I know could do that unless they happen to be a cabinet maker by trade.

I started playing only about 4yrs ago & bought guitars that were a bit more expensive than my experience/talent warranted, I wanted to be sure I could sell them easier & get good resale. I was reluctant to do anything but change the strings, so I got my first two guitars (American Special Tele, American Tele Deluxe) set up at L&M. The tech at my local L&M is fantastic & will give advice that saves me money. I wish they gave you a free set of strings for your first setup, though. I'm waiting 4 months now for an in-warranty neck replacement on a Mexican Strat, so it's good to get a "certified" tech to do one service at least so they can handle Fender's warranty stuff if the product is defective. I just wish it didn't take less time to get a kidney or liver than it does a replacement maple neck. Having a second, cheaper guitar is great to learn setup on. Now I'll do my own setups & I can replace any hardware (except pickups on a semi-hollow, I'm not a masochist). The only thing I'm nervous about is treating/replacing frets. I want to get a full kit so I can learn to solder a new control panel & pickups, crimp & prep frets, etc. L&M can charge like $400 on a full re-fret, and the cost of the tools & materials you need for that are like ~$300 at Stew-Mac. I still have no idea how to tune or service a Floyd Rose, but I'll cross that schitt bridge when I come to it!

If you have any brains and mechanical ability, you can setup a guitar. Guitar shops and Guitar Center especially are ripoff artist and crooks

Agree 100% The things are made of wood, which changes all the the time That’s why there is a adjustable bridges and truss rods Also not everyone uses the same gauge string as the leave the shop with Guitar did not need any fret leveling Think Gibson did good on this on

Especially with the price tag of a Gibson. It's ridiculous. I have an Epiphone Les Paul studio that sounds better than my Gibson LP Standard. It shouldn't be that way.

@@treeherder2201 Ya, especially since Gibson owns Epiphone! lmao

Lol

I appreciate that!

they sell BLING..not function

@@DavesWorldofFunStuff there's a lot of people that love the Gibson Les Paul Bling

@@stevenkimsey7039 And the touted re sale value.

recently picked up a $300 beater squier affinity Jazzmaster for my kid, and other than a slight tweak to the truss rod and some new strings, it was damn near perfect out of the box. if chinese slave labor can do that, then some hungover hillbilly probably on meth in (wherever they make gibson these days) can do it too

Why are you buying 4 grand guitars and not having it setup to your preferences? That makes no sense to me.

Don't blame Putin for defending his Country from Globalist Fascists of NATO! It's our Western Culture Leaders who are causing all of this!

Me too!!💯 HARLEY BENTON! It came set up better and with actual tools to set it up and make adjustments! My 2016 Gibson Es-335 I got a shitty set up and a C.O.A that looks like it was written by a 6 year old!🤣 I got it sent away and plekd for free because I flipped my lid on the asshole in the store! Unacceptable on a guitar of that price range!💯

@@THESESSIONROOM I have some real cool HBs too

i hadnt heard of him til i heard the Unleash the Archers cover of northwest passage. took a deep dive and have been enjoying it.

Tobacco yes?

@@matttherrien9608 Slash November burst. Not all of them are that nice though.

I had a LP in 1971. It was heavy, with sloppy binding, and it went out of tune if you looked at it. I got rid of it; some fool has likely paid a big price for that piece of crap. I think it may have been a 1960 Standard; we weren't obsessed with the year back then, other than realizing the pre-CBS Fenders were superior to the CBS shit. I also had a 1972 Tele, which wasn't as good as the MIM Tele I bought a few years ago.

Don't even breath on it. It has the tagger on it still.

Three times SG got knocked off the stand and broke a kluson

So why did you buy it?

Wow, you don't hear that often about Schecters. I don't, anyway.

they sell yer junk to the next guy..they never loose

@@DavesWorldofFunStuff I've never really seen junk used guitars there, and I've seen them refuse several people who brought in modded guitars, damaged beyond repair, partscasters and projects. They generally price things out fairly, according to condition. It not perfect but some people only buy used, and it's convenient to Reade something in for 80% value rather than waiting for it to sell. To each their own though.

@@DavesWorldofFunStuff Loose lips sink ships, causing one to lose their ship...

Why would you buy a new guitar with dings?

@@Chewwy153qt I bought it online and the condition wasn't disclosed. They gave me enough of a discount that I ended up keeping it.