Buying a 1962 Gibson Les Paul From the Original Family | 1962 Gibson SG Standard Ebony Block

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Today, I document the tale of buying this virgin 1962 Gibson Les Paul (SG) from the original family. This was a really fun acquisition that was outside of my usual wheelhouse that also taught me a VERY important and valuable lesson!
Unfortunately, the slug coil side of the neck pickup died so the pickup will need to be rewound. I've since sent it off to Fralin pickups to have this done. The "demo" you hear is with crazy gain and the audio boosted in post and even then we only got a "clean" tone. I also ordered a 60s SG case for it.
Buying a 1962 Gibson Les Paul From the Original Family
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0:00 - Intro - Check Links in the Description
0:16 - Where The Story Begins
0:32 - The Les Paul in Question
1:42 - The Owner's Story
3:44 - Why I Bought the Guitar
4:38 - Finalizing the Deal
6:06 - Les Paul Model History I: Early Models
8:14 - Les Paul Model History II: The Bursts
9:31 - Les Paul Model History III: The SG
10:27 - Different Vibrola Units & Models
11:57 - Where's the Case?
13:49 - Cleaning the Guitar
14:29 - What Will They Do With the Money?
15:31 - Inside Look / Specs
27:47 - An Unfortunate Oversight!
29:56 - Clean Tones
31:58 - Dirty Tones
35:05 - Final Thoughts
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@Trog Год назад

Ebony Block SGs are definitely the coolest! It is a shame this one couldn't stay "untouched" but we will see it again when its pickup gets repaired 🟢My Website: www.troglysguitarshow.com 🔴Reverb: reverb.com/shop/troglys?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly ❓Private Help Sessions: troglysguitarshow.com/help-appraisals/ 👕 Merch: www.teepublic.com/stores/trogly?ref_id=27133

@hkguitar1984 Год назад

I think it was great that you could help the family out, cause let's face it, selling a guitar can turn into a big pain. Great find and congrats Austin. I'll comment on the tone after I get to that part of the video. EDIT, just watched the rest of the video, Mr. Fralin will do a great job, no worries (rather a dead pickup than neck-pocket or headstock issues).

@georgeprice4212 Год назад

At least it’s not going to be a replacement pickup. There’s that. It’s being done to get it back in working order, without changing the pickup for another one. To me, that’s acceptable.

@hkguitar1984 Год назад

@@georgeprice4212 100% agreed 60 years old and only a single issue, wish I could say that about myself! I hope he finds an original vintage case for it.

@clarkbabin9799 Год назад

I'm going to tell you right now if you were to sell it I'd really consider it since that Les Paul is from my birth year. But considering everything I don't think I could even afford it. You need to put it in your museum. Since I bought that 61 reissue from you I know what you mean on the neck.

@hkguitar1984 Год назад

@@clarkbabin9799 Same birth year for me too! At one time I dreamed of having a guitar from my birth year (1962). As time has passed I decided an early ‘62 Stratocaster is what I dreamed about. About 2 years ago I started building a no-expenses spared, vintage spec ‘62 Stratocaster. I’m almost finished with the build, and to my surprise I’ve found that I enjoy building guitars almost as much as playing them! Austin ‘62 Ebony Block SG is beautiful, so cool that he could help that family as quickly as they wanted.

@stephenstevens6573 Год назад

You damn sure better be planning on holding on to this guitar!! I know you don't do vintage, but you will NEVER have the opportunity to have another like it. It belongs in your museum.

@texcoast44 Год назад

This goes on the Mt Rushmore of Trogly vids. The production, videography, story and the guitar all top notch. Bravo!

@J.C... Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@krimpoo Год назад

agreed but it was wince worthy seeing a guy spen that much and not plug it in to check the pickups...then to lobb super glue on it without taping it off? Cringe worthy im afraid :(

@deanallen927 Год назад

He needs to hire a narrator. I can't finish a video of his after one "dinnut" or "coulnit" too many. I could never buy a vintage guitar from someone who talks like a four year old.

@jerryboy3301 Год назад

Love the Sab riffs

@erikkibler3466 Год назад

I couldn’t handle it at first either but his channel grew on me

@Pooch1069 Год назад

Man... That was rough seeing that nut "repair". Patience is a virtue and this is the lesson learned here.

@ArrestedLion Год назад

Are you a guitar player? Do you do repairs on 60’s Gibsons? Do you have hundreds of thousands of subscribers? Is it your guitar? Do you have a say what happens to something that’s not yours?

@jasonrandwright Год назад

Definitely rough to see that unnecessary super glue damage to this beaut. What a shame.

@YeatzeeGuitar Год назад

Seriously 😬😬

@JokersWild70 Год назад

@@ArrestedLion Wow, calm down there! There could've been measures taken to prevent the glue seepage onto the headstock. What the fuck do subscribers have to do with anything? Or how many hours someone has working on a 60's guitar? 🤣 You sound like an 8 year old.

@amslu Год назад

Also, how he did not check if the the neck pickup does work before buying a $10000+ guitar… weird, not what would be expected from a ‘pro’ dealer. Then the super glue….😬🙄

@sgtrock6213 Год назад

What a fantastic story about a guitar and the family and your documentation...Thank you Austin for bringing us along on a beautiful journey.....gives us hope that there are still great guitars out there waiting to be discovered.....love it..

@jtownguitar5 Год назад

Dude, you don't even understand how excited I am when a video pops up for me. Dad of 2, and I put my money away for them but at heart, I'm a guitar collector, all on hold. Thank you, for everything you do.

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

So the 2 kids are on hold? 😆

@judaspriestchild Год назад

@@Philip_Taylor wrong

@benlow46 11 месяцев назад

see what you gotta do is, when they're old enough, get them into guitars, then you can justify buying more and more guitars

@jackmcdonagh4042 Год назад

Fun fact about why the ABR-1 bridge is sloped at 17:50, I believe that was to help with friction on the guitar strings when using the tremolo! Instead of the strings grinding on the saddles, which may cause it to pull out of tune, the whole thing shifts to reduce the friction, having the bridge move with the strings instead of against it! its the same principal with the Jazzmaster bridge, Epiphone casinos of that era also have the same feature, and Mike and Mike's Guitar Bar have a brilliant video on them that briefly describes the whole tailpiece thing!

@sgt.grinch3299 Год назад

Z is for retired. Went to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert today. 14th times we have seen them Merry Christmas everyone.

@hkguitar1984 Год назад

Merry Christmas to You and Your Family Sarge TSO, a most excellent show indeed

@saltpeter7429 Год назад

I would love to see a TSO show. Was just playing a CD of them to my kids a few days ago, they were taken with the awesomeness! Merry Christmas, Merry mery Christmas...

@hikupmusicofficial Год назад

thanks you too

@jfinester Год назад

Whoo! That’s my favorite iteration of the SG (Les Paul) Standard. Ebony block Vibrola with the walrus tooth handle, which I think is original, as I’ve seen pics of other ones. From my reading, the ebony block was used only in 1962, but not all ‘62s have it-there are some with the sideways Vibrola, and even some ‘63s with the sideways one have turned up. I started playing in ‘62, but I was 12 years old and didn’t know about Les Paul guitars; I barely knew who Les Paul even was! I love the faded Cherry finish, but I also love the original darker Cherry as seen under the pickguard and tailpiece. I’ve been looking for a guitar just like that for at least fifty years! Never found one-the oldest SG I’ve had was a ‘65 that I had in the ‘80s-but there’s no way I could afford what that ‘62 must be worth today! Shame about that neck pickup-but after 60 years it didn’t owe you anything!

@carnacthemagnificent2498 Год назад

This is my holy grail guitar. Had an early '60s SG as a teen because in the '80s they were cheap. Been in love ever since and the ebony block is awesome. Regarding the scooped ABR-1, they introduced the scoop when they added the maestro to aid tuning stability but it was more work / cost so they got rid of it after a couple of years and added some domed thumbscrews on the post instead so the bridge could rock that way and give the same tuning stability effect.

@tompaul2591 Год назад

I don't know about "cheap"...you mean price or quality? I bought an 86 SG brand new in 86 and paid just over 500.00 for it. Plays great, still sounds great. My only complaint is the jack on the edge which has a nut that sometimes loosens up. Tighten it and it's fine.

@giulioluzzardi7632 Год назад

Me too, SG junior 1960s, 1 pickup P90, my 1st "Proper" Guitar Circa 1979/80 ...£80 English pounds. Wish still had it though.

@carnacthemagnificent2498 Год назад

@@tompaul2591 I mean inexpensive. In about '85 I bought a 1963 or 1964 SG Special because as a high school kid a 20 year old guitar was all I could afford if I wanted a USA made one. Vintage guitars weren't a thing then, just old ones. and old ones were inexpensive.

@tompaul2591 Год назад

@@carnacthemagnificent2498 yeah too bad they have skyrocketed in value or I'd have tons of old guitars around!

@michaelwillinger Год назад

One of your best videos to date Austin. It's the complete package. Kept my interest all the way through! Hope you end up keeping this one for the museum.

@seanervin7183 Год назад

Fantastic guitar - well worth whatever it costs to replace the missing saddle, re-wind the neck pickup, replace the nut and clean up the super-glue. There wasn't much said about it in the video, but I would say the condition of the headstock and body of the guitar - and in particular the almost complete absence of finish checking - is amazing. Great find - you're a lucky man!

@edwardgonczy3170 Год назад

Your short, concise history of the Les Paul was hands down the best I have ever seen. Someday perhaps I would like you to do a "bench and evaluate" of my Custom Shop Les Paul. It is supposedly one of only four made for Cici's Music somewhere in the Maryland area.

@nilesanders5110 Год назад

Beside actually owning a white and red one myself, and having a friend that also had a white and red one it has always been my favorite guitar. So it caught my full attention and I watched the whole episode. It sounded exactly like the acdc guitar. Great find Trogly. Since I found you I haven't missed an episode. My sideways vibrato white 61, like you profiled sometime back, was my favorite looking guitar of all time. Nice find. Dang man. Think about this ... keep it 40 and then you'll have a 100 year old one, of a classic, all your retirement vacations will be taken care of. More than all your others. Keep it.

@johnsauer9067 3 месяца назад

Which brings me to wonder what the vintage (and non-vintage) guitar market will be like in 30 or 40 years. The vintage market has been fueled by us baby boomers who in later years had the money to buy the guitars of their youth. And guitars were arguably the centerpiece of boomers' music experience, whether it was the guitars they played in high school or the guitars their guitar heroes played. Will that connection exist for people in 30 years? Will they care? I don't know but I wouldn't be buying vintage guitars as long-term investments. The collector market for anything has its ups and downs.

@rickycompton2610 Год назад

This Video alone is one of the reasons I love this channel and all you do for the guitar community Trogly, well done.

@bjdenil 3 месяца назад

Loved the brief history of the Les Paul and story added to this one. What a great guitar. Thank you for documenting it.

@jjock3239 Год назад

I loved guitar music going back to when I was a kid and listening to Les Paul and Mary Ford, as well as Chet Atkins. I play acoustic, but pursued a different career and never did pick up an electric guitar. I am familiar with the history of Les Paul, and the fact that he invented the solid body guitar, as well as a bunch of recording innovations, and it was really interesting to learn the story of this guitar, and all the care you have taken to bring it back to life. Great job!

@musicauthority9939 Год назад

Austin I have a tip for you, you can take that pickguard. and take a cake pan large enough to fit the pickguard. and add hot water to where it's about 3/4 of an inch deep. at approximately 160° F and have two flat boards ready. then slip the pickguard into hot water to where it's submerged. for about five seconds then quickly remove it from the water. remove excess water and quickly sandwich it between the two boards.. and set about 10-20 LBS of weight on the boards and let it sit around an hour. and then remove the pickguard. and it will be flat as the day it was made. I did it on a guitar that had a bowed pickguard and it worked great. it's too bad that neck pickup is dead. it will probably have to be rewound. it's likely a broken wire that about the only thing it can be. if you have Lindy Fralin rewind it. they will get it back to as close to original as you can get. they flat out know what they are doing. it was pretty cool that you were able to get. some really good AC/DC and other sounds out of just the bridge pickup. that guitar is a keeper it's in very good condition. with the exception of the few discrepancies. for a 60 year old guitar. and it has an interesting story behind it.

@terrypussypower Год назад

I’ve done something similar to flatten out warped vinyl LP’s! It’s very effective if done properly.

@Norman-Bates Год назад

I didn't know the 'SG' in Gibson SG stood for 'Super Glue'

@jonathanhudak2059 Год назад

Wow what a cool story and history behind this guitar! This guitar's past is not unlike one of those barn/garage find muscle car stories that you hear about. Such an awesome find and past to this unique "Les Paul". Austin if I were you I'd keep this one for your collection. The fact that its actually a Les Paul (before his name got dropped from the SG series) and the small pickguard and that ebony block is just the icing on the cake... KEEP IT!!!!

@michaelmerritt1722 Год назад

1962 ebony block les paul sg is my absolute favorite sg, especially with double PAF's!! Thanks for the documentation of this sg Austin!

@mickeya.4940 Год назад

This was a great episode. I know it cost you more money than what you wanted to pay, but it was really nice seeing a vintage guitar on this channel. I can't wait to see the follow up episode when you have all the issues corrected.

@TommySG1 Год назад

Wow! Austin, your show is my morning ritual with my morning coffee here each day and this episode was off the hook man. Especially since SG’s ( Ya, they named it a LP then but I still call them SG’s for obvious reasons ahah! ) are indeed my favorite Gibbies. I’d never sell this axe and it’ll definitely be an extraordinary edition to your museum down the road 🤙 You should do a follow up once you have that neck pup and nut repaired properly too man…. Thanks for sharing dude.

@Robert-jo8lx 10 месяцев назад

i don't own any guitars but hearing troglys videos and his passion for the guitar i love to hear warms my heart and i like history so this video is awesome to me thanks so much man !!!

@jasonwright7513 Год назад

Nice SG my friend has a mid 60s with the lyre vibrola. His guitar also had a host of problems that he needed to get fixed, including a refret that still needs to be done. That's the thing with vintage guitars you get a vintage guitar but you get all the problems that come along with owning a vintage guitar. You also need to worry about it getting pinched at a gig. If they can't swipe it off the stage they'll smash your car window in the parking lot and take it I've seen that too unfortunately.

@ocmonman1 Год назад

I’m so happy for you Austin. The story the vid and the vintage guitar where everyone wins is such a great story. It seems Christmas did come early for you. Thanks for sharing this and we wish you all a merry Christmas.

@101hotwire Год назад

It's a shame that guitar went 60 years without a mark on the headstock you had it for a couple days and already screwed up the headstock with Crazy Glue smh

@eric_in_florida Год назад

easily avoided with some tape

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

That was painful.

@SteveVall Год назад

Tbh, I think Trogg must of been stepped on his whole life. *Gives 16 guitars to a scammer luthier and gets half of them back all broken with missing parts... (Trogg- " see! I do have a great sense of character 😀") * Ruins a 60 year old guitar headstock finish splogging superglue allover ( Trogg- Oops 😃)

@MrJohnnyDistortion Год назад

That was amazing to witness from a guy that makes outstanding documentaries.

@johnnorris1983 Год назад

Please stop the docudestruction. Go get professional help. I’m told that every day and here the shoe fits.

@mikecarbone828 Год назад

Salutations Austin! Nice SG! I haven’t seen a vibrola with the ebony block, I had a friend who had one with the stop bar and ABR-1 bridge, and I have a 1965 Epiphone Olympic with a vibrola that uses three (3) screws to anchor it and it has the walrus tooth end on the tremolo arm. That one is in remarkably good shape, all things considered, it would have been in so much better shape if it had been kept in a case, but that ship has sailed. It’s a great thing that you have a case for it already. It should not cost too much to have the pickup fixed and to have the guitar professionally re-soldered. It really is uncommon to see the ebony block, so I would recommend that you hold onto that specimen for your museum, for now, until you find a better example at least. Thank you for posting these videos! Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️✨🎸🎄

@sgt.grinch3299 Год назад

Bridge pick up is perfection. I almost forgot, my Black Dalmadore Chloe loves SGs and she said this is her favorite one yet.

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

My 18 lb Tabby cat, Truck didn't even bother to raise his head and look..

@mboyer68 Год назад

Wow, I'm so glad that you ended up with that so that the guitar world can see what a true unadulterated example of that model/year looks like. Thank you to the family for going with Austin. Excellent choice. He's the hardest working person on RU-vid and the best person for a guitar like this to go to, as you can see if you watched this video!

@Pooch1069 Год назад

I couldn't disagree more. Stick with Norlin-era Gibson's. Leave the real one's to the pros.

@J.C... Год назад

I'm not.

@recipoldinasty Год назад

@@Pooch1069 “the real ones” “the pros” ironic since hes pretty knowledgeable and norlins are way better guitars lol

@glennfeit8294 Год назад

As a preteen and teenager I basically grew up in the original Mannys and then later when they moved down the street a couple of doors. I’ve seen several Ebony Block SG‘s, and all of them had the white plastic handle. In fact I’ve only seen the teaspoon handle on Melody makers and other models.

@rudymikula7129 Год назад

What impresses me the most is how this guitar sounds. The cleans rang out and the distorted sounds had power and grit. Beautiful guitar. Great Purchase.

@shreddy412 Год назад

That superglue will be easy to get off with a razor blade. Look for an older stewmac video where Dan repairs a small chip in the finish of an acoustic. He covers the process perfectly as he always does.

@MaxCohen-mx2rf Год назад

Had that same thought, but Trogly should just wait for a professional. He's better off as an admirer and historian than luthier at this point. Lest he damage it somehow further. He was able to get a reading previously too. This mans luck with vintage examples is not looking good.

@rpm4999 Год назад

OMG Dont give him a razor blade !!!!

@Trog Год назад

What you see is the results after razor blade and cleaning

@MrJohnnyDistortion Год назад

Shouldn't some isopropyl alcohol or mineral spirits remove that mess that Austin created?

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

@@MrJohnnyDistortion It's done and over. The horse has been flogged enough. Had it come with it already there, it would be considered normal for its age. To your question, as crazy glue and nitro lacquer are similar, anything but a veneer refin would make it worse, in all aspects. Anything to chemically remove the glue would ruin the finish too. Best to let it be and move on. It's still minty as can be.

@georgeprice4212 Год назад

I’d read in an interview with Les Paul himself that he said that he absolutely hated the SG body style and wanted his name removed from the instrument…and that he loved it whenever Townshend destroyed either the SG or Les Paul models, as it meant more sales.

@qwertpoiuy430 Год назад

He divorced Mary ford on 1963. He had absolutely no interest in renewing his deal, as that would mean she would get money from that, as things where still being settled and not finalized

@JokersWild70 Год назад

Townsend is an idiot for destroying those guitars

@neilpatrickhairless Год назад

Sucks because honestly his shit fell flat and no one cared about his music when the ole lady left 🤷🏻‍♀️

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

@@neilpatrickhairless But had a packed house every week at The Iridium in NYC for 15 years decades after her.

@GordonBenny Год назад

Listening to the incredible sound quality that produced, then hearing you put into words exactly what I was thinking, made me happy that my 69 year old ears are still working just fine.

@Scottiej41 Год назад

Beautiful example, beautiful story. Would be awesome for the museum. Thanks Austin. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

@kieranflemingify Год назад

that bridge pickup sounds so good holy hell

@davidc285 Год назад

Hi I have a 1961 Les Paul that had some changes over its 60 + years. I did what I could to bring it back to original including switching out the Schaller parts from the Norlin era for era correct parts or era correct materials. That included tuning pegs, bridge and sideways vibrola. The neck pickup is original but It was missing the cover. The bridge pup that also missing the cover is a T-top from later in the decade. 3 of 4 pots are original, Centralab’s dated 4 week of 61, I found a like pot dated 20th week of 61 to replace the odd one. It had been refretted, it sounds amazing!. No breaks no cracks. Great video review. Enjoyed the $50k greeny videos as well. Cheers

@garthkolbeck8674 Год назад

That was exciting! VERY cool episode. I absolutely love the Les Paul/SG, all versions... The SG Custom in white was used by Rosetta Tharp as well as Bob Stinson of The Replacements, you can't get more diverse users of a guitar than that!🤣😎 I have a special thing for the underdog SG's of the early 70's With the Norlin cost cutting features. (The Pro Series) Trogly, , really great playing on this one... Spot on for the guitar.

@jubei7259 Год назад

Crazy, isn't it, the guy is pretty much a living lexicon of Gibson guitars & has spent years teaching us what & what not to do/look for with vintage guitars.... then when he finally gets hold of what would for many of us be a 'Holy Grail' guitar, he makes such simple but very costly mistakes. Not masking that headstock off when trying to fix the nut using superglue is, well... nuts lol but not plugging the thing in before handing over the cash is just insane. I guess even our boy is only human. Still, what a shame. That SG is gorgeous. I'm sure he'll probably end up getting his money back if he sells it but I imagine that'll be his profit margin gone.

@Trog Год назад

The headstock was taped off - the glue got under the tape

@trevorbacon23 Год назад

$6 for some non sticking masking tape ..$14 for a decent clamp... The old college repair on a $20,000 plus instrument..??? Disappointing let down to an Otherwise great review

@y2ksierra Год назад

Glue on the headstock hurts. But it’s something that would happen to me too, despite taking precautions, haha. The bridge pickup sounds amazing, didn’t expect it to sound that nice. Too bad about the neck pu not working, but it’ll be made right in time.

@ChizAfterHours Год назад

25:40 - My father still has his 1964 Epiphone Olympic Double with that exact trem system on it, minus any decorative block to hide the screws. It's original to the guitar when he bought it as a kid. I'd imagine it could be original to the '62 Les Paul as well.

@donttalktome4696 Год назад

Trogs, you story videos are by far the best! Keep em coming!

@mattw.6726 Год назад

Didn't see this one coming! That's an awesome axe, sir, and you now have actual PAFs in your collection!

@marrerowski Год назад

I appreciate that you cleaned it up and got it ready for playing.

@stefanthorpenberg887 Год назад

I have a Les Paul 1961, that I purchased in 1978. It’s almost original, but since it is now 61 years old and have been played a lot, some minor reparations have been done. It has its 4th set of tuners, people often put on Grovers in the 70s, and then you had to drill up the pegholes slightly. So you can’t put back Klusons, And therefore it has Grovers klusonstyle tuners. I also had a crack in the upper saddle and finally replaced it with mammoth ivory saddle that a luthier made for me. Some years ago the neck pickup started to crackle very loud. I took the guitar to the same luthier, and he resoldered the cable that goes into the pickups. And it has sounded extremely good since. I clean it and put on some Gibson pump polish regurarly. A vintage guitar must be taken care of, otherwize it will not survive for so long.

@stefanthorpenberg887 8 месяцев назад

A funny thing that my luthier discovered when he checked the pickups. The neck pickup have a short darker magnet, and the bridge pickup a long light grey magnet. Probably an alnico V in the neck, and an alnico II in the bridge, from factory. For smoother highs in the bridge and more distinct bass in the neck pickup. I’ve heard other people say that they in their early es335s also have alnico V magnets in their neck pickups and alnico II in the bridge. Seems to be a logical solution.

@fasteddievh2072 Год назад

Wow! That PAF sounded incredible. All the hype is warranted. 🔥🤘👍

@vadenk4433 Год назад

Dude you’re killing me. Such a sweet guitar. Probably my favorite episode ever. You need to stay away from the superglue though 😂

@fedup3449 Год назад

Superglue with bicarb of soda is this trick.

@jimmyjames2022 Год назад

Crazy good shape for this pretty 1962 Les Paul Ebony Block, very nice fade on the dyes, sounds amazing. Interesting family story as well, thanks to Reagan! The dead slug coils on the neck pickup are part of the guitar's journey now, hope you don't flip it how likely will you find another one. Nice to hear you're going to Lindy for the rewind, great choice.

@jamescullinan5522 Год назад

Fralin rewound my 68 SG’s patent number bridge pickup after one coil died. Sounds great now.

@hifibrony Год назад

A magnificent instrument. This is hard-core guitar porn. The bridge pickup sounds glorious!

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

Right? I need a cigarette after that..

@FriskyOG Год назад

dude i cant believe you tried gluing that nut lmao. much better off just taking it out completely and putting it in a bag in the case. im sure most people would prefer a new nut made to look old, that functions.

@Trog Год назад

This functions just fine and has held up. Replacing the nut - you won’t have the original finish on the side. I don’t regret not replacing it

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

@@Trog I didn't know lacquer would even stay on it this long. It usually flecks off at some point from my experience as it just doesn't adhere to the nut material well. Guess actual bone is key and more naturally porous like wood. I doubt any value is lost when there isn't finish on the nut. Seems expected and a lot of guitar are not finished with the nut on yet in the first place. Sorry you're catching so much flak. It's still minty and gorgeous. Had you not mentioned it, I doubt anyone would have even noticed, being of its age.

@KevanRCraft Год назад

I decided to write something in the comments to congratulate you on a well produced video on the 1962 Gibson Les Paul but virtually every other post on this video has mentioned this before me.. Funny that.. It is a seriously well produced video I am well-impressed with your work.. Watched loads of your videos over the years but this one is very special.. I'm not a Gibson fan or a vintage fan but I am a fan of well-produced videos about guitars and this one definately is.. Congrats great work. Much appreciated. From your cousin in the UK 🙂

@spudwashington3880 7 месяцев назад

This is probly the coolest old Gibson I’ve ever seen , such an amazing example. Glad you do this kinda work man

@readrepairs Год назад

Really great transparency. I hope this inspires others to be as open as possible.

@JerryRiceBall Год назад

Ooof. That nut fix attempt was not well thought out. 🤦‍♂️

@georgesharp4041 Год назад

I'm sure it doesn't matter ( because I'm only one person) but you just lost me. You take a guitar that is clearly in the 15 - 20 K range and don't mask off the headstock when trying to do a nut repair. Baking soda plus super glue works wonders. You clearly do not deserve this guitar!

@e4tm333 Год назад

Great Story would love to see it again with the neck pickup installed.

@briankehew579 9 месяцев назад

I agree, the eviny block guitars are SUPER special. I had a 62 just like this for a while. It ran rings around the famius 1961 models

@edwinstovall3334 Год назад

Austin, I generally don't care very much for the sound of bridge pickups, even Alnico ones -- but the bridge pickup on this old Les Paul SG is REALLY GREAT in its clean tones! This is one of the PAFs that I would consider most worthy of analysis and replication. Too bad the neck pickup was DOA, even though it probably wasn't as special as the bridge. In truth, it could have been; look at Billy F. Gibbons' "Pearly Gates" burst. This guitar COULD have had a magic combination like that. As for selling this beautiful girl on, FORGET IT -- KEEP HER!

@misterghee1 Год назад

Yeah75 bucks replication pups sounds sound😊🎶👍

@rickenbacker40011 Год назад

Noooo the glue on the headstock, thats awful 😭😭😭

@paulheinrich7645 4 месяца назад

My mid-60s Red SG had solid, deep lacquer checking EVERYWHERE!!! I had it refinished in Chicago while I was in Hawaii serving in the Marines in '75. I always wondered if that was a mistake. It was a great player. Sadly, it came back from the shop with shit pick guard, electronic cover plate, top plate, and butt body plate, different knobs. I was highly disappointed. Worst of all I thought for sure it had PAF stickers on the pickups, but they were missing upon return. The new paint looked good, but the little things are a lot of what made the guitar special to me. So, where could I buy one like the '61 you show here?

@garycoates4987 Год назад

Oh man I would put that one in as a keeper in your personal collection,, it's vibey and cool but still extremely clean,, plus a PAF hand rewound by Lindy Franlin is going to sound so damn good

@nycshelbygt500 Год назад

Weepy...It's a Les Paul Christmas Miracle.

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

And we have our own Jimmy Stewart here playing George Bailey!

@216trixie Год назад

What about the glue on the headstock?

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

A few thousand off the value in one swell foop.

@216trixie Год назад

@@cataclysmicconverter Trogly better stop messing with glue.

@cataclysmicconverter Год назад

@@216trixie Well, he's been beat up enough over it. And I was kidding at the lost value amount. It's not a disaster in terms of condition for such a lovely vintage guitar.

@buttrock7106 Год назад

Nut repair..... Could give some tips, but needs replacement now. Use baking soda first to fill the crack lightly. Push to original position. Grab a paper towel, they will remove super glue off of varnish and lacquer without sticking, if you're quick enough. Use super thin Ace hardware or stew Mac C.A.glue with fine nipple attachment only allowing a drop at a time after practicing on a business card. Lightly file slot to original depth which should be a piece of paper gap on the first fret while fretting the second. Stronger than new and no mistakes ever need anything ask.

@buttrock7106 Год назад

Sometimes I've had success removing a couple of windings and resoldering the coil after finding the short or break. Barely noticeable and "original".

@guitronaut1 Год назад

What a great guitar! Really cranked up the lust-o-meter for me. I had several '60s SG Specials when I was a kid, but always wanted a Standard like this beauty. Off the scale cool!

@sgt.grinch3299 Год назад

That is a pure beauty. I love SGs and this will be awesome in the museum. I can’t wait to tour the museum on the soft opening.

@nathanielvargas3863 Год назад

More vintage guitars please

@hkguitar1984 Год назад

Greetings Nathaniel

@nathanielvargas3863 Год назад

@@hkguitar1984 Greetings HK. I hope all is well.

@hkguitar1984 Год назад

@@nathanielvargas3863 Thank You Nathaniel. Yeah, the Wife and I were pretty sick for a while there, but "We Got Betta"! 😉 This '62 is in exceptional condition, I hope he retains it for his collection.

@rudiyantohalim736 Год назад

That case is perfect for the guitar. Dang, that pups really sound so so awesome, hope u can get the neck pups repair, profesionally

@ratherhavethestory-therhsp6780 3 месяца назад

I had one of these, and it was absolutely the best-sounding SG model I've ever heard. It had a headstock repair but was otherwise original. Gibson really should do nice reissues of these - a better vibrola, STILL a Les Paul, PAFs and the best of all...

@mburtondavis Год назад

Beautiful story, everyone wins. Makes for a nice Christmas. And, we get to see it documented. Edit: after seeing the black light test i think it would be sick in TV yellow.

@MrJohnnyDistortion Год назад

They are very striking dressed in TV yellow, white, gold, black, a light metalic silver. SG's are special.

@ushnicyuvnikof2748 Год назад

Deleted that he dumped glue all over the headstock, massively devaluing the guitar 🤣

@Trog Год назад

no effect on value at all

@IanThatMetalBassist Год назад

@@Trog Still a bad look by deleting that section of footage rather than owning up to it. You know better than that.

@ushnicyuvnikof2748 Год назад

@@Trog Yea rite, keep telling yourself that buddy 🤣

@paulsadoff3661 Год назад

I had a PAF in a 1960 335 go out and had to have it re-wound . I had it done by Frailin. He did a great job.

@webbfaze124 Год назад

I’d would hang on to it. That thing is really clean for being 60 years old… just a bit of honest play wear. It’s a shame about the pickup, but Mr Fralin has handled many of PAFs and will do right by it. And as for the superglue.. Well, the experience will tell you not to do it again. You can restore that finish in the right hands. Replace the nut, find a nylon saddle, find a nice case, call it a day.

@SamFugarino Год назад

Awesome find, bad pickup or not. You better hold on to it. That thing is in really good condition to be that old.

@junes2k Год назад

Great story, great people. Great vid, Trogly.

@mpirron1 Год назад

I think it's great that you got a hold of this, because if any other dealer had purchased it we dont get it documented like you do, instead its just somehow magically endowed with attributes that can never be understood by a common person with some curiosity and interest like its something other than the sum of its parts somehow, which it is not! You know what that is? A well-made solid wood guitar by the company that originally designed its shape. A shape that some who became famous liked, with a vibro-whatever that wont allow for it to stay in tune when played, with a couple of broken pieces and needs a new pickup. Thanks Austin, but I'm not a fan of its shape.

@Grimior00 Год назад

TBT I normally skip through your playing demo of the video, but I did want to listen to what these PAF PU's sounded like. WOW!! The PU does sound sweet!! Great Video and great share!

@wretchedrider2157 Год назад

Dude, you're killing us with the superglue. I like how you glossed over it like it was no big deal! 😂 Great video, though, thank you for sharing.

@TractorMonkeywithJL Год назад

Yeah, I saw that. I thought to myself, NO dude, you didn't! Why didn't you just change the nut?

@buckhorncortez Год назад

Meh...it's easy to remove using a debonder. The Starbond debonder won't damage the finish and will take about 2-3 minutes to totally remove it.

@walterkersting9922 Год назад

I’ve never fixed anything with superglue, and I’ve talked to others, who are found to be utterly useless.

@theboofin Год назад

@@walterkersting9922 People fix nut slots all the time with superglue. Even manufactures.

@macadoo2530 Год назад

@@walterkersting9922 Theres a 2 step super glue that uses an activator. I've found it works well in certain cases.

@stefanmittler8458 Год назад

Somehow I missed the heartwarming part of the story. Where exactly would I find it?

@mattrogers1946 Год назад

I know, right. More of an example of how dysfunctional families can be.

@philcorymusic Год назад

KEEP THAT GUITAR 🎸 you have a direct comparison for all your Paf reissue Reviews. The rewound PUP will Rock too. When it comes back working please compare with modern 62 reissue and the Tim Shaw era one. GREAT STUFF. (Throw away that superglue though) Merry Christmas!

@keithcollins6642 Год назад

What a treasure. I would be on cloud9 having an instrument like that what a find. This has to one of my favorite episodes. Keep up the great work. Great content always❤

@thisisduncan917 Год назад

I approve of the cleaning. That thing was filthy. The nut fix could have gone better though. Interesting to see the tan lines.

@qua7771 Год назад

And it's probably good that no one else tried cleaning it.

@silvernuggets1285 Год назад

Vintage pafs are just insane. You can tell right away they're just that damn good

@superlead1002 Год назад

Nice Story Austin! My only issue is that the tech/luthier wasn't available, so rather than exhibit a bit of patience, especially given the nature of what you are in possession of, and that you're not a guitar tech, you decided to do a nut repair job. I'm sure you've beaten yourself up a bit about that, so... On the other hand, kudo's to you for being open and honest about the fact that you did attempt the repair and the end result! You certainly owned it, and I respect that!

@GDNPB Год назад

Merry Christmas Trogly and Reagan!

@hawkcrossfamily Год назад

So has Joe Bonnamassa called yet??? Seems like this guitar worked out for the family and you as well. Thank you for documenting it.

@falcongunner33 Год назад

Austin, you have to be careful when removing old plastic pickguards like this one. Sometimes when they’re released from their screws they can immediately shrink up and not align with their screw holes. Other times it’s fine but a good practice is to affix them to a flat surface with double stick tape or soft jaw clamps to prevent any funny business from happening while you do what you need to on the guitar.

@krimpoo Год назад

personally,i would just screw it down to a piece of wood while its off the guitar

@2000bhoy Год назад

Happy Xmas and all the best for 2023!

@drummer42050 Год назад

the 60-61 version through a black face twin reverb is the most beautiful guitar tone I've ever heard to this day......I'm a drummer.

@JokersWild70 Год назад

Very cool episode. That SG did clean up nicely, but....I do feel like a bit more care could've been taken in ensuring no glue from the nut got onto other parts of the guitar.

@Trog Год назад

All the care was taken - the glue just got under all the tape and there was no way for me to know it would do that

@MiguelMakesMusic Год назад

@@Trog you've already messed up other guitars. Remember that time you killed the pickup in the Ichika Ibanez? I'm a fan but please don't do repair work in the future. Be more patient next time.

@gazzy_burns Год назад

@@Trog I think this model deserved a luthier.

@chrisbannister3115 Год назад

@@hughschick6847 Where is the part where super glue gets on the headstock? I'm not seeing that.

@chrisbannister3115 Год назад

@@hughschick6847 But that mark is clearly visible in the earlier part of the video long before he even cleaned the headstock.

@18thandMission Год назад

Might as well keep it since you jacked up the headstock lol

@R3TR0R4V3 Год назад

Gawd I love that case! 😍 Congrats Trogly! That whole package is killer.. Beautiful guitar. Glad you got it instead some dealer. 🍻

@8KilgoreTrout4 Год назад

Right!

@5after4am Год назад

@@8KilgoreTrout4 Trogly is a dealer.

@8KilgoreTrout4 Год назад

@@5after4am I meant that amazing guitar case

@danielhorsley2259 Год назад

Beautiful sounding guitar! Bummer the neck pickup needs work but man that bridge pickup sounds fantastic!

@supafrogg258 Год назад

Good video! Learned a lot, including that the ebony block SGs heralded in the improved SG neck join. Since you mentioned it, I also can't recall having seen an ebony block SG before with a "walrus tooth" vibrato bar. I love the deep bevels on the Les Paul SG's double cutaway horns; truly one of the coolest solid body shape designs ever!

@csykoe Год назад

You better keep this one!

@sloozin1566 Год назад

Something fell out of the guitar at 5:47 what was it. It looked like it was part of the bridge lol

@adamwatson6916 Год назад

The switch from PAF to patent number started around mid 62 but it was not a straight change over there was overlap between the late PAFs and early patent sticker pickups. So right up to the end of 62 a 62 gibson could have Pafs or patent sticker