Gibson 2017 Les Paul Shoot Out - Standard vs Traditional! 

I just spent $5,500 on a Les Paul, I dunno how to play it, but I just go places with it in my lap and people ask "Do you play guitar?" and I say, "You bet your ass I do." And then I just stare at them.

anyone else not like the way the wee plastic treble/rhythm ring is gone?

Lee's blues licks have slowly become the reason I wake up every day

The 2017 range gets a thumbs up from me (& yes, I would say that wouldn't I!). The quality is great & the range offers everything from simple & affordable, American built Les Pauls for under £700 (even Fender don't make American guitars for that money), right up to the Les Paul Standard HP, which is a guitar that is constantly evolving & innovating in the true spirit of Les Paul (the man). If the aesthetics of the 2017 range aren't to your liking, then panic not - you've always got the option of looking at used Gibson guitars, or waiting for the 2018 range ;)!! And if you're of the opinion that Gibson got it right in 1959 & shouldn't change anything at all, then just look at the Custom Shop range - that's authentic right down to the kind of plastic they use to make the toggle switch knob! And if after all that is taken in to consideration you still don't like anything about Gibson guitars remember this important fact.... you don't have to buy one!

The only thing I really can't stand is all the chrome on the HP models. It automatically makes me think of cheap car parts. It's just tacky looking.

I can't say I love the aesthetics of the 2017 lineup. I guess they are selling a lot of guitars in Dubai now.

loving the look of that blue/purple one

That jam was one of the best ones yet! Great job guys, keep it up

Am I the only one who really likes the 2017 models. I NEED THAT BLUEBERRY BURST IN MY LIFE.

I played a couple of the 2017s, I really think this is a good year. All the way up and down the range were Ace.

I love it when Lee plays the lead, he's style is just beautiful, always great melodies

Captain that was the most melodic beautiful solo I’ve ever heard you do. I think you sold me on the traditional t. Your solo has a brothers in arms from dire straits vibe to it in the beginning, and I love it.

I'm a shreddy metalhead, and I nearly ALWAYS prefer the Capt's solo's over Rob's. So damn good.

Can we just admit Cpt's playing at the 7th minute? So damn good

been an LP fan since I was a little kid, and the blueberry burst one just made all that love for LP burst me into happy tears, love it!

Thanks Gents I love watching your demo session I just purchased a 2017 Gibson les Paul standard hp blueberry burst, Peace and Play On

I guess I'm going to be the only one who says I LOVE the innovations, it takes care of everything I didn't like about them before. Now I want one! If you want same old same old, they still have models with that....or get a used one like every other traditionalist.

i would seriously buy an album with just you two playing together. release a video of you guys just jammin. 15 mins long i suppose.

I can't believe how magical that blue burst les paul looks... I mean really though!!! That is insanely beautiful!

that bit of solo from the captain at the end was one of the best I heard in your videos, cheers from Montreal Canada

That blueberry burst is so sexy. Almost makes me consider getting one.

wow, the blue-purple one is awesome!!

what i realy like about the andertons site is that they discribe individual les pauls , i saw individual weight mentioned and the top discribed aswell as in wide flame and so on , good work !

Super excited for this for a while. It's about time lol.

I honestly think that Gibson just needs to release 3 models each year. "Traditional" - all the 'normal' stuff. "Standard" - a couple obvious bells and whistles that most people can agree on, whatever that may be. "High performance" - let the Gibson people go nuts and put all the goofy stuff on it for the people who want that. The traditional is the same guitar every year. The standard might change a touch from year to year, but only as certain advancements become standard protocol in the industry. The high performance is a totally different thing every year. They'd have a product for everyone. All the purists. All the tweakers. All the guys who just want a good Les Paul, but kind of also want a compound radius fretboard.

High performance Gibson is GREAT for live shows cause it's so much easier to tune quickly and not so many can play standing up as good as they do while sitting down so the heel joint thing on HP line is great and it's lighter. Custom shop will be amazing for recording ( not sure about modern era line cause I don't know anything about them )

Lee! You melted my face off with that last solo.

big part of the fun watching andertons is hearing how everyone of you evolves as a player and musician :-)

So many people whining about the plastic ring being removed. If you need a piece of plastic to tell you which pickup you're using, start playing the flute instead.

Why did they get rid of the "Rhythm Treble" little circle label on the toggle switch. I hate the LPs without em. Look like ESPs

The Captain has got that melo feeling with his solos. I am loving it. I am popping in to Andertons tomorrow to get a Gibson. Called in to query on stock. Superb customer service. These guys are amazing. Well done

You guys make my favorite reviews. Keep it up!

I hope they've sorted out the quality issues! The best advice I can give if you want to buy a Gibson is to try one out properly before you buy. Then compare it to guitars from say PRS or Ibanez, for example, other makes of guitar are available! Decades ago I bought my first proper guitar a 1972 Gibson Les Paul Custom in Cherry Sunburst with gold hardware - I loved it - it weighed a ton, probably well over 10lbs, but I wish I still had it. I changed to a Fender Strat when I started gigging; it was more versatile (great design) and I also didn't want a permanent grove in my shoulder and a bad back! Over the years my guitar collection has expanded :-) so last year I decided to take a look at my first love again - the Gibson Les Paul Custom. Things had moved on over the decades, chambered bodies and the like, so I popped-in to my local music store and tried one. Sadly, I couldn't believe how bad the quality was, my heart just sank. The guitar was priced at £2300 but it felt like a Chibson - a cheap Chinese copy! I just thought, how could a once great guitar company produce something like this, I couldn't believe it. I had previously bought a PRS SE245 for £399 in a sale, which was built by the World Music Instrument Co Ltd in Korea and it's miles better; a great guitar. The finish on the nicely contoured body was like a mirror, and, to this day, it's one of the best built guitars I've ever come across. It has a lovely solid feel to it, it's very comfortable and sounds great. I searched the forums and read a few reviews to find out what has happened to Gibson. Apparently, it all boils down to Henry Juszkiewicz the CEO. People say that he's an arrogant control freak, he's demoralised the workforce, they absolutely detest the man, and the quality of the guitars is very poor, not good. Many guitarists now think that Gibson guitars are way overpriced, overrated and a lot of people hate the way that the Gibson G FORCE Automatic Tuning system is forced upon them. It's sad to say but this company is in trouble and has been for years. Caveat emptor.

all i want is a reply from rob and my life will be complete

That jam on the aeromancy riff made my day! Well done captain !

You guys are doing gods work by making all these videos! Haha it's crazy to think that I'm all the way in Cali and I'm watching your videos every day because they are super informative and entertaining lol. It's like a guitar and gear podcast. Keep up the good work Andertons

I have seen 2017 Les Paul's for sale Used already.

Why don't they fix the headstock everyone knows it has major tuning issues and they still keep it the same!

I'm really loving the colors

What a fantastic jam at the end! Top job lads!

I think they should also provide a vanilla version of the standard, no coil taps etc. oh and Gibson please leave the crazy colors to PRS :)

At first sight, the sign behind Rob's head resembled an afro cut. #AfRob

You guys are doing gods work here.... Thanks!

Great playing Captain. Well well done!!

Am I the only one who misses robs dreads

So... i'm confused. The traditional hasn't got a scratchplate, but the one thats supposed to be "modern" has???

Nice new Gibsons. Thanks for the video on their quality.

Love the purple/blue paint job.

Can u review the new fender offsets

Chibson shootout when?

I absolutely despise those chrome accoutrements. I’m actually really glad they rearranged the lineup to where it should be in 2019.

I like everything about the high performance ones except the metal pickup rings and knobs. That's a big design mistake imo, makes it looks cheap and not like a Les Paul.

Call me when they change the break angle of the neck.

Beautiful final jam.

Thanks guys! Nice jam.

Missing switch ring looks stupid. The new silver parts look naff too. I thought they'd learned their lesson with the logo/hologram nonsense in 2015... obviously not.

The traditional spec has no pokerchip round the toggle switc. What's traditional about that? Wish Gibson would just focus on making great quality guitars rather than all these tweaks they keep doing. They got it right in 58,59,60 so why keep messing with it?

Finally I have been waiting for this for so long!

I like it when Rob was admirably looking at Lee while he was playing some Jazz chords progression. He must have thought to himself..... wow.... Lee has come a long way hasn't he. I have tons of respect for Captain as a business owner and a super awesome team leader. Lee has created something truly special in this cut throat & crowded business world. Salute!

Am I the only one who likes the new Gibson Les Paul's?

What I want Gibson to do is make a true traditional Les Paul 59 like the days of old without the silly 5k+ price tag. It's f*cking ridiculous, in what way is this traditional?

i am in love with those gibson 17 les paul standards

That Les Paul Standard with the blue/purple finish is beautiful.

I may actually consider getting a 2016 now. These look terrible.

All the chrome on the high performance version is too gaudy for my tastes. Ironically it makes the very expensive version look like a cheap knock off.

Wow.... that purple les paul looks sooooo nice!

Those Traditional LP's are awesome looking. Capn Lee is one of the best presenters on RU-vid. Nice job guys.

They just dont look right without the pickguard

Gibson could take cheeseburgers from McDonalds, throw their logo on them, and sell them for 500$ a piece...and the worst part is people would be like oh my god it tastes so much better!!!

Nice video! Those new finishes on the 2017 range look absolutely beautiful. Idea for a video: you should do a Captain tries to sound like Chappers and vice vice versa.

Nothing beats the looks or sounds of a Les Paul!

Hannah Montana's Sister? Alexis Texas. Google her

Single coil on a LP is blasphemy!

Man I really love those tone relieved guitars.

I have one of the 1st 2017 model ...mine came with pickguard installed ..added treble rhythm puck ..changed pickups , lead pro and 57 classic , oil paper new old stock russian .47 cap .....Faber bridge....weighs 9lbs ...plays and sounds awesome love it

Those amps sounded awful. Why do these companies keep changing line ups? Just like phones. New things every year when there was nothing wrong with it anyhow.

Wow, rob's amp sounds awful, especially compared to lee's.

that last jam was friggin awesome...

That antique burst is beautiful

2015 was a shit year for gibson. 2016 was quite good 2017 Gibson be like "Lets do some ultra ugly shit like 2 years ago"

Sacrilege no rhythm & treble indicator

The berry burst finish is great, I'd love to have a bass like that.

the ring around the selector missing sucks, i would buy one to put on. nice guitars, thx Rob & Capt for the video on them

Really these guitars are for people with more money than sense. You could easily buy a MUCH nicer vintage MIJ copy that will increase in value for less money than USA built LPs. But people are obsessed with logos.

I'm gonna say it, these bursts look REALLY tacky. Why not just do some simple colours, and some tasteful bursts. The chrome EVERYTHING on high performance one is some seriously next level tacky.

I love the color of the blueberry burst les Paul

By far my favorite guitar channel on youtube. I'm a Les Paul guy and a Andertons guy

Anyone else's hate the new les Paul's?

ESP Eclipse all day every day.

i love it when captain takes the lead

That blue burst is beautiful

All that chrome really looks terrible

Leave it to Gibson to have a great year and follow it up by not learning their lesson whatsoever. Colors are terrible, antique burst is probably the ugliest les paul color ever made and the rest range from awful to meh. The high performance idea was a great one until somebody decided to put the chinsiest cheapest looking chrome plastic all over the guitar making the most expensive les paul standard you can buy effectively look like a child's toy. Then on the traditional model, the one that as it's name implies is supposed to be without gimmicks just the traditional appointments now has no pickguard or switch ring... And again the color options are terrible. Then no neck size options so you're stuck with the thin neck. The only bright spot I can find here is the abr 1 bridge stock on the traditional. Besides that man Gibson what are you doing? And this is coming from a guy that owns 3 Gibsons and is a whole hearted Gibson fanboy. Looks like 2016 as predicted by a lot of people will go down as a special year and this will only reinforce that.

First Andertons video i watched was 2014 gibsons, been watching for 3 years 😄

Chappers is obviously great but loving the captains playing! Such a great combo, keep doing what you're doing guys :)

gibsons line looks worse and worse every year.

Can anybody tell me why the f*ck are these 3000$

I'm usually a fan of the really classic looking sunbursts and such but that blueberry burst is really trippy looking. I could see a guy like Kevin Parker rocking a color like that.

Lee's playing on the outro is sublime

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