I was on the edge about buying this same guitar, but this video pushed me over the edge and I brought it home yesterday! Now I understand why the cost is greater than other Les Pauls. You have to experience it. Thanks for the review of this Les Paul R8 Murphy Lab.
Got my Gibson Les Paul. Experimented with the top wrap. Watched two or three videos about it. It tends to be true that the sustain lives for another two seconds, maybe more depending on distortion. Different players say different things regarding top wrapping. I think, "comfortable." That says a good lot.
I have now done it with my R9 and my Explorer. Both revealed positive results in feel. Tone and sustain for me was negligible or not observed. Thank you for sharing. This is all part of the fun.
@@tweedcouch When I went to the Murphy Lab room at the Gibson Garage in Nashville, I got it. They are selling Mojo. Look, Feel and tone. Expensive because of all the extra that has to go into it, but half the cost or a third of the cost of the real deal.
Holy moley, a 7lb 12 oz Les Paul???!! My R6 is AMAZING, but it's pushing 10lbs. I forgot that actual weight, but well over 9lbs. Still love it though, but I do envy those with much lighter Les Pauls.
My first thought was wow that Carr amp and Lightspeed pedal combo sound great. Jason don't worry about getting a Marshall. Second thought. Like listening to your playing. Third thought. I am a tad jealous of the 7 lb 12 oz. Fourth. Nice guitar.
Mine is 8.8 lbs. Would have preferred closer to 10lbs. But I am very happy with it anyway. I just got it earlier this month. Had it been 7lbs and change, I would have returned it. Too light for me. This is actually my first ever guitar. I don't like to buy things twice. I don't like the word upgrading or upgrading later. Upgrades cost more in the end. Spend 2-3K now with the idea of upgrading later and you're at 8 to 10K later. Now that is expensive.
I've been playing Les Pauls for many years. I've had a lot of good ones including a Jimmy Page signature, Black beauty Custom, and an R8 in butterscotch. I sadly don't own any of them anymore do to personal reasons. Believe me, I didn't want to part with any of them. In 2021 I was able to save little by little for an R8 non-Murphy Lab. No disrespect to those that have to have it. I like things shinny and new, I will be the one to break it in naturally. Before I purchased my R8, I tried an R9 and a R0 and the R8 felt right, Chunky neck and man did it ring even unplugged. So I bailed out on the Page and Clapton but ended up with a Mick Taylor. 58's do it for me. My R8 is my #1 and even if someone threatened me with a gun, they would have to shoot me for it. You spend about $5799 for them and up, but to me worth every penny because it has that it factor that you can't explain in words. Cool video, R8's rule!
It's nice when your hands find their right mate. It's nice when your ears find the right tone. But it is MAGICAL when your hands and your ears find it in the same qualities in one guitar. Thank you for sharing. I love your story.
Are the R8's more difficult to play because of the thicker neck? I noticed my pickguard holder has some "rust" spots, I am wondering if that is part of the aging process. I did not notice anything with the pickguard holder in this video
@@tweedcouch that’s really cool. I love how the originals faded. I have a cherry sunburst 2007 Les Paul classic… even though it’s been on a wall stand near a window for years… pretty sure it hasn’t faded 1 bit lol.
@@tweedcouch thank you. I’m wondering if the taller frets on the r8 would allow bends to be easier. I heard they are pretty close in size though and the difference is minimal.
@@joes1804 I have both, the r8 frets are slightly smaller but you only notice it if you play them one after the other. After 2 seconds you won't notice any difference anymore. the r8 is my favorite, especially because of the slightly thicker neck, which makes the LP sound come through better imo
@@tweedcouch all r9s, different colors. Ones a m2m green lemon fade, anothers a factory burst, thirds a sunrise tea burst. I went to daves guitars here in wi. Got em for 6450$ a piece for ultra light age. Each one sounds dif from another.
Sorry man. I really grant you that expensive Murphy lab LP. But put this aside. Does the Murphy lab affect the sound ? Most importantly, from what I've heard and seen. I put you in an LP standard category. You could be very happy with a decent LP standard or if you want to go a little more expensive, do an LP Custom. But no harm done. Congratz on your LP '58 Murphy lab.
Thanks man. Jason loves the R8 ML. I have an LP Classic and it was my main guitar for a long time. I tried out a number of Standards over the years but none made me want to leave the Classic. I played just a handful of customs. Then I played some R9’s and they seemed to be what my hands had been looking for and I liked the way the Custombuckers interacted with the amp. The R8 ML is pretty great in feel and it inspired some different riffs out of me but I preferred the R9.
The tuning stability has been holding which is good. This guitar sounded better too wrapped to me but I think that is more likely due to how much more comfortable the strings felt this way. I own a number of Gibson’s but never felt the need to top wrap. Still don’t.
@@znmcg I have a classic in tobaccoburst and I was worried this would be too similar. Kinda but not really. Much much more burgundy to it that a Tri-color tobacco.
The plastics still look new although some are a different shade of beige. We noticed it didn’t look like they touched them other than the color of the poker chip. Nearly identical color to my Non-Murphy R9.
We should do a follow up on the R8. He bought it and plugged it in right away into what he already had dialed in with pedals. I'll see what we can do to dial it in and then play it through a better quality mic then my Shure MV88+
Absolutely! These look pretty new but... I was in guitar shop in Nashville one time and I asked about a late 60's SG that had pickup rings and truss cover that looked like replacement parts compared to the scratch plate and back cover. They said that sometimes the plastics don't get the same abuse or deteriorate at the same rate.
