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I don't think there is so much of a difference with the real one. Tom Murphy knows his shit that's for damm sure. Thank you Captain for make people's life better. by the way , my SG Special P90's Is from Andertons. first went to Dublin and now is happiliy still with yours truly in Spain.
I am blessed to have purchased the 59 light aged Les Paul and it’s glorious. I’m 61 with a birth date of 1959 so this is special to me for many reasons.
@Hublot Whore334 no doubt his willingness to just absorb and expand on still pay tribute even with his my idea is out ahead of my fingers style, gives it tension that I don't think anyone came close to. Still..if you asked him back then..I think maybe Peter Green's name might of come up..Of course he sang as well. I saw him touring the 2 album in early 70. I went to see him really but I walked out blown away by John Paul Jones and Bonham. BTW he liked his tele..
It takes incredible skills to write music and the riffs of Jimmy Page. The same riffs that almost all of us can relate to and love. Other guitarists can be technically better, but do we remember them or like them even in the same ballpark? That's the whole key, a song we can all relate too.
If you asked Jimmy P or Gary M back then I think they would say yeah I'am no Peter Green. He was one of those just rare cats that just was inside the music shining lights in ways you never heard before, plus he sang..When you go back and watch him there was such an ease and genius about his playing and his Les Paul with that out of phase..
Lee has come on so much as a player over the last few years,, he truly has a knack of choosing just the right notes and phrases and is a killer player now. Pete is fab obviously too, but Lee just seems to under play just the right amount to sound perfect✌🏻🤘🏻
Best Les Paul players? Just 3 names... - Jimmy Page - Peter Green - Eric Clapton and then... Kossoff, Slash, Moore, Bloomfield, Gibbons... just to name a few...
Eric Clapton didnt play a Les Paul very long. He has been a Fender guy much longer. But Eric Clapton can make a hello kitty guitar sound great....its all kinda moot
I would add Mick Taylor to that list, you do have a great list though. The top 3 came from the same camp. You can also through in Jeff Beck in his earlier years with a Lester.
The Neck Pickup on a proper good Les Paul is so great! It doesn't get enough appreciation, imo. Beautiful sounds. That's what makes a Les Paul an amazing guitar.
If people had a $500 Epiphone that howled and fed back like that they'd be rushing to swap out the pickups. Same thing happens on a $10k guitar and they act like it's a good thing.
I was trying to tell if was the pickups or the chained overdrives causing that feedback. Regardless, not a selling point for me, as if I could afford one of these anyway. Love that subtle burst look though...
@Mark Seymour yeah, and it was awesome. Unpotted pickups are more prone to feedback, just what they do, can mitigate it a tad by a few spots of silicone on the bobbin/cover gap. Horses for courses. I like my lesters, i like the sound. Its cool if you don't.
I tend to agree. I do kind of like a little bit of the feedback effect you can get from unpotted pickups. But that sounded pretty bad. It Can sound somewhat flashy when in a demonstration jam but imagine dealing with that when you’re trying to just practice. There’s a reason the potting process was invented
The Decibel meter is jumping into 120 at times and they are sitting in front of the amps with drives out front..not ideal for an old unpotted PAF! You watch Bonamassa he finds the exact spot on the stage to grab the feedback/sustain when he wants it. But at those volumes..
Uncontrollable feedback from Captain in the intro. These pickups are finally close to the real thing.... I played a 1960 at Gruhns and it howled and screamed. The original PAF weren’t wax potted. So they actually react very similarly
I love Custombuckers, but this confirmed my fears… uncontrollable feedback is kind of a deal breaker for playing loud and live. But at home with normal volumes… you can’t beat that tone.
There are sooooo many Tom Murphy aged Les Paul’s ....Do they play or sound better than another LP ? No they don’t.... I had one for a year and sold it.... overhyped overpriced marketing gimmick
I guess people like different things right? I've had mine for a year and to me it sounds, plays and feels a whole big step above any Les Paul I've tried.
The 2021 limited edition Epiphone Les Paul Custom Koa is the best era correct Les Paul of 2021 hands down very high end era correct they will definitely go up in Value through the years that's for sure craftsmanship is remarkable...now for these Murphy lab Les Paul's very nice but I prefer my guitars to age naturally
I think if I dinged a brand new Les Paul I'd feel ok. But if I dinged a Murphy Lab I'd feel really weird, like I put an extra brush stroke on a Picasso or something.
These look and sound fabulous! How do they fare, tone wise, against regular Custom Shop VOS models? Has there been something done, besides the aging, to make them more resonant, have better sustain etc? Are the pickups the same Custom Buckers or have they been specially hand-wound by some maestro? In other words, is there anything besides the aging that makes these guitars worth the premium over standard Custom Shop ones?
Yes they have improved, the 'standard' standard has a hard wearing lacquer, weight relieved without losing the 'sound', it;s a pro tool that will last a lifetime. Like a good strat or tele will. But, some of use don't want that, the market for these reissues is probably more complex than would make sense in normal business practice. Make it worse you kidding me? Lots of digs made about being dentists guitars, collectors with all the gear no idea over the years. Yes it sounds crazy that a company would effectively retrograde their products, because thats in effect where we are with the murphy lab, the old fragile not plasticised/catalysed lacquer chips easy, flakes off, the dyes fade, not waxing the pickups, (which is not just a feedback suppressor, but saves the copper wire from oxidising over time, as eventually the enamel coating will degrade due to exposure to all sorts of contaminates, sweat, beer, smoke, although not so much smoke these days). With the wood that is selected for these ML, the old style lacquer and the unpotted custombuckers, the new team at Gibson have for me anyway, given people the opportunity, if they so wish to buy something that is as close as practical a '59 style guitar. I am happy they have done so.
It's pretty simple: if it inspires you, and feels good...play it. Doesn't matter if it's a Squier Affinity Strat, or an aged '59 Les Paul. Best LP player? That's easy: Jimmy Page
I can't justify Murphy Lab prices. 3k more? No thanks. And I'm not shouting. Horses for courses. I realise a lot of VOS have microphonics but these are almost uncontrollable. At this price changing out is no big deal but the 59s etc were not as microphonic from what I hear when they're played. It's an issue for me.
I may be alone with this choice. But my favorite Burst player is Gary Rossington from Lynyrd Skynyrd. There were better players but I loved his tone, riffs and licks. Glad I got to see him play live. It was a true treat
I have a murphy lab 60 and it is insane ..My wife bought me the ultra heavy , it looks incredible , ...The sound and the FEEL is second to none ...Great Job Gibson !!!!!!!
I saw a level 3 Heavy Aging Les Paul at Guitar Center and wouldn't give you 2 cents for it, it was sad. all the plastic were worped, it didnt look like it would even play.
I don't get this relic stuff. Would I pay more for a car with dings and scratches? Would I pay for a new product which had signs of wear and appeared to be second-hand? Anyone who buys relic'd stuff is only fooling themselves into thinking they have something special. If the relic'd stuff was slightly cheaper then I would get it. Paying more for someone to kick it around a car park doesn't make sense to me. It's all a pretend facade. Marketing has got you by the nadgers. :)
In other spheres they'd be called Factory Seconds or B-stock. Though I guess some people also pay extra for faked/distressed/aged new wooden furniture too, and pre-worn jeans. The shabby chic premium. I can't say I really "get" it, but equally it doesn't do me any harm. I can buy an unshabby new one instead.
Totally agree. I have no doubt these are nice guitars to play but relicing is just marketing bs. The extent to which it is just bs is proven by the fact that if I were to trade in my 2010 LP Standard they would offer me less in trade in value if it were dinged and scratched ( ie showing genuine age and wear) than if it were pristine. They would regard it as damaged not reliced. But putting fake ageing on a new guitar and call it relicing justifies charging a ridiculous amount?? They really should be priced the same as a NOS Custom Shop 59. But i guess they sell - so well done Gibson ! But not for me I’m afraid
This video convinced me to buy a 2022 Murphy Lab '59 Reissue. It cost a fortune, but I don't regret it for a second. Every inch of it is stunning, the sound is amazing, and it plays like nothing I have played before.
@@markola I've found even playing it acoustically while sitting on the couch sounds amazing. I don't know why, but just how it resonates is unlike anything I've heard
They look great now but the elephant in the room is how quickly will they age once bought? Will the light aged ones fade and peel in years (rather than decades) and will the heavy aged ones do the same and look like a piece of s##t in 10ys time? A big risk on a £6k guitar!
I don’t mean to sound awkward, but please can anyone explain to me why they would spend/ have spent a lot of money on a very good guitar that has been deliberately scratched and battered to look old and used? Surely, either a guitar is a relic because you’ve practised with it, played it and lived it for hours on end for years, or you haven’t. What is a relic guitar supposed to show/demonstrate? Is it supposed to look like a famous Greeny or The Beast - a bit like a copy of Venice in Las Vegas? I really am genuinely interested in responses because the relic concept goes beyond my comprehension. Thank you.
It just feels great and looks great to me. A regular LP feels a bit boring compared to a Murphy Lab. I feel more inspired just by looking at the amazing flame, small dings and lacquer checking. And then I pick it up and feel it, it just feels great to me. And it's a joy to play. I don't necessarily buy one because I want it to look like someone has played it for ages, I buy it for all the reasons I have written here. Sure I could just buy a LP Standard and play the same stuff, but at the end of the day you gotta get whatever inspires you and what you desire.
I love custombuckers but they have a run away frequency somewhere in the upper frequencies and it's not because they are unpotted . I hear in the pre 2019 potted ones as . I have seen quite a few people say the same thing about the CBs
Love these - can they be ordered in a lefty version if they're all effectively custom shops? All colours and bursts as well????? After Lee's speech of oldies just buying one, I want one cos I'm old :)
I bought a new Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop with hard case in 1972 for $325 (I still have the receipt). So, you're saying there's been a price increase since then?
I own three, I am an average earner, I cashed in tax free pension allowance to buy them, Could have left it growing, but I thought I will get more pleasure from playing them, than watching the money slowly creep up. I am not rich btw, i am 56, and expect to keep them for a long time. Yes they are stupid money, do i feel they are worth it? Absolutely. I only took up the guitar again during lockdown (last played in the 80's) and it saved my sanity.
love the tone, but relic finishes are not for me. something would keep gnawling at me in the back of my head knowing the wear and tear isnt from playing. myself i'd much prefer to get a regular 59 from the customshop and let it age and wear by just playing it. if i get scratches and dings on my guitar i want to be the one to blame. i doubt any of my gibsons will get much further than light wear because after playing they go back into their cases, just to be safe and i maintain and clean them well. my epihones on the other hand get abused quite a bit. but they are not as big of an investment as a gibson.
If you want normal non aged Custom Shop non aged guitar you are actually out of luck if you are looking for 2021 built one. Murphy Labs took best once. So you better look for end 2019 beginning 2020 guitar. That’s reason I wanted to dislike Murphy Labs. That and ridiculous price premium some dealers ask for them. Way more than MSRP. Well I can’t. I went to buy a Les Paul and tried lot of them and came home with the ultra light aged ‘57 double gold Murphy Labs. It sounded head and shoulders above anything else. Considering one does not buy Custom Shop Gibson every day price difference faded out as soon as I’ve heard it. All my preferences went out of the window to. Actually I was ready to pay more for the ‘59 I though I am going to buy. Could not do it. It was not sounding as good disregarding on it’s beautiful top, comfortable neck, medium jumbo frets and even lighter weight. My Gold top was simply more resonant and better sounding guitar. Looking great as well. Looks, feels and sounds like real vintage guitar. BTW once I understood it will be this one I’ve took normal Custom Shop guitar. Was way heavier and sounded and felt dead in my hands. Might be a lemon but it just made my choice more simple. Other ‘59 guitars were awesome but mine sounded like the real thing. Almost two weeks in and I am still in love like I was at the first day.
4 to 7 thousand. Click the links in the description which opens when you click or touch the arrow at the upper right in title portion. The first link after the description takes you to all the Murphy's guitars including SGs, 335s etc. Some of the prices are comparatively reasonable, like a plain top 58 LP inthe 4 thousands and weighing a svelte 8.5 pounds. The real flashy 59s and 60s can get up there inthe 7 to 8 range but we're talking about the closest things to the 4 and 5 hundred thousand dollar holy grails. It's relative haha!
Great show as usual .... looking forward to see what 1960 brings :) and then I have a tough question for Pete :) lol thanks again for keeping a load of us sane through lockdown :)
Have the Murphy Lab Brazilian board Korina V and a shop special Brazilian board 59 Murphy Lab. Both are shockingly close to the originals and the best guitars by a mile in my quiver. Both make me sound and play better than I am - similar to my magic 64 strat in terms of mojo.
Why would they take any off the neck? Aged and worn relics do not need to be done to the rear of the neck at all. Nobody wants dents in the back of the neck surely
