GIBSON... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! 

That might just be the most beautiful Les Paul I've ever seen. Awesome playing as well! Sounds mint

I respect Kirk Hammett for taking on the ownership of this iconic guitar. Yes, he paid a fortune for the original and I guess he can do what he pleases with it, but he's chosen to become it's custodian and consult with Gibson .... This core model - without the ageing to mimic the original guitar - is probably more what I'd want anyway. Good on you for getting one!

That one sounds fantastic!!! Congrats!!!

Wonderful playing, great demo! Thank you

Best demo of those pickups I've seen so far and by far. Thanks. Awesome plying, too.

Crazy good playing skills. Sounds incredible!

Wow man that sounds absolutely fantastic!

She’s a beautiful guitar. Congratulations. And some great playing in the demos. Well done mate 👊🏼😁👍🏼

Great review, you friggin killed it, loved your input!!

Amazing playing pal! Stunning guitar

moore " still got the blues" when he changes from the neck to bridge pick up is inspiring.

Regardless of what kind of music you are into, Kirk Hammett is a great guitarist and he is in awe of the original greeny Les Paul. He's a great custodian of it for the future

Great playing!! It’s got that sound!!

Nice, it has the right vibe and tone. Personally, I wouldn't polish it, or change anything - it will naturally sheen the more you play it. But, if it's your own guitar, best to do what makes you happy!

Great playing in this video! 🤘

My gosh..!Fantastic playing!

Your playing and that guitar's tone is just sublime. It really sounds like Greeny in Fleetwood Mac.

Beautiful! And it sounds great. Love your playing!!!🙌🔥🤘🏻🍻

I need one so badly, congratulations on getting yours

Beautiful top! Don’t mess with the finish. Satin finishes are awesome!

Great video beautiful playing.

I wouldn’t care what guitar you choose, your playing is badass. But thanks for a very cool informative video on Greeny guitar lore. Makes me want to put a phase switch on my Standard. You really get the sounds here, but again your playing really makes it happen.

Those pickups are definitely pulling off Green’s tone pretty spot on.

That guitar looks and sounds fantastic. Tasty playing too.

Great playing and tone! What settings on your volume/tone controls do you recommend to get that out of phase sound? I have a Vintage copy, plus a few other guitars with a push/pull phase switching. All sound thin and too bright. This sounds perfect!

I'm with you on the finish. Give it a good polish. Killer playing too!

Gorgeous guitar, killer tone and great playing ! 👍

Great demo, great playing, and great guitar. It's the best sounding new Les Paul I have ever heard. ...in your hands.

Your playing is outstanding

That flame is awesome! That’s the kind I go for, just littered with flame all over it and not mismatched in spots with swirls or knots

Man the tone to that thing is ridiculous, awesome playing as well!!

Congratulations!! Killer tone!

the guitar looks great and sounds even better❤🤟😎🎸

Looks and sounds amazing !!! I believe the finish , is supposed to be close to custom shop VOS style . I wonder if that finish , makes the guitar sustain a little more ?

Yours is the best looking one I've seen online so far. Maybe it's the lighting on your video but that flame just pops! I think we all want to see you attempt to polish the satin finish out as most wouldn't be brave enough. I'm not a fan of satin/faded finishes either, like a cheap way of making it appear aged. Awesome playing on the video as well 🎉

I'm lucky to have bought a 2013 Gary Moore Les Paul Standard. She's a beauty, a player and sounds so good!!! Congrats on your Greeny acquisition 😎👍!!!

Solo from 10.15 has to be one of the most authentic and best solos I‘ve heard in years; extremly good vibe, I cant stop hearing it; fucking great, gives me goosebumps

I totally agree, my epiphone Lazarus” les Paul (ox4 greeny pick ups) has a satin finish. Always wished it was shiny. I’m really interested in the process if you happen to do it and make a video pls!

Nice plating & lovely tone, sounds better than I've heard Kirk get from the original.

It sounds really nice

That middle pickup sound is worth modding a guitar for!

Dude you got the nicest lookin greeny i've ever seen.... and you deserve it with the way you play...good on ya!!!

Beautiful guitar but still out of my price range. Best I could do was about 10 years ago I bought a Chibson aged version (with a blank headstock), ripped everything metal off it and redid the frets & tuners. Dropped P90's in, a new harness and slapped a Bigsby on. I was going for a Greeny meets Neil Young vibe. Works a treat and sounds huge. Great playing as usual, mate.

Those pickups sound fantastic! I really hope Gibson adds them to their pickup shop.

Great video,what amp/pedals are you using?

out of all the reviews I've seen for every version of greeny, this one has the best top :D congrats

I was so tempted to get one of these, but I'm waiting for the chibson version

Beautiful guitar and I love it’s satin finish

Very nice playing! Great looking guitar. My advice: leave it as is for at least a year. You may discover that you prefer the satin finish (which looks great) and the finish may burnish with time from playing it.

if you want to bring the gloss out, use 3M polishing compound with micro-fiber rags and hand-polish it. i've used these products on several Fender Highway Ones and it just makes it look and feel right.

Here's a yes for the video where you polish it up a little!!

What were you using for effects for the honk? What positions were the volume and tone knobs?

Kirk cherishes that guitar and knows the history behind it. Better yet, he actually uses it, and it's not hidden away in a private collection, museum, or Hard Rock you can go to a Metallica show and hopefully see and hear it if kirk brings it out. But yeah, of course Gibson will reissue, and cash in it is Gibson.

Really comes very close to Peter's tone. Great playing.

Go for it ! Looking forward to seeing how it looks with satin rubbed out a bit. Great playing.

Piked up my Greeny on release week as well. I was able to snatch a super flamey top with a really cool looking back too!!. I didn’t notice the satin spec before I ordered as well but I really really enjoy it. I also neglected to look at the different weights of everyone and turns out I picked one that weighed 10 pounds!!!! It’s a brick but it’s so well balance when standing up and feel so great. Absolute monster of a guitar. Hooked it up to a PA at a bar a A couple weeks ago and it just sounded absolutely incredible.

very cool guitar and that middle position sound is as good as it gets.

I totally agree, I’m gonna polish mine

Really cool , thoughtful and very musical review, thanks. I've seen others where all you can hear is the guys overdrive / distortion - pointless, really - a lot of Peter Green's best work was essentially clean, often with massive reverb! Enjoyed your playing and approach and good for you getting such a lovely looking instrument as well - congratz!

Sounds mint mate! Middle pickup is perfect. Other than the finish, are those upper inlays a bit iffy? Might be the angle/lighting. All in though that’s many a players’ dream!

Clicked on this to check out the guitar, but wow the blues playing is monster sounding!

I’d give a kidney for les Paul I loved and loved me … waiting patiently. Loved the tones and playing in this here video demonstrationization. ❤️

I have the reproduction . Raise the tail bar & you can bend well also mine has the traditional slim profile head stock . Love that there's no relicing on mine ! Well Done 💫

You're a really great player 👏

Excellent playing. Monster tones - very Pagey!

Congrats buddy, Flame is totally awesome and fab tone too.. You enjoy and Rock it.. Nice video too, thanks for sharing

Beautiful guitar...I dig that matte finish..a Les Paul logo would be cool and all the same knobs..don't matter which ones just the same..only my opinion..still a beauty guitar

I think they chose that finish so it ages naturally faster than high gloss. It's popular lately. Nice sounding

Gibson restorative finish cream worked quite well for me on a 60s tribute. By hand.

I want one! I want that EXACT one!!!

Great sounds! Amp??

This is a fantastic video I actually enjoyed it have a good week

Good idea to polish this instrument. I did this to my Epiphone Lazarus - wich, of course, has a poly finish - and it is now quite glossy just like the original. The maple veneer even now has got a nice 3D effect to it - just a bit but it's there. I used the MusicNomad Guitar Polish that even smells like banana 😋. Who knows, maybe one day I will screw the pickguard off and put in some Greenie style PUs and change two knobs... Thank you for this video!

Amazing ! I Love it :)

Dude, you got one with a killer top. Looks amazing!!!

What amp are you using here ? It sounds awesome

Nice top that looks more like original Greeny than some of the $50K "forensic" or $20K Custom Shop copies that I saw online. Nice dark fretboard. Very nice Greeny pickups. You scored a good one. 😊

Polish it! Sounds great and you play great! Thanks!

Great tone bro

Good shit son! Sound good

Ooo very nice guitar aside from the history alone. And excellent playing as always

firstly let me thank/congratulate you on being the first reviewer I've seen so far who has actually managed/been bothered to get those authentic Greeny tones out of one of these guitars, and played in a style that quite clearly nods heavily towards both Gary's and Peter's styles. A really great demo of what most Greeny fans will want to know...can it sound like the real thing? I think you nailed it. But most other reviews don't have a clue. Well done, cos it's not that easy, but there is a knack to it if you experiment a bit. As for the guitar itself.... form a fan perspective (have to say I like both players, but favour Peter Green) i would have loved to see a version which more closely approximated the condition of the guitar when Peter sold it, (maybe a future model for Gibson) although that finish is beautiful. BUT... WTF have they put chrome hardware on it for? Let's have some nickel and let it age with the instrument, cos chrome looks hideous.

I tried one and liked it mostly. What i didnt like was the sating neck. It felt too raw, not worn. A bit of polish will fix it up though. Pick mine up friday!

i owned the Vintage PGM version of this greeney les paul. i purchased it second hand not knowing the story behind them. i soon found out. sadly like a pleb i had to sell it. till today it remains the best sounding handling guitar ive ever owned. and your holding a Gibson version, i couldnt even imagine...

Fantastic! 3199 is a great price considering the next step up is about 7x more. This one is going on the list.

That right there is my dream guitar

Yes. 100% on the Gloss finish. Please do a video on fixing that satin (horrible) finish.

That’s a really nice looking/sounding guitar. I wouldn’t do anything but play it.

Absolutely so awesome in everyway.

I kept my eye on these as they came up in uk dealers and the tops are wildly inconsistent, you got a proper nice one there nice one! Definitely would like to get one at some point when i cross paths with the right one haha

Lovely flame on it!

Polished my epiphone Les Paul 59 head stock and body front know the guitars are worlds apart but so worth the work mine came up like glass 👍

Absolutely stunning guitar Chris what was you're set up sounds amazing

I’m typically a strat guy (like you) but I ordered one of these because that SQUONK! I love your tone here - can you do a video on signal chain with the new LP? I assume you’re rocking something Texas-y, yeah?

1984 High School Hearing Hammet and Hetfield (sic) was mindblowing. Imagine the chops of the next owner🔥

I don't know, but The guitar sound in 1:50 sounds like SRV - Tin Pan Alley,in live version.

Hello dear friends of Pedal Pawn, I congratulate you for your excellent videos. Keep up the good work!!! I think that naming this "reissue" after Kirk Hammett doesn't make any sense. The original Greeny guitar is not known because he uses it, but because it was Peter Green's. Regarding the sound, it kills me. I love it. In any case, it is not something that I can afford. I'll stick with my heavy 2005 Faded Les Paul Gibson (without the relief holes). About the finish: I really like the faded finish for the amber Les Paul (mine is like that and I love it); I'm generally not a big fan of shiny Les Pauls, except for custom shop black ones. Greetings

🔊Polish👊🏻

Your playing style is perfect for demonstrating that guitar. You have vintage muscle memory.

what amp do you use man