Greg's Pick: The Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Shootout 

"Nothing to foo-foo". LOL! Nice observation Greg. That was very articulate.

Where's the '68 Les Paul?

The Waddy Wachtel Les Paul sounds amazing.

Rock on Greg.

Carmelita is a keeper.

I want the Nicky! The sound really cuts through and has amazing clarity and character. It’s like the frequency of the tone makes the reverb pop more

That 'tone closet' is so cool. You've got an amazing guitar shop.

Probably just me but the audio setup for this demo was much more enjoyable than the normal vids. I feel like I'm in the room with Greg and can taste the gristle.

I like the Nicky, focused presence.

Please do more videos like this. The tonal character of each guitar becomes more apparent in these shootouts. Thanks Greg.

1. Nicky 2. Walsh 3. Waddy 4. Carmelita ,, in that order to my ears

you must be playing in a "weekend band", at least? Great licks you have. You could sit between Gibbons and Warren Haynes any day, in my book. God, I could stay in that room listening to you all day. Phenomenal stuff.

IN MY OPINION THEY ALL SOUND SIMILAR AND BY CHANGING THE EQ ON THE GUITAR OR AMP YOU CAN PRODUCE ALL THE SAME TONES AND SOUNDS WITH ONE GOOD LES PAUL.

Please do another one of these! Greg in a room with a bunch of Les Paul reissues through that amp. Need one of these videos every year!

I love the Joe Walsh myself. A sweet and thick gerthiness to my ears. Fantastic demos!

By far the most informative demo yet. Really telling just how different the tones are from one to another. All of them lovely in their way.

Man, that Joe Walsh sounds great. Love the bridge sound on that one.

Surprised nobody liked the Carmelita- has more of what I think of when I think 'Les Paul'- sweet, lots of depth, authority- all great guitars of course and sound great with Greg behind them.

That’s what I picked too! Nice choice and like the color too

Nicky

My favorite wildwood video ..thanks guys.

The Joe Walsh or the Nicky are what I like. The Blues Deville with those 4 tens and tone stack are a big part oft the tone!

The Joe Walsh sounds best. Spanky and bright with a crunchy bottom end too.

Carmelita is the most balanced one. However i love the deep sound Nicky has

Best demo yet. Great guitars and sick playing! I like the rasp on the Joe Walsh. Very bluesbreakerish.

Nicky for me!

Nice chops Brother! ... pleasure listening to ya.

Room micing vs close micing (+ pro tools). Seems like a lot of viewers like the room experience. Greg is flawless nontheless 👌

Carmelita, isn't that a replica of the one Bonamassa has been touring with the last few years aka "The Claw" ?

The Walsh on the bridge pickup and the Nicky on the neck pickup.

This is my favorite video on RU-vid

Am I the only one who can listen to this for hours?

Now that is how you demo a Les Paul. Nice tones, keeping the clarity intact. A bigsby is sacrilegious on a Les Paul though.

Ha ha. Awesome review Greg. I made my decision before I got to the end. So glad you picked Joe's. To my ears, it was the one. Great job!

By far my favorite wildwood video on youtube I come back to this one often

Oh man that Nicky is it for me. Walsh sounds damn good too, maybe even a little more versatile but I’d prefer the 59. Thanks for the video.

Greg loves Tele's. And the Walsh has that Tele-thing in the bridge pickup. I also dig Nicky'd neck pickup tone. Put the two together and I'd be happy

The best les paul tone i heard on wildwood vids

Thanks for mentioning the amp. Last time I asked I got my head nearly ripped off by a whole lotta commenters.

Man Greg. You are incredible guitarist, and sound even better on a Les Paul! Thank you for the tips!

Please have this quality audio on the regular Wildwood guitar videos. In this video guitars sound so much better.

Really liked the way this was done, very cool.

That just blew me away. Super well done on all fronts, I was there with you. Willing you to adopt the puppy and I also chose the Joe Walsh. Your tone and playing are first class!!

Really enjoying this channel..Proves once again the best things in life are free!

Truth be told, all of these Les Paul's sound damn good. Come on... the differences are VERY subtle. Unless you are in rarefied $$ territory that just so happens to have a spare $8K-$11K sitting around, most ppl are just not going to able to buy these specialty LP's. The last LP I purchased for giggles is a LP Custom that ran me ~$5K plus sales taxes. It was in August of last year, 2023. I have 3 other LP's including a used '59 RI that sounds drop-dead amazing and ran me $4500 about 4-5 years ago. Man, you gotta have money to burn to delve into these specialty LP babies... and you'd never convince me I was getting my money's worth.

What fun! Sitting in a room watching Greg put some high end Paul's to the test. And yep, The Walsh do have sum good jangle.

Late to the shootout....Nicky has that mid-range punch I love.

There's definitely some Duane Allman breath underneath all of this...nicely done Mr Koch.

Audio is definitely better than the produced segments. The produced segments look great but sound sterile as hell. Wildwood cut the production costs and have Greg do guitar demos like this! 👍

GodDAMMIT I love your phrasing Greg!!!!

the 60s knobs are so much kewler lookin' :D

Joe Walsh wins. It's got that angry bite I like.

Keep on slaying it on the six string! Tasty not hasty thats you Greg!!

The Joe Walsh sounded best to me...looks killer too!!

Yes, I can CLEARLY hear the differences between each Les Paul. Good comparison vid, I was wondering when Greg and Wildwood were going to do this. I'm not sure which I'd choose as they're all great sounding in their individual own rite. Meh, I'll stick with my '16 Trad, all the LP I'll ever need. Great vid from a great player and store.

Is it just me or? I find this Blues DeVille sounds killer. Best tone i have heard from Greg Koch.

The Joe Walsh sounds amazing

you could play 5 Nickys or five Carmelitas and they all would sound different ,,

Love your work, Greg.

Joe Walsh! Incredible sounding guitar!!!! That was my pick before you got to the end.... Just ammazzzzzzin!

Greg, a thousand thank you's for this LP shootout. AWESOME. Seriously, it's the Carmelita Carmelita Carmelita. The axe is absolutely awesome! I have to have one! Dickey Betts, are you watching this video?

I'm in between the Nicky and Joe Walsh guitar.

I like Nicky, followed by Carmelita

Great video! Thanks for sharing. Give me the sound of the Joe Walsh with the looks of Nicky.

Nicky all damn day.. That guitar is perfect and blooming.

I prefer the Nicky. All the others sounded a little shrill. I like that bite but just rounded over a touch. But, to each their own.

I can get the same sound from these Les Pauls with a nice one off the shelf. Except that first Carmelita. wow.

Great video I loved the 59 and the walsh the 60s Walsh had more bite to it tho I really did enjoy it

Overall, Nicky does it for me. If I wanna just rock out, then bring Joe Walsh along.

Great tones! The sound Greg is getting here is much better compared to the usual demo videos. Sweeter overdrive...maybe consider using this amp in future? I think the Joe Walsh sounded the meanest so that had to be the 'winner'.

Definitely the first one.

Greg, you are just somebody I'd love to hang with. I'd be too afraid to jam with you however,...well maybe some back up bass. Rock on!

sounds better than with padels.... sounds real good

Would love to see more videos like this one!

Carmelita, with just a tad higher action.

Close ur eyes & point at one. Yep, that one sounds best!! If he's playin it!!

For me I'd pick Carmelita

Wow the Joe Walsh sounds like it would cut through...but then Nicky's voice is soooo alluring

They all sounded good, but I preferred the Carmelita...

Nicky > Joe Walsh > Waddie Wachel > Carmelita

That '60 Joe Walsh is one mean machine.

I prefer the sound of the Telecastser, but a Les Paul is still a great guitar.

That Carmelita has a Telecaster tone to it.

Awesome video. Would love to see the same with Fender maple neck strats if you ever get the chance. Love your playing.

the Joe Walsh sounds more magical mojo in your hands

I liked the 59 carmelita tones above all of them. While I don't care for the round neck on it, it sounds wonderful to my ears with all of he playing and switching up. They all did sound really nice though.

I think the Nicky the bridge is the best, the Carmelita's neck pickup is so great

I want my les paul to sound like a Banjo, please recommend !

Just to be sure...I will need one of each. I liked Carmelita a lot.

Nicky, waddy, carm, Walsh. All good in suprisingly not so subtlety ways. Very cool. Wonder about the pickups in each since the artist series I believe the do custom winds.

Carmelita is the best!

Good pick...

Great video....more like this please! Nicky had the most "character" Joe Walsh fits Gregg perfect...bright...spanky most likely cut through with the band.

Joe Walsh bridge pickup is just perfect

I dig the Joe Walsh

I think I like Carmelita the best! Great video. Please consider doing one where you compare these to Customs. I'd love to hear the difference.

Between nicky and the Joe walsh for me

Nicky AND Joe Walsh, depending on the mood!

Strange dilemma for me Because I prefer the tone of the walsh and wachtel the most But not a fan of the bright red Tomato Soup color/ thin neck or a Bixby So I'm going Nicky. Carmelita was sweet but a bit too thick sounding for my taste.

Noodles and spider fingers... 😂 All Day!