This is why we love The Guitaristas. Whatever anyone says, when money/product enters the game, the review is going to weighted in one direction and one direction only. Thanks for this Colin.
@@postoffice146So if my local shop gives me a hundred bucks off list just by haggling a little at the counter, and I tell you it's a great guitar, you can't trust that opinion? That's just bizarre.
@@ryanevans371 Ok. I watched it again. It was the shop, not the manufacturer. He said he had it for months to review it before he decided to buy it and was offered a discount. I thought it was the manufacturer.
Hi Colin, finding these LP reviews very compelling because I recently bought a Sire Larry Carlton L7 with soapbox P90’s. Caveat I’m not a great player and this was the first time I bought a guitar that was shipped to me without me ever playing it but there are a lot of great reviews out there. My experience was fantastic for $650 (dollars - I’m an old Brit living in US) the guitar blew me away… incredible quality for the price… beautiful look, neck, binding, and perfect setup. The controls are flawless in terms of feel and to my ears… and it sounds awesome to my ears… btw I play I completely clean through a small Marshall class 5 valve amp. I could never justify Maybach or Heritage money on a guitar but I can honestly say my experience with that Sie has been awesome… so much fun to play and incredible value. Anyway… thanks again for your brilliant reviews and I look forward to your conclusions on this LP series. Cheers!
I’ve got a Maybach Lester 59 and totally agree… the wiring is shoddy and lets down what’s otherwise a fantastic guitar, was wondering if I’d just got a bad one but this is reassuring (in a way!). Mine is in with the Tech for a new wiring loom to be fitted currently. Thanks Colin, please get the pickguard back on there though ;)
I’ve honestly had no such issues with my Maybach Lester the knobs have a decent resistance and are very very responsive. I’ve had mine for about three or four years I’m not sure if it’s an earlier model maybe later quality control needs to be upped a bit
I got my hands on one of the newer Standard '50s Pauls a few years back, for a long time I considered selling it on because I didn't care for the tone of it, it was always too muddy for my liking, no good if you like a touch of twang much as I do. As a last ditch effort I tried the '50s wiring mod on it, figured it costs nothing to do if you've got a soldering iron, and easily reversed. My expectations were low, I mean how much difference can switching the contact points between the pots and the caps make? My jaw nearly hit the floor and suddenly it was like the voice of an angel! I'm committed to it now, even screwed a Bigsby on it.
What a lovely guitar Colin. That is everything you need if you are looking for a Gibson LP style guitar this is all you need without the extra logo hefty price tag. Looks and sounds amazing.
I think you hit the nail on the head with the "needs to be cranked" comment Colin. Chris Buck makes some fabulous noises come out of Les Pauls but his attacking style maybe suits them better? The shonky controls aside, that all sounded pretty good to me and I could (and do) spend ages listening to you playing. Even got a looper coming this weekend so I can get more into making some music instead of just playing around. Thanks Colin, we all really appreciate what you do, keep it up chum.
Hello Colin my first guitar 'wow' moment was in the mid 60's when I saw a picture of Bob Dylan with a Fender Strat BUT for some unremembered reason in 1972 I decided to buy a brand new Les Paul Custom which I played as my main guitar until 1974 when I bought a Strat so even though I have a nice 1974 Gib. LP I don't play it as much as the Strats. Cheers mate.
I just picked up a Heritage H-150 Custom Core. It’s an amazing guitar (it should be for the money). The only thing that I think a guitar like a Gibson Custom Shop has in it are Custombuckers. As for this Maybach… I can’t comment because I’ve never actually played one (or seen one here in the U.S.). But for the price, I’d be looking at some used Gibson Les Paul Standards (or a Heritage H-150 Standard… but I’m from Michigan, so I’m biased).
Fork deep in LPs... for a guy who claims that he is not a fan, that is a brave performance :) I love the look of the Maybach, and it does sound good... hard to assess the controls from here. Thanks man, have a great weekend.
What I forgot; mine does not have the wobbly pots with the pin sticking out, they are not suitable for guitar pots. It puzzles me why Maybach does not perform better here seen the quality build of the rest. Also, in my opinion, fantastic pickups.
Hooray! The Henrys are back! 😅 Like many have said before me, truly love your channel Collin. It is unique amongst the RU-vid community, so so chill. Thank you!
I don’t have a Les Paul, but I do have an SG, Tele and a PRS etc. Just now, I was listening to my washing machine end its cycle, and it’s amazing what inspiration you can get from the rhythms of modern appliances.
Just got the new 1959 Epiphone IBG Custom shop Les Paul with the Custombuckers. It’s EVERYTHING I’ve been looking for in a Les Paul for years. The pickups are everything they are cracked up to be. You have to get your hands on one. It’s different than the 1959 outfit from a couple years ago.
Great overview (as always) but not sure 'okay' warrants 2,000 quid, or 1,600 for that matter. It seems like it's one of those 'okay if everything is on 10' guitars . . . not a lot of 'play' there and the loss of tops on the neck is a bit sad. Shame this one and the 54 both suffer a bit with the controls. I'd take an Eastman over this any day TBH - looking forward to a back to back with your other single cuts, nice to see the H150 make an appearance, and let's see which one emerges as top of the heap! Cheers. 😅
I'd say the Eastman SB59v is comparable to the Maybach, but not better per se. Depends on what you look for. The Maybach's pickups are very bright and wooly whilst the eastmans has more output and less bass. The finish of the eastman was too sticky for my taste.
the Finish on that Heritage was absolutely gorgeous holy wow, shame about the Lesters control pods.. i honestly expected they would be great, especially when everything about them looks so good. great review as always i look forward to the comparisons
I just recently got a gibson 50s les paul standard in honey amber which was breathtaking in pictures but such a let down in person . I opened the case and immediately knew it was getting returned which I hate doing. I returned it for a heritage cherry sunburst which is absolutely stunning and not to far off from that one you're holding.
I’ve owned a Maybach Lester for about six years and can honestly say the pots are perfect, responsive with a precise feel. Mine might be an older model maybe their quality control needs attention regarding the pots
My highschool teacher once brought his Gibson Les Paul and fender blues breaker amp class to jam. I always loved that 60's Eric Clapton humbucker sound, but the moment I sat down with the Les Paul, I never felt more uncomfortable playing a guitar.
Bang on Col as usual , Just traded in my Les Paul 50`s Standard, thought it would be amazing, it was`nt , looked great on the wall and that was it , what a disappointment, replaced with a £199 The Heritage NT 30 can`t belive how good the p90`s are , cheers man
He hit the nail on the head. The classic Les Paul tone is straight into a 50 or100 watt tube amp, cranked up. The purest sample of the LP-Marshall tone was Duane and Dickey of the Allman Brothers. They had the P.A.F. quack tone and everyone was chasing that. As the 70's wore on, high gain and distortion pushed the nuances of tone to the background.
Colin, Great video mate! I’d love to see you review a Bacchus Baron. I noticed them when they came out a few months ago and have been intrigued by them ever since. It’s affordable and Bacchus is a high quality Japanese guitar brand.
Linear tone pots with .047 cap is more often seen on vintage Fender Telecasters and lap steels. The linear pot makes all of the filtering action happen over the bottom quarter turn of the pot, and that along with the larger cap makes it easier to get a wah-wah sound (usually referred to as boo-wah amongst lap-steelers) by playing while simultaneously turning the tone knob with your pinky. I guess it might make sense to have that circuit on your bridge pickup if you’re a country or Western Swing player who wants to be able to play Tele licks on a Les Paul. Makes no sense for the neck pickup though, and most Les Paul players would rather have .022 mfd caps and audio taper tone pots, allowing more subtle tone adjustment.
I thought your problems with the Les Paul was because you're British, but then I remembered there are many highly skilled British guitarists such as Jimmy Paige, who seems to have no issues. So that can't be it.
Totally agree about trying to play classical style. Before i started playing like that i went through a few Les Pauls because they felt so uncomfortable and unbalanced. When i changed to playing classical style everything changed, and now i love playing them. Playing that way means the guitar is more or less in the same position as when you're standing up, so that's also a plus in my book.
I appreciate how you use the same rig for all your videos, but outside of filming, have you given the Les Pauls a good trek through the Marshalls to see if you connect with them a bit more? Cheers Colin, have a nice weekend.
Owned a 2015 Lester, it was great. Sold it and bought a 2014 R8 love that 10x more. Then got a 2022 Lester, that one didn't hold up. The 2015 one was a way way better guitar. So i sold that one. My main LP now is an Eastman SB59. Love it to bits. Still have the R8 too, that one isn't leaving.
Hi again Colin, It looks amazing indeed, but you nailed it: "It looks great, what a wonderful piece of furniture this guitar is", such a proper well appointed phrase, to describe so many LPs. Not a paid shill, my deep respect and appreciation for your posture. Cheers.
Proof is in the playing, I think you sounded great. Do an episode to convert it to 50’s wiring and for kicks add some Lollar pickups. Then flip it and come out ahead hopefully.
I Have the 72 Edelweiss with a 50ies neck profile and love it. Knobs work perfectly fine - so probably yours were loose? However, i had to readjust the bridge a little as it was way to low on the top strings and bring above 14th fret let the notes die out Party quickly. So, although the Setup was far from perfect, i could easily correct it and now i am very happy with this axe.
Love my Gibson Les Paul Classic tea burst bought 1500 € in 2016. I put hardware Gibson Historic , Historic 59 pickups and Emerson kit 15 uf neck and 22 uf for the bridge like Beano Clapton. Only a Gibson is good enough 😉❤❤❤❤
I own a ’59 Midnight Sunset and it has 500 CTS TVT, and I don’t have this problem. Anyway, I changed to ’50s wiring and the improvement is evident. I don’t know why they come from the factory with modern wiring. As far as I know, Maybach isn’t using CTS anymore; they use Ax Labs now, which they say are better (I don’t know). As for the pickups, Amber Spirit of ’59 are PAF clones, unpotted and low output, and they do the job very well, but they are what they are.
I share your point of view. I think I've had about 20+ Lesters in my life, from Epi to Gibson signatures (jimmy Page, joe Perry, Zakk Wylde) and custom shop '59. The only one I have now is a P90 Special. That one I love. SG is it for me.
I hear you Col. I’ve got an Epiphone LP 50’s and a Katana with a million patches coming out of my arse. Yet I cannot for the life of me get the sound I hear others get.
I have to agree Colin I have owned loads of Les Paul's and I have a sound in my head, the sound of Clapton, Kossoff and Green and I can never achieve that, partly through lack of talent and partly because it's the sound of a Les Paul through a Marshall with no pedals fully cranked. A bit difficult for me with the gigs I play and with my old ears ha ha
Hi Colin, To my ears anyway Les Pauls seem to have a purer 'Hi-Fi' tone, without as much coloration from resonance compared to most other guitar types. I wonder if maybe their heavy solid bodies dampen resonance going to the pickups compared to other guitars. Also, A lot of people like the tone from their amps best when fully cranked to add crunch from the power tube side of the amp to augment the preamp gain. Maybe Les Pauls need that added distortion from a cranked amp to add funkiness to their tone. Anyway, this post is what happens when someone has too much time to wonder about why things are the way they are. Thanks as always for the video and looking forward to the next one.
I love the aesthetics and sound of a nice Les Paul, but playing one sitting perched on an awkwardly low sofa bed for a couple of years when I lived in a tiny bedsit left me with lasting nerve issues in my right shoulder. To this day I can't play uncontoured guitars without getting tingling and numbness in my right arm. Same issue with Teles. I have a Tele Deluxe but I had an arm contour added to it. Leo really nailed it with the contours on a Strat.
I know the maybach tuners are supposed to follow the curve of the headstock but I think they look really messy pointing at different angles. £2000 for a posh parts-caster or a genuine Gibson......?
That guitar sounds terrific, and it really makes a player out of you, man. Either it's the guitar or you've been practicing furiously lately. Both sounded great! As mentioned in another comment, '50's wiring would make all the difference in the tone 'drop' when the volume is rolled off. Maybe something for a modification video in the future. It's a relatively simple modification, and I've found it is an absolute necessity, for me. Get out your soldering gun, Colin!
I bought a Gibson Les Paul studio. I instantly regretted it. Over time the more I played it the more I started to love it. I only have a slight regret that I did not opt for a standard even though I doubt there is any difference in how they play. Chalk it up to pride of ownership. Silly I know.
I do not want a pre-aged guitar when half the fun is aging the guitar in your own hands until you know it intimately. Even Gibson is making it hard to find non-VOS, unaged R9s without putting in a custom order. Searched for a while and lucked into a great one that sounds great and weighs 8 lbs.-0.0 oz. - spectacular guitar and I'll age it myself, thank you very much. Maybachs look and sound awesome and when they make an unaged Lester 59, I'll find a good one; just like I did with my Eastmans (yes, unaged SB59 and SB57), my R9, my LP Studio and LP Standard.
Hello Colin, I was here, enjoyed it. Nothing to add, everybody else said everything, settled nothing. Not in the mood to debate, know what I mean? Pickguard on or off? Looks fine either way. I bet a tobacco or gray burst would look nice on this guitar. Cheers!
Love the vids pal..keep up the good work..just got a vintage v63 on offer from kennys music for £199..thought I'll have some of that..frets needed polished and ends done..but it ain't bad at all..maybe worth a look at
Nice!!! Heritage are fantastic. I had a heritage and the Eastman at the same time. Also an R8 and a USa Gibson Traditional. I prefered the Eastamn over the Heritage because I prefered the neck profile (eastman a bit chunkier) Prefered the Eastman was lighter, and also prefere the antique varnish finish feel on the hand, although the heritage was very nice too. Tone wise, my heritage had SD Antiquities and sounded great, was very similar overall to the eastman in that aspect. They had the same frets, so that hgave an imprssion very similar on both. But the Eastman for me had the edge no doubt. Would love to try a heritage custom core. Actually my eastman now has the eritage custom core pickups, and holy damn I love how they sound. The lollars are awesome, more balanced and polite, the heritage custom core pickups, have more bite, more aggressivenes, remind em more on that tele on steroids kind of thing, that I really like. Looking forward to the following video of the heritage and hopefully a comparison video between the 4 where you can rank them based on your point of view =)
Love the spirit you apply to your reviews and your honest no pulled punches reviews of guitars you actually purchased, rather than any danger of sucking up to manufactures in case the freebies dry up! As usual, lovely chilled, laid back approach that is so lacking in many of the Zip! Bam! Pow! sensationalist phukries many others employ 🤮 As for the maxim you were struggling to remember verbatim, the main takeaway is probably that if an electric sounds crap acoustically, then don't expect any more than amplified crap even if it's plugged into a Dumble. And no, adding original 1959 PAFs with zebra coils will not help! 😂 Conversely, if said beast sounds sublime unplugged it will probably sound fantastic kitted out with a pair of Woolies (Audition) pups through any half decent backline. Hope that puts a smile on the start of your weekend 😃 Keep up the good work brother. Peace ✌️ Soho Steve PS I ain't, for one moment suggesting that good quality pups have no positive effect on a good instrument. Just that it's pointless trying to fix a bad sounding instrument with expensive pickups. And let's not forget that Ry Cooder plumbed a cheap vintage pickup into his early 60s Strat, which had probably been manufactured by the same company that knocked out the Woolies Audition brand. Namely Teisco! 😎
Unless your pickups are microphonic, they will only register a change in magnetic field induced by the strings converting it into electricity. Jim Lill did an experiment where he removed parts from a guitar resulting in strings strung between 2 benches with a pickup unde4neath (same height) which sounded the same. But still some guitarists are so talented that they can see a difference in sound based on the logo on the headstock
@@koekum2142 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, I watched that. And Johan Segeberg's numerous earlier experiments. Personally, I've been experimenting with swapping out pickups on my guitars since 1974 when I had one of the fake humbuckers (weedy single coil hiding under a pretend humbucker cover) on my cheapo Avon LP copy with a real humbucker from an Antoria Les Paul copy. A year later I managed to buy a brand new Telecaster and within a year I'd had the neck pup swapped with a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. Followed soon after with a Dimarzio Dual Sound humbucker in place of the bridge pickup...! My poor old Tele has had countless pup swaps and whammy bars since and is currently decked out with three pups - TV Jones bridge and two early 70s pat sticker mini hums. If only I had known what it would have been worth without my endless customisation journey. Let's not get into the endless pup swaps on my 76 Artisan or my late 70s Tokai Strat...!
I thought your volume controls sounded fine,nice even taper,the tone pots seem like they only work towards the end of the travel ?..loss of top end when reducing volume could be fixed with treble bleeds.Good demo 👍
I have a pretty large collection of guitars and the 1st fret neck depth ranges from 0.77" up to 0.91" and can honestly say, don't have a preference. Where my preference does come in is the squareness of the shoulders in the profile. I have a BC Rich USA with broad shoulders and a slim 60's depth of 0.82". Yet because of the shoulders, feels bigger than my R8 with a depth of 0.91". So I'm not sure depth is the best measure for how a guitar will feel. Just my take.
Is there really someone who would pay equal amounts for a Maybach or a Gibson? As a home player no one sees what I’m playing so I don’t see the need to pay a premium for a headstock “upgrade”. But there’s no way I’d choose a Maybach at a Gibson price. Looking forward to the Heritage review. Love your channel Colin!
I am loving your admission about “Lesters” not really what we expect with a complete wall of SG’s behind you. I think we all know that you are an SG guy…We all want to love a Les Paul - but it never happens does it?
@theguitaristas regarding the volume and tone pots, you are hardly doing anything wrong... It seems they are using inverse logarithmic volume pots (which I have seen Gibson also do recent years...). They have most change in the region around 1-4 (out of 10) which I find more difficult to work with than a logarithmic pot with a good taper (10%) similar to what the bursts are known for, which is most active around 6-9 on the switch. The tone post I suppose are linear, which I suppose is alright. I always use logarithmic pots here too, so I don't have to buy two different types, so don't really know what is best. And as said by others, the reason they loose clarity when dropping the volume I suppose is due to 60's wiring scheme instead of 50's, where the latter seems to be preferable if you like to actively use the volume knobs.
Try replacing the Gibson LP wiring loom with an Emerson wiring harness that comes with paper in oil caps. Controls work 50 style and it'll sound great.
I know what you mean about the "Les Paul sound." My two favorite pedal types are the rotating speaker and fuzz. I've found a Leslie pedal that I'm happy with, but I can't capture the fuzz sound that's in my head. The discontinued Voodoo Lab Bosstone comes the closest, but my search continues.
I always comment about Lester style videos, that the “cranked” tone of an LP is only a modern version of the LP sound…Lester Paul , along with Ted McCarty, designed that instrument to sound sweet and clean, there was no overdriven sound available in 1952, so if I play a Les Paul and can’t get it to sound amazing, clean…well, you get the idea!
Thanks for the video! I played a friends mayback strat...i didnt like it, felt cheap to me. Even usa standards, even though quility is much better than 90's-2000's models are just not the schiznet for me anymore😂 My brother and I rode our bikes to k-zoo and looked at the old Gibbson factory and demo'd Herritage. Again they sounded dark and un inspired to me. My current Lesters are Wildwood spec Gibsons and murphy labs and im pleased. If you were not across the pound, I'd let you demo one of my wildwoods. Of course I still have family in England, so if i ever get over there again, maybe I'll bring one and let you try it out.😁
I know exactly what you mean Colin... I have a high end Gibson Les Paul, amongst may other guitars and have not really bonded with it. I much prefer my Fender Strat Ultra, and my PRS SE Bernie Marsden, when it comes to Lester type guitars...
My favourite Les Paul sound/tone is from Knopfler + Clapton Layla version, where Mark is playing solo. It's amazing, oily, fat "clean" sound. As if the sound was poured from that guitar. And it's by no means cranked. When it comes to Teles though... oh I love the cranked bridge pick up more than anything else. And unpopular opinion here, but I will stand by it for the rest of my life - Gary Moore on strat did sound better than on LP.
I actually bought a Les Paul Traditional from Gruhn's in Nashville. Being left handed I was shocked to find it in their Used section. $1800.00 dollars fro a 2 year old guitar isn't bad. Had a date on the back of the Head stock. I find it to be a typical Humbucker Guitar that is like having a cement block around your neck. Truth be told I like my Vintage SG from Gibson better. Better tone and more comfortable to play.
I didn't get on with them for a long time. I thought they were too small. You just have to find a good one though, then they're great. There's a fantastic gold top in SME at the moment... Might be looking to move a Tone Master Twin Reverb which allows you to get the cranked sound at lower volumes too....
I just love Les pauls, they feel like home in my hands! That being said, many gibsons are far too overpriced… I have an old Burny LP custom from the late 80’s which I absolutely adore and feel as though it represents legitimately killer value! It has replaced and beaten every Gibson I’ve ever owned.
Those bridge fitting should be recessed. Custom shop used threaded rods direct into the wood so the wheels can go low. The top carve is way off. Very shallow. Are you sure it’s not a veneer figure over solid maple? Looked like that to my eye but the view was short!
It seems like your favorite les Paul was was the Epiphone 50s les Paul standard. I think the value and the decent sound pro buckers convinced you that the other les Paul’s are the literally the law of diminishing returns
Two grand?!? WOW!!! I just bought a '59 from a well known Chinese builder and, unlike the Maybach, it came with narrow binding in the cutaway, an ABR-1 bridge rather than a Nashville and best of all, it actually worked. And it was just under $500 shipped to the U.S..
It didn't have a model name. It's made by Cathy Zhou and I just went through the Les Paul's she offers until I found the features I wanted. The only thing I wish it had was a regular "acorn" truss rod nut instead of the hex key. I was originally planning on buying it and putting in a set of Seth Lovers but I tried it out and decided that I didn't need to.
Listen it’s pot luck with les Paul’s or copies Eastman take some beating me I had a real 2022 60s standard and I wasn’t impressed so I sold it then I got the twitch then I went to my mates at coda stevenage and bit the bullet on a 2023 50s standard and wow super low action no buzz great switch gear but it was the top that blew me away it’s a tobacco burst but it’s got a crazy tiger stripe to it oh and it sounds perfect and this with stay with me I’m gonna get a orange TH30 and a 2/12 cab and some nice pedals like a marshall guvnor a nice verb and a chorus viola Instant THIN LIZZY 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Really sounded quite meh to me - it's all personal taste of course. My experience of LP type guitars is they seem quite picky about amp types and EQ settings and ,as you mention, playing volume. Once you get them singing they are quite beautiful when you don't they sound quite lifeless. Fender style guitars are far more forgiving in my experience. Appreciate your honesty as always.
I had a Maybach Lester but sold it. Wasn't anything special. It didn't have the sustain you'd expect from a good Les Paul. It did look nice though. I now have 2 Sire Larry Carltons. A L7 and a L7V. Awesome guitars and sustain for days! I honestly can't believe that can make them for the price I payed. You can almost buy 4 Sires for 1 Maybach!
For two grand your entitled to expect great quality. So many of today's guitars come with poor quality electronic components which let them down. les pauls need a big amp and plenty of wellie to make them sound great.ĺ think most of us would have more fun with a £150 Squire I've always found les pauls a bit disappointing.
Got a cheap Gretsch G5421 (about €450 nowadays) and to me it seems a Tokai is the next level from this. Then the Lester '58 is three times the price of an entry level Tokai...serious money though very nice 😅 PS: was still watching, make that twice the price of the Tokai 🤪
Would it k-ll you to pick up an Ibanez? Does the Heritage 150 have Heritage pickups or Seymour Duncans? Guitar Geek & Phillip McKnight both rave about the Heritage with Heritage pickups but they don't seem to sell over here in the UK?
sweet guitar mate! i wonder if you think it would be worth making a film with you replacing the tone pots with audio taper ones and rewiring it 50s style? im sure it couldnt hurt anything lol! ill be heading over to a pawnshop soon to look over a epiphone les paul jr.....taking a gigbag with me just in case hahaha!!
The best Les Pauls are flat mahogany tops and loaded with p90s. I came in to guitars thirsting for an LP. I went through a handful of them before I figured out the Specials and Jrs is where it's at. Rock on.
Must be you. Les Pauls are the best 😊 My 2001 Epi looks the same. Still has the original pots and they stay in there. They work real nice. Again I would go for a real Gibson for that money. It looks great though.
Thomann carries Maybach? Not showing up in the app while in the USA. They either discontinued them or blocked them for us. I was discussing two of them with my financial advisor (daughter that always encourages my spending). I have a few Les Pauls already, so, this wasn’t one of them.
I've spent good money on SG's and have played them live almost exclusively over the decades. For my money, they're the superior instrument...lighter and far better upper fret access. Sure, LP's can be beautiful, but that's the only compliment I can give.
Sounds like a Les Paul and your playing did it justice I think. For somebody who claims to be lukewarm on the Lester type you sure have owned a lot of 'em.
I was wondering if you could review the eastman sb 57 b nk against the sb59 and other les Paul's be interested to see if there's any difference with the 57 ??
Be interesting to find out what the differences are between the 59 the 57 and other quality les Paul's- and your opinion on the 57 compared to the others as I always respect your honesty on guitars 🎸
Beauty guitar. But, the finish cracking on the back is not good. i age my own instruments. I genuinely hate factory "worn" guitars. just my preference. I like expensive things i buy to be shiny and new. ss
