ORIGINAL 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard BURST w/Aaron Heibert! 

No shit man lol!!!!

of course. after paying that much you wouldnt wanna say that.

I touched one once. It was almost exactly 30 years ago and I was about 16 and had no earthly idea what I was touching. I don't care for Les Pauls and was likely unimpressed with the story that went with it, but I did have it in my lap for a few minutes. Of course at the time they weren't fetching the astronomical sums they are now.

I have played two 59’s, a 58, and a 1960. The stuff Gibson Custom Shop is putting out will get you close enough to the vibe and feel without spending six figures. The 1958 I played was the best IMO in terms of feel and tone

@@Harvard_Fairway Not to mention that occasionally you'll come across a relatively inexpensive guitar that can get you there as well. With the newest wave of Custom Shop guitars Gibson finally figured out that half the battle was slightly unevenly wound pickups with no wax potting, the Custombuckers. That's the juice. That's why those old PAFs sound the way they do. With no wax to hold the windings in place they loosen over time making them slightly microphonic. That's the vibe, and why players spend lots of money on boutique pickups with those characteristics. Sure, the wood, glue, construction methods, wiring/pots and all that stuff matters, but it matters a hell of a lot less when the pickups are caked in wax and essentially can't breathe for lack of a better term.

@@maxpeck4154 ​ they are selling "greenybuckers" on the gibson page now

Thats the sound of Rock and Roll that beautiful hoarseness what a beautiful Burst.

We've got a lot of projects going on in addition to these, but I'm trying to the right balance of these and short demos for you guys! -Ken

Why would someone wanna make their les paul sound more muddy?

@@pperejma Easy. You go listen to say Eric Clapton on the Mono Beano album and his guitar sounds warm, right? Well it wasn't, and none of them are. You're listening to recording studio engineers killing off any harsh treble and messing with the EQ to get a pleasing sound. You're not hearing reality, you're hearing engineering art. So, dealers want you to spend more than half a million dollars on an old Les Paul and they are afraid to let you hear how incredibly bright PAF's ARE. ESPECIALLY, if the PAF's in are the typical 7.5K range that the official winding count of 10,000 total winds will give you. In bridge position a 7.5K PAF will break glass and clean your ears out :-) So what they do it drag out an old muddy Tweed Deluxe that has zero headroom and no treble. OR, they will use a pedal, so all you hear is the pedal, not the guitar. Also beware when you see them miking the amp, which means its going into a DAW where you can clip any uncomfortable frequencies OUT of the audio, so again, you're not really hearing the guitar. When it comes to huge money, watch your back, I've seen some really horrific demos of vintage LP's using every trick in the book.

@@SDPickups this is fascinating. I have a 65 es 335 with pat numbers that are very bright, but I love that tone. That to me is the classic sound of the 60s.

lol getting a little close to Led Zep there I was thinking.

Too late!

In the 80's, they were 10K or less!

@@jault69 a wad still, even in those days but definitely not as crazy priced as they are nowadays

Really? You obviously don't live in California...

@mattrogers1946 obviously lol. A porta shitter cost around 90 grand in that state. I'd never live in that state. Rural town in the midwest is where I'm stuck

@@alexwoolridge94aw Sorry to hear that...

1952

It’s a killer guitar. I’m glad to get to see it.

Karl Van Der Velden > 1958 Fender Strat > 1966 Vibrolux Reverb > Shure SM7B close + Zoom H6 XY room mic (120 degrees).

Thanks!

@@emeraldcityguitars Thanks, that's why I tune in!

I have that sub on Reddit but did not see it. Have a link?

And some tears i imagine 😂 Tones in the fingers not a 6 figure price tag

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I agree. It’s sounds exactly like my Heritage loaded with Throbak Pickups.

@@maxwellblakely7952 probably doesn't play as well. Guarantee it has an uncomfortably fat neck, at least for me it would. And sorry frets.

@@philbert006 its a piece of guitar history. hence the price. its like buying a playable piece of art. Do you think a 2 million dollar Stradivarius sounds 2 million dollars better than a professional level newer violin?

@@strawsparky33 I do not have any personal experience with violins, so I can't say for sure. But that's not exactly the same thing. I'm more than 500-year-old violin handmade by a guy that didn't share his processes or any of the materials that he used to make those violins and even the wood to make them as so scarce if it can even be found at all that it kind of puts those in a whole different ball game. They still make The Les Paul, with the same materials, and the very same processes that they did 70 years or so ago when they started. I'm not going to say you're not even in the same ballpark with that analogy, it's the same sport, just not the same league. Just not what I would call historic. An early '50s gold top? That's historic. A 1950 broadcaster? Definitely historic. After all that being said, it's whatever. Is somebody wants to pay that for guitar that does something for them for whatever reason, that's a okay. Is it unique? Well I'd argue that every guitar is unique no matter what. To be honest, the value of an item is whatever a: the seller is willing to part with it for and b: whatever the buyer is willing to pay for it. Whether either of those correlate with with the market is irrelevant. It might be what you would consider significant historically. But does it do something special? Does it do something that all the other guitars don't? Not really. I feel like a lot of it depends on the purpose as well. If you're buying it is a work and instrument, looking for a specific sound or style, you could certainly find a better guitar for whatever those purposes may be in every way possible that makes a whole lot more economic sense. If you're buying it just a museum piece or a physical thing to retain the value of your money or even if it's just something you want to hang up and enjoy on your wall, well if that's the one you like then that's the one for the job and it's worth whatever you're willing to pay. Do not really a matter of black and white, even if I did make it kind of sound that way. It's just like everything in life, a million shades of gray and it's all about trying to figure out which one is best for you.1

​@strawsparky33 I agree. If these instruments didn't possess something newer guitars don't have, no one would pay these exorbitant prices. If a present day German or Italian luthier made violins as good as they did in the 17th century owning a Strad wouldn't be such a big deal.

Haha, that's actually what I thought when Mike Hickey was mentioned. I assumed he could have been trying it out on behalf of Joe

Nobody gave a shit about them? Lol tell me you know nothing about music history without telling me.

Good for you

What do you like better?

@@jsbobek teles jazzmaster harmony rockets

Probably just wanted to be modest ;p

They would get copyright striked. Just appreciate the tone

There was a bit of Black Dog and Simple Man in there if you were listening. I'd call that classic rock.

Ok boomer

@@pperejma Ooooo, that's original 🥱😴