Robben Ford & Jeff Mcerlain Les Paul Goldtop Jam 

Ford really has mastered the jazz blues turnaround. I've been stealing his elegant licks for decades now. Plus his rhythm changes are as hip as it gets. Keep it coming Robben!

Man, love that Robben and Jeff jam!! The guitars and amps amazing!!

Yesssssss I've been wondering why Robben hasn't been featured in any videos, thankyou for this!!

Been learning so much from Robben Ford lately and rekindled my interest in blues and jazz guitar after a 30 year put-away. Never too late to get on the blues train.

thats the sound ! From Robben's first note is what I have been chasing my whole life

One of the best guitar store jams I have ever heard!

great playing, great guitars, great tones.

04:48 That's the head. You're welcome. :) I love the fact that he's one of the few guitar players that isn't afraid of not playing anything. Music becomes so much more dynamic when you take a breath every once in a while.

That was some nice playing. I could listen to Ford play for ever...he is so cool.

My favorite dual guitar team lately. I will come see these guys play together Way up at teh top of my bucket list !!

Faaaaaantastic!! Both are one the best guitarists and with this wonderfull Mrs Paulas, unbelivable great sound!

The P-90 sound!!!!!!! Man they both sound so good, great playing!!!

thanks for clean tones!

Fantastic...sooo cool

Jeff also a great player and teacher - learnt a lot from Jeff on Truefire - two great bluesmen

Recently saw these two playing together at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville very impressive performance. Got to meet them both afterwards Robin was dealing with a bad cold. They also signed the CD that Robin produced for Jeff. Definitely some cool tunes including a track called 1968

wonderful sound.

Saw these two jam together in Nashville. It was cool

Great jam!

some amazing tones going on

Wow Robben! Amazing lines, great comping, wonderful tone!! What a player!!!

bam! robben kills it on this one! pure mastership!!

That was so freaking neat.

Greatness right there.

I feel sorry for anyone performing with Robben Ford - he is so unique to listen to anyone else sounds so average when no doubt they too are great. I remember the first time I listened to Robben Ford - My days of listening to Clapton were pretty much ruined! This guy just finds the next couple of gears musically that take him to another level.

That guitar Robben played sounds fantastic!

Nice vid. Love the '52 LP GT explanied. Been digging some vids from The Rose in Pasadena. This guitar was there and sounded great. Also great Glaser came up with someting to alleviate a neck reset. Jam here is cool but had a 'where's 1' thing for me. Oh well. Vibe was what mattered.

Love it!

Those guitar sounds legit man!

Fun stuff guys

I saw Robbin fly that Gold top in Perth with the Cream outfit. Awesome

This is just too cool. Gold Tops, P90's, Killer players.

Sounds oh so sweet… ☮🔥

That was pure gold (ha!)

perfect roles with Robben having the lead and Jeff playing just the perfect rhythm guitar. It is impossible to stay with Robbens tone, ideas, melodylines, dynamics, attack. But the good news is: he doesn' t ask you to try, regardless how good or bad you are, just stick with what you know and most of all stay original! That' s exactly the way I have been practising lately. And that' s how I believe most of the guitarist became known. The fewest became famous for their perfect technical abilities but their original style.

I learn so much just watching these two. Lessons in comping, soloing, communicating, listening. Tasteful stuff that truly makes me happy. Thanks, Robben, for tuning me into (so punny) Jeff's playing. By the way, sell me your Goldtop with the minihuckers! I think it's a 68 or 69?

Robben's hand just magical.

killer amps as well. hells yeah...

Two thumbs up!

Yes, brothas. YES!

I think Robben could make a toy guitar sound great. No doubt the Les Paul is a great axe, but Robben gets something out of it that only he can do. A true master!

I've been eyeballing a couple of these gold tops on Reverb. May borrow a little of my 401 to grab me an original 50's.

Brownface Pro on 5... that thing is putting out some volume!

Jeff in great companion!

this is great...Robben bought or aquired the 52 gold top only to "sell" it later to Jeff (who loves it, and so do i) and NOW apparently Robben is not so happy to have sold it to Jeff....:-) incidentally 1952 is a great vintage.......:-).....

Got to remember to read the video descriptions more. The gist of their discussion suggested there was a trade or sale going on of Robbins guitar and possible purchase of the one Jeff had, but never actually stated in conversation.

Nothing better than a Gold Top

Man that 54 sounds SO good, so much thicker and solid than the 52. I really love the goldtops w P90s, especially those with the wraparound bridge like this, Just huge notes, solid and chunky - what you want!

Music City Bridge makes a great bridge that lets you palm mute and play like a 1954. MojoAxe is another that will do the trick. 1952s are the greatest hidden gems on the market. The necks are a joy to play; not too beefy, and consistent all the way up the neck. The tone is killer.

My favourite P90 Goldtop is the ‘56, but these guitars sounded great (they would do with such good players).

I just got an amazing feeling. For a while I've been feeling really down about being in my late 30s and having put zero effort into music, but then I see this video, and see two guys who are at least past 45 and looking like a million bucks with their style, articulation and warmth, and then they play the shit out of those Les Pauls. Absolutely love this. When I grow up, I want to be like you guys.

The last 1952 Goldtop I played at the store in the Smokies was 12K in price! I wasn't as nice as this one in the vid but it played and sounded pretty good for its age!

Just beautiful blues. I love the more clean side instead of the modern heavy volumes and distortion. P90’s just nail the tone.

Best thing you can do for a trapeze Lester is get the Glaser or MojoAxe compensated bridge. My '53 trapeze was pretty unplayable when I got it with the stock bridge- it just kept digging into my wrist and made it extremely sore. I called up Joe Glaser and got his bridge and it made a world of difference- just as playable as my '54 wrap. I see Robben is using the Glaser here- highly recommended! Keith Urban and several other big name players use it as well. A lot of guys discount the early trap LP's because of that bridge (and neck angle), but seriously, once you put on the Glaser it becomes as playable as anything and those early P90's have an amazing tonality to them that I prefer to later ones; there's just a 'sweetness' there that you won't find even on a following year '54/'55 model. I don't know if it's that the pickups were actually different the first couple years or if the interaction with the tailpiece introduces something different to the equation? or maybe even the neck angle? Who knows...All I know for certain after years of buying/selling/trading is that every guitar is different and even if you follow a recipe no two will be alike. Too many variables out of our control that come into play. Anyways, great playing. FWIW, I prefer Robben's trapeze here- it has that sweetness and spank/chime like the '53 I had.

These are the kind of videos, where you're so tempted to get a soapbar lp. But then you play nothing like it, well at least for me.

I want to be a friend of robbens too.🎸

As a guitarist that struggles with short, stubby fingers, I am very jealous of Mr. Ford's hands.

love me some gold-tops

Matching Gold Top boots!

roben the best !!!!!!!!

The Catskills, "where the food is so bad the dog licks its ass to get the taste of his mouth!" -Robert Klein

I wish I could buy Robben Ford any guitars he wanted. It annoys me that people own beautiful old guitars that will never be played because their expensive. That was never the builders intention, much the same as any collectable. Especially cars. I play my instruments & I drive my old cars and I get immense satisfaction from doing so. Life is too short.

When I grow up, I wanna be like Robben. And I´m a drummer go figure... :)

Boy those P90s sound way better than humbuckers

I could have sworn he was playing that gold top last night

"Nice!"

So that's the 54 he had Tom Murphy convert to a 57.

Not complaining. Jeff’s low end is distorted on my system. Just FYI.

P90❤️^ - ^

Actually Jeff is really solid. He has great courses in True Fire.

Haircut love the chance to play with him I don't mind having my ass kicked at usually when I'm learning the most and sometimes the best thing you can do in plane with another musician is shut up lay back and pay attention and learn something

I'm a Fender guy through and through. But...a Les Paul Goldtop is at the top of my Guitar wish list.

So Robben swapped his '52 for the '54?

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Seems like after it had a headstock break, Robben gold back '54 fell out of favor. I've played a '52. The strings wrap under the bridge bar, making muting (an essential part of Robben's style) impossible. Because of the flatter neck angle you can't put conventional hardware on it. Glaser came up with a very low profile bridge bar that makes the guitar playable.

I love the sound of P90s, but they hum too damn much!. Great sound. Just cannot get past that hum. Some things I have to use a lot of gain on, and it just ain't happening with those pickups.

I know these are iconic guitars, but even if I could afford one, I would have it converted with an abr1 bridge and tailpiece.

Jeff looking super nervous.

It's hard to tell...are you guys over-winders?

Beautiful guitars. Looks like intonation adjustments are not possible. Requires quite a skill set to master.

I'm surprised Robben didn't let Jeff solo. He's usually very gracious.

That being said, Robben switches in and out of jazz in a split second.

真牛逼真牛逼

Well,, shit.

Sheet, man. Too bad.

Cant stand these guitar nerds and their vintage crap