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Gorgeous top. As I get older, I realize all I need is 1 p90 and a volume knob and I'm happy with the sound. And that one looks like it's never been played.
Ditto I've been playing 45 years now and I spend much of my time on a Esquire who's pickup sounds like an angry P90. I still plan on getting a LP Jr. as I love those wraptail bridges.
Absolutely! I find i play my 74 ibanez LP jr copy with a Japanese dog ear p90 all the time. Those early Japanese law suit era Ibanez are fantastic guitars.
That’s exactly why I just got an epiphone coronet. Single p90, double cutaway and wraparound bridge. As simple as u can get and at a price that makes it an absolute steal
Another way you will know if a truss rod has never been adjusted is that you hear a cracking sound when it is turned. That cracking sound is actually glue that dried to the truss rod from when they glued the fretboard onto the the neck. It doesn’t happen every time, but more often than not it does.
@@user-pl7lr5dn8q You're right. I think I was way off. I'll guess 7K+ now. I mean, just the Elegant Series on Reverb are going for 5K and up, so this being more rare and more badass IMO, I can see 7K+
Amazing one of a kind. I'm 63 yrs old and have been a professional, touring, teaching, and a les paul freak since I got my first delux in 1972. Yours is a one of a kind original Gibson. Unbelievable gold and black flame sure there are others, but not like yours. Great episode
Taking the cream cover off really blunted the visuals to me. The cream cover also matched up well with the cream tuning knobs on the headstock. With black, the pickup just looks lost in all the darkness....
Jeebus - I just sold my Norlin Boat Anchor, having not played it in the past 20 years, and now I see this and Want a LP again. THIS one. Thanks, Trogly...
Love that Guitar. I normally don't like single pickup guitars because always put the pickup at the bridge. I'd rather have it at the neck for my deep tones. BTW, How do you get such clean distortions? I've tried gate pedals but still get that awful back noise.
Get a good gate. Or a distortion pedal with built in gate. The evh has one , so does the MXR fullbore metal. As does the amptweaker tight metal pedal. Lots of options. If you’re still getting noise then you have a grounding issue somewhere.
I believe your comments regarding the difference between how fender and Gibson measures your scale length is how PRS came up with the 594 by measuring from the end of the nut 🥜!
Pretty cool guitar. I don't like chambered guitars, but this has some really nice features to it. I did have one of the Elegant Series (before I even knew they were called that 😆) with a quilt top in Fire Mist red, real abalone inlays, etc. I had no idea about Gibson's back then, other than what I liked to LOOK at. Didn't even know they were chambered until a few months ago. Still wish I hadn't sold it. You've got a nice guitar there, Trog. I really did enjoy the finish, no inlays, the P-100 😋, the mahogany back and the ebony fretboard, especially after you cleaned the guitar up. Good find. 🤘
El body probably means "Elegant" body. Someone may already have picked this up in the comments below. I haven't read them yet or even finished watching the video!
Reason for the differences in scale length measurement are due to how the Nut Slots are cut. Fender cuts their Nuts so that the area of contact is at the inside edge of the Nut. Gibson cuts their Nut Slots in a way that the contact area for the string is a touch farther back from the inside edge.
Please , what do you call TLC at 10:20 ? I have a black beauty from 1992 , i bought new at that time and it is really hard to keep that black clean . THX.
Wouldn’t these chambered Les Pauls put an end to the tone wood debate? There’s a video for you-compare a chambered LP to a solid LP and see if we, your viewers can tell the difference. If they had the same pickups, I’d bet money we couldn’t tell them apart. Ooooo, maybe do fully solid to fully hollow. If there were like 5 guitars with the same pickups, I’d bet even more money the differences would be negligible.
There is something about the power, sustain, and volume knob control of a single pickup guitar (especially with a p-90). I suspect the magnetic pull of additional pickups on the strings takes a little something away from the strings’ natural vibration.
I have wondered if that is a myth or not...I can say that for me it is true. Check out the Gibson Les Paul Tribute Junior and the Special on this channel.
Now that is one gorgeous LP. I love one pup guitars as it is but when that pup's a P90, I'm like 'hell yeah!'. It made me laugh when he said about P100's extra coil killing the hum. I was like 'yeah, it kills the tone too' lol. Plus, to top it off he played some Aerosmith so... '10/10 would smash' lol
Secondly , light weight + single p90 bridge +wrap around tail piece + cool top + ebony fretboard no inlays, + abalone side inlays + average tube amp + tube screamer=😎! I love math.
Trogly. This is absolutely ridiculous, and I partly blame you. A month ago I bought an Epiphone Les Paul at a shop. I searched for it once here on YT, found your channel, and have been watching and slowly falling in love with Les Pauls over the past few weeks. I just bought a Gibson over the weekend and now I can't eat for the next 2 weeks. So thank you, i think.
Could you maybe explain a little bit why the Gibson headstock inlays tend the form such a weird outline over time? I have never seen that before on other brands.
Hi can I ask something could you please put 4 les Paul’s on screen from cheapest to most expensive excluding custom shop so we can see the difference between them. So say 4 gold bursts of different values and what are the differences. I watch most of your reviews and I enjoy them but I think I need a new starting place with all the different les Paul’s out there thanks a lot.
That is the guitar I've wanted my entire life and didn't know it till now! I wanted a gold flame top but that gold river flow is gorgeous especially with a single p90 leaving that space open. I would replace the nut with a black one probably graphtech. I have a blue burst flame top paf and a red burst flame top emg.
The 3 Gold Flows you showed were all the same guitar from All Music Inc. I absolutely loved that guitar- super rare- there were no other examples anywhere on the internet, none in Gibson ads/cut sheets. I actually got excited for a second when you showed three, then was like Oh, they're all the same one.
Let's just normalize single p90s on fancy ass guitars I love it so much. I'm not often one for busy tops, but DAMN that's just a beauty... Greetings and well wishes from Utah man!
Yes from the inside edge of the nut, where the string begins its free rotation, to the center of the twelfth fret multiplied by two is the designed scale length. The centres of each fret position are calculated from that chosen scale length. Over that scale length lays our compensated string lengths, varying individually in length at the bridge to adjust for differences in string core tension, gauge, string height etc. (Many luthiers can also compensate at the nut to achieve more correct fretted pitch). Advertised Gibson scale lengths of 24.75 refer to their method of measuring compensated low E string length and calling it scale length. Over the years the actual scale length on the fretboard has varied as production methods changed.
I'm not normally a fan of finishes that don't show the woodgrain, but that finish if fabulous! I also like the markerless fretboard. But it DOES need a neck pickup.
K E E P E R ' gorgeous ...tone is fantastic ' ...definitely black cover ' ...the top even looks like it has some Tiger's Eye gem going on ...Abalone sides - nice ' ...and ooh ' that straight through Ebony ...crazy that Gibson didn't document it '
OK. Im watching this and commenting as we go. Brass nut, yes asthetically, but would it change anything in the guitars performance? Yes, prob so. I like it the way it is. Great video Bro.
Love it!!! I think it's one of the coolest Les Paul's you've documented imo. Glad to hear that you're holding onto it...she's a keeper!! I'd be very tempted to throw a different p90 in it but then again, I'm not a collector. Thank you, great job!!!
NICE guitar! Many instruments, (allegedly) built by people that are often referred to as, "ghost builders," do not get documented with the standard processes they use. Don't ask me why I would know that. Allegedly.
I have a guitar that is awesome a 96 Ibanez usrg30 aircraft joint, low pro edge 2 bridge, direct mount dimarzio, bound neck, quilted maple veneer, Dave bunker tension free neck.
Honestly, one of my favourite guitars I have ever seen you document. If $$ were no factor, I’d love for Gibson to make me a similar one via made to measure!
Hey trogly i need help finding a guitar my older bro got me when i was younger but got destroyed and i wanna replace it can you and your expertise help me
