We picked up a MINT 1957 Gold Top w/ ORIGINAL TAGS! (La Jolla Gold) 

For a s sec in the thumbnail I thought Gary was Billy Gibbons 🤣

Marriage goals right there fellows! What a lovely couple

The real book story was my favorite part of this video.

Really like these buying trip videos! The stories behind the guitars are pure gold!

This is one of the most amazing stories I've seen on RU-vid, the piano, the organ with Leslie, the guitars and the incredible house and the history of the Rands. Wow, thanks for sharing, I can't imagine what the gold top will go for but it's bound to be a lot of money. Good luck, hope you find the right buyer and thanks for sharing!

My Mom bought me my 1st guitar at Bob Gand Music in Deerfield Il. I took my first guitar lessons frorm Gary's father, Bob Gand. A little later on , I used to go to Gary Gand music in Northfield, IL. I bought guitar's, amps and studio gear from Gary. Very cool guy and down to Earth person. And here I am 50 years later, still playing guitar! Awesome video.

Wow, Wow, Wow and Wow I believe says it all. Wow regarding the Gand's; Wow regarding their musical life together; Wow regarding the Home; and Wow regarding the '57 Gold Top

What an Awesome couple they are! And the house is amazing!!

WOW, everything was wow in that episode. ❤

57 Gold Tops are the absolute pinnacle of Gibson in my eyes. That thing is CRISP.

Wow, I never realized owning a music store could be THAT lucrative. Incredible house..in LaJolla!

This was just too figgin' cool! Incredible people...amazing home...the gear was like the cherry on top! I really enjoy the travel episodes.

Simply amazing rock n rollers! together since high school! going to be just smiling and inspired for days and days! rock on Gand's and Emerald City!

57- 58 Gold tops Seem to be some of the best sounding Les Paul's. This one is a real FIND!

Being Swedish I appreciated the Lisa Larsson lion sculpture on top of the leslie! What a cool couple.

Talk about a unicorn! To be that clean an unmolested 66 years later is unreal.

I live in Cathedral City, and we decided to get some ice cream in Palm Springs. While eating my ice cream across the street I saw these guys playing some cool tunes at a small club off of Tahquitz McCallum, downtown.

The best episode man. AMAZING!

No pun intended this is pure gold! And what a couple! These two folks are the salt of the earth. I could listen to their stories for days! This ranks as a top episode for me.

Cool couple. WWCSD, put me on the floor! 😊🎸👍 Keep Rockin

JOAN GAND !! We are keyboard friends online!! Thought she looked REAL familiar!! I was jamming with you Joan when you were on B3 in the video..!

A life story that brings joy, thanks.

What a amazing episode!!! One of my favorite episodes thanks for sharing. 😊

The real book. That story is a coen bros script.

Very cool dude, the house is fabulous, that guitar, I'm speechless!!

I love your recent content! These personal intimate interviews are awesome 👍! Keep em' coming!

That Mustang is gorgeous

I love that you guys do these videos! I live in Seattle and its great to see a local shop contributing such great content

I never noticed how low the Gibson logo on the headstock was on a 57. Sounds beautiful.

Loved that info about the real book history!

Fantastic everything about this video is what I'm all about , Art, Antiquities, Music , I was very eccentric when I was younger but I had to go to school to learn how to be a genuine real guy. Thank you so much for putting this on almost fell out of my chair

Great stuff !!

Too cool! Thank you for the video.

What a beautiful home, that was one helluva a dream home, and that guitar is stunning, just hearing it being playing through tha jango dumble in a live setting must be something else....

OMG! What a beautiful guitar.

Awesome video.keep up the great work guys!!!!

It just makes sense that Gary and Johnathan finally meet.

Stunning guitar.

57 through a Dumble. Just doesn't get any better.

what a cool couple! and cool guitar!

Joan was GREAT!!

What a great team. Super guitar and another great video. Thanks for these. In a world full of nonsense these two are refreshing👍 Cool pad too. Love the artwork. Now that’s the sound 😄Perfect! Thanks Aaron.

Echo everything all the others say - a great presentation, by really lovely, relaxed and interesting people. Thank You

Man, love these videos.

AMAZING VIDEO! MUSIC & DESIGN! TOP!

WOW!!! What a cool couple, cool house, super cool collection and that gold top!?? Forgetaboutit

Incredible find!!

Amazing how the first PAF covers had sharp edges. New molds back than. The 60´s ones are much rounder. Cool stuff.

One of the coolest videos ive seen 🙂👌👍

So great !!!!! thanks for this !!!!!!!

Incredibly nice people awesome instruments

Awesome guitar and awesome house.. and awseome Mustang too ;-)

The Baldwin Acrosonic model 947 (Scandinavian Natural Walnut) is a lovely and rare piano. Acrosonic was Baldwin's top-of-the-line upright piano, featuring the best quality Sitka spruce soundboard available in an upright piano. Many components of this model were higher quality than a standard Baldwin upright (which does not share the Acrosonic name). The 947 is considered a 'spinet' at 36" tall. This is the shortest upright piano, compared to a 'console' (40"-42" tall) or a studio (45" or higher, depending on brand and model), but featured a greater volume of sound than many taller pianos because the front kneeboard featured fabric (like a speaker cover) openings that allowed more sound to exit the piano from the front instead of just bouncing off the wall behind the piano. Interestingly, the back of these was covered in the same fabric as the kneeboard, not revealing the naked soundboard and ribs like on a typical upright piano. Beautiful people, beautiful home, and fantastic story.

Love this. Thank you!

I still have the real books I bought at his store! Almost every chart had at least one mistake, so you had to listen to the original.

Very cool. How could you not end it with Aaron playing that bad boy through Jango.

This woman is the coolest. I aspire to reach there level. Great video.

This guy who has the white beard and sunglasses 👓 is a fountain of knowledge 🎉

Ms Joan on the B3- outta sight!

I have a photo of my mom playing piano in her band. One guy is playing a gold top Les Paul. The photo is dated 1962...I wonder where that guitar is now!

Great channel. I purchased my Eddie Cochran Gretsch from Emerald Guitars some years ago.

Native San Diegan here. La Jolla is the most beautiful part of San Diego. Enjoyed its beaches many times growing up. The Gands seem like great people. 😃🔥👍

Wow. Just wow.

love it... more than a buy...

best vid yet!

The organ is the greatest instrument devised by man.

what a cool couple!

what a cool couple

Cool man. The Gands are friends and local treasures in Chicago where they’re from

It is rare chance to witness a part of history. Are you going to document more of this guitar?

This is unbelievable, holy heck. BTW, La Jolla is in fact entirely San Diego.

Gorgeous.

wow, everything

The young lady playing the piano won me over .

I used to see the Gands play around Chicago before they departed for the West Coast!

Great video lads

WOW got a PA from Gand Music in the 70s In Illinois great seeing Gary cool video 👍new follower

Gold top, my favorite les Paul

Great video 🎉

clean machines les and the tang

John Bonamassa is probably shaking in a corner like Gollum looking at this video

Having grown up on the NW side of Chicago and the burbs, I remember "Gary Gand Music."

PHENOM

...... Very cool....All of it

I Love It! WooF!!🐶🐶

And sickest 57' Gold Top ever, as well...

I had a copy of the Real Book in the mid 70s. It was all lead sheets. There were no transcribed solos in it. A book called Spaces was all transcribed jazz solos.

Ok ok my lefty jamming the Right goldtop!

Super cool guy.

Oh wow been a while (20 years maybe) since I popped in your store. Damn I need to do this and see if I can get a look at that sweet LP. Dont need to touch it just want to witness one. :)

I kept looking back to see if this wasn't Bonamassa's channel.

There's GOLD in them that hills!

I’ve got some great mint guitars. The avatar pic I use has my Hamer 78 sunburst. Ex Jethro Tull. The other in a mint 89 Les Paul. An under the bed guitar. Got some others too. 1950 Eko Mascot. Plus others.

We used the Fake Books in the jazz program at St FX in the early 80s.

Smoking in the boys room!! Is what you should call it and played!! lol ! I like it especially when rolled back the volume and tone it really sounds good to me anyway!!

Cool house and cool people. What's with the elbow bump though covid was 4 years ago bro.

Woah ... '57 gold-top through the Dumble mod. ... ridiculous!!

Great video! I need to know how to get that orange hat!! Please let me know. Thanks

Master Roshi shredding in retirement

Another real ‘57 mined!