Right on Dave. I'm a brine shrimper on the (not so) great salt lake (Utah) this time of year and it's a god damn treat to come home on a rare day off and see a new vid brother. I have learned a hell of a lot from you and enjoyed many, many laughs along the way. Thank you man. Great stuff.
I had my 1970 LP refretted, new nutted and Plek'd after over 3 decades of no frets and with layers of stinking beer and smoke. I didn't realise how bad it played until the job was done. Best thing I ever did.
abr1 bridges are installed with the screws facing the pickups. nashville bridges are installed the other way. they can be switched around but thats how they come new, every time
Man I typically hate gold hardware but it looks right on that guitar. I liked it when you use to play the guitars after you repaired them. I wouldn't mind seeing you bringing that part back.
Oh Dave, to hang out with you for a weekend. I'm a guitar mechanic by default and for the first question I'd have for you is dealing with fret life. At what point is it unserviceable, and the such? Could you talk about fret life at length in a future vid?
I'm not one to get all giddy when I see a Les Paul...more of a Fender guy, but that one there! Wow! I freakin love it!!! The color, the gold hardware...it's a beauty!!!👍😎🎸🎶
Nice guitar from a good Gibson era. Sounded great too, and I love that colour, sounds so girly I know but, it's a really cool wine red colour. As usual a top class overall job Dave & I agree about taking her up a string gauge (I'd go to 11's but 10's are the standard). Good Stuff. 👍
Dav please gather up all your specific words and terms and sayings that you use and put them in a book and make daves famous quotes of guitar repair or something
Pertaining to the bridge height adjustment. My LP Studio sits somewhere in the middle and on my LP Junior DC the treble side is all the way down and the bass side is about three turn up from that. Weird...but hey...Gibson!
Great video as always Dave. The LP is definitely not a '71 -- you can see maple in the truss rod cavity with the cover off. That coupled with the ABR-1 bridge on the original Nashville posts suggests that the guitar is at earliest a late '75. If it has a pancake body and a decal serial number -- '75 through early '77. No pancake and a stamped SN = '77 and onward. Cheers.
All of my guitars fortunately have very low bridges. There was only one guitar I had that had a super high bridge and that was a 71 Fender Mustang, I've got two Mustangs now, a 1975 model and a 2005 model and they both have very low bridges. I had terrible tuning issues with that 71 Mustang because of that bridge height.
I had a '71 Custom way back in the day. It played incredibly well, but I'm not usually into black guitars. If it had been that finish, I would still have it.
Good God that is exactly the type of Les Paul I've always dreamed of buying... Wine-red finish, inlay all the way to the first fret (it annoys me that most guitars don't have inlays on the first) and gold hardware. She's a beaut. Too bad I have bills. :P
Hi Dave, nice LP. I've got one the same colour etc. Custom.1999. I'm using 10s. No probs. Can you or anyone else tell me would the fretboard be ebony, or richlite? Just asking! Cheers Rob.
Hi Dave, enjoyed this video as always. Just wanted to point out a Quality Control issue to you: Left audio channel often has an odd noise; a cross between white-noise and a burbling sound like you'd hear from a fish tank bubbler. Thought you should know.
Switched from speakers to headphones on my computer, then a different laptop, then viewed on my SmartPhone.... heard it on all of them. Could possibly (no criticism intended here) be below the threshold of a veteran rocker and SFX specialist. Anyway, not wanting to nit-pick, as I admire your work greatly. Thanks for getting back to me Dave.
Is that a wine red custom after 46 years of sweet fade? I do not recall a mahogany colored custom that wasn't three pups (?) All the SG Customs from that era that were that color sported the three gold pickups....looked 100% orig...pretty rare after almost half a century. I've been away for a while Dave....nice to come back into The fray and see you closing in on 100K subscribers nice work brother
Now I'm confused. Recently (for me!) you mentioned that why use a capo when getting string height corrected, if you don't use a capo when you play....set me straight on this...anybody.
Sorry if I misunderstand the question - he uses a capo to see if the neck is straight. That tells you whether you need to use the truss rod or not (tightening it works against the bow that can happen when strings are at tension). That's the first thing one does - make sure the neck is straight. Then of course that straight neck is coming off the body according to how the "human" at the factory attached it. But that's Ok since you can adjust the height of the saddle or the nut to make the strings any height you want over the fret board. Does that make sense?
I want to make a statement when I first bought my glorious les paul traditional “after signing a deal with the devil financially” I loved it but was not happy with its setup the action was too high and the strings too stiff to bend and I’m a 6ft 230lb bodybuilder with an iron grip....anyway having been ripped off by various guitar gurus....£30 then £45 then £70 and still no better I decided a little research was in order... in my travels I came across spewmac and various other so called nice folk who were really selling product but giving tiny bits of info in between showing off their latest doohickey well I thought fuck this till I came upon daves channel dave isn’t selling anything he really was sharing his knowledge I was hooked then something strange happened I started to learn about what he was doing without trying.....now a year later I have a full set of tools and I know exactly how to adjust my les paul without any fear at all dave has saved me money and frustration and he has no agenda he is so laid back that if he were anymore he would slide into a reverse orbit around the earth he also supports good causes so to those out there thinking of joining DO IT you will learn a shitload and laugh till your sphincter inverts
Agree Dave, 10's would probably be better. That is a pretty guitar, do you think the pickups and other hardware is original? All that gold looks great, hard to believe it's that old...
ive noticed for sale a lot of expensive PRS guitars, and none of them even mention if they have a truss rod (no cover either, and its not a bolt on), the standard cheaper korean/indonesian made ones do, but the $5/6K models do not, are these just wall hangers ? super expensive guitar shaped objects........
I constantly wonder why you test the intonation whilst the neck sits on the rest. It only means you have to re-test it in a playing position. That oxblood beauty does make me think of Jeff Beck, though. A truss-rod-less Les Paul. Another guitar-shaped object from Gibson! Who'd've thunk it?! ;) haha
Yes, but there were some harmonic undertones that didn't sit well for me, and without the truss-rod being engaged, the owner's going to have to be careful with tuning in the future. If they decide to put heavier strings on at some point, or even sell it, the next owner's going to encounter tuning instabilities. I'd have put a new nut with an ever so slightly higher (two 8ths max) profile and gone from there. And as for the directional placement of the tune-o, it's going the right way as is. Trying to readjust saddle positioning with the screws facing the rear is time wasted doing more productive things, and nobody wants to risk damaging the finish on the stop-bar! I'm personally on the lookout for a '73 LP (my birth year), but being cheeky, I might actually go for a Matsumoko Greco/Ibanez etc lawsuit model. That factory/timeperiod/country actually cared about the quality of what rolled off the production line! haha I do love watching your videos, though, they're rather therapeutic in a relaxing way. Knowing I'm watching someone else going through the rigmarole is somewhat cathartic. Keep up the great work, Dave!
Nice LP...I believe that is from the Norlin era.Would be nice if some rich rock stars bought Gibson and started turning out Quality guitars again worthy of the Gibson name.
I've got a Les Paul Custom that's exactly like that except it was made 30 years later and it's in much worse shape. That one couldn't have been played that much if it has that much gold plate left on it.
roller bridge, and the way to fix a cupped cutting board is by putting a brick on it for a couple of days. put your wallet on that neck and the weight will get you the relief.
GRAND NAGUS ZEK That's guitar 'neck relief' too straight. Not building a house 'too straight'. The neck needs a slight curve, rather than a dead straight fingerboard unless you like string buzzes, tuning difficulties & other issues.
You didnt even used 0000 steel wool on that vintage fretboard!!! Shame on you! Jk, I saw your steel wool videos, and thought Id mess with ya. Never putting steel wool near my guitars. I had bought some because i read people use it to smooth out gritty frets, but when I got it, and saw all the metal dust come off of it, I knew right away it was bad news.
@@DavesWorldofFunStuff metal dust is not cool. I seen how much falls off from just pinching a loaf of the stuff lol. Not putting that nowhere near my guitars.
This guitar reminds me of the good old days...before I was born and before I had to deal with life, breathing, existence, etc. Ah, nostalgia.
QueeferSutherland Could I just say, you have the best name on RUclips 👍
Thanks, it's a family name. Been with me for generations.
Right on Dave. I'm a brine shrimper on the (not so) great salt lake (Utah) this time of year and it's a god damn treat to come home on a rare day off and see a new vid brother. I have learned a hell of a lot from you and enjoyed many, many laughs along the way. Thank you man. Great stuff.
Old guitars with yellowed binding just look so cool! Love it!
I had my 1970 LP refretted, new nutted and Plek'd after over 3 decades of no frets and with layers of stinking beer and smoke. I didn't realise how bad it played until the job was done. Best thing I ever did.
A lot of people doing guitar videos on RUclips. Most of them don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. You sir, KNOW what you're doing.
I had one exactly the same in the early 80's. I had a middle pickup fitted. I've regretted selling it for decades.
Always glad to see ya setting up something worth setting up.
Hey Dave got the T shirt thanks,and love that Les Paul!Cheers
abr1 bridges are installed with the screws facing the pickups. nashville bridges are installed the other way. they can be switched around but thats how they come new, every time
I like that this gitter comes in for a string swap and set-up and goes out all polished up looking like a band new guitar. nice work.
I owned this exact guitar, it was boat anchor heavy. Sold it, bought a 2008 LP Classic. Yep, it needs 10s.
Man I typically hate gold hardware but it looks right on that guitar. I liked it when you use to play the guitars after you repaired them. I wouldn't mind seeing you bringing that part back.
You rock Dave. Gonna have to get me a tshirt. Thanks for all the years of fun stuff.
Stunning custom.
God damn that thing is beautiful
Hi Dave, yet another transformation for the nation. Got my tee shirt 2days ago, fantastic, the locals here in Wales have no idea what its about.
Was that a fricking cotter pin I saw on the treble side of the bridge? (see 10:44). Nice LP setup vid. Love these older Customs.
Oh Dave, to hang out with you for a weekend. I'm a guitar mechanic by default and for the first question I'd have for you is dealing with fret life. At what point is it unserviceable, and the such? Could you talk about fret life at length in a future vid?
I have the exact same Les Paul Custom from 1977. Same color and everything.
Marc Robinson ME Too!
1977! With 3 pickups
im not even into les pauls but that is a beautiful guitar
Same here. I'm a bit of a Gibson hater but that color with the binding and the gold hardware just looks awesome.
Poorly designed and beautiful, that's a Les Paul in a nutshell!
P.S. got my T-Shirt yesterday....Hot Diggity Dog! That was the Highlight of my day.
I'm not one to get all giddy when I see a Les Paul...more of a Fender guy, but that one there! Wow! I freakin love it!!! The color, the gold hardware...it's a beauty!!!👍😎🎸🎶
Nice guitar from a good Gibson era. Sounded great too, and I love that colour, sounds so girly I know but, it's a really cool wine red colour.
As usual a top class overall job Dave & I agree about taking her up a string gauge (I'd go to 11's but 10's are the standard). Good Stuff. 👍
Dav please gather up all your specific words and terms and sayings that you use and put them in a book and make daves famous quotes of guitar repair or something
Hey Dave thanks ,have you seen that video on Greenfield guitars?I think he studied under the same Luither as the one you knew!Cheers
Nice guitar!! But... im still waiting for the aging of the kay pickguard 😉
That one is a looker. I agree on the 10s.
Pertaining to the bridge height adjustment. My LP Studio sits somewhere in the middle and on my LP Junior DC the treble side is all the way down and the bass side is about three turn up from that. Weird...but hey...Gibson!
Looks like maple in that truss rod cavity. That ain't a '71 if that's the case. Frikkin' GORGEOUS either way. Love it.
Got the Tee shirt great quality I love it. Thanks I really enjoy your channel.
I had one identical to that. Loved that guitar!! I'm a Paul freak anyway, but that one was special.
my favorite color for Les Pauls, I have a 2013 in wine red....
I got a pop up ad for Stu Mac below this video.
Nice guitar dave.
That’s a beauty! I have a 77 custom
that abr bridge is how they come. the Nashville style faces the other way .
I love your videos Dave ❤️
Great video as always Dave. The LP is definitely not a '71 -- you can see maple in the truss rod cavity with the cover off. That coupled with the ABR-1 bridge on the original Nashville posts suggests that the guitar is at earliest a late '75. If it has a pancake body and a decal serial number -- '75 through early '77. No pancake and a stamped SN = '77 and onward. Cheers.
I have a 79 LP.... as well as a few much newer ones... the 79 has the low/flat frets, and it's actually a neat feel.
I love these videos and the chit chat - this must be what it's like to be a pet dog whose owner talks to it all the time......
All of my guitars fortunately have very low bridges. There was only one guitar I had that had a super high bridge and that was a 71 Fender Mustang, I've got two Mustangs now, a 1975 model and a 2005 model and they both have very low bridges. I had terrible tuning issues with that 71 Mustang because of that bridge height.
I had a '71 Custom way back in the day. It played incredibly well, but I'm not usually into black guitars. If it had been that finish, I would still have it.
Good God that is exactly the type of Les Paul I've always dreamed of buying... Wine-red finish, inlay all the way to the first fret (it annoys me that most guitars don't have inlays on the first) and gold hardware. She's a beaut. Too bad I have bills. :P
Beautiful les paul. Same colour as Andys from Shut Up And Play Guitar 💜
She's a BEUTE Clark!!"
That's a killer LP.
were early 70s wine red customs even a thing? I would put this at about 76-78.
gnrock1981 That was a pretty popular color in the 70’s. I have one ☝️
is that a plywood-bodied Gibson ?
Ebony fretboard? It looks silky smooth.
Nice!!!
SHOULD THE TAIL & BRIDGE BE SO HIGH ? LOOKS AS IF HI E SIDE OF BRIDGE IS HIGHER THAN THE LOW E SIDE ..
Wine red is my least favorite color for Les pauls but that thing is badass. Wow.
I guess Dave got a new camera.
Hi Dave, nice LP. I've got one the same colour etc. Custom.1999. I'm using 10s. No probs. Can you or anyone else tell me would the fretboard be ebony, or richlite? Just asking! Cheers
Rob.
That's a Norlin era LP & it should be a pancake body even on the Customs.. Nice Guitar made when I was a mere five years old.
you gots the tee shirts yet?
my dad had one exactly like that decades ago and he sold it...
Hi Dave, enjoyed this video as always. Just wanted to point out a Quality Control issue to you: Left audio channel often has an odd noise; a cross between white-noise and a burbling sound like you'd hear from a fish tank bubbler. Thought you should know.
Switched from speakers to headphones on my computer, then a different laptop, then viewed on my SmartPhone.... heard it on all of them. Could possibly (no criticism intended here) be below the threshold of a veteran rocker and SFX specialist. Anyway, not wanting to nit-pick, as I admire your work greatly. Thanks for getting back to me Dave.
Robin Woodbury I heard it too. Thought it was rain or some machinery in Dave's shop.
Thanks Vernon, at first I thought it was rain as well.
Empirical proof that Gibson did in fact have their shit together at one point.
How do you know what the proper gap is between pickup and strings?
luvr381 measurement is done
I realize that, what I meant was how do you know what the proper measurement should be?
Ender doesn’t each company have a recommended pickup height?
Is that a wine red custom after 46 years of sweet fade? I do not recall a mahogany colored custom that wasn't three pups (?) All the SG Customs from that era that were that color sported the three gold pickups....looked 100% orig...pretty rare after almost half a century. I've been away for a while Dave....nice to come back into The fray and see you closing in on 100K subscribers nice work brother
livingabovethe12th I have one that has 3 but they’re out there with 2 pickups also
livingabovethe12th oops you’re talking about an SG?
Now I'm confused. Recently (for me!) you mentioned that why use a capo when getting string height corrected, if you don't use a capo when you play....set me straight on this...anybody.
Sorry if I misunderstand the question - he uses a capo to see if the neck is straight. That tells you whether you need to use the truss rod or not (tightening it works against the bow that can happen when strings are at tension).
That's the first thing one does - make sure the neck is straight. Then of course that straight neck is coming off the body according to how the "human" at the factory attached it. But that's Ok since you can adjust the height of the saddle or the nut to make the strings any height you want over the fret board. Does that make sense?
Thanks, I'm good on your facts, but I've seen Dave measure string height using a capo, and not using a capo. And I don't know why.
@@sclogse1 with capo for relief. Without for height at 12th fret. Last fret for pickup height. First fret for nut check.
I want to make a statement when I first bought my glorious les paul traditional “after signing a deal with the devil financially” I loved it but was not happy with its setup the action was too high and the strings too stiff to bend and I’m a 6ft 230lb bodybuilder with an iron grip....anyway having been ripped off by various guitar gurus....£30 then £45 then £70 and still no better I decided a little research was in order... in my travels I came across spewmac and various other so called nice folk who were really selling product but giving tiny bits of info in between showing off their latest doohickey well I thought fuck this till I came upon daves channel dave isn’t selling anything he really was sharing his knowledge I was hooked then something strange happened I started to learn about what he was doing without trying.....now a year later I have a full set of tools and I know exactly how to adjust my les paul without any fear at all dave has saved me money and frustration and he has no agenda he is so laid back that if he were anymore he would slide into a reverse orbit around the earth he also supports good causes so to those out there thinking of joining DO IT you will learn a shitload and laugh till your sphincter inverts
Well said.
You need to send him money...
So what was wrong with your sg?
That’s not a pancake is it dave? I did a 72 pancake burst a few weeks ago. Same low fret action. Sounded great. .10s made the difference.
Tommy Golden 10’s? Why’d you wanna work so hard? Use 8 or 9’s even
Tommy Golden No it’s not a pancake.
Check around 13:48 you can see
Gooched on a Friday!
8:28 shredding 😂😂😂
In your experience, which will intonate further from the nut, lighter gauge strings or heavier?
Agree Dave, 10's would probably be better. That is a pretty guitar, do you think the pickups and other hardware is original? All that gold looks great, hard to believe it's that old...
ive noticed for sale a lot of expensive PRS guitars, and none of them even mention if they have a truss rod (no cover either, and its not a bolt on), the standard cheaper korean/indonesian made ones do, but the $5/6K models do not, are these just wall hangers ? super expensive guitar shaped objects........
Dude they have truss rods. Lol
yeah but they dont even mention it, and not having a cover kinda puzzles me.
Looks like the hardware and pickups have been replaced
That upper horn is quite pointy back then.
I actually think of "intonation unfuckulation" now lol when ever dave intonates a guitar 😂
Ah... Not a cheap Chinese fake!! Such a nice guitar.
PS.. Still lovin ur work all the way down here in Australia. Nice one dave.
How did he know I was making a sandwich
I constantly wonder why you test the intonation whilst the neck sits on the rest.
It only means you have to re-test it in a playing position.
That oxblood beauty does make me think of Jeff Beck, though.
A truss-rod-less Les Paul.
Another guitar-shaped object from Gibson!
Who'd've thunk it?! ;) haha
HAhaha
Yes, but there were some harmonic undertones that didn't sit well for me, and without the truss-rod being engaged, the owner's going to have to be careful with tuning in the future.
If they decide to put heavier strings on at some point, or even sell it, the next owner's going to encounter tuning instabilities.
I'd have put a new nut with an ever so slightly higher (two 8ths max) profile and gone from there.
And as for the directional placement of the tune-o, it's going the right way as is. Trying to readjust saddle positioning with the screws facing the rear is time wasted doing more productive things, and nobody wants to risk damaging the finish on the stop-bar!
I'm personally on the lookout for a '73 LP (my birth year), but being cheeky, I might actually go for a Matsumoko Greco/Ibanez etc lawsuit model.
That factory/timeperiod/country actually cared about the quality of what rolled off the production line! haha
I do love watching your videos, though, they're rather therapeutic in a relaxing way. Knowing I'm watching someone else going through the rigmarole is somewhat cathartic.
Keep up the great work, Dave!
@@onbedoeldekut1515 i have many of those guitars. They are excellent quality.
Nice LP...I believe that is from the Norlin era.Would be nice if some rich rock stars bought Gibson and started turning out Quality guitars again worthy of the Gibson name.
I've got a Les Paul Custom that's exactly like that except it was made 30 years later and it's in much worse shape. That one couldn't have been played that much if it has that much gold plate left on it.
The pickups must have been replaced. The tuners have wear on them, not sure about that bridge...
Yeah, that must be new hardware.
If Gibson would return to that era...
roller bridge, and the way to fix a cupped cutting board is by putting a brick on it for a couple of days. put your wallet on that neck and the weight will get you the relief.
No good, truss rod doesn’t give enough relief, may as well just give that guitar to me 😂
Casey83 lololol good one
Wow, back in the day when Gibbison made decent instruments
They made shitty ones back then too, but those obviously didn't survive for 40 years.
TheFULLMETALCHEF and didn't have them purposely destroyed upon arriving at guitar center.
For a les Paul it is gorgeous when the wood is that beautiful it’s a shame to cover it up
That's not a Les Paul - It's not a Les Paul unless the neck has been snapped off and glued back on.
I'd lower the tailpiece and top-wrap the strings. Way too high.
Pancake body???
I.M.O. ...with the Stop Bar up that high I would have Top-Wrapped the strings and flush mounted the Stop Bar
Just shows that 9's are too thin for a les paul
Agreed! 11 to 48 sound the best on Les Pauls.
There’s no such thing as too straight, either it’s straight or it aint.
GRAND NAGUS ZEK That's guitar 'neck relief' too straight. Not building a house 'too straight'.
The neck needs a slight curve, rather than a dead straight fingerboard unless you like string buzzes, tuning difficulties & other issues.
Intonation for the nation is getting a bit old now , how about intonation not invasion , or any ideas ?
well great job on this les paul for a set up. to me this is a ugly ducking guitar appearance wise.
You didnt even used 0000 steel wool on that vintage fretboard!!! Shame on you!
Jk, I saw your steel wool videos, and thought Id mess with ya. Never putting steel wool near my guitars. I had bought some because i read people use it to smooth out gritty frets, but when I got it, and saw all the metal dust come off of it, I knew right away it was bad news.
@@DavesWorldofFunStuff metal dust is not cool. I seen how much falls off from just pinching a loaf of the stuff lol. Not putting that nowhere near my guitars.
First comment... :D
Screw that tailpiece to the body and wrap the strings over, please...