Honestly I think he spent more money than the guitar was worth. I think the value of the guitar and the repair bill combine he could have gone a decent vintage Gibson that he didn’t have to get restored but to each his own, that’s what I thought of that video
@@greg7656 Really great point. Lots of people kinda missed that detail. I enjoyed following along with the restauration he did to the guitar. But each to their own.
Sad that Trogly didn't want to name Matthew, or give a link to the episodes ... (A bit too 'businesslike' not to have made that connection for viewers, in my opinion !)
Kind of wondered that, he's mentioned other RUclipsrs before, even showed support for Stevie Ts site getting hacked, I am not sure why Matthew Scott isn't mentioned
Wow, this is probably the most impressive resto I have seen given the starting condition. Because the history, the story, and the provenance of the guitar, I don't even think this will take all that much of a hit in value. At least not over time. Tornados are a part of Americana and I think there are collectors who would pay a premium for this guitar. Collectors will always pay more for a good story.
"Documented on another channel" come on man just shout out Matthew Scott, he's a great guy and it just comes across like you're salty he got so many views out of that guitar.
I remember that storm.... it's only 45 minutes away from me. I actually live 5 minutes away from Dorothy's grave. Yes L. Frank Baum the author of "The Wizard of Oz" had a niece named Dorothy. Oddly enough a tree near her grave was struck by lightning 🌩. They carved the trunk into the likeness of Dorothy from the film.
One fell off my wall mount just the other day. It only damaged the floor and gave me a jump scare. Not even a scratch on the guitar. Then again my les Paul would never fall because of the headstock shape. The tele peghead is too narrow.
TheMrMRsmoke... yes,absolutely would've!! Also,it would've stayed in tune too!🤣👍 ..I swear,my Tele stays in tune NO MATTER what its went through, I swear its the most "stay in tune guitar" ever! 🤣
Do you own any acoustics? none of them take impacts well. preferences are more about sound & feel. reasonable durability is assumed with the major brands. there's a reason they don't call a hammer an instrument.
I LIVE IN WASHINGTON, IL WHERE THE TORNADO TORE THROUGH TOWN. I remember it happening like it was yesterday. Fortunately, I wasn't hit by the tornado, but it is still pretty traumatic to those who were affected.
Hey! Just now seeing this. The shot at 8:47 I filmed in Nashville and sent to Jared! Loved this video putting the whole story together. Such a special guitar!
I like the ruby tornado on the headstock better than the knob idea as I'm a traditional kinda guy and just love the way a les paul looks even the knobs
I was waiting to hear about the original bridge/tailpiece. Dorothy had no visible screw holes for either on the top, yet was restored with a bridge requiring two posts. Was the original bridge just glued on?
What an incredible restoration!!!! It gives me so much joy knowing this old '52 got a new lease on life!!! Shout out to luthiers!!!! And Jared for making it happen.
Brings new meaning to worn finish. I sent you the link because I was hoping you could do it justice and you did. I dont know how many times you got sent it but I hate trying to look at anything on Google since they want to make it about them and not the actual story in most cases. Thanks for delving in and fishing out the stuff that mattered on this guitar.
This is so cool to me because it's a local story. That gecko burst dude is TJ, my first guitar teacher at Josh's Guitar Shop in Pekin, IL. My current guitar teacher Damien (releasing his own music under the name Damien Crow on iTunes/Spotify) actually owns that Gecko Burst LP now and it appears in some of his songs. Getting a good look at that guitar inspired me to get my own LP, and that's how I found your RUclips channel in the first place. Very cool to see this come full circle. LOL And yeah, Washington was basically leveled. I know people who lived in hotels and trailers for a year or more while houses were rebuilt. Totally devastating. Neat to see something come out of it.
I bought that Gibson Nighthawk hard case from you on a Trade Tuesday. It was a 1990’s case that fit my 1996 Gibson Nighthawk perfectly! Thanks again, Trogly!!
Absolutely stunning work on the Gold top, personally I would have had period specific binding on the neck as it frames the fingerboard, ironically the lack of binding gives it a more modern (Huber?) appearance.
Great video Austin! The story is so cool and JJN is the real deal. A guitar hero for our time. Awesome to see he has this restored gem and it's going to see continuous use on tour. I hate to see case queens. Guitars are meant to be played. God bless and rock on 👍😎🎸
It looks like they put holes in the top for the bridge that does not have a foot. The origional bridge was floating and only held in position by the downward string pressure.
My dad got me my first guitar when I was in 7th grade. It was a charvel acoustic. It was completely destroyed in the joplin tornado. All we found was the headstock. My dad's been looking ever since for a replacement.
That tornado decal is the only thing I’d change - put a pair of slippers or something instead, but otherwise this is kind of a dream guitar! I love a guitar with a good survival story
Wouldn't the decent thing have been to find the original owner - they couldn't live too far from there, and not many people have an early-1950's Les Paul. I'm surprised nobody thought of doing that, the owner likely lost many other things, so getting back their prized guitar might have been a huge psychological lift for them, but I guess we'll never know?
Anyone think about finding WHOSE guitar it is?!? I mean who ever went through the hurricane/tornado if he/she lived probably have it hard enough right? I dig Jared a lot,he means well, I am surprised that he doesn't find the REAL owner and gift this to them. They are just assuming they're dead? I couldn't keep that without at least finding out? Karma brother, I'm a big believer, witnessed a lot in my life. He needs to do the Right thing,and who knows they may Give it too him themselves,with their blessing.
@@wesleyalan9179 Do you really think that someone will forget that? That they're probably destroyed inside? If they were able to survive the storm, and someone found it and didn't even make an attempt to reunite it with the true owner? If they had tried Jared should have prefaced this story with that. Not hating, I'm a guitar freak and admire Jared and the guitar community that does cool shit like this, that's why I know about it.......still,who Lost it?
@@bobbyparks801 No, I would never believe that ANYONE would forget that they had a 52' LP...lol,thats just ludicrous😅 to think that! But yeah, I absolutely agree with you on all points,man...ALL POINTS!😁👍
If you check JJN IG post, the person who found it, tracked the original owner before giving it to JJN, he was dead, of course, but the daughter of the owner gave her blessing to give the guitar to Jared.
Saw Jared at Aftershock last month, and he was playing that Goldtop and my brain fking exploded seeing him play that thing knowing it was literally in an EF4 tornado and was now being played at a festival to tell the tale, it was an absolutely religious experience!
Jared said the reason they left the neck alone is to show what piece is historic and original and what piece is new so it basically tells the story of the guitar. instead of faking the wear and making it all look old. ;)
And your little dog Toto too!! New meaning to "Oz Fest". That guy does miracle restos'. And his photos are so sharp, you can see into the pores of the wood. Reiss. of Dorthy and Goodwill=waaaay coool. Trogly gets Floyd Lite and gets his shred on!! Ü♥♫
I have a 1952 golden top Les paul that needs restored. It has two different types of wood in the body and the neck was shaved down to a small profile instead of the usual thick necks. It’s has a long story to it.
Before you said who did the work, the guy who restore that other guys Les Paul came to mind, and then you show the photo of the other restore and I thought wow what a good guess.
The team of Murphy labs are now chasing tornadoes to further developing their relic jobs.
You've won the internet for today
Lololol drive a truck into the eye of the storm. Release the guitars and watch them fly!!!!!! Then get food at Mom's house!
Comment of the year award !
"Twister 2".. maybe?
Tornado Burst coming late 2022. List price 19,990,99.
I live in tornado alley. It's amazing that anything was left. This has to be the coolest stories I've heard in a long time.
Really like the Goodwill resto he did for Matthew Scott. That guitar was worn out big time.
Yeah i remember at the time he wanted to keep the axe doctor name secret.
Honestly I think he spent more money than the guitar was worth. I think the value of the guitar and the repair bill combine he could have gone a decent vintage Gibson that he didn’t have to get restored but to each his own, that’s what I thought of that video
@@pigdick2233 but Matthew's in the business of making interesting videos. How interesting would it have been to buy a decent vintage Gibson?
@@greg7656 Really great point. Lots of people kinda missed that detail. I enjoyed following along with the restauration he did to the guitar. But each to their own.
You can see that he really enjoys sleuthing these old relics. The Firebird was another example.
Awesome they left all the battle scars, such character, and will gain more with hopefully years ahead of it on the road.
Honestly that's what makes a guitar look like junk.
Nice work by J W restorations. Definitely has some mojo and a cool story. Nice of Joe B to donate parts to the project.
Matthew Scott's channel is great. Matthew is a very skilled player and the feel is very genuine. Dude rips on guitar.
I agree, self taught knowledge and aspiring luthier. I like him a lot
Since Jared only has epiphone signatures, the Gibson Murphy lab should do a limit run of dorthey's, like Jerry Cantrell's new signature.
Sad that Trogly didn't want to name Matthew, or give a link to the episodes ... (A bit too 'businesslike' not to have made that connection for viewers, in my opinion !)
Kind of wondered that, he's mentioned other RUclipsrs before, even showed support for Stevie Ts site getting hacked, I am not sure why Matthew Scott isn't mentioned
Yeah, I agree! Weenie move.
Total Dick Move! The video intro was off putting.
Tornado: "Les Paul, you're going down!"
P90s: "Hold my beer."
In some time we will be seeing "DOROTHY AGED AND SIGNED" for 15k a piece
And at 50k the real hurricane aged ones.
@@artbk 😆
"This is such a cool story. And like others on here, I'm really happy they left all of the tornado scars on this beauty. So VERY COOL!
Wow, this is probably the most impressive resto I have seen given the starting condition. Because the history, the story, and the provenance of the guitar, I don't even think this will take all that much of a hit in value. At least not over time. Tornados are a part of Americana and I think there are collectors who would pay a premium for this guitar. Collectors will always pay more for a good story.
"Documented on another channel" come on man just shout out Matthew Scott, he's a great guy and it just comes across like you're salty he got so many views out of that guitar.
Lol
I remember that storm.... it's only 45 minutes away from me. I actually live 5 minutes away from Dorothy's grave.
Yes L. Frank Baum the author of "The Wizard of Oz" had a niece named Dorothy. Oddly enough a tree near her grave was struck by lightning 🌩.
They carved the trunk into the likeness of Dorothy from the film.
Telecaster wouldve survived that tornado intact
@@MrGixxer1300r thanks mister greg koch
One fell off my wall mount just the other day. It only damaged the floor and gave me a jump scare. Not even a scratch on the guitar. Then again my les Paul would never fall because of the headstock shape. The tele peghead is too narrow.
TheMrMRsmoke...
yes,absolutely would've!! Also,it would've stayed in tune too!🤣👍
..I swear,my Tele stays in tune NO MATTER what its went through, I swear its the most "stay in tune guitar" ever! 🤣
Do you own any acoustics? none of them take impacts well. preferences are more about sound & feel. reasonable durability is assumed with the major brands. there's a reason they don't call a hammer an instrument.
@@dbspecials1200 hammer is an instrument technically all tools are instruments
5:06 To quote Doc Brown, "Great Scott!" Trogly, you could give Matthew a shoutout, ya know...he deserves it!
I LIVE IN WASHINGTON, IL WHERE THE TORNADO TORE THROUGH TOWN. I remember it happening like it was yesterday. Fortunately, I wasn't hit by the tornado, but it is still pretty traumatic to those who were affected.
I used to live on cedar street. That tornado destroyed everything. They tore down those apartments by tractor supply
@@jamesblankenship2781 To this day they still have that land blocked off
Wow! Amazing that anyone would take the time and effort to restore this. A true guitar enthusiast!
Hey! Just now seeing this. The shot at 8:47 I filmed in Nashville and sent to Jared! Loved this video putting the whole story together. Such a special guitar!
Just saw JJN playing Dorothy supporting Nita Strauss and BLS in Casper WY..... fantastic show and JJN is one hell of a nice guy!
That’s an awesome story!
Great restoration
🔝
I like the ruby tornado on the headstock better than the knob idea as I'm a traditional kinda guy and just love the way a les paul looks even the knobs
I saw him in Reno in May 1 and he was playing this guitar. Sounded amazing
I was waiting to hear about the original bridge/tailpiece. Dorothy had no visible screw holes for either on the top, yet was restored with a bridge requiring two posts. Was the original bridge just glued on?
What an incredible restoration!!!! It gives me so much joy knowing this old '52 got a new lease on life!!! Shout out to luthiers!!!! And Jared for making it happen.
That's awesome. I agree, the metallic red knobs would be a nice touch.
Brings new meaning to worn finish. I sent you the link because I was hoping you could do it justice and you did. I dont know how many times you got sent it but I hate trying to look at anything on Google since they want to make it about them and not the actual story in most cases. Thanks for delving in and fishing out the stuff that mattered on this guitar.
I live within a few miles of where this tornado hit. The area was devastated. It blows my mind how this guitar looks now.
Hey Trogly, are you gonna do a video about Jerry Cantrell’s Gibson “Wino” Les Paul Custom??
yes
@@Trog HELL YEA MAN!! 🤘😆
The results are awesome! I'm all in on the non-refinishing job on this. Super job. Thanks for sharing this.
That’s one of the best looking Les Paul’s I’ve seen in a while. I love guitars that have gone through a lot in their lifetime and have cool stories.
Outstanding Luthier skills in repairing this guitar! Only about Three shops in the world could do work this level of craftsmanship!
So if we want a reliced guitar we have to put it in a tornado? Actually it’s beautiful!✌️🤪🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
This is so cool to me because it's a local story.
That gecko burst dude is TJ, my first guitar teacher at Josh's Guitar Shop in Pekin, IL. My current guitar teacher Damien (releasing his own music under the name Damien Crow on iTunes/Spotify) actually owns that Gecko Burst LP now and it appears in some of his songs. Getting a good look at that guitar inspired me to get my own LP, and that's how I found your RUclips channel in the first place. Very cool to see this come full circle. LOL
And yeah, Washington was basically leveled. I know people who lived in hotels and trailers for a year or more while houses were rebuilt. Totally devastating. Neat to see something come out of it.
TJ is one awesome dude
LORD that thing has seen hell...
Greetings and well wishes from Utah man!
The glimpse of the yellow Les Paul at 01:04 was tantalising whatever colour it turns out to be for me I’ve never seen it’s like before.
the red knobs idea is priceless 👍👍
A terrific project from beginning to end. Well done all!
That is one great job and true to it roots...Fantastic
What kind of bridge is that at 13:39-13:42 on that Gibson LP
I bought that Gibson Nighthawk hard case from you on a Trade Tuesday. It was a 1990’s case that fit my 1996 Gibson Nighthawk perfectly! Thanks again, Trogly!!
I met jared yesterday he was kind enough to let me have a go on Dorothy🔥 its truly piece of work🤘🏼
I just realized the neck on "Dorothy" encapsulates the clothing worn by Judy Garland...Red streaks and the blueish hue inlays!!!awesome.👍
Totally rad dude
Absolutely stunning work on the Gold top, personally I would have had period specific binding on the neck as it frames the fingerboard, ironically the lack of binding gives it a more modern (Huber?) appearance.
Great video Austin! The story is so cool and JJN is the real deal. A guitar hero for our time. Awesome to see he has this restored gem and it's going to see continuous use on tour. I hate to see case queens. Guitars are meant to be played. God bless and rock on 👍😎🎸
Absolutely incredible work.
Hurricane 🌀 Ida coming to New Orleans this week. Ill bet that would do some nice aging. Just a suggestion.
That is a Kahler NOT a Rose... Warranty card say Kahler ...
It honestly looks pretty great to me, the top handed the tornado well
Beautiful job ! It's great that they left the original finish on the body as it was. I would do the same.
That's one hell of a way to relic a guitar
Pretty sure the headstock was done by super chilling it with compressed air (the stuff you clean a keyboard with) and then hitting it with a heat gun
@10:05 is that gonna be an update on the wrecked LP that had the truss rod exposed at the back of the neck?
Is there a catalog or archive of all the bursts in existance? In the same way they have for Stradivarius violins?
I think I saw this guitar in the movie Twister
It looks like they put holes in the top for the bridge that does not have a foot. The origional bridge was floating and only held in position by the downward string pressure.
Perfect ! Neck work and leaving the battle scars adds to the perfection of, Let’s Rock!
I went to Washington, IL after the tornado to help out. The scope of the damage was hard to comprehend. I wish I had found that guitar, though!
Dorothy can be seen in the newest PG Rig Rundown with JJN :)
My dad got me my first guitar when I was in 7th grade. It was a charvel acoustic. It was completely destroyed in the joplin tornado. All we found was the headstock. My dad's been looking ever since for a replacement.
I hope it still looks tough wel see I'm exited..and jealouse. I want a beat but cool guitar bad
2 translucent ruby sparkle knobs wouldve been cool.Looks excellent,and that fretboard is gorgeous!!!👍
That tornado decal is the only thing I’d change - put a pair of slippers or something instead, but otherwise this is kind of a dream guitar! I love a guitar with a good survival story
Wouldn't the decent thing have been to find the original owner - they couldn't live too far from there, and not many people have an early-1950's Les Paul. I'm surprised nobody thought of doing that, the owner likely lost many other things, so getting back their prized guitar might have been a huge psychological lift for them, but I guess we'll never know?
I bet the Custom Shop remakes this!
Hey trogly, could you do a review on the menace series of guitars? No idea what the specs are like but the sg looks pretty cool
Anyone think about finding WHOSE guitar it is?!? I mean who ever went through the hurricane/tornado if he/she lived probably have it hard enough right?
I dig Jared a lot,he means well, I am surprised that he doesn't find the REAL owner and gift this to them. They are just assuming they're dead?
I couldn't keep that without at least finding out? Karma brother, I'm a big believer, witnessed a lot in my life. He needs to do the Right thing,and who knows they may Give it too him themselves,with their blessing.
Yeah, like...who's 52' LP was this? Crazy
@@wesleyalan9179 Do you really think that someone will forget that? That they're probably destroyed inside? If they were able to survive the storm, and someone found it and didn't even make an attempt to reunite it with the true owner?
If they had tried Jared should have prefaced this story with that. Not hating, I'm a guitar freak and admire Jared and the guitar community that does cool shit like this, that's why I know about it.......still,who Lost it?
@@bobbyparks801
No, I would never believe that ANYONE would forget that they had a 52' LP...lol,thats just ludicrous😅 to think that!
But yeah, I absolutely agree with you on all points,man...ALL POINTS!😁👍
If you check JJN IG post, the person who found it, tracked the original owner before giving it to JJN, he was dead, of course, but the daughter of the owner gave her blessing to give the guitar to Jared.
Saw Jared at Aftershock last month, and he was playing that Goldtop and my brain fking exploded seeing him play that thing knowing it was literally in an EF4 tornado and was now being played at a festival to tell the tale, it was an absolutely religious experience!
That...
Is my dream guitar. Like. Wow.
Jared said the reason they left the neck alone is to show what piece is historic and original and what piece is new so it basically tells the story of the guitar. instead of faking the wear and making it all look old. ;)
This are stories
I feel happy they left it with the looks to tell de story
That's exactly what I would have done if I had that guitar. Perfectly rebuilt.
The Murphy Labs version of Dorothy will be called Yellow Brick Road Glory 😉
That fretboard is beautiful
Great job on the lp story!
Saw that on insta, absolutely incredible work!!
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
GREG IN THE HOUSE!!!
@@christian_silo CHRISTIAN CHAFFEE IN THE HOUSE!!!
I love the Dorothy. Great job on the restoration
Now they need to swap out the body to match that gorgeous fretboard!!
Hell yeah 50s Les Paul are awesome, I’d love to have one if I ever had the money.
I know I'll have the scratch for a genuine 50s Les Paul, but I love my R-6 goldtop. It's a beautiful beast.
Are those inlays on Dorothy kind of pale blue in hue? The shade reminds me of GOT. The guitar was raised from the dead by the Night King.
Wow. As someone who was actually in that washington tornado I have never even heard about this. This is awesome!
And your little dog Toto too!! New meaning to "Oz Fest". That guy does miracle restos'. And his photos are so sharp, you can see into the pores of the wood. Reiss. of Dorthy and Goodwill=waaaay coool. Trogly gets Floyd Lite and gets his shred on!! Ü♥♫
Well, in that case, I guess we all know who the 'wicked witch' would be lol. Sharon would fit that role perfectly!
Super cool story!
I have a 1952 golden top Les paul that needs restored. It has two different types of wood in the body and the neck was shaved down to a small profile instead of the usual thick necks. It’s has a long story to it.
Ruby in the headstock reminds me of my old Veleno. I think it was SN#71 labelled 'first black'. Sold it for way too much money.
Gotta cover “Like A Hurricane”, Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Love it. That’s quite a story. A really interesting video. Thanks.
Looks like he did the face of the headstock himself, as there’s an X-acto knife blade laying on it in one of the photos.
Get that fr lp. My friend had a while one and I've not seen one since then. I would love to own one.
This was an awesome video!!!!
Amazing job btw
I just met Jared last Wednesday. Cool dude. Rocks the p90s
Before you said who did the work, the guy who restore that other guys Les Paul came to mind, and then you show the photo of the other restore and I thought wow what a good guess.
The original photo shows no mounting holes for the bridge. Why, how?
On 52s the bridge is attached to the trapeze tailpiece and just sits on the top of the guitar
@@ajbowen9371 ah interesting
Love this!...what a good story.
Nice. Jared. Nice
That’s Joplin mo. I was there
That was great thank you