As someone who plays clean 99 percent of the time, thank you for this. Les Pauls also work well for the jazz side of the blues spectrum (think Grant Green and Kenny Burrell).
@ Exactly! But few players other than Les himself (and I was fortunate enough to see him a few times here in NYC) have used it as originally intended. One of them is the underrated Phil Lee. Check out his work with Gilgamesh, especially on the album “Another Fine Tune You’ve Gotten Me Into”. Joe Morris also played a Les Paul. His trio records “Symbolic Gesture” and “Antennae” (and the quartet album “Underthrough”) are excellent examples.
Great run-thru, esp. enjoyed the 'Big 3' segment at the end - I grew up with the Beatles and started listening to Cream & Zep in my early teens. I still have my '68 LP Custom and over the years it has served me well on numerous sessions - usually thru a Twin or Blues Jnr. Peter Green is easily my favourite guitarist when it comes to the Gibson / Blues connection - my next big step will be putting some Monty's Bethnal Greens in a lovely Epi Cantrell I recently bought - that middle position with lots of reverb has the magic I want! I recently tried out one of the new Deluxe re-issues and I love the mini-buckers, the extra bit of clarity on the neck is terrific! Thanks for a great vid!
Wait wait wait, so you’re telling me, the volume and tone knobs work on all the other numbers between 1 and 10? 😂 I watched a Bonamassa interview where he talked about the same thing. When an intermediate or novice guitarist discovers this, it’s eye opening, we’re just so used to 10 all the time. Great video.
If I thought hard about it I can pretty much guarantee I'd come up with more but my favorite Les Paul-playing blues guitarists that come to mind first are Luther Allison and Freddie King and if you count Fleetwood Mac as a blues band Peter Green (who I thought of before I got to the part where you mentioned him) and Jeremy Spencer. If you want to really stretch the definition of a blues guitarist, Joe Perry's done a lot of great bluesish stuff with Les Pauls and so has Joe Walsh (particularly with The James Gang). Obviously there are more legendary rock guitarists that used Les Pauls that you could loosely classify as blues players but those are my #1 and #2.
I prefer the Les Paul Deluxe with mini-humbuckers to LP Standards with modern PAF replicas. Just more articulate and nuanced because of their wider dynamic range that accentuates the upper mids and above frequencies. The very mid and bass-focused nature of PAFs that make them great for rock and heavier styles is what limits their versatility for other styles.
Jack Sir, can you consider doing a different one of these specifically for SGs, my SG, and others I've played take drive slightly differently on the neck pickup because of the slightly different placement. I'm sure you have a wealth of knowledge and there are enough subtle differences to getting a sweet blues tone out of an SG to Warrent a separate video.
I don't believe in this joke, but since you're challenging me to up the sense of humour level, here's one- How to get a good blues tone on Les Paul..? It's easy, just unplug it, and plug in a strat..
As someone who plays clean 99 percent of the time, thank you for this. Les Pauls also work well for the jazz side of the blues spectrum (think Grant Green and Kenny Burrell).
Invented as a jazz guitar by a jazz guitarist!
@ Exactly! But few players other than Les himself (and I was fortunate enough to see him a few times here in NYC) have used it as originally intended. One of them is the underrated Phil Lee. Check out his work with Gilgamesh, especially on the album “Another Fine Tune You’ve Gotten Me Into”. Joe Morris also played a Les Paul. His trio records “Symbolic Gesture” and “Antennae” (and the quartet album “Underthrough”) are excellent examples.
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great, thanks
Great video, my man, as usual 👍🏻
EXCELLENT Video. Tone is EVER Changing. Subtle adjustments go a LONG way.
The late great Sean Costello with his P90 Goldtop was glorious. Bloomfield with his L.P was glorious 👍🏻 That Goltop Deluxe is killer
Great run-thru, esp. enjoyed the 'Big 3' segment at the end - I grew up with the Beatles and started listening to Cream & Zep in my early teens. I still have my '68 LP Custom and over the years it has served me well on numerous sessions - usually thru a Twin or Blues Jnr. Peter Green is easily my favourite guitarist when it comes to the Gibson / Blues connection - my next big step will be putting some Monty's Bethnal Greens in a lovely Epi Cantrell I recently bought - that middle position with lots of reverb has the magic I want! I recently tried out one of the new Deluxe re-issues and I love the mini-buckers, the extra bit of clarity on the neck is terrific! Thanks for a great vid!
Good tone dosent replace bad playing!
Good stuff!!
Well, now I am thinking of one of those Mini-Humbuckers at the bridge on my P-90 Paula. Thanks for that 😂
Love you vids ❤
Wait wait wait, so you’re telling me, the volume and tone knobs work on all the other numbers between 1 and 10? 😂 I watched a Bonamassa interview where he talked about the same thing. When an intermediate or novice guitarist discovers this, it’s eye opening, we’re just so used to 10 all the time. Great video.
Clapton and that woman tone on Beano. Got to have that in the neck and a nice Paige tone in the lead pickup.
If I thought hard about it I can pretty much guarantee I'd come up with more but my favorite Les Paul-playing blues guitarists that come to mind first are Luther Allison and Freddie King and if you count Fleetwood Mac as a blues band Peter Green (who I thought of before I got to the part where you mentioned him) and Jeremy Spencer. If you want to really stretch the definition of a blues guitarist, Joe Perry's done a lot of great bluesish stuff with Les Pauls and so has Joe Walsh (particularly with The James Gang). Obviously there are more legendary rock guitarists that used Les Pauls that you could loosely classify as blues players but those are my #1 and #2.
Paul Kossoff as well
What a fantastic video another day Jack have a great day also happy holiday season from Canada ❤😊🎸🌲🎄🇨🇦🇺🇸
I heard a little Clapton/Cream on the 50s LP example.
I still contend that the Flying V is the best solid body guitar for electric blues but Les Paul Jrs, SG Jrs and Firebirds are right behind it
I need a Flying V
Yes you do
Exlorers?
I prefer the Les Paul Deluxe with mini-humbuckers to LP Standards with modern PAF replicas. Just more articulate and nuanced because of their wider dynamic range that accentuates the upper mids and above frequencies. The very mid and bass-focused nature of PAFs that make them great for rock and heavier styles is what limits their versatility for other styles.
I won't get a flying V until i buy a pink suit first
…what’s stopping you?
@JackFossett 😆 🤣 I own pants that are bubblegum pinkish, but I'm missing the jacket
Can you do vids on the playing technique. How do I go from awkward playing pentatonics to raking around the strings lol ne that.
Jack Sir, can you consider doing a different one of these specifically for SGs, my SG, and others I've played take drive slightly differently on the neck pickup because of the slightly different placement. I'm sure you have a wealth of knowledge and there are enough subtle differences to getting a sweet blues tone out of an SG to Warrent a separate video.
Will do!
I don't believe in this joke, but since you're challenging me to up the sense of humour level, here's one-
How to get a good blues tone on Les Paul..? It's easy, just unplug it, and plug in a strat..