As much as I would like to agree that Gibson's are completely overpriced, I just can't totally agree. If you look at the value of book matched AAAA maple of 3/4" thickness you will soon see what makes them so damn expensive. So I will meet you in the middle, Les Pauls with a solid color, and the mega expensive Custom Shop stuff is definitely over priced. However, the Les Paul Standards with Plus tops are actually priced just about right for the material costs and logistics of distribution. That being said, a custom builder can make you one completely by hand (little or no CNC), with some design improvements (less severe headstock angle, more comfortable neck joint, weight and contour relief) for the same price as well as supply it with a completely custom color scheme and the pickups of your choice (many even use better quality hardware all around on their builds). These custom builders can make them for about the same price or slightly less than the Standard Plus from Gibson, but they also don't have an army of employees to pay or shareholders to please.
There are people talking about the head stock angle which they think contributes to loosing or not holding tune. Listen folks I have a Pakistani made "Oud" (look it up it's just a little like a guitar more like a Lute) with a head stock angle of almost 90 Deg. It holds tune very, very well. So I doubt that you people actually know what you are even talking about.
I already tried it & Henry had me thrown out of the factory on my ass by two huge security guys & broke my camera into scrap.. BTW Their dumpster is full of several nice LOOKING guitars that didn't make being 2nds, that's where they tossed me after kicking my ass & stomp kicked the shit out of me.. I'm not going back there EVER..
Funny how many professional guitarists have used the Les Paul and other Gibson guitars for decades in the studio & taken them on tours around the world. I surely have not heard any of these artists make any complaints about that.
@Me you and the Animal BS they get the guitars for free, maybe the really big guys but I'm a huge Sex Pistols fan, Steve Jones played mostly Gibsons and his white LP Custom has sold god knows how many guitars over the years for Gibson. Steve Jones is why I play mostly Gibsons. But there was a time when Steve Jones switched to Burny because Gibson never gave him anything. That's been about 10 years ago and he's playing Gibsons again (although he plays Fenders and other guitars now too) and Gibson made a tribute model of his guitar so maybe they finally gave him something......but if a guy like Steve Jones doesn't get free gear who do you think is?
If you drop them they can break. I've owned 6 Gibson LP over the years and I've dropped most of them at one time or another. Knock on wood I've never had a neck break. I have a 95 Classic that has the thinnest neck I've ever seen on a LP and I've dropped it many times over the years and like I said, no break. People seem to think if you look at a LP wrong it's neck will break and in my experience that's just not true.
I love Fender and Gibson can't see much rivalry between the two companies they both deliver great guitars at the lowest and biggest prices and to be honest I'm very much thankful for both of the companies and the work they do.
The were called Les Pauls at first, but Les hated them ( I guess that's why he gave on to his ex-wife, see Pawn Stars) and had his name taken off them.
Epiphone are excellent guitars, without a doubt. I used to have a Epi Les Paul Custom (it's in my videos), but in ALL honesty, i've played the gibson variant of the same guitar, and the quality is like night and day.. And the sound is much better aswell. I COULD Live with either if i had the choice, but i'd have to get the gibson.
They failed to mention that Les Paul was experimenting with guitar making with Epiphone before Gibson bought them out. The first Les Paul guitar was an Epi. He made his LOG there. And Les Pauls are not better than Strats, they are just different styles. Strats and LP's both come in different sounds and features. There are many great Grandchildren of the LOG.
Yeah, actually maple tops sound different, tried them both at guitar center, [epiphone standard, and epiphone standard plus top A.K.A. "maple top"] to my ears, the maple top had a little brighter sound, pretty sweet, but i lean more to the "dark" sound of plain top, [pure "mahogany" body, with no maple top] just better to my ears, i was looking for a darker sound, i mean it sounds awesome, just a little less bright than the plus top version, [yeah: it ACTUALLY makes a difference]
Les paul was associated with Epiphone long befor Gibson and some of his inventions he was associated with Epiphone..and lets not forget Les paul was not thrilled with Gibson at the time of death in 2009 but was very happy with Epiphone..he always said i may be with Gibson but I'll always be a Epiphone Man..R.I.P Les Paul
Wow, what a lucky bastard to have a free custom LP just for walking around that factory! I'll take the tour, but I'd probably be lucky to get a bag of saw dust from sweeping the floor!
I love how every step of the way, they repeatedly cut back to comparing to how Fender guitars are made and sound and frame Fenders as being way better -- constantly giving the impression that Fenders are brighter and warmer.
@@gregoryplunkett9147: In the early 70s, but he only played them live (touring) as a backup for 1978, and a ‘58 Quilt Paul live in 1980 throughout the whole tour and some tracks on that album. (WACF)
Yea also, idk if they were really going that far into it but Eddie Van Halen’s “Kramer neck on a strat body” was using a Gibson PAF pickup. Doubt that was taken into consideration when they chose that pic but interesting info nonetheless
Les Pauls' specs called for all maple . . . but it was heavy. I always thought Gibson should make one of these, even if it was only a lap-playable model. BTW - Lloyd Loar working at Gibson began electric instrument experiments in 1922, but was ignored because of the banjo craze of that era.
I have a pancake LP from the 70s when weight meant sustain. I get so sick of guys complaining about the weight. First, I am a 62-year-old heavy construction Laborer (LIUNA Local 703) with three bad vertebrae from car wrecks compounded by hard work and I can stand and play that guitar for hours. I have a buddy whose 13-year-old daughter who used to practice and play gigs with it. I hate picking up newer LPs that are lighter than my Strat.
Funny that the music just before the end and the handing over the les paul gift is actually obviously played on a strat... SRV ? anyway, somewhat magic that the tone manages to be there often even through a rather industrialized process... next film most wanted : haw is a True Historic Les Paul made ?
u absolutely don't know what u are saying, get an epi les paul standard, spend 50 bucks on a good setup, another 200 bucks at the humbuckers YOU want and you got yourself a quality guitar that sounds even better [due to pickups] than a twice as expensive gibson. i own an epi les paul standard UN-modified, and i can assure you, quality is awesome, sound is awesome, factory setup is bad, but u can spend 2 hours fixing that, its a damn fine instrument made by gibson stanndards
I have a les Paul standard (2001), and borrowed a USA strat for a few months, the strat is nice but the les is in my opinion far superior, nicer sound better sustain and looks sexy it weighs a bit but still a better guitar:)
I think the best price of a Les Paul must be cheaper than a Ibanez like the fender stratocaster price is the only way for really be the number 1 on sales , my opinion! ✌️
Gibson or Fender? If i had the opportunity to get one i would choose neither and go for a PRS.. but they're both amazing companies and sound great and I'd get them both if i had the chance..i find PRS more comfortable and i like the warm sound but all three rock! so why choose just one?
The maple top also offers a structurally sound place to mount things like bridges and audio jack inputs surprised they didnt mention that maple is harder then mahogany hence why mahogany is easier to mill then maple 👍
Amazing guitars! It's like a few comments down said it though; you could get an Epi (I have one), a Fender, or just about any brand name that is good, but you will see and most especially hear a quality in Gibson that will feel so rich and clear and beautiful once you play one. My Epiphone Les Paul special ii gets the job done but it will never hold up to a Gibson. Like the comment below says "Night and Day Difference".
Agree. The woods used and the pickups in the Asian made Epiphones do not compare tone wise to the real Gibson version, even if they look alike (except for the headstock logo).
The wood of the Stratocaster gives it its Clear bell-like Tone? Who wrote this stuff? LOL Maybe it's the single coil pickups that gave it a Clear bell-like Tone.
i admit ive never seen or played a classic les paul, ive heard thy're really REALLY good guitars, it has to be true, and probably there actually is no comparison, but when i went GC to buy a new guitar, i tryed epi les pauls and gibson les pauls, i mean, the only REAL difference was the pickups, and the gibson with a slightly brigther sound thats all, i assure you, i was and still am surprised by the quality i received for the price, 3 times less than "The real deal" and VERY VERY like it
I noticed 2 things. The guitar Henry gave him looked like it had some funky routing on the top. Looked like a line route with two round holes. Anyone else notice that? What am I seeing on that top? Second, I noticed one of the workers using a shim when fitting a neck. Surely they can CNC machine necks and pockets to where a shim is not necessary. Kind of shitty for a $3K guitar. Come on Gibson! I still like Les Paul's.
Pretty sad they credit Les with the creation of this guitar. The ONLY reason les has his name on the les paul was because it was gibsons way of saying sorry for not taking his original idea seriously. But he really had nothing to do with the design of what we know as the les paul guitar. Ted Mcarty (Gibson CEO at the time) is the person who designed it.
@@TheTrollMastah Soo not really. He designed the "LOG" prototype under contract with gibson but it was rejected. And it had about as much in common with a Les Paul as it does a ford pickup. It was only after Les Paul was out of the picture that Ted Mcarty and a design team came up with what would become the gibson les paul model. Les paul the man was offered the opportunity to put his name on the guitar. Subsequent models would come out with tweaks based on his preferences but many of those ideas were particular to him. When it comes to what 99.99% of us think of as a les paul? He had virtually nothing to do with it.
@8.00 the narrator states bolt on neck have less contact area which leads to less sustain.... only seconds earlier we see the "guitar builder" (in the loosest sense of the term..) glue a shim onto the side of the neck join to fill some of the gap he created by his terrible chisel work. WTF ?? why did Gibson let them include footage showing their neck joins are so poor they need shims?!
Some of Clapton’s greatest recordings were done on a Les Paul, particularly “Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton”, which started the Les Paul/Marshall Sound. Listen to Eric play “All Your Love”, it’s here on RUclips.
@@jochem420 Eric was almost exclusively a gibson player from about '65 until cream broke up and he went back to playing a tele, then moved to a strat, which is now his preferred instrument. He's said before that the beano guitar ('59/'60 sunburst les paul) was almost like an extension of his body, it was that dear to him, and he was heartbroken when it was stolen.
They forgot the part when les Paul asked Gibson to make a solid body, and he said : lol nope, then Leo fender made the telecaster, then les Paul came back, and Gibson said k, then.
@RIPRR1982 I have played both too! I own an american strat, don't own a les paul though.. so expensive nad hard to find here in the PI.. I prefer the strat man :))
I've owned a Gibson LPJ "Les Paul Java" and I never had any issues with it the body and neck were set up nicely, It stayed in tune, and it sounded like Real quality. I miss that guitar I wish I could have found another way to pay my bills then. I had a job at the time I just had a lot to pay for. #TheStrugglesOfLivingInIndiana
"How Les Pauls are Made" starts off with a photo of Jimi Hendrix playing a strat. Fucking brilliant.
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Hahaha
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So. Many. Fender fanboys. Can't we get along? Fender and Gibson both make nice instruments. What you like more is purely opinion.
+Morgoth Bauglir Thats is true.Gibsons though are soooooo overpriced its not even funny.
I'm going to get a strat but i like les pauls too.
As much as I would like to agree that Gibson's are completely overpriced, I just can't totally agree. If you look at the value of book matched AAAA maple of 3/4" thickness you will soon see what makes them so damn expensive. So I will meet you in the middle, Les Pauls with a solid color, and the mega expensive Custom Shop stuff is definitely over priced. However, the Les Paul Standards with Plus tops are actually priced just about right for the material costs and logistics of distribution. That being said, a custom builder can make you one completely by hand (little or no CNC), with some design improvements (less severe headstock angle, more comfortable neck joint, weight and contour relief) for the same price as well as supply it with a completely custom color scheme and the pickups of your choice (many even use better quality hardware all around on their builds). These custom builders can make them for about the same price or slightly less than the Standard Plus from Gibson, but they also don't have an army of employees to pay or shareholders to please.
There are people talking about the head stock angle which they think contributes to loosing or not holding tune. Listen folks I have a Pakistani made "Oud" (look it up it's just a little like a guitar more like a Lute) with a head stock angle of almost 90 Deg. It holds tune very, very well. So I doubt that you people actually know what you are even talking about.
I have a Strat, now I need an SG in my life...
Gibson and Fender...cannot argue one over the other. You need both. Each does its own thing.
RIP wallet
C.A.C.A C.A.C.A only 800 for both
Exactly and I do have a Les Paul, Stratocaster, Telecaster and some Super Strats.
imagine a world without fender and gibson. like a world without men and women.
GOT EM!! 78 Custom LP 2015 Strat Deluxe
Both very wise Investments
Today I learned I need to visit my favorite guitar manufacturers with a camera and journalist attitude so that I can get free guitars.
+Jason Caldwell That was 10 years ago. Goodluck getting them to do that now lol
+Jason Caldwell and don't bother saying thanks either, when they give it to ya,,,
Yeah I'm going to do the same
Jason Caldwell good idea. I'll drive if I can get one too
I already tried it & Henry had me thrown out of the factory on my ass by two huge security guys & broke my camera into scrap.. BTW Their dumpster is full of several nice LOOKING guitars that didn't make being 2nds, that's where they tossed me after kicking my ass & stomp kicked the shit out of me.. I'm not going back there EVER..
How about Gibson makes me "one extra guitar" today?
And the angle of the headstock contributes to the neck easily breaking.
Yeah, they should have them at 280 degrees like a fucking lute
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Funny how many professional guitarists have used the Les Paul and other Gibson guitars for decades in the studio & taken them on tours around the world. I surely have not heard any of these artists make any complaints about that.
@Me you and the Animal BS they get the guitars for free, maybe the really big guys but I'm a huge Sex Pistols fan, Steve Jones played mostly Gibsons and his white LP Custom has sold god knows how many guitars over the years for Gibson. Steve Jones is why I play mostly Gibsons.
But there was a time when Steve Jones switched to Burny because Gibson never gave him anything. That's been about 10 years ago and he's playing Gibsons again (although he plays Fenders and other guitars now too) and Gibson made a tribute model of his guitar so maybe they finally gave him something......but if a guy like Steve Jones doesn't get free gear who do you think is?
If you drop them they can break. I've owned 6 Gibson LP over the years and I've dropped most of them at one time or another. Knock on wood I've never had a neck break.
I have a 95 Classic that has the thinnest neck I've ever seen on a LP and I've dropped it many times over the years and like I said, no break.
People seem to think if you look at a LP wrong it's neck will break and in my experience that's just not true.
I love Fender and Gibson can't see much rivalry between the two companies they both deliver great guitars at the lowest and biggest prices and to be honest I'm very much thankful for both of the companies and the work they do.
"Now Gibson makes all its Les Paul guitars at its factory in Nashville"
As footage of SGs goes by.
Nice job.
Jaxon Duin technically sg was once a les paul
Agustín Vidal I could've sworn, they were suppose to be a 'replacement' for the Les Paul...?
The were called Les Pauls at first, but Les hated them ( I guess that's why he gave on to his ex-wife, see Pawn Stars) and had his name taken off them.
Epiphone are excellent guitars, without a doubt. I used to have a Epi Les Paul Custom (it's in my videos), but in ALL honesty, i've played the gibson variant of the same guitar, and the quality is like night and day.. And the sound is much better aswell. I COULD Live with either if i had the choice, but i'd have to get the gibson.
Rock on Gibson, I remember when they were here in Michigan. At least they are still made in the USA 🇺🇸
that makes me very happy.
They failed to mention that Les Paul was experimenting with guitar making with Epiphone before Gibson bought them out. The first Les Paul guitar was an Epi. He made his LOG there. And Les Pauls are not better than Strats, they are just different styles. Strats and LP's both come in different sounds and features. There are many great Grandchildren of the LOG.
They gave him a Gibson les paul? I don't believe it.
Joe Schmoe Yea, I call bullshit too
+Joe Schmoe Lucky Guy.
you know that it isn´t that expensive for them to make them, they are shitty guitars for the most part.
EricMetalhead sounds like a comment from someone who's never had a Les Paul.
Just for the video. Be sure Henry took it back !!
i sanded mine to the natural look ..bare wood, very light clear polish to let dry out... T-top gibson picks are the BEST to me
Martin HD-35
Fender Stratocaster USA
Gibson Les Paul
One day, I'll own all of them....one day.
+Ben Aaron good choices
We have good taste in guitars. :)
Ben Aaron no i
i have a hd-35 i love it
Les Paul, Martin 000 (any) & Strat....one day. But I’ll never sell the guitars I’ve got
Yeah, actually maple tops sound different, tried them both at guitar center, [epiphone standard, and epiphone standard plus top A.K.A. "maple top"] to my ears, the maple top had a little brighter sound, pretty sweet, but i lean more to the "dark" sound of plain top, [pure "mahogany" body, with no maple top] just better to my ears, i was looking for a darker sound, i mean it sounds awesome, just a little less bright than the plus top version, [yeah: it ACTUALLY makes a difference]
Les paul was associated with Epiphone long befor Gibson and some of his inventions he was associated with Epiphone..and lets not forget Les paul was not thrilled with Gibson at the time of death in 2009 but was very happy with Epiphone..he always said i may be with Gibson but I'll always be a Epiphone Man..R.I.P Les Paul
Wow, what a lucky bastard to have a free custom LP just for walking around that factory! I'll take the tour, but I'd probably be lucky to get a bag of saw dust from sweeping the floor!
Gotta be in the late 90s, look at some of those tops !
That lucky basterd:0!!!!! That les paul that was given to him is such a beauty:( I want one... Well another oneXD
6:10 that moment when you get talked to in third person
8:28 subtitles: its time to make it sound like porn
SpartanHawk it says "one" for me.
I love how every step of the way, they repeatedly cut back to comparing to how Fender guitars are made and sound and frame Fenders as being way better -- constantly giving the impression that Fenders are brighter and warmer.
Actually the single coil pickups give Fender its bell like tones ....
I love how that HAD to put in a pic of jimmy at 0:06 even though he’s playing a strat lol that’s how you know you made an impact
I LOL'd a little bit when they said "world's best guitarists" and they showed Carlos Santana.
I want to be the final inspector/tester, a job playing Les Pauls 40 hours a week!
i could watch this all and never get bored!
They showed a picture at the very beginning of Edward Van Halen playing a Kramer
Did Eddie ever play Gibson’s? Can’t remember if so
@@gregoryplunkett9147: In the early 70s, but he only played them live (touring) as a backup for 1978, and a ‘58 Quilt Paul live in 1980 throughout the whole tour and some tracks on that album. (WACF)
Less than a minute in you show a Fender Stratocaster. Oops!
Kerry Cutler and a kramer neck on a strat body
Thats because in the intro they were discussing the guitar in general, not the Les Paul.
Yea also, idk if they were really going that far into it but Eddie Van Halen’s “Kramer neck on a strat body” was using a Gibson PAF pickup. Doubt that was taken into consideration when they chose that pic but interesting info nonetheless
@@alabamahebrew also what’s up Ron I see you’re a fellow troglodyte I see you in trogly’s comment section all the time
@@assnapkined9295 hey fellow troglodyte!
Les Pauls' specs called for all maple . . . but it was heavy. I always thought Gibson should make one of these, even if it was only a lap-playable model.
BTW - Lloyd Loar working at Gibson began electric instrument experiments in 1922, but was ignored because of the banjo craze of that era.
I have a pancake LP from the 70s when weight meant sustain. I get so sick of guys complaining about the weight. First, I am a 62-year-old heavy construction Laborer (LIUNA Local 703) with three bad vertebrae from car wrecks compounded by hard work and I can stand and play that guitar for hours. I have a buddy whose 13-year-old daughter who used to practice and play gigs with it. I hate picking up newer LPs that are lighter than my Strat.
There are full maple lap steels out there, of exceptionally high quality.
It's funny, they actually talked about fender nearly as much as they talked about gibson in the video lol.
Why did they show hendrix with his stat and Van Halen with a Kramer?
This video is funny comparing Gibson Les Pauls with Fender Strats never mentioning the strat has a longer scale, different pickups etc.
Dang I need one of those Gibson tours that comes with a Les Paul gift.Man that guy's lucky.
Funny that the music just before the end and the handing over the les paul gift is actually obviously played on a strat... SRV ? anyway, somewhat magic that the tone manages to be there often even through a rather industrialized process... next film most wanted : haw is a True Historic Les Paul made ?
u absolutely don't know what u are saying, get an epi les paul standard, spend 50 bucks on a good setup, another 200 bucks at the humbuckers YOU want and you got yourself a quality guitar that sounds even better [due to pickups] than a twice as expensive gibson.
i own an epi les paul standard UN-modified, and i can assure you, quality is awesome, sound is awesome, factory setup is bad, but u can spend 2 hours fixing that, its a damn fine instrument made by gibson stanndards
If you have actually played a gibson you would know your talking out your ass
@@ms2k7Gaming Exactly no comparison between the two...LOL Like Porsche there is no substitute!!!
holy crap its Timmy from the very 1st Road Rules!!! That guy was super cool
i love Gibsons and fenders but i gotta be honest fenders prices are a lot more reasonable lol
Look at the difference in materials and construction. I have both guitars, they are both great, but very different.
Love my Gibson collection. I'm a bit of a Gibson fanboy though. Hence the O. Gibson headstone profile pic.
I wish i worked in an American guitar factory. Totally my dream job
"How does an electric guitar work? We don't know, and that's how we got to this place right now."
I have a les Paul standard (2001), and borrowed a USA strat for a few months, the strat is nice but the les is in my opinion far superior, nicer sound better sustain and looks sexy it weighs a bit but still a better guitar:)
I think the best price of a Les Paul must be cheaper than a Ibanez like the fender stratocaster price is the only way for really be the number 1 on sales , my opinion! ✌️
And 3:06 is why I love Gibson guitars more!
I was going to be a train driver but now I wanna be a reporter and get my free Gibson Les Paul. lol
Gibson or Fender? If i had the opportunity to get one i would choose neither and go for a PRS.. but they're both amazing companies and sound great and I'd get them both if i had the chance..i find PRS more comfortable and i like the warm sound but all three rock! so why choose just one?
Jeffrey Robinson pros don't have a unique tone but they look and play nice
Did the PICKUP MAKER of LES PAUL just burn the HUMBUCKER? that sounds crazy...
awesome gift at the end. :)
The guitar he just game him is so beautiful, I'll take that news job any day
It's worth like $3000-$5000 based on its finish, model, colour, pickups etc.
Les Pauls gets me sexualy excited.
that was very informative thanks for the post...
Mick Jagger@1:04....He's even older than we thought.
Lol
I always used to think pickups simply held the strings up so they wouldn't touch the fretboard. I never knew they served an electronic purpose.
The maple top also offers a structurally sound place to mount things like bridges and audio jack inputs surprised they didnt mention that maple is harder then mahogany hence why mahogany is easier to mill then maple 👍
Amazing guitars! It's like a few comments down said it though; you could get an Epi (I have one), a Fender, or just about any brand name that is good, but you will see and most especially hear a quality in Gibson that will feel so rich and clear and beautiful once you play one. My Epiphone Les Paul special ii gets the job done but it will never hold up to a Gibson. Like the comment below says "Night and Day Difference".
Agree. The woods used and the pickups in the Asian made Epiphones do not
compare tone wise to the real Gibson version, even if they look alike (except
for the headstock logo).
Interesting video. I would love a purple Custom!
When did they put crowns or the les Paul headstocks?
I wanna be the new reporter for that show :P
10:02
I thought you were gonna say, "...very rich"
I like both
Can I be next to tour the factory and interview people and get the extra guitar of the day ?
The CEO looks so cool
he did give it publicity
holy crap! the guy was just given a 1000 dollar guitar on spot! i gotta work my ass off for a year!
Today it would cost around 2000-2500 bucks brand new like the one he got ...
The wood of the Stratocaster gives it its Clear bell-like Tone? Who wrote this stuff? LOL Maybe it's the single coil pickups that gave it a Clear bell-like Tone.
This is why Gibson's are expensive. I still want one with the etune system. Just have to save money for it
I agree, and at least lower the prices by $500.
Fascinating!!!!
I'm going to the Gibson Custom Shop with my camera if I can get half a guitar it would be the greatest day ever!!
Time to make my own gibson
half of the reason people buy gibsons vs epiphone is because the name, epis are pretty good guitars
That lucky bastard, Im gonna make a vid of the Gibson factory.
i admit ive never seen or played a classic les paul, ive heard thy're really REALLY good guitars, it has to be true, and probably there actually is no comparison, but when i went GC to buy a new guitar, i tryed epi les pauls and gibson les pauls, i mean, the only REAL difference was the pickups, and the gibson with a slightly brigther sound thats all, i assure you, i was and still am surprised by the quality i received for the price, 3 times less than "The real deal" and VERY VERY like it
Epiphone Les Paul is a good guitar for the money, don't let anyone tell you differently. Gibson is kinda pricey.
I noticed 2 things. The guitar Henry gave him looked like it had some funky routing on the top. Looked like a line route with two round holes. Anyone else notice that? What am I seeing on that top? Second, I noticed one of the workers using a shim when fitting a neck. Surely they can CNC machine necks and pockets to where a shim is not necessary. Kind of shitty for a $3K guitar. Come on Gibson! I still like Les Paul's.
Pretty sad they credit Les with the creation of this guitar. The ONLY reason les has his name on the les paul was because it was gibsons way of saying sorry for not taking his original idea seriously. But he really had nothing to do with the design of what we know as the les paul guitar. Ted Mcarty (Gibson CEO at the time) is the person who designed it.
He definitely had input on the design
Except he did help design it sooo
@@TheTrollMastah Soo not really. He designed the "LOG" prototype under contract with gibson but it was rejected. And it had about as much in common with a Les Paul as it does a ford pickup.
It was only after Les Paul was out of the picture that Ted Mcarty and a design team came up with what would become the gibson les paul model. Les paul the man was offered the opportunity to put his name on the guitar. Subsequent models would come out with tweaks based on his preferences but many of those ideas were particular to him. When it comes to what 99.99% of us think of as a les paul? He had virtually nothing to do with it.
@8.00 the narrator states bolt on neck have less contact area which leads to less sustain.... only seconds earlier we see the "guitar builder" (in the loosest sense of the term..) glue a shim onto the side of the neck join to fill some of the gap he created by his terrible chisel work. WTF ?? why did Gibson let them include footage showing their neck joins are so poor they need shims?!
best brand eva!!
Les Paul Classic i think
whoa, thats timmy from the very first mtv road rules! heritage guitars >>> gibson
0:28 mine!
I'm EXTREMELY jealous!
Haha, Spinal tap reference at 7:33 . :P
Kind of weird that he mentions Eric Clapton as one of the best known Les Paul users... I thought he was a big strat fan?
Id mention Slash instead
Some of Clapton’s greatest recordings were done on a Les Paul, particularly “Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton”, which started the Les Paul/Marshall Sound. Listen to Eric play “All Your Love”, it’s here on RUclips.
@@jochem420 Eric was almost exclusively a gibson player from about '65 until cream broke up and he went back to playing a tele, then moved to a strat, which is now his preferred instrument. He's said before that the beano guitar ('59/'60 sunburst les paul) was almost like an extension of his body, it was that dear to him, and he was heartbroken when it was stolen.
Im looking at the host holding the LP without strap locks....all I am thinking is don't let go of the neck.
They forgot the part when les Paul asked Gibson to make a solid body, and he said : lol nope, then Leo fender made the telecaster, then les Paul came back, and Gibson said k, then.
More like they called Les and said, "Please, Please, Please, please, Please, pretty pretty please"
Jeremy Hale yup , pretty much
@RIPRR1982 I have played both too! I own an american strat, don't own a les paul though.. so expensive nad hard to find here in the PI.. I prefer the strat man :))
Looks like my LP at 0:28..
that ceo should stop making chambered les pauls
Funny talking about tone woods on their gibsons . Is there really such a thing ? This causes much debate
This dude said "a Gibson stratocaster"
5:47 ¨This gives the strat¨
kevin morales He is literally talking about a strat...
Hart Cleveland Gibson makes some cool strat- like guitars
man, where do I get my career as a reporter in nashville started?
At the beginning they showed Jimi Hendrix with a strat
I've owned a Gibson LPJ "Les Paul Java" and I never had any issues with it the body and neck were set up nicely, It stayed in tune, and it sounded like Real quality. I miss that guitar I wish I could have found another way to pay my bills then. I had a job at the time I just had a lot to pay for. #TheStrugglesOfLivingInIndiana
They GAVE him that les paul? *Gasp* he is going to use it as a dust collector -.-
00:07 slashhhh :D
Note to Self: Start at 1:21 End at 3:58
I love how gibson acts like they were the first guys to be commercially successful making solidbodies
Bassgolem well.. first commercially popular at least.
Someone please explain what a lifestyle brand is supposed to mean?
@StratoBlaster420
im glad somebody else noticed that (Y)
Thus making a rising amount in back surgeries. They don't affect the tone or sustain of the guitar.