Which Gibson Les Paul Should I Get? 1958 Les Paul vs. 2019 Gibson Custom Shop

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

Комментарии • 211

  • @KrlosRodz
    @KrlosRodz 4 года назад +66

    On the intro comparison, the 2019 is on the middle position, while the 58 is on the bridge!

    • @bierce85
      @bierce85 4 года назад +3

      good catch!

    • @troywm1016
      @troywm1016 4 года назад

      Saw that right away myself - probably forgot or didn't check for some reason..

    • @gene42
      @gene42 4 года назад +1

      True! Why would he do that if he wanted an honest comparison?

  • @jimshoemaker1258
    @jimshoemaker1258 4 года назад +67

    I love how people are talking about how they sound, to me they both sounded like they played through my Samsung phone.😁🎸

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 4 года назад +36

    I'd say both have their good advantages that make them unique, but I'd always want the classic dirty and rock sound of the 58

    • @52factorial
      @52factorial 4 года назад +1

      They should have done this video, let people comment, and then say, "HA! they're BOTH custom shop. Only one is Murphy aged". They sounded so the same. Even Joe Bonamassa agrees how good the current Historics are even though he buys a burst at what almost seems to be a monthly occurrence..

    • @deanclement8394
      @deanclement8394 4 года назад +1

      i have a '58 custom shop VOS (LEFTY),Its a fabulous guitar, those big fat necks are without doubt the best IMO,they are so comfortable.

  • @chadchurch1730
    @chadchurch1730 4 года назад +35

    The 2019 sounds a bit smoother to me but I love that slight grittiness from the 58

  • @daveklain4683
    @daveklain4683 4 года назад +18

    In the beginning the 2019 is in the middle position and when he plays the 58 he is in the bridge so of course it’s gonna sound brighter

  • @RickRose
    @RickRose 4 года назад +1

    That was an awesome sequence at the end--whoever stitched the clips together did it flawlessly. Kudos. And I couldn't tell a difference in the sound between the vintage and the reproduction.

  • @LiamBaker
    @LiamBaker 4 года назад +4

    I can’t act like the 19 isn’t overall better with the clarity, but the fuzz of the 58 is so unique and funky sounding you can’t not love it.

  • @sproutplays1776
    @sproutplays1776 4 года назад +21

    The 2019 one sounds better to me!!

  • @vandersgarage4682
    @vandersgarage4682 4 года назад +10

    At first I thought the 2019 had a creamier tone, then I noticed in your opening riffs you had the 58 on the bridge position pickup and the 2019 on the middle position. In the closing riffs you had them both on the same pickup and I couldn't hear a difference. So, if you're a collector, get the 58. If you're a player, get the 2019.

    • @tobias-6696
      @tobias-6696 2 года назад

      Well, the '58 costs 300k

  • @prometheustv6558
    @prometheustv6558 4 года назад +5

    Gold Tops are my favorite type of Les Paul

  • @ABomB42o
    @ABomB42o 4 года назад +13

    What a dream to be able to play something so historic

  • @davidyates8880
    @davidyates8880 4 года назад +6

    fair to say that Gibson have nailed the sound with that one.

  • @realtannairy
    @realtannairy 4 года назад

    I picked up a Les Paul Standard 50s, heritage cherry sunburst. The gold top is amazing. I’d prefer the 2019 over the 1958.

  • @panam4redd
    @panam4redd 4 года назад +11

    The '58 has a bit more top-end, but the 2019 sounds really smooth.

  • @thomasstretton8574
    @thomasstretton8574 4 года назад +1

    They both sound amazing. The 58 though..... there is magic happening with that thing.

  • @rickwarda2671
    @rickwarda2671 4 года назад

    Got to take care of, and play an original 58 GT back in the early 70’s as a roadie and loved that guitar. 45 years later I bought a 2007 59 RI and got to say Gibson my hats off too your craftsmanship 🎶😎

  • @52factorial
    @52factorial 4 года назад +3

    OMG Marty, please do a video of a '59 vs. a '19 R9, let people comment on the oh so different sound, but then do another video where you show that it was the SAME guitar, except someone relic'd it between video takes. Or even simpler, switch the Audio, haha. Everyone will love the '59 when they're really hearing the R9.

  • @12south31
    @12south31 4 года назад +3

    Personally, I'd go with the 2019 Custom as far as playability goes, I like the neck profile better.

  • @garethnaicker4225
    @garethnaicker4225 4 года назад +17

    Am I mad to say that even though the '19 Les Paul sounds a bit more pronounced and balanced, the child in me wants that '58 every single time.

  • @richardcranium8500
    @richardcranium8500 4 года назад

    If I went in that museum I would never leave. That place is awesome. Thanks Marty!

  • @slospeedy56
    @slospeedy56 4 года назад +10

    Marty is a guitar beast

  • @ethanbrewer8422
    @ethanbrewer8422 4 года назад +3

    I love the Les Paul and the history of the guitar and person

  • @OKellyTube
    @OKellyTube 4 года назад

    Nicely played Marty 👌🏻 I still remember meeting you many moons back in Capo Beach/Beach Road...looks like all’s well for you, cheers 🍻 to the success 🤙🏻

  • @Wyatt42069
    @Wyatt42069 4 года назад +3

    To me the 2019 sounded more punchy, but the 58 had a really open sound that I dug

  • @soulagent79
    @soulagent79 4 года назад +1

    This time I prefer the vintage one. It sounds smoother, with really mellow mids.

  • @sowhat5150
    @sowhat5150 4 года назад +1

    These series are great comparisons and kudos to Gibson Custom. But I sure wish a Gibson USA standard would compare as well since back in the 50s there was no Custom Shop. Or do they?

  • @frankmcnail3918
    @frankmcnail3918 4 года назад

    New sub here; such a cool channel Marty, nice work all around. Also, THANK you, thank YOU, THANK YOU...for introducing me (us) to “Songbirds”. I have lived NE of Atlanta for 25 years and had no idea this museum even existed. You best believe that I’ll be visiting David and his team (at Songbirds Museum) VERY soon...and frequently too. Thanks again and rock on!🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

  • @mannyprego9013
    @mannyprego9013 4 года назад

    I like the 2019, to my ears it sounds sweeter. I own a 1994 goldtop classic, after all these years it's still my favorite guitar, 60s slim neck a joy to play.

  • @eljhmt
    @eljhmt 4 года назад

    I just love these Guitar Episodes Marty! Very enjoyable to watch and hear you play, go Marty and Gibson go!

  • @earnestonslaught3555
    @earnestonslaught3555 4 года назад

    I'd definitely go the Junior...

  • @matthewarant7491
    @matthewarant7491 3 года назад

    Both sound great to me and my headphones. Great job Marty.

  • @jimtalbott5218
    @jimtalbott5218 4 года назад +1

    The '58 has a more open voice. More clarity. Sounds much better than the 2019.

  • @dimebagdarrll1538
    @dimebagdarrll1538 4 года назад +43

    2019 has a deeper more pronounced sound

    • @adamsrober
      @adamsrober 4 года назад +6

      He’s playing the 58 on the bridge and the 2019 in the middle position...

    • @LookingForEntertainment112
      @LookingForEntertainment112 4 года назад +3

      @@adamsrober The pickup selector switch is in the same position when he plays the outro and he's picking at the same location. The '58 sounds like the pickups are lower output.

    • @2550marshall
      @2550marshall 4 года назад

      @@adamsrober I'm not the only one who noticed!

    • @52factorial
      @52factorial 4 года назад

      It's all in your head. If you don't look at the label switching on the outro, you wouldn't even notice a difference. I once thought I heard a difference between a FAV setting on a pedal (Iridium) and the current setting, except they were the same settings.
      And Marty's 'magical' reference to the '58 is also in his head. My '73 custom sounds and feels 'magical' to me cuz it's older than me, but in the end it's one of so many. Does sound great though.

    • @dimebagdarrll1538
      @dimebagdarrll1538 4 года назад

      @@52factorial I wasn't even looking at the guitars. I actually had to go back and see which was which. But I could still hear the sound difference, and it's probably a really small difference, but after years of playing guitar, you tend to pick up the little things in sound

  • @kentuckywindage222
    @kentuckywindage222 4 года назад

    Soon as you said something magical about the 58 ,the question becomes moot.🎶🎸🎶

  • @jimbouk8288
    @jimbouk8288 4 года назад

    Great video . What style of music would you guys say the opening peice is , I love it ?

  • @Shineysideup1
    @Shineysideup1 4 года назад

    Dont hear a better or worse, just a difference. Both are great. Whatever your ear prefers.

  • @LOFIGSD
    @LOFIGSD 3 года назад

    My Tokai Les Paul Custom, does the job tbh and is better than the expensive Gibson I sold, plus, if I drop it, it doesn't cost thousands.

  • @jcburger733
    @jcburger733 4 года назад

    Thank you for the Les Paul vs. 2019 Gibson Custom Shop guitar comparison

  • @rocco3377
    @rocco3377 4 года назад +1

    Thanks guys love the video~! Older newer player here, thx!

  • @78sound
    @78sound 4 года назад

    Its obviously hard to tell for me witch one sounded better, however Mr Marty seemed happier playing on that piece of history.

  • @Craig_Fussell
    @Craig_Fussell 4 года назад

    Either are really great guitars man. I think unless you’re a curator or collector buying for an investment, I say pick the one you’ll actually play the most and enjoy making music on! ✌🏻🙂🎼

  • @noahgarrett5195
    @noahgarrett5195 4 года назад +1

    Nice I really enjoyed that jazzy song

  • @andrewtamagni9646
    @andrewtamagni9646 4 года назад

    Such a more brighter sound on the 1958 les Paul

  • @bluesysamurainao4557
    @bluesysamurainao4557 4 года назад

    Nice review!! Not so big different to my cheap earphones. I think that custom shop is an amazing condition.

  • @avivpinto4013
    @avivpinto4013 Год назад

    The 2019 sounds just a bit colder but great guitar non the less.

  • @markmilner842
    @markmilner842 4 года назад

    I hope the Custom Shop can grow into that great tone the ‘58 has. It’s good in its own right, but the vintage really kicks @$$.

  • @jdmay777
    @jdmay777 4 года назад

    I would personally go with the '58.

  • @aly6807
    @aly6807 4 года назад +3

    What a cool job that would be to go find sick unique guitars lol 🤘🏻

  • @anthonytsi
    @anthonytsi 4 года назад

    I recommend visiting Songbirds Guitar Museum. The best guitar museum in the country.

  • @mentalrentareactorfactorl-42
    @mentalrentareactorfactorl-42 4 года назад

    Shouldn't the toggle switch be in the same position if you're going to do a comparison?

  • @jamessator5564
    @jamessator5564 4 года назад +1

    As always Marty, very cool !! Thank you for inspiration!!

  • @Desmachine
    @Desmachine 4 года назад +1

    2:20 It might just be the lighting or the camera angle but it almost looks like the stop bar on the reissue is in the wrong place ... the alignment looks off.

  • @williamcammer9211
    @williamcammer9211 4 года назад

    I've owned many Gibson Custom Shop guitars but I have to say the 2019 56 Les Paul is awesome

  • @dennisnbrown
    @dennisnbrown 4 года назад

    Your playing is money in this vid Marty!

  • @liamoconnor8811
    @liamoconnor8811 4 года назад +6

    Do a lesson on “bad penny” by Rory Gallagher please I’ve been trying learn it for a while thanks

  • @daveklain4683
    @daveklain4683 4 года назад

    Also just goes to show the Gibson Custom shop is really putting out some great les Paul’s

  • @juanvazquez23
    @juanvazquez23 4 года назад +1

    The 2019!

  • @rveurope
    @rveurope 4 года назад

    Cool! Funcky Marthy presented it well..I take the gold top, bäääm👍

  • @kdrake777
    @kdrake777 4 года назад +4

    The 58 pickups sound a bit hotter. Put a boost on the 2019, it not magic.

    • @52factorial
      @52factorial 4 года назад +2

      Funny, someone else said the 58 has lower output. People just hearing what they're seeing. Ooooh, a '58. Must be magic.

    • @gabrielm.4554
      @gabrielm.4554 4 года назад

      @@52factorial precisely- I've played quite a few Bursts, 335s and Goldtops, and one thing is for sure...every single guitar I've played with real PAFs in it sounded different from the next one (with some obvious commonalities) some of them weren't all that great and others had that "thing" we all hear about. That being Gibson did a damn fine job in 2019 on make the right changes (luxe caps, proper pots and switchcraft jacks and switches) The new ones are pretty close, and if the difference is 200k between then new and old... I think we all can get the tone we want at the price that we can work with.

  • @nicksimeone7354
    @nicksimeone7354 4 года назад +10

    Sick, but just look at that other guy just tappin’ along

  • @Digiphex
    @Digiphex 4 года назад

    Isn’t the ‘58 made with high density old growth wood? And the new one not?

  • @musicman7773
    @musicman7773 4 года назад +1

    The 58 settled that 🤘

  • @orgillmathew
    @orgillmathew 4 года назад

    Love both but I’d just instinctively would go the “58” if it was all complete original

  • @evanelgart5449
    @evanelgart5449 4 года назад

    Oh Marty that 58 baby!

  • @Germoney2000
    @Germoney2000 4 года назад

    What happened to Saturday's live stream with "2-smooth"? Really wanted to take a second look at those jazz cords.

  • @Gutterznipe
    @Gutterznipe 4 года назад

    Both guitars sound great, also a lesson on how to play Renegade by Styx would be appreciated👍

  • @vuitheirt4704
    @vuitheirt4704 4 года назад

    Both sound good but that 58 is amazing

  • @zigzagrz
    @zigzagrz 4 года назад

    The 2019 does sound better and should since tech has come along a long way from 1958.
    The difference is gonna be the fit and feel. Years of playing has gotta made the guitar, especially that neck, a really nice broken in feel.

  • @revelry1969
    @revelry1969 4 года назад

    Marty... which one really motivates you to play. I also think these are low volume low gain demos. If you open them up there will definitely be a difference. Also, when these things are recorded like this it really doesn’t do the ‘58 justice. In the room there would be a large difference. “The Magic” referred to

    • @MartyMusic
      @MartyMusic  4 года назад

      All my guitar settings were "dimed", medium volume on the Todd Sharp amp.

    • @revelry1969
      @revelry1969 4 года назад

      Marty Music thanks for the great video. Which one motivated you most to play?

  • @joeydavis7722
    @joeydavis7722 4 года назад +1

    Marty my friend you should teach groovy grubworm please and thank you

  • @rodneyoverdiep6738
    @rodneyoverdiep6738 4 года назад

    Hey Marty, I have the exact 2019 CS Goldtop with dark back, absolutely fantastic, more a ‘58 Goldtop feeling.
    What gear are you using in this video? Or do yoy guys know that?

  • @daw162
    @daw162 4 года назад

    I'd buy a collings and put gibson pickups in it if you want it to sound like a gibson.

  • @bigfatengineer
    @bigfatengineer 4 года назад

    With that opening jam, the custom shop was using both pickups while the vintage was in the bridge position. The outtro jam were both in bridge, and they sounded nearly identical to my destroyed-by-Badmotorfinger-ears.
    Smooth jams, tho!

  • @brendanmanning9683
    @brendanmanning9683 4 года назад

    I think both are awesome but in my opinion if you get the chance to get a reasonable price on a 58 les Paul u take it cuz that chance doesn’t come often. You’ll be able to get a 2019 custom shop forever

  • @lional9296
    @lional9296 4 года назад

    Deffinetly the 58 it has a more crisp sound in my opinion

  • @MrDadyblues
    @MrDadyblues Год назад

    I like both sounds but I prefer 2019 one because its 100 times cheaper then 58 😅

  • @timmyjoe524
    @timmyjoe524 4 года назад

    The guitar lover in me wants that 1958 so badly. Who doesn't love a vintage Les Paul? But the 2019 actually sounds a hair better to me.

  • @mrblues1981
    @mrblues1981 4 года назад

    hard to tell as both sound good is but problem is most videos on youtube recorded with audio interface .even cheap guitar sound good with audio interface .i think peoppe should do rewievs with direct from the amp

  • @point.of.veiwuuu
    @point.of.veiwuuu 4 года назад

    Please do a tutorial on your song Making Something From Nothing!!

  • @maewilliams557
    @maewilliams557 4 года назад

    58. Has a deeper tone to it and more treble in my opinion

  • @bruh-momentum
    @bruh-momentum 4 года назад +1

    Nice man also late happy new year lol

  • @Gottiline_Ace
    @Gottiline_Ace 4 года назад

    I love the true twangy-ness and brightness of that 58. You can't mimic 60 years of playing and sitting. The wood is going to continue to dry out and lighten. You CANNOT replicate it. So go with your heart. But there is only 1 true goldtop.

  • @stephenfell4338
    @stephenfell4338 4 года назад

    If you have played a PRS you would know what a quality sound, and feel is like compared to Gibson, but for investment only an original 59 will make you money, but a PRS will make you sound and look good.

  • @SimpleManGuitars1973
    @SimpleManGuitars1973 4 года назад

    I have an INSANELY radical idea. Why not just make EVERY year of equal quality? Every company does it and I get it but I just wish that companies would say "If such and such year is our landmark then that will always be the bare minimum we shoot for".

  • @Robert_Fordin
    @Robert_Fordin 4 года назад +2

    2019 sounds a little bit more elegant.

  • @chriswilks1957
    @chriswilks1957 4 года назад +1

    very authentic

  • @garrettramsey643
    @garrettramsey643 4 года назад

    I have an r7, it’s an amazing guitar!

  • @petethompson3510
    @petethompson3510 4 года назад

    One is many times the price of the other! if you could afford either, get the 58

  • @DoktorLorentzBig
    @DoktorLorentzBig 4 года назад

    You can't make a comparison of sound if you use one guitar in the middle position and the other with the bridge pu.

  • @somebodyelseuk
    @somebodyelseuk 4 года назад

    It's a redundant question. If you can afford the 58,you'd probably already have the reissue. Nobody is going to empty their bank account for a vintage guitar, but they will for a reissue. If you're in the market to buy the vintage LP, it's spare cash. The reissue, you saved for.

  • @craigusselman546
    @craigusselman546 4 года назад

    The 1958 but not by much both are nice.

  • @Toik-ct4ew
    @Toik-ct4ew 4 года назад

    流石!
    やっぱり年齢を重ねると、
    懐が深くなるんだね!
    人も、
    ギターも、
    そして何よりその
    『音』も。
    甘く豊かで優しく、ぶっとい、
    媚びていないような、
    【我こそは!】
    との主張が当然、と、周りに思わせる、威厳すら感じさせる説得力あるその音。
    その風格と余裕が、今までの音楽シーンを創る、ひとつの礎となって来たのだろう。
    P.S
    新人君たちも同郷の大先輩を見倣って、そしてそのパートナーの方たちも、頑張ってその良い伝統を一緒に、
    紡錘いで行って欲しいものである。

  • @bobboitt3126
    @bobboitt3126 4 года назад

    On the first comparison you had the Custom Shop in the middle position and the real 58 in the treble position. ( my mistake....that was the intro not a comparison)

  • @connorcarroll1281
    @connorcarroll1281 4 года назад +1

    A lesson on lunatic fringe would be great I cant find any good lessons

  • @jackolson6479
    @jackolson6479 4 года назад +1

    Could you do a lesson on Steve Miller band song, like Mercury blues or something?

  • @adamwatson6916
    @adamwatson6916 4 года назад

    There was no shot heard around the world because origonally nobody really liked the les paul with humbuckers and its funny that intially everyone thought pafs were very muddy sounding and the guitar was a flop but as music changed and rock get heavier severL years later in the mid 60s and people discovered that a les paul with humbuckers would drive the amp harder then the patent sticker pickups that were in current 335s and and the sg at the time. So the shot heard around the world was delayed by a few years.

  • @bigtmoneyd
    @bigtmoneyd 4 года назад

    2019

  • @brandtweed6447
    @brandtweed6447 4 года назад

    I enjoy the 58

  • @cryptoastronaut8130
    @cryptoastronaut8130 4 года назад

    58 of course no doubt

  • @jayhill5982
    @jayhill5982 4 года назад

    Judging frome the licks at the end,when they were both on the bridge,the 58 was the best,custom was good but..... didn't sound as good as the PAF's