I took one lesson from Billy, and I got some useful information, but mostly what I remember is sitting knee-to-knee with that guy and listening to him play that big blonde Gibson guitar - what a treat
Nice!😎👍 Just...kicked back n watched the whole thing and got transported away to a different time when there were no Line 6'es and the players did all the playing with their hands!
I doubt that Jay would remember me but I live in Australia and I bought a Gretsch Brian Setzer SSLVO from him. The guitar was even better than he described it. Jay took calls from me after hours (due to the time difference) and was a true gentleman. His knowledge is amazing. I sadly had to sell the Gretsch, due to financial woes (yes, even at my age. Must be a musician thing) I miss that guitar every day. I would highly recommend Emerald City Guitars and in particular Jay, if you're looking for an amazing guitar from an honest reputable dealer. Thanks Jay for being You!!! (P.S. I intend coming over there next year and you will be my first port of call).
Now that's a proper demo for a 1960 Les Paul! Great playing, and great tone!!!! Thanks for sharing with those of us who can only DREAM of playing the real thing.
Did you know, you can age your guitar by playing it and gigging with it? Magic! Also if you want finish checking, make sure to not use a humidifier and temp control!
Definitely not _just_ like the new reissues. They don't make the electronics or the hardware anything like the originals. I know because I have a '59 Reissue and it didn't even begin to nail the sound of an original 'Burst until I nabbed a set of vintage hardware and changed out the electronics for early '60s PAFs and early '70s Centralabs (same build as the late '50s pots but a whole lot cheaper). Now it's literally spot-on and sounds every bit as good as the two original 'bursts I was lucky enough to play. In terms of the construction and the wood the modern Reissues are fantastic, and definitely better in that regard than a lot of tone wood snobs give them credit for. But in terms of the hardware and electronics, (especially the hardware) they still fall very short imo.
@@Dagger_323 They keep making little incremental moves towards the originals but the custom shop industry is built on never quite getting there. At both Gibson and Fender. If they just went and made an exactly authentic ‘59 Les Paul or ‘54 Strat (which they absolutely could), that’d be the end of the “quest”.
@@Dreyno exactly. This way they can keep hyping up their “updated” line every so often to get more people hooked into buying another R9 thinking _this_ time they’ve nailed it. The secret is the old hardware and electronics. Only two pickup winders I’ve ever tried make accurate PAF copies, and those are Throbak and Stephen’s Design (my nod goes especially towards the latter). No one is making accurate hardware. It’s surprising the radical difference the old hardware makes by itself, but when coupled with the old electronics the result is practically a different instrument. You could put that stuff in a Gibson USA Standard and it would sound closer to an original ‘59 than what comes stock out of the Custom Shop, despite the inferior build quality of the USA line.
@@Dagger_323 Gibson could make their own hardware or get special runs to vintage specs from small manufacturers. They’re charging 5.5k for a guitar. They could afford to use pots that cost 10 bucks instead of 3 bucks. Capacitors to vintage spec would cost a few cents more. Vintage spec wires the same.
Whether it reflects the amp settings while this was recorded, I don’t know, but I do think that putting a tweed Bassman up to almost full with the treble on almost full is brave. You can play these with the treble and bass on 0 and the mid and presence on full and get a much better sound. You can also just turn the treble down and not do what they did here. I believe the treble and bass boost the sound whereas the mid cuts the sound - so the “neutral” setting is bass and treble on 0 and mid on full. Having the presence on full also does something in this configuration...I forget what. I think some of you are being a bit hard on the guy - he plays some nice licks. It’s really the amp that makes this harsh and not very pleasant. If he’s turned the amp down to half way and taken all the treble off I bet the rig would have sounded lovely.
After having watched god knows how many guitar videos...you guys hands down are producing some of the best ones. Each one is like a self contained program.
I agree... Unless its eq'd correctly (personal taste of course) then they sound really bad imo... fizzy & farty. So, chalk it up to plain old "operator error". That tone does not do the guitar justice.
And a prime example of why Gibson is heading towards bankruptcy.... The allure of these Gibson guitars from the older baby boomers have priced them out of the hands of younger players.....Younger boomers, Generations X and especially the Millennials are saying not interested......
It is just what it is - an old guitar. Maybe it is a great guitar but there are many other great guitars out there. Built in whatever year, guitars don't care about their birth year. Life is good, Robin
Seems to hum a lot... Is there a grounding issue? Or is it just a noisy amp? Much more treble than other Les Pauls. Sound more like p90's. Great tone. But for the money I'd rather a 1960 Les Paul junior.
That guitar is seasoned...wood dried....pickups aged magnets smooth....can’t fake the real age....of those factors...custom shop all good but the real years....of the guitar just have that “edge”
@@BoBo4844 I could see how there could be a tiny bit of hum if the coils were not perfectly balanced, but otherwise, P.A.F.s are still supposed to be humbuckers.
Anyone saying this sounds mediocre is seriously either very jealous or doesn't know tone. The Les Paul's part of Billy I've some older Les Paul's and they are the absolute dogs Bxxlox
Dave Duffy Because no one liked them at the time. It was only years after that people realized how great they were. There are many great things that aren’t appreciated in their time.
The power of product endorsement. If someone tried to launch a guitar now that was better than a Fender Stratocaster it would never be successful because everyone wants a Stratocaster. In the mid 60s the top blues influenced rock stars like Clapton and Page started using them. The rest is history. Beats headphones made bullions from paying celebrities to wear their headphones on the red carpet to give another more recent example of the power of celebrity exposure.
@ian miller Other musicians are rarely even in the market for these things. Most of the time it's the lawyers and rich collectors that get a hold of them and take them out of their case every so often and then stick them back in where no one gets to hear them. At least Bonamassa uses the stuff in his collection for their intended purpose: making MUSIC. And you know when something gets into his hands that it is going to be well looked after. He shuffles his collection every so often anyway so it's not like these guitars don't circulate again. I find your contempt towards him a bit overblown.
Man, I hate tweed Bassmans! lol Love the look, just hate the sound. That's one gorgeously clean original 'burst though! I'd love to hear it through a blackface Super Reverb instead.
Beautiful guitar, case and guitar playing! But it's not worth the price. What is it worth? As much as a 5 bedroom house? And I gave a thumbs up to your video too. Just voicing my opinion. I wouldn't pay more than 3 grand for it if I didn't know how much it was worth. 310,000? Lol! just looked it up while posting this comment.
325K wouldn't buy you a 5 bedroom house in my neighborhood. With inflation this guitar's original price 260 bucks. With inflation that makes it over 2600 dollars in today's money. Given the nature of supply and demand your comment isn't terribly informed or realistic.
Agreed. I’ve never understood the allure of the low powered tweeds. Ok, ok, I ‘DO’ love a Tele through them, but that’s about it. Les Paul, on the other hand...I’m a utility player, at best, and I can show you how to get a better tone than featured in this video. ....brittle, harsh, crackly and anemic....just not feeling it.
Anything he has to sell is the most desirable..come on :-) Buy low...sell high...project the mystique... ca ching. I owned one for a while. Didn't sound or play any better than a good modern Les Paul ( there are good ones ). Sit in a case or have a swimming pool addition to the house and a few good new Les Pauls. It was time to move on
CaribSurfKing1 : I see your point and agree with you to a certain extent although my 57 reissue BBeauty when compared to the few usa lespauls or other usa models i have or have owned, is still far better in every aspect and it’s not psychological. It’s pretty obvious when you plug it in that it does stuff that other models don’t, i don’t think i’m alone in thinking that. Mind you, i’m sure today’s usa lespauls could give a historic custom shop reissue a run for its money.. Unfortunately the gibson i knew was as unpredictable as our weather and they knew how to make expensive guitars that sounded dead.
Was going to say the same, that Bassman is not a great match for that LP. The PAFs in these guitars seemed to vary a lot too, so I guess they'll always sound a bit different from guitar to guitar.
Millmore - Actually imo, not overated by any means. Simply bad eq and marginal playing at best. I'm sure when this player is in his zone, he may sound better but not in this demo necessarily. In fact one could do a blindfolded A-B comparison vintage LP & amp vs. reissues and although there would be a difference, that difference would be unappreciable. In any case though, ust my opinion. Cheers...
Looks like there is a truss-rod related, longitudinal crack along the back of that skinny 60s neck. And boy does that bridge sit way up high on the ABR-1 posts. When listening to the player demo on my MacBook Pro w/ Jabra, powered Bluetooth external speaker.....awfully buzzy sounding to my ears. Almost sounds like the Bassman has a blown speaker.....is it the guitar, or the amp? I don't see how this video is going to sway a potential buyer, except maybe they keep looking elsewhere. Just sayin'
You never get to hear that beautiful guitars full potential because all that bloke does is chicken-pick. And he's got the guitar and amp dialled in that way too.
I gotta say, getting to play a few bursts, and seeing videos like this, I would LOVE a les paul again, but the reissues just arent the same, and are way overpriced. if only those powerball numbers would finally hit...
@@Dagger_323 So, I've got to buy even MORE equipment, LOL. I really don't play with distortion or gain anyway. I like my signal clean, with maybe a little reverb. Not a pedal guy.
the guy playing is awful. who the hell does a massive detune on the bottom E of a 60’s burst? great sounding guitar.... but geez get a decent player. someone with a bit of restraint and finger vibrato
Not a very good demonstration, there was a definite lack of flow & rhythm in his playing, especially his fingering. This guy doesn't really have it. He should listen to Mike Bloomfield to organize his fingering technique. Not sure anything can be done about the lack of rhythm.
I don't know who the guy is, but he's a professional player and his page shows a list of scheduled gigs. I don't think he really needs to worry about your opinion.
Apologies but I agree with Gabriel P. If he is indeed a pro player then the standards of what is good ( technique, tone etc.) must be much lower in that neighborhood. Is a player in the context of a demo really NOT going to show his very best? So, if this IS his best, then I'm not spending time nor $ to go to one of his gigs. Otoh, he might sound really good when playing in his band.
Addenda to Gabriel P. - You are exactly right about Bloomfield. Also, it was Bloomfield that brought the LP to the conciousness of the American guitar world and Clapton to the Brits. Those guitars ('59 LP) were only c. 7 years old then and barely broken in...
Billy was a friend of Mike's back in the day. I've known Stapes for 52 years. He might not be the kind of guy who smokes in a store but trust me, he can cut heads on stage. He is also an A-1 human being
theshyguitarist that amp sounds like shit! I really don’t like the sound of these Fender amps at all; the overdrive is always fuzzy sounding and not tight at all. I guess people keep using these amps because that’s what they hear people talk about so they just use one instead of listening and making the decision themselves on what to use. These 58-60 Les Paul guitars with humbuckers usually do have more highs but this was even more pronounced from the setting of the amp; I agree with you about the treble being set too high here.
@@allthings1150 I own an original '59 Bassman and can assure you it doesn't sound like the one in the video. Super creamy and not shrill at all. The treble here was probably cranked and the mic in front of the center of the speaker surely didn't help either.
Frank him being close to the amp has nothing to do with the shit sound coming from it! It’s just ok when playing single notes/solos but when he strikes a chord the fuzzy thin sound is unbearable!
1959 and 1960 Les Pauls are the most overrated bloated pieces of perpetuated hype out there! They are not one bit better than a "good" modern Les Paul. That's a fact. Any moron should recognize the fact that there is no way that just those two years out of all the years that Les Pauls have been made, that magically those two years are just great and the rest of them are just plywood grade guitars.......IT'S NONSENSE PEOPLE!!!! Good for collectors and dealer's pocket books that is all.
Cornbob 🍌 Rimlove 🎸 Hi ! If somehow l got hold of one of these beauties I would play it for an hour or so , Then trade it in for a less rare " Sunburst " and a couple ( or so ) of decent Les Paul Customs !!!! AND buy a BIG House !!!! I'd still have enough money to buy as many Made in Japan Les Pauls as l wish !!!! ( Ibanez / Antoria / CSL /Greco /Tokai ) as even the best bolt- on / " plywood " topped ones smoke at least as good as these !!!! - Granted they are ( Sunbursts ) Mega Rare ( 1700 approx including some Gold Tops ) and sound AWESOME but are they really that much more Awesome ? ! ! All subjective opinion of course ! 🎸 😎 Cheers ! 🎩 Andy 🎸
I beg to differ. These Guitars are absolutely Magical! The "Old Growth" Honduran Mahogany, coupled with the construction of the instrument was unmatched, at the time. I think these builders at Gibson were in the middle of the "Perfect Storm" at the time. The Woods, the Construction, the Glue, the Pickups, the pots, caps, etc...... These Guitars are absolutely amazing!
@@alexwoolridge94aw 🎸 Hi ! ➡️ But is that Difference worth 💲500, 000 or so ?!!? ➡️ The Finish of a Guitar ( colour / flame or plain etc ) Adds NOTHING to the SOUND of that Guitar !!!! , But adds a lot of 💰 Dollars If it is a SUNBURST and not a GOLD TOP of the SAME Specifications and SAME Vintage !!!! ( or slightly Earlier / Later ) ➡️ Go Faster Stripes that are PURELY Cosmetic and this is also Why NEW Gibsons are not well rated !!!! ➡️ It 's all in the QUALITY and THAT plays a Major role in THAT Difference !!!! 🎸 Cheers !!!! 😎 🎩
Cornbob Rimlove if I had that kinda cash laying around yea it'd be totally worth it. The originsl PAF pickups in these things are pretty awesome, to my ears anyway. Worth 500k perhaps not but I'd pay that price If I could. Not for a 60 but a 58 or 59. I'd prefer a 57 dark back to all of them though.
Not impressed at all ..to brassey maby it's the Amp. Not sure Not smooth enough heard a lot better ...maby it's the player..he tries too hard..much too hard like I said too brassy not smooth enough !!!!
A great guitar. But I love Les Pauls sounds on Marshalls, Oranges, and some Voxes, but his amp is sounding terrible to my ears. Just like a cheap SS study amp. Not one note sounding good. You may disagree, but is just me.
@@mattrogers1946 First: My ears tells the difference. Second: You know the differences in circuits and tubes between the Bassman and the Plexi, don´t you? Third: This clip sounds are as garbage as they can be. No justice to that guitar at all.
@@jcsk8 I've been playing 45 years, how about you? I'd be quick to fault the player before the amp. He had the treble way too high. I know guys that could make this rig sing. What's that tired old cliche? It's the archer, not the bow....
@@mattrogers1946 Dude. I said that the amp WAS sounding bad, not the amp IS bad. And I´ve said I love LP´s onto Marshalls and Oranges, but I don´t like them into Fender amps. I LOVE Fender guitars into Fender amps, but not LP´s. I play drums, bass and guitar for more than 30 years and I know when I´m listening to a good or a bad tone. Just keep your angry for your self.
@@jcsk8 Did you make this good tone/bad tone comparison listening to this on your cell phone? I'm more inclined to look towards the fella playing or amp settings as the culprit.
I took one lesson from Billy, and I got some useful information, but mostly what I remember is sitting knee-to-knee with that guy and listening to him play that big blonde Gibson guitar - what a treat
Lol yup! Sounds about right!
Nice!😎👍
Just...kicked back n watched the whole thing and got transported away to a different time when there were no Line 6'es and the players did all the playing with their hands!
That thing looks like tons of fun and i love the middle on an lp.
I doubt that Jay would remember me but I live in Australia and I bought a Gretsch Brian Setzer SSLVO from him. The guitar was even better than he described it. Jay took calls from me after hours (due to the time difference) and was a true gentleman. His knowledge is amazing. I sadly had to sell the Gretsch, due to financial woes (yes, even at my age. Must be a musician thing) I miss that guitar every day. I would highly recommend Emerald City Guitars and in particular Jay, if you're looking for an amazing guitar from an honest reputable dealer. Thanks Jay for being You!!! (P.S. I intend coming over there next year and you will be my first port of call).
Love how the neck pick up has a bright clear break up…very different from most Modern, custom shop or reissue Les Paul Standards
Now that's a proper demo for a 1960 Les Paul! Great playing, and great tone!!!! Thanks for sharing with those of us who can only DREAM of playing the real thing.
Billy Stapleton set that Burst on Fire 🔥❗️
shop owner's heart skipped a beat when he cranked the tuner
Mine skipped for him
Why?
Awesome guitarman !!!! Great session !!!! Congrats from Brasil !!!! ✌😎
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Trevor is such a sweetheart. And an amazing musician. Proud to have known him since his was a little kid. Emerald City Guitars is the joint!
Aww Thanks so so much Phil!! You've been part of the family since the start!
When they were playing these guitars in the 70’s they weren’t that “aged”. It’s just a well built guitar just like the new reissues.
Did you know, you can age your guitar by playing it and gigging with it? Magic! Also if you want finish checking, make sure to not use a humidifier and temp control!
Definitely not _just_ like the new reissues. They don't make the electronics or the hardware anything like the originals. I know because I have a '59 Reissue and it didn't even begin to nail the sound of an original 'Burst until I nabbed a set of vintage hardware and changed out the electronics for early '60s PAFs and early '70s Centralabs (same build as the late '50s pots but a whole lot cheaper). Now it's literally spot-on and sounds every bit as good as the two original 'bursts I was lucky enough to play. In terms of the construction and the wood the modern Reissues are fantastic, and definitely better in that regard than a lot of tone wood snobs give them credit for. But in terms of the hardware and electronics, (especially the hardware) they still fall very short imo.
@@Dagger_323 They keep making little incremental moves towards the originals but the custom shop industry is built on never quite getting there. At both Gibson and Fender. If they just went and made an exactly authentic ‘59 Les Paul or ‘54 Strat (which they absolutely could), that’d be the end of the “quest”.
@@Dreyno exactly. This way they can keep hyping up their “updated” line every so often to get more people hooked into buying another R9 thinking _this_ time they’ve nailed it. The secret is the old hardware and electronics. Only two pickup winders I’ve ever tried make accurate PAF copies, and those are Throbak and Stephen’s Design (my nod goes especially towards the latter). No one is making accurate hardware. It’s surprising the radical difference the old hardware makes by itself, but when coupled with the old electronics the result is practically a different instrument. You could put that stuff in a Gibson USA Standard and it would sound closer to an original ‘59 than what comes stock out of the Custom Shop, despite the inferior build quality of the USA line.
@@Dagger_323 Gibson could make their own hardware or get special runs to vintage specs from small manufacturers. They’re charging 5.5k for a guitar. They could afford to use pots that cost 10 bucks instead of 3 bucks. Capacitors to vintage spec would cost a few cents more. Vintage spec wires the same.
@5:40 He had that thing sounding like a Fender. Wonderful guitar.
Its the PERFECT les Paul tone. It sounds so woody, and it just growls when he does bends. Simply Superb!!!
Gorgeous guitar ... GORGEOUS.
You're going to really like what we've got coming tomorrow then :)
wonderful to hear a ' grown-up ' play it........sincere thanks.......
jaeztheone what I heard was technically easy to imitate but still not as easy to play convincingly. That takes experience.
Cool video!
Very cool!
Very nice guitar, indeed!
Legend !
Whether it reflects the amp settings while this was recorded, I don’t know, but I do think that putting a tweed Bassman up to almost full with the treble on almost full is brave. You can play these with the treble and bass on 0 and the mid and presence on full and get a much better sound. You can also just turn the treble down and not do what they did here. I believe the treble and bass boost the sound whereas the mid cuts the sound - so the “neutral” setting is bass and treble on 0 and mid on full. Having the presence on full also does something in this configuration...I forget what.
I think some of you are being a bit hard on the guy - he plays some nice licks. It’s really the amp that makes this harsh and not very pleasant. If he’s turned the amp down to half way and taken all the treble off I bet the rig would have sounded lovely.
Hi thank you for the advice Andrew
I heard a cover of Steppin’ Out
Are you sure you just didn’t crack the case on a 2023 VOS? That thing looks minty…. Just incredible for its age.
They spend the first 3:30 of the video just blowing each other, skip to that point if you want to hear the guitar!!
Thought the same, too much sugar coating and just wanted to hear the fucking guitar
Get out of here with that. Trevor is one of the nicest guys around. He let me play a 1952 fender telecaster and 1954 stratocaster when I was just 16.
It's called "conversation", maybe you should spend some time doing that?
was well worth the wait.
Its how we learn
Recently acquired a 2013 version of this guitar. Mine sounds mighty fine, more than a little like this old one. Oh, and the red burst really spanks!
I want one so bad. After playing a real one, I'll never be satisfied with any other guitar.
What song is playing in the background at 3:45?
mrrintymonaghan stepping out, not sure whos version tho
It's actually off of Billy's record! Check out his site to find his version!
Blown away by that playing.....
Tone really does come from the hands.
To be fair he is alot older than me lol.
Having a 50s Bassman and Les Paul doesn't hurt though...
I have a thousand bucks burning a hole in my pocket right now.
Hey and greetings from Germany
Harald! Thanks so much for tuning in!!
Love your videos boys. Quick question, what cameras do you use to record your videos? Thanks.
Thanks so much for watching!! I'll ask for ya!
After having watched god knows how many guitar videos...you guys hands down are producing some of the best ones. Each one is like a self contained program.
90s Punk Rock Covers I was wondering the very same thing! The cinematic feel is terrific.
Should dial in that Bassman a little better
I agree... Unless its eq'd correctly (personal taste of course) then they sound really bad imo... fizzy & farty. So, chalk it up to plain old "operator error". That tone does not do the guitar justice.
Personally I don´t liek Gibby´s with Fender amps. Too fizzy. But give´em a Orange or Marshall and the magic happens.
Tele on steroids for sure
An absolute steal at $320,000.00!
haha I love ECG, but their prices have always been out of whack. For example, they currently have an '89 LP Standard for $3500...say what?
probably starting point is the negotiations on both guitars
Make us an offer :) ... Thanks for watching man!!
And a prime example of why Gibson is heading towards bankruptcy.... The allure of these Gibson guitars from the older baby boomers have priced them out of the hands of younger players.....Younger boomers, Generations X and especially the Millennials are saying not interested......
Interesting that there are no "nibs" on the fret ends
It is just what it is - an old guitar.
Maybe it is a great guitar but there are many other great guitars out there. Built in whatever year, guitars don't care about their birth year.
Life is good,
Robin
Says the guy that's probably never played a vintage guitar....🙄😴
Before Joe owned it, it was owned by Norman Harris of Normans rare guitar in California
Seems to hum a lot... Is there a grounding issue? Or is it just a noisy amp? Much more treble than other Les Pauls. Sound more like p90's. Great tone. But for the money I'd rather a 1960 Les Paul junior.
That guitar is seasoned...wood dried....pickups aged magnets smooth....can’t fake the real age....of those factors...custom shop all good but the real years....of the guitar just have that “edge”
Exactly. I can tell that even my personal 08 les paul sounds so much better than anything I've played in guitar stores
Sounds like the pickups are acting as single coils. Very bright and lots of hum... Shorted/open coil problem maybe?
Ever played a real burst?
Yes, what's with the hum?
Its a P.A.F thing.
@@BoBo4844 I could see how there could be a tiny bit of hum if the coils were not perfectly balanced, but otherwise, P.A.F.s are still supposed to be humbuckers.
Could be an issue with grounding/shielding, or likely the amp. Sounds like it's been turned up somewhat.
sounds to me like the neck pickup is more like a bridge pickup
Anyone saying this sounds mediocre is seriously either very jealous or doesn't know tone. The Les Paul's part of Billy I've some older Les Paul's and they are the absolute dogs Bxxlox
Is he saying "vinja", "vinge" or "vintage" guitar?
Right in the vingina
I dont get it. If they were so great, why were they discontinued because they weren't selling
Dave Duffy Because no one liked them at the time. It was only years after that people realized how great they were.
There are many great things that aren’t appreciated in their time.
The power of product endorsement. If someone tried to launch a guitar now that was better than a Fender Stratocaster it would never be successful because everyone wants a Stratocaster. In the mid 60s the top blues influenced rock stars like Clapton and Page started using them. The rest is history. Beats headphones made bullions from paying celebrities to wear their headphones on the red carpet to give another more recent example of the power of celebrity exposure.
Les Pauls contract with them was up after 1960 so they couldn’t use this shape until they signed a new contract.
And this is one way to drop 6 figures 😁😍🔥
Gorgeous guitar. But that is not my tone preference the way that amp was set up.
WOW !!!
Wow! WooF!
The Stumble Freddie King
W.O.W.
I wonder why Bonamassa sold this beautiful '60 Burst ?
Probably owed Norm
@ian miller Other musicians are rarely even in the market for these things. Most of the time it's the lawyers and rich collectors that get a hold of them and take them out of their case every so often and then stick them back in where no one gets to hear them. At least Bonamassa uses the stuff in his collection for their intended purpose: making MUSIC. And you know when something gets into his hands that it is going to be well looked after. He shuffles his collection every so often anyway so it's not like these guitars don't circulate again. I find your contempt towards him a bit overblown.
Man, I hate tweed Bassmans! lol Love the look, just hate the sound. That's one gorgeously clean original 'burst though! I'd love to hear it through a blackface Super Reverb instead.
The Super is a great amp, but the Bassman is unbeatable.
Beautiful guitar, case and guitar playing! But it's not worth the price. What is it worth? As much as a 5 bedroom house? And I gave a thumbs up to your video too. Just voicing my opinion. I wouldn't pay more than 3 grand for it if I didn't know how much it was worth. 310,000? Lol! just looked it up while posting this comment.
325K wouldn't buy you a 5 bedroom house in my neighborhood. With inflation this guitar's original price 260 bucks. With inflation that makes it over 2600 dollars in today's money. Given the nature of supply and demand your comment isn't terribly informed or realistic.
Too bad i got no quarter
And off to another financial portfolio manager she goes!!
It's the amp I'm not very impressed with
Matthew McPeek sounds great! It’s a freakin tweed?!
Agree; I can’t stand the overdrive sound of these amps; the clean sound is really nice from them though.
Agreed. I’ve never understood the allure of the low powered tweeds. Ok, ok, I ‘DO’ love a Tele through them, but that’s about it. Les Paul, on the other hand...I’m a utility player, at best, and I can show you how to get a better tone than featured in this video.
....brittle, harsh, crackly and anemic....just not feeling it.
It's a 50s Bassman, maybeche should have used a Peavey??
I think it might be the playin too.
these have nothing to do with les pauls of today! just another world ...
Trey says "vin-ninja" instead of vintage.
I thought the 1959 lespauls was the most desirable one.... He said the 1958 and 1960??
Anything he has to sell is the most desirable..come on :-) Buy low...sell high...project the mystique... ca ching. I owned one for a while. Didn't sound or play any better than a good modern Les Paul ( there are good ones ). Sit in a case or have a swimming pool addition to the house and a few good new Les Pauls. It was time to move on
CaribSurfKing1 : I see your point and agree with you to a certain extent although my 57 reissue BBeauty when compared to the few usa lespauls or other usa models i have or have owned, is still far better in every aspect and it’s not psychological. It’s pretty obvious when you plug it in that it does stuff that other models don’t, i don’t think i’m alone in thinking that. Mind you, i’m sure today’s usa lespauls could give a historic custom shop reissue a run for its money.. Unfortunately the gibson i knew was as unpredictable as our weather and they knew how to make expensive guitars that sounded dead.
They're all desirable.
@@mattrogers1946 : I agree, i’ll include the 57 black beauty aswell, love it!!!
Video starts at 1:50
Your mom starts at 1:50
325,000 ouch
Sounds harsh to me
Should dial in that Bassman a little better
That shit would cut in a band mix I would think. 2cents
Was going to say the same, that Bassman is not a great match for that LP. The PAFs in these guitars seemed to vary a lot too, so I guess they'll always sound a bit different from guitar to guitar.
So over rated, sounds ok, but I’ve heard better
Millmore - Actually imo, not overated by any means. Simply bad eq and marginal playing at best. I'm sure when this player is in his zone, he may sound better but not in this demo necessarily. In fact one could do a blindfolded A-B comparison vintage LP & amp vs. reissues and although there would be a difference, that difference would be unappreciable. In any case though, ust my opinion. Cheers...
Looks like there is a truss-rod related, longitudinal crack along the back of that skinny 60s neck. And boy does that bridge sit way up high on the ABR-1 posts. When listening to the player demo on my MacBook Pro w/ Jabra, powered Bluetooth external speaker.....awfully buzzy sounding to my ears. Almost sounds like the Bassman has a blown speaker.....is it the guitar, or the amp? I don't see how this video is going to sway a potential buyer, except maybe they keep looking elsewhere. Just sayin'
It sounds like tubes are a bit microphonic or something
it could be the pickups that are unpotted
You never get to hear that beautiful guitars full potential because all that bloke does is chicken-pick. And he's got the guitar and amp dialled in that way too.
I gotta say, getting to play a few bursts, and seeing videos like this, I would LOVE a les paul again, but the reissues just arent the same, and are way overpriced. if only those powerball numbers would finally hit...
Thanks for watching Darren!
Check out the early 90's Les Pauls. Some of them are really good. The Classics especially.
Darren, I'm the proud owner and player of four 1996-2001 Les Paul classics. They are by far some of the best Les Pauls out there.
Agree, the Boone's are absolute gentlemen. The best place in the world to buy guitars. If you haven't been, go right now!!
Whats with the hum, hum buckers shouldn't hum.
Humbuckers still hum with gain. Just not as bad as single coils.
Not much experience with cranked tube amps, eh?
@@Dagger_323 can’t have a cranked amp in my livingroom 😄 and I’ve already lost enough hearing.
kjatexas that’s what they make attenuators for.
@@Dagger_323 So, I've got to buy even MORE equipment, LOL. I really don't play with distortion or gain anyway. I like my signal clean, with maybe a little reverb. Not a pedal guy.
325k pheeeew
Grande chitarra
the guy playing is awful. who the hell does a massive detune on the bottom E of a 60’s burst? great sounding guitar.... but geez get a decent player. someone with a bit of restraint and finger vibrato
You've obviously never seen Billy play live. Hes a killer jazz player as well as a monster rock and roller.
too much fluffing
Ugh such a beautiful guitar. What a waste of a demo with distorted blues scales. It totally hides the nuances of this guitar.
Aren't you special...
@@BlindTom61 Yes
The stupid background music during the beginning interview segment serves no purpose but to make it hard to hear them talking.
Not a very good demonstration, there was a definite lack of flow & rhythm in his playing, especially his fingering. This guy doesn't really have it. He should listen to Mike Bloomfield to organize his fingering technique. Not sure anything can be done about the lack of rhythm.
I don't know who the guy is, but he's a professional player and his page shows a list of scheduled gigs. I don't think he really needs to worry about your opinion.
Apologies but I agree with Gabriel P. If he is indeed a pro player then the standards of what is good ( technique, tone etc.) must be much lower in that neighborhood. Is a player in the context of a demo really NOT going to show his very best? So, if this IS his best, then I'm not spending time nor $ to go to one of his gigs. Otoh, he might sound really good when playing in his band.
Addenda to Gabriel P. - You are exactly right about Bloomfield. Also, it was Bloomfield that brought the LP to the conciousness of the American guitar world and Clapton to the Brits. Those guitars ('59 LP) were only c. 7 years old then and barely broken in...
Billy was a friend of Mike's back in the day. I've known Stapes for 52 years. He might not be the kind of guy who smokes in a store but trust me, he can cut heads on stage. He is also an A-1 human being
Billy was a very good friend of Michael's.. You're kind of douche aren't you??
Stop the background music - sounds like you're speaking out of an elevator!
Sloppy, heavy handed playing, shrill pickups and an amp set on maximum treble. Just ridiculous sounding. Pass.
theshyguitarist that amp sounds like shit! I really don’t like the sound of these Fender amps at all; the overdrive is always fuzzy sounding and not tight at all. I guess people keep using these amps because that’s what they hear people talk about so they just use one instead of listening and making the decision themselves on what to use.
These 58-60 Les Paul guitars with humbuckers usually do have more highs but this was even more pronounced from the setting of the amp; I agree with you about the treble being set too high here.
@@allthings1150 I own an original '59 Bassman and can assure you it doesn't sound like the one in the video.
Super creamy and not shrill at all. The treble here was probably cranked and the mic in front of the center of the speaker surely didn't help either.
Agreed. Anyone who pays these prices for what is essentially snake oil is a total mug. Crass playing, worse sound.
What an annoying sounding amp. Why does anyone like that sound?
He is having to play to close to the amp at volume hence the sound + it's old school man
Frank him being close to the amp has nothing to do with the shit sound coming from it! It’s just ok when playing single notes/solos but when he strikes a chord the fuzzy thin sound is unbearable!
Truel "old school" does not sound like that to my ears.
Ask Jim Marshall that....
Nice guy but his playing is kind of obnoxious
A Gibson Les Paul, (any Les Paul), through a Fender Bassman.......Really?
Really.
Why not, this is a monster amp. Without the Bassman, there would be no Marshall...
1959 and 1960 Les Pauls are the most overrated bloated pieces of perpetuated hype out there! They are not one bit better than a "good" modern Les Paul. That's a fact.
Any moron should recognize the fact that there is no way that just those two years out of all the years that Les Pauls have been made, that magically those two years are just great and the rest of them are just plywood grade guitars.......IT'S NONSENSE PEOPLE!!!! Good for collectors and dealer's pocket books that is all.
Cornbob 🍌 Rimlove 🎸 Hi ! If somehow l got hold of one of these beauties I would play it for an hour or so , Then trade it in for a less rare " Sunburst " and a couple ( or so ) of decent Les Paul Customs !!!! AND buy a BIG House !!!! I'd still have enough money to buy as many Made in Japan Les Pauls as l wish !!!! ( Ibanez / Antoria / CSL /Greco /Tokai ) as even the best bolt- on / " plywood " topped ones smoke at least as good as these !!!! - Granted they are ( Sunbursts ) Mega Rare ( 1700 approx including some Gold Tops ) and sound AWESOME but are they really that much more Awesome ? ! ! All subjective opinion of course ! 🎸 😎 Cheers ! 🎩 Andy 🎸
I beg to differ. These Guitars are absolutely Magical! The "Old Growth" Honduran Mahogany, coupled with the construction of the instrument was unmatched, at the time. I think these builders at Gibson were in the middle of the "Perfect Storm" at the time. The Woods, the Construction, the Glue, the Pickups, the pots, caps, etc...... These Guitars are absolutely amazing!
If you can't hear a difference in the sound of a late 50s Paul compared to a new one you should pick up a drum stick or something
@@alexwoolridge94aw 🎸 Hi ! ➡️ But is that Difference worth 💲500, 000 or so ?!!?
➡️ The Finish of a Guitar ( colour / flame or plain etc )
Adds NOTHING to the SOUND of that Guitar !!!! , But adds a lot of 💰 Dollars
If it is a SUNBURST and not a GOLD TOP of the SAME Specifications and SAME
Vintage !!!! ( or slightly Earlier / Later ) ➡️ Go Faster
Stripes that are PURELY
Cosmetic and this is also
Why NEW Gibsons are not well rated !!!! ➡️ It 's all in the QUALITY and THAT plays a Major
role in THAT Difference !!!! 🎸 Cheers !!!! 😎 🎩
Cornbob Rimlove if I had that kinda cash laying around yea it'd be totally worth it. The originsl PAF pickups in these things are pretty awesome, to my ears anyway. Worth 500k perhaps not but I'd pay that price If I could. Not for a 60 but a 58 or 59. I'd prefer a 57 dark back to all of them though.
Not impressed at all ..to brassey maby it's the Amp. Not sure Not smooth enough heard a lot better ...maby it's the player..he tries too hard..much too hard like I said too brassy not smooth enough !!!!
Sound like vet fart
Jeez, worst case of sycophantism I've ever seen.
Those pickups are shit. I’ve had humbuckers that have more beef and balance than that defective pair
mark garcia it’s not the guitar at all it’s that piece of shit amp and the way it’s set here.
A great guitar. But I love Les Pauls sounds on Marshalls, Oranges, and some Voxes, but his amp is sounding terrible to my ears. Just like a cheap SS study amp. Not one note sounding good. You may disagree, but is just me.
Um, Jim Marshall based his amps on the '59 Bassman. But an internet "expert" like you already knew that, right?
@@mattrogers1946 First: My ears tells the difference.
Second: You know the differences in circuits and tubes between the Bassman and the Plexi, don´t you?
Third: This clip sounds are as garbage as they can be. No justice to that guitar at all.
@@jcsk8 I've been playing 45 years, how about you? I'd be quick to fault the player before the amp. He had the treble way too high. I know guys that could make this rig sing. What's that tired old cliche? It's the archer, not the bow....
@@mattrogers1946 Dude. I said that the amp WAS sounding bad, not the amp IS bad. And I´ve said I love LP´s onto Marshalls and Oranges, but I don´t like them into Fender amps. I LOVE Fender guitars into Fender amps, but not LP´s. I play drums, bass and guitar for more than 30 years and I know when I´m listening to a good or a bad tone. Just keep your angry for your self.
@@jcsk8 Did you make this good tone/bad tone comparison listening to this on your cell phone? I'm more inclined to look towards the fella playing or amp settings as the culprit.
If you play that guitar please don't use that amp, neverrtt, get a Mesa Boguie lone star special.
Pfft.
Guitar 👍 Amp 👎
If is wasn't for the Bassman, Marshall wouldn't exist.
HELL YEAH