I can totally appreciate a guitar like this...where the owner just left it as is and played the heck out of it...no mods, no upgrades...just left alone...it was truly loved and truly played...just how Gibson intended it to be...absolutely fantastic!!!!!!
...while I 100% agree, it was a different era & different mindset. Think of everything from Buddy Holly's Custom Acoustic, SRV's Strat & others. Personalization and "Custom Made" features were front and center for the performer/owner. They were more prone to advertising what they had. Today, most of us wouldn't think of doing such things.
@@DavidHBurkart I in part agree with what you are saying but there is a big difference. SRV and Holly added a personal touch to their guitars, which I have done and what musicians continue to do to this day. Conversely, the "custom" placard is an aesthetic added by the manufacture and not the artist. Anyways, it's just my taste and I am sure some people like it. Peace homeboy ✌
From personal experience I would say that the corroded plating is from an inferior quality in the plating from that period rather than the player having overly corrosive sweat. Why? I bought a 1977 LP Standard new and after only a few years the plating began to bubble and flake. Meanwhile I have owned and played a 1991 LP Standard for 30 years and the plating is all intact and smooth, although with a patina. The reason probably has something to do with the 1977 plating being chrome and the 1991 being nickel. And if you are going unscrew the switch tip to function properly you should probably insert a piece of plastic or rubber into the tip before you screw it on to keep it snug and prevent loss.
You’re 100% correct, they were using this craptastic plating on lots of automotive parts as well before just changing to plastic, side view mirrors, antenna posts, headlight trim rings etc… I suppose Gibson’s hardware was getting the same finish and possibly the inferior metal as well usually referred to as ‘pot metal’. 🤙
I think it's insane that you can get that kind of definition and picking articulation out of 30+ year-old pickups. As someone who usually has a Tele or acoustic in their hands, this guitar has the kind of clarity that I dream of coming from an HH setup.
I just tried this yesterday on a screw on the trusrod cover of a Hagstrom HiiN. It didnt work. Drives me everlovin crazy. Northern New Hampshire winter,I wanted to give the truss rod a tweak for relief because it feels like the neck has come In toward me. What Trogly called a "bananna" neck on one of these shows. I am wierd, once I think something is slightly wrong, I am bothered.
Funny Story. I've owned my Natural top 81 LP K.M. for 30 years. When I bought it, it was the most comfortable guitar I've ever played, though when I plugged into an amp it squealed like a banchee, so it didn't take long to replace the pups with a black DiMarzio PAF pro in the Rhythm position and a black Gibson 500t in the bridge. After watching this video recently I was curious to see if I had bought guitar with original T tops, so I after a bit of a search found my original creme open faced pickups in a box in a spare bedroom. What I discovered was rhythm pup was untouched (T's both pointing in same direction, though the bridge had been modified in that the T's we're pointing in opposite directions, someone took the single coil closest to the bridge and reversed it, making the T point down, not up. I'll never know why?? Though 30 yrs later mystery solved for the disappointing feed back it originally had. Can wait to correct and hear the original T Top sound
It would be more tasteful if they inlaid or silk-screened "Custom Made" on headstock instead of screwing on a plastic piece. It just reminds me of name tag on some office door, or uniform on fast food worker.
Is there a reason why the three piece neck and volute are undesirable aside from their association with the Norlin Era? My 70's Reissue custom is the best guitar I've ever owned and I'm happy for a guitar with a notoriously fragile headstock to have every last bit of added stability it can get.
It's mostly just that it's not traditional, some people also dislike the volute because it gets in the way of their playing technique. That's about it though. Play what you love 👍
A guitar should be setup before being reviewed, in my opinion. They setup should be no less routine than cleaning the fretboard. Setups can vary widely person to person and it is a shame that today you don't like a guitar because it might need a truss rod adjustment or has the action or bridge adjusted poorly. These are minor routine adjustments, not a flaw with this example. They can be setup perfectly the day they leave the factory, they are still going to need to be adjusted sooner or later. I basically do an adjustment every time I change my strings. Don't necessarily do everything every time, but I check the relief, height, and intonation and adjust as needed.
@@walkerpendleton760 Absolutely. Giving a guitar, especially a used one, a less than favorable review because it isn't set up how you like it is doing yourself a disservice. Furthermore old strings that haven't been changed in a long time also hold back the guitars potential. Now a new guitar should come set up well, but even then the neck can shift due to climate changes during shipping and storage, requiring an adjustment. A twisted neck, maxed truss rod, headstock break, etc are serious issues, but having the action too low or too high or having too much relief in the neck should not be deal breakers so long as they can be resolved with a simple setup.
@@HeelBJC nah, I could care less, you just missed the point, to provide some advice for anyone who actually plays their guitars. Don't lose out on the guitar you want because it needs a minor adjustment.
I had a tobacco one. Paid $700 for it in early 90's. It was player grade so I put flame veneer owner top and painted just the top. Put 50's and reissue parts on it. Was a cool guitar. Sold it and it wound up in England.
Once again, that is a picture of MUSICAL strings and things in Chatham Ontario…. It’s not part of the Strings and Things chain in the USA. But it is funny seeing my old music store hang out on your videos lol
I know you look down on the les paul tribute models but for documentation and for those of us who aren't interested in the higher end models it would be cool to see the similarities and differences.
I have a cherry SB from the first part of the run of 1500. I bought it from a guy that had it stashed in a closet un-played for 20+ years. He bought it new and came with bill of sale. It looks like it may have had a little use prior to that but not much. It is completely stock and even has the two very small screws where the custom plate sat behind the stop tail. The plate was missing but the screws are still there, which from research, only the first batch had those. It is heavy as stink but the cream top HBs absolutely rock. All in all, I think it is a solid guitar. My not be historically correct but it screams as a rock machine.
Seems to me that that maple neck is what's making it so bright sounding. That could be a good thing if you use Fender style amps...not so much for Marshalls.
I don't know if your familiar with Larry Carlton but he has a sort of jazzy rock style which has been displayed in the 70s on Steely Dan albums not to mention elsewhere. Check it out you'll love it. I'd deck down the neck pickup and have a good setup down. I'll bet you appreciate this guitar more Thanks for educating us and my near 60 self on the KM.
I have a 77 or 78 Standard version.....I had to rebuild due to the corrosion and wear. I rebuilt mine to be as close to a late 50's spec as for materials of the hardware. I didn't get the original shaw pu's with the guitar though they were still around......it had DiMarzio blade type metal pu's in it as replacements....which was 80's period correct for the METAL ERA.....but I replaced those with BurstBuckers which I tuned. I look at pickups as 2 coils of copper and the slugs and screws have to be right as far as material plus a Alnico 4 magnet. I like a weaker magnet and ideally have less that 8K resistance. This one had the 300K Norlin era pots in it....so I ended up changing the whole wiring harness plus tone caps and pots to 50's correct specs with the exception of the cap values which are significantly less that a .022uf. I was lucky to find locally a set of period correct Grover tuners off another Gibson guitar. SO once finished and rebuilt, it dramatically changed the sound of the guitar to where I actually like it.....and it sounds very similar to the Bernie Marden BEAST. I got this guitar off an old buddy so I was familiar with it, and knew he was not totally satisfied with it considering he bought it new as old stock in the early 1980's. It really came alive after the changes but unfortunately my buddy had passed away suddenly and never got to play or hear it there after. The only thing I wish it had was a mahogany neck as opposed to the maple.....other than the neck tenon style......it would be more closer to the late 50's LP's......BUT mine as a Standard has the 3 piece top....BUT at a distance looks almost gold toppish due to the fade & yellowing.
We think we found one of these. A relative had it in the original case hidden away in the garage. Natual. Single owner but it looks like she took off the plaque. How much will that lower the value?
Plenty of Gibson dealers sold custom run Les Paul models with 50s features. Among them Veneman in metro DC including their mail order division, Music Emporium.
Talk about weight - I picked up a 70's Les Paul Deluxe Pro with P-90s and maple neck. Love the guitar- but the weight came in at 12 lb 8 oz! Have another 70's vintage LP Deluxe with strange wiring - the selector switch is upside down and the volume/tone knobs are also upside down. On opening it up, the wiring is not long enough to install the switch in the normal position; also, the soldering looks clean and unaltered. A factory install fail by a newby?
Bridge pickup sounds like a Tele. This is a beautiful guitar, both tone-wise and that incredible natural wood. 😍 I know a lot of people like to hate on Norlins, but I've never played anything better than my 77 LP Standard. I'm taking that guitar to to the grave with me.
In the 1970s once the original Gibson dual cream ultra rare PAF pickups started getting noticed Dimarzio pickups started becoming popular (due to their dual cream bobbins). Dimarzio simply pulled a page from the Gibson legal play-book and patented the dual cream colored bobbins once their research indicated component colors were not a part of the original Gibson PAF patent. At that time if you wanted a dual cream pickup Dimarzio was the only company selling them (in the USA).
I have a natural 81 K.M. chainsaw case, no plaque. I bought it in 92 I have original pups, though I replaced them soon after purchase because of feedback issues
Fingernails are abusive to fretboards, I started playing in 1967 and couldn't stand to have my fingernails hitting the neck. They've been short ever since. I carry clippers in my case if needed.
Fingernail divoting has less to do with the amount of playing and more to do with a person's finger tip shape, length of fingernail trimming and playing technique. I have a rosewood board guitar that I played for years with no divots and I leant it to someone for a week who did not abuse it yet it had noticeable divots when returned.
I do truly love this guitar. I love clear wood grain. I’m a smoker and that top would amber up reeeaal dark. It would have cigarette burns on the headstock and it would be MINE! Forever.
I'm not convinced a strap made that damage down there. Straps are made specifically not to damage, though it's not impossible. It's also possible that rings on his fingers from either stringing the cable through/around the strap or taking a strap on and off did it. But my official guess is that he never used a stand. He simply rested in a harder surface over and over again. Later when you notice there's no stand rash by the headstock i become more convinced
Everyone wants 50’s spec but the three piece maple neck does have to advantages. The low end is cleaner and tighter. I had a 1979 Les Paul Std. Goldtop, not a re-routed Deluxe. Had TWO actually that were from the same batch. Mine had a three piece Birdseye maple neck and my Dad’s a figured one piece mahogany back. Mine was light and sounded great!! Remember Zakk Wylde preferred Norlin spec’d maple neck Les Paul Customs. Tight. My Goldtop ate my friend’s 1958 Sunburst! A real one, no reissue. This was the early ‘80’s. KM’s were also known for not being made in Nashville. Kalamazoo. Gibson made Les Pauls in both places for a while in the late ‘70’s. My 1978 Les Paul Custom was Kalamazoo but both Goldtop Standards were from Nashville. At the end of the day good is good! Played lots of LOUSY fifties Gibsons and Fenders. Just more lousy seventies than there were fifties and sixties.
I'd keep this one Beautiful looking Gibson kKM les paul guitar without awful looking TP-6 stopbar tailpiece. Some Gibson Les Paul just have that stiff playing action No mattered how many times, you try to set it up for lower action. Those T-Top double creme pickup sounds great 👍
Love that 'Custom Made' plaque - I'd put one on my studio that I sanded down to a natural like this - it's an 88 model with 77 t-tops I got from ebay when u could get em under 100.00
Gibson should add brown to bobbin plastic and call it, Latte Creme. And patent it. That thing is gorgeous, too bad about the set-up FUBAR. As pitted as the bridge is, the saddle slots are probably too deep. Pop a good bridge on, top sling XL 10-52s', tune D standard, dial in some relief, I bet win. Ü
I think it sounds really good. Neck pickup is pretty sweet. I have heard some Les Pauls over the years that sound muddy in neck pick up. This one sounds good.
I love guitars but there way too expensive..I love to nerd out but cmon jst cause its rare we gota put up with weird quirks like not being able to screw down the switch tip.. I'll stick to beat up cheapos.. but I would love ro have a old or good guitar so dnt get me wrong I'm jst jealouse.. I want a cool player so bad. But if I get one way would I bich about..love ya trogly ..not like yul see this
I purchased my first Dimarzio back in 1978, I replaced both Ibanez Flying Finger pickups in my Iceman with a set of the dual cream (Super Distortion and a PAF). For the type of music I was playing at the time they did only OK. I can't remember how many different brands and models I've tried through the years, maybe 100s. What I've found all these years later that the amplifier is really one of the most important piece of the puzzle when it comes to tone. About 5 years ago I purchased an old Marshall Plexi, once I started playing through that I switched all my pickups back to factory stock and couldn't be happier. Just my $.02 Cents. I will say this, that old Ibanez was finished in Ibanez's Midnight Olive and those dual cream pickups sure did look great!
Rick Nielsen has a 1959 Les Paul with stock double creme PAF pickups which is ridiculous! Previously owned by Geddy Lee.
I saw that too. . Nielson may have the coolest guitar collection of any rock star ever.
I can totally appreciate a guitar like this...where the owner just left it as is and played the heck out of it...no mods, no upgrades...just left alone...it was truly loved and truly played...just how Gibson intended it to be...absolutely fantastic!!!!!!
Totally agree!
The “custom made” placard is hideous
I agree. Reminds me of the name tag on a US Navy uniform. Nothing against the US Navy
Agree. Glad mine doesn't have one!
...while I 100% agree, it was a different era & different mindset. Think of everything from Buddy Holly's Custom Acoustic, SRV's Strat & others. Personalization and "Custom Made" features were front and center for the performer/owner. They were more prone to advertising what they had. Today, most of us wouldn't think of doing such things.
@@DavidHBurkart I in part agree with what you are saying but there is a big difference. SRV and Holly added a personal touch to their guitars, which I have done and what musicians continue to do to this day. Conversely, the "custom" placard is an aesthetic added by the manufacture and not the artist. Anyways, it's just my taste and I am sure some people like it. Peace homeboy ✌
@@jwv6985 yeah I've seen a lot of those too. My dad served 20 years in the us navy. I those tags where kind of hideous.
From personal experience I would say that the corroded plating is from an inferior quality in the plating from that period rather than the player having overly corrosive sweat. Why? I bought a 1977 LP Standard new and after only a few years the plating began to bubble and flake. Meanwhile I have owned and played a 1991 LP Standard for 30 years and the plating is all intact and smooth, although with a patina. The reason probably has something to do with the 1977 plating being chrome and the 1991 being nickel. And if you are going unscrew the switch tip to function properly you should probably insert a piece of plastic or rubber into the tip before you screw it on to keep it snug and prevent loss.
Great tip.
You’re 100% correct, they were using this craptastic plating on lots of automotive parts as well before just changing to plastic, side view mirrors, antenna posts, headlight trim rings etc…
I suppose Gibson’s hardware was getting the same finish and possibly the inferior metal as well usually referred to as ‘pot metal’. 🤙
You can remove the screws pretty easily with the right extractors and or vice grips. Depending on which screw you want to remove.
This guy's a trust fund baby. You think he knows what vice grips are?
@@haywoodjablowme699 I think he knows what vise grips are.
@@ALTDOK667 he could also file a little slot in the screw and move it with a flat bladed screwdriver.
@@ikestoddard2458 I would just use a small chunk of thin leather with a Philips head.
@@haywoodjablowme699 damn bro, salty much? You wanna talk about it?
That is a Brite sounding Les Paul. I could let that grow on me being as like I have said many times. I'm addicted to natural finishes.
You sound like a very specific type of cat.
I think it's insane that you can get that kind of definition and picking articulation out of 30+ year-old pickups. As someone who usually has a Tele or acoustic in their hands, this guitar has the kind of clarity that I dream of coming from an HH setup.
Try a rubber band between the screwdriver and the stripped out screw!
I just tried this yesterday on a screw on the trusrod cover of a Hagstrom HiiN. It didnt work. Drives me everlovin crazy. Northern New Hampshire winter,I wanted to give the truss rod a tweak for relief because it feels like the neck has come In toward me. What Trogly called a "bananna" neck on one of these shows. I am wierd, once I think something is slightly wrong, I am bothered.
Funny Story. I've owned my Natural top 81 LP K.M. for 30 years. When I bought it, it was the most comfortable guitar I've ever played, though when I plugged into an amp it squealed like a banchee, so it didn't take long to replace the pups with a black DiMarzio PAF pro in the Rhythm position and a black Gibson 500t in the bridge. After watching this video recently I was curious to see if I had bought guitar with original T tops, so I after a bit of a search found my original creme open faced pickups in a box in a spare bedroom. What I discovered was rhythm pup was untouched (T's both pointing in same direction, though the bridge had been modified in that the T's we're pointing in opposite directions, someone took the single coil closest to the bridge and reversed it, making the T point down, not up. I'll never know why?? Though 30 yrs later mystery solved for the disappointing feed back it originally had. Can wait to correct and hear the original T Top sound
What a Beauty!!!the "custom made" plaque is hideous.
It would be more tasteful if they inlaid or silk-screened "Custom Made" on headstock instead of screwing on a plastic piece. It just reminds me of name tag on some office door, or uniform on fast food worker.
Is there a reason why the three piece neck and volute are undesirable aside from their association with the Norlin Era? My 70's Reissue custom is the best guitar I've ever owned and I'm happy for a guitar with a notoriously fragile headstock to have every last bit of added stability it can get.
It's mostly just that it's not traditional, some people also dislike the volute because it gets in the way of their playing technique. That's about it though. Play what you love 👍
Its collector bullshit, not traditional therefore baaad. Yet most of them wouldn't know the difference if they weren't told
It failed as a reissue, but it kicks ass as a Les Paul....
A guitar should be setup before being reviewed, in my opinion. They setup should be no less routine than cleaning the fretboard. Setups can vary widely person to person and it is a shame that today you don't like a guitar because it might need a truss rod adjustment or has the action or bridge adjusted poorly. These are minor routine adjustments, not a flaw with this example. They can be setup perfectly the day they leave the factory, they are still going to need to be adjusted sooner or later. I basically do an adjustment every time I change my strings. Don't necessarily do everything every time, but I check the relief, height, and intonation and adjust as needed.
Really?
@@walkerpendleton760 Absolutely. Giving a guitar, especially a used one, a less than favorable review because it isn't set up how you like it is doing yourself a disservice. Furthermore old strings that haven't been changed in a long time also hold back the guitars potential. Now a new guitar should come set up well, but even then the neck can shift due to climate changes during shipping and storage, requiring an adjustment. A twisted neck, maxed truss rod, headstock break, etc are serious issues, but having the action too low or too high or having too much relief in the neck should not be deal breakers so long as they can be resolved with a simple setup.
You take this about 20x too seriously, kid.
@@HeelBJC nah, I could care less, you just missed the point, to provide some advice for anyone who actually plays their guitars. Don't lose out on the guitar you want because it needs a minor adjustment.
DiMarzio has a patent on a particular color of humbuckers!? That doesn't make any sense to me.
What does k.m. stand for?
He states it in the video. It is thought to stand for Kalamazoo Michigan.
@@anthonyc1883 thanks
guitars are made to be played not stored away only for show.
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
Greg’s in the HOUSE!!!
Oah yeah
Greg AND Nathaniel are in the House.
Greg's not MIA
@@nathanielvargas3863 Greg's not MIA
I had a tobacco one. Paid $700 for it in early 90's.
It was player grade so I put flame veneer owner top and painted just the top.
Put 50's and reissue parts on it.
Was a cool guitar. Sold it and it wound up in England.
I have this very guitar, 1979, but Nashville-made. I love it; sustain for days.
Once again, that is a picture of MUSICAL strings and things in Chatham Ontario…. It’s not part of the Strings and Things chain in the USA. But it is funny seeing my old music store hang out on your videos lol
I know you look down on the les paul tribute models but for documentation and for those of us who aren't interested in the higher end models it would be cool to see the similarities and differences.
Those tailpiece bushings can also be found in LP Artists and early 347's.
that corroded G string tuner is by far the funniest player wear Ive ever seen. Murphy Labs, take note.
One of my dream guitars! It’s still an amazing guitar, regardless of what they tried to do!
I have a cherry SB from the first part of the run of 1500. I bought it from a guy that had it stashed in a closet un-played for 20+ years. He bought it new and came with bill of sale. It looks like it may have had a little use prior to that but not much. It is completely stock and even has the two very small screws where the custom plate sat behind the stop tail. The plate was missing but the screws are still there, which from research, only the first batch had those. It is heavy as stink but the cream top HBs absolutely rock. All in all, I think it is a solid guitar. My not be historically correct but it screams as a rock machine.
I think KM stands for “Kalamazoo Model” or perhaps “Kalamazoo Michigan ”... regardless it is a nice guitar to play
Seems to me that that maple neck is what's making it so bright sounding. That could be a good thing if you use Fender style amps...not so much for Marshalls.
Love it when you go back to your roots with the Norlin stuff. Awesome
I don't know if your familiar with Larry Carlton but he has a sort of jazzy rock style which has been displayed in the 70s on Steely Dan albums not to mention elsewhere. Check it out you'll love it. I'd deck down the neck pickup and have a good setup down. I'll bet you appreciate this guitar more
Thanks for educating us and my near 60 self on the KM.
To get the screws out, just put a broad rubber band between the screwdriver and the screw
I have a 77 or 78 Standard version.....I had to rebuild due to the corrosion and wear. I rebuilt mine to be as close to a late 50's spec as for materials of the hardware. I didn't get the original shaw pu's with the guitar though they were still around......it had DiMarzio blade type metal pu's in it as replacements....which was 80's period correct for the METAL ERA.....but I replaced those with BurstBuckers which I tuned. I look at pickups as 2 coils of copper and the slugs and screws have to be right as far as material plus a Alnico 4 magnet. I like a weaker magnet and ideally have less that 8K resistance. This one had the 300K Norlin era pots in it....so I ended up changing the whole wiring harness plus tone caps and pots to 50's correct specs with the exception of the cap values which are significantly less that a .022uf. I was lucky to find locally a set of period correct Grover tuners off another Gibson guitar. SO once finished and rebuilt, it dramatically changed the sound of the guitar to where I actually like it.....and it sounds very similar to the Bernie Marden BEAST. I got this guitar off an old buddy so I was familiar with it, and knew he was not totally satisfied with it considering he bought it new as old stock in the early 1980's. It really came alive after the changes but unfortunately my buddy had passed away suddenly and never got to play or hear it there after. The only thing I wish it had was a mahogany neck as opposed to the maple.....other than the neck tenon style......it would be more closer to the late 50's LP's......BUT mine as a Standard has the 3 piece top....BUT at a distance looks almost gold toppish due to the fade & yellowing.
and....if you are in ohio.....i'm not far away in the Pittsburgh area.....if you'd want to play it side by side......though its NOT for sale hahaha
Beautiful looking guitar natural age to gorgeous ..maybe action abit stiff cause of the old frets !?? Refret would be great .
We think we found one of these. A relative had it in the original case hidden away in the garage. Natual. Single owner but it looks like she took off the plaque. How much will that lower the value?
Man I had one in hand several years ago... it sounded really good! but it was as heavy as sherman tank!
Plenty of Gibson dealers sold custom run Les Paul models with 50s features. Among them Veneman in metro DC including their mail order division, Music Emporium.
So bright for T tops... really 'woke up' with some gain, too.
Talk about weight - I picked up a 70's Les Paul Deluxe Pro with P-90s and maple neck. Love the guitar- but the weight came in at 12 lb 8 oz! Have another 70's vintage LP Deluxe with strange wiring - the selector switch is upside down and the volume/tone knobs are also upside down. On opening it up, the wiring is not long enough to install the switch in the normal position; also, the soldering looks clean and unaltered. A factory install fail by a newby?
I think your videos would benefit from being more in tune when playing and also spending some time to set them up optimally.
I played and loved a Greyburst KM at Leo's music in Walnut Creek CA around 1979 Yeah, positive.
T Tops are the best sounding PU I've heard.
A guy had them on a 79 The Paul, it was filthy.
Bridge pickup sounds like a Tele. This is a beautiful guitar, both tone-wise and that incredible natural wood. 😍 I know a lot of people like to hate on Norlins, but I've never played anything better than my 77 LP Standard. I'm taking that guitar to to the grave with me.
36 seconds - damn, new PB
Not bad at all!
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The spit 1 dc jr looking guitar with the black pickgaurd and cream bridge pickup looked good
I like my Norlin Goldtop Deluxe just fine.
A gigging workaround for the toggle problem is remove it. Its cosmetic, not functional.
I purchased my first Les Paul in 1977, it was a Deluxe. I've regretted selling/trading that guitar ever since.
How can dimarzio own a "colour" trademark? Its beyond me
In the 1970s once the original Gibson dual cream ultra rare PAF pickups started getting noticed Dimarzio pickups started becoming popular (due to their dual cream bobbins).
Dimarzio simply pulled a page from the Gibson legal play-book and patented the dual cream colored bobbins once their research indicated component colors were not a part of the original Gibson PAF patent. At that time if you wanted a dual cream pickup Dimarzio was the only company selling them (in the USA).
I like the natural finish, this one especially looks quite nice. Id hate to have the plate on there tho.
I have one. Who else has one? Mine is the cherry sunburst with the CM plaque.
KM I've read means Kalamazoo made.
I have a natural 81 K.M. chainsaw case, no plaque. I bought it in 92
I have original pups, though I replaced them soon after purchase because of feedback issues
Fingernails are abusive to fretboards, I started playing in 1967 and couldn't stand to have my fingernails hitting the neck. They've been short ever since. I carry clippers in my case if needed.
That plaque.....yeah....no.
Take a rubber band place the flat part over the screw and use the screw driver. Should work.
So, this one’s not on your website? Does that mean it’s not for sale anymore?
Robert Baker's also has twangy, big tele thing going for it, I wonder if they went more for the 50s LP sound over features
Fingernail divoting has less to do with the amount of playing and more to do with a person's finger tip shape, length of fingernail trimming and playing technique. I have a rosewood board guitar that I played for years with no divots and I leant it to someone for a week who did not abuse it yet it had noticeable divots when returned.
Sounds a lot like my 96 LP after I changed to alnico 5 in the neck and took the cover off. Bright and punchy, in a short neck tenon.
I do truly love this guitar. I love clear wood grain. I’m a smoker and that top would amber up reeeaal dark. It would have cigarette burns on the headstock and it would be MINE! Forever.
I'm not convinced a strap made that damage down there. Straps are made specifically not to damage, though it's not impossible. It's also possible that rings on his fingers from either stringing the cable through/around the strap or taking a strap on and off did it. But my official guess is that he never used a stand. He simply rested in a harder surface over and over again. Later when you notice there's no stand rash by the headstock i become more convinced
Les Paul Custom made was built Les Paul and Patrick Murphy pre custom shop.
Everyone wants 50’s spec but the three piece maple neck does have to advantages. The low end is cleaner and tighter. I had a 1979 Les Paul Std. Goldtop, not a re-routed Deluxe. Had TWO actually that were from the same batch. Mine had a three piece Birdseye maple neck and my Dad’s a figured one piece mahogany back. Mine was light and sounded great!! Remember Zakk Wylde preferred Norlin spec’d maple neck Les Paul Customs. Tight. My Goldtop ate my friend’s 1958 Sunburst! A real one, no reissue. This was the early ‘80’s. KM’s were also known for not being made in Nashville. Kalamazoo. Gibson made Les Pauls in both places for a while in the late ‘70’s. My 1978 Les Paul Custom was Kalamazoo but both Goldtop Standards were from Nashville. At the end of the day good is good! Played lots of LOUSY fifties Gibsons and Fenders. Just more lousy seventies than there were fifties and sixties.
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Yes indeed, it is that time of day when Troglodytes gather!
I love the natural finish, gives character.
No such thing as a black KM. If that listing was a KM, it was a refin
You and Baker are my two favorite Guitar RUclipsrs
that plaque thing looks wack
I'd keep this one Beautiful looking Gibson kKM les paul guitar without awful looking TP-6 stopbar tailpiece.
Some Gibson Les Paul just have that stiff playing action No mattered how many times, you try to set it up for lower action. Those T-Top double creme pickup sounds great 👍
that G-string tuner being the only one in bad shape made me smile eheh... you can deffinitely tell this guitar has been played and appreciated!
Arrrgh. I kept refreshing my phone and when your video came up I missed it by 30 seconds
Maybe I missed it, but what did the "KM" stand for?
I love natural finish LP's the most, and don't know why gibson doesn't produce more
Easy fix Austin about the pickup screws. HNY
Love my daily dose of guitar information...Is the trademark only on double cream in the US? Pretty sure we can get double creams over here in England
Would be interesting to know what the scale length is on this guitar
Another great episode, thanks
'Real deal mother of pearl' ??? lol I laughed so hard on that one ;) Yeha mate - genuine toilet seat lol
2002 was a Excellent year Etc…
Interesting in that my '81 Les Paul Standard has real MOP inlays.
There's a patent for double cream bobbin covers?
The Ace Frehley Les Pauls had double cream pickups, and those weren't KMs.
That plaque is an eyesore especially on a natural finish.
Love that 'Custom Made' plaque - I'd put one on my studio that I sanded down to a natural like this - it's an 88 model with 77 t-tops I got from ebay when u could get em under 100.00
Gibson should add brown to bobbin plastic and call it, Latte Creme. And patent it. That thing is gorgeous, too bad about the set-up FUBAR. As pitted as the bridge is, the saddle slots are probably too deep. Pop a good bridge on, top sling XL 10-52s', tune D standard, dial in some relief, I bet win. Ü
I think it is more than 2-piece top: look for a seam under the controls?
I couldn’t see a plaque on Robert’s LP.
Lowering the bridge pickup would probably help
If the action is stiff, it just isn’t set up right
Very black Betty sounding!
What no broken inlay?
I think it sounds really good. Neck pickup is pretty sweet. I have heard some Les Pauls over the years that sound muddy in neck pick up. This one sounds good.
In my opinion ; the Bridge Pickup is broken ore damaged. This is not how it should sound at all:
Make you wonder what the neck profile is like!!!
Trogly, just get an extractor bit or left hand drill bits
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Congratulations brother
What RONDO said!
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Thank you!! I want to thank my Mom, Rondo, Sgt. Grinch, HK Guitar, Ola, Greg, and the main Troglodyte himself Austin! I will wear it with pride! 🥇 🍪
Lovely looking. Sounds great👍♥️
I love guitars but there way too expensive..I love to nerd out but cmon jst cause its rare we gota put up with weird quirks like not being able to screw down the switch tip.. I'll stick to beat up cheapos.. but I would love ro have a old or good guitar so dnt get me wrong I'm jst jealouse.. I want a cool player so bad. But if I get one way would I bich about..love ya trogly ..not like yul see this
For God's sake, please tune up these instruments. They're worth more than a car but sound like a Squier through a Line 6 in the demos
I've had a few DiMarzio pickups, they didn't perform well for me at all.
I purchased my first Dimarzio back in 1978, I replaced both Ibanez Flying Finger pickups in my Iceman with a set of the dual cream (Super Distortion and a PAF). For the type of music I was playing at the time they did only OK. I can't remember how many different brands and models I've tried through the years, maybe 100s. What I've found all these years later that the amplifier is really one of the most important piece of the puzzle when it comes to tone. About 5 years ago I purchased an old Marshall Plexi, once I started playing through that I switched all my pickups back to factory stock and couldn't be happier. Just my $.02 Cents.
I will say this, that old Ibanez was finished in Ibanez's Midnight Olive and those dual cream pickups sure did look great!
Amp is the most important piece for sure, at least, I think so too.
@@hkguitar1984 Did you keep the DIMarzios or go with something else?
That is Swank.
Beautiful example.
I love this. I have a natural Telecaster this would look cool next to.
That plate is cheesy