This makes me want to make a shoegazy version of the song. It's excellent composition. Those Japanese video game composers (namely Koji Kondo here) is a freaking master.
I'm in the middle of replaying Ocarina of Time right now - hearing the great fairy fountain music out of nowhere was totally unexpected and 100% awesome, all from the guitarist of Royale. Great stuff!
Cool video! This is the first time I’ve heard a Gibson stereo guitar through a stereo amp. In the early ‘70s I had a ‘67 ES-345, but I never had a stereo amp to run it through, and when I tried to run it through both channels on my Fender Twin Reverb, the two-pickup setting was out of phase. That’s a Fender amp thing-the channels are out of phase with each other. The only way I could use both pickups in phase with effects on both was to cut off the Y-end of the stereo cable and replace it with a mono plug, both hot wires wired together and both grounds the same, converting it into a stereo-into-mono cable. I figured that would be easier than rewiring the guitar! I didn’t use the Varitone much either; just the first two positions-#1 was no Varitone, full humbucking, and #2 was kind of a faux single-coil sound. My experience was that the stereo and Varitone were gimmicks that I didn’t need, and I got rid of the guitar after a few years. I always wondered how BB King got such a great sound out of his 355! I’d certainly play a mono one, but the 345 wasn’t available with that option. I got mine used anyway-it was only four or five years old when I got it in 1972. The new Epiphone Inspired By…ES-355 is mono, no Varitone. Good choice, Epiphone!
Outstanding. Seen this amp for many years, but this is the first I have ever heard one. Outstanding. Did I say this is an outstanding rig? I have a an early '70s ES-355 ... boy, one of these amps would be ... need I say ... "outstanding!" Geez, that sounds good.
I come back to this video prior to a full day of jamming on my little bits of kit , like traveling to mecca or running into an old girlfriend and finding the time , and add in The Joel and you've accounted for your time in this time-line well
I have a 1973 ES-355 SV. I sometimes run it into two amplifiers, like a Twin Reverb and a 1X12 Showman. The HUGE combination of both pickups running is absolutely mind blowing.
I am blessed with a 1973 ES-355 which I dearly love. Very neat to run into two different amps. Just got a 1954 Gibson GA-20 which I have not collected from the store yet. Am much hoping it blends well with one of my current Fender amps. And yes. Gibson tremolos are the best on the planet, except perhaps, the blonde Tremolux amps. Glad so many of you guys are digging this guitar and amp ... It is a HUGE sound when run into a Fender Twin and a Fender Super Reverb or Showman with both pickups running!!!
Just recently found out that the Gibson GA-20 needs some new tube sockets which are unavailable anymore, and some preamp tubes which are also no longer available ...
I am not a guitar player for the ages of 14 to about 21 I had the privilege to play with a guy who had one of these setups and let me tell you this is what was innovation and he had that in as well I remember it clearly and I remember those sounds wow and keep in mind I'm a bass player and at that time I was playing a 65 EB3 Wella which I'm surprised they never made that stereo excellent excellent excellent thank you!!!
Consider building with other preamp designs like tweed/BF/Marshall/Vox, i am not too impressed with how these amps sound on their without the bells and whistles of the dry/wet combination. What i mean is, that if people compare this to a double AC15, then i'd go for the double AC15 anytime.
I was already low-key obsessed with the GA79RVT waaaaaay before this video, but this one was the tipping point that made me eventually HAVE to get one. Now that I have one, I'm low-key obsessed with finding a reasonably affordable 345 or 355 stereo someday...or at least wiring my next partscaster stereo with a varitone. Dayum!
My Crafter SAT does something like this, with a stereo output jack and y cable. Piezo to my Marshall acoustic amp, P90 to whichever Electric amp and cab i choose, it's bloody awesome. Over the Hills sounds incredible, switch to middle to run both on the second time through the opening riff!
This is Holy Grail stuff! If I said I was born in 1961 & wanted gear made then, would you send it to me? No? OK. Can't believe, though, that you had that stereo rig & DIDN'T play "How Soon Is Now" by The Smiths....
I see these amps for sale in the Nashville area consistently, though not in this condition very often. A decent, fully functioning model can be had for somewhere around $8-900.
It is so good to go back into the past and hear the sounds when I was a young boy on guitars. RUclips has the greatest selection have any instruments you would want to play. Plus tons of instrument lessons. They have some of the best documentaries on instruments from professionals that teach you what you Byam like to stay away from. It has been a great privilege for I don’t know how many years I have been on RUclips watching and learning. Many Quality answers. Thank you RUclips and all of you that play a part of helping others learn. From Richard J Bolyard 294 Blueville Dr. Grafton West virginia. ZIP Code 26354
If you own a Les Paul, now the control board is available - only way better options - Jimmy Page switching combined with Stereo output. Also Stomp Boxes available to control and direct outputs to where you want them. Find it on Reverb. And sorry for the plugging - here's the link: reverb.com/item/13218534-gibson-or-epiphone-stereo-control-board-for-les-paul-jimmy-page-mk3
I worked on one of these once, but it had a slightly different configuration than this one. Still had the same tone tricks though. Replace that cap, and it will have some real bite to it. They get mean sounding when you turn them up, but the reverb is little more on off than I would like. Tremolo rocks on them. Link Wray time for the cranked tone. They made them up until 67 or so, and internally its a pretty nice little board layout so you don't have any PTP wiring rats nest to work around.
On one Saturday morning back in 1980...here in Columbus Ohio, Graves Piano & Music had a mint, red 1961 STEREO 335 for $1,000. My brother and I played it, and I remember saying, " This store is way over priced!"...so we went to Coyle Music and bought a cream yellow 68' Fender Telecaster for $475.
Jimmy Keller of Spokane's Playboys had the ES-355 Stereo guitar and the Gibson stereo amp. In a fit of marital distress, he smashed the guitar to bits with a hammer and gave the amp to his little brother Larry Keller. Larry already had the family Goldtop Les Paul that had the trapeze tailpiece originally, but was changed to the stopbar/TunaMatic version. That guitar was purchased new by father Jim Keller for Jimmy, handed down to younger brother Mike Keller, then to youngest brother Larry. One of Larry's buddies came home on furlough from the war in Viet Nam, visited Larry, got drunk, and dropped the Les Paul and sheared the headstock clean off. A local craftsman glued it back together but the result was not great. True story Soldier's name was Jimmy Plunkett (not the famous football guy).
I love the your version of Velvet Ditch at the beginning of this video! However, I was only able to find one version of the tab for this song (they tabbed it out wrong). If you have the time, can you tab this song out please? :) Thank you!
On the Amplifier what happened to the Chrome Lever. Where you see the TWO oblong that was to disapate the Heat from the Tubs but it's were the Reverb is. But there was a Lever that Intensified the Recerb. I personally own two of them but was getting married and was in the NAVY. Sold ES 335 with Gibson Strick NON stereo the two Amplifiers and a 1948 Harley Davidson with the Double Saddle. Should have Never gotten Married it lasted for my full four years Duite in NAVY.🥺🙄🥴🙄🥺.
I have an es355 that I'm sending in to have a new harness made and installed, and I was really into the stereo sound, the wiring guy is talking me out of it. I already have a Roland Jazz Chorus amp with 2 amps built in, so I'm in stereo there, but my pedals are not all stereo! Stereo volume and what? I can't buy all new pedals! Also, even in this video you can see he says the wet effects are on one channel/pickup. So it must be that one you select just one pickup you lose the other sounds, half your amount and the effects that were only on one side. I'd really like to know if that's correct because it seems more of a headache to wire and run the stereo. Any experience tips are welcome!!
This would be so awesome sitting in the corner of a living room or den in a guitar players house right?oh man its furniture like,antique like,and the stereo would just FILL a room up in a corner!!!so cool.i am hunting a similar one to put in the house!so cool!!!btw u dont need any pedals per say.its nice with driving the amp and trem like a hammond fuggin Orrrgans.yayski.
this may be a silly question, but... Joel, what brand are your brown pants!? i am certainly a fan. i've seen almost all of your videos, and i need to know!!
+Aubrey England They're Globe brand. They sent my band a box of free gear once for playing a little gig at a local clothing boutique here in Chicago. They're called the Goodstock Chino and I shit you not they're the best pants you'll ever wear.
Too bad both sides don't have independent tremolo. Would make a great pseudo-Leslie sound and more. Imagine dialing in alternating trems, or out of sync trems for a weirder Leslie sound.
That zelda tune sounds crazy good on this rig
Nicholas Michalski nope
This makes me want to make a shoegazy version of the song. It's excellent composition. Those Japanese video game composers (namely Koji Kondo here) is a freaking master.
I didnt expect to hear a Zelda tune on this lol.
@@leemangilley855 I'm almost sure someone already did. At least i've heard some Zelda-themed shoegaze songs.
Probably one of the best rigs I've seen/heard in my life.
+dimiaraujo90 Me too.
Someone needs to remake this amp
+Ryley Schade I think satelite amps makes something like it!
+Ryley Schade Kemper & two cabs?
Ozzy Pete hell no, silly, sarcasm i hope
I gathered up all the info and data sheets I could find and am working on one now with my electronics guru body.
ROOKTABULA. AWESOME!
this might just be the best tone i've ever heard..
so it would seem.
+ it is one of the more expensive rigs I've ever heard :p. The guitar an sich is 20 grand.
Crank a Super Lead.
The best tone you’ve ever heard on a RUclips video ?! That just doesn’t seem right 🤣🤣
@@shipsahoy1793 yeah i know the quality loss is huge, but still it sounds so good..
Joel hooked me up with a 1960 ES-345 and a brown stereo amp like this. Joel and the staff at CME are awesome....oh, and the guitar and amp are killer!
That is a killer rig. I LOVE that amp and the entire divided pick-up concept. Never seen it before! Now I want one dangit.
That sounds incredible through headphones
I'm in the middle of replaying Ocarina of Time right now - hearing the great fairy fountain music out of nowhere was totally unexpected and 100% awesome, all from the guitarist of Royale. Great stuff!
+Robert Max Rees I spent many sunny days in my youth sitting inside playing video games.
Cool video! This is the first time I’ve heard a Gibson stereo guitar through a stereo amp. In the early ‘70s I had a ‘67 ES-345, but I never had a stereo amp to run it through, and when I tried to run it through both channels on my Fender Twin Reverb, the two-pickup setting was out of phase. That’s a Fender amp thing-the channels are out of phase with each other. The only way I could use both pickups in phase with effects on both was to cut off the Y-end of the stereo cable and replace it with a mono plug, both hot wires wired together and both grounds the same, converting it into a stereo-into-mono cable. I figured that would be easier than rewiring the guitar! I didn’t use the Varitone much either; just the first two positions-#1 was no Varitone, full humbucking, and #2 was kind of a faux single-coil sound. My experience was that the stereo and Varitone were gimmicks that I didn’t need, and I got rid of the guitar after a few years. I always wondered how BB King got such a great sound out of his 355! I’d certainly play a mono one, but the 345 wasn’t available with that option. I got mine used anyway-it was only four or five years old when I got it in 1972. The new Epiphone Inspired By…ES-355 is mono, no Varitone. Good choice, Epiphone!
Now THAT is a god damn amplifier!
Outstanding. Seen this amp for many years, but this is the first I have ever heard one. Outstanding. Did I say this is an outstanding rig? I have a an early '70s ES-355 ... boy, one of these amps would be ... need I say ... "outstanding!" Geez, that sounds good.
Very cool demo 😎
I come back to this video prior to a full day of jamming on my little bits of kit , like traveling to mecca or running into an old girlfriend and finding the time , and add in The Joel and you've accounted for your time in this time-line well
That amp is badass!!!
I love those old Gibson Amps . They should make them again
I'm in love with this combo
I have a 1973 ES-355 SV. I sometimes run it into two amplifiers, like a Twin Reverb and a 1X12 Showman. The HUGE combination of both pickups running is absolutely mind blowing.
I wanna buy Joel a beer for playing the Fairy music.
absolutely beautiful.
Joel playin the Fairy Fountain is a wet dream for sure
I am blessed with a 1973 ES-355 which I dearly love. Very neat to run into two different amps. Just got a 1954 Gibson GA-20 which I have not collected from the store yet. Am much hoping it blends well with one of my current Fender amps. And yes. Gibson tremolos are the best on the planet, except perhaps, the blonde Tremolux amps. Glad so many of you guys are digging this guitar and amp ... It is a HUGE sound when run into a Fender Twin and a Fender Super Reverb or Showman with both pickups running!!!
Just recently found out that the Gibson GA-20 needs some new tube sockets which are unavailable anymore, and some preamp tubes which are also no longer available ...
I am not a guitar player for the ages of 14 to about 21 I had the privilege to play with a guy who had one of these setups and let me tell you this is what was innovation and he had that in as well I remember it clearly and I remember those sounds wow and keep in mind I'm a bass player and at that time I was playing a 65 EB3 Wella which I'm surprised they never made that stereo excellent excellent excellent thank you!!!
First time I've heard 2 pickups switched on and sounding best of the 3 modes. I'm building this amp at present.
Consider building with other preamp designs like tweed/BF/Marshall/Vox, i am not too impressed with how these amps sound on their without the bells and whistles of the dry/wet combination. What i mean is, that if people compare this to a double AC15, then i'd go for the double AC15 anytime.
This rig is just SO alive. If you run both pickups into the same channel, you get them out-of-phase, which is yet one more really neat sound.
My dad bought this guitar back in 1964 and he bought one the amplifiers to we still have them they are just awesome
I was already low-key obsessed with the GA79RVT waaaaaay before this video, but this one was the tipping point that made me eventually HAVE to get one. Now that I have one, I'm low-key obsessed with finding a reasonably affordable 345 or 355 stereo someday...or at least wiring my next partscaster stereo with a varitone. Dayum!
It's so trippy!
I keep telling people about how much better stereo guitar rigs are, but people couldn't care less. Amazing.
That rig is really crazy
My Crafter SAT does something like this, with a stereo output jack and y cable. Piezo to my Marshall acoustic amp, P90 to whichever Electric amp and cab i choose, it's bloody awesome. Over the Hills sounds incredible, switch to middle to run both on the second time through the opening riff!
Joels demo's got me into the Arcs. first riff was sweet.
Dang. The amp already sold. And the 355 costs almost $14K....good lord. Really dug that last song, Joel!
This is Holy Grail stuff! If I said I was born in 1961 & wanted gear made then, would you send it to me? No? OK. Can't believe, though, that you had that stereo rig & DIDN'T play "How Soon Is Now" by The Smiths....
+Ozzy Pete Probably should have done that. Love that song.
can hear it great on headphones...nice one Joel and CME, nice one.
La qualité de cette prise de son est démentielle, même 7 ans après ca sonne tjs aussi bien, l'ampli est fabuleux
I absolutely love this rig!! I watched the videos at least 5 or 6 times
great setup - never even knew this existed. time to stereo mod my strat!
I see these amps for sale in the Nashville area consistently, though not in this condition very often. A decent, fully functioning model can be had for somewhere around $8-900.
That last bit was beautiful. What's it from? Sounded super familiar.
Great demo as usual, CME. Always love when y'all have something new to show!
+Jimmy John It's the Great Fairy Fountain Theme from The Legend of Zelda.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Love the super wide sound!
That's a lot of fun right there.
Love the new graphics!
Awesome Tone...!! Great Demo.. thanks
Very sweet gear! Very jealous of the next owner
super guitar and amp and thank you for a neat video with good information a top show and thank you!
Thanks for the demo. Just inherited one and thought the bridge pickup was defunct. Need a TRS cable
Very cool, take care of it!
My dream guitar.
Beautiful
I wonder how did Gibson go from building uber cool stuff like this, to things like the dusk tiger, the 2015 series and chromed pickup rings
Joel. Please rent this and record some Royale come on Joel.
+popcorny11 I like this idea.
BILLY JOE ?
It is so good to go back into the past and hear the sounds when I was a young boy on guitars. RUclips has the greatest selection have any instruments you would want to play. Plus tons of instrument lessons. They have some of the best documentaries on instruments from professionals that teach you what you Byam like to stay away from. It has been a great privilege for I don’t know how many years I have been on RUclips watching and learning. Many Quality answers. Thank you RUclips and all of you that play a part of helping others learn. From Richard J Bolyard 294 Blueville Dr. Grafton West virginia. ZIP Code 26354
these tones scream Black Keys
They scream black keys because he's playing the arcs, which is Dan Auerbach's other band
this guitar is so fucking beautiful!
If you own a Les Paul, now the control board is available - only way better options - Jimmy Page switching combined with Stereo output. Also Stomp Boxes available to control and direct outputs to where you want them. Find it on Reverb. And sorry for the plugging - here's the link: reverb.com/item/13218534-gibson-or-epiphone-stereo-control-board-for-les-paul-jimmy-page-mk3
Hypnotic !
the arcs!
I worked on one of these once, but it had a slightly different configuration than this one. Still had the same tone tricks though. Replace that cap, and it will have some real bite to it. They get mean sounding when you turn them up, but the reverb is little more on off than I would like. Tremolo rocks on them. Link Wray time for the cranked tone. They made them up until 67 or so, and internally its a pretty nice little board layout so you don't have any PTP wiring rats nest to work around.
Joel the 🐐
Amen
Velvet Ditch!!!!!! Joel likes the Arcs!!!!! As if it weren't already true, he is now my favorite CME employee/guitarist. Sorry, Chad.
Wonder how well the stereo spread sounds like in person in the room?
I THOUGHT that was Zelda I was hearing at the end. Nice touch.
Great Demo
The Arcs!!
On one Saturday morning back in 1980...here in Columbus Ohio, Graves Piano & Music had a mint, red 1961 STEREO 335 for $1,000. My brother and I played it, and I remember saying, " This store is way over priced!"...so we went to Coyle Music and bought a cream yellow 68' Fender Telecaster for $475.
Jimmy Keller of Spokane's Playboys had the ES-355 Stereo guitar and the Gibson stereo amp. In a fit of marital distress, he smashed the guitar to bits with a hammer and gave the amp to his little brother Larry Keller. Larry already had the family Goldtop Les Paul that had the trapeze tailpiece originally, but was changed to the stopbar/TunaMatic version. That guitar was purchased new by father Jim Keller for Jimmy, handed down to younger brother Mike Keller, then to youngest brother Larry. One of Larry's buddies came home on furlough from the war in Viet Nam, visited Larry, got drunk, and dropped the Les Paul and sheared the headstock clean off. A local craftsman glued it back together but the result was not great. True story Soldier's name was Jimmy Plunkett (not the famous football guy).
Oh, MY!
Why has that idea never been recreated???
+w1third Swart makes a stereo amp. I'm not sure about a stereo guitar though.
Seriously! I'd have a blast with something like that!
+w1third Panama Guitars Makes something similar but with a left and right amp.. requires a stereo delay though.
+Aaron Wright Doesn't Rickenbacker make a few stereo guitars and basses?
The cab is what's sweet, the V shape with two directional, and stereo just puts it over the top, that Swart Mod 84 looks cool, how about a demo?
Love it !!!
I love the your version of Velvet Ditch at the beginning of this video! However, I was only able to find one version of the tab for this song (they tabbed it out wrong). If you have the time, can you tab this song out please? :) Thank you!
On the Amplifier what happened to the Chrome Lever. Where you see the TWO oblong that was to disapate the Heat from the Tubs but it's were the Reverb is. But there was a Lever that Intensified the Recerb.
I personally own two of them but was getting married and was in the NAVY.
Sold ES 335 with Gibson Strick NON stereo the two Amplifiers and a 1948 Harley Davidson with the Double Saddle.
Should have Never gotten Married it lasted for my full four years Duite in NAVY.🥺🙄🥴🙄🥺.
Love it.
Zelda music plus singular Guitar/Amp sound is memorable.
awesome! I saw you have a Rickenbacker 360 with Seymour Duncan pickups on the website, is there gonna be a video on that?
I have an es355 that I'm sending in to have a new harness made and installed, and I was really into the stereo sound, the wiring guy is talking me out of it. I already have a Roland Jazz Chorus amp with 2 amps built in, so I'm in stereo there, but my pedals are not all stereo! Stereo volume and what? I can't buy all new pedals!
Also, even in this video you can see he says the wet effects are on one channel/pickup. So it must be that one you select just one pickup you lose the other sounds, half your amount and the effects that were only on one side. I'd really like to know if that's correct because it seems more of a headache to wire and run the stereo.
Any experience tips are welcome!!
now that is a beautiful marriage,between the guitar and amp ,i mean hehe
This would be so awesome sitting in the corner of a living room or den in a guitar players house right?oh man its furniture like,antique like,and the stereo would just FILL a room up in a corner!!!so cool.i am hunting a similar one to put in the house!so cool!!!btw u dont need any pedals per say.its nice with driving the amp and trem like a hammond fuggin Orrrgans.yayski.
Great demo! What kind of software are you using to make those live text annotations?
What mics are used to record the amp??? Great video CME rocks
+chicagomusicexchange hey guys, would you please demo the '67 SG Special you have now?
+AleGibsonSG Maybe.
I just aqquired a Gibson GA 300 RVT amp/cab....any interest?
Holy shit!!!!
Lets Rock...
didn't mention the vibrola
ya the last bit did sound like some melodies from zelda dident it, that was cool
...
Wouaah ... Slurps !!!!!!!
Any chance you can link us to a video or tab for the Zelda song? :D
I love the ZELDA melody
this may be a silly question, but... Joel, what brand are your brown pants!? i am certainly a fan. i've seen almost all of your videos, and i need to know!!
+Aubrey England They're Globe brand. They sent my band a box of free gear once for playing a little gig at a local clothing boutique here in Chicago. They're called the Goodstock Chino and I shit you not they're the best pants you'll ever wear.
sick! thanks for the response man. they look super comfy- i'll definitely check them out.
Nice! Woof!
tidepoolbay hey.
Love the Zelda tune
Too bad both sides don't have independent tremolo. Would make a great pseudo-Leslie sound and more. Imagine dialing in alternating trems, or out of sync trems for a weirder Leslie sound.
what manufacturer is able to re-DO this amp ??? .... i would pay a lot for it !!!!
Zelda Link to the past....BRAVO
Hey Joel what happened to Andrew ??
Joel is a hunk
Zelda FTW.
Anyone else listen to this on headphones and head the neck pick up on the left headphone and the bridge on the right headphone?😂
Yes!
Igor Sekulic Yes! It is so beautiful!
Zelda!!!
That isn't exactly an impossible sound... It's called a dry knob on your reverb pedal...
gibson should come back from its grave... 3 thousand bucks for their current blocks of wood is just a shot in the head
felipe mendes You was right all along.