Why Do Guitar Players Like Les Pauls?
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Hey kids, its your good buddy Uncle Ben Eller, and i'm here to ask a question as old as time itself:
Why Do Guitar Players Like Les Pauls?
They heavy. They THICC. They're not super ergonomic... but why is it that countless Shredi Knight guitarists (Slash, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Joe Bonamassa, Dwayne Allman, Zakk Wylde) in every genre known to man (rock, metal, blues, jazz) have used them?! In this video, we find out!
We're gonna explore the history of this legendary ax, talk about the specs that make them sound so amazing, how the design has changed over the years, all the details on my personal LP, and so much more! I'll even show you that sweet MojoTone wiring harness rig i've got installed! All for the low low price of ZERO DOLLARS! Its cheap as free!
All guitar tones are courtesy of my Fractal Audio Axe FX 3!
What do guitarists like that you want to know about? Let me know in the comments! 
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Why do guitar players like Les Pauls?! Let me know in the comments!
I think ppl wants to play what their guitar heroes played I think its that simple. Keep the good work, btw I have an r9, doesnt get better imho.
It all started with Slash (for me!)
The versatility man. Especially with coil splitting. One guitar to rule them all.
**Sustain**
From a fender fanboy, Pauls always have a little more beef/brootz when in drop d, for me anyway.
“Gibson makes some great pickups, which is why I’m using these Suhr’s” 😂😭
... funny...if I hadn't heard it before!
I think he likes the pickups Gibson makes but likes the Shurs “more better”. Bua ha ha ha
I have Doug Aldrich pickups in my Les Paul. They just sound better to me than stock burstbuckers I had.
Both are possible, ya just have to keep apples with apples. As far as stock pups go, gibson makes some really nice pups that are superior to most stock pickups. That doesnt mean ya cant find pickups that are more specific to a particular players needs in the aftermarket.
Those suhrs
are badass
Your comedy skills haven't gotten rusty. Excellent most excellent.
Vethwyn Wetfeather hilarious episode.
I always thought his mouth noises were both informative AND amusing.
@@NoName-gz2kk nah
They also got a removable headstock for travel, just need to find a luthier to reattach it very convenient design.
The neck angle is a feature, not a flaw. It allows you to shift your shoulders back a bit. You're not supposed to drop them, step on them, or throw them around. The necks tend no to break unless they are abused.
Ha ha ha, epic :)
How many Les Paul headstocks have you yourself personally broken?
Answer :- zero.
And if you forget to pack it right, the smart design of the Les Paul will remove the headstock in transit! Brilliant 👌
@@leedemkiw.2894 One. Well, I didn’t break it myself but it was mine. That was one too many. In fairness I broke a B.C. Rich myself… both hurt.
Correction sir, in French "les" is plural. So the correct translation would be " the Pauls". 🤓
Ah, but would that not also require an 's' at the end of Paul, 'Les Pauls'?
Mea Dish oui oui! Mon petit croissant! Les Pauls!
The less Paul, the better. Right?
@Katy Smith no it wouldn't, The Tone Lounge is damn right. At least Mea Disg asked about it and didn't affirm anything ;) In French, proper names are invariable (aka they don't have a plural form).
Thankfully we still have know it all’s on the webs!
Ben - "They're light weight and...."
Me - "WTF is he talking about? I've played lighter pianos!" Lol
😆😆
Right
correct
Im 60 .Sold mine and bought a SG .
Now I can stand up straight again .
I do miss the les paul and may get another one , but not to gig with . Mainly been playing my American elite tele (very versatile guitar) which is also a little on the heavy side but not not near as heavy as a unchambered les paul
Damn, are you guys born 90 year old or with backs made out of paper? Those things are heavier than, say, an RG, but they're not damn tanks. No heavier than a Warlock, at least.
About the chunky neck "problem":
Since I play a shit ton of classical guitar lately, every neck of any electric feels like a toy to me now lol
I had a few years of classical lessons when I first started playing. After that my first electric was an Ibanez. It was like playing an uncooked piece of spaghetti
@@Thepoweoftheriffcompelsme and then you tune down to Drop Q and it feels like cooked spaghetti.
Mat Turner I’m not talking about the strings... I mean the size of the neck itself 😂
I haven't played a lot of Classical, but I have had my hands on some and I can completely agree lol.
Size matters
I cried with laughter at "theyre lightweight and ergonomic....no theyre not!"
About 15 + years ago I had to unfortunately spend a month in my county jail. Not proud of it at all. But the point of this story is I had two guys in a cell beside me. One guys name was les and the other guys name was.......can you guess? It was Paul. When I brought up how uncanny it was for them to be put in the same cell together they had no idea what I was talking about. It bummed me out how no one else enjoyed the humor in their names
loool
Jokes about people's names don't tend to fly too well in the clink. The cleverness was likely lost in the atmosphere there.
My podmates were Neil and Bob.
Reminds me of a boss of mine, named "Sherlock", was stopped by police while speeding. His passenger in the car? OFC his name was "Holmes" - needless to say, the policeman thought they were screwing with him ^^
The only thing a LP can't do is sound like a Strat. You need a real Strat for that. Same goes the other way. I own both. A custom shop 1957 reissue strat and a 1993 LP Standard. I'm a happy boy.
Modern coil splitting sounds exactly like the real single coils now but cannot make 2 single coils sound like a humbucker.
@@ashleyjohansson230 you can come close if you have a good set of hotrails! Got my set as a gift from a friend of mine and I'm loving it. Crunch sounds real nice
*Laughs in Telecaster*
@@likwidflame Laughs in Telecaster. So instead of "ha ha ha ha ha ha" you go "twang twang twang twang twang twang"...🤣
@@ashleyjohansson230 yes you can it's the 2nd and 4th position.
Coil splitting doesn't do it unless you have a high output pickup like a Seymour Duncan JB
Just because they are endorsed by some of the most famous players. We are just falling for the marketing.
Beginner, here are my guitar buying tips after 30 solid years of playing:
-It simply doesn't matter where or what country it was made in.
-It is totally insignificant what brand your guitar is.
-The only two things that only matter: 1) playabilty 2) how does it sound.
You are not going to follow my advise.
Im essence, I agree, although I do think that brand does matter. Not because I care what's written on the headstock, but because a proud brand offers a better warranty.
Agreed 100%. I’d take a well built comfortable guitar over a gibson lp any day of the week. They are chunky uncomfortable and prone to headstock damage. The only thing they’ve got going for them is the sound, which let’s be honest with ourselves, if mixed and mastered properşy in a track, any Humbucking guitar could sound “like a les paul”. And speaking of, I ain’t a huge fan of its trademark sound either sooo...
that last part got me
As a beginner i do follow it my dude
What you said is ABSOLUTELY true.
The best Les Paul I ever played was an Ibanez AR. It was just like Gibson's version, but without most of the issues you mentioned and a killer tone to boot.
Ben- "It's not the car, it's the driver."
Me- "True, Michael Agelo Batio gave me the keys to the Lamborghini and I can't drive it."
“I love the Gibson Les Paul sound, so I got one and changed out all the electronics and I just love it.”
Better is better.
Glad someone else noticed. This is the dumbest video ever made, I've never seen someone talk so much and know so little.
@@erenbecomesdovecrying6016 lmao changing pickups doesn't make it sound much different. The sound lies in how thick the les paul is, along with the humbuckers of course. He just changed the humbuckers out for better humbuckers. It clearly sounds like a les paul, it just doesn't have the cheap end gibson pickups that they make nowadays. The pots also are just so that he can change between a les paul sound, and more of a heavy strat sound. Even with the single coil ability, it sounds like a clean les paul. You're essentially saying it isn't a les paul because he made some mods (which only make it sound more like a les paul). Whereas the original les paul had p90s and a different bridge, every version since has been getting it wrong by your flawed logic. This video was honestly pretty good. If you had any experience or knowledge of guitars, you wouldn't be writing such an ill informed and objectively false comment.
Sorry to get all keyboard warrior up in here, but I just couldn't resist.
@@llla_german_ewoklll6413 wow what a stupid fucking comment.
Swapping the pickups makes little difference? Okay buddy, I'll get all my tone tips from you.
Wood has zero effect on electric guitar tone, go look it up. Zero, absolute zero.
He could swap the stock gibson set into any guitar and it would sound the exact same. The tone goes where the pickups go.
@@erenbecomesdovecrying6016 wood affects sound.. I dont have to "look it up".. Any mfer w a 5 yr old set of ears, who's owned a small amount of guitars can hear it. If you cant.. I'm sorry lol
If you're hell bent on Shredding, Alex Skolnick (Testament, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Doug Alrdrich (Whitesnake), and Buckethead (and others!) shred like maniacs on Les Pauls!
Gary Holt
Gary holt uses esp
John Sykes, John Norum
what's even more messed up is that Buckethead uses an over-sized Les Paul with a 27" scale length, as if it weren't hard enough.
Justin Derrico should be included on this list.
Uncle Ben I love your videos, not only are they funny, but they have helped me get over some bad habits I picked up when first teaching myself to play the guitar.
After years of only playing dad guitars I’ve recently discovered shred machines so I loved this video of you going through the opposite Ben! I think the real answer here is just to have more guitars lol
never thought a video about les pauls could be so hilarious. Poor Corpsegrinder
I've always played modern shredders, love my Jackson Soloist. Had to eventually buy a Les Paul just to see what all the hype is about. So I bought a Gibson Les Paul Modern. It is amazing, I can't put it down, so easy to play and sounds amazing, makes most of my guitars feel like toys. I'm kinda pissed that the Les Paul makes most all my other guitars suck and it took me this long to get one. But, I don't regret spending the money and if I had to sell my whole collection to get this one guitar, it would be worth it.
PS- My LP Modern stays in tune ridiculously well. I bought fancy poly-tuner and I never need the damn thing. Play my LP Modern all day, set it down, come back the next day, the dang thing never goes out of tune. Must be the locking tuners.
Entertaining as hell and informative. Good stuff Ben!
What I love about the Les Paul's is you can get warm jazzy tones from the neck and the chimey jangley bright tones from the bridge and everything in between. It also feels substantial with its weight, you feel like you have a grown mans guitar in your hands. The flatter radius, wider neck and 24.75" scale makes it easy to play anywhere from 1st to 16th fret. They sound like howling beasts with overdrive, the Standards and Classics are like works of art but the Studios and Tributes give you the same tones for a much cheaper price but the Faded stripped down models are among my favorites. I sold my Standard several years ago to buy a PRS but I kept my 2014 LPJ, it's not really a Jr. Its a 2 humbucker 2 volume 2 tone TOM bridge and stop bar. It has a satin nitrocellulose finish and the thing resonates like a mutha!!! I left it stock besides the neck pickup. The pickups in these models were very bright. I put a 57 Classic in the neck and left the 60s inspired AlnicoV open coiled Zebra in the bridge. I also own a 2014 Gibson SGJ and a 2019 Les Paul Special DC Tribute.
Guitar players like Les Pauls because it doesn't do blue grass.
Know a lot of bluegrass players that play p90 loaded Les Paul's.
A good one will impress you every single day you play it
Reason's to love Les Pauls:
- Weights a lot
- Bad neck access
- Tuning stability sucks
- only 22 frets
- no tremolo
Though Les Pauls are damn sexy
Pretty much sums it up but damn it sounds good
I prefer no trem anyway. I like the feel of the neck on the lower frets and, as a rhythm player, 22 frets doesn't hurt me
was recording a track on the lp and the d string slipped out of tune at just the right moment to sound really cool. had to retune and punch in, but kept the weird slow dive bomb sound of the tuner slipping in the final mix.
Eh, it sounds heavier than just about any other guitar, so I like using it for anything after the 50's.
22 frets was no problem for Clapton, Page and Beck. Not to mention Hendrix.
4:05 Happened the same to me. I was a very metal guitar type of guy, had ibanez, LTD, jackson... I hated the "dad rock guitars". Then one day before a gig one of the strings in my Ibanez broke and I had to use an Epiphone Les Paul from the vocal (a very simple one). Damn, I can remember that feeling of your ground breaking and everything you believed and based your life was shattered. My life was a lie! That sounded so much better, sustain, clarity, punch. Everything. And was not even a top tier Les Paul, was a 'shitty' Korean Epiphone Studio. A very pivotal moment. Today I do have a mix of les paul, strato superstrato 6 and 7 strings. Always keep your mind open
Hey Unc,
The guitar sound that hooked me was Paul Kossof of Free playing All Right Now. I had no idea what it looked like since this was the dark ages before RUclips. Soon as I could I snagged me a LP and have been a happy camper ever since.
Oh! Awesome! The days of LP 😊👍
Epic comment...
If it sounds like this it could be a pool noodle and I’d still play it 👏👏
ruclips.net/video/E-ad8dSRAJU/видео.html
Lot of chuckles in this video, thanks! I love LPs too.
Uncle Ben, your sense of humour is on point with your amazing sense and shredibility. You may be my favorite step dad of all!
That Blues Brother joke never gets old...
Excellent content as ever my man!
I love the “funny because it’s not funny” type of humor.
I think your little digs and comments are fantastic. You're a very entertaining guy. Thanks for all you do....Peace...
Thanks Ben! Great Video!
Note to self: Never try to eat while watching Ben's videos. Almost spewed my lunch onto my screen several times. 😂
Your sense of humor is GOLD, man!
James Patrick Page in a dragon suit with a low slung Les Paul. He plays the guitar like it's an extension of himself.
Asking a guitarist why he/she likes Les Pauls is like asking a fish what water is. There is no clear answer or awareness on the conscience level, even though we can't live without it, lol.
Well he explained it cuts out a lot of the feedback effect which is nice
As a guy with only a strat it’s a wonder I’m still alive , thank god my uncle has a es 335 or I’d be dead
Bullshit....Ben Eller and I can both tell you why ....well, Ben just did and ...why did people tap the like for this comment? It sounded like a deep insight I guess, so blindly not thinking they hit it lol! Think people!!!
I never liked them, I play a Jackson or ibanez... But now I own one and like it mainly because if the scale length... Even though I have big hands 😂
ULI was here
I am a banjo player but I love your videos. You have deep experience lightened up with a quirky original delivery.
Sigh, just when I'd finally talked myself out of shelling out for a Les Paul, this video comes along.
Yep, I got 3 of 'em - a '90 white LPC, a '56R (P90's kick ass) & a '10 Slash AFD LP from the Custom Shop (birthday present from the missus), plus a '90 335 & 2 SG's - a '92 Standard & a 61R (plus a really old Strat). The 'white beauty' LPC was my first 'proper guitar' (yeah, Randy Rhoads fan lol, also Steve Jones had one in the Pistols so I'd always wanted one in white) & I just fell in love with how it played but more importantly, the tone. It sounded exactly how in my head a guitar should sound. I've owned & played many, many guitars over the years but I've still never found anything that sounds better. A couple of years after I got the LPC, a friend of mine sold me his Orange OR120 head & it was like God had spoken. 30 yrs later, I've still got both & I'd never part with either (only I have to use an Orange TT in the house, my missus banned the OR after too many complaints from the neighbours lol)
Okay.. this is 100% spot on from where I sit. Nailed it, and now I will go pick up one of my Les Pauls and plug her right on in.
Great video. I watched it in order to help me set up my Les Paul Kit Guitar and it gave me many good ideas.
I think Slash is a big reason why Les Paul's are so sought after.
Jimmy Page
@@jfo3000 Eric Clapton when he was with the Bluesbreakers
The reason I got one entirely
The greatest overrated guitarist of all time
Slash is what got me hooked to the power of the LP.
Been working on my one man album a lot during this quarantine, and the same thing happened to me. All my rhythm tracks have now gone from my late 90's ESP M1 to buddy's 300k Les Paul studio. The mid-range punch adds so much while mixed with the almost scooped sound of my shredder. I can't see recording guitars another way.
You've got great humor, Ben! Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Well done!
I agree. Love your videos bud keep it going
I love mine, it is just a different way to express yourself playing guitar, on any style, and the tone and feel is unique. Aside from all the BS people complain about them, its always nice to have one in your musical guitar arsenal. Cannot say enough about the LP models. The rest of the lines they offer, meh not so much, but there is a reason why so many guitar players love them.
"In 19-huaah..." is how I'm gonna refer to obscure dates in history now
works every time!
Very entertaining and informative!
Informative and fun!
Need only look as far as Carcass' Bill Steer to see the versatility of that beast, large part of the reason the tone on Heartwork is so damn FAT is because of that beast. It's not my favorite design but boy has it gotten around
Great point about a cool guitar used to record a great album. Personally I prefer my Peavy Vandenberg superstrat style guitar over the Les Paul types, mainly due to the scale. I am 6'4" and my hands always seem out of place on a Les Paul...I have a mini hum on the neck and a super distortion on the bridge and I can get some pretty cool tones mixing those up. I am sure most Les Paul purists are rolling their eyes at me, but if you know how to play, you can create the sound
Love that carcass album
Heartwork was all amp mixing, would have been the same with any humbucker equipped guitar...
@Kash Kustomer with all the overdrive in that tone, you wouldn't hear a difference, with that setup they used on heartwork a tiny low end bump is not audible.. But go buy that $3000 piece of wood if it makes you feel so pro
Of all the guitars I have, a Gibson Les Paul isn’t one of them, and now I’m questioning my life choices.
played one once, fairly dull
I played a Les Paul once, and I didn’t really feel anything. I then tried a ESP Eclipse with Seymour Duncan’s, and then I found something I liked.
You got to have at least one Les Paul dude. But I would get a 60s neck
I think the answer for me personally is PRS Singlecut
Can't stand all the bitches whining....Les Pauls have the greatest sound ever! ....and strats, teles, etc. Lol! Seriously, Why the f@ ck every great guitarist has played and recorded with one! Duh!
Ben - you're really good !! Thanks
Always wondered this... thanks!!
They feel right in my hands. I like the scale, the placement of vol/tone and toggle knobs, the heft and overall thickness of tone...and on a superficial level, they look great onstage.
Yeah. I used to play Strats and Teles and felt "weird" when I held a guitar with a angled neck and raised bridge. Now, after years of playing a Les Paul, Fenders feel cheap and weird to me.
I like Les Pauls because the thicc tone and also K-ON!
Geeta
Thats kinda cringa ngl
Yes . K-On.. that's it!!
I started playing just because of that
My brutha from anotha mutha
The more I watch your content. The more I like it. You teach well. That's not easy to do. Keep it up. Also like seeing you with the big names backing you mastodon was a good one
Interesting video again dude. This was also the funniest one I've seen so far, great humor throughout hahaha.
11:20 that's two octaves per string max.
Yes, you get three e's but it's two octaves.
Had to scroll 200 comments to find this.
makes sense, considering the whole guitar range stretches but 4 octaves if you pull the high e from 22 to 24, and knowing the difference between the lowest and the highest string.
I was drawn to the Les Paul since my middle teen years. Had one for years. I'm thinking about getting an Orville, I've been without one for too long.
Had mine since early 90’s and have never considered ditching it. Others have one and gone but my T-burst, flame top piece of wonderfullness remains. It looks great and sounds gorgeous.
The nineties has a really good Les Paul's made. That was right after the norlin era. And the beginning of the good Wood era
Thanks for the tip about the TruGlide! Just picked up one for my IYV Les Paul (and grabbed some PRS locking tuners for it as well) and it's keeping tune so much better now.
Ben always puts on a good show. Whether he’s playing, playing around, or ‘plaining something. By the way, I just started playing a Epiphone LP 100. The sound is without equals. Considering selling off my Fenders and Ibanez. I doubt I will be playing them much anymore.
I've watched so many BE videos but this was the first time I noticed that he's shredding with a pick AND plucking with his middle and ring finger at the same time (e.g. 9:46). Really impressive (unless I'm wrong... in that case, I need to go see an optometrist).
Ty as always!
Once again, a very enjoyable and entertaining presentation!
5 W(h)att W(h)orld is great.... but Ben Eller... you is the best!
I'll just thank Robert Fripp and John McLaughlin for being such animals on the instrument, and Wata creating such incredible soundscapes with one that I can't imagine playing anything else
Hadn't played much for years; picked up my battered old acoustic and fell back in love with it, but my electric was past it. Went guitar shopping and really expected to get a Tele. Maybe a Strat. Something to be my one guitar to do a bit of everything, not the beginning of a collection.
Played for hours and hours - all sorts of stuff - pretty much decided on a 70s Tele Custom (one single, one 'bucker)...asked the guy if there was anything else I should try...he pointed out a second hand Les Paul "Faded".
Played it, put the Tele back, bought the Les Paul. It was like Gibson had checked out my hands and how I play, and built a guitar for me. I'm not a great player, but everything I can play, it lets me play at my absolute best.
And it looks proper tasty.
It's gorgeous, and it feels like it helps me to play. It's easy to make great sounds with it. That's why I love it.
Awesome and entertaining, I practice for long stretches standing up with a strap and I think my back or upper body just got stronger from that conditioning, no back issues.
Am I the only one who heard him say “ Les Balls” at least 3 times, lol excellent vid! 🤘😂🤘
Is that what you call Les Pauls if you hate them?
Ex.: I play a Strat, not a Les Balls. (Les Bollocks in England)
No one is asking the real questions, like why aren't farts treated like involuntary sneezes?
Sneezes don't stink.
Adam Austin how can one achieve such wisdom?!
QueeferSutherland your name makes this 1000x better 😂
Nice chops!
A very fun and informative video.
Sustain. "You can go have a bite and you'll still be hearing that one". And, since I bought a good set of nut slot files, none of my Pauls have tuning issues.
"It's everything you need, and nothing you don't."
- Uncle Ben 2020
This video is awesome. Funny and informative.
Just bought my first Les Paul this year. Love the thick sound.
If LPs are good enough for Page, Tufnel, Gibbons, Slash, Lifeson, Schon, Rhoads, Frampton, Sykes, etc... then they SAF are good enough for me!
The first time I laid eyes on a Les Paul was in the hands of Slash. His no hair whipping no hip shaking style was exactly what I was looking for and that tone dynamite. I did a Slash Les Paul demo yesterday and thought it would be easy to learn of few classic Slash licks. Bzzzzz wrong!
Slap a small amount of wahwah into it along with a pentatonic scale.....hey you can sound like slash..........only thing is you still won't play like slash lol.
I met Les Paul back in 1999 at the Iridium Club with his trio in NY.
Hubert Sumlin came up and played with him. I talked with Les
for a while after the show as well as taking pictures with him.
I own two Les Pauls now. He's an inspiration.
First thing I did with mine was shave the neck finish. Feels so much better.
I dig this cat's humor and he has a lot of guitar wisdom for a fella his age.
"My Les is so wonderful that I completely changed all the guts"
Gee, too bad ya can't do those kind of mods to a lighter/ comfier guitar
Subbed as soon as you started talking about the weight lmao. Good shit dude.
I keep rewatching this high and I can't quite put my finger on why it cracks me up
F it, I just like the way they look. And lets face it, Nothing Else Matters! Yeaaaahhh!
I want him to say "more better"
12:25 Yesss there it is
Thanks Ben. The best video on Les Paul's I have seen in a long time. I am going to try 10 46 next time I change the strings.
I do love les pauls once in a while. I've had many and just can't love them. Give me a good strat any day of the week. I have a les paul copy and a Gibson Midtown for when I want that Gibson tone. Great pickups and wiring make all the difference. Great video Ben.
Watching Pete Townsend play won’t get fooled again from the kid’s are alright did it for me
I’ve wanted one for awhile but can’t get over the price. I have a few LTD Eclipses though and they’re probably as close as I’ll get.
Buy once, cry once
Used market is your best friend. I've seen $600-800 Studio. Used Faded and Tributes can drop down to affordable prices. If you don't mind a headstock repair, you can get one cheaper. My 2017 Honeyburst Tribute was $450
I have an ltd eclipse and 3 Gibson Les paul, comparing the ltd with my Gibson studio faded hp, the ltd is better finished, both play great, the Gibson sounds better especially clean, the ltd is great for metal.
If I'm being honest, the epiphone line of les Paul's are improving every year. I got a $800-ish epiphone 6 string with coil tapping and splitting. The thing sounds and plays amazing. Needs a little setup to get it where you want it, and pickups can always be swapped to something you like better.... But between the epiphone les Paul's and Gibson les Paul's I've played, the difference is so small, it's worth spending the money on a brand new epiphone instead of a used Gibson.
I also have the Matt Heafy epiphone les Paul Custom 7 string, with emg pickups standard.... Sounds great. Plays great. Looks great... Less than $1000
You can get studios pretty cheap. I like my one and I feel like it was worth the price. Not sure I could say that about standards and customs. Sounds nice, neck is good, it's not exciting, but it gets the job done admirably. Pretty versatile, you can get jazzy sounds, bright spanky sounds, crunchy rock stuff, doom metal idiocy, it's all there
Gorgeous figuring on your LP, sir.
great vid!
I just had my third back surgery.. I won't be owning one of these guitars, ever. and I only play sitting down.
Get well soon!
Buy a headless guitar it really helps .
Get well soon bro
I had three back surgeries also,and I play sitting down too. I have a large guitar collection and only have two les pauls. For some reason i hardly ever pick them up. Yes theyre heavy,dont stay in tune,and just downright uncomfortable. I find myself picking up a strat or tele first,maybe my SG. I need to get a 335 style semi hollowbody guitar. Much lighter and more comfortable to play sitting down.😉
@@jmangi6221 my guild semi hollow is HEAVY....
Plate in neck... Not happening.
this video ended up costing me $4,000 thanks uncle Ben!! :D
Nice pfp
Not sure how I ended up here - I'm not a guitarist but ended up subscribing, enjoyed the presentation! I have heard of the legend of these guitars and now I know why! My nephew had one for a short time and said it was anointed or something like that. Then he just gave it away - never did hear the full story behind that...
I know I watched this video a year or two ago, but just watched it again and you kept making me laugh. Great video!
The bridge was a big draw for me. The tune-o-matic takes a palm-mute like a champ. Plus, being able to adjust everything is crucial if your setup isn't perfect 'out of the box', which seems to be a thing with these. Consistently inconsistent. Individual string height adjustment is all it's missing. Basically the modder's dream guitar, like a Hot Rod, err.. Hot Paul? Les Rod?
Yeah those stupid fender bridges with the stupid screws sticking up all pointy and hard chews my hand up until I conceded defeat, tap out, and put a strip of Gorilla Tape across the entire affair (true story). (Man that tape is good)
Being a Metal fan since ever. Grew up in the 80’s so Gibsons were not cool at that time and i sticked to this in mind. Probably the first LP that made me told myself that the tone was cool, was Cinderella.
Growing up, i still thought LP were too expensive until i got old enough to make enough money to decide to buy one. Then those Gibson image problems started to pop-out. « Play authentic » gate cooled me off.
So I’m currently building one stained and poly on body and used your tru oil tutorial for the neck. 😏
Jeff Hanneman played Les Paul in the 80's.
@@metalzonemt-2 I remember that! Also Slash, Joe Perry, and probably hundreds of other guys I can't think of right now.
But yeah, it seemed kinda odd how Hanneman was using a Les Paul instead of a BC Rich or something, given the band's image.
@@markcheetah4960 Yes, lot of rock-guys used LP's, but Hanneman was one of the few metal guys. He did modify it little bit with some chains and "blood drops". So it was raining blood before Reign in Blood. And it just bumped to my mind that Adrian Smith also used Les Paul occasionally.
Love this video, more documentary style stuff Ben!
Just found your guitar site and it seems pretty cool.