It is interesting to note, the neck AlNiCo Staple pickup is basically Gibson's version of the Dynasonic pickup. Les Paul the man preferred the Dynasonic pickups, his early Les Paul Goldtops had Dynasonic pickups hidden under P90 covers. IMHO, the Dynasonic/Staple pickup is very much like a beefed up Stratocaster pickup w/adjustable pole piece magnets. These '54 Les Paul guitars are in a class all their own. Thank You for the demo, much appreciated
Les Paul was using a Gretch DeArmond "dynasonic" pickup in the neck of his goldtop, replacing the P90 for more clarity. Gibson wanted something to compete, so they designed the AlNiCo-5 "staple" pickup to sound similar to a dynasonic, with pole pieces that are magnets, instead of slugs magnetized by a bar magnet underneath like a P90 or humbucking pickup.
@@pharmerdavid1432 I think part of what gives the P90s their extra "grunt" is that they use 2 full-sized bar magnets (same size as the single bar magnet used in PAF style humbuckers). I have a '54 reissue Goldtop that I installed a set of non-potted P90 pickups in, it was love at first strum. Many people insist that you need the pickups potted to reduce unwanted feedback, and I'm just not finding that to be the case. What I will say though, as unpotted pickups age and get bumped around and possibly loosened up, well then yes, potting will prevent the unwanted feedback caused by vibrations. For now though, with them being new pickups they are just fine. Same for a Telecaster I built, I was able to find a pickup maker who potted the pickups using lacquer just like the originals were in the 1950s, and while it sounds great now, old Tele pickups do have a reputation for needing re-winds, so there is that to consider.
@@stringedaz With the adjustable pole pieces of the Gibson Staple or Gretsch-DeArmond Dynasonic pickups, you have a very wide range of tonal characteristics. You can raise the entire pickup with the pole piece flush, this will give you a very fat tone as the coil is close to the strings. Or, you can lower the pickup (and its coil) and then raise up the pole pieces towards the strings, this will give you a very high-fidelity type sound with the strings giving a more acoustic type of tone. And then there is everything in between those two extremes of adjustment. I love my vintage P90 pickups, but some day I will own a '54 Reissue with the Gibson neck Staple pickup. I have reached out to the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, they offer a faithful reproduction of the Gibson Staple pickup in a humbucker sized package. At one time I had two of those pickups on order, after a month they had to cancel my order because they could not source the rectangular pole piece magnets for the build. I suspect that is the reason Gibson doesn't build many as well as the high cost of them. Still though, this pickup is a Bucket List item for me.
This re-issue is very true to the original 54. But everyone of the re-issues, both CS and Historic, have the wrong frets installed. Do a little research on what "speed frets" are.
54 and 57 customs are my favorite customs.
Same here.
I Love Those Guitars.
Always wanted to hear this guitar in a rockabilly genre. Thank you.
Great video, well played. Especially the rockabilly!
My buddy just got one like this. I am SO jealous. That staple p90 just oozes class, man.
It is interesting to note, the neck AlNiCo Staple pickup is basically Gibson's version of the Dynasonic pickup.
Les Paul the man preferred the Dynasonic pickups, his early Les Paul Goldtops had Dynasonic pickups hidden under P90 covers.
IMHO, the Dynasonic/Staple pickup is very much like a beefed up Stratocaster pickup w/adjustable pole piece magnets.
These '54 Les Paul guitars are in a class all their own.
Thank You for the demo, much appreciated
Les Paul was using a Gretch DeArmond "dynasonic" pickup in the neck of his goldtop, replacing the P90 for more clarity. Gibson wanted something to compete, so they designed the AlNiCo-5 "staple" pickup to sound similar to a dynasonic, with pole pieces that are magnets, instead of slugs magnetized by a bar magnet underneath like a P90 or humbucking pickup.
@@pharmerdavid1432 I think part of what gives the P90s their extra "grunt" is that they use 2 full-sized bar magnets (same size as the single bar magnet used in PAF style humbuckers).
I have a '54 reissue Goldtop that I installed a set of non-potted P90 pickups in, it was love at first strum.
Many people insist that you need the pickups potted to reduce unwanted feedback, and I'm just not finding that to be the case. What I will say though, as unpotted pickups age and get bumped around and possibly loosened up, well then yes, potting will prevent the unwanted feedback caused by vibrations. For now though, with them being new pickups they are just fine.
Same for a Telecaster I built, I was able to find a pickup maker who potted the pickups using lacquer just like the originals were in the 1950s, and while it sounds great now, old Tele pickups do have a reputation for needing re-winds, so there is that to consider.
This comment has made me want staple p90s even more than I did before.
@@stringedaz With the adjustable pole pieces of the Gibson Staple or Gretsch-DeArmond Dynasonic pickups, you have a very wide range of tonal characteristics.
You can raise the entire pickup with the pole piece flush, this will give you a very fat tone as the coil is close to the strings.
Or, you can lower the pickup (and its coil) and then raise up the pole pieces towards the strings, this will give you a very high-fidelity type sound with the strings giving a more acoustic type of tone.
And then there is everything in between those two extremes of adjustment.
I love my vintage P90 pickups, but some day I will own a '54 Reissue with the Gibson neck Staple pickup.
I have reached out to the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, they offer a faithful reproduction of the Gibson Staple pickup in a humbucker sized package. At one time I had two of those pickups on order, after a month they had to cancel my order because they could not source the rectangular pole piece magnets for the build. I suspect that is the reason Gibson doesn't build many as well as the high cost of them.
Still though, this pickup is a Bucket List item for me.
Interesting guitar. Nice playing Sam, as always.
Many thanks!
I Enjoy Playing My 81 LPC . This one does have a great sound.
Ooh man one of my dream guitars right there.
It's a beaut!!!
This re-issue is very true to the original 54. But everyone of the re-issues, both CS and Historic, have the wrong frets installed. Do a little research on what "speed frets" are.
I just played a custom-shop 57 reissue yesterday it was $7000 played very nice but a little to light for my liking i like the heavier LPC
Yea 8 K for a new reissue , I played an original ,it was like 53K too me best Les Paul ever made ,but I’m a blues player so I’m not technical .
Is this the same as the jan akkerman tribute
lp?
very similar!!!
Welcome to CCP ! Clear, Crunch & Punch 😃
Best looking lp of all damn time!