LOVE this video. I own a 2007 first run Pelham and I used to own a 2014 Gold. Few things that may have some value to people: 1) There weren't actually 200/100 PB vs Ebony in the first run. They made 300, but they made them to order depending on who wanted what color, so no-one actually knows how many of each there are. Best guesses are around 200/100 though, but some people I speak to say less of the Ebony. 2) The blue on the first run is VERY different. The second run is a really deep blue, whereas the first run is almost silver, very very pale, silver like blue. You can see this on Grohls one. 3) The second run also had "notchgate" which was an issue with Gibsons CNC machine for the second run. What it meant was that the diamond F holes had a notch at the corner on the long edge where the circular CNC piece wasn't coded properly. It's not an issue at all, but a cool little bit of history. 4) That finish checking by the nut is on every single one I've seen. Most of them also have some finish checking coming out the corners of the f-holes as well. Not an issue! That stand rash isn't stand rash - it's actually from the case. My blue has it too. The red Gibson plush cases bleed onto the finish. Again, I've seen it on a lot. The gold is beautiful!
I love Gibson dont get me wrong and i own a few of them but for god sakes Gibson, Clean up the cuts and joints on your guitars. I expected these to look a LOT cleaner on the inside for the price. I have seen 300 dollar Chinese guitars with cleaner cuts than this!
During the time period that this guitar was made, Gibson was using temp services to hire their factory workers which is the reason why they had such bad qc for so long. Which that blows my mind personally. If you're charging $5K for a product I'd at least expect a skilled tradesman, or at least someone who cares about the integrity of their work to be making the product.. not some temp to hire person that plans on only working there for 6 months & gives zero shits about any of it... In 2016 they were going thru 150+ workers a month.
Austin, with this ES guitar having the output jack located on the guitar’s top you really should use a right angle (90 Degree) instrument cable. One mis-step on the cable or even just over time the strain will at the very least check the finish around the connector or at worse crack the top. Please don’t ask me how I know this………
Everlong is on the short list of songs I will never get tired of hearing. I can play it on bass, almost on guitar, and am working on cleaning up the intricacies on drums
I have fixed a fret ding with solder and it worked great! Just a little solder in the crack, level it against the frets next to it, crown it, and polish it. Feels like new.
Exactly. That's not a "$200 job" either. Definitely no need to level everything and all that, like he said.. Just that one fret alone could be fixed and it'll be fine.
Every one of the Lopez and Grohl models I have been able to play at music stores are AMAZING. They have such a great rock tone unplugged, as well. Perfect frequency spectrum.
I was watching a FF live show video only last week, and they were rocking out some Metallica tunes together with a little boy from the audience playing Dave Grohl's guitar; And he gave the boy that guitar as a present afterwards! 😀 ❤️
@@johnnyola2205 - I would've most probably also shat myself, had I been in one of those youngsters places 😆 Or at the very least, I would've been absolutely star-struck 😄
I’ve always liked the Triny Lopez models. The Triny custom was a cool guitar too. I think it was actually a double cut Barney Kessel with the diamond inlays and sound holes but unusual looking guitars.
Just to add - the 2014 run were made in the Memphis plant as USA guitars whereas the 2007 run were Custom Shop (back when Memphis had one). However, the prices don't seem to differ much between runs. Personally, I am just glad that I got my 2007 Pelham Blue one back when the prices were just a bit silly instead of bloody insane as they are now.
Beauty of a guitar for a legendary rocker. I'm convinced that fret can be filled and filed back to shape or maybe filled by filing it ending on what it's made out of
You can probably gently polish that fret nick out so that the string doesn't get caught on it. Just smooth out the ridges of the nick w/o lowering the height of the fret.
I saw a video from a musician that likes to hear about people’s guitar stories, and someone has a prototype DG-335 in NATURAL that’s signed by Dave… that’s gotta be priceless.
I can’t believe it!!! I have never heard of, let alone seen one, a DG335. But last night I was watching a program on AXS music TV and they were doing a Top ten list of something for 1970. Well , one of the blues artists was actually holding this guitar. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. A Firebird headstock and ES style body. And here you are showing one,lol !!!! ☮️❤️☮️. I just saw it again,lol!! Actually, Country Music Legend Charlie Pride is the guy playing it, on A Year in Music 1970.
I ordered a Warmoth neck with split diamond inlays just because of this guitar and the model before it. Course it’s on a tele deluxe, semi Foo Fighters if you’re a Shiflett fan.
Maybe they would rather listen to the man himself, Dave, you know what we want! Problem is, if Epi makes really decent replicas with the same pups, no one will buy the Gibsons.....🥴🎸🤘🎸
I just saw Foo Fighters in Cincinnati this past Wednesday. Honestly, I didn’t notice him make a guitar change through most of the set. The only change I noticed was towards the end of the set when he played his gold guitar. Just an observation.
Not sure if it was you or your editor who drew attention to the guitar Dave used on Sesame Street, but if you were curious that's a Shinichi Ubukata signature (japan exclusive cuz of course it was) that was gifted to Dave. It's a cool 355. Basically the love child of a Dave Grohl, Joe Bonamassa, and BB King. Epiphone recently did a run of them (again, japan exclusive). Edit: It is also the one that is smashed up in the Shame Shame video so uhhhhhh... one less in the world I guess lol
When I saw the picture with Lzzy Hale and her new Explorer with the non reverse Firebird headstock I lost track of time and thought it was April 1st already and just thought it was a joke 😂
5:18 wearing the infamous Foufounes électriques T-shirt! If you don't know, the Foufs, as we call it here, is an underground bar in Montreal. I have the same t-shirt ;-)
This guitar in this exact same colour with a mini humbucker in the neck position, cream pickup rings and a traditional ES headstock would be my dream guitar
my dad forcing me to stay up to watch his favourite bands headline Glastonbury in 2017 is why I now no longer listen to just Modern rap and whatever is popular. I fell in love with The Foo Fighters that night and now many many many more bands and why I have also began the journey of learning Guitar. If anyone cares my dads favourite song is best of you and mine is Monkey Wrench
Does your Father also play guitar? Either way it is an amazing journey learning to play the guitar. I took up playing back in 1974 and can’t imagine my life without the guitar. Just keep at it and realize nobody can learn all there is to playing the guitar. Keep at it and try and make the world a better place one note at a time.
You mentioned about the rhythm pickup being much louder than the bridge. I’ve found that it is pretty typical with my humbucker equipped Gibson guitars I need to lower that neck pickup a lot. I’ve also had good luck with lowering the pole piece screws for strings “E”, “A” and “D”. Resist the urge to raise the bridge pickup too much. Cool guitar, not surprised they are valued so high, Dave Grohl is about as talented as they come. Great score and thank you for sharing.
I saw one of the blue ones coming off the line while I was touring the Memphis plant. Way back in 2012. Absolutely beautiful. I would love to have one.
I got a DG made by Tagima, couldnt warrant the price of the real thing. Its a great playing guitar for the price. With a few mods it has fast become of of my favorites to play.
If you like this, you should review a Brian May. I own a Jubilee Gold Burns model which pre dates the Brian May Signature. The difference is gold hardware where the Brian May signatures now have chrome hardware. They are all semi hollow bodies, They all have tri sonic pickups which are a little more like p90s than single coils. The center pups are reverse wired so when you have two or more on they become humbucking. Graphite nut, Grover rotomatics are standard.
Beautiful guitar, I love Gibson’s . I have a LP special that had Burstbucker 2 and 3s in it, never liked the sound so I swapped them out for some Seymour Duncan’s. I don’t like them in the DG 335 either, they sound thin to my ear.
I'm glad to hear that it looks better in person because my thought of this color had been that it looks like a gold Buick in the 90's. But I have to say that Trini Lopez came up with a cool guitar design back in the day and Dave Grohl did good by honoring this with his signature guitar.
You are right about pricing of the second run. Gold was about $4k and blue was $8k with street price about $3500 for the gold and $7000 for the blue. I have a gold that I bought new.
Given that ding is on the first fret and not too deep I would expect you could gently smooth it out without doing an entire fret leveling. It would cause the first fret to be ever so slightly lower than the rest but it would probably be unnoticed for the most part.
The maple/poplar/maple layer on top look exactly like the Gretsch Broadkaster drum shells made by Keller wonder if they use them too since it’s same music manufacturer industry.
He did play a little bit of it near the start of the demo. He played the chords at least, if not the correct strumming pattern. He’s probably a little nervous about demonetisation or a copyright strike.
...and then the playing demo' tones are fantastic especially dirty' just up the height of the bridge PU a tad such a shame about the first fret ding but well worth a small fix project. Love to see an ebony and great job with the finger board conditioning.
As far as I know, Dave actually retired the black ones from live use once they did the run of the gold ones. He's said, he has (or had) 6 of each color.
I hate the silkscreen on the headstock. If they upgraded it to inlaid I feel it would look that much better and make it a little different for his model. My favorite guitar I own is my ebony 335 but a Trini has been on my wish list forever. I loved the first few Foo Fighters albums but I can't really say much about anything since, so I was never going to plunk down for the cost of a DG 335. Nice review though Trogs.
The story on Dave's Trini Lopez is a tough one to crack. Until around 2010 or so he said he recorded the first album with his white Les Paul Custom, now he says every album primarily used the Trini Lopez. I suppose only Robert Lang really knows for sure.
I had an indent on a lower fret on my guitar a while back. I masked off the fretboard and gave the affected part of the fret a sanding with very fine sandpaper. The ‘ping’ pretty much disappeared. It didn’t cause any buzzing on the next fret either. Maybe worth a try before redressing all the frets?
With all that is wrong with that, why isn't there a "2" stamped in the back of the headstock? And that is giving the benefit of the doubt to the 1st fret nick. But really, how can that happen in shipping when the guitar is in a hardshell case, inside bubble wrap, inside a shipping carton, and nothing else is damaged in the guitar, case, or shipping carton?
I wonder if Gibson ever thought of doing a Bandit Firebird as a kind of tribute to the movie. Black and Gold with the 400 inlays, that is the engine size of the Bandit T/A 400ci. I'm sure there is a market out there for it
I don’t know what to think about the modern Gibsons, I’ve a custom ordered 1986 LP Custom that I bought used and every part of that guitar is constructed perfectly. My advise, buy an older used Gibson.
That title is genius and if no one else is going to acknowledge it I will
Not sure if you were also going with the image thumbnail for those a little dyslexic DG335….DGEES….DeeGees. (Maybe I’m stretching it a bit)
@@CG-gf7ce he he he
I hereby officially acknowledge this title
I've waited for everlong for somebody to start doing Foo Fighters puns!
Trogly’s a true Dave Grohl Fan
*Other company has poor routing*
Trogly: 😬😬😬
*Gibson has poor routing*
Trogly: 🤷♂️
LOVE this video. I own a 2007 first run Pelham and I used to own a 2014 Gold. Few things that may have some value to people:
1) There weren't actually 200/100 PB vs Ebony in the first run. They made 300, but they made them to order depending on who wanted what color, so no-one actually knows how many of each there are. Best guesses are around 200/100 though, but some people I speak to say less of the Ebony.
2) The blue on the first run is VERY different. The second run is a really deep blue, whereas the first run is almost silver, very very pale, silver like blue. You can see this on Grohls one.
3) The second run also had "notchgate" which was an issue with Gibsons CNC machine for the second run. What it meant was that the diamond F holes had a notch at the corner on the long edge where the circular CNC piece wasn't coded properly. It's not an issue at all, but a cool little bit of history.
4) That finish checking by the nut is on every single one I've seen. Most of them also have some finish checking coming out the corners of the f-holes as well. Not an issue! That stand rash isn't stand rash - it's actually from the case. My blue has it too. The red Gibson plush cases bleed onto the finish. Again, I've seen it on a lot.
The gold is beautiful!
Great info! Thanks!
I love Gibson dont get me wrong and i own a few of them but for god sakes Gibson, Clean up the cuts and joints on your guitars. I expected these to look a LOT cleaner on the inside for the price. I have seen 300 dollar Chinese guitars with cleaner cuts than this!
I totally agree! And what's up with that ink pen numbering!? That looks so cheap to me!
Agreed, I will not buy a Gibson at least in this price range, PRS will get my $4k+ price range.....
Ditto
During the time period that this guitar was made, Gibson was using temp services to hire their factory workers which is the reason why they had such bad qc for so long. Which that blows my mind personally. If you're charging $5K for a product I'd at least expect a skilled tradesman, or at least someone who cares about the integrity of their work to be making the product.. not some temp to hire person that plans on only working there for 6 months & gives zero shits about any of it... In 2016 they were going thru 150+ workers a month.
@@_dmfd which explains why my 2016 ES335 Studio was such a bad guitar
Austin, with this ES guitar having the output jack located on the guitar’s top you really should use a right angle (90 Degree) instrument cable.
One mis-step on the cable or even just over time the strain will at the very least check the finish around the connector or at worse crack the top.
Please don’t ask me how I know this………
I did the same thing when I was new. Luckily it was a cheap guitar
Dave's a cool dude, but Pat Smear is one of my favorite humans. I agree, I love this guitar.
@@anotheryoutubed weirdo
@@anotheryoutubed well, being a communist just makes him even cooler
Everlong is on the short list of songs I will never get tired of hearing. I can play it on bass, almost on guitar, and am working on cleaning up the intricacies on drums
i wanted a review so badly and he did it. Its an 3 day early birthday present for me
Happy birthday
Happy birthday.
Happy Birthday
I love Dave's pelham blue guitar. Probably my second favorite ES-335 style signature guitar.
Kinda surprised Dave didn’t eventually go back to F holes… seems like having two F’s on the guitar would suit his band name nicely
Dave isn't that bright, although he once played in a band with two really smart, creative guys. The end.
I have fixed a fret ding with solder and it worked great! Just a little solder in the crack, level it against the frets next to it, crown it, and polish it. Feels like new.
Exactly. That's not a "$200 job" either. Definitely no need to level everything and all that, like he said.. Just that one fret alone could be fixed and it'll be fine.
I'd love to see a Trini Lopez but the size of an es-339, call it the Mini Lopez or something haha
The Tini Or Teeny Lopez
And when it has slightly thinner body, you call it Thini Lopez.
Mini Trini??
Every one of the Lopez and Grohl models I have been able to play at music stores are AMAZING. They have such a great rock tone unplugged, as well. Perfect frequency spectrum.
I was watching a FF live show video only last week, and they were rocking out some Metallica tunes together with a little boy from the audience playing Dave Grohl's guitar; And he gave the boy that guitar as a present afterwards! 😀 ❤️
@@johnnyola2205 - Good on them all, too! What a childhood memory plus souvenir! 😀
@@johnnyola2205 - I would've most probably also shat myself, had I been in one of those youngsters places 😆 Or at the very least, I would've been absolutely star-struck 😄
I’ve always liked the Triny Lopez models. The Triny custom was a cool guitar too. I think it was actually a double cut Barney Kessel with the diamond inlays and sound holes but unusual looking guitars.
Dave Grohl is my spirit animal. So glad I got to see Trogly review this one. I even wore my Foo Fighters shirt today.
Just to add - the 2014 run were made in the Memphis plant as USA guitars whereas the 2007 run were Custom Shop (back when Memphis had one). However, the prices don't seem to differ much between runs. Personally, I am just glad that I got my 2007 Pelham Blue one back when the prices were just a bit silly instead of bloody insane as they are now.
What a perfect design. The metallic gold finish, big hollow body, the chunky neck and the firebird headstock drawing your eyes up. God do I want one
Beauty of a guitar for a legendary rocker. I'm convinced that fret can be filled and filed back to shape or maybe filled by filing it ending on what it's made out of
The Pelham Blue Epi DG-335 comes out in March! I’d love to see you review one of those.
That a boy, Trogley! Really glad you're diggin' on some semi-hollows now. PLEASE review more of these types of these guitars!
You can probably gently polish that fret nick out so that the string doesn't get caught on it. Just smooth out the ridges of the nick w/o lowering the height of the fret.
Agreed, any competent Luther could smooth that out in less than 30 minutes (but he’ll charge you an hour).
Hey, Luthiers gotta eat too!
Would love to know how it stacks up vs new Trini Lopez reissue… (which I have a PB one and love 😁)
Believe DG still records with his original Red Trini though in his home studio….
@@CG-gf7ce probably that or his PB Trini Lopez. I doubt he uses his signature too much for recording.
Or the Emily Wolfe epiphone
I saw a video from a musician that likes to hear about people’s guitar stories, and someone has a prototype DG-335 in NATURAL that’s signed by Dave… that’s gotta be priceless.
One of Mary Spender's guitar stories?
@@DavyHulme yes
Hey Trogly, Dylan from the Gibson Garage. Her new signiture is called the "Lzzybird" and it's the explorer with the firebird headstock
Usually for me, Trogly’s sound demos are like “fingers on a chalkboard”...but this guitar sounded quite nice...well done my man!!!
first demo with the handwired deluxe reverb
Real nice. I’ve also wanted one FOREVER
Legend says this guitar will make you 🏳️🌈 and mediocre.
I'd rather have a Trini over the DG any day.. Love me some trapeze tail pieces. 😎
@@gordonhuskin7337 because I’m a huge Dave Grohl fan
@@prestonmcgregor6096 good news. It will take you forever to save up enough money to buy one.
@@jamesnorton7601 that’s right
You could easily drop some solder on that fret and then grind and polish. Nobody would ever know.
Brazing would work best for that fret wire metal. high brass content I'm sure..
I can’t believe it!!! I have never heard of, let alone seen one, a DG335. But last night I was watching a program on AXS music TV and they were doing a Top ten list of something for 1970. Well , one of the blues artists was actually holding this guitar. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. A Firebird headstock and ES style body. And here you are showing one,lol !!!! ☮️❤️☮️. I just saw it again,lol!! Actually, Country Music Legend Charlie Pride is the guy playing it, on A Year in Music 1970.
It would be an AWESOME move from Epiphone if they decided to make their version of this guitar...!!!
I love the cases with the deep red inside, looks like Count Dracula lives in there!
Not the same at all.. epiphone is for poor people sorry
@@bmark7951 it’s not for poor people the hell😂
@@bmark7951 oh hey we got a classist in the crowd
@@bmark7951 does 700- 1500$ sound “poor” to you😂 I can barely afford that
I ordered a Warmoth neck with split diamond inlays just because of this guitar and the model before it. Course it’s on a tele deluxe, semi Foo Fighters if you’re a Shiflett fan.
Dave Grohl is a man of the people, these guitars are crying out for an Epiphone Signature production. Trogly, you need to start a petition!
Maybe they would rather listen to the man himself, Dave, you know what we want! Problem is, if Epi makes really decent replicas with the same pups, no one will buy the Gibsons.....🥴🎸🤘🎸
"Best Of You" was written about his sister.
Agree, especially since epiphone stopped the production of Tom Delonge Signature, DG 335 might be a great substitute.
No there not!!! Nobody wants a knock off.. get a better job!!
Done. I did it for you. Now you can get the Epiphone 😊
I just saw Foo Fighters in Cincinnati this past Wednesday. Honestly, I didn’t notice him make a guitar change through most of the set. The only change I noticed was towards the end of the set when he played his gold guitar. Just an observation.
Not sure if it was you or your editor who drew attention to the guitar Dave used on Sesame Street, but if you were curious that's a Shinichi Ubukata signature (japan exclusive cuz of course it was) that was gifted to Dave. It's a cool 355. Basically the love child of a Dave Grohl, Joe Bonamassa, and BB King. Epiphone recently did a run of them (again, japan exclusive).
Edit: It is also the one that is smashed up in the Shame Shame video so uhhhhhh... one less in the world I guess lol
Good to know, thanks for sharing as I didn’t even know about those!
When I saw the picture with Lzzy Hale and her new Explorer with the non reverse Firebird headstock I lost track of time and thought it was April 1st already and just thought it was a joke 😂
Duuuuude those things are HELLA pricey. Solid pull! Greetings and well wishes from Utah man!
Awesome, I grew up with Alvin Lee . So I love this shape of guitar.
Yes indeed. The first time I saw an ES being used live was a Rush Concert back in 1979.
I need to add an ES to my collection……..some day
5:18 wearing the infamous Foufounes électriques T-shirt! If you don't know, the Foufs, as we call it here, is an underground bar in Montreal. I have the same t-shirt ;-)
Damn, you found the best the best the best the best title for this video
Coming back to this as I ordered the Epiphone DG335. I remember when this video came out... HOW HAS IT BEEN 3 YEARS????
This guitar in this exact same colour with a mini humbucker in the neck position, cream pickup rings and a traditional ES headstock would be my dream guitar
Maybe Epiphone would do one.....that would be interesting
They have done. It's quite similar. The Sheraton Emily Wolf signature. Only in black though.
If Epiphone would come out with an affordable version of either a Dave Grohl signature or a Trini Lopez, I would buy it yesterday.
Trogly doesn't care if a guitar is left or right, blue or red. His love is for the instrument. That's why I'm a fan.
Ditto
my dad forcing me to stay up to watch his favourite bands headline Glastonbury in 2017 is why I now no longer listen to just Modern rap and whatever is popular. I fell in love with The Foo Fighters that night and now many many many more bands and why I have also began the journey of learning Guitar. If anyone cares my dads favourite song is best of you and mine is Monkey Wrench
@@gordonhuskin7337 I respect your opinion
Does your Father also play guitar? Either way it is an amazing journey learning to play the guitar. I took up playing back in 1974 and can’t imagine my life without the guitar.
Just keep at it and realize nobody can learn all there is to playing the guitar.
Keep at it and try and make the world a better place one note at a time.
Good taste
Nice playing Trogly, I can here your passion.
that guitar is one of my dream guitars
You need to get your hands on a duane allman CS les paul..supposed to be very rare
Proud owner of number 355 in gold here in the UK. Very lucky, it's a fantastic guitar in any finish! All the best from the UK
You can just tell Trogly was absolutely vibing with this thing. Your playing was better than ever for this one!
I've always respected that guitar.
You mentioned about the rhythm pickup being much louder than the bridge. I’ve found that it is pretty typical with my humbucker equipped Gibson guitars I need to lower that neck pickup a lot. I’ve also had good luck with lowering the pole piece screws for strings “E”, “A” and “D”. Resist the urge to raise the bridge pickup too much.
Cool guitar, not surprised they are valued so high, Dave Grohl is about as talented as they come.
Great score and thank you for sharing.
I saw one of the blue ones coming off the line while I was touring the Memphis plant. Way back in 2012. Absolutely beautiful. I would love to have one.
I got a DG made by Tagima, couldnt warrant the price of the real thing. Its a great playing guitar for the price. With a few mods it has fast become of of my favorites to play.
I'd like to see more diamond cut hole in semi-hollows personally, I like whats going on there
If you like this, you should review a Brian May. I own a Jubilee Gold Burns model which pre dates the Brian May Signature. The difference is gold hardware where the Brian May signatures now have chrome hardware. They are all semi hollow bodies, They all have tri sonic pickups which are a little more like p90s than single coils. The center pups are reverse wired so when you have two or more on they become humbucking. Graphite nut, Grover rotomatics are standard.
Epiphone needs to put one out.
Oh my god I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. I want an Epiphone version of this guitar SO BAD
You now remember Dave Ghrohl did a benefit concert on the denial of Aids.
Beautiful guitar, I love Gibson’s . I have a LP special that had Burstbucker 2 and 3s in it, never liked the sound so I swapped them out for some Seymour Duncan’s. I don’t like them in the DG 335 either, they sound thin to my ear.
The Spruce bracing is actually called an "Expansion plate" that runs down the top and back on the maple center bloack
I'm glad to hear that it looks better in person because my thought of this color had been that it looks like a gold Buick in the 90's. But I have to say that Trini Lopez came up with a cool guitar design back in the day and Dave Grohl did good by honoring this with his signature guitar.
You are right about pricing of the second run. Gold was about $4k and blue was $8k with street price about $3500 for the gold and $7000 for the blue. I have a gold that I bought new.
For a brief period I had a Black DG-335, #23. Should NEVER have sold it. :(
Given that ding is on the first fret and not too deep I would expect you could gently smooth it out without doing an entire fret leveling. It would cause the first fret to be ever so slightly lower than the rest but it would probably be unnoticed for the most part.
Best title possible
We need an Epiphone DG-335!
Ah so the Emily Wolfe one is a copy of a copy. This is why I watch Trogly, always learning something.
Wish I had the cash for one of these!
Who doesn't!
@@Peter-ff1tp I’d pay the extra!
you talk about finish checking like it's a bad thing. I love it. but I'd be pissed about that first fret
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
Epiphone needs to make a DG-335 - it’ll be the only way I’ll be able to afford one.
The maple/poplar/maple layer on top look exactly like the Gretsch Broadkaster drum shells made by Keller wonder if they use them too since it’s same music manufacturer industry.
Absolutely, how could you not play Everlong with that axe!
He did play a little bit of it near the start of the demo. He played the chords at least, if not the correct strumming pattern. He’s probably a little nervous about demonetisation or a copyright strike.
@@chrisruef9221 oh… I get you 😉
Love that little performance at the end great job.
There was another Trini Lopez model which was basically a Barney Kessel model with the diamond f holes. Just FYI. Cheers.
Just learned that EPI IS GOING TO MAKE A VERSION...
I wish they would do an Epiphone run of those.
4 grand???... Wow... makes me really appreciate my Hagstrom Viking I bought for 300.... which sounds and plays amazing.
...and then the playing demo' tones are fantastic especially dirty' just up the height of the bridge PU a tad
such a shame about the first fret ding but well worth a small fix project. Love to see an ebony and great job with the finger board conditioning.
As far as I know, Dave actually retired the black ones from live use once they did the run of the gold ones. He's said, he has (or had) 6 of each color.
I hate the silkscreen on the headstock. If they upgraded it to inlaid I feel it would look that much better and make it a little different for his model. My favorite guitar I own is my ebony 335 but a Trini has been on my wish list forever. I loved the first few Foo Fighters albums but I can't really say much about anything since, so I was never going to plunk down for the cost of a DG 335. Nice review though Trogs.
The story on Dave's Trini Lopez is a tough one to crack. Until around 2010 or so he said he recorded the first album with his white Les Paul Custom, now he says every album primarily used the Trini Lopez. I suppose only Robert Lang really knows for sure.
They should make an Epiphone version...
If it does well maybe they will.
@@charlesrense5199
It did do well. They sold everyone that they made and the collector market is crazy about them now.
Reminds me of the Trini Lopez & love it!
I had an indent on a lower fret on my guitar a while back. I masked off the fretboard and gave the affected part of the fret a sanding with very fine sandpaper. The ‘ping’ pretty much disappeared. It didn’t cause any buzzing on the next fret either. Maybe worth a try before redressing all the frets?
With all that is wrong with that, why isn't there a "2" stamped in the back of the headstock? And that is giving the benefit of the doubt to the 1st fret nick. But really, how can that happen in shipping when the guitar is in a hardshell case, inside bubble wrap, inside a shipping carton, and nothing else is damaged in the guitar, case, or shipping carton?
I'd love a natural one..if I had the cash of course to afford one LOL. I love natural finishes.
I wonder if Gibson ever thought of doing a Bandit Firebird as a kind of tribute to the movie. Black and Gold with the 400 inlays, that is the engine size of the Bandit T/A 400ci. I'm sure there is a market out there for it
I look to Gorguts, Helmet, and Filter for inspiration
for their original asking price, all those routes should be squeaky clean. hey...not my money tho.
I don’t know what to think about the modern Gibsons, I’ve a custom ordered 1986 LP Custom that I bought used and every part of that guitar is constructed perfectly. My advise, buy an older used Gibson.
Everlong is one of my favourite songs ever by anyone. Dave Grohl is one of the greats.
The price of the DG 335 have went crazy lately
Yo
This is my dream guitar I'm currently saving up for the Trini Lopez es in blue, one day ill own it.
sounds exactly like my Epiphone Emily Wolfe lmao.
Me at 20:01, "What have we done with innocence?"
Me at 20:14, "WHAT HAVE WE DONE WITH INNOCENCE?! ... wait ..."
Saw the FF at Reading Festival UK in 2019. Awesome
Trog is getting his Foo on 🤘👍
I don’t like the half ass Firebird headstock. I love the original headstock. That’s what I have on my Firebird