I Bought a 1957 Gibson Les Paul...

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    📚Description: I Bought a 1957 Gibson Les Paul Special that is a little unlike most. This started life as your regular 1957 Gibson Les Paul Special in a TV Yellow finish with 2 p90 pickups and a wrap tailpiece but at some point in the later-70s, it was stripped+refinished all the while adding a "Mystic Maiden" inlaid onto the top with plastic, mother of pearl, abalone and wood. It was also routed for Dimarzio Humbuckers, refretted, reamed for Schaller tuners and a placque etched into the back. What we have is far from a $20,000 original example... but something dripping with more vibe than your eyes have room for.
    0:00 - Unboxing 1957 Gibson Les Paul Special
    0:35 - First Look / Impressions
    1:35 - The Story
    2:57 - Workbench / Specs
    12:38 - Blacklight Test
    13:53 - Clean Tones
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    16:58 - Final Thoughts
    18:50 - Watch Next
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  • @Trog
    @Trog  Pƙed 22 dny +7

    What song are you playing on this one?
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    • @hkguitar1984
      @hkguitar1984 Pƙed 22 dny +1

      What a wonderful example of Americana Artwork, the fact that its a confirmed vintage Gibson is icing on the cake! Austin, thank you for documenting this instrument.
      8:50 I would imagine that with full string tension the truss rod would still function when you loosen it.
      Loosening the truss rod with no string tension wouldn't do much if the neck is already "dead flat".

    • @Lucky..B
      @Lucky..B Pƙed 22 dny +1

      Paul Revier and the Raiders had something like that or another show like that !

    • @FamilyTreeRG
      @FamilyTreeRG Pƙed 22 dny

      Id play my own songs

    • @clarkbabin9799
      @clarkbabin9799 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

      I could see someone like Zack Wylde playing that guitar.

  • @The_Beautiful_People
    @The_Beautiful_People Pƙed 22 dny +90

    REPEAT -do not take the brown acid-

    • @wiseguy9202
      @wiseguy9202 Pƙed 22 dny

      Ominous Seapods?

    • @keefjunior4061
      @keefjunior4061 Pƙed 22 dny +4

      Why not? The bad trips are often the most life changing ones. Almost all of my heavy LSD, experiences, (>5000ug), had some terrifying elements in them.

    • @dukenukem69
      @dukenukem69 Pƙed 22 dny +1

      Take the brown acid, wear the brown pants and play the brown guitar in the middle of a mud pit

    • @weedian710
      @weedian710 Pƙed 22 dny

      It was probably not real LSD, likely DOB or something similar.

    • @maytechmayhem6178
      @maytechmayhem6178 Pƙed 22 dny +1

      brown acid , yellow snow . so many rules

  • @davewestner
    @davewestner Pƙed 22 dny +76

    5 years from now: "I bought a 1958 Les Paul"
    12 years from now, "I bought Jimmy Page's guitar"

    • @mikey380sx
      @mikey380sx Pƙed 22 dny +23

      20 years from now, "I bought Gibson"

    • @davewestner
      @davewestner Pƙed 22 dny +9

      @@mikey380sx now you're talkin!

  • @FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur
    @FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur Pƙed 22 dny +13

    In the 1900's there were tables laid in with abalone, ivory and dark mahogany. I think the inlays came from such a salvaged piece.

  • @b.rodclark334
    @b.rodclark334 Pƙed 21 dnem +11

    Those hot Dimarzio humbuckers are DP100 Super Distortions, the first high-output model pickup of the time this Special likely got modded.

  • @tylersecor4668
    @tylersecor4668 Pƙed 22 dny +44

    I’m not sure I have ever wanted a guitar more than this one. I love the custom inlays, and how it has aged.

    • @bzerob7362
      @bzerob7362 Pƙed 22 dny +4

      Doom stoner for days!

    • @jvboy401
      @jvboy401 Pƙed 22 dny +6

      Thats the funny thing about collector guitars. This one is just hideous to me.
      But to each their own, and i hope you find "your" thing one day

    • @keefjunior4061
      @keefjunior4061 Pƙed 22 dny +4

      Right?!? I immediately went to his Reverb to only be disappointed at the asking price, which is bug picking nuts.

    • @christophersambuco9414
      @christophersambuco9414 Pƙed 22 dny +3

      It's a cool guitar, but it's very chopped up. I might go 4K.

    • @MaiWhisper
      @MaiWhisper Pƙed 22 dny

      Same 😍

  • @Kahuna54
    @Kahuna54 Pƙed 22 dny +34

    Under the black light the back almost looks TV Yellow!

  • @sebdhm52
    @sebdhm52 Pƙed 22 dny +172

    13.5k USD for what is essentially a rough, routed, modified, stripped, inlaid and headstock repaired 57 special husk.... But hey you get a "most likely" original pickguard!

    • @KennedyIvy
      @KennedyIvy Pƙed 22 dny +31

      Yeah, its basically scrap wood that has gibson logo on top

    • @sebdhm52
      @sebdhm52 Pƙed 22 dny +24

      @@KennedyIvy It isn't really scrap wood by any means, it has value.
      But for that price it wouldn't be too far fetched to come across an all original example in player's condition

    • @donttalktome4696
      @donttalktome4696 Pƙed 22 dny +1

      Oooof

    • @keefjunior4061
      @keefjunior4061 Pƙed 22 dny +28

      And for $12k there are a couple of excellent condition originals. This is ridiculous. It’s def cool. I actually want it, but I’m more in the $6-$7k zone. This is just stupid. Trogly doesn’t understand his market yet. He has a lot of “collectible” Gibsons that no one wants. Chet Atkins prototype? How many Atkins fans are even out there at this point?

    • @marcreno893
      @marcreno893 Pƙed 22 dny +11

      It probably doesn’t stay in tune either but that adds to the value

  • @dananthony6258
    @dananthony6258 Pƙed 22 dny +29

    It’s the ultimate original relic job. Lol. I like this guitar a lot .

    • @leonwhildenjr4483
      @leonwhildenjr4483 Pƙed 13 dny

      Hey Austin, thats a Cool old Gibson that is still sounding good. It’s got a interesting story to tell, Thanks for sharing friend.đŸ˜ŽđŸ™â­ïžđŸ•ŠđŸŠ‹đŸ•ŠđŸŒ…âœŒïžđŸŽ‰đŸ‡ș🇾

  • @samuelandmisty
    @samuelandmisty Pƙed 22 dny +49

    This guitar has to have a story. Can't imagine just some local dive guitarist used it.

    • @gordonanderson3111
      @gordonanderson3111 Pƙed 21 dnem +2

      No doubt the missing plate on the back had the artists signature, or something.

    • @davidgreenwood6029
      @davidgreenwood6029 Pƙed 21 dnem +3

      COuld have been someone who was both a hobby guitarist, and hobby artist.

    • @Christian-ew4eg
      @Christian-ew4eg Pƙed 21 dnem +1

      Who ? is the question ... đŸ€”

    • @FtwRider1
      @FtwRider1 Pƙed 21 dnem +4

      I know the history on this guitar and the guy that owned and played it live.

    • @davidgreenwood6029
      @davidgreenwood6029 Pƙed 21 dnem +3

      @@FtwRider1 Well, freaking tell us already?

  • @SwirkH
    @SwirkH Pƙed 21 dnem +9

    Glad Trogly didn't miss out on an opportunity to play The Call of Ktulu on a guitar with this type of artwork

  • @mtbikesam68
    @mtbikesam68 Pƙed 21 dnem +6

    This is by far the coolest guitar you have ever featured. I positively love this kind of thing. When this guitar was just a guitar and not some "amazing vintage piece" the owner did something incredible to make it theirs and did it quite well. All things being equal, I would take this over a clean stock version any day. Look at the way the top is chamfered all along the edges of the inlay work. This was done by a true craftsman and it shows. Oh, and I wouldn't DISplay it, I would PLAY it, every chance I got. Beautiful.

  • @donkeyboy585
    @donkeyboy585 Pƙed 21 dnem +6

    P90s were unpopular in the 70s so a few Juniors,Specials and ES330s got the dimarzio treatment. Personally I think they’re great pickups

  • @Rex-pn6eu
    @Rex-pn6eu Pƙed 22 dny +10

    Austin, that is the best playing I've heard from you. The guitar is the one. I can tell it really speaks to you and through you. A soul mate you have found in your west wind lady. The jam was great! I recall when you could barely play. I'm proud of all your hard work and accomplishments. Peace.

  • @Les537
    @Les537 Pƙed 22 dny +20

    TV yellow LP specials are my #1 guitars. This guitar here is a CRIME SCENE in my opinion. Swapping p90s for humbucking dimarzio is worth at least 10 or 15 years in prison just for a start.
    Rock on, Trog.

  • @TylerJohnstonGuitar
    @TylerJohnstonGuitar Pƙed 22 dny +16

    This thing is out there. Almost reminds me of a PRS Dragon with the body inlays. I bet the original owner got years of enjoyment out of it.

  • @SMarcey
    @SMarcey Pƙed 22 dny +26

    The inlay looks to me alot like the flowy hippie ladies you would see on Greatful Dead show posters from back in the 60s. This thing screams Haight Ashbury. An absolute treasure of a guitar

  • @Slovy_
    @Slovy_ Pƙed 21 dnem +4

    The inner circle is the top vintage buyers. They send them an email with a picture of every as soon as it comes in. Before the regular public. I’m a tech for guitar center that how I know all this stuff

  • @stratman9449
    @stratman9449 Pƙed 21 dnem +3

    my 1st thoughts were....who was the owner in the 70s who modded this guitar...would be nice to know.....and yes you're right thats what we all did back then.....we didn't think of the "vintage market" of 50 years ahead..god...there was enough going on then for us....cheers.

  • @larrynoe6162
    @larrynoe6162 Pƙed 22 dny +11

    It just has to be worth sharing the story.maybe someone will recognize her and come forward.

  • @sailinbob11
    @sailinbob11 Pƙed 22 dny +5

    Put a brass Trogley plate in that space on the back. Anyone who didn't like it could remove it,or something the right size from that auction, of the lady that worked with Gibson. Sounds good to me.

  • @picksalot1
    @picksalot1 Pƙed 22 dny +13

    Though inlays and fancy guitars are not my thing, I can appreciate what a good job the artist did, and how nicely the finish on it has aged.

  • @07blackdog
    @07blackdog Pƙed 22 dny +3

    I had a '56 LP Special. Bought it in '77 for $325.00, sold it in 2001 for $325.00. I was refinished, Humbuckers installed, Badass bridge, Grovers. Had a split in the headstock and a really bad twist in the neck. I could never get it to play good.

  • @waskerbasket9601
    @waskerbasket9601 Pƙed 21 dnem +3

    That looks exactly like my guitar w/o the inlays

  • @MuscleCarLover
    @MuscleCarLover Pƙed 21 dnem +2

    Compensated wrap tail, a replacement bone nut and it'd probably be a fine gigging machine. It looks great and sounds even better, it's definitely eye catching

  • @geneevans7885
    @geneevans7885 Pƙed 20 dny +3

    So glad I’m done buying guitars.

  • @stealingtomorrowband
    @stealingtomorrowband Pƙed 22 dny +11

    Hmmmm, very interesting Les Paul, but i wouldn't pay $13,500 for that... But thats just me....

    • @heyreadmefirst3522
      @heyreadmefirst3522 Pƙed 21 dnem +2

      right it's like those random guys on reverb selling "relic'd by bla bla bla" guitars. as if them ruining a guitar somehow makes them worth more.

  • @jamesalley7387
    @jamesalley7387 Pƙed 22 dny +6

    The metal riffs sounded epic

    • @pharmerdavid1432
      @pharmerdavid1432 Pƙed 22 dny

      I hate metal, and this channel too, so why am I here then? ------------------------------------->!

  • @telemaster
    @telemaster Pƙed 22 dny +7

    Trog, put the inlay in the YT thumbnail - it’s iconic. Also the inlay wood is definitely rosewood. What an epic, wacky piece!

  • @windward2818
    @windward2818 Pƙed 22 dny

    The pots do not look like guitar pots readily available in the mid 70s (CTS, Gibson), they look like audio taper radio (stereo) pots. Also, the solder wire used was not multicore, which we take for granted today, but back then it was relatively new and more expensive than the single core. One benefit of the multicore was it did not make as large of a mess as single core, which you can see on the solder joints on the pot case(s).

  • @jackrabbit-cv1jh
    @jackrabbit-cv1jh Pƙed 22 dny +2

    Great tone on the distortion! Man it rocks! The pickups have aged well and the wood has great quality too!

  • @frankwebster9110
    @frankwebster9110 Pƙed 22 dny +2

    Super cool Austin. Rarely do modded vintage guitars hold down the good vibe . But this one certainly does!

  • @GummerNH
    @GummerNH Pƙed 22 dny +7

    Fun guitar! Please slow down the panning back and forth when you are trying to show us something (might take an extra breath when you have an exciting guitar ; ) Also the inlay was upside down for most of the video. 🙃

  • @stevecooper3487
    @stevecooper3487 Pƙed 22 dny +4

    I draw the line at cavity sniffing!😂

  • @patrickclune3600
    @patrickclune3600 Pƙed 20 dny +3

    Sorry my friend, I have my own vintage ‘50’s Gibson Lp’s I bought for cheap back in the mid ‘70’s, Lp Jr’s too. I think if I saw this back then it’d still be hanging there if the store was still open. It seemed nobody wanted them. I got them almost excellent to mint some for $200.00 and tops $350.00. The ones for $200.00 didn’t have the cases. I was working just to buy guitars for a long time lol

  • @fritzarmstrong8232
    @fritzarmstrong8232 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    A friend picked up one of these '57s in the 90s (?) -mostly original. He plays over 300 shows a year- about 1/3 of the time on the '57. It's named "Michelle"... Some serious miles on that guitar! Still plays it regularly... If he ever literally wears that one out... THIS IS THE GUITAR FOR JAIK WILIS

  • @wilhelmtheconquerer6214
    @wilhelmtheconquerer6214 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    This is my favourite type of vintage guitar; used, abused and loved for years and years, regularly upgraded to suit it's users needs. A true player's player (not to mention a real head turner)

  • @bradrehn1007
    @bradrehn1007 Pƙed 22 dny +9

    I just gotta say, though it reminds you of Pirates, that is Noveau Revivalism. Re-popularized by the SF psychedelic poster scene.
    An homage to the artistic style of Mucha in particular.
    High brow BS aside, that beauty has a beast inside ! I hope it's future custodian allows it to run both loud and free!✌

    • @timhuffman5311
      @timhuffman5311 Pƙed 22 dny +1

      You are absolutely right. I remember it from the late 60's early 70's. I don't remember if it was on a poster or album cover. This will drive me crazy now until I remember it.

    • @dukenukem69
      @dukenukem69 Pƙed 22 dny +2

      Smoke on the water turned to 11

  • @danielbreaux1842
    @danielbreaux1842 Pƙed 22 dny +6

    It woukd be cool if someone saw this video and had the story to tell us!

  • @dougbutlertmmm
    @dougbutlertmmm Pƙed 22 dny +3

    Wow, if there was ever a guitar I would love to hear the story from, that's it! Sublimely beautiful inlay work and sounds great.

  • @papasmamas1
    @papasmamas1 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    The inlay job is way cooler than many artistic inlay jobs big companies release.

  • @jubei7259
    @jubei7259 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    When you see a guitar that's clearly been played as much as this beauty has, you just know it's gonna sound wicked. There's a reason those vintage DiMarzio's were so popular during the 70's too. They sound very different from modern DiMarzio's, which simply don't measure up (imho of course). I love this guitar.

  • @IL2TXGunslinger
    @IL2TXGunslinger Pƙed 22 dny +5

    That’s one of the most beautiful guitars I’ve ever seen. I can verify - in the 1970’s you could pick these up for
    $ 25 - 50 dollars
. There were no collectors or vintage shops throughout most of the US

    • @kevintaylor5079
      @kevintaylor5079 Pƙed 20 dny

      No way in hell could buy this guitar for 25/ 50 bucks in the 70’s!!

    • @IL2TXGunslinger
      @IL2TXGunslinger Pƙed 20 dny

      @@kevintaylor5079 Yes you could. Didn't spend much time looking in pawn shops back then?

    • @kevintaylor5079
      @kevintaylor5079 Pƙed 19 dny +1

      @@IL2TXGunslinger I didn’t. If I’m wrong I stand corrected. Thanks. I grew up on Long Island and in my area there were no pawn shops!! Plus in those days I was a Gretsch man .

    • @IL2TXGunslinger
      @IL2TXGunslinger Pƙed 19 dny

      @@kevintaylor5079 I wondered if we'd grown up in different places. You, in the sophisticated world not far from New York - Me in the sticks of Central Texas. Very limited music (the 3 small bins of records at the 5 and dime) no music store. Lots of beer joints tho. If it wasn't a Tele and a Twin - it was a Kustom (good those were pos amps).
      I remember some of the bands I was in (from 14 until I left the sticks at 16) - where they had no idea of proper mix - adding more and more instruments to their wall of sound to make everything more "Full sounding".
      I only ever saw Les Pauls on TV - and then that was once a week - Doug Kirschner's show or Midnight Special.
      It's really really hard to express the lack of information back in those days.
      59 Les Paul? I'm pretty sure I saw one go for $300 back then. Gruhn guitars wasn't founded until 1971.
      I do remember buying my first Strat, and early/mid 60's model for $450 in Newport RI (I was in the Navy a long time) in 1977.

    • @kevintaylor5079
      @kevintaylor5079 Pƙed 19 dny +1

      Bogen

  • @ChrisShortyAllen
    @ChrisShortyAllen Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    Quite an extraordinary find. In 1976 a mosaic was stolen from the museum of classical history in Athens. After the Elgin marbles this artefact is of primary concern to the Greek department of antiquities.
    Whilst the head is fake the rest appears genuine.

  • @silvernuggets1285
    @silvernuggets1285 Pƙed 22 dny +3

    a 57 with 70s looks and a modern sound. Love it❀

  • @jimmyjames2022
    @jimmyjames2022 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Sweet 57 Special Modded! There's a 1959 DC Special with orig P90s for $12500CAD at my LGS. Has a repaired neck heel break (broke the tenon right out there's a biscuit in there now under the relocated pup) but otherwise very clean. Too bad about the break it's so clean.

  • @Furtheronmusic
    @Furtheronmusic Pƙed 21 dnem +2

    That is so cool. I'd wager those are 70s/80s Dimarzio super distortion humbuckers. I remember the days of people sticking them in vintage Gibsons. I was in a band around turn to the 80s other guitarist had a 60s SG special... With a Dimarzio dual sound humbucker in it. Like these but with coil split

    • @pmsphoto
      @pmsphoto Pƙed 21 dnem +2

      I put that pair (Super Distortion & Dual Sound) DiMarzio's in my very cheap LP copy (ÂŁ 60 GBP in 1981) as an upgrade.... Managed to lose them when I stripped the guitar down ! Found out a few weeks ago what they're now worth !! đŸ€ą

    • @Furtheronmusic
      @Furtheronmusic Pƙed 21 dnem +2

      @@pmsphoto I have 2 1981 Dimarzio PAFs that are on thier third guitar.

  • @VincentBrick
    @VincentBrick Pƙed 22 dny +3

    Pretty sure the side dots are close from having the fingerboard sanded down during refret.
    As I think Bonamassa said "The sins have already been committed."

  • @whiskypapa6731
    @whiskypapa6731 Pƙed 21 dnem +2

    Gibson should make a "Blank Canvas" model ....... for Carver's or Pyro's, Inlayer's and Painter's ...... A Guitar that can't be devalued, only enhanced by the Customer .....

  • @P-J-W-777
    @P-J-W-777 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    I really hope you’re able to get the story as I’m damn sure there is an amazing story behind it. This wasn’t a weekend warrior guitar players guitar, it was a players guitar and most likely saw some serious road time.

  • @garrettcraig3527
    @garrettcraig3527 Pƙed 22 dny +2

    I love that guitar. You can tell someone put their heart in it, and it shows in the all around beauty. Looks, sounds, and the originality. On a scale of 1 to 20, I would give it a 20. Someone made chicken soup from chicken scraps

  • @davidwhiteford4936
    @davidwhiteford4936 Pƙed 22 dny +2

    Wow, that has the Laurel Canyon/Topanga Canyon vibe! Nice!!

  • @BushidoPhoto
    @BushidoPhoto Pƙed 22 dny +1

    DiMarzio makes great pickups for high gain! I love them.

  • @acatwiththreenames3658
    @acatwiththreenames3658 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    I love this guitar, there are other TV yellow specials but only one of this guitar.
    There is something great about well loved guitars.

  • @Cronoxus
    @Cronoxus Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    I found one of these and found a proper buyer for it just last month. And 2 days ago I played both a 56 and 58 TV special as well as a 63 strat and so so so so much more. Love the videos!

  • @donrepcon7704
    @donrepcon7704 Pƙed 22 dny +4

    You should keep it! Whoever buys it probably won't play it. It's just too unique and indicative of the times. Would look great in a museum for that reason! By the way, your playing has really improved from when I first subscribed. Good show.

  • @bradconklin2878
    @bradconklin2878 Pƙed 22 dny +3

    What a cool-ass Gibson! (one of the rare instances where a neck break is ok:)

  • @AvyScottandFlower
    @AvyScottandFlower Pƙed 22 dny +21

    The sea is a cruel mistress
    To a pirate's guitar đŸŠœâ˜ ïžđŸïž

  • @jonnyf9049
    @jonnyf9049 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    If you dont wanna buy a new wraptail you can use a file to deepen the slots a bitđŸ‘ŒđŸŒ

  • @666soso
    @666soso Pƙed 22 dny +1

    I'm absolutely in love with this guitar. Love it Trogly!

  • @zigzagrz
    @zigzagrz Pƙed 22 dny +3

    Very cool find

  • @intelgrunt
    @intelgrunt Pƙed 22 dny +3

    Interesting how the strings are pushed out of the bridge notches to the treble side.

    • @realdocloco
      @realdocloco Pƙed 22 dny

      wrong bridge for the guitar - those were never intented to be slanted. Put a Mojoaxe on it.

  • @ravenheart1439
    @ravenheart1439 Pƙed 22 dny +4

    The story's that guitar could tell ...crazy peteina on that headstock wow ..

  • @nikopappas8484
    @nikopappas8484 Pƙed 11 dny

    I have two vintage non-reverse Firebirds, both are about a 10 inch radius also.

  • @georgeoh-well8116
    @georgeoh-well8116 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Gorgeous guitar.
    So much personality and character.
    Would love to know its story.

  • @benallmark9671
    @benallmark9671 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Epic tone.

  • @beckfreak2000
    @beckfreak2000 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    Nice range of tones ,great inlay .like everybody else watching this vid would love to know the history behind this guitar ?

  • @perseus31
    @perseus31 Pƙed 17 dny

    This is the coolest electric guitar I have ever seen. I know many guitars, all those specials, custom designs but nothing tops this. Just, amazing

  • @JD-te2pv
    @JD-te2pv Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Reminds me of the old Grateful Dead artist guitars. Steve Miller also had a decorated LP Special a few years ago.

  • @smop
    @smop Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Sounds good! Of course not original, but sounds both thick and very clear. I’d be happy with it.

  • @JacobMolesky
    @JacobMolesky Pƙed 13 dny +1

    does anyone know the song he's playing at 15:50. it sounds familiar but don't know what its called

    • @toast8898
      @toast8898 Pƙed 10 dny

      American Woman - The Guess Who

  • @bretolson8484
    @bretolson8484 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Art Deco Masterpiece, and you really found your wave on it. Wish I could afford it, major vibes

  • @onyjdm
    @onyjdm Pƙed 9 dny

    Reminds me of the Santana Yamaha SG. Brown, body inlay, humbuckers. 1976 was the year he first played it as well, the year the humbuckers are possibly from.

  • @evrgreen_69
    @evrgreen_69 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    That was awesome..Your playing continues to improve. Thanks dude!

  • @jamesalley7387
    @jamesalley7387 Pƙed 22 dny +2

    The sound! You played it differently. You might want to consider keeping it

  • @luthravin4774
    @luthravin4774 Pƙed 22 dny +3

    Was that the original paint in the control cavities? WOW

  • @user-kp1zz4ik5l
    @user-kp1zz4ik5l Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Don’t my cup of tea but a really cool slice of history. The only downside for me is with those distorted pickups it’s a wall hanger rather than something I’d want to take to a blues gig...but interesting video tonight Austin 🎉

  • @brandonjackson5865
    @brandonjackson5865 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

    That thing is oozing Mojo for sure looks cool and sounds pretty awesome too.

  • @andyc5392
    @andyc5392 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Fun show! I think someone may very likely recognize this unique guitar and fill you in on the back story
it sounds good!

  • @musicauthority674
    @musicauthority674 Pƙed 16 dny +2

    That's a very very unique piece of history. very AWESOME!!!!!!
    massive sustain.
    that's strange I just got done watching a video. of the Steve Allen show circa.1962 where Frank Zappa was the guest. and he was playing bicycles as musical instruments. it was a very young 23 year old Frank Zappa. and I was thinking Frank Zappa and this guitar. and then you said that definitely weird.

  • @jorockish
    @jorockish Pƙed 22 dny

    Sounds and looks great!

  • @petset77
    @petset77 Pƙed 12 dny +1

    I love your channel, and I agree with a lot of what you're saying about this one. BUT.... it's still a stripped, refinished, and irreversibly changed guitar, vastly reducing it's collector's price. The routing for the plaque on back might be one of the worst offenses, and perhaps it might have added to value had it belonged to even a minor celebrity type player to those interested in such things. Imagine if it had been Jerry Garcia's or Duane Allman's! We'll never know. The front inlay is lovely work, but can't be restored to original by any means. As for the tuners, a former player recognized the advantages of better Schallers or Grovers as an upgrade, but original Kluson or Gibson Deluxe can be had by those wanting a semblance of original. Probably the same goes for the nice DiMarzios, with dated 50s pickups being more difficult to find. The replacements might have been better, but lower collector value. Same for 50s Gibson pots vs 70s replacements. The crack on the headstock is a big question. Original, more desirable Juniors sell for under 10K to 15K on Reverb. As nice as this one appears, it's not a 13k guitar. ...not trying to argue or question your reasoning for investing or selling, but I'm an old guy constantly checking on these things since my friend won't turn over his '54 Junior with no damage, and I have a collection including instruments from the early 50s to early 80s. .... but I'm always looking. Good luck with your sale. It's a very nice player's guitar.

  • @kocinski8734
    @kocinski8734 Pƙed 22 dny +4

    More guitars like this please.

    • @GrungyChris
      @GrungyChris Pƙed 22 dny +3

      You think guitars like this grow on trees? Thx I'll be here all week.

    • @kocinski8734
      @kocinski8734 Pƙed 21 dnem +1

      @@GrungyChris 😆

  • @markjamesmeli2520
    @markjamesmeli2520 Pƙed 22 dny

    One question, how do we lose the abalone artwork. There's nothing really wrong with it, but it would be better on a wall hanging of some sort. That would definitely need some bridge work. Did that body have binding on it at one point?

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc Pƙed 22 dny +2

      Specials from this era never had binding.

  • @TayTayKemp
    @TayTayKemp Pƙed 22 dny +2

    I swear some of y’all’s comments are cringe. Geez let Austin enjoy this fun piece

  • @paulmcdonald1258
    @paulmcdonald1258 Pƙed 22 dny

    Outstanding!
    Thanks for sharing.

  • @patriottothecore6215
    @patriottothecore6215 Pƙed 22 dny

    I would get a couple of old P90’s and fill in the routes, perhaps disguising the fill in with more abalone.

  • @benrios7902
    @benrios7902 Pƙed 22 dny +1

    Looks amazing. Clean tones were good. Way to much on the distortion tones

  • @gordonanderson3111
    @gordonanderson3111 Pƙed 21 dnem

    Bob Marley would have really loved this beauty.
    Speaking of which - I once saw a factory framed Gibson Bob Marley '57 Special replica, on the wall above the counter and not for sale, in a shop in San Francisco.
    Have you ever seen one of these super rare special issues?

  • @vincentnieto7792
    @vincentnieto7792 Pƙed 22 dny

    Very cool vintage axe that has been modified/ has a cool story you probably will never know. I would keep it, but replace that awful bridge. Has great tones. Even though it doesn’t has the look of a 57 special, has the soul of one.

  • @dennisrice1557
    @dennisrice1557 Pƙed 20 dny

    Nice Santana lead bro

  • @laurencehastings7473
    @laurencehastings7473 Pƙed 20 dny

    I have those DiMarzio SD's in my Vox Standard 24

  • @dannystarkridesfixed
    @dannystarkridesfixed Pƙed 22 dny

    The year of my mom’s birth. & she was a hippie checks all the boxes ✅. She dabbles in the guitar world but mostly piano and keyboard are her musical endeavors.

  • @davidriley4895
    @davidriley4895 Pƙed 22 dny +3

    I want to learn how to do that
 As soon as I get back to finishing the telecaster kit, I started on five or six years ago.
    I just need to rewire it.
    But that is an extremely interesting piece

  • @edlaw51501
    @edlaw51501 Pƙed 4 dny

    I have to ask, how does the psychadelic mural and the routed pick up cavities affect the price ? If refinishing a 58-60 Les Paul goes down in price, the value of this 57 has to be affected dramatically ?

  • @george-wg6ug
    @george-wg6ug Pƙed 22 dny +1

    I love Dimarzios, don't get enough credit imo.

  • @andybungert
    @andybungert Pƙed 16 dny +1

    suuuuuper rad for so many reasons

  • @randall9000
    @randall9000 Pƙed 22 dny

    Beautiful guitar. And I bet it plays like butter

  • @ohmtronseedling
    @ohmtronseedling Pƙed 21 dnem

    cool axe!

  • @TM-ev2tc
    @TM-ev2tc Pƙed 22 dny

    I want to find an Epiphone Sobe special Les Paul Gibson guitar just to play with. I really want to try putting fret markers on it. Just for fun.
    Maybe you can sell it to someone famous.