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I love the tones out of the 6 string. Sounded great, and not sharp or brittle at all. The 12 string side also had a very pleasing tone as well. Nice demo
The only SD pickup on Jimmy's EDS 1275 is the bridge pickup on the 6 string string side. The other three are original Ttops. No, Gibson didn't use any SD pickups for the new one.
Trogly, do you know any immediate signs of an epiphone being fake? The zakk wylde camo lp i bought years ago came w an epiphone checklist & mini epi booklet showing setup instructions. The serial number is legit. Bought keystone grover locking tuners from Sweetwater and they are a tad off from the stock grover tuners. Buzz kill. Thanks for any info or video you can link me to.
I tried to purchase #2, which was the first guitar Page didn’t take. He played all 26 and blind picked #1. It was auctioned by Heritage Auction a few years ago and I was out-bided. Think it sold for $17 000.
I bought an EDS 1275 years back that was part of a huge Sam Ash buy. It was a 1975 build and as the EDS 1275 was not in regular production. It had the same long tailpiece mounting and the body was doweled at the factory like this one. It had the two covers removed like this one...One piece body...I tried to confirm who had ordered it and could not get a direct answer from Gibson... They would just tell me it was a Celebrity Custom Order. .It weighed a crazy light 10.5 lbs. No mods to it at all. Super clean except for a sizeable buckle wear spot on back. I found out after I foolishly sold it that it was shipped to a record company in California when new... LOL. Live and learn...I think I paid 1100.00 dollars for it... Those were the days. Cheers, Rudy @GRNY
Odd, I have a handful of Gibson guitars and not a single one has any headstock damage. I guess taking care of instruments by not dropping them, smashing the headstocks into things, using cheap cases with no support etc. prevents the headstocks from suffering damage. Who'd of thought....
If you can afford this guitar surely you can afford strap locks, I guess if ones mindset is playing their bolt on neck guitar in their parents basement, this would never occur to them....
I have the Epiphone version and I love it. I used it in a band for original songs and, after about an hour, it feels like a collapsing star is slung over your shoulder but the sheer rock n’ roll excess keeps you going :)
@@rockhaze I think mine weighs about 15 pounds. Less than I thought it would be; before I got one I assumed it would just be the equivalent of two guitars stuck together!
Thanks for sharing. The Epi is special in that it has that extra toggle switch between both neck pups versus the Gibson version. That allows for each neck to be selected for separate tone and Vol controls, right?
He also played “The Rain Song” on this for live gigs, weird tuning and all (though a half step up from studio tuning, probably to make it easier to go back to standard). He only used it ONCE on a studio album, “Caroselambra” on the last studio album.
He also used the Double neck on the Walking Into Clarkesdale Album with Robert Plant . It was used on a Song called Blue Train and it was used on the song Called Walking into Clarkesdale .
In the outro section to "Over the Hills and Far Away" it sounds like Jimmy's playing the 12-string with only the 6-string switched on. The low, "grandfather clock" ambient chime sort of tone.
Jimmy's "Stairway To Heaven" guitar will always be his Harmony Sovereign to me. He wrote it on that guitar, and recorded the song with it. People like Trog are the reason he didn't want to be seen playing it live. He wrote the first four albums with it.
Yeah but he used the Gibson double neck guitar for doing it live and you have to admit this one suited him better and he looked a lot cooler playing this live than he would've had he been playing a Harmony! 😅
@@davidethridge5748 Well, I will always associate it with stairway to heaven. You do what you want. After all, he needed something he could play both parts on one guitar on stage live.
@@jonathanhudak2059 he could have used a Leslie speaker like the Fender Vibratone with his Dano to get the same chorus effect. But the double neck did look cool.
When the ARMS TOUR hit Dallas in 1983, I was there, and I remember Jimmy Page playing a totally instrumental version of Stairway to Heaven on his EDS1275. We were in awe.
The first time I saw someone playing a 1275 in UK was mid-1964 when singer Dave Berry was on TV promoting his current single 'The Crying Game'. The guitarist in Dave's band promo band was session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan (who actually played on the recording) and I was amazed at this double-neck guitar, possibly the very first in the UK!
Okay, my theory is the distance between the bridge and the tailpiece on this is what the jangliness comes from. I have a squire Jaguar, and it's similar, even though the jaguar has single coils.
I wonder if it’s because there are only 20 frets so everything had to be scooted back for intonation reasons. Unless the bridge isn’t scooted back, just the tail piece, then I’m with you.
Saw the LA Fabulous Forum show. Memorialized on the live album How the West Was Won. There you can hear the double neck version. I was slayed! Still remember vividly as it was the first time I heard Stairway. Never the same since.
That was one of my first ever albums I got as a kid…I’d say it had a profound impact on me looking back at the guitar and music journey that followed. How The West Was One has my all time favorite version of Stairway To Heaven. I prob listened to it countless times on my bus rides home from school.
You can thank these influencers for that. A created market and a bunch of sheep. If folks only knew what the rock scene was at the time. Most of the recordings done at the time was with a tele. Most not all. We have given birth to a monster. Personally I have no desire for the glam of signature guitars and yes I could afford one, but they make no sense to me. I play and not one of them is going to make me sound like Page, Slash or any of them. I sound like me whether no matter what I play. Ok, I'm off this soapbox.
Saw page plant tour twice. With and with out Jason Bonham. When you went and played the 12 string side for ambient tones some of what you were doing sounded like a Byrds song. I think it's called 8 Miles High. I'm guessing we got a hint at another signature at the end. I'm curious what this release coming may do to the proce of non signature double necks.
Hate to be the one to tell you but the solo for Stairway To Heaven was played on a Fender Telecaster. The dragon Telecaster that you featured on your show. The double neck was only used for the live show.
Austin never ceases to amaze. At 8:52, the classic "If you want the secret-to-Jimmy Page tone" take the 2 screws out...lol...Thanks, Austin, for demoing the open-string after tones of both necks open. You can really hear the difference. This is exactly why Jimmy let each unplayed neck remain on...Lastly, thanks for the Link Wray touch. Nicely done!
I once visited the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City and they had one of Jimmy's doubleneck's hanging between the stairs above the entrance as you walked in. I had my aunt take my picture and when the polaroid developed it was pretty dark and my eyes were glowing bright red lol. She thought it looked bad but I told her given Jimmy had a reputation for studying witchcraft it was appropriately demonic lol. She didn't like it when I said that. I wish I still had that picture. It's weird how difficult it is to find ANY pics of that Hard Rock given how iconic the '59 Caddy tail end hanging over the entrance was.
I've played the original JP double neck. Friend of mine was doing a photo shoot of Jimmy's guitars and over the weekend he had them stored at his house! Got a photo of it too!
I know it’s part of the legendary Jimmy Page look, but I always preferred the tighter 12 string tuner spacing on the doublenecks used by Alex Lifeson and Don Felder. Same thing with Gibson and Epiphone 12 string acoustics. The wider spaced ones just look a bit goofy.
You can play that last Lick stairway. You just got. to just got to Curve your hands A bit And practice it a few times beforehand. keep in mind Jimmy always jammed anyway, so he altered the solo to be. with no matter what guitar he played on, it wouldn't have been like the studio exactly.
Anyone know how to pre-order or secure the next Jimmy Page custom shop signature model? I really want his Les Paul signature when it comes out but I feel like these limited artist custom shop signatures are always sold out by the time they’re released. I’ve called multiple dealers and reached out to Gibson but no one could even confirm a release date. I’m not paying $50k though. Would like to see a “cheaper” regular VOS model from custom shop. I’d only consider paying $50K if I could meet the man himself lol.
just visited the Gibson Garage in London - Jimmy Page 1969 EDS-1275 Doubleneck Collector’s Edition, Signed, Exclusive - Cherry £47,399.00 - $60,319.97. Pricey!
Ace Frehley would also play one live for "Rock Bottom" and recorded "Fractured Mirror" with it. EVH recorded "Secrets" using one and played it onstage a few times before Kramer made him a custom doubleneck
What happened to the old Greeny price? Will the new Jimmy Page signatures raise the prices of the older early 2000s ones? I thought they’d make the older ones seem less desirable and lower the value of the old ones.
That wiring and switching is bizarre. I have an Epiphone version of this (much cheaper!), and it has 3 toggle switches. The switch on the bottom horn selects the Neck, Bridge, or both pickups on the 6-string side. The middle selector between the bridge selects the 12- or 6- string necks or both (middle). Then there is a third 3 position switch between the 2 neck pickups that selects the 12-string neck pickups. It sounds amazing and looks very similar to this one, otherwise, even down to the uncovered pickups on the 6-string side. Did you notice the neck dive?
You forgot to mention he saw Family's guitarist John Whitney use an 1275 and got inspiration to use one as this was Whitney's main gigging guitar. Also that he opted for a longer position of the tailpiece behind the bridge because he thought it would give the guitar more resonance, plus a longer string tension results in a less slinky guitar than one with a shorter bridge length as opposed to what you said. Hence why Fender's 25 1/2" feels more rigid than a Gibson's 24 3/4".
Actually, it's not "one of the" but in fact THE most Iconic guitar ever, of all time! Everyone knows it, when you see or hear a double neck, you think Jimmy and Stairway! The most famous guitar on the greatest song of all time. Just plain fact!
18 year old me would’ve been psyched that all these different signature guitars are being made, adult me just face palms at gibsons recent blatant cash grabs, and I critique lovingly as I’ve allows them to grab my cash more than a few times.
There was a musician local to me called Frank White, he played in and around Sheffield in the UK. He owned a white double neck SG, which I believe was one of the first made. After his death in 2022 Jimmy Page made numerous attempts to purchase the guitar but failed. Its value then was 500K.
The best reason to play a doubleneck is if you have a song that needs either neck for different sections, and you have maybe one beat’s worth of time to change. I played (and sang) Hotel California in a country band years ago, and since I didn’t have a doubleneck, I had to play the solos (both parts!) on 12-string. I tried, once, playing the entire song on 6-string, but the verses didn’t sound right, even using chorus to simulate a 12-string. Got to have the real thing!
In fact, Jimmy also used a Vox Phantom XII electric twelve string in addition to the Fender Electric XII on the fourth album recording of “Stairway To Heaven”.
THE HOOK thru the entire Stairway solo is Page having his Fender E-12 plugged directly into the main recording console and strumming an Fmajor7 constantly in the background. That's the hook. It's subtle...it's addictive...it's stunning.
Correct me if I’m wrong please, but I believe you’ve got it backwards Trogly- having longer strings should theoretically make it feel like there’s MORE tension, not “slinkier”. This is for sure the case with scale length, but I’m not certain about having more string length from bridge to tailpiece. But I would imagine that even though there’s a bridge between the nut and tailpiece, the “longer strings = more tension” thing should still stand.
A wise purchase Austin, congrats. I'm curious about the hollow bodied double necks, also, I'm kind of surprised Gibson didn't use a pair of trapeze tailpieces on the ES-1275!
Amazing video and sounds! I used to have the Epiphone version, made in Korea in 1996. It did have also the extended string length, but it had three toggle switches. Two pickup selectors, by each neck pickup, and the selector in between, closer to the bridges, working as neck selector. This one was also taller, like the one in this video, and that allowed you to change necks using your forearm. I actually think that Epiphone's layout worked better! You could have different pickups selected on each neck and quickly change from 12 to 6, or viceversa, with your forearm while strumming.
Thanks for the awesome and thorough demonstration of this guitar! The closest I ever came to playing one of thiese was a knockoff version by Ibanez in the 70s
You do more for Gibson bringing younger players into their market than anyone. The idea that they’re banning you is ridiculous! Love watching your channel! Thank you for sharing.
@@mikepfeifer3687 Gibson wouldn’t let Trogly (Austin) buy the $50,000 Custom Shop Greeny Les Paul that included the Kirk Hammett meet and greet, because he is a guitar “reseller”.
Damn, that thing is only 11 pounds, my 60's Les Paul is 11 pounds XD with a single neck, the only reason I got it like that is because of the monster top it has lulz
He only used the double neck live. The Stairway recording used a mixture of acoustic and electric guitars. It’s rumoured that the lead break was actually played on a Telecaster. The 6 string side sure has some rawk.
A very interesting story, especially since Jimmy Page recorded everything originally with Frnder guitars and only after that he took Gibson and Gibson guitars remain in the memory of most people. This is a great example of how both famous brands Fender and Gibson were used by the great guitarist Jimmy Page, no I know a lot of people who famously promoted both brands, congratulations!!!
Great guitar - this is the 2007 model though, not the $50k new one, I wonder which era or Gibson made a better version. I'd guess the new one because . . . Caesar. John McLaughlin had a signature double-neck, but it's a Paul Reed Smith, and he auctioned it for charity at the end of the tour. You can get PRS Private Stock double-necks for about $15K that are the same, maybe a different color. I'd love a Gibson (or as a PRS fanboy) a PRS double-neck, I have an OLP (MusicMan) double-neck, as well as a limited edition OLP 12-string EVH/Axis, and with Duncan pickups, it's a screamer - the OLP 12 string neck stays in tune really well. I can play a half dozen songs or leave it on the hanger for a week and it might need a micro tuning adjustment on a string or two. But to own an EDS-1275 . . . Funny how the covered pickups had a higher resistance - the going theory is that uncovered are hotter. Page's were early Duncans, along with the bridge pickups on his Les Pauls.
Actually, it's a great workout for getting used to this guitar. When I first bought mine 20 years ago, I I used it to get familiar with the control setup and jumping between necks. Going from rhythm guitar parts on a 12 then switching to the 6 for a lead.
No mention of Claudio Sanchez? He’s been playing one of these live every concert for the last 20 years when performing Welcome Home. Look up any video of coheed and cambria playing welcome home.
My epi has the longer tail piece placement, I never thought about it needing longer strings because I didn’t realize it was different .. so what strings ARE long enough to fit them because it is finally about time I change my strings
Awesome I got Epiphones version of it but just the body blank stripped of all parts and then built it up from scratch myself all custom parts and locking tuners and all 4 pickups were Seymor Duncan JB1's it was awesome wiring it was a pain in the azz but it played great, unfortunately, I had to sell it and a 2012 les paul AAA after someone hit & ran on my car..right after COVID but I'll probably do it again and yes I got it to do the 73 live version of the stairway and the SRS & Rain Song Live as part of my live set... It was great while it lasted
The Jimmy Page Double neck is a cool one! Can't wait to see what is "new" with the new 2024 version
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70’s guitar yeik
I love the tones out of the 6 string. Sounded great, and not sharp or brittle at all. The 12 string side also had a very pleasing tone as well. Nice demo
The only SD pickup on Jimmy's EDS 1275 is the bridge pickup on the 6 string string side. The other three are original Ttops. No, Gibson didn't use any SD pickups for the new one.
Trogly, do you know any immediate signs of an epiphone being fake? The zakk wylde camo lp i bought years ago came w an epiphone checklist & mini epi booklet showing setup instructions. The serial number is legit. Bought keystone grover locking tuners from Sweetwater and they are a tad off from the stock grover tuners. Buzz kill. Thanks for any info or video you can link me to.
@@cfh13 He's not going to answer you unless you'd like to pay him to verify your guitar
When Trogly said, "...only $50,000" I lost it dear reader.
The rumor was to expect 100k price tags. In that sense, it is "only 50k"
@@TrogYah....Half price. 😅
haha...instead of the 100 k $$$."some" expected......yep...money no object....for some.....
Because you're cheap.
Yes, but it’s a “two for one” deal. 😉
I tried to purchase #2, which was the first guitar Page didn’t take. He played all 26 and blind picked #1. It was auctioned by Heritage Auction a few years ago and I was out-bided. Think it sold for $17 000.
That seems cheap actually for that
Remember that auction … I was keeping tabs on the final price myself. Would have loved to have won it as well!
19:20 What kind of song is this from? Anybody?
@EbonyPope it's a Metallica song call of ktulu
@@EbonyPopethat’s Bad by Michael Jackson
Only 50k? Let me Start counting through my change jar
Right? I need to start cursing like a sailer again and top off that swear jar
I'll take 2
I bought an EDS 1275 years back that was part of a huge Sam Ash buy. It was a 1975 build and as the EDS 1275 was not in regular production. It had the same long tailpiece mounting and the body was doweled at the factory like this one. It had the two covers removed like this one...One piece body...I tried to confirm who had ordered it and could not get a direct answer from Gibson... They would just tell me it was a Celebrity Custom Order. .It weighed a crazy light 10.5 lbs. No mods to it at all. Super clean except for a sizeable buckle wear spot on back. I found out after I foolishly sold it that it was shipped to a record company in California when new... LOL. Live and learn...I think I paid 1100.00 dollars for it... Those were the days. Cheers, Rudy @GRNY
you are the guy that sold MK the beautiful Brazillian rosewood fingerboard. Lake Placid or Daphne blue gibson LP!!!!!!
John McLaughlin has a signature doubleneck through PRS. You should check that one out!
Oh yeah I'm gonna upvote that!
twice the gibson experience with 2 headstock breaks lessgooooooo
My SG headstock cracked twice and I’m still playing it!
@@Platewarp cricket?
Odd, I have a handful of Gibson guitars and not a single one has any headstock damage. I guess taking care of instruments by not dropping them, smashing the headstocks into things, using cheap cases with no support etc. prevents the headstocks from suffering damage. Who'd of thought....
@@marcseclecticstuff9497 The SG is notorious for cracking headstocks. Other Gibsons are not prone to headstock cracking.
If you can afford this guitar surely you can afford strap locks, I guess if ones mindset is playing their bolt on neck guitar in their parents basement, this would never occur to them....
1:14 "..can't have all those guitars on stage.." *laughs in Steve howe
I have the Epiphone version and I love it. I used it in a band for original songs and, after about an hour, it feels like a collapsing star is slung over your shoulder but the sheer rock n’ roll excess keeps you going :)
Thanks. I was wondering.
How heavy would you say they are? My guess would be 20lbs.
@@rockhaze I think mine weighs about 15 pounds. Less than I thought it would be; before I got one I assumed it would just be the equivalent of two guitars stuck together!
Thanks for sharing. The Epi is special in that it has that extra toggle switch between both neck pups versus the Gibson version. That allows for each neck to be selected for separate tone and Vol controls, right?
He also played “The Rain Song” on this for live gigs, weird tuning and all (though a half step up from studio tuning, probably to make it easier to go back to standard). He only used it ONCE on a studio album, “Caroselambra” on the last studio album.
19:20 What kind of song is this from? Anybody?
@@EbonyPopeMetallica Call of Ktulu
He also used the Double neck on the Walking Into Clarkesdale Album with Robert Plant . It was used on a Song called Blue Train and it was used on the song Called Walking into Clarkesdale .
In the outro section to "Over the Hills and Far Away" it sounds like Jimmy's playing the 12-string with only the 6-string switched on.
The low, "grandfather clock" ambient chime sort of tone.
It’s a full step up live: DGCDGC to EADEAD
Jimmy's "Stairway To Heaven" guitar will always be his Harmony Sovereign to me. He wrote it on that guitar, and recorded the song with it. People like Trog are the reason he didn't want to be seen playing it live. He wrote the first four albums with it.
Yeah but he used the Gibson double neck guitar for doing it live and you have to admit this one suited him better and he looked a lot cooler playing this live than he would've had he been playing a Harmony! 😅
@@jonathanhudak2059 then it's not the Stairway to Heaven Guitar, it's the Make Jimmy Look Cool When He Plays Songs Live Guitar.
@@davidethridge5748 right, it was Fender Electric XII and a Telecaster for electrics on that song
@@davidethridge5748 Well, I will always associate it with stairway to heaven. You do what you want. After all, he needed something he could play both parts on one guitar on stage live.
@@jonathanhudak2059 he could have used a Leslie speaker like the Fender Vibratone with his Dano to get the same chorus effect. But the double neck did look cool.
The Gibson EMS 1235 double neck guitar mandolin is a must have sister guitar for when you switch from Jimmy Page to Robbie Robertson.
Or for “Battle of Evermore”
19:20 What kind of song is this from? Anybody?
@@EbonyPope It’s metallica… but I forgot the song. 😭
Could be
If you have a spare $60k hanging around to buy one.
When the ARMS TOUR hit Dallas in 1983, I was there, and I remember Jimmy Page playing a totally instrumental version of Stairway to Heaven on his EDS1275. We were in awe.
19:20 What kind of song is this from? Anybody?
@@EbonyPope I've no idea.... Hmmmm.
It's not difficult like most page parts.
The first time I saw someone playing a 1275 in UK was mid-1964 when singer Dave Berry was on TV promoting his current single 'The Crying Game'. The guitarist in Dave's band promo band was session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan (who actually played on the recording) and I was amazed at this double-neck guitar, possibly the very first in the UK!
Wow, big Jim, little Jim
Big Jim and Page were studio bud’s.
@@mikepfeifer3687 yeah, they were the two big 'go to' guys for pretty much the entire London pop industry back in the 60's.
@@mikepfeifer3687 Little Jim borrowed Big Jim's Gibson J-200 acoustic for recording "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" on Led Zeppelin I.
Okay, my theory is the distance between the bridge and the tailpiece on this is what the jangliness comes from. I have a squire Jaguar, and it's similar, even though the jaguar has single coils.
I wonder if it’s because there are only 20 frets so everything had to be scooted back for intonation reasons. Unless the bridge isn’t scooted back, just the tail piece, then I’m with you.
you might be right there. This was extra jangling and it totally makes sense that the extra string length plays into that
He used a Fender X 12 string and a Tele for the solos on the actual recording. For live he did use the Gibson double.
Thought it was an E 12, plugged straight into the mixing deck but yeah, you're right
Saw em in 73 in Tampa. No adult supervision. I was 13... I vaguely remember seeing him playing one.
surprised you werent invited backstage 🤐
I WAS THERE
“Vaguely” hahahahahaha I bet man!!! That had to be amazing!!!
Man sounds great. Thanks Austin
Awesome! So jealous!!
I. Had Don Felders white one as a guest for a couple days…
For a second I thought it was the new one I was like how did u get this
Are they making a new one? I saw Jimmy doing a promotion with Gibson a couple months ago
@nerad1994
Did you watch the video? What do you think he is talking about at 3:31?
Saw the LA Fabulous Forum show. Memorialized on the live album How the West Was Won. There you can hear the double neck version. I was slayed! Still remember vividly as it was the first time I heard Stairway. Never the same since.
That was one of my first ever albums I got as a kid…I’d say it had a profound impact on me looking back at the guitar and music journey that followed. How The West Was One has my all time favorite version of Stairway To Heaven. I prob listened to it countless times on my bus rides home from school.
they have to do an earl hooker signature at some point
licencing might be difficult but it still should be made
The fact of anybody justifying $50,000 for a guitar boggles the mind.
You can thank these influencers for that. A created market and a bunch of sheep. If folks only knew what the rock scene was at the time. Most of the recordings done at the time was with a tele. Most not all. We have given birth to a monster. Personally I have no desire for the glam of signature guitars and yes I could afford one, but they make no sense to me. I play and not one of them is going to make me sound like Page, Slash or any of them. I sound like me whether no matter what I play. Ok, I'm off this soapbox.
Saw page plant tour twice. With and with out Jason Bonham. When you went and played the 12 string side for ambient tones some of what you were doing sounded like a Byrds song. I think it's called 8 Miles High. I'm guessing we got a hint at another signature at the end. I'm curious what this release coming may do to the proce of non signature double necks.
Hairway To Steven 🤠 only 50 G I’ll take 2
Only 50k? What a steal
Hate to be the one to tell you but the solo for Stairway To Heaven was played on a Fender Telecaster. The dragon Telecaster that you featured on your show. The double neck was only used for the live show.
loved the cheeky little section of Call of Ktulu you snuck in. Sounds great on that guitar.
Austin never ceases to amaze. At 8:52, the classic "If you want the secret-to-Jimmy Page tone" take the 2 screws out...lol...Thanks, Austin, for demoing the open-string after tones of both necks open. You can really hear the difference. This is exactly why Jimmy let each unplayed neck remain on...Lastly, thanks for the Link Wray touch. Nicely done!
Sounds great. Anything Page endorsed is cool with me.
I once visited the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City and they had one of Jimmy's doubleneck's hanging between the stairs above the entrance as you walked in. I had my aunt take my picture and when the polaroid developed it was pretty dark and my eyes were glowing bright red lol. She thought it looked bad but I told her given Jimmy had a reputation for studying witchcraft it was appropriately demonic lol. She didn't like it when I said that. I wish I still had that picture. It's weird how difficult it is to find ANY pics of that Hard Rock given how iconic the '59 Caddy tail end hanging over the entrance was.
The only guitar it’s acceptable to play the forbidden riff on in a guitar store
"Sweet Child o' Mine"?
Love the mailbox letters that Earl put on his headstock.
Was waiting for the saw to come out!
I've played the original JP double neck. Friend of mine was doing a photo shoot of Jimmy's guitars and over the weekend he had them stored at his house!
Got a photo of it too!
HEY! NO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN KID ! LOL
ok...I'll play "Smoke on the Water"...lol
Man!! You got Jimmy Page’s DNA there!!! 😍😍
I dare you to cut 🎸🪚🎸this one in half! 😂
then do a flaming lips set lol
A full car payment in 13 lbs and a red coat of paint
I know it’s part of the legendary Jimmy Page look, but I always preferred the tighter 12 string tuner spacing on the doublenecks used by Alex Lifeson and Don Felder. Same thing with Gibson and Epiphone 12 string acoustics. The wider spaced ones just look a bit goofy.
I really think this is one of the best sounding demos trogly has ever made. Gosh…that guitar sounds beautiful ❤️🔥
Fun fact…Jimmy has to alter the stairway solo live cuz the guitar only has 20 frets and you can’t really reach those…now ya know👍
i did hear that a while back
You can play that last Lick stairway. You just got. to just got to Curve your hands A bit And practice it a few times beforehand. keep in mind Jimmy always jammed anyway, so he altered the solo to be. with no matter what guitar he played on, it wouldn't have been like the studio exactly.
Anyone know how to pre-order or secure the next Jimmy Page custom shop signature model? I really want his Les Paul signature when it comes out but I feel like these limited artist custom shop signatures are always sold out by the time they’re released. I’ve called multiple dealers and reached out to Gibson but no one could even confirm a release date. I’m not paying $50k though. Would like to see a “cheaper” regular VOS model from custom shop. I’d only consider paying $50K if I could meet the man himself lol.
Only $50k for the incoming Jimmi Page double neck? Sweet.
For that good of a deal I'm tempted to get 2 of them.
*John McLaughlin* also used the EDS-1275 (with same paintjob as Page's) from around 1971-73
just visited the Gibson Garage in London - Jimmy Page 1969 EDS-1275 Doubleneck Collector’s Edition, Signed, Exclusive - Cherry £47,399.00 - $60,319.97. Pricey!
Ace Frehley would also play one live for "Rock Bottom" and recorded "Fractured Mirror" with it. EVH recorded "Secrets" using one and played it onstage a few times before Kramer made him a custom doubleneck
Fifty grand is a pretty nice car
What happened to the old Greeny price? Will the new Jimmy Page signatures raise the prices of the older early 2000s ones? I thought they’d make the older ones seem less desirable and lower the value of the old ones.
That wiring and switching is bizarre. I have an Epiphone version of this (much cheaper!), and it has 3 toggle switches. The switch on the bottom horn selects the Neck, Bridge, or both pickups on the 6-string side. The middle selector between the bridge selects the 12- or 6- string necks or both (middle). Then there is a third 3 position switch between the 2 neck pickups that selects the 12-string neck pickups. It sounds amazing and looks very similar to this one, otherwise, even down to the uncovered pickups on the 6-string side. Did you notice the neck dive?
$50k for the new one?!?! Gibson are having a laugh.
You forgot to mention he saw Family's guitarist John Whitney use an 1275 and got inspiration to use one as this was Whitney's main gigging guitar. Also that he opted for a longer position of the tailpiece behind the bridge because he thought it would give the guitar more resonance, plus a longer string tension results in a less slinky guitar than one with a shorter bridge length as opposed to what you said. Hence why Fender's 25 1/2" feels more rigid than a Gibson's 24 3/4".
Actually, it's not "one of the" but in fact THE most Iconic guitar ever, of all time! Everyone knows it, when you see or hear a double neck, you think Jimmy and Stairway! The most famous guitar on the greatest song of all time. Just plain fact!
18 year old me would’ve been psyched that all these different signature guitars are being made, adult me just face palms at gibsons recent blatant cash grabs, and I critique lovingly as I’ve allows them to grab my cash more than a few times.
Why not, it's a business after all, and all businesses are in it for the bottom line.
There was a musician local to me called Frank White, he played in and around Sheffield in the UK. He owned a white double neck SG, which I believe was one of the first made. After his death in 2022 Jimmy Page made numerous attempts to purchase the guitar but failed. Its value then was 500K.
i could have my house full of guitars and i still won't be encumbered by it 😂 the double neck is so sick!!!! would love to hold one someday
To quote Nigel Tufnel, “don’t touch it. It shall never be played.”😂😂😂😂😂
With my recent pelvic breakage....this awesome guitar would literally kill me. 12 lbs? WOW!!
So double the SG Neck Dive?
Exactly… One of the necks should’ve been running out in the other direction. For balance.
@@johnnyxmusic 😂😂😂😂
Are Gibson also planning a leftie so that I can display the two either side of my fireplace?
The best reason to play a doubleneck is if you have a song that needs either neck for different sections, and you have maybe one beat’s worth of time to change. I played (and sang) Hotel California in a country band years ago, and since I didn’t have a doubleneck, I had to play the solos (both parts!) on 12-string. I tried, once, playing the entire song on 6-string, but the verses didn’t sound right, even using chorus to simulate a 12-string. Got to have the real thing!
In fact, Jimmy also used a Vox Phantom XII electric twelve string in addition to the Fender Electric XII on the fourth album recording of “Stairway To Heaven”.
Does this mean to get two broken headstocks in one fall???
That 12 string headstock is so huge, it looks like it's going to snap off at any second.
TAPE WILL EMBOSS INTO THE FINISH....
My guess $25k! Oh, I didn’t know about Murphy lab, yeah $50k! Sorry it’s just getting out of hand if you ask me!
THE HOOK thru the entire Stairway solo is Page having his Fender E-12 plugged directly into the main recording console and strumming an Fmajor7 constantly in the background. That's the hook. It's subtle...it's addictive...it's stunning.
I mean it’s pretty pronounced where it’s supposed to be. But I never realized he’s not playing the A or G
Correct me if I’m wrong please, but I believe you’ve got it backwards Trogly- having longer strings should theoretically make it feel like there’s MORE tension, not “slinkier”. This is for sure the case with scale length, but I’m not certain about having more string length from bridge to tailpiece. But I would imagine that even though there’s a bridge between the nut and tailpiece, the “longer strings = more tension” thing should still stand.
A wise purchase Austin, congrats.
I'm curious about the hollow bodied double necks, also, I'm kind of surprised Gibson didn't use a pair of trapeze tailpieces on the ES-1275!
Amazing video and sounds! I used to have the Epiphone version, made in Korea in 1996. It did have also the extended string length, but it had three toggle switches. Two pickup selectors, by each neck pickup, and the selector in between, closer to the bridges, working as neck selector. This one was also taller, like the one in this video, and that allowed you to change necks using your forearm. I actually think that Epiphone's layout worked better! You could have different pickups selected on each neck and quickly change from 12 to 6, or viceversa, with your forearm while strumming.
Thanks for the awesome and thorough demonstration of this guitar! The closest I ever came to playing one of thiese was a knockoff version by Ibanez in the 70s
You do more for Gibson bringing younger players into their market than anyone. The idea that they’re banning you is ridiculous! Love watching your channel! Thank you for sharing.
Banning?
I’m sorry, I have not heard anything about someone or something being banned?
To who and from who??
@@ScottsGuitar banned from buying the $50,000 guitar
@@mikepfeifer3687
Gibson wouldn’t let Trogly (Austin) buy the $50,000 Custom Shop Greeny Les Paul that included the Kirk Hammett meet and greet, because he is a guitar “reseller”.
Why is he banned from buying it?
Barry stock uses this guitar for a only one live performance song called pain by three days grace.
Damn, that thing is only 11 pounds, my 60's Les Paul is 11 pounds XD with a single neck, the only reason I got it like that is because of the monster top it has lulz
Teaser alert! Page Signature Les Paul coming up? Yes!
He only used the double neck live. The Stairway recording used a mixture of acoustic and electric guitars. It’s rumoured that the lead break was actually played on a Telecaster. The 6 string side sure has some rawk.
That was a fast NGD.. didn’t you post it like 4 days ago? 😂
A very interesting story, especially since Jimmy Page recorded everything originally with Frnder guitars and only after that he took Gibson and Gibson guitars remain in the memory of most people. This is a great example of how both famous brands Fender and Gibson were used by the great guitarist Jimmy Page, no I know a lot of people who famously promoted both brands, congratulations!!!
Trogly hits 290.000 yeah!
Thanks for coming along the journey!
I’m glad you decided to play stairway!
that is a great double guitars. amazing
Only 50 grand ? Wtf i cant afford the strings😂
Steve Clark = most stylish guitarist that double neck looked amazing RIP
Saw it in half.... SAW IT IN HALF!!!!
Great guitar - this is the 2007 model though, not the $50k new one, I wonder which era or Gibson made a better version. I'd guess the new one because . . . Caesar.
John McLaughlin had a signature double-neck, but it's a Paul Reed Smith, and he auctioned it for charity at the end of the tour. You can get PRS Private Stock double-necks for about $15K that are the same, maybe a different color. I'd love a Gibson (or as a PRS fanboy) a PRS double-neck, I have an OLP (MusicMan) double-neck, as well as a limited edition OLP 12-string EVH/Axis, and with Duncan pickups, it's a screamer - the OLP 12 string neck stays in tune really well. I can play a half dozen songs or leave it on the hanger for a week and it might need a micro tuning adjustment on a string or two. But to own an EDS-1275 . . .
Funny how the covered pickups had a higher resistance - the going theory is that uncovered are hotter. Page's were early Duncans, along with the bridge pickups on his Les Pauls.
Hey!! Didn't you read the sign!?!
Tempted to buy this one from Trogly then remembered I need to buy a car this year. Nice guitar!
Did I notice correctly a dotted 'i' on the 12 string headstock, but no dot on the i for the 6?
I saw it also but it was not mentioned. The little nick of the top of the headstock was obsessed over instead.
Yep you Shaw did
Nice job playing stairway. I believe it's been proven that accompaniment parts are not protected by copyright so hopefully no issue.
I’m happy with my 2001 cherry red eds 1275 , it sounds amazing 🎸
Is it heavy? Some thing you could carry for 5 hours? Sounds great. Makes the show.
well these are great wall hanger guitars and made history with great songs but 20 pounds guitars are not practical just show pieces
Are you going to cut it in 2 again?
so is one allowed to play Stairway in the guitar store on one of these?
Actually, it's a great workout for getting used to this guitar. When I first bought mine 20 years ago, I I used it to get familiar with the control setup and jumping between necks. Going from rhythm guitar parts on a 12 then switching to the 6 for a lead.
Could be he wanted the tailpieces so low so he didn’t bust his knuckles going for the switch?
I really hope they do a page les paul again always wanted one
They are doing his #1 and #2 Les Pauls
@@JokersWild70I hope there’s an Epiphone release of his #1. Or his black ‘57 Custom!
@@JokersWild70 Oh heck yea ! i hope they do standards ! i cant wait
@@solarisramirez8039 That's what I had read just a few weeks ago
Dude. Your guitar playing is really improving keep up what you are doing!!
No mention of Claudio Sanchez? He’s been playing one of these live every concert for the last 20 years when performing Welcome Home. Look up any video of coheed and cambria playing welcome home.
My epi has the longer tail piece placement, I never thought about it needing longer strings because I didn’t realize it was different .. so what strings ARE long enough to fit them because it is finally about time I change my strings
Awesome I got Epiphones version of it but just the body blank stripped of all parts and then built it up from scratch myself all custom parts and locking tuners and all 4 pickups were Seymor Duncan JB1's it was awesome wiring it was a pain in the azz but it played great, unfortunately, I had to sell it and a 2012 les paul AAA after someone hit & ran on my car..right after COVID but I'll probably do it again and yes I got it to do the 73 live version of the stairway and the SRS & Rain Song Live as part of my live set... It was great while it lasted
I used to own a 1991 EDS1275 but had to sell due to debt. It broke my heart
Never thought about how long the strings are on the 12 string neck