The New "70s" Les Paul Standard | 2022 Gibson USA Adam Jones Les Paul Standard Silverburst Review
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Epiphone tends to put a t least a burstbucker at the bridge on models that are geared towards players. The burstbuckers actually aren't that bad from my experience with them.
Trogly please please please give me an answer. So I got my Jones standard with the thumb bleeders. Why do some have and some don’t???
Did fender ever make a double cutaway telecaster?? there's one for sale at starving musicians in santa clara. An it's confusing to look at.
@@Lordraven29 I'd be leery about it. I've never seen one. Doesn't mean there hasn't been one but that could be a homemade cutaway.
@@clarkbabin9799 i got the link an the photo. was planning on stopping by to see it in person. its not like a pointy strat with a tele layout. it looks like a tele with double cutaway. With fender on the bridge an the headstock.
I work with Tool. When Peter from Gibson delivered the first prototype of the Jones replica that has the mirror mounted on the head to Tool's studio i happened to be there. He was holding it by the neck and i asked him to turn in over so i could see the back. I pointed to one of the knicks they had duplicated and said "I put that one there". Everyone cracked up immediately. Adam didnt think it was all that funny, but soon after acquiesced.
For the record, i did NOT put that knick in there. I stay away from touching any of their gear not in my charge (I'm Danny's synth guy).
Gibson has no incentive to improve QC since people take whatever crap they put out. At least they are keeping luthiers working.
I agree with you, bro.
TOTALLY. Looking at ESP USA now. The Eclipse model is excellent. Better reach and comfort contours. I don’t mind paying a little more for quality.
I have a Gibson Les Paul DC. I bought it in the late 90s. It had tooling marks on the fretboard. They are barely visible since I’ve been playing it.
For that much money I’d feel like a fool to settle for a Gibson at this point.
I absolutely love mine! He's so right about that pickup! I only use a boost for a distortion with it and the tone is hard to beat. I thought the generic pickup was going to be lame but it blew me away!
Good to know. I’m looking forward to getting mine in about 1 1/2 months
@@F_K3NT_D did you get it? How'd it come out? I'm waiting for mine 7 months already but might be another 6
@@edp5623 Yes. Unfortunately it arrived in terrible shape. The Top had a few scratches and the back was like a cat just started clawing at it, just didn’t have enough time to completely destroy it if you understand what I’m saying. A semi-local A Rated Gibson certified service shop has had it for the last 2 weeks trying to buff out the damage
Volume and tone settings please.
Volume and tone settings please.
Just got one of these, returned my Epiphone Greeny and 79 Adam Jones custom for this and the difference between the high end epiphones and this Gibson is night and day!
Sounds like the Marshall Bluesbreaker is earning its keep tonight.
Yeah Trogly loved the B-roll while you was playing. Love your content, I’ve learned so much I never knew about Gibson guitars. I have always been an American Fender guitarist but I definitely see myself dipping my fingers into the Gibson pond in the near future. Last thing I now regularly troll the Gibson mod shop as well as the Reverb demo shop, thank you keep the content coming, I’m hooked. Jason
i love how you can see the particular guitar you'd get, from sweetwater. didn't even know about that till you'd mentioned it in a video. later checked it out and YES do i love that feature!
That bridge pickup is a fire breather! Nice tone!
Just got one, brand new via Reverb £2299 from GAK in the UK.
Stunning.
I bought the new Epiphone Adam Jones Les Paul Custom. Although I'm sure the Gibson AJ Standard is a great guitar. I've never seen Jones play anything but a Custom.
The Epiphone version is a GREAT guitar, well worthy of a full review.
All of the quirks this guitar has makes me love it even more and I bet will make it collectible in future years . Just the specs on the neck from the inlays to the board to the volute Makes me glad I did preorder one
Not a collectible it’s a mass produced guitar.. the customshop version however is
I do enjoy that Sweetwater offers the different tops, serial numbers, and weights to choose from of a particular finish, so props to those guys. 👍 Siverbursts are KINDA starting to grow on me. I regret selling my Copper Top LP Classic, with cream colored 496R and 500T ceramic pickups in it. That thing screamed with that pickup combo. BTW, nice riffing, Trogmeister 🤘
I hope these sell well enough for Gibson to consider other 70's specs and models I would love if they made some early 70s reissue SG Standards with the Harmonica bridge.
They need to do like the early 80's SG's with the output jack on the side
Believe me, they’re selling very well but I’m not sure it’s because of the year that’s reissued here. I’m pretty sure all of the Adam Jones Les Paul’s that have been released these last couple years have had enormous demand.
Extremely satisfied with this one Austin. Purchased from the MUSIC ZOO, when these first were offered. Had one cracked knob. Notified the MUSIC ZOO, and they sent a full set of brand new Gibson knobs. Third time I’ve purchased from them, each time a fantastic experience. The guitar is perfect, sounds great, feels great in my hands, and produces all of the tones I love. Very affordable for all that’s put into this model. If you’re a true Adam Jones fan, it’s a must, IMHO. Great review AUSTIN!
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Volume and tone settings please
Was waiting for your review, ordered one back in May and I've been on the fence to cancel or keep the order. I'm holding firm on the AJ Standard!! Thanks
Being able to pick the exact guitar has me switching to Sweetwater. I’m glad that you plugged them.
I like it! Love having the silver burst tear drop!!
Here we go again with the Jones silver burst! 😂
I dig the smaller tear drop silver burst, burst on the back and neck would have been epic!
I got mine last week and everything’s fine except that I am a bit surprised about the fret size. They seem really small and I would’ve imagined that medium jumbo are supposed to look and feel quite large. The original frets on my 2005 Classic are significantly larger.
Ordered from Sweetwater the day they went on sale, my rep is estimating October for me. Great vid, bud!
Trogly, what did you use for the overdrive? It sounded really good! Was it just the Marshall bluesbreaker?
Voy a esperar con ansias un video de todas las versiones de esta les paul poniendolas a prueba al mismo tiempo
Outstanding playing man. Sounds wonderful
great work Austin, thank you
For a semi-custom USA guitar, the 2999.99 price from Sweetwater seems reasonable. I'd like to try one to feel how the neck compares to my '79 Custom and other early 80's Les Pauls.
@@auntjenifer7774 I've tried the Cadillac. Don't like the neck or how it balances on a strap.
@@auntjenifer7774 What a joke. If you can't tell, there isn't a difference. Enjoy your inexpensive guitar.
@@pandaman1968 you would have to post pictures somewhere for anyone to give you an honest opinion
greetings everyone on this beautiful Saturday!
the bridge pickup was made on my birthday!!!! i want this guitar!!!
I really would like to get one of those!
Those pickups sound fantastic
Man oh man I can’t wait for mine . Sucks they don’t have the thumb bleeders and posilock strap buttons tho but ah well.. I would put them on myself but the quirks of this is what makes me love it even MORE. Changing anything on it would change its essence and I can live without thumb bleeders or posilocks gaaah I can’t wait though I predict I’ll be playing A-LOT more when it arrives , super stoked , thanks for posting the vid Trogly
I got mine 7 months ago and mine has the thumb bleeders. I can’t get an answer from anyone as how and why butttt. Coolest surprise
I don’t listen to Tool and I’m not a fan of the silverburst but I still watched the whole thing. Good review.
6:52 my brother in Christ... $3k is NOT on a budget... 😂
Compared to 10 grand the others were going for….. I guess
Definitely interested in the epiphone one when that comes out. I like tool and Adam Jones but I'm not a huge tool fan, so if the epiphone one has the tool design on the back of the headstock that's a deal breaker for me, I can change the pickups so that doesn't worry me.
honestly don't know why people care what's on the back of a guitar
Now that's a cool guitar. Wonder if they'll make an epiphone version. Also any word if Brendan Small got his guitars back. It sucks that he lost his thunderhorse prototype.
You should review the Gibson Les Paul Classic Lite currently available at a couple retailers only.
This one reminds me of the Gibson Showcase Les Paul. Pickups were EMG. I bet this would look killer with black hardware.
Thank you for the recommendation about changing pickups to get another sound!! I would definitely put my Seymour Duncan's JB Jazz
Have you bought one of these?
@@urgidover Yes, i've owned them and they're really good, super versatile
Mine came with thumb-bleeders on the knobs and different more domed strap buttons
I have one of these on order, hopefully I get it some time this decade, Gibson seem to be taking their sweet time with the second production run!
I talked to my Sweetwater rep about the Epiphone version and from what he can find out, the one Cesar has is simply a demo/concept at this stage and there is not concrete plan to start production any time soon... Time will tell...
Dec 7th from the grapevine 2022. 8 models.
Do you think that the bridge pup might be a 500t just renamed?
Oh and the other silverburst AJ uses is the one with the black tuners and double uncovered pickups
Would it look better with 70s witch hat knobs ? And the burst should be a bit more feathered in its transition from silver to black. Other than that it looks great !
I ordered mine, but I have to wait 'til February!!
Whoa that thing is gorgeous. Use a Sharpie on those knobs.
A beautiful one! Love it!!
Love this guitar. Just wish they made them in left handed version!
What reissue has the actual "fretless wonder" frets? They have less "slop" to them when you push down on the frets.
Sounds amazingly good clean.
Great video I'm ordering mine.
I love volutes. I think all guitars should have them
The Epiphone phone model was recently revealed in a video by Cesar where he plays the guitar and in the video you can clearly see it’s a full on silver burst. Teardrop on the front and I swear you can clearly see bursts on the sides of the guitar as well. There is a Seymour Duncan pick up in the bridge and most likely a Probucker in the neck the knurled metal switch tip is present and at first glance for all intents and purposes you might see only the Kalamazoo headstock as the main difference in appearance at first glance but as you know Gibson parts look very different in the subtilest ways. Adam Jones also put out a brief video showing to Guitar in this psychedelic looking video but you can also see the teardrop burst Seymour Duncan pick up switchtip and again at first glance it’s the headstock that stands out as the main difference. That is until you get up close and personal with the parts and specifications. You may have seen these but I didn’t recall any mention of it. If I’m wrong please correct me.
The Epiphone at this stage is still just a concept model, Gibson aren't going to be producing them any time soon from what I've been able to find out.
@@bubbabigmin they give mixed messages particularly when Cesar says one thing but if you call customer support their toes something completely different. In this case he said that Guitar was going to be released this year but support says we have no date for you. I’m not holding my breath over it anytime soon I don’t think I’ll personally see one for a year or two with the way things are. I was lucky to get the Gibson standard model out of just sheer happenstance. When I ordered it I was told it wouldn’t be in until October and then a couple weeks later it arrived at my door. It was originally ordered by somebody else but before they got it they canceled however the Guitar had arrived but was then rerouted to me.
I'm gonna need one of those Pink Fuscia's
does it have the stupid raised nibs on the neck binding? Had to return two Gibson Flying V's because the e string would jam between the nibs and the frets all the way up the neck.
Good playing today Austin.
As owner of 4x Gibson's I am going to show my complete ignorance what is or not the effect or tone difference by rotating the neck pick up? I not not likely to do it to any of mine I would be curious to know the tonal or level difference.
Brace yourselves, it is the silverburst season once again
I know... darn it
😂
I’m all for it 😂
Love the channel and I'm a big Tool fan but Gibson and their decisions on production signature models make no sense. The price point is absolutely too high to skimp out on putting the $99 Seymour Duncan pickup in this model. I'm fine with the mahogany neck and even the lack of burst on the back. I know they are made in America so the cost is higher than foreign made guitars. That said you can get extremely well made Japanese guitars with all name brand hardware and electronics for half this price.
Sounded great to me…nice Les Paul!!!!!!
Got mine a couple months ago absolutely love it. I did purchase a Seymour Duncan custom shop Adam Jones Duncan Distortion which is the same pick up used in the custom model. Aside from that the Chicago music exchange T type neck pick up is one that I will be using in place of the burstbucker at some point so it can get closer to what I believe are original specs. If I’m not mistaken didn’t 70s Les Pauls often come with a T top pick ups? These just emulate T tops. However emulate or not they have their own distinct sound that really complements the jonesbucker. After putting in the custom shop pick up I took the DC hi game and put it in my Chicago music exchange SG which has a T type set of pick ups and the neck pick up in this guitar sounds phenomenal on its own and I often just played the neck pick up rarely using the bridge at all. Anyway my point being is I paired the DC high gain with the T type in that SG and the combination of the two are incredible.
Nice post.I also own a DDJ MJ wired PU. Could you tell me at what height it is recommended? Greets and thank you very much.
@@tr1cott504 I’m guessing you’re referring to the height of the pick up in relationship to the strings? What kind of guitar do you have that you are putting this in? I would only be guessing a les Paul if you are an MJ fan and a tool fan. Let me know.
@@tr1cott504 I have a question for you as well the pick up you have, was it wound by MJ and it is a vintage with the DDJ logo on it or is it a custom shop order that you have?
@@fattony4961 thx for quick answer. Yes, distance pole pieces to strings. I habe a 2020 Epi LP Custom. I am a 48 years old AJ / Tool fan.
@@fattony4961 It is a custom shop order. It is called DDJ with A.Jones specs. Wound an signed by Marciella Juarez. She is a really nice person.
New? How many different versions of these are they gonna come out with?
I just noticed something.. is that bridge pickup a 70's tribute?
Bridge pickup looks like a Seymour Duncan JB made by Gibson. Sounds good!
You mean a distortion? A duncan distortion is basically what he uses
I definitely prefer perimeter burst.
I think the post in that 4th pot was bent when u twisted that knob Trogly!!
I domt care about AJones, but Gibson should release a serie of Standards with teardrops in metsllic finishes, like red, bluez etc, would be do cool. Ebony fingerbard and perloid inlays too of course
How long will gibson make these ?
Excellent instrument. I’m not surprised there are finishing flaws.
@@RByrne the biggest flaw is it being a Gibson
Gibson could have put a t type pickup in the neck which is the modern Gibson usa t top. They also have a custom shop T top called the 68 custom humbucker so i don't know why they used the standard alnico 3 custombucker in the Adam Jones signature custom. When they have proper alnico 5 t top clones they can use .. they could use the t type in the USA version instead of the BB1
Mines had the exact same laquer checking lol
I wonder if the bridge pickup s the new 70s tribute pickup. The 70s tribute bridge measures 16.5k so it sounds like that is the pickup in this guitar and the 70s tribute pups are also uncovered.
Man, has there been a Gibson put out in the last 30 years that didn't have some sort of QC issue? Couldn't even get the knobs right...
Great video
The bridge pickup sounds exactly like a Gibson 500t
Thank you for learning some TOOL
That is the loudest I have hear you play Trogoly. I had to turn my hearing aids down.
I watch every show and with each I simply choose to place my money in PRS. At least their got and finish is great
Shouldnt have to fix the knobs with a black marker
Trogly, I spent $3000 on this guitar brand new, now I see the prices on those guitars are going down insanely you can find almost a new one for 2K.
Why is this happening?
Have we been fooled by Gibson by paying so much money for something that it doesn’t hold the value not even just a little bit?
I love mine this is a great guitar. I don’t understand. Why is this happening?
for what they charge they should be perfect. send the knobs to the mod shop they can paint them purple
So I received mine today and first of all, thank you so damn much for the video breaking it down. So, to be honest, I played it through 2 different tube amps and it sounds...crappy. my other Les Paul and my Schecter sound better than this. Once I get tonthe 14th fret I find it doesn't hold tune properly. First impressions is Guitar Center is gonna be getting a return. I'm going to keep tweaking the nobs and maybe put differnet strings on. Pretty bummed for what I spent.
I am assuming it does not have a slightly larger head-stock and angled 14 degrees as did the some of mid to later 1970s Les Paul Norlin era models?
@@pandaman1968 with out seeing it, it is rather hard to say it could be temperature related, or simply age (depending on how old). Could even be wrong polished used I however would be less likely it to think it the wood as cracks in the wood wood be more likely long or short vertical fractures or where any joints occurs. that could be from knocks but if the case I suspect it would be more obvious etc.
What you could do take a shot of it and contact a few guitar repairs sent the shots to them and see what they think.
Hope this is of some help.
$3000 does not count as "on a budget". I like this model better than the first two. I like a brand new LP with Adam's specs, but the fake aging on the others is stupid, especially at the prices they were released at, much less the insulting price they have reached on the collector's market. If this one actually was budget friendly, I would seriously consider buying it. What kind of idiots pay extra for "relicing" and then complain about barely visible tooling marks on hand-filed fret nibs?... Collectors!
I just can't get over the fact that they couldn't be bothered to put locking tuners on this, or give us the original Seymore Duncan pickup. It's a $3k guitar. I don't care if it's production or not, I can get those pickups (and much higher end pickups) on Japanese Ibanez models for at least $1k cheaper. If this were about $500 cheaper I may consider it just because I'm a massive Tool fan. But combined with what I mentioned, and the poor QC reviews have been mentioning about this guitar, I just can't do it. Such a shame. I really would like to have a silverburst Les Paul if the quality was still there, and if they hadn't skimped.
Trogly u are the man. U give us so much killer content. Ur great at repairing guitars. U play well. But brother we gotta work on that distortion metal tone of yours. Your cleans are excellent but the high gain tones need some adjusting. Just my opinion as a fan and lover of the show.
I think this is great and all, and honestly I wasn't a buyer for this particular model before anyone else says it, but they lost me at the mahogany neck. All of my Les Pauls over the years have been maple-necked Norlin era guitars, and for me nothing else will do. That is a key feature of Adam's guitar, regardless of whether they slightly altered the shape of the neck, which I don't personally agree with either.
$50,000 says you can’t feel the difference with a blindfold on.
@@glynnpowell7864 You might not want to take that bet. I remove the finish from the neck on most of my instruments. Anyone can tell the difference between a smooth 3-piece maple slim taper and a slightly grainier 1-piece mahogany fatty when there's no paint on it. Perhaps you're making this about tone, which I didn't mention, although you can't possibly think that a maple/ebony will feel and sound just like a mahogany/rosewood. If so, I implore you to try both of them together in a similar circumstance. You may be pleased with your ability to tell the difference. What I said is that the maple is for me, and I am a Norlin guy. I live in southeast texas, the maple with a volute holds up better. Just one of several reasons I have for my preference, including the shape.
i wish i could get one
Don't care for Adam Jones, or Tool, but nowadays you can't play a silverburst anymore without the connection to AJ or his band. Dude claimed that color on all his models. Let's hope he does a LP Deluxe in silverburst...
I'll take it with a correctly placed black open coil neck humbucker and an unmarked truss rod cover. The inlays and fretboard are worth the price.
Does anyone know if those have 300k or 500k pots?
So over the Adam Jones, LPs
Greetings Fellow Troglodytes
Good evening HK. A fantastic evening here, I’m going to watch some Rainbow videos later. I really enjoy Mr. Blackmore. What a player.
@@sgt.grinch3299 Awesome way to spend the evening.
Yeah, Blackmore is a legend.
Love the Ebony fingerboard and MOP Trapezoid inlay.
Hi there guys! Hope you’ve had a great day!!
Another Adam Jones LP…like groundhogs day almost. 😂😂
Actually I would love one of these! I love Tool and Adam Jones. So really I’m just being a jealous idiot. 😬😂
@@stop736 LOL, Greetings Cynthia,
Yes, it is kind of like Groundhog Day.
I still remember the very first time I saw a Silverburst Les Paul Custom. It was 1979 and it was a new finish, friends and I walked into the local music store and didn't really know what to think of it. 40+ years later I'm still kind of on the fence about that finish.
We are still waiting for rain, I was so hoping to have a rainy day filled with long napping and sandwiches! LOL
I'll help ya off that fence. They are ugly. Jmho def not special and if I had been given one I'd paint it black 😉
The whole Sweetwater "call you every couple months to check on you" thing is _extremely_ annoying and I find it as a huge turnoff.. It feels like borderline harassment at times and is totally unnecessary. Look, if I need something, _I'll_ call them.. Not the other way around! Christ, I just buy strings and silly crap like that, then maybe, once in a blue moon, a pickup set, but other than that, the calls every month or two is kind of creepy and off-putting, IMHO. 🤨 Surely I'm not the only one that feels that way. I get harassed enough with spam and ad's as it is, I really don't need some dude bugging me every other month to make his commission or whatever they're up to. 👎
Hahah, never bought from them but I don’t like to be bothered like that either.
I heard bout the epi version .... prolly more my price range.... we will see ...
It’s getting hard to keep up with the Jones’s
Tune that thing to drop D and put on Opiate
Geez how many AJ silver bursts reviews do have to see.
i dont know why but i would absolute love it with a mahogany top it would be more special
Are these a limited run or will they be around for a bit?
Around until people stop buying most likely
A signature guitar the artist never played. Makes sense.