The man was a genius. Without him, who knows if we’d even have music as we know it. Probably not. Multi track recording, solid body guitars etc. What an awesome person.
Les Paul , George Martin Drastically Changed MUSIC , RECORDING POSSIBILITIES. The Volume of Bass from 1966 going Forward on Beatles Albums part of the reason why I learned Bass first then Guitar / lead , Bass is my Comfort Place with how much a good bass part can change a song ! I would LOVE to own a Les Paul RECORDING Bass , but cost no way with disability pay . Have had various basses but never a Flying V or L.P. body with or without F holes . This is GREAT what you have done showing all these . THANKS
I remember Les Paul and Chet Atkins on good morning America back in the late 70s maybe early 80s were they both played together. I’m sure there’s a video floating around on CZcams of it
I bought a set of checks Les Paul had signed back in the 40's from the juliens auction. i have them all framed with a picture of les and mary ford along with the juliens paperwork.
I have a friend like him. He has 100 projects on the go at the same time. Instead of doing job #1, finishing it, do job #2, finish it, etc he does a little on each project each week. (Its been years and only 1 thing got finished so far) Presumably he plans to finish everything at the same time 😂 yet nothing ever actually gets done. I'm a one job at a time guy. I actually get stuff FINISHED though.....
Less known than Les is founding Chicago guitarist Terry Kath. In 1970 and 71, Terry played a Les Paul Recording model. It's most audible on *Chicago III* and portions of *Chicago at Carnegie Hall.* Shortly after Chicago appeared at Carnegie Hall, Terry was the featured cover artist in Guitar Player Magazine, photographed in monochrome with the Les Paul Recording. In his interview, he stated that he liked rhe lo-impedence pickups.
Yes...AUSTIN thank you.... This information is GOLD to those of us who like to mod our guitars!! From the Railroad Track and The Log to these rare unique mods, Les Paul was forever seeking the ultimate guitar for his personal use... I had no idea that he continued this quest throughout his entire lifetime.... And he was working with the finest materials available.... Now I don't feel so bad when I hack up My 150 Dollar pawn shop guitars to make them my own..... I am once again educated, amused, and inspired by YOU , Trogman.... You're the best. Rock on....-Corky
that white SG is really cool looking. the guitar body itself seems a little rounder than a standard SG and the pickguard design is quite rather groovy. i'd have loved to have known more about that one.
Great episode Trog! A ton of info on a ton of guitars, incredible that not only was he an amazing inventor and innovator, but that he was a superb player. How did he find time for all that?!? Guess it helps to live to be 94
@@Trog That would have to be purposely done, not a mistake. I can't imagine the feeling Les must have had being able to basically roam the factory floor getting into trouble, all the while explaining he was on a "Research and Development" mission! Great Content Austin, Thank You
I see these LP recording models actually sell for around £1900 -£2000 on Reverb (june- Sept 23) but are listed around the £3K to £4K price and the dealer sites are priced the same, even the 2014 re-issues are priced the same as a '70s vintage. MADNESS!
This Les Paul Estate Auction series has been great fun, and very interesting to see all the various prototypes, especially the Recording variants in this episode. As a teen in the 1970s I wanted very much to buy an LP Recording and my teacher talked me out of it as not very practical. Great to see in detail Lester's lifelong talent and enjoyment for tinkering.
Love the finish on the 1982 LP Custom w/pulverizer ...what would that finish be called ?...Also what guitar would Django Reinhardt play if he were alive today ? Thanks Trog !
the low impedance "line" were some of the best sounding guitars Gibson has ever made and they'll never make a proper reissue beacuse people just dont want good sounding guitars anymore
Beware Some cases bend your neck Had a V in an original case I ripped the neck brace out of the case and used a travel pillow under the neck .Because when I would take the guitar out It was bent to be sharp tuned (back warped) while stored in the case
Wouldnt hurt my feelings if your finishing out the week on everything Les Paul . I'm sure it would've been cool to pivk up a few of these for your museum.
He really liked the low impedance pickups. So never feel bad about putting a set of emgs or fishmans in a les paul, or hacking out chunks of it with whatever is around to accommodate extra controls. He would have wanted it that way. We can carve up our gibsons to honor the man.
I much prefer no binding. Had to send two Flying V's back to Gibson because the E string would catch between those crappy raised nibs and the frets, all up the neck. No use at all to a lead guitarist.
From what I can gather from Les Paul's modification and his signature preference guitars. The man doesn't really appreciate Gibson Les Paul guitar standard of pretty maple top and powerful humbuckers. Les prefers the jangly sound of Fendersque single coil tone that's just my guess
I can't help but wonder if the "Junior" design for those prototypes was to make a no-frills less expensive version of the recording/personal. Slab body, simplified, less defined shape makes me think so.
I love watching the results of an 11 year old guitar auction just as much as the next guy, but I’m looking forward to getting back to the guitar reviews!
well first of all, great video trogly. great history. Les Paul and his fantastic guitar design literally changed my music life when i bought my first one of 8 les pauls in 1976. thats a fact! but ill have to say the guitars Les Paul played are as mickey mouse abortions of guitars as ive ever seen. the wiring and low impedance and switches and knobs are just so mickey mouse and unusable in band live playing in anyway shape or form its almost rediculas. but my thanks to les Paul and his original design. gibson kinda screwed him with the SG design in 61. but that was over come in the 70s with the great bands and live concerts. nothing beats a les paul standard in a live environment on stage period. thanks for the video. sure got my mind churning
Talk about ‘playing with your food’! Interesting, with how DIY Les was, that he chose to work with Gibson over Leo. You hear the story that the Tele was too ugly for Les… but dang, those recording models are ugly as sin!
The man was a genius. Without him, who knows if we’d even have music as we know it. Probably not. Multi track recording, solid body guitars etc. What an awesome person.
Les Paul , George Martin
Drastically Changed MUSIC , RECORDING POSSIBILITIES.
The Volume of Bass from 1966 going Forward on Beatles Albums part of the reason why I learned Bass first then Guitar / lead , Bass is my Comfort Place with how much a good bass part can change a song !
I would LOVE to own a Les Paul RECORDING Bass , but cost no way with disability pay . Have had various basses but never a Flying V or L.P. body with or without F holes .
This is GREAT what you have done showing all these . THANKS
I was dying laughing at the Xzibit "Yo dawg" meme faintly thrown in
I remember Les Paul and Chet Atkins on good morning America back in the late 70s maybe early 80s were they both played together. I’m sure there’s a video floating around on CZcams of it
I bought a set of checks Les Paul had signed back in the 40's from the juliens auction. i have them all framed with a picture of les and mary ford along with the juliens paperwork.
it kinda sad that he dident get to finish some of his projects
I suspect most of those are projects that were finished (or far enough along to call it a failure) and then cannibalized for parts for other projects.
He accomplished more than many! Research multi track recording.
I have a friend like him. He has 100 projects on the go at the same time. Instead of doing job #1, finishing it, do job #2, finish it, etc he does a little on each project each week. (Its been years and only 1 thing got finished so far) Presumably he plans to finish everything at the same time 😂 yet nothing ever actually gets done. I'm a one job at a time guy. I actually get stuff FINISHED though.....
Less known than Les is founding Chicago guitarist Terry Kath. In 1970 and 71, Terry played a Les Paul Recording model. It's most audible on *Chicago III* and portions of *Chicago at Carnegie Hall.* Shortly after Chicago appeared at Carnegie Hall, Terry was the featured cover artist in Guitar Player Magazine, photographed in monochrome with the Les Paul Recording. In his interview, he stated that he liked rhe lo-impedence pickups.
My first actual Gibson was an ES-320 with the low impedance PUs, and I love it still. Such a nice tone.
Yes...AUSTIN thank you.... This information is GOLD to those of us who like to mod our guitars!! From the Railroad Track and The Log to these rare unique mods, Les Paul was forever seeking the ultimate guitar for his personal use... I had no idea that he continued this quest throughout his entire lifetime.... And he was working with the finest materials available.... Now I don't feel so bad when I hack up My 150 Dollar pawn shop guitars to make them my own..... I am once again educated, amused, and inspired by YOU , Trogman.... You're the best. Rock on....-Corky
that white SG is really cool looking. the guitar body itself seems a little rounder than a standard SG and the pickguard design is quite rather groovy. i'd have loved to have known more about that one.
The Les Paul recording bass was played by Donnie Purnell (1977 - 1996) of the band KIX
Great episode Trog! A ton of info on a ton of guitars, incredible that not only was he an amazing inventor and innovator, but that he was a superb player. How did he find time for all that?!? Guess it helps to live to be 94
7:10, that "P" in Paul is upside-down! freaky
Good catch! Upside down and rotated 90 degrees haha
@@Trog That would have to be purposely done, not a mistake.
I can't imagine the feeling Les must have had being able to basically roam the factory floor getting into trouble, all the while explaining he was on a "Research and Development" mission!
Great Content Austin, Thank You
I see these LP recording models actually sell for around £1900 -£2000 on Reverb (june- Sept 23) but are listed around the £3K to £4K price and the dealer sites are priced the same, even the 2014 re-issues are priced the same as a '70s vintage.
MADNESS!
This Les Paul Estate Auction series has been great fun, and very interesting to see all the various prototypes, especially the Recording variants in this episode. As a teen in the 1970s I wanted very much to buy an LP Recording and my teacher talked me out of it as not very practical. Great to see in detail Lester's lifelong talent and enjoyment for tinkering.
You should do a video on Mary Ford's Les Paul's..
The other benefit of the low impedance pickups is that Les could record straight into the mixing desk
Hello there fellow guitar gear heads
This series needs finishing, Austin. Go for it!
Alot of these recording models look like a mad scientist got to em humm Edward Van Halen must have got some ideas from Les basically just go for it 👍🤘
Les Paul Signatures! 😍
Yes, you _do_ need another one in your collection Trog!
I do love my '74 gold top, that's for sure. 😀
I'd dig the unfinished custom with hss routes
Possibly that refret was at a repair shop in Silver Hill MD outside DC that had a Gatton connection.
Love the finish on the 1982 LP Custom w/pulverizer ...what would that finish be called ?...Also what guitar would Django Reinhardt play if he were alive today ? Thanks Trog !
I love how most Les Pauls favorite guitars were modded oddballs, majority of the Les Paul guitar fans wouldn't touch with 10ft pole🤣😂
Les was like a mad scientist!!!
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Good morning from the UK😊
the low impedance "line" were some of the best sounding guitars Gibson has ever made
and they'll never make a proper reissue beacuse people just dont want good sounding guitars anymore
That should put the "Les Paul hated SGs" rumor to rest
Beware
Some cases bend your neck
Had a V in an original case
I ripped the neck brace out of the case and used a travel pillow under the neck .Because when I would take the guitar out
It was bent to be sharp tuned (back warped) while stored in the case
The Legend Les Paul. Pioneer. Innovator. Musician. Noob guitar mod guy.
Don't worry Les, 3 outta 4 ain't bad.
That was like what forensics would find in a serial killer's basement and attic . . . He really went to work on those poor things.
Great series!
I would like to see you review a gretsch Eddie Cochran
Les didn't like neck binding and actually removed it from a few guitars
Les went savage on some of those axes! That was a surprise to see, thanks
Great video and yes we would love another one Austin......Thanks
Refretted by Danny Gatton best of this lot.
Super history lesson. Looking forward to demo of Recording model. Ü ♫
Wouldnt hurt my feelings if your finishing out the week on everything Les Paul . I'm sure it would've been cool to pivk up a few of these for your museum.
He really liked the low impedance pickups. So never feel bad about putting a set of emgs or fishmans in a les paul, or hacking out chunks of it with whatever is around to accommodate extra controls. He would have wanted it that way. We can carve up our gibsons to honor the man.
I much prefer no binding.
Had to send two Flying V's back to Gibson because the E string would catch between those crappy raised nibs and the frets, all up the neck.
No use at all to a lead guitarist.
7:10 the P is upside down... thats probably why its stamped Bargin
Perhaps the only guy that could take a Gibson home and hack it up, and not lose any value.
His guitars were tools to make his music, for sure. He cared more about how they functioned and sounded than how they looked.
From what I can gather from Les Paul's modification and his signature preference guitars. The man doesn't really appreciate Gibson Les Paul guitar standard of pretty maple top and powerful humbuckers. Les prefers the jangly sound of Fendersque single coil tone that's just my guess
I been watching YT shorts of Johnny Depp using a battered to blazes Les Paul. What's he playing?
7:53 mystery guy....
You did a great job, thank you!
I can't help but wonder if the "Junior" design for those prototypes was to make a no-frills less expensive version of the recording/personal. Slab body, simplified, less defined shape makes me think so.
My first electric was a LP Recording...
At the time they were the 2nd worst Gibson you cd buy (the gold hollowbody was no1)...
Wow so much info here!
I love watching the results of an 11 year old guitar auction just as much as the next guy, but I’m looking forward to getting back to the guitar reviews!
YES YES YES!!
Are those low impedance pups actually single coils?
Mine were a stacked bucker, low impedance...
You really needed a pedal to drive an amp.. gd cleans tho.
@@baabaabaa-yp2jh thanks. Thats kinda what I expected. Like a stacked p90
You ever come across the British made John Birch guitar?
well first of all, great video trogly. great history. Les Paul and his fantastic guitar design literally changed my music life when i bought my first one of 8 les pauls in 1976. thats a fact! but ill have to say the guitars Les Paul played are as mickey mouse abortions of guitars as ive ever seen. the wiring and low impedance and switches and knobs are just so mickey mouse and unusable in band live playing in anyway shape or form its almost rediculas. but my thanks to les Paul and his original design. gibson kinda screwed him with the SG design in 61. but that was over come in the 70s with the great bands and live concerts. nothing beats a les paul standard in a live environment on stage period. thanks for the video. sure got my mind churning
so many parallels betwen Les Paul and Eddie Van Halen.
so how heavy is the heavy bass?
Is it just me? Or do the recording Paul's look like what may have inspired the blueshawks?
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Z is for 3 hours late. Damn I missed out on that SG… lol
Les Paul's Les Pauls
Cool stuff!
Troglodytes assemble!!!
.. Xzibit?
tHE tHOMAS eDISON OF mUSIC, gUITARS & rECORDING gIZOMS!!M good, insightful episode!!!!
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What in the world could he possibly have been doing to need like 6 knobs 4 switches and 4 selectors on some of these guitars lol??
Your 'Les Pauling' me out Troggy.
Finish it.
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It seems les paul hated PAF
Lucky number “7”!!
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Only if you are Les Paul himself you can butcher so many Les Pauls.
Talk about ‘playing with your food’!
Interesting, with how DIY Les was, that he chose to work with Gibson over Leo. You hear the story that the Tele was too ugly for Les… but dang, those recording models are ugly as sin!
Oh I didn’t know 🤔. Brilliant !
They're all horrible 😂
plywood not pancake body jew
Those giant black pickups are so ugly. I understand why that didn’t take off.
He destroyed a lot of guitars!
I remember reading that a very few of the semi hollow Signatures early production had the oblong pickups before they switched to the rectangular ones.
I was born 7/9/76. That’s pretty wild.