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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
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My @gibsonguitar Les Paul is a... beaut and fast approaching 25 years of age so I thought I'd answer some of the questions you tend to ask online.
Anything else you want to know? Let me know and I'll answer below. That rhymed, @GabriellaTavini would be proud.
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Ratio Machine Heads: geni.us/ratiomachineheads
Bridge: geni.us/resmoaxbridge
Reflector Knobs: www.59parts.pl/reflector.html
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0:00 - My Les Paul Model & Year
0:36 - Where did I buy it?
1:51 - The Body
2:28 - What is the finish?
2:51 - @thebuzztone 57 PAF Plus Series Pickups
4:09 - What's under the hood?
6:20 - Neck and Fretboard
7:07 - My MASSIVE Jumbo Frets!
8:56 - What's my action like?
10:08 - @GraphTechGuitarLabs Ratio Machine Heads
10:52 - Bridge and Stop Tailpiece
12:44 - Me knobs! from @59Parts
13:21 - Final Thoughts - Навчання та стиль
I just appreciate you recording the exact moment you purchased in back in 98 knowing one day you would need it for this exact moment! Sped is always ahead of the game.
What can I say mate? It felt like an important moment. We hired an entire crew to shoot us on film in the restaurant. I’ve had it locked away on VHS for years. 😂
Yes and he even had a smart phone 10 years before the rest of us!! Sheer genius.
@@martinrhodes1619 Sped is a time traveling Wizard
@@ewen75 Only the classiest of Time Lords play Les Pauls.
Im not sure about pre aged guitars or the price point of real aged guitars sold looking like they came out of a hoarders garage behind a rusty metal shed filled with animal carcases. I love the fact you wipe yours down and keep it looking as fresh as the day it left the factory albeit it light wear it is getting on the neck.
The mods look natural and factory. Specifically the tuners. You my friend, know how to treat a fine instrument. 🤙🤘
This is absolute class, both it’s actual content and the visuals are top drawer too. 👏
Thanks Lee! Appreciate that, glad you liked the video. Always experimenting. 🎥
Great video !
Love all the info on the upgrades .
Keep up the great content
Thanks Steve. Will do!
Oh Sped... You are such an amazing personality. Hoping much more slash licks and lessons from you Sped. As always love from INDIA❤
Beautiful guitar and fantastic upgrades! Thank you for sharing
Thank you! I had fun making this video. Glad you dig it.
Thanks for the guitar run done. What a beautiful les paul, love the honey burst! And great video image quality and colour grading. I had to go have a look at the gear you filmed with. I was guessing full frame panasonic, but micro 4/3rds! Nice!
Love seeing and listening to you Sped!!! Sooo knowledgeable 😊😊😊
Thank you Robin! Always a pleasure. 🇺🇸 🙌🏻
Wish I would have found you earlier!!! Just love your approach,style,stories and playing. I'm now in as you would say in!! Best to you and Gabb stay safe keep rocking the mighty Zepp. The Paul is beatiful.Great tone and clarity. Cheers!!
Sped!! With every post you make it just makes the day much brighter! Not to gush like a fool or ramble, but i did not stumble onto you're channel till earlier this year and mate, i am so glad i did! Happy Saturday mate! Enjoy the weekend and Cheers !
So cool that you finally found me though. It’s difficult to cut through I guess because there’s more and more content creators each year. Have a great weekend!
Oh brother this was wonderful. And thanks so much for shedding light on high action. I like my action exactly like you and I have been put down and laughed at and told "That is not how you do it!" by other players and techs. Took me years to realize the action is however the F we like it. Much love my friend. Big fan of you and what you do.
Yes Larry! Your guitar and action should be exactly the way you want it. Anyone who says "it should be like this or do it this way" is usually just wanting your approval. Unless it's 100% completely wrong then I'm always like "🤷🏻♂️ I like it this way." I mean, Hendrix should have had a left handed guitar right? He did alright for himself.
@@SpedSpedding Hey Thanks Sped, I respect your opinion (and playing) so much. Also Hendrix did okay at Woodstock without true bypass pedals 😂
Long live high action!
I received my cherry sunburst LP Standard new on 6 September 1989. Made on 5th August that year. Placed an order through a shop in Essex UK that is long since gone. Got the phone call to say it was in, drove like a lunatic to get it. I still think she's beautiful, obligatory neck repair and all. The one piece of music gear I'll never part with 😊❤
This guy and the hard work he puts in >>
My guy! Thank you.
@@barrymiller2272 A lot of people have said this to me “your guitars always look immaculate” 😅 I don’t have anyone else to compare to really, I just like to take care of things. Guess that’s why my fretboard is in decent Nick for it’s age. ❤
Thanks for the info luv 😂
Fab as always ❤❤❤
Cheers luv.
You are a trip. Always put a smile on me face. Amazing review.
Clear and concise descriptive instruction along with obvious skills. I prefer unpotted pickups on my LP as well though I have both just in case. Cheers from California. Keep up the good work!
Thank you I will! Glad you liked this one.
Man this had me rolling!! Cheers mate!!
😂😂😂 which part?
Sorry I must have been stoned, you are just a funny guy, I took a bunch of your lessons today. Lots to work on, Joined your patreon as well. Cheers.@@SpedSpedding
Really enjoyed that, what a beautiful guitar that you have truly made your own.
Awesome, thanks for sharing Stephen. Glad you enjoyed it.
the eating bit while on the phone 😆 great content. appreciate the work you've put into this video 👏
😂😂 true story! Shovelled that down and then went to watch Deadpool in the cinema!
Cheers Sped you covered it all💯 great insight into a beautiful guitar. Great video as always. Hope graph tech we’re watching 😁😁😁
@@chrisjude8794 me too, we all need that brushed nickel don’t we!
Your vid on "Whole Lotta Love" inspired me to buy a Les Paul again, I love it, I got the Epiphone Modern model. I had a Gibson LP Classic with 57 Classics Pickups a few years back (Ice Tea burst - beautiful) but my neck couldn't take it! My Strat has its place but when you want to thrash it, you need a Les Paul! BTW - a similar segment on your amp and effects would go down well, I'm sure. Thanks Sped for your efforts, love the channel
I know the feeling. They weigh heavy. I once went for a back massage and the lady asked if I’d been in a car crash. I said “no I’ve got a Les Paul.”
“Oh…” 😂😂😂
Great Vid! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
Awesome the restaurant clip had me in stitches. I think we all do that when the Mrs is trying to explain something to us 🤣and I like the fact you customised your les paul to suit you and make it your own, with string action Everybody seems to be obsessed with a low action, but if you raise the action, the guitar comes to life 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Ah thank you! Yeah someone left a comment throwing shade at me saying I’d done too much. All that matters is the player/owner is happy and inspired. What do you have your action set to?
@@SpedSpedding na ya can never do too much to your own guitar. The trick is to change one thing at a time and not change everything in one go, i’d actually say my action is not far off what you have, from wot you showed in the video when you were bending the strings and the strings above resting on your fingers
@@markwright9352 excellent, we can share guitars. 😅
Great one Sped. Id like to try those pickups soon. I will pick them up this summer.
No pun intended right Johnny? 🤣
@@SpedSpedding I mean, who doesn’t love a good pun? Right?
It’s a great beauty, that machine of yours. And a lovely tour through it like was dreaming on Planet Paul.
Thank you! So glad you like it.
We need to see the rest of the collection
We do Henry!
This is hands-down the best review I have ever watched. I laughed, I cried, I felt renewed. You are truly an inspiration.
Thanks for the chuckles! *subscribed*
We need to know more about the crying? 😂 What kind of crying and which part? Glad you liked the video Johnny, welcome aboard!
The Honeyburst finish on the Les Paul is IMHO, the best looking finish, followed by a Goldtop. I’ve owned 2, one standard finish and one faded finish. Also, sounds like the neck could be what they call to 1960 slim taper neck.
Love your videos and rock on!
I emailed PRS my serial number of a guitar last year and they told me everything about it. I wonder whether I should try the same with Gibson. 🤔
@@SpedSpedding Thatll cost ye ...........
Love your channel Speddy my boy.
Haha thanks for watching Anthony!
Great video. Very cleverly done. Very funny!!
Glad I got a laugh Jeff, thanks for watching!
I bought my LP new in 1998. It was made in ‘97. It’s an ebony Standard. I sometimes regret not buying a sunburst but when I open the case it looks gorgeous. I might buy a cheap LP style guitar in sunburst sometime just to fulfil the need to “Jimmy” occasionally.
Love the style of presentation. That’s Matt Berry and Noel Gallager in one with a twist of Karl Pilkinton, quite amusing.
😂😂😂😂 they’re all out today aren’t they. Love that.
It is a 59 rounded profile. In the 90s there was no option for 50s or 60s on the standards. The classics had the slim taper neck, the standards had this rounded profile, which is unfortunately not available anymore on us production guitars. I have a 97 standard in honeyburst (the same guitar actually), and I love it. I recently played a 60s and 50s standard and this rounded 59 is between these 2. Very comfortable.
What a beautiful and great sounding instrument. The latter at least in your hands. I love my guitar as well. Although I only started playing guitar about 1 and a half years ago, I already have such a strong emotional connection with it. It is nothing special, a 2020 Epiphone Les Paul classic, but it’s mine ! Can’t imagine what it must be like for you!
You will build an immediate bond with it! That’s amazing, happy for you. We’ve had work done on the house recently and since Gab has started learning she picked up my acoustic and said “I’m putting this in my office it’s too precious.” 🥹 Proudest moment of my life. 😂😂😂
Hi Sped !! Brand New Subscriber here . As of 10 minutes ago . Hope you and your Family are doing well and staying safe . I'm definitely a Gibson Les Paul addict . I have a '96 Gibson Les Paul Studio Lite in Trans Blue . It had the old Headstock break about 10 years ago . But luckily for me I was working at the Local Music Store and I was , and still am good friends with the Luthier . He did a perfect job . Since I bought it new in Syracuse , New York I've made a lot of upgrades and mods ; Seymour Duncan Pickups installed , all new Pots and Electronics , Locking Tuners , and about 3 months ago I had a Re - Fret done and had a TUSQ Nut installed . It's my only Gibson Les Paul and my only Gibson . So I try to keep it as close to perfect as possible .
Anyway , I'm really happy to have found your YT Channel . Now I'm going to enjoy myself by browsing thru your Library of Videos . 🎸
Great breakdown sped
My pleasure DD!
Great stuff, I have a 91 custom, love the upgrades you've done. Seriously thinking about some of them myself..... Been following you and your guitar for some time. Wonderful stuff, great sound, great playing, thank you :)
That’s real cool. What finish and what would you change first?
I use stringbutlers . They solved 80% of tuning issues. But i,m going to check out those tuners. Thanks for the info. Problem is which ones will fit my custom 2017..18??
@@SpedSpedding Hey, It's a deep cherry red.. almost black in most lights. Then it can glow insanely when the light hits it right. I'm gonna start with the graph tech bridge, saddle and tuners. Not really sure tbh, about the pickups yet, was thinking about the J Page wiring harness and go from there. Lots to think about and research. Keep up the great work :)
Scalloped feel? Now the Ritchie Blackmore hat makes sense : )
Wow, Sped my Les Paul is June 16. Same year, model, and finish! Of course mine doesn’t have all those upgrades, but I couldn’t believe the proximity! 😮
Do you reckon they knew each other? 🤘🏻😂
I played a second-hand '98 Heritage H150 for 21 years now, great LP style guitar, made in the original Gibson factory in Kalamazoo. Just recently got a Gibson Custom shop 60 anniversary ,1960 V2 "tomato soup burst". At only 8.1 lbs, my shoulder loves it, a lot. It is so authentic the reflectors fall out of the knobs just like the real ones did!
Haha I've had no casualties yet. Maybe they've seated them in even more with them being hand relic.
Nice guitar! I love the honey burst. I have an 2006 honey burst that I have owned since 2006.
His videos are entertaining and funny. I look forward to his content each week.
Ah thanks Russell! I’ll let him know. 🙌🏻😂
Great video Sped love how you can do 2 things at one time lol
What, tell crap jokes whilst sitting down? Me too. 😂😂
… Beautiful thing.
🤙🤙❤️
I picked up three Buzztone pickups after watching you talk about them. Sometime after I got a Les Paul. I Need to take them out of my poor man’s 335 and put them in it. Or just get a couple more. Great tip on the Buzztones Sir!
I didn't use my volume controls at all until I built myself a Trainwreck Express amp. Then the guitar volume knobs become absolutely essential. I rewired my 75 LP Standard to 50's style, fixing the treble rolloff.
Literally just swapped things around under the hood? That's smart. Every guitar the same after that tweak?
I was on holiday last weekend in Scotland and watched this and a couple of your other videos with my fiancee who is recovering from pneumonia. We both loved it and Kate could barely catch her breath through laughing... in-between coughs.
Being a s4d b'st4rd I actually took a screenshot of the serial number of your guitar a couple of weeks back, so I knew yours was a 1998. I have a 1996 and have gone through similar upgrades to take mine back to more of a Custom-Shop spec. IMO, there's a load of hype around the 'good-wood era', but in my limited experience my 96 is now sonically as good or better than anything coming out of the Custom-Shop... although it's also edging up towards 10lbs.
Love your channel.
Hahaha that’s taking spying on my private life to a whole new level. I love it. 😂
Sorry to hear about your Kate suffering with pneumonia. Of course I’m glad to hear that I was helping her to laugh it all away. All the best to a speedy recovery.
@@SpedSpedding Love your channel on all levels… and sorry to hear about your four-legged loss. Take care.
love the humour in this and the smooth jazz baking track tops it all off. I have the same finish on my LP and I love it. A Workingman's LP.
Working mans Les Paul, I like that a lot! Yeah, I am so done with everyone slapping the same fat rock track from Epidemic Sounds on every video. I love jazz music. I have it on every morning in the house.
@@SpedSpedding same with me always jazz on in the backgroud as I putter around the house. morning coffee and jazz rules.
I have a Standard 1995 and its amazing too. One piece back with a two piece top on KILLER flamed honeyburst (or ice tea, i rlly dont know) finish. Loving your channel, cheers from Brazil.
The HAT... Where did you get that amazing hat??? Please I've been looking for so long!
Awsome Richie Blackmore impression my friend
Damn they are muassive! My Les Paul Classic is being fretted with Jescar 1.3mm height frets at the moment. Stock was tiny at 1mm. Yours are 1.47 which is up there. I wasn't game to go all the way to full jumbos but i can't wait get it back with a big increase in size.
Super fantastic video. I fully understand such an issue with the guitar and it's great that you have a girlfriend who understands and supports you and that you have common passions.
I've had a very long break from music. A long time ago (I was born in Poland.. in the cult capital of Polish blues) In the old Polish times (PRL behind the Iron Curtain) of my art education, I had 4 guitars, which I later sold because no one understood me and my passions were not tolerated.. lack of understanding. I blocked myself and even then, living across the ocean in NY, I couldn't buy a guitar (mental block...) After many years, music came back to me and is in the first place an important element connecting my other passions, film, photography, acting and travel. I recently bet and bought an LP from the 70s at an auction. I was lucky. Take care both of you, best regards.
Love the video…i just got my first les paul custom…’71…made in Kalamazoo! Completely original including the case….my fav guitar now
Great vid
I guess you will have to do another video on ya Fender strat too ? Great work !
You know I might just do that.
I really love this guy
🥰 feeling the love. Have a great weekend!
Little known fact - 1998 (and 2021 - the year my LP was made) were the only two years Gibson used titanium zircon nubbed saw blades in the factory to cut the body and necks of the Les Paul. Titanium Zircon nubbed blades are known as "tone blades" for a reason - they've been used to cut the wood of some of the most famous instruments in time - dating back to the late 1200's when they were used for Harpsichords used by the famous Roman musician Tiberius Satriani. So well done my good sir, well done. And of course it's always a special day when the lovely Gab makes a cameo appearance in a Sped video.
Oh wow, now that is some serious info right there. How on earth did you know that? And yeah, Gab makes everything better. 😂
oh dear....wow.....titanium zircon saw blades an all....😃
What a fantastic video have a good weekend
Thank you so much Amin, you too!
Omg Sped your f’n killin me Me sides hurt
Haha amazing John, what got you this time?
@@SpedSpedding bloody hell wax on wax off
If only I was cross the pond I could hang out with you for rest of me days
Pleasant video!
Mellow and informative. Thanks for providing a serendipitous break in my day.
Beautiful guitar 😍
Where did you get the hat?
If your ever feeling philanthropical, I’ll take both. 😁
Thanks again!
Peace love and blessings.
Thank’s so much!
This hat is from a brand called Other! They make badass rock n roll gear. Always snag something in the sales they have. Can be up to 65% off!
@@SpedSpedding
Thanks brother!
Great stuff - I have two les Pauls- a page number one and a number two - the number two is my go to guitar so many tone options with the four push pulls and the two hidden buttons under the pick guard
Tell me everything about these hidden buttons.
@@SpedSpedding ua-cam.com/video/MP9sZ_LPH0c/v-deo.html
Awesome video Dude! Great content and super high production values that we have grown so used to seeing from you. I'm seriously thinking of making the same mods to my 1984 Studio-Custom Les Paul in a Cherry-Sunburst. It has the original Tim Shaw pick-ups and super low action with Jumbo Frets. I'm just so scared of messing up the sound and/or action but the tuning heads and bridge are beginning to age/wear/fail. (insert appropriate emoji here.)
I think your emojis, in order, are: 🥺🤯🤩!
If it’s now at a point where it’s kind of annoying you and hindering playing I’d be brave and make a change. Guarantee even if/when it’s “different” in its result that it won’t be worse. You don’t sound like you’re changing because you’re just curious, sounds like a necessity. 🙌🏻
@@SpedSpedding Shortly after posting this I had a band practice and the constant "drift" in tuning drove me nuts. I'm doing it! Stay "tuned" for the results to be posted somewhere (here) at a later date. (generic smiling emoji)
You should be talking gnarly old Strats in an SRV hat!!!
I can’t believe how high your action is. I play like 💩 on high action. Don’t know how you make it sound so good.
Beautiful guitar. Do a video on your strat next please.
I guess I’ve just always had it like that. 🤷🏻♂️ The Strat video would be a lot shorter. Literally no mods. 😂
@@SpedSpedding your strat has great tone and sustain . I think that maple neck is the trick.
Great Video Sped. I appreciate it. ...Hey can you do a lesson on "In The Evening ". I know I have asked over and over again....but could you?
Awesome I just got my dream Gibson Les Paul Standard🙏
Congratulations what year and spec? 🎉
Okay…love your sense of humor…new sub here 🙋🏻
Welcome to the channel. You will be pleased to know that the humour continues video to video. 😂
Ive got a late 90s les paul. Mines a 1996 R7 which I refinished in a burst. Hands down the late 90s quality is just amazing, not a fault on it.
Wow did you do the refinish yourself? 🤯
I don’t need to upgrade my guitar I need to upgrade my playing.
We can do both on this channel. 😏
Thanks!
Ledge, thank you!
Awesome video. I love Gibson’s. I just wish you could play/hear my all original 1974 les Paul custom same color (Cream) and everything as Randy Rhoads. Mine is the real deal not a re-issue or a custom made one. The tone is undescribable. It’s my holy grail in all my guitars.
Love the videos, just bought myself a vintage v100 but haven’t got the time to play 😫😫😫🤣🤣
I’ll help you make time! 😏
Sent me off to bed in good shape with this one. Good style, as always.
Hope you slept well Glint, have a great weekend!
Lovely! 😊
Cheers Wayne.
Sped, you could cool jazz and slow jam the weather report, a take out menu, any random thing you want to send up; I will remain ever your appreciator.
I cool jazz my porridge and morning brew too! I’ll bring you all along next time. 🙏🏻😏
Sped! You’re such an utter, unmitigated knob…I love you!
I am a knob. I agree. 😂
Thanks for sharing. You have that baby just right - and it always sounds and looks real good.
Thank you John!
The 1998 Gibson #LesPaul was a birthday present to myself #SadnLonely #SpedTheRipper #NakedPickup w/o a cover.
The skit in the Thai restaurant winning your guitar on eBay was scintillating, but nothing beats Gabby in the tub with the candles.
Wait until I upload a Story Time with my peach squeaking around the bath! Guarantee you’ll change your mind. 🤘🏻😂
But yes, she’s a Queen. 💃🏻
you and I have Standards made within weeks of each other, except mine is a cherry sunburst modded with 3 pickups and 5 way rotary switch. I also have a 98 LP Classic armed with some of the older burstbuckers
That clip of you two at the restaurant 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Ritchie Blackmore explains his les paul lol...😎
All in good taste mate !
Wow!
One of, if not THE, best video I've ever watched on UA-cam.
I've always loved this guy's humour and this was to perfection. I like movies like American Psycho and Nightcrawler but this was better. Brits are good at this kind of humour, I guess it is an British invention, to be over the top serious about something. And it works best when it's so close to how the artist really feels.
Perfect. Just perfect. 👏
😂 amazing. I’m so glad it translates. The odd person unfortunately thinks I’m being completely serious and at times angry. It’s mostly satirical but I do love guitar and my Gab. ❤️ Thanks for watching Chris.
Love the hat. Looks like Lennon's on their last Beatle photoshoot. I've never played an LP that impressed me. Glad you got a goodun.
That’s interesting, how many you reckon you’ve picked up? What’s your go to in the world of hums?
@@SpedSpedding Probably 13-15. I've owned two. I have a LP clone with SD 59's in it. A Stanford CR Marquis, I think it is. Perfect out of the box, but proper pups lift it to a higher level. It is quite light, which is good for my old back. It's probably half the weight of your LP!
I also have a Stanford CR 35AV, a semi-acoustic a la ES 335. Again, I put SD 59's in it. The Stanfords are a subsidiary of Maybach, who do clones. Excellent guitars. My Strat has Hot Noiseless Fenders. My Gretsch 12 string is stock, as is my old Ibanez ST-50.
One of my LPs...the action was too high. Lowered it, got the inevitable buzzes. Got it set up by a proper luthier. No change. Asked him to do a re-fret. No help. I sold it at about a 50% loss. :(
For the ultranerds out there - I think most 90s les pauls came with 250k vol/tone pots, which makes humbuckers sound darker and duller. Apparently this was deliberate on Gibson's part, as people at the time wanted a smoother, darker sound. Changed the pots on my '96 studio to 500k while changing pickups - now much brighter. So, if you have a les paul that age that's too dark, maybe try changing the pots first, before shelling out for new pickups... Enjoying the vids (and the northern sense of humour)....
A few people have said could I do a pickup change in stages. It just takes extra time and I like to do it all at once. I get you though and it makes sense. I need an assistant. 😂
@@SpedSpedding know what you mean - I'd already bought the pickups when I found out about the pots, so just did it all at once. Suspect the originals would sound much better with just the pot change, but quite happy with what I have, so they're not going back in. Maybe next time....
She’s mint. Love the top. Mine was born in the same town as yours. June 21, 1989.
Do you reckon they know each other?
Sped
I have a question what string gauge and brand do you use on your acoustic guitar
You could do stand up young man. Hilarious. Love it.
Maybe I'll have a go.
Great clip, I bought my 2nd Gibson (2021 Honeyburst) purely based off looking at your guitar all the live long day! Its completely ruined other bursts for me, damn you! 😏
That’s awesome that we’re matching. I wonder what I’d go for next… 🤔 🐝
Good stuff Sped. Think you could well be the next Privattricker/JamesJames. Fellow Manc too!
Not sure who that is Wayne! 😂 You’re a Manc or they are?
Your guitar is killer-and your playing is great, Sped. Put some lollar imperial humbuckers into a Flying V... Good guitar became stunning... Sunbear pickups getting great reviews as are Monty's (Matt Gleeson-totally cool guy)
Never owned a V. One Spedding has already done that well before me. 😂 Yeah I’ve heard of them. I’ve got some Monty’s relic wax to use at some point.
Interesting...my Les Paul was completed September 1, 2008. Only mods - 50s wiring of course, vintage-taper neck volume pot, Seth Lover PAFs, Tusq nut and medium-medium frets (about 1/4 less wide than yours). I put the same wire on my Strat- my fingers aren't very long....I seem to trip on jumbos. Make the guitar your own, and it will give you magic!
That's it isn't it, if you're happy/comfortable with all the upgrades you make and it inspired you to play then that's all that matters.
I love the hideously effective String Butler. If you saw it on my ESP LTD EC-256 you would positively weep. See how it matches the cheap chrome hardware!
😂😂😂 I hold it in the same space as those double sided tape plectrum holders.
Oooooh baby!! ✨😍🔥🎸
Oh ‘ere he is! 😂
Have forwarded to Chibson. Expect the sped Les Paul by Christmas 😅
You reckon I am gonna get a Chibson Sig? Would love that. Chib Chibbing. My new name.
@@SpedSpedding the highest praise for any guitarist.
I have a funny feeling you may be polishing your knob a little to often !! Love my LP's.....
How many you got? 😮
@@SpedSpedding You'll have to be more specific !!
Sped is awesome. Been here since less than 5k subscripts. Loved every vid he’s made…
Wowwww that’s some early days subscription! Thank you. 🤩
Nice LesPaul you legendary guitarist you. Your videos are the best great when you do some bits with Gab...love you guys. Me I'm actually going back to Ibanez basses....small hands....carnies.. anyway best to you guys.
We love working with each other. If we had more time I know we would do some killer stuff together. She's the best. I have an Ibanez Artcore. Always been fond of it.
“non stick fried egg slide …” Lol! Great video! I have a ‘97 Jimmy Page Signature model … my pride and joy! Thanks!
They're still pretty reasonably priced online. Seen a couple for around £3k. I always thought they were pretty sought after.
“What pick-ups do you have?” … oh yes, the same BUZZTONES that I have, Sped!!! … because I not only listen to your posts, but I follow up on them too!❤
Yessss! What came first, the chicken or the buzztones?
After watching your Zepplin videos every night for an year I bought a plain top honeyburst LP Classic on reverb. It's a lovely instrument but i'm not crazy about the PCB pots. I'm going to switch it to more traditional wiring and try some hum-sized p90s.
Ouhhhh that sounds like a big job. You having at it yourself? 🤘🏻⚡️
I can manage it. Thanks for your videos.
@@rhettg24 you’re welcome! Well if I can do it, you’ll be absolutely fine! 😂
The plain top is my favorite. All of this flame is out of control. Don't get me started - too late. My old flame top burst is so faded you cant really see it. You are so right about dark guitars. All the youngsters think treble is a bad thing. You have to cut through the mix. The first thing I do when I plug into a Marshall is turn the base all the way down. Rory Gallagher used a Strat, a Vox, and a treble boost. Page said he say Rory live and went out and bought treble boost the next day. I have a set of early 60s Gibson PAF's and some other nice ones, but my favorite are cheap MIK PAFs, also Maxom super 70s. They are amazing. You just never know with pickups. The standard Gibson 490t and the otherone are the worst pickups I have ever owned. Thats my rant. I feel beter now. Good day.
All i know is that when the Sped Spedding signature model Gibson Les Paul hits the market i will be in that line ASAP!! Come on Gibson, lets get this going…
Of course it's a honey burst. As Jimmy page preferred and as his signature Les Paul. It's beautiful. In also a fan of the iced tea burst. Definitely the better looking finishes. The pickups are nice sounding too. A worthy upgrade. 98 was in the 498r 500t era and they were shit at best.