Kris Derrig Gibson Replica, And Thoughts on Gibsons Bankruptcy
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Today we take a look at a Replica Gibson made by Kris Derrig
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Surprised Zimm didn't know Slash's main Les Paul was a Derrig. Funny thing is all the Gibson "Appetite" guitars are copies of the Derrig. That Derrig probably saved Gibson in a way back in the late 80s/early 90s.
Pro tip: you can watch movies at flixzone. I've been using it for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.
@Mekhi Beckett Definitely, I've been watching on Flixzone for since december myself =)
well he did use their name to sell his guitars
Play it man! Enough with showing these treasures, I wanna hear one!
Really glad Tom Hanks took time of his day to show us this fantastic guitar.
LOLOLOL
On that note that particular guitar has so much "wrong" with it. Derrigs werent perfect but this guitar looks a bit funny. Horn shape is off. Binding too thin, inlays scream early 80's Japanese as does what appears to be a scarf joint at heel, would need to look at the tendon as well. Truss cover location is okay for Derrig, logo placement has a 54 vibe though..just curious where this guitar was acquired and what documentation if any??
Looks like a mid 80's ESP made Japanese guitar, tell tale signs to me are one piece neck look at back of the headstock it's all one piece instead of three. Inlay material and no binding over the fret ends are also major clues.
its funny to hear these predictions after the fact. the new gibsons have stepped up big time but they are suing everyone and pissing off the fan base. i myself will be buying ghost builds for now on. fuck gibson
Why does everybody freak out when someone builds a guitar better than Gibson just because it looks like a les Paul. I build my own and I play my own. Good video
thanks for watching!!!
Derrig guitars are a thing of greatness that is for sure. But you said so many times how good that guitars sounds. Why the hell didn't it get plugged in so we could hear how good it sounds?
prolly cos it just sounds like any other Gibson and it will mess up his future selling price
If he ever wants to sell I’ll have $10k for him....😂
Pickups alone are worth $15k....
The guitar in the Sweet Child video was his Gibson USA 1988 Standard (not the Derrig). The guitar on Appetite was the Derrig.
All the attention to detail i hear about Kris and everything he did and the word "model" is crooked on the headstock....Hmmm OK
Was wondering if anyone was gonna call this out.
Look at how poorly cut the back plates are too.
@@RobSchauland yea it's a mess, faker than an Orville, this looks like it has the photo top as well
@@TheIronWord it's not a photo top but it's a mess.
Don't know who sold him that guitar but it's most likely a Greco from late 70's early 80's..everything is off on this thing
Grecos were way better build quality than that.
5:54 Gibson did not wind pickups "by hand" in the late 50's. They used machines, many with counters and traverse mechanisms and that's pretty well known. This stuff is pretty easy to find out. I guess doesn't have the internet? lol They were using machines as early as 1951.
If you listen he said guiding it by hand.
@@MaddoxMelton But they weren’t. They were automatic machines. The operator got the wire started and the machine did the rest. The operator only had to stop the machine when it was full. Again, this Is not a mystery or a debate. It’s a fact.
@@autodidacticprofessor869I want to say that you can find on UA-cam an old video of a factory tour of the Gibson plant from the 60’s and I believe it shows some ladies operating the pickup winding machines…and like you said. It was all on a machine. There is no such thing as “hand wound” pickups. It’s a marketing tactic to make the consumer think it’s more special than other pickups. So people will be more comfortable buying said guitars.
Tenon,...not tendon
Rest in Peace Chris
Thank You for the music
Honduran Mahogany with a maple cap at 7lbs??? Not a chance! even the lightest original Burst's all weighed over 8lbs!
There is a chart online at the Les Paul forum that has all the weights of the old ones documented.
There are several issues with that Les Paul being a accurate replica. Gibson never left "Orange peel" on the finish for one thing!
The script Les Paul logo is too close to the truss rod cover and i could go on and on! Those that know these guitars will spot
they issues right away.
Slash has said in almost every interview has done he has said his DARRIG IS HANDS DOWN HIS FAVORITE OUT OF THE 400 guitars he owns he has said the derrig is his guitar
I'm building a Chibson flat black with a Relic look
That does not look like a Derrig. Looks like a converted Japanese copy. Maybe a Greco.
Glenn, love your Derrig Les Paul! Thanks for displaying it and discussing the story behind it.
You are welcome.
Wish the interviewer would let the guy finish a sentence
Play it and shaaadup LoL
The point is to use glue and paint that turns into glass That gives the resonance and tone
for me doesnt look like a perfect Burst Replica...sorry...maybe good woods, org, ABR-1 but rest ? ,mhhhhhhh
if thats a real derrig im a pink poodle terrible nut and aweful lespaul model logo.
With all due respect, this is probably NOT a Kris Derrig built guitar. I'm from Greenfield MA and I met Kris at my friend's house in the 70's after a band rehearsal. If Kris were alive today, he'd be 67, a year younger than me. The owner of the guitar said it was was built in the 1970's. Probably not. Kris was living in Massachusetts then and was still in his teens or early 20's. As others mentioned, it's a pretty poor copy, badly refinished Gibson or maybe something else entirely. Sorry, I call total B.S. on this guy's story (LOL). Most of the other stuff in his story can easily be found with a quick Google search.
This is by far one of the most important videos I've seen in a Long time... So many little facts like what makes a 59 sound great etc. Really?? That's like exactly what I needed!
The top looks like an Epiphone. Knobs are goofy too. I bet it rips though.
PAFs weren’t handwounds!!
cool looking guitar, but why no playing so we can here how great it sounds?
In retrospect of the pre-2018 comment, I just bought a 2019 High Performance model, and it is absolutely flawless - out of 20+ guitars I own, she is queen.
The guitar used by Slash on AFD was indeed a Kris Derrig. He couldn't get a guitar tone he liked in the studio until his manager gave him the guitar. A tricked out Marshall also helped. He also used it as a touring guitar until around 1996. In Slash's own words it's now "beat to shit" so he only uses it in the studio now. He also snapped the headstock off it and had it repaired. When you think about it that copy Les Paul must have made Gibson millions over the years.
Gabe Gabrielson that’s correct! :)
Copy les Pauls are the reason why Gibson les Pauls are so popular and priced high.
Wrong. Slash also owns a Max guitar, but the guitar, the one, that guitar was the Derrig.
That is correct!
Ya know Funky all the so experts that say it was not a Derrig must not be able to either read or look it up. Then there are those of us who were there back then just wonder.
So is it an 8th of an inch thinner? Amazing guitar. Can’t believe you even own one. ❤
So Gibson pickups in the 50's were made by hand? Don't claim stuff you don't know. Gibson owned several mechanical machines for winding since the early 50's.
The PAF's were wound by a machine not by hand.
Great video Dane..
So what’s the difference between this and a chibson
"Was it made in China?"....cmon man..the name Derrig ....cmon...
you show us everything but the sound! lets hear the damn guitar! Who cares how nice the finish is if the sound sucks!
This guy knows his stuff
Effin camera guy keeps cutting off... annoying af
This guy is so uninformed but spouts these myths as facts like he is some kind of guru.
i dunno man hmmm
only if we could find that amp used on afd and other bands albums
probably sitting in someones garage collecting dust
me i think it was both the amp and the guitar combined that was the trick
So little knowledge, both of you'll. "The Guy with long hair, was It made 15-20 years ago?" Paf wounded by hand? Or asking it's not a chibson right?
I will NEVER buy a Gibson again…. And they sue Dean guitars and yet, Slash has a counterfeit Gibson and that’s ok…. No lawsuit…. And Slash did more for Gibson than Les Paul himself…… screw Gibson…. I will always find people to build a 59 replica before I buy and support a company that sues another company…. The Chinese Gibsons are better…. I own 4 of those and I updated the hardware and you cannot tell by the way it plays or sounds….. done with Gibson!!!
SOOO much “HANDWOUND” skullduggery and malarkey in this video! Pump! Pump! Pump!..... may not consciously have done it, but so many false truths, lies and .....just wrong “facts.” Do your own research!!! *EDIT* I do agree with him about everything else concerning Gibson. My complaints are with the specs and such on the derrig.
I met kris when he worked for Bert Foster he was a man on a mission !!
Greg Henderson wish there was more info about kris he seemed very talented
Can you please give a little more details about your statement? Thanks
And you never played it WTF
I agree. I have a Norlin "The Paul" it basically a STUDIO before there was one but with T-TOPS.Killer player.
No, T-tops aren't the golden set, but in the neck position it is Killin'. DiMarzio in the bridge , T-top in the neck, good enough combo for slinging snot.
Peace Love Dove.
"your hear that sustain" spinal tap
U can show a guitar all day long.... i want to hear it
Not a Derrig.
Very cool. Ive never seen a derrig aside for slashs guitar. How awsome would it be to strum on that guitar. That is a very lucky man.
Does the Kris Derrig Les Paul have the standard Gibson Truss Rod? Or is it those Allen Key Truss Rod adjustment?
It has a standard gibson style
Looks nothing like it
Really interesting vid...how cool is Glen..the man knows his stuff 👍
gibsons qc has been shit for bout 15 20 years. at least epiphone has some consistency
Amen. 2001/2002 the wheels fell off.
Nothing wrong with my 2009 Trad, 2012 Jr. Special Humbucker, or my 2014 Trad Pro II. My 1991 SG Special ain't to shabby either. My 1985 Flying V was also amazing.
I have a 2011 Les Paul and it's a good guitar
Funny to think that a well built replica saved the entirety of Gibson. If it wasn't for Slash and it's 58 Kriss Derrig Les Paul they would probably go bankrupt
But zimmy it was super fucking good video.
I want to drink a beer with this guy
informative
Meant to say alnico 2's..spellcheck fucked me up
It's probably a chibson, it's all snake oil smoke and mirrors to me zzzzzzz
It's really too bad no one plugged it in.
Glenn's da man! Anyone who thinks he doesn't know what he is talking about, doesn't know Glenn!
Not trying to get anybody upset but... to me it looks like a bad finished Gibson Les Paul...
...maybe it sounds really good and better than others, which is really what matters the most.
Doesn't look high enough craftmanship for a Derrig. And who is the interviewer!? Is he new to guitars? lol
Honduras mahogany is bad ass wood and hard to get
Kris Derrig was one of the best replica craftsman for the "59" Les Paul ever. He got everything right, down to the glue he used.
Actually that's not true neither his Nor Max's les Paul's were ever really that accurate..MAXs were closer. they both used the correct woods but Derrig had cruder pickup routings, and Max made too clean of a guitar that he missed on details like Gibsons imperfection of the headstock "moustache" and I believe the upward thinning taper of a real 59s headstock
Slash didn't use the Derrig on the video of Sweet child o'mine. Maybe for the recording. On the video he uses a real Gibson Les Paul standard from the 80's. The one that Gibson replicated recently.
5:15 8.3k bridge 7.4k neck pickups
is that spiderman in the background talking lol
Slash used the derrig Les paul in wtj Video. I Think the scom Guitar was his real 87 Std Cherry Burst.!?
Scarf at the heel. Not that its a big deal but easily tell its not a Gibson. Derrig has a history for sure. Nice find. Send it to me and I will tell you what year it was made. Hehe
Documentation as in serial #'s he kept in a notebook
Look at the neck heel.
And?
Marion S. And what?
@@josepharmstrong4639 -The size or the shape? Maybe the guy that posted, I’m at the HEEL! ✌️🤪🎸🎶🎵 just joking!
It’s 2 piece. Not a one piece neck. Scarf joint.....
@@josepharmstrong4639-Great eye! I was watching on my phone and didn’t notice. Very observant on your part. ✌️🤪🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
Are you selling this guitar? I am interested.
No sorry , glenn brought this in just for the video.
FYI, Kramers were never made in Neptune, NJ.
Weren’t they built in the esp factory then assembled in the U.S for that loophole.
As if no one played it?
Very nice
Scarf joint on the neck near the heel?
I saw that!!!
Yeah this is a Japanese copy with PAFs in it. Guys full of shit or dumb as hell. Look at the bridge angle also. And look at the cutaway.😆
Gibsons prices have just gotten stupid I paid 4000.00 for RO 1960 reissue love the guitar that’s the limit for me
I have an epi les Paul that's better than Gibson is now a day's, made in unsung Korea.
Kramer is legendary..and Epiphone is,much better than Gibsons today
epi is a toy.
Epiphones are great guitars.Any body that says Epiphone is a toy has never played a good korean made Epiphone with quality that far surpasses anything Gibson has offered in the past 17 years.Pretty sad when the budget line plus top lp's made in china smoke the flagship made in america lp's on price and quality.Gibson has gotten lazy and is seeing the results.
I was about to disagree about Epiphone being better than Gibson these days but I guess if you factor in the price of the guitar and what you get from either company Epiphone are definitely more consistent guitars plus way more affordable. I saw a 2018 Gibson Les Paul standard at guitar center for $4000 and the fingerboard was separating from the neck at the heal end and the binding had voids in it and it was already checking everywhere. I asked one of the retarded sales people if they would discount the guitar since I build and repair guitars and they said no and that it would most likely end up smashed with a hammer and put in their dumpster, so fucking stupid and wasteful.
lmao keep coping epis are toys
What a beautiful guitar. I build custom guitars and have built 4 59 copies. I'm just now getting into the art of pickup winding so I can try and get as close to the PAF's as possible. I don't sell those guitars they are for me and close friends I just love building guitars.
Slash's Derrig was not used on the sweet child of mine video, it was his resprayed 1987 standard and in the welcome to the jungle video that was his max which was evidenced by the flame pattern and the double black albino 2's. His Derrig was not in any of the videos (except maybe in one of the videos from spaghetti incident..i might be wrong), appetite was mostly recorded with a gibson SG by slash with the Derrig coming in later towards overdubs/solos and used on sweet child o mine where his guitar parts came after everything else was recorded so he had over 40 takes to perfectly time the intro to synch up which is why the intro slowly speeds up when the band comes in. The Derrig was later used on most of the recordings since. So as iconic as the guitar may have been, it hasn't been visually seen till guns had the live TV special live at the Ritz where we see both the Derrig and MAX
Slash used his 59 replica for the recording of the full appatite for destruction album. He said so in an intervew himself recently. He also had gibson make some exact copys of the replica so he now has a few genuine gibson versions of the same guitar.
I have $13,000 worth of Gibson guitars :D
OK now we are 4 years later and Gibson's selling lots of guitars
What I find a little strange (taking nothing away from this wonderful guitar) at one point you get the impression it was made in the 70s, I thought you could pick reals ones up for $300 in the 70s
59s were already collectable and expensive by the late 70s.
@@bierce85 I guess that depends on where you live (lived)