"Pick of the Day" - 1953 Gibson Les Paul Custom and Maz 38 Senior
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Today we have special one for you, one of the earliest Gibson Les Paul Customs, from very late 1953! This one is in fantastic condition for its age, with a bit of wear and some marks but otherwise fantastic. Starting its life with low frets, these ones have been played even lower but as you'll see in the demo, it still plays great. A combination of P90 in the bridge and Alnico V pickup in the neck, you've got a lot of tones to choose from. This guitar looks so cool with its black finish, gold hardware, and nicely aged binding... it all comes together in its old age. For the demo we're using a Dr Z Maz Senior head with a 1962 Fender Bandmaster cabinet, and putting it all in the hands of our talented friend Nick Mardon!
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Music: The Hollers "Zeb" (Instrumental)
Awesome indeed. When ... when is Gibson or Epiphone going to make a proper reissue of this? With a proper DEEP DISH CARVE! I can't speak for the rest of you, but my whole loins are craving for this to happen. Demo shop guys please! Sneakily set the CNC to deep dish carve for the love of humanity and send us the grail with staple goodness.. triple staple black beauty w bigsby! Big love from Australian Byron Bay band - The Minky's ❤
Meh, I’m not bothered. I have one 3 pup guitar, a St Vincent and the middle pup interfere with fast picking.
I just bought a 2010 re-issue and it keeps my loins happy.
Love from Kingscliff.
Killer, killer demo!
Really dig the fact that you've been doing these with cleaner sounds and more melodic playing. Top notch!
these are the coolest les pauls ever made. ide take this over a burst any day! ide be happy with a reissue but they start around 7k. this is my dream guitar right here twu
The music in the open, sounds incredible ... crisp (no doubt a Stratocaster or other Fender, bright without being ice picking) ... great reverb, great playing, great recording.
The tone was perfect for Les Paul's sound. He was always a jazz man.
So to say perfectly Beauty. Did we mention that pB player? We'll better do! Think that's what makes it really beautyfull and perfect over all. Amazing
@@markusfinkler9625 I was referring to the open of the show, not this gorgeous Les Paul,
@@Tonetwisters ups okay 👍. To bad I don't remember what my comment was about years ago 3 🤷. Should consider to become a politition. That their answer on questions about them beeing involved in corruption 😂
my favourite les paul ever
Nice, I would like to own that. I "Had" a 56 model through a twin reverb playing loud punky/funk in mid 80's . I shall remember her always as I have a few "tapes" of that sound...
Very cool. I didn't even know there were Customs made before 1954.
With no serial numbers!
Pretty sweet Les Paul.
Same here.
best playing i've heard on this channel so far
Truly is the Black Beauty ! Sounds amazing 🤩 Bucket list
This guitar's old enough to collect Social Security. I hope I look that good when I'm sixty-six ...
Bucket list guitar, the look and that staple are too beautiful
Love your les paul videos there amazing watched the burst ones many times
Love the guitar. Great example. Tone choice and playing was nice too. I rewound those 'climbs' at the 8:40 mark about 5 times !
Wow what a fabulous player and guitar!
Great demo of a great guitar and amp/cab.
had my grubby paws on a '55 custom when I was 19... didn't know then what I know now, couldn't have afforded it anyways, but its been on the list ever since I rediscovered how freckin cool the p90/alinco V pickups are... anyway, Emerald City isn't so far from home... but I really can't afford to even walk by that place, divorces are expensive... not saying your expensive, just I have low impulse control and you folks have some very good looking candy
Great Playing. Beautiful guitar
One of my favorite Gibsons. Nice sounds, nice playing! Love the speed knobs!
Great playing
what an awesome guitar! that alnico staple and the midle position sound amazing!
Very nice playing on a wonderfull guitar❤
That's the first '53 I've seen, great clean playing that demonstrates the good tones of the LP, thanks!!
Wow, what a great player! Would love to own one, thx
Thanks for the video on the Les Paul Custom. It really captured my attention as I own a 1954 model that I’ve for many decades. I too was surprised to learn that the 54 wasn’t the first year of the Black Beauty. I can attest to the weight of these … my guitar is the heaviest example I have ever picked up. Thanks again… I love learning the history of guitars
Perfect guitar, great demo
Sweet Sounds!! 👌🖤
Emerald City Guitars, could you please shoot a B-Roll video of the amplifier's controls as set when the player is doing the Demo. It would be nice to see how the amplifier is setup to better judge what we are hearing. Especially so if you are also selling the amplifier that is part of the demo.
Thank You
Great content and fantastic instruments.
Thanks for showing us how to spell Mardon’s name in the description, the other day I thought this was Nick Martin, rhythm guitarist for Sleeping With Sirens.
Great Demo ..one of your best Thanks
Are you serious?a custom w/o a serial #?this is a nicest guitar I've ever seen!awesome pick!
That neck pup! Jesus!
Espectacular sonido y buen combo. Unicos!
The guitar is obviously great but man, that's nice playing.
Wow !!! I want it !!!
Good playing
That is Holy Grail level GAS for me. My absolute dream guitar.
My 51 nocaster has all slot headed screws, I wonder when they started using Phillips head screws on guitars?
Yes Please!!!
At 9:31' what is up with the neck pick up? Appears warped, not to mention positioning.
I wish Gibson stayed with the staple pickup. Maybe offered a les paul with 2 staple pickups. They're the shizzle.
Yeah, a Staple in the Bridge would sound very "Fender-ish", in a good way.
Matthew Casey Nope. PAFS for the win.
theshyguitarist I agree. If I want a single coil I'll play a fender. I had a 2008 model of this and it just didn't do it for me...staple was too mellow. No maple cap was too dark...my paf's will do what this does and more...I will say thos these staple customs are sexy lol
@@theshyguitarist There's PAFs repros in so many guitars already. Staple P90s are cool too.
Im IN LOVE!!! She's A BEAUTY...
🎸💚
beauty! i have a reissue that Historic Makeovers did their magic to and it's awesome--looks like this one...the alnico pup is amazing. paf's are great but the p90/alnico combo kicks ass. imo (mine has usable frets ;) Then I waited for the demo...If ever a guitar was begging for Tim Lerch to demo her, it is this one.
That guitar looks like it’s always perfectly groomed and has an awesome British accent.
The ultimate all rounder. You can turn up to an audition for anything from jazz to a wedding band to a pink noise project and an LP Custom will always be wizard on time correct.
I have an Epiphone "1955 inspired by", and these tuxedos are some of the nicest Les Pauls imho
I know !
I've got the 1955 TV yellow les Paul special 2020 epiphone and ours amazing ! It's just too bad that epiphone doesn't plek em because the frets are crap compared to my 2019 Gibson les Paul special double cut t model frets are amazing.
@@AuntAlnico4 I wouldn't expect a plek job on an epiphone ;) for the money it's a decent guitar though
Could listen to Jay describe guitars all day.
Man that guy and guitar are made for each other. .better buy it and the amp....Vintage wine and guitars are the best
Okay. Im confuss. I thought the Les Paul Custom with p 90 pickups and alnico 5 i the neck. Relise in 1955. And not in 1953.
I' m more confused.
A 53 with a stop tailpiece?
I'll have to run out and buy one now. 😒
Would the stop bar tail piece be there on this early of a model??
I wonder that myself. I can't ever remember seeing a LP Custom w/wrap tailpiece.
I'd love to hear how one would sound though, full mahogany body and top added to the extra resonance I believe a wrap tailpiece offers.
Ray H. Yes it should be; I don’t know if their saying it’s been changed or what but there’s something off with this having the 2 piece bridge and then saying it’s a 53;
All Things 11 AFAIK it’s uncertain whether or not there were any LP Customs shipped in 1953, though there may’ve been a small number made. The earliest ones, as stated in this video, don’t have a serial number, adding to the uncertainty.
Duchossoir’s Gibson book states the Customs were introduced in ‘54…but the book is over 20 years old now and may lack info uncovered since publication.
@@davidkieltyka9 & All Things 11
Yeah, early model builds can sometimes be difficult to surmise as far as what was actually happening with the Factory and Gibson in general.
Still a very cool guitar, and like the early Les Paul Standards, no serial numbers.
I'm just trying to put myself in the mind-set of Gibson's management back in 1953. Like I said, how could it be justified as a good idea to ship early Goldtops and Black Beauties with no serial numbers!
HK Guitar My guess is the lack of serial number tracks with the ill-suited trapeze bridge/tailpiece that required wrapping the strings under rather than over the bridge: Gibson didn’t expect the LP to sell and so didn’t care about such details.
Omg amazing
you need a looper pedal ,, great playing young man, keep it up
A Beaut !!!
11 Lbs... Seems like 50s customs tend to weigh consistently more than standards which is surprising since the fully mahogany body should in theory be lighter than a maple capped body. Am I missing something?
All the customs i played were heavier than standards
Peter Frampton's famous 54 weights 7+ lbs
Neato...gonna make a sign that says.."will work for guitar"....
Wow
That's The Holy Grail
Captain Nostromo I have to disagree with you the Holy Grail is a 59’.
@@Hatari2 😁 Yeah but this is before The Holy Grail
Hatari-2 I want this just as much as an OG ‘59
riheg I would love to have one but, not as much as a 59’.
Why is your holy grail the 59 ?
Is it because it's soooooo fucking over exposed over rated or what ?
Let me know when you discover the p90's and les Paul special and jr.s !
Notice the pick guard has one slot head screw, interesting, maybe they all do I just never noticed
Can I just have this guitar, please?!
MICHAEL MORALES you gotta do like this 🥺
Must have a pompador to play
But but but its used....🥺😂 no serial# makes it so wonderfully mysterious🤤
pickguard looks new
Looks like Luke Perry with the 80s pornstash.. seriously though that's one fine ass guitar!
😵😍
That old guy looks like Ted Danson
The young guy looks like an old Ted Danson when he was young
In those days even rhe straps were mahogany made.
11 pounds!! That's almost as much as me when I was born 🙁
Let Trevor do a quick lesson on how to play Zeb!