Yeah...that's why the old melody makers were so popular...you could modify them without worrying about damaging the value...thing is. So few of them exist at all...let alone unmolested, that the value of them has gone through the roof! Thank you. So much for including more of your phenomenal playing! In the end. That's the bread and butter! Thank you!!
I have an old melody maker in pretty much original condition, so I don't want to modify it, but when I hear this, it sounds so much better. So my heart tells me to modify it like this but my mind tells me to not do it, frustrating haha!!
@@barendenzijnfilmpjes I get what you're saying...check out the value of that melody maker before you start going to yown...they have really increased in value. Then you could but a studio or a tribute and start messing with that
@@barendenzijnfilmpjes Always a tough decision with a vintage instrument. My take is if you have it to play, then hack away. In a sense they were meant to be modified which is why we even have so many upgrade parts companies. If you have it as an investment don't touch anything that can take away from originality as that is where the monetary value lives. Think of every hole and route as it costing resale value. But if you don't plan on reselling it then it makes sense to get it to where you will like playing it more.
@@barendenzijnfilmpjes upgrade the pickups! you can get some killer drop in replacement pickups that will dramatically improve the tone without modifying the wood. Checkout the Lollar and Curtis Novak Melody Maker P90 Pups.
The Melody Maker sounds incredible! Love when you get into a groove, which happens every time that you pick up a guitar …. Any guitar. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, that thing sounds so harmonically rich the way you play it and almost on the verge of going into feedback if you don't tame it which adds such an excitement to the sound. It almost feels as if those PAFs are going to start shooting flames out the fast you play. Incredible!
Like yur stuff , a great player, it is all about tone, I have a Gibson melody maker that Howard Dumble put 2 Humbackers in 1973. Head stock replacement 5 years ago, still sounds great, Thanks for all yur Inspirations ! Keep it coming
Nice guitar! I am a student so I can't afford any crazy expensive and nice vintage guitars, but the melody maker has always been on my radar. I know a friend that has a couple of melody makers just sitting in his basement. Maybe I will try to convince him to sell one of them to me. Have a good day and rock on!
It does have a wonderful tone and I also love the natural patina. I have a 69 SG under construction that has those PAFs, Can't wait to give it a test run. Granted I don't have any of those wonderful vintage amplifiers yet to really get the sound I will know if has something special even using a modern amp.
I would love to see a refret video! I’m in the same boat with my 59, frets are low but not gone yet. It had its last dress recently. These are really great guitars, a real bargain. Solid body Gibson from the golden era! You sound tremendous as always, sir!
That little Gibson sounds great. I’m sure a lot of us are wishing we had that badboy. Great tone from those pickups… cool video man. Keep on hunting and showing us these finds !
@@user-pl7lr5dn8q I literally work two full time jobs to take care of my family and buy what I “need”. Just bought two Rickenbacker 360/12’s lsat year. The wife tried to guilt trip but it’s easy to turn a deaf ear.
Yea...sounds great! Tone is in the fingers though...my guess is that Mathew could play a 2 by 4 with a bridge, a pickup and strings and it would sound wonderful!
Yes to the mod video! Would also love to see a new rig rundown and a comparison video about the bassman using strat, tele and les paul over it. Maybe some ideas for the future. Greetz
When you move the output jack, I'd consider installing an extra volume pot so you can balance the output of the humbuckers and keep the tone as a master. As you said, it's already been modified including the wiring. I mean, you could hunt around for an aged, vintage amber knob to keep the look right (even if it's a bit expensive like all the old stuff is).
My opinion is the placement was for cheaper cost. They didn't have to make additional routing for a jack and could just slap it in the pickguard. Its very much in the way of your controls and makes for a cumbersome pickguard setup.
Yeah those single cut Melody Makers are super rare! You can find the double cuts all the time much more common! I had a 1957 Les Paul Jr in tobacco burst with the single P90 what an amazing guitar it was! My biggest regret was having to sell it! Sounding awesome as usual Mathew! Keep finding those treasures and playing the dickens out of em! Love it all thanks tons!!!
@@eyedunno8462 not in my experience I’ve seen 20 double cuts for every single I’ve found or seen! Now if your talking about Jr’s that’s totally different! Even Matthew mentioned how rare they are in the video!
@@estenray6685 you are correct my friend. single cut were rare, much more-so than the double cut. I believe originally only made in 59 and 60 then went to double. alot more 3/4 scale available now in the single cut than the full Gibson 24 3/4 scale like Mathew is playing.
Great sounds from the Jr! I bought a second hand customized Jr with a kill switch, actually it's a button and amazing sounds, almost as raw as my two Les Paul Agile's! Oh yes and it has a DiMarzio pickup!
Sometimes the simpler designed Gibsons can be the best sounding. This one is great! I for one would be most interested in the refret vid for this. Well interested. 👍🎶
The Super and Bassman combo is killer. I put a Deluxe Reverb together with a WGS G12C and it’s as loud as my old Tweed Bassman. They totally complement each other. A Brown Deluxe sounds killer with the DR too. I could get away with a fairly large gig with high efficiency speakers in both amps.
Yes please show us all you do to the guitar, sounds and looks like my favorite TV yellow epi special, threw some 57 epi classic pickups in it,curious to see what's under the hood, thanks Matt.
Hi Matt.I moved my jack input to the side of the body on my 71 SG 200. It is totally easy. 7\8 bore hole and used the tele Electrosocket. Way more agreeable position and solid designed jack. Some say to do a one inch depth ring before the 7\8 but I dissagree. I just drill the 7\8 and have the socket lip installed proud as it is difficult to recess it strait. Looks better with the socket lip above. Keep on groovin.
IMHO old modded chunks're where it's @ (!) I had an old DC MM with bass frets where I'd put a PAF in the middle position w/ a separate circuit, trimmed down the neck channel (I'm sorry, it was 1974 Hollywood) and/but then sold it in Bombay to get home... Cheerios, Matthew
I have to agree, PAF pick ups sound amazing. I have a newer Epi Les Paul standard 50s then I put a set of unpotted PAF style pick ups in a couple of weeks ago, made by a small builder in Ohio. They are incredible pick ups, and made an already great guitar better.
Matt, When I first started teaching high school over twenty years ago, we started a guitar club on campus. students would bring in all kinds of gear. One student brought in a 59 or 60 Melody Maker. I had a chance on buying it from him but passed it up. Later I traded a 67 Bandmaster head for a strat and a small practice amp.
Because of this video I bought an Epiphone Melody Maker E1 which is the Epi equivalent, but on the cheap. I'm going to use it to tinker with different pickups. I have a Gibson p90 and a cheap p90 I changed to an actual Alnico 5, and a Gibson lpjr harness, so i am going to play with sounds. The neck is almost 43 mm and slim 60's style. What kind of pickups are in yours? Are they a decent brand? Thanks for the video and inspiration to tinker!
Progress on my project: I got a pickguard, Kluson locking tuners, and just ordered a matched set of Lindy Fralin Stock P90's, had a new harness with CTS 500 pots and MOD .022u cap 50's wired, and an adjustable wraparound bridge. I'm keeping everything on the pickguard to keep it simple. I will make a short cable with strap attachment so it plugs in with a 90 degree, then the cable will go behind the strap and the female end of the cable sticks out in between the guitar and strap(like we used to do). Then you plug your long cable into the short extension. This is going to be my "Po' boy 50's Les Paul Special". The neck is 43mm nut width, standard. When everything gets here I will start in on it. I could have bought a brand new Les Paul if I wanted, but this is way more fun. The neck is mahogany, fb is rosewood, the body is poplar, heavier than basswood, but not as heavy as ash or mahogany, but close.
That's y I love strats, Leo made them for working man and my kids and dogs knocked it off stand 1000 times and no breaks. Gibson in my house would be done in a week lol
Love me some Melody Maker! See meh pro pic! Lol beastly sounding old school! Mine is close to that thickness Matt. I've never had the guts to consider routing it through the body wall. I get it though, the cord laying over the back of body is disconcerting. I got used to it back in the day. Right now Melody is in drydock on a fret job, one I dread to hand to a Luther I trust! Lol
Modifying is a double edge sword. I was fortunate to be raised by someone who was in the industry back in "the day" and so many players were routing (and I use that term rather loosely) to install better pickups. To an investor or purists it is shunned upon but the players of course just wanted better sound. What it has led to now is an increase in resale value not only of the guitars that are uncut, but the original parts as well. For example a set of pickups for a 74 Strat is in the thousand dollar range. And a body loses value if it was routed for a humbucker or other upgrade. But all that concern is only about resale value. You would think the purpose of modifying for better sound is about player value. As a collector and reseller look for uncut/unmodified stuff but as a player I have no problem at all drilling and routing a piece of wood to get better sound and actually use the guitar for its intended purpose.. play the @@@@k out of it.
I know you dig the Fenders but those Gibsons you have REALLY sound crazy good!!
Yeah...that's why the old melody makers were so popular...you could modify them without worrying about damaging the value...thing is. So few of them exist at all...let alone unmolested, that the value of them has gone through the roof! Thank you. So much for including more of your phenomenal playing! In the end. That's the bread and butter! Thank you!!
I have an old melody maker in pretty much original condition, so I don't want to modify it, but when I hear this, it sounds so much better. So my heart tells me to modify it like this but my mind tells me to not do it, frustrating haha!!
@@barendenzijnfilmpjes I get what you're saying...check out the value of that melody maker before you start going to yown...they have really increased in value. Then you could but a studio or a tribute and start messing with that
@@barendenzijnfilmpjes Always a tough decision with a vintage instrument. My take is if you have it to play, then hack away. In a sense they were meant to be modified which is why we even have so many upgrade parts companies. If you have it as an investment don't touch anything that can take away from originality as that is where the monetary value lives. Think of every hole and route as it costing resale value. But if you don't plan on reselling it then it makes sense to get it to where you will like playing it more.
@@barendenzijnfilmpjes upgrade the pickups! you can get some killer drop in replacement pickups that will dramatically improve the tone without modifying the wood. Checkout the Lollar and Curtis Novak Melody Maker P90 Pups.
The Melody Maker sounds incredible! Love when you get into a groove, which happens every time that you pick up a guitar …. Any guitar. Thanks for sharing.
Another classic video. I'm not sure what it is but your channel shows me exactly what I want to see. It's all about the amps and guitars.
Wow, that thing sounds so harmonically rich the way you play it and almost on the verge of going into feedback if you don't tame it which adds such an excitement to the sound. It almost feels as if those PAFs are going to start shooting flames out the fast you play. Incredible!
Best moment of the video was the bend at 0:22, amp goes into feedback and puts a big smile on his face
Like yur stuff , a great player, it is all about tone, I have a Gibson melody maker that Howard Dumble put 2 Humbackers in 1973. Head stock replacement 5 years ago, still sounds great, Thanks for all yur Inspirations ! Keep it coming
That's a piece of history man!
YOU JUST GIVER! CUTTER! HOLDER! I LOVE WATCHING YOU PLAY! YOU HAVE THE BEST SOUND & TONES! GREAT GUITAR! POST MORE!!!
That is some killer tones. Crazy enough it honestly sounds like my 61 Les Paul Jr when you're on the bridge pup
Totally digging that tone!!! The 808 is undeniable. Thanks for the share, Matthew!!! 🙏
My ears and soul thank you, Matthew Scott!
man love all your playing but mahogany gibsons into those fender amps, absolute best.
Black Crowes riffs included, that guitar sounds absolutely incredible!
Yeah, that thing sounds amazing. Has mad caracter with all the checking and wear. I mean, old paf buckers and a chunk of mahogany are tried and trued
Such a great little guitar, awesome find. Ive really enjoyed hearing it so far. If it you ever sell it I may be interested...
You and 50 million other people.
Nice guitar! I am a student so I can't afford any crazy expensive and nice vintage guitars, but the melody maker has always been on my radar. I know a friend that has a couple of melody makers just sitting in his basement. Maybe I will try to convince him to sell one of them to me. Have a good day and rock on!
Would love to see a fret and jack update. Gives basics for all sorts of mod and repair stuff. Have fun & stay safe.
It does have a wonderful tone and I also love the natural patina. I have a 69 SG under construction that has those PAFs, Can't wait to give it a test run. Granted I don't have any of those wonderful vintage amplifiers yet to really get the sound I will know if has something special even using a modern amp.
I would love to see a refret video! I’m in the same boat with my 59, frets are low but not gone yet. It had its last dress recently. These are really great guitars, a real bargain. Solid body Gibson from the golden era! You sound tremendous as always, sir!
You have some of the best sound on UA-cam, and I love the way you play. Awesome sound
One day he'll be able to afford a shirt with all the buttons if he keeps this up
Had a rough day you and that awesome little mutt made it better. Tks buddy just picked mine up
Yes, would love to watch a refret and jack reposition. Always look forward to and enjoy your content 🎸🤠PEACE
Very nice and yes, update video's would be great.
sensational playing at the end mate !
Sounds fantastic. You gotta hang on to that one.
I love your videos so much, so much aesthetic & beautiful sounds.
That little Gibson sounds great. I’m sure a lot of us are wishing we had that badboy.
Great tone from those pickups… cool video man. Keep on hunting and showing us these finds !
Always on the hunt!!
@@MatthewScottmusic ah the wifeless childless life of a young man able to spend his money where he likes with 0 guilt...
make more money then
@@user-pl7lr5dn8q I literally work two full time jobs to take care of my family and buy what I “need”.
Just bought two Rickenbacker 360/12’s lsat year. The wife tried to guilt trip but it’s easy to turn a deaf ear.
dam props but also thanks for letting me why not to get married or have kids lol
I like.
Yooo Matthew. Nice video. Recently found a ‘67 gibson P90 for my ‘65 SG Junior. Can’t wait to put it in
Yea...sounds great! Tone is in the fingers though...my guess is that Mathew could play a 2 by 4 with a bridge, a pickup and strings and it would sound wonderful!
Yes to the mod video! Would also love to see a new rig rundown and a comparison video about the bassman using strat, tele and les paul over it. Maybe some ideas for the future. Greetz
My favorite youtuber with the things I crave!
When you move the output jack, I'd consider installing an extra volume pot so you can balance the output of the humbuckers and keep the tone as a master. As you said, it's already been modified including the wiring. I mean, you could hunt around for an aged, vintage amber knob to keep the look right (even if it's a bit expensive like all the old stuff is).
This would be awesome!
The jack placement is great where it is!
Its the best placement for sitting down playing!
Not the best for playing standing up however!
My opinion is the placement was for cheaper cost. They didn't have to make additional routing for a jack and could just slap it in the pickguard. Its very much in the way of your controls and makes for a cumbersome pickguard setup.
Fantastic ' Matthew ...what a tone that beauty has ...move that Jack and continue your heavenly playing'
Yeah those single cut Melody Makers are super rare! You can find the double cuts all the time much more common! I had a 1957 Les Paul Jr in tobacco burst with the single P90 what an amazing guitar it was! My biggest regret was having to sell it! Sounding awesome as usual Mathew! Keep finding those treasures and playing the dickens out of em! Love it all thanks tons!!!
Vintage single cut Melody Makers are not rare, infact they are the majority
@@eyedunno8462 not in my experience I’ve seen 20 double cuts for every single I’ve found or seen! Now if your talking about Jr’s that’s totally different! Even Matthew mentioned how rare they are in the video!
@@estenray6685 you are correct my friend. single cut were rare, much more-so than the double cut. I believe originally only made in 59 and 60 then went to double. alot more 3/4 scale available now in the single cut than the full Gibson 24 3/4 scale like Mathew is playing.
@@eyedunno8462 yes if you prefer a 3/4 scale neck there are more, but not full Gibson 24 3/4 scale necks like he is playing on the video.
@@-tdjramsey-5407 thank you for clearing that up and pointing out the details!
You sounded like 3 Days Of Peace ✌️ And Love ❤️ in a couple of minutes ☮️. 👍☮️🌞🌟🎸💕
raw and amazing
Right on 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Great sounds from the Jr! I bought a second hand customized Jr with a kill switch, actually it's a button and amazing sounds, almost as raw as my two Les Paul Agile's! Oh yes and it has a DiMarzio pickup!
Sometimes the simpler designed Gibsons can be the best sounding. This one is great! I for one would be most interested in the refret vid for this. Well interested. 👍🎶
Another great viddy. 1 extra star to 1950's Gibson for keeping the design simple.
Jesus Christ. So glad I dove back into this channel.
Sounding good Mathew. Hope to see more of you soon bud. Peace
Good to see you taking care of your ears.
Single cut Melody Makers have been my main players for years. Still affordable and tone for days.
So great... wonderful guitar with wonderful sound.. really love it.. so lucky to have it
Such a sweet tone and the sustain is over the top! I really enjoy your search for the perfect axe!
Wow that and great play out piece
Sounds great Mathew. Great tone and playing.
The Super and Bassman combo is killer. I put a Deluxe Reverb together with a WGS G12C and it’s as loud as my old Tweed Bassman. They totally complement each other.
A Brown Deluxe sounds killer with the DR too. I could get away with a fairly large gig with high efficiency speakers in both amps.
Yes please show us all you do to the guitar, sounds and looks like my favorite TV yellow epi special, threw some 57 epi classic pickups in it,curious to see what's under the hood, thanks Matt.
I'll certainly do that then thanks!
Hi Matt.I moved my jack input to the side of the body on my 71 SG 200. It is totally easy. 7\8 bore hole and used the tele Electrosocket. Way more agreeable position and solid designed jack. Some say to do a one inch depth ring before the 7\8 but I dissagree. I just drill the 7\8 and have the socket lip installed proud as it is difficult to recess it strait. Looks better with the socket lip above. Keep on groovin.
Great sounding guitar Matthew glad an excellent player such as yourself has it!
IMHO old modded chunks're where it's @ (!)
I had an old DC MM with bass frets where I'd put a PAF in the middle position
w/ a separate circuit, trimmed down the neck channel (I'm sorry, it was 1974 Hollywood)
and/but then sold it in Bombay to get home... Cheerios, Matthew
That thickness jr& sg , are just r& r magic ! Joan Jett’s guitar ! # simple magic
Sweet sounding ax and killer riffage. Sounds as if my boy's been woodshedding. Cheers P[>
It’s great to see a humble ol melody maker living its best life
Sweet guitar ❗ Awesome tone❗Your playing is incredible ❗👍👍👍
I have to agree, PAF pick ups sound amazing. I have a newer Epi Les Paul standard 50s then I put a set of unpotted PAF style pick ups in a couple of weeks ago, made by a small builder in Ohio. They are incredible pick ups, and made an already great guitar better.
Man. That is some friggin’ sustain!
Matt, When I first started teaching high school over twenty years ago, we started a guitar club on campus. students would bring in all kinds of gear. One student brought in a 59 or 60 Melody Maker. I had a chance on buying it from him but passed it up. Later I traded a 67 Bandmaster head for a strat and a small practice amp.
holy shit that tone is amazing. showin love from Frisco :)
Because of this video I bought an Epiphone Melody Maker E1 which is the Epi equivalent, but on the cheap. I'm going to use it to tinker with different pickups. I have a Gibson p90 and a cheap p90 I changed to an actual Alnico 5, and a Gibson lpjr harness, so i am going to play with sounds. The neck is almost 43 mm and slim 60's style. What kind of pickups are in yours? Are they a decent brand? Thanks for the video and inspiration to tinker!
Progress on my project: I got a pickguard, Kluson locking tuners, and just ordered a matched set of Lindy Fralin Stock P90's, had a new harness with CTS 500 pots and MOD .022u cap 50's wired, and an adjustable wraparound bridge. I'm keeping everything on the pickguard to keep it simple. I will make a short cable with strap attachment so it plugs in with a 90 degree, then the cable will go behind the strap and the female end of the cable sticks out in between the guitar and strap(like we used to do). Then you plug your long cable into the short extension. This is going to be my "Po' boy 50's Les Paul Special". The neck is 43mm nut width, standard. When everything gets here I will start in on it. I could have bought a brand new Les Paul if I wanted, but this is way more fun. The neck is mahogany, fb is rosewood, the body is poplar, heavier than basswood, but not as heavy as ash or mahogany, but close.
I’m for the jack position change. Maybe even a diff guard at that point to have a different knob layout !
You make me in love to this guitar so I didn't like this guitar before and now you make me to want it ( rock n roll sound )
That's the reason why I'm inlove with vintage guitars
Sounds so good!!
Awesome old guitar …. Sounds freaking amazing
Good golly Miss/Mrs. Molly, that is so cool sounding... I er/uh wonder what
it sounds like turned UP (?) 😮H MY
yeah i can dig it, peace to you
Love your playing man. Awesome axe ;-)
God that sounds so good!
That's y I love strats, Leo made them for working man and my kids and dogs knocked it off stand 1000 times and no breaks. Gibson in my house would be done in a week lol
Man, you find the coolest guitars, great find. Love to see it!
This is a player who's tone really is a lot about his hands, too. Really killer technique.
if this had a double cutaway it would be my dream guitar. i love melody makers.
I see a Matthew Scott video, I hit like...
Matthew v neck scott kills it once again
Damn I gotta do this to my melody maker. Such a great sound!!
it sounds killer. i like boat or U shape Fender necks, huge mitts though. on the 5th fret i can capo the 6-4th string with my thumb
Re-fret work is always fun
Im amazed at the amount of sustain it has
Love me some Melody Maker! See meh pro pic! Lol beastly sounding old school! Mine is close to that thickness Matt. I've never had the guts to consider routing it through the body wall. I get it though, the cord laying over the back of body is disconcerting. I got used to it back in the day. Right now Melody is in drydock on a fret job, one I dread to hand to a Luther I trust! Lol
Prices have gotten so crazy high it makes me wonder what the Guitar Show is going to be like next month in Texas.
I’m in love with 😍 this guitar 🎸
Amazing!
Sounds Great Matthew! How about a jam with you, a bass player and drums??? Jimi style
Sounds like a lot of fun to play. The mods by the owner were effective. 😎
The title got be because you are right!!
Ur one of the best guitarists of our time. Up there with Jimi Hendrix
My 2005 Les Paul Doublecut Special is nearly vintage!
Modifying is a double edge sword. I was fortunate to be raised by someone who was in the industry back in "the day" and so many players were routing (and I use that term rather loosely) to install better pickups. To an investor or purists it is shunned upon but the players of course just wanted better sound. What it has led to now is an increase in resale value not only of the guitars that are uncut, but the original parts as well.
For example a set of pickups for a 74 Strat is in the thousand dollar range. And a body loses value if it was routed for a humbucker or other upgrade. But all that concern is only about resale value. You would think the purpose of modifying for better sound is about player value. As a collector and reseller look for uncut/unmodified stuff but as a player I have no problem at all drilling and routing a piece of wood to get better sound and actually use the guitar for its intended purpose.. play the @@@@k out of it.
MONSTER tone
I seriously need an album out of you bro! One of the best players ive ever seen
I'm working on that👍🏻
@@MatthewScottmusic THATS WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR!! Here we gooooo
@@MatthewScottmusic Thank you bro! I really wanna hear more live recordings of you, i only have seen two of you on UA-cam
Did someone say old Gibson and PAF’s ? Love how you roll Matthew , thanks for the great tone and video !
That's how I roll!
far out; that is a beast!
Sounds incredible though those Fender amps
Getting some BLOOM outta that pup!
Stays in tune like a dream, even with all the bending