A Tornado-Surviving 1952 Les Paul?! Meet Jared James Nichols' "Dorothy"

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  • Опубліковано 15 лют 2023
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    Mr. Blues Power details how an early Gibson Les Paul goldtop survived a Midwest twister and landed in his lap.
    Given his commitment to Les Pauls, it’s fitting that Nichols was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the birthplace of the guitar’s namesake inventor. Now, Nichols is a global ambassador of Gibson Guitars, an honor shared by only four other guitarists. And, since his last Rig Rundown, he was honored with a signature Epiphone guitar. In this new look at his rig, he shares his legion of trusty Les Pauls, as well as why he prefers simplicity when it comes to amps and pedals.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 75

  • @premierguitar
    @premierguitar  Рік тому

    Full Rig Details: bit.ly/JaredJamesNicholsRig
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  • @amoruzz
    @amoruzz 6 місяців тому +6

    Great guitar
    Great story
    Congratulations Jared
    👍👍

  • @snapfinger1
    @snapfinger1 Рік тому +7

    Nothing tops an early Gold Top. Nothing tops this guitar story.

  • @rickyjoeshippyful
    @rickyjoeshippyful Рік тому +13

    First thing I thought was "Yeah, that belongs to somebody." Hopefully they'll see this, recognize what is distinctive about it and go get their grandpa's guitar back.

    • @Rotary_Phone
      @Rotary_Phone Рік тому +4

      Agreed...Kind of reminds me of that story i read some years ago about how the "Keef Burst" Les Paul was going to be sold at auction, and I thought to myself..."How can someone sell the Keef Burst when it was stolen from Keith Richards?"....I mean, Keith still technically owns it, right?

    • @Kushalien51_nv
      @Kushalien51_nv Рік тому

      Unfortunately can't do nothing about it super sad smb

    • @DavidOakesMusic
      @DavidOakesMusic Рік тому +5

      *THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. JJN SAID HE CONTACTED THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THEY DIDNT WANT IT*

    • @Aaron_French
      @Aaron_French 6 місяців тому

      Yeah he got in touch with the original owner's daughter. She'd already had it written off on insurance and said 'hang it on your wall'.

  • @sejtaridiss
    @sejtaridiss Рік тому +7

    "Tornado flew it into my yard" = I stole it and have no paperwork for it :D
    Jokes aside - great story and a great guitar.

  • @aurora3655
    @aurora3655 Рік тому +3

    Omg. The sound of that thing. That’s the sound I’ve been looking for. Amazing.

  • @metalzonemt-2
    @metalzonemt-2 Рік тому +12

    What if the original owner wants it back?

  • @carltone
    @carltone Рік тому +3

    Personally, I think the early 50’s guitars should be the high dollar value collectable ones. A friend of mine has a 52 with the full trapeze string under tailpiece. Neck like a baseball bat, slightly better condition to this instrument. I still recall the glorious tone through a cranked traynor bassmaster with two twin 12 cabinets around 1970 -71 to this day! P90’s on LesPauls are special!

  • @justinshultz120
    @justinshultz120 Рік тому +2

    The JJN and Dorothy combo is pure 🔥

  • @TheNewRevolution
    @TheNewRevolution Рік тому +7

    What if a guitar shows up in my yard after a flood? Does the tornado rule still count?

  • @OliverAmberg
    @OliverAmberg Рік тому

    What a great story and player.

  • @adambrunner9462
    @adambrunner9462 Рік тому

    What a great story! Yeah!!!

  • @These_go_to_eleven_1959
    @These_go_to_eleven_1959 5 місяців тому

    A truly amazing story! What i really appreciate about things like this is it does show/prove that there are still
    people out there that are genuine kind giving souls. The guy could have gotten some decent $$$ for this Les Paul
    even in it's ravaged state! But he decided to give it to someone that could not only get it restored properly
    but would play it all the time! 👍I had a similar experience where i was looking to buy a old Original Charvel
    Strat neck and these are very difficult to find and are really expensive. anyway a guy just gifted me
    a perfectly working, in excellent shape , 1980 Charvel Strat neck!😲 He did not even let me cover the shipping?
    Bottom line humanity is not lost, there are still very kind people out there! Peace😎

  • @aurora3655
    @aurora3655 Рік тому

    I love having a trem arm…but i also love badass bridges. U can anchor ur hand so perfectly on them. It’s so comfortable to play that way. And u can perch them sideways to get better intonation.

  • @urdium
    @urdium Рік тому +4

    Great story. If it had been a Flying V it would have made even more sense

  • @HearGear
    @HearGear Рік тому

    Jared James seem to be the nicest guy and wow that´s quite a story, i really love those early Gibson Les Paul´s.. :D

  • @jeffbeck6501
    @jeffbeck6501 Рік тому

    That is the best guitar story of all time.

  • @billyclub9863
    @billyclub9863 Рік тому +1

    I hope you gave that kid Something!!!

    • @These_go_to_eleven_1959
      @These_go_to_eleven_1959 5 місяців тому

      Some refuse to accept anything in return! I had a total stranger give me a strat neck that i had been looking to buy
      online and he would not let me give him any money for it! He did not even let me cover the shipping!
      What was i supposed to do just tell him to forget the whole thing? You cannot make someone accept things.

  • @Arthagnou
    @Arthagnou Місяць тому +1

    why didnt he send it to Gibson Repair and restoration? is the neck stock style or build to JJNs big hands?

  • @stratocaster1greg
    @stratocaster1greg 5 місяців тому

    Is the neck angle now different than stock? Dorothy is where she is supposed to be. Way cool story!

  • @jrhguitarbassdrums
    @jrhguitarbassdrums Рік тому

    wow man, damn so thats what happened to my 52 Les Paul? i didnt think id ever see it again. Can i have it back?

  • @Taylor___
    @Taylor___ Рік тому +3

    Aw I feel sorry for the owner. Should give it back

  • @ntomatas1
    @ntomatas1 Рік тому +1

    there was probably a fender in that tornado as well but god reached out and grabbed that one

  • @bryanclarke1927
    @bryanclarke1927 Рік тому

    Endless enthusiasm for playing the guitar. What's not to like?

  • @DavidOakesMusic
    @DavidOakesMusic Рік тому +2

    I’m confused. Was the neck WITH it or did they put a period correct neck on? If it was totally snapped off- was the neck just lying around next to the body ?? 🤔

    • @billzakill1257
      @billzakill1257 Рік тому +2

      It’s a new neck👍, Troglys guitar show talks about it

  • @fattony4961
    @fattony4961 Рік тому

    Epiphone should take up more signature p90 models from JJN. They only make one full size Les paul with a p90. The Gold Glory. Like Slash models but with P90’s.

  • @stepitupandgo67
    @stepitupandgo67 Рік тому

    Damn....dorothy....fuckin beautiful

  • @doctoribanez
    @doctoribanez Рік тому +2

    I'm surprised someone claiming they're the real owner hasn't came out . Probably lost his life and everything on the property. I say that jokingly but there's no telling lol. Pretty crazy
    I'll edit and ad that was my grandmother's guitar and she also lost her legs in that twister. Enjoy

  • @rodrigodarosa
    @rodrigodarosa Рік тому +1

    That dude can play. Jesus! The guitar found the right owner!

  • @DrunkenDish
    @DrunkenDish Рік тому +3

    This is a weird story. On the one hand, we all would have taken it, on the other hand, if somebody has proof that this is their guitar, you gotta give it back. To James credit, he isn't trying to say he "bought it at a pawn shop 'two towns over'... no more questions."

    • @reijerlincoln
      @reijerlincoln Рік тому

      No way to proof it. The original neck had no serial number.

    • @Kushalien51_nv
      @Kushalien51_nv Рік тому

      We never know lol but nah I believe 🤣

  • @paulzeski6251
    @paulzeski6251 8 місяців тому +2

    What effort has been made to find the owner? That guitar and the wealth that is attached to it belongs to the real owner and their family. This was a devastating and tragic event. Do the right thing. Buy it or give it back.

  • @mat900ft
    @mat900ft Рік тому +1

    I would have made him mortgage his house for that guitar 😂

  • @freedomnow2214
    @freedomnow2214 Рік тому +4

    so it is a stolen guitar you mean

  • @adamtick
    @adamtick Рік тому +1

    It was acceptable in the 80’s

  • @Les537
    @Les537 Рік тому +1

    Cool story, bro. I was just hearing about another of these oringal Les Pauls. One owned by Robben Ford at one point. It was on a recent 5 Watt World show about LPs.

  • @DaveDeLerch
    @DaveDeLerch Рік тому +2

    grand theft paula

  • @stratonut
    @stratonut Рік тому +6

    so if a guitar shows up in your yard after a tornado its yours? WTF!

  • @ryanbloom1738
    @ryanbloom1738 Рік тому

    So those traipse tailpieces work see!

  • @darwinsaye
    @darwinsaye 11 місяців тому

    Came to this video right after watching Tobias Hoffman demo a 54 P90 Goldtop. It’s incredible how different the tone is from that one. Tobias’s was one of the clearest, most chimey, glassy sounding Les Pauls I’ve ever heard. This is a really nice guitar but it just sounds like a common dark Les Paul tone.

    • @These_go_to_eleven_1959
      @These_go_to_eleven_1959 5 місяців тому

      What amp was Tobias using though? the amp has a lot to do with the tone obviously.
      My 2018 true historic R9 is a incredible clear , chimey Les Paul but through some amps not so much.

  • @chickeastwater9883
    @chickeastwater9883 Рік тому +1

    I think ,, that Les Paul was spotted
    ua-cam.com/video/pVanmvVNHcc/v-deo.html
    Flying by.

    • @whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730
      @whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730 Рік тому

      Damn...watched it, that guy was "riding the storm out"....... in real life 😳

    • @chickeastwater9883
      @chickeastwater9883 Рік тому

      @@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730
      November 17, 2013
      Deadliest & Costliest Tormado to hit Illinois.

    • @whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730
      @whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730 Рік тому

      @@chickeastwater9883 rough stuff.....spent a decade near OKC.....I have seen the horror!

  • @Rotary_Phone
    @Rotary_Phone Рік тому

    Man, this dude pulled out all the stops in the first minute and a half of the video...A premium example of "Guitar Hero" schtick here! LOL

  • @paulzeski6251
    @paulzeski6251 8 місяців тому +2

    JJN should name the guitar "felony theft" because it's not his guitar.

  • @J.C...
    @J.C... Рік тому +3

    So that's someone's guitar. Booo!

  • @fabianarriola8090
    @fabianarriola8090 Рік тому +3

    Just a burglar?

  • @HashiAkitaPuppy
    @HashiAkitaPuppy 11 місяців тому +2

    Lots all respect for this guy, he's essentially showing off with a stolen guitar, who does that? This instrument obviously belonged to someone who went through a horrible event. I don't know how he sleeps at night.

    • @These_go_to_eleven_1959
      @These_go_to_eleven_1959 5 місяців тому

      Whoa slow down there Mr find them guilty without knowing the whole story! Have you considered that the guy
      that found the guitar in his back yard did look into it's original owner? Maybe in the future gather more facts before you condemn others.

  • @porkypile
    @porkypile Рік тому +15

    That guitar belongs with the rightful owner...

    • @justinguitarcia
      @justinguitarcia Рік тому +4

      Its been many years since the guitar was discovered and no contention has been brought up with regard to its provenance not to mention the repair job Jared did which no doubt cost a ton of money, that was a months long job. At any rate, im just saying if someone was looking for it surely we’d know by now and I doubt Jared would have issue

    • @SixStringSlinger1
      @SixStringSlinger1 Рік тому

      And that's somehow his fault? It's literally his property now by law.

    • @jwrestoration
      @jwrestoration Рік тому +10

      There's a lot to the story of this guitar that doesn't get shared. The original owner had passed away by the time TJ was able to track down who it originally belonged to - and his granddaughter (I believe) stated that they had received an insurance payout for the guitar and said he was welcome to keep the guitar body. "T"s we're crossed and "I"s we're dotted.. kudos to TJ for making sure everything was squared away and on the level.

    • @zeroceiling
      @zeroceiling Рік тому

      @@SixStringSlinger1 …our law actually does give the original owner the right to claim an item back that has either been lost or stolen, provided that they can provide accurate and authentic provenance / evidence that proves the object once belonged to them….and the person who found it or bought it from a third party can’t do the same or provide a bill of sale from the original owner….that’s the law on the books today.

    • @SixStringSlinger1
      @SixStringSlinger1 Рік тому

      @@zeroceiling if an item is left unreported (not claimed) for so long, and it finds it's way to somebody else's possession (by legal means) it then becomes their possession.
      Either way, the guy who fixed the guitar already replied and explained how Jared actually got permission from the family who owned it (and they already got an insurance claim). So you're not really making much of a point.