It's hilarious to me that all the hate in the comments is only coming from yards who 1, have never played a 58,59, or 60 Les Paul. And 2, could never afford one so it's easier to criticize it rather than admit it's great. Think about it. Anything is worth what someone will pay for it. There's no shame in appreciating it for what it is, just know even with the new r9, it's basically the same guitar, but it's not one of the guitars.
Why does every poor asshole think that right away somebody has to have rich parents if they own something nice? I have a crazy guitar collection and I don't have rich parents, I worked and saved for my shit, I'm 42 now and I still do. So instead of talking shit about somebody who has it better than you go out and make yourself better because bitching about this guy isn't going to get you out of Mommy's basement Son.
You didn't read my comment correctly. I did NOT say you didn't have to be rich to buy a 1959 Les Paul Burst, show me where I said that. Second, I said if somebody does have nice things it does NOT mean his/her Daddy paid for it. The comment that I was replying to is gone. The guy was saying that "Yeah, call Joe, his Daddy can buy him another one" and I was saying that the guy doesn't know that Joe makes his own money and also sells/trades gear to move up into something nicer. Peace
I owned a 59 burst and sold it for $50,000 in 1987 and at the time i could of sold it for $100,00 but there was no internet and i still have my 59 les paul jr, i needed the money cause i was going threw a divorce and IT Sucked. god i wish i still had it, but a very popular 80's guitarist bought it from me and when he laid the money on the table i just had to do it...and that's that.
The first sunburst les Paul was a 1956 with p90’s. It was a one off custom order for a customer. At a time when all les Pauls were gold tops. The Les Paul in this video is just the first “cherry” sunburst.
Im happy with my 1960's reissue. Sounds the just about the same and did not cost me any where near $600k. Only reason to buy this guitar is for its historical significance.
I own (2 ) 2001 heritage cherry les Paul's one with emg's and the other totally stock they are both great! I mean GR8! One has the slim taper 60's neck and the other has the 50's neck and yes they are absolutely getting better by the day. They are not for sale! I spent most f my life looking for them. Peace✌🏻️.
Looks like a '73 I used to have - 3 piece top, same cherry sun burst. Mine started out as a Gold Top but got scratched so when it was being refinished they found a pretty decent tiger top underneath the paint.
Not drinking the vintage guitar kool-aid. If these vintage guitars are so much superior sounding, how come you didn't hear artist going on about how fantastic they sounded in the fifties, sixties, seventies and even early 80’s? I'm sure Townsend went through them like cords of wood. It's all hype. Sorry, I didn't hear some incredible, holy grail tone coming out of it when Gill was playing it.
the mineral content density of the woods that were being used back in the 50's are very different than we have now, back then, their woods were likely already pushing 40+ years old.. making a modern day 59's woods surpass a century old. Those woods were of a higher quality, density, and more naturally grown process, this & PUPS is the biggest tonal differences, aside from that.. the rest is nil
TheScunion Townsend played 70s Norlin era Les Pauls which are known to not be that great. Also Townshend didn’t smash many Les Pauls in his career, it was mostly Rickenbackers and Gibson SGs. You obviously have no idea what you’re talking about.
$279 new in 58'...I play a 58' Conn Classic-810 organ that cost as much as 10 58' Les Paul's. The organ, albeit heavenly in it's own right, with 95 vacuum tubes, is valued at $200- $300 today. After playing guitar for 20 years, in 1996, I discovered pre-1968' organs [the preferred golden era of ANALOG organ tone] could be had for next to nothing compared to guitar gear. I already had a good collection of vintage guitars, amps, and pedals. And really organs ( especially Hammond organs) are the electric guitars closest relative. So as a 'Tone Head', I recommend that you save your thou$and$, and rescue a vintage organ. Once they are gone there will be no more. Craigslist is full of them:) most $0-$200!
Here is Ed King with Lynyrd Skynyrd in their first visit to the UK in 1975. This is a very special goose bumps/ soul warming performance. UA-cam video title: Lynryd Skynyrd 1975 Free Bird BBC Old Grey Whistle Test
I've played several 58/59 LPs some gold tops some burst i couldn't tell the difference ,, owned a 57 gold top for years before i got a offer i couldn't refuse ,, tell ya the truth i like my 76 Lp just as much ,, but for the money ill take my 62 strat any day of the week sunburst with original tortoise shell pick guard 98% original ( replaced the bridge w/ real 62 bridge, old one imploded and new frets ) the tone stuff dreams are made of ,, but the fact that this is the first burst does make it totally unique don't no about the price but totally unique ,, but yes Joe Bonamassa would certainly by it ,, he already owns the first black on white strat and first flying V gibson so why not the first burst ,, if he hasn't already bought it ,, lol
They probably won't get what they are asking for it. Now you guys that don't like the Norlins realize that all Les Pauls built from 52-57 had 3 piece tops. I say judge each instrument individually. I have a couple of 76 LPs. And they were much better instruments than the 57 TV I had.
Something about under wound humbuckers. I would make it a point to try and play it every single day for the rest of my life. If even only for five minutes. I would try to put it in my hands every day. God gave me a gift. I’ll make music with anything. I don’t have to be the greatest player or famous. I just love creating music and that guitar is a fabulous tool. In my opinion, the best tool ever!! Maybe someday I’ll own my own real burst. Till then, I’ll make due with my Epiphone burst.
I'm not that keen of the 3 piece top... Besides, whoever has the money to purchase it would dare to play it on the road ? Very nice LP 59 burst reissues are done by the Nashville CustomShop and appear regularly from time to time on the pre-owned market. If you are patient enough, you can get the closest thing to the original for a few grands, play it and enjoy it everyday without fear to damage an instrument worth a townhouse, or get it stolen. My experience of R9's in the VOS format with custombuckers is excellent. Possibly the best guitar I've played in 50 years. Compares to a Collings in terms of quality, tone, playability and price.
J'ai une Les Paul de 2012 que j'ai payer 2100 euros, transformer en model 58/60 elle sonne grave. Mais des histoire comme sas c'est pas fini, d'autre les Paul refont surface à des prix incroyable.
I was lucky enough toplay a 1960 LP and I honestly didn't feel/ hear a huge difference between that and my LP's. Slight differences at best really. And at the end of the day, I still preferred the tone of my modern pickups. Sometimes I think there's a certain amount of placebo here.
For all you young kids out there that don't understand what this is, it's the real-life "Pick of Destiny", the guitar that everyone who played one HAD to have one and all the classic albums recorded on those guitars is crazy, it definitely is magical. OH, and if that really is the 1st Burst, then $625,000 is a bargain as there are many '59's that have sold for over a MILLION dollars and Kirk Hammett himself just shelled out 2 MILLION dollars for "Greeny" (Google the story). Sadly, it'll probably end up in some Millionaire's warehouse with all the other guitars that never get played.
You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between this and my collector's choice les pauls. I paid from 8-10k each for those, so not cheap, but not a house.
yeah, there has to be limits somewhere. Even if I had a tremendous amount of disposable income, $650 grand for a guitar is getting way up there, isn't it...
"He knew this guitar was special from the moment he heard.. the serial number". I though they were going to say the tone, lol. Didn't know serial numbers have a special sound.. If early Gibson serial numbers sound so sweet, why not record them and sell a million records lol.
PlanetRockJesus 🎸 Hi ! I'd Sell this and Buy a BIG House !!!! , Fantastic Guitar but it is not the Holy Grail Of Tone for Les Pauls - easily Replicated both Soundwise and Buildwise , One aspect that gets overlooked is the impact of when people realised just how GREAT Les Pauls sounded Through an overdriven Valve amp , up till then it was Fenders that were seen as innovative - Hence the Flying V , Explorer and the real Holy Grail - The MODERNE !!!! - albeit The V and Explorer not a great Success at the time !!!! , I can see the Historic Importance of the First Burst but other Guitars are available , - I'm Just Gonna Plug My WHITE PENGUIN into my Marshall !!!! Ha! Ha! 🎸 Cheers from the U.K . 🎩 😎
Actually a Stradivarius is a luthier instrument, made with high quality wood selected by the maker and with a lot of time and attention put into it. As good as these bursts are, they were still built in a factory and produced in high numbers, when page, clapton, green, allman bought them they were workhouse guitar. Bring one of these to a luthier and he will say "it sounds good, nice fretboard" but it won't be the best guitar he has seen.
Plochet Hooplo I know what a Stradivarius is dude, it's just a good analogy for talking about the value and rarity of the instrument. There's no need for you to be such a know-it-all and act like you need to teach me something
It is my burden and mission to shine the light of internet wisdom upon the minds of men. The unready mind, though initially blinded by the glare, will soon learn that what is good to take is good to take mutely, and what is not shall be ignored.
"For somebody who doesn't know much about guitars, this is a Stradivarius." *"Each burst produces a sound that can't be matched."* Total bullshit. You could get any well made modern replica and fool those guys in a double-blind study. This test has already been done multiple times with Stradivarius, with listeners trying to tell the difference between a Stradivarius and a brand new instrument, and with professional violinist actually _playing_ the violins and trying to tell which is the Stradivarius. People completely fail to identify Stradivarius. Worse than that, because people _expect_ the Stradivarius to sound better, they tend to call the violins they like better Stradivari, which means they do _worse than random chance._ In the player study, 2/3rds of the players -- again, not knowing what they were playing -- picked _new_ violins as the Stradivari and their personal favorites. Cognitive biases are real and can't be ignored. If you know the guitar is a $600K 58 rarity, it will _actually sound better to you._ This is just a reality of human psychology. The only way to evaluate it objectively is if you literally have no way of knowing what the guitar is.
Your comment is dead on. Having studied hypnotism I have come to see this type of bias again & again. I have played inexpensive acoustics that sounded better than high end Martins. People do not understand confirmation bias & how mere suggestion can powerfully influence their minds. Would like to see these people put to a blind test in regards to their claims.
I Have four Gibson les Paul’s if they all had the same pickup configuration and wiring and I was playing them they would ALL sound the same but I’m sure if ed king played one it would sound totally different. Moral of the story is ITS THE PLAYER not the guitar...
@@knockoutguitarist087 Then why don't you play Epiphone Les Pauls, or cheap knock off fake Les Pauls, if it is all in the fingers? Why do you have four Les Pauls if it's the player and not the guitar? You should only need one. Why isn't every Strat player playing Squier Strats if it is all in the fingers? I'm not trying to be a smart aleck here, but the argument only seems to come up when speaking about guitars or amps that are priced out of an average persons reach. When someone buys a $3k guitar, no one seems to question whether its better or not. If I said to someone, "Why did you buy that Suhr Classic Pro instead of a Chinese Yamaha Pacifica" everyone would say the Suhr is world's better, and the "Its in the fingers" argument would be out the window. Let me end my diatribe by saying that, like you, I have several great instruments and they all sound different. I believe it is more than the player. I believe that if you put a great instrument in the hands of a great player (and I am not great), something special happens. I have played many vintage instruments that are a cut above, and some that are not a cut above. I have a 1959 Strat that I bought in 1978 before the word "Vintage" was used much. I think it sounds better than any Strat I have heard since. When it started to gain value I decided to not take it out as much and I searched for a Strat that sounded as good. I am still looking. (RIP Ed King).
That is not the first burst. It originally left the factory as a gold top and was sent back after the burst came out. The first burst is owned by slash and has been since early 90’s.
Actually my opinion is correct caused I've played both old and gibson custom shop there's almost no difference, so why pay $200,000 for a guitar is ridiculous, and your getting my opinion whether you like it or not lol
Totally agree. I'm not a collector although by any means as I have about 14 guitars but my two favourites are a Strat and a humbucker Tele Fender MIJ's from 1985. They cost me £220 & £270 respectively and are demons to play. Probably not what an elitist Fender player wants but it only takes a change of pups, a service and they can be whatever style you want. It's sad but the people who buy these will probably never play them live and, as you saw with Ed King, they'll be destined to be incarcerated in their glass display cases. They need to breathe and let us hear them sing. If I had a spare $1M, and that's what it will probably reach at auction, I'd much rather retire and enjoy life at leisure with my guitars.
Keep in mind that it's your opinion. Why pay $625,000 for this specific one? It's the only one. It's the first one. It's a piece of actual history. That guitar is THE REAL Gibson of the 50s. You can buy a Gibson nowadays for $6250 instead of $625,000, but it will never be the "real" thing. Just a reissue and nothing more. No history behind it.
A guitar is like a violin or a piano or a fine watch... the best version has already been created, there is no need for innovation. There should only be a desire to replicate the craftsman ship and care put into instruments like that, nothing further.
My friend has avery early seventies one in his bedroom on a stand. He cant play guitar and it was only played for ten minutes by a friend in 1970. Such a waste, but most of these rare ones end up never being used.
It's a great piece of history, worth paying a lot of money for - but for the history - not for it's "tone". Any 200 dollar guitar from pretty much any brand will sound as good as or better than this old guitar. Sorry vintage nuts. That's just the bridge...I mean truth.
a great instrument paired with a lousy player always sounds lousy. a lousy instrument paired with a great player always sounds great. for those willing to fight and suffer to achieve greatness, this brutal truth is an indomitable ally.
"you can't match this" - what a junk science crab! Of course many of theses guitars are great, otherwise there wouldn't be so much great musicians who swear on it. But it's simple physics, guitars are really primitive constructions, and with good wood of course you can make similary great guitars today.
I played J Geils '59, and let me tell you...these bursts are pure magic. One of the best moments of my life.
Love they always leave Mike Bloomfield out of the list of iconic players.. Mike was the first to make the burst popular in the U.S.
And Peter Green too!
@@jeffreypaulross9767 and Lil Wayne and Nick Jonas
It's hilarious to me that all the hate in the comments is only coming from yards who 1, have never played a 58,59, or 60 Les Paul. And 2, could never afford one so it's easier to criticize it rather than admit it's great. Think about it. Anything is worth what someone will pay for it. There's no shame in appreciating it for what it is, just know even with the new r9, it's basically the same guitar, but it's not one of the guitars.
Contact Joe Bonamassa. He will buy it.
GUITAR SAFARI!
He has 2 already.
Why does every poor asshole think that right away somebody has to have rich parents if they own something nice? I have a crazy guitar collection and I don't have rich parents, I worked and saved for my shit, I'm 42 now and I still do. So instead of talking shit about somebody who has it better than you go out and make yourself better because bitching about this guy isn't going to get you out of Mommy's basement Son.
You didn't read my comment correctly. I did NOT say you didn't have to be rich to buy a 1959 Les Paul Burst, show me where I said that. Second, I said if somebody does have nice things it does NOT mean his/her Daddy paid for it. The comment that I was replying to is gone. The guy was saying that "Yeah, call Joe, his Daddy can buy him another one" and I was saying that the guy doesn't know that Joe makes his own money and also sells/trades gear to move up into something nicer. Peace
I owned a 59 burst and sold it for $50,000 in 1987 and at the time i could of sold it for $100,00 but there was no internet and i still have my 59 les paul jr, i needed the money cause i was going threw a divorce and IT Sucked. god i wish i still had it, but a very popular 80's guitarist bought it from me and when he laid the money on the table i just had to do it...and that's that.
I really like that three piece top for some reason
The first sunburst les Paul was a 1956 with p90’s. It was a one off custom order for a customer. At a time when all les Pauls were gold tops.
The Les Paul in this video is just the first “cherry” sunburst.
I thought the video was of the first of the 1959 “Bursts” but I guess it wasn’t.
Ed King from...The Strawberry Alarm Clock !!!! Incense And Peppermints....Yeah !
and the iconic southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd!
and the ek experience
@@Tim.Pierce Jason Isbell bought his 59.
Im happy with my 1960's reissue. Sounds the just about the same and did not cost me any where near $600k. Only reason to buy this guitar is for its historical significance.
Chaz Rollazz right on. Reissues these days are phenomenal
only difference is those old tree's are all cut down now and they had such a beautiful ring to them and sustain !!!
Ed King is the man!
Nathan Adkins Hi ! Rest Easy 🎸 Ed King 🎸 - and Thanks for the Music 🎸 🎩 😎
as it turns out Ed is indeed the man.
I own (2 ) 2001 heritage cherry les Paul's one with emg's and the other totally stock they are both great! I mean GR8! One has the slim taper 60's neck and the other has the 50's neck and yes they are absolutely getting better by the day. They are not for sale! I spent most f my life looking for them. Peace✌🏻️.
Looks like a '73 I used to have - 3 piece top, same cherry sun burst. Mine started out as a Gold Top but got scratched so when it was being refinished they found a pretty decent tiger top underneath the paint.
they're saying it's expensive, but tbf it comes with a hardcase. even new gibsons don't these days lol
My new 2019 traditional come with a gibson hardshell case
Huh? Yeah they do lol.
Not drinking the vintage guitar kool-aid.
If these vintage guitars are so much superior sounding, how come you didn't hear artist going on about how fantastic they sounded in the fifties, sixties, seventies and even early 80’s? I'm sure Townsend went through them like cords of wood.
It's all hype. Sorry, I didn't hear some incredible, holy grail tone coming out of it when Gill was playing it.
the mineral content density of the woods that were being used back in the 50's are very different than we have now,
back then, their woods were likely already pushing 40+ years old.. making a modern day 59's woods surpass a century old.
Those woods were of a higher quality, density, and more naturally grown process, this & PUPS is the biggest tonal differences, aside from that.. the rest is nil
Ben JayToken I think penis size has more influence on tone than “tonewood”.
TheScunion Townsend played 70s Norlin era Les Pauls which are known to not be that great. Also Townshend didn’t smash many Les Pauls in his career, it was mostly Rickenbackers and Gibson SGs. You obviously have no idea what you’re talking about.
because at that point in time there was nothing else to compare that sound to....that was the absolute cutting edge back then.
@@JakobSeidl Okey Dokey😬
I’ll take two. Great price.
$279 new in 58'...I play a 58' Conn Classic-810 organ that cost as much as 10 58' Les Paul's. The organ, albeit heavenly in it's own right, with 95 vacuum tubes, is valued at $200- $300 today. After playing guitar for 20 years, in 1996, I discovered pre-1968' organs [the preferred golden era of ANALOG organ tone] could be had for next to nothing compared to guitar gear.
I already had a good collection of vintage guitars, amps, and pedals. And really organs ( especially Hammond organs) are the electric guitars closest relative. So as a 'Tone Head', I recommend that you save your thou$and$, and rescue a vintage organ. Once they are gone there will be no more. Craigslist is full of them:) most $0-$200!
yeah...try pricing a Hammond B or C-3 nowadays...same situation. : )
RIP Ed.. 🙏❤😢
That burst is beautiful. Vince Gill's style of music isn't my thing, but he is a stellar and underrated player.
Here is Ed King with Lynyrd Skynyrd in their first visit to the UK in 1975. This is a very special goose bumps/ soul warming performance. UA-cam video title:
Lynryd Skynyrd 1975 Free Bird BBC Old Grey Whistle Test
I have a les Paul traditional 2013. Burst is 80% there minus the aging ofcourse. Sound is.. 80% there too. I paid 1600 dollars for it.
I've played several 58/59 LPs some gold tops some burst i couldn't tell the difference ,, owned a 57 gold top for years before i got a offer i couldn't refuse ,, tell ya the truth i like my 76 Lp just as much ,, but for the money ill take my 62 strat any day of the week sunburst with original tortoise shell pick guard 98% original ( replaced the bridge w/ real 62 bridge, old one imploded and new frets ) the tone stuff dreams are made of ,, but the fact that this is the first burst does make it totally unique don't no about the price but totally unique ,, but yes Joe Bonamassa would certainly by it ,, he already owns the first black on white strat and first flying V gibson so why not the first burst ,, if he hasn't already bought it ,, lol
They probably won't get what they are asking for it. Now you guys that don't like the Norlins realize that all Les Pauls built from 52-57 had 3 piece tops. I say judge each instrument individually. I have a couple of 76 LPs. And they were much better instruments than the 57 TV I had.
Um, no they didn't all have three piece tops. A lot of them had two piece tops with an off center seam.
the 70s were a fantastic era for pauls
Norlins are shit.
Something about under wound humbuckers. I would make it a point to try and play it every single day for the rest of my life. If even only for five minutes. I would try to put it in my hands every day. God gave me a gift. I’ll make music with anything. I don’t have to be the greatest player or famous. I just love creating music and that guitar is a fabulous tool. In my opinion, the best tool ever!! Maybe someday I’ll own my own real burst. Till then, I’ll make due with my Epiphone burst.
I'm not that keen of the 3 piece top... Besides, whoever has the money to purchase it would dare to play it on the road ? Very nice LP 59 burst reissues are done by the Nashville CustomShop and appear regularly from time to time on the pre-owned market. If you are patient enough, you can get the closest thing to the original for a few grands, play it and enjoy it everyday without fear to damage an instrument worth a townhouse, or get it stolen.
My experience of R9's in the VOS format with custombuckers is excellent. Possibly the best guitar I've played in 50 years. Compares to a Collings in terms of quality, tone, playability and price.
I would love to hear that through a cranked Marshall plexi!!
J'ai une Les Paul de 2012 que j'ai payer 2100 euros, transformer en model 58/60 elle sonne grave. Mais des histoire comme sas c'est pas fini, d'autre les Paul refont surface à des prix incroyable.
Awesome Jesse!
2:20 YEY
🙏 RIP Ed King!❤
I was lucky enough toplay a 1960 LP and I honestly didn't feel/ hear a huge difference between that and my LP's. Slight differences at best really. And at the end of the day, I still preferred the tone of my modern pickups.
Sometimes I think there's a certain amount of placebo here.
so who bought it? bonamasa?
For all you young kids out there that don't understand what this is, it's the real-life "Pick of Destiny", the guitar that everyone who played one HAD to have one and all the classic albums recorded on those guitars is crazy, it definitely is magical. OH, and if that really is the 1st Burst, then $625,000 is a bargain as there are many '59's that have sold for over a MILLION dollars and Kirk Hammett himself just shelled out 2 MILLION dollars for "Greeny" (Google the story). Sadly, it'll probably end up in some Millionaire's warehouse with all the other guitars that never get played.
Greeny had rock star heritage. This guitar does not.
Tremendo. Un lujo esa guitarra
Natural crunch, that's like having a BM without any laxatives. Beautiful timeless guitar though
Great work dude 👍 what is your verdict on harley benton guitars? Just curious.
Who bought it?
That's exactly what I'm looking for, Who bought it and how much did it finally sell for?
Look at the flame on that one. It's known for it's sustain. You could go out for a bite and you'd still be hearing that one.
Would like to know how much paid the store for the burst from the owner
like 300 k tops!!!
Les thanked Dickie Betts for being one of the first to use a L.P In rock.
That is cool as hell.
You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between this and my collector's choice les pauls. I paid from 8-10k each for those, so not cheap, but not a house.
Did Slash end up buying this guitar ?
Sounds beautiful, rings like a bell, but with just enough crunch …
Experimental Gold Top! Gone Cherry Burst!
So ahead of their time meaning that they didn't know how good it was.
yeah, there has to be limits somewhere. Even if I had a tremendous amount of disposable income, $650 grand for a guitar is getting way up there, isn't it...
sold for $625,000.
so is it the "first burst" or the first cherry burst?
Nemo Alicunde they used to all be the same colour but they faded over the years
The different colours today are replicas of guitar which have faded
"He knew this guitar was special from the moment he heard.. the serial number".
I though they were going to say the tone, lol. Didn't know serial numbers have a special sound.. If early Gibson serial numbers sound so sweet, why not record them and sell a million records lol.
RIP Ed King 🙁
Awesome. I'll sell my house to buy it!
PlanetRockJesus 🎸 Hi ! I'd Sell this and Buy a BIG House !!!! , Fantastic Guitar but it is not the Holy Grail Of Tone for Les Pauls - easily Replicated both Soundwise and Buildwise , One aspect that gets overlooked is the impact of when people realised just how GREAT Les Pauls sounded Through an overdriven Valve amp , up till then it was Fenders that were seen as innovative - Hence the Flying V , Explorer and the real Holy Grail - The MODERNE !!!! - albeit The V and Explorer not a great Success at the time !!!! , I can see the Historic Importance of the First Burst but other Guitars are available , - I'm Just Gonna Plug My WHITE PENGUIN into my Marshall !!!! Ha! Ha! 🎸 Cheers from the U.K . 🎩 😎
The comparison to a Stradivarius is the best description I've heard of this guitar, I'll have to use that in the future
Actually a Stradivarius is a luthier instrument, made with high quality wood selected by the maker and with a lot of time and attention put into it. As good as these bursts are, they were still built in a factory and produced in high numbers, when page, clapton, green, allman bought them they were workhouse guitar. Bring one of these to a luthier and he will say "it sounds good, nice fretboard" but it won't be the best guitar he has seen.
Plochet Hooplo I know what a Stradivarius is dude, it's just a good analogy for talking about the value and rarity of the instrument. There's no need for you to be such a know-it-all and act like you need to teach me something
It is my burden and mission to shine the light of internet wisdom upon the minds of men. The unready mind, though initially blinded by the glare, will soon learn that what is good to take is good to take mutely, and what is not shall be ignored.
"For somebody who doesn't know much about guitars, this is a Stradivarius."
*"Each burst produces a sound that can't be matched."*
Total bullshit. You could get any well made modern replica and fool those guys in a double-blind study. This test has already been done multiple times with Stradivarius, with listeners trying to tell the difference between a Stradivarius and a brand new instrument, and with professional violinist actually _playing_ the violins and trying to tell which is the Stradivarius. People completely fail to identify Stradivarius. Worse than that, because people _expect_ the Stradivarius to sound better, they tend to call the violins they like better Stradivari, which means they do _worse than random chance._ In the player study, 2/3rds of the players -- again, not knowing what they were playing -- picked _new_ violins as the Stradivari and their personal favorites.
Cognitive biases are real and can't be ignored. If you know the guitar is a $600K 58 rarity, it will _actually sound better to you._ This is just a reality of human psychology. The only way to evaluate it objectively is if you literally have no way of knowing what the guitar is.
Right on brother amen
Your comment is dead on. Having studied hypnotism I have come to see this type of bias again & again. I have played inexpensive acoustics that sounded better than high end Martins. People do not understand confirmation bias & how mere suggestion can powerfully influence their minds. Would like to see these people put to a blind test in regards to their claims.
A lot of tone or all the tone is in the players hands.....i sound the same no matter what i play to my ears!
I Have four Gibson les Paul’s if they all had the same pickup configuration and wiring and I was playing them they would ALL sound the same but I’m sure if ed king played one it would sound totally different. Moral of the story is ITS THE PLAYER not the guitar...
@@knockoutguitarist087 Then why don't you play Epiphone Les Pauls, or cheap knock off fake Les Pauls, if it is all in the fingers? Why do you have four Les Pauls if it's the player and not the guitar? You should only need one. Why isn't every Strat player playing Squier Strats if it is all in the fingers? I'm not trying to be a smart aleck here, but the argument only seems to come up when speaking about guitars or amps that are priced out of an average persons reach. When someone buys a $3k guitar, no one seems to question whether its better or not. If I said to someone, "Why did you buy that Suhr Classic Pro instead of a Chinese Yamaha Pacifica" everyone would say the Suhr is world's better, and the "Its in the fingers" argument would be out the window. Let me end my diatribe by saying that, like you, I have several great instruments and they all sound different. I believe it is more than the player. I believe that if you put a great instrument in the hands of a great player (and I am not great), something special happens. I have played many vintage instruments that are a cut above, and some that are not a cut above. I have a 1959 Strat that I bought in 1978 before the word "Vintage" was used much. I think it sounds better than any Strat I have heard since. When it started to gain value I decided to not take it out as much and I searched for a Strat that sounded as good. I am still looking. (RIP Ed King).
R.I.P Ed King....
cherry burst or sun Burst
That is not the first burst. It originally left the factory as a gold top and was sent back after the burst came out. The first burst is owned by slash and has been since early 90’s.
Echo at the park
You’re wrong, blowhard
RandMan14 that’s funny considering Gibsons records don’t show this as the first burst.
Echo at the park
Your mom’s records show it as the first burst. Whadda think of that, ya little shit?
very cool! 625 g's is pocket change, I'll pick it up tomorrow. But first, I want to try it and hear how Spankey it is.....lol jk....one can dream....
Slash actually has the first standard. This is a 3 piece top. It was initially meant to be a gold top
Yeah, it’s a pretty good price. That’s pretty cheap that should sell 😊real quick.
Actually my opinion is correct caused I've played both old and gibson custom shop there's almost no difference, so why pay $200,000 for a guitar is ridiculous, and your getting my opinion whether you like it or not lol
Totally agree. I'm not a collector although by any means as I have about 14 guitars but my two favourites are a Strat and a humbucker Tele Fender MIJ's from 1985. They cost me £220 & £270 respectively and are demons to play. Probably not what an elitist Fender player wants but it only takes a change of pups, a service and they can be whatever style you want.
It's sad but the people who buy these will probably never play them live and, as you saw with Ed King, they'll be destined to be incarcerated in their glass display cases. They need to breathe and let us hear them sing. If I had a spare $1M, and that's what it will probably reach at auction, I'd much rather retire and enjoy life at leisure with my guitars.
Keep in mind that it's your opinion. Why pay $625,000 for this specific one? It's the only one. It's the first one. It's a piece of actual history. That guitar is THE REAL Gibson of the 50s. You can buy a Gibson nowadays for $6250 instead of $625,000, but it will never be the "real" thing. Just a reissue and nothing more. No history behind it.
Yes my opinion is at the end of the day it's just a piece of wood with strings
Chad rocknroller And the declaration of independence is just a piece of paper with writing on it.
+Jerrett O'Quinn exactly
Haha I’m sure Ed was broke with his Sweet Home Alabama writing credit. RIP what a great guy.
Bet George Gruhn was jealous about this lol
Bernie Marsden "Beast" thats what i would call "Stradivarius"
Slash owns this now, no?
Wish my local news channel did shit like this
Yeah, Joe Bonamassa is gonna buy that. He hordes everything.
When did Cher get into news casting?
This is what is killing innovation in guitars and honestly the music industry
A guitar is like a violin or a piano or a fine watch... the best version has already been created, there is no need for innovation. There should only be a desire to replicate the craftsman ship and care put into instruments like that, nothing further.
i bought this same Gibson guitar from AliExpress for $249
My friend has avery early seventies one in his bedroom on a stand. He cant play guitar and it was only played for ten minutes by a friend in 1970. Such a waste, but most of these rare ones end up never being used.
It's a great piece of history, worth paying a lot of money for - but for the history - not for it's "tone". Any 200 dollar guitar from pretty much any brand will sound as good as or better than this old guitar. Sorry vintage nuts. That's just the bridge...I mean truth.
It's never seen the sun.
a great instrument paired with a lousy player always sounds lousy.
a lousy instrument paired with a great player always sounds great.
for those willing to fight and suffer to achieve greatness, this brutal truth is an indomitable ally.
electric lady land needs to buy it, NOT BONAMASA! but I fear that's what is exactly gonna happen :'(
Bonamassa is god.
did u sea Pete Townsend destroying $6,000,000
no doubt Slash bought it lol
That’s the second burst
sounds like any les paul
C'mon , no guitar is worth 650 K .
Costs 100k, can't stay in tune
*BEHOLD*
Pete T did NOT play a burst.
so do we know who bought it? talk about braggin' rights.
I would of never played that guitar.I would of dropped it or put a big scratch on it.
I always get anxious as fuck when I hold a guitar that doesn't belong to me.
now there's a guitar to RELIC! Sand the neck , splash some shellac on the hardware , knock it with a hammer, exacto knife some checking, ....
A world gone mad !!! LOL The bullshit goes on and on
The placebo effect is real . My epi LP with paf pups is just fine with me !
Jimmy Page can afford it 👍👍
Marketing also know a lying by default it stating opinions as facts.
What the hell did they do to that poor news anchor's face.
its a dude...so
This is a great story.....until they polluted it by mentioning SLASH...ugggggghhhhh..... how dare he be mentioned in the same breath as those others.
ボディが3Pなのがまた痺れますな
Vintage late 50s ES-335 sounds better.
🤑💚💸🎸
3 Piece top is weird
IS 75,000$ TOO MUCH FOR A WORN OUT REMOVED MANDOLIN FINGERBOARD FOUND IN A WASTEBASKET. I THINK SO THEY DONT KEEP ON PICKIN BRO
All yours for a quarter million.
IT'S ALL SALES HYPE AND B.S.
to much money. Usually the first is not the best.
"you can't match this" - what a junk science crab! Of course many of theses guitars are great, otherwise there wouldn't be so much great musicians who swear on it. But it's simple physics, guitars are really primitive constructions, and with good wood of course you can make similary great guitars today.
You can’t really get 400 year old Honduran old growth mahogany anymore
No mention of Michael Bloomfield, or Billy Gibbons in the 'burst who's who, really?