Guitar of the Day: Gibson Les Paul Custom R8 | Norman's Rare Guitars

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  • @josephr4637
    @josephr4637 3 роки тому +26

    1. Slither- Velvet Revolver
    2. Ramble On- Led Zeppelin
    3. On Fire- Van Halen
    Fantastic guitar. Even better musician.

    • @bobboitt3126
      @bobboitt3126 3 роки тому

      Thanks, I didnt know who did #1 👍

  • @6cuerdas41
    @6cuerdas41 3 роки тому +30

    I love les pauls...Lemo is a beast of a guitar player...

  • @neilforbes1082
    @neilforbes1082 3 роки тому +19

    Lemmo never disappoints doesn’t matter what guitar you put in his hands.

    • @3cardmonty602
      @3cardmonty602 3 роки тому +1

      @Marco Caracciolo Yes, I agree. I much preferred Mark Agnesi. It’s always Van Halen with Lemmo. And I love Van Halen, but when you hear it almost every GOTD it gets real boring.

  • @bierce85
    @bierce85 3 роки тому +7

    That's a 2013, which was a big year for historics - Hide glue, correct fretboard inlays and correct binding material/color. They also went back to one-piece fretboards after the gov't raid left them using laminated boards in 2012.

    • @7enderbender87
      @7enderbender87 3 роки тому

      Yep, you can tell right away by the logo on the backplate of the switch cavity. And then by the inlays (shattered glass instead of the swirly pattern) and no pinkish plastic parts anymore...

    • @bierce85
      @bierce85 3 роки тому

      @@7enderbender87 nylon nut too

    • @guydadon1
      @guydadon1 4 місяці тому

      Are R8 2017 not good year?

  • @jimworsnup6203
    @jimworsnup6203 3 роки тому +4

    This is the best rock Lemmo has ever done on Norm's guitar. This is a keeper. Thanks !

  • @MPK-72
    @MPK-72 3 роки тому +12

    That guitar sounds amazing

  • @allisonholmesmusic97
    @allisonholmesmusic97 3 роки тому +11

    I’m normally not a Les Paul fan, but that sounds amazing

  • @thehighlandhamster
    @thehighlandhamster 3 роки тому +4

    I have a 2013 R8, looks and sounds a lot like this one. Just a shame I can't play it like Lemmo does!

    • @rv6205
      @rv6205 2 роки тому

      Is the neck huge on it . I have small hands , would an R8 work for me ? Thanks

    • @BITESIZEJONES
      @BITESIZEJONES 2 роки тому

      @@rv6205 no one can answer this question for you. R6 R7 R8 will always have a bigger chunkier neck compared to a 60s model. Its personal preference. In my experience with Custom Shop guitars, some are thicker, and heavier, than others. Being you have smaller hands, you may appreciate the Les Paul Classic. They are very nice! and not as expensive as a Custom shop.

  • @DESERTCYCLI5T
    @DESERTCYCLI5T 3 роки тому +5

    And rock he did! Nice LP, even better playing 👍👍

  • @jonnybeck6723
    @jonnybeck6723 3 роки тому +2

    All them details are just right... I wish I could afford it... but then again, I've so
    many wonderful guitars, and each one with it's own character and spirit and, as I
    listen to Michael plunk I recall the many MANY times I'd wished Mark would demo
    a' la CLEAN so I could hear the real deal here

  • @TheRemulosEpsolonProgramme
    @TheRemulosEpsolonProgramme 3 роки тому +3

    So this is from not that long ago, the guitar I mean.
    It looks vintage as hell. Sounds amazing. (neck pick up didn’t sound too hot mind)

  • @seancostello7608
    @seancostello7608 10 місяців тому

    I have a 2001 R8 with a very similar top. Amazing instrument. One I’ll never sell or trade.

  • @corporalrich
    @corporalrich 3 роки тому +2

    Incredible. Lemmo you just get better and better man!

  • @sfbassist
    @sfbassist 3 роки тому +3

    Oh man, pulling out the Velvet Revolver tomorrow 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

  • @erickmo1188
    @erickmo1188 3 роки тому +4

    You can tell by the plaque on the back that it’s a 2013, the old reissues didn’t do the plaques. Also the frets should help, as well as the tuners

  • @CraigFlowersMusic
    @CraigFlowersMusic 3 роки тому +6

    Thing sounds like it has 7s on it. Love that finish though. When somebody asks why anyone thinks real Gibsons are worth more, show them this video. For all the tone!

  • @GIBKEL
    @GIBKEL 3 роки тому +2

    Google the case candy?
    Are there many Les Paul/AC30 combinations as classic sounds?
    Ramble On is one of those happy places…especially on an old 30’s Gibson LOO. Something about the cut brightness and swing!

  • @billkeaveney1526
    @billkeaveney1526 3 роки тому

    Forget about always name dropping Bonamassa. Lemmo is the man

  • @uniquestringsthings
    @uniquestringsthings 3 роки тому +2

    Sweet Les Paul 👌 And Lemmo makes it sound awesome👍

  • @calliopivogiatzis2235
    @calliopivogiatzis2235 3 роки тому +1

    I love Michael 's shirt!

  • @bobboitt3126
    @bobboitt3126 3 роки тому

    Lemmo knocks it outta the park!

  • @Buddy969
    @Buddy969 3 роки тому +2

    Great job guys!!!

  • @gui-texzan7477
    @gui-texzan7477 3 роки тому +1

    Methinks Lemmo hit his stride on that old VH

  • @billdehey1300
    @billdehey1300 3 роки тому +1

    That's great Mike. Has anyone seen the Premier Guitar interview with Tommy Shaw. Gibson needs to get that rock icon a custom shop firebird.

    • @jamestoops7228
      @jamestoops7228 3 роки тому

      I saw it he said he had been waiting years on one. Shame on Gibson! Hope he gets one soon!

  • @davidg1612
    @davidg1612 3 роки тому

    Sounds awesome all around but the bridge humbucker is RAUNCHY! Very nice!

  • @LfunkeyA
    @LfunkeyA 3 роки тому

    based on the switch cavity badge, it's a 2013 for sure. the overall appearance (flame, colors) is also a 2013+ look.

    • @Tstdycgyr
      @Tstdycgyr 11 місяців тому

      In addition to several other things 😄😄😄

  • @bassettraceengines
    @bassettraceengines 3 роки тому +1

    Dude !!!!!! Great Job!!!!

  • @charliej2436
    @charliej2436 3 роки тому

    Kenny, this was so righteous, I save this video, and sat down got a Smirnoff Ice Shamash and just chill to the good vibes, Hay he the led out🙌🎊👏🥳🎉🍻🥃🍺🥃🍻

  • @rh8204
    @rh8204 3 роки тому +10

    I look forward to Straturdays but this was Far better than any Strat

  • @stevestruble2142
    @stevestruble2142 Рік тому

    Like to see you play through an old gibson amp

  • @icu469
    @icu469 3 роки тому

    Awesome playing and Xlnt sounding guitar.

  • @vernonhoover1387
    @vernonhoover1387 2 роки тому

    Thing sounds wicked!!!

  • @schalksteyn9594
    @schalksteyn9594 3 роки тому +4

    Lemmo the Wizard Lizard, you never cease to deliver, the greatest of all time, hi to his partner in crime......whoooo hoooo Jen the lense master.
    Blessings and love from the Kruger Park in South Africa.🤗🤗

  • @robertf7056
    @robertf7056 3 роки тому +1

    Please A/B thru a Marshall versus Fender Amps!!

  • @mtacoustic1
    @mtacoustic1 3 роки тому +2

    Great 'Ramble On' ! I suggest checking out the cover by the "Lexington Lab Band". They do a cover that Led Zeppelin would be proud of!

  • @darrell3368
    @darrell3368 3 роки тому +1

    That’s a awesome looking and sounds awesome guitar looks brain new

  • @ericinthekitchen
    @ericinthekitchen 3 роки тому

    WoW , that sounds great and Lemmo wow .

  • @freddaniel5099
    @freddaniel5099 3 роки тому +2

    Rock on!

  • @OmmarNey
    @OmmarNey 3 роки тому +2

    You rocked Slither !! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @Gratefulman1965
    @Gratefulman1965 3 роки тому +1

    Nice Mikey!👍🔥👍🔥👍🔥

  • @keithwalker3192
    @keithwalker3192 3 роки тому +1

    Wow that was great.

  • @guppybill
    @guppybill 3 роки тому +6

    Lemmo's demos have never been better. Fut gn A!

  • @LesgoldingphotographyCoUk
    @LesgoldingphotographyCoUk 3 роки тому +7

    I love Lemmo when he rocks - much better than all that pretty stuff with the looper. Oh, and more Gibson please - you have done jazz masters to death. 🎸

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 3 роки тому +2

      I like EVERYTHING he does. So original.

  • @williamvann4305
    @williamvann4305 2 роки тому

    Nice demo! Great playing, great guitar. To get that variety of tones out of a Deluxe Reverb, you must have been using an overdrive/distortion pedal(?). Please confirm. Thanks!

  • @couchpoet1
    @couchpoet1 3 роки тому +1

    It’s all in the phalanges!

  • @jeremyb251
    @jeremyb251 3 роки тому +1

    Damn fine show Lemmo

  • @mjs2016
    @mjs2016 3 роки тому +9

    Lemmo just keeps exceeding expectations with these Gotd's recently. His playing is so underrated. He's good enough to play with the greats but he chooses Norms. Says something about him, and about Norms.

  • @SouthAmBlues
    @SouthAmBlues 3 роки тому

    Awesome!

  • @evanwanous2466
    @evanwanous2466 2 роки тому

    Is there a difference between an R8 and a standard 1958 reissue??

  • @portugeseking7959
    @portugeseking7959 3 роки тому +3

    It's a 2013 judging by the decal

  • @davidparsons6482
    @davidparsons6482 3 роки тому +1

    Hey Michael,
    We'd love to hear that same R8 through an old Marshall, like back to back with the Fender. I.'m not criticizing but you seem to be stuck on the Fender amps. At least do a comparison.....shakin' up the play book might wake your shake up.....do love ya' man.....

    • @vayabroder729
      @vayabroder729 3 роки тому

      You can never go wrong with a Fender but you are right; just for the variety. Voxes would be cool too.

  • @timcobb1752
    @timcobb1752 3 роки тому +2

    when in doubt, check the potentiometer date codes...

  • @wetblanket1977
    @wetblanket1977 3 роки тому +2

    👍

  • @robinfawcett7973
    @robinfawcett7973 3 роки тому +1

    Woo eee !! Do you think Lemmo bonded with that Beast...?

  • @alessandrobazoli8586
    @alessandrobazoli8586 2 роки тому

    💙

  • @muchacholate1981
    @muchacholate1981 3 роки тому

    666eme pouce 😬😬😬, c’est la première fois pour mois 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @jameswhite1450
    @jameswhite1450 3 роки тому +3

    Check the pots for date codes

  • @ricktuttle5393
    @ricktuttle5393 3 роки тому

    Badass

  • @gui-texzan7477
    @gui-texzan7477 3 роки тому +1

    Velvet Revolver?

  • @wildnitesmusic
    @wildnitesmusic 3 роки тому +3

    We'll let it side for today 😂

  • @lordgluten7248
    @lordgluten7248 3 роки тому

    I must be the only one who can't stand the tone of that hotrod! Fantastic playing by Lemmo -as always :) -and guitar, but the distortion always sounds too fuzzy and muddy to me... Fender makes some kick ass amps but something has always sounded off to me about this one

  • @estebanmazariegos5099
    @estebanmazariegos5099 3 роки тому

    Slither…. 🤟🤟🤟

  • @18thandMission
    @18thandMission 3 роки тому

    Bro, demo that BF Super Reverb next time!

  • @plumiegirl47
    @plumiegirl47 3 роки тому

    Nice

  • @QE2KC3AngelWindOGodRose4ACJedi
    @QE2KC3AngelWindOGodRose4ACJedi 2 роки тому

    I really r - 8 Lemmos playing...

  • @CW0123
    @CW0123 3 роки тому +4

    0:20 and just like that Lemmo lost his future brand ambassador position at fender

  • @jamesbutterson5218
    @jamesbutterson5218 3 роки тому

    🤘🎸👊💨

  • @gailroon2215
    @gailroon2215 3 роки тому

    Ramble on was good only thing missing was some chunka chunka

  • @HiHello-ku1fl
    @HiHello-ku1fl 3 роки тому +17

    Most likely a 2013 and not a 2003.

  • @adamrutowski3599
    @adamrutowski3599 3 роки тому +3

    I smashed a like on this video

  • @LA-zc9rg
    @LA-zc9rg Рік тому

    Not an 03 case and medallion is the give away … ‘13

  • @jerrypinner1671
    @jerrypinner1671 3 роки тому

    2013

  • @Smagledorf
    @Smagledorf 3 роки тому

    It may not be a Strat but it is a hell of a Les Paul! What a way to end the week! However! Gotta do a Maton!

  • @wyattearpp9540
    @wyattearpp9540 3 роки тому +1

    Lemmo The Looper 😁

  • @michaelmitchell5909
    @michaelmitchell5909 3 роки тому +2

    Unbelievable guitar!....probly 8- 10 grand

    • @LfunkeyA
      @LfunkeyA 3 роки тому

      mmm no, this one shouldn't go for more than 3.5 grand, maybe 3.75 for the flames. if anyone asks for more, even in todays disgusting market you should ask for a solid discount.

  • @michaelhiggs8657
    @michaelhiggs8657 3 роки тому

    Would have been nice to hear some Nazareth played on this monster!

  • @Tstdycgyr
    @Tstdycgyr 11 місяців тому

    the year?? 😮😮 so many obvious signs

  • @BITESIZEJONES
    @BITESIZEJONES 2 роки тому

    2013 sounds right

  • @SamSveistrup
    @SamSveistrup 3 роки тому +2

    how the heck did you guys lose 10 years

  • @sebastiaodocarmo6642
    @sebastiaodocarmo6642 3 роки тому +3

    What is the name of the dude before Lemmon ,I know the name I just can’t rebentar now

    • @MrTexasDan
      @MrTexasDan 3 роки тому +2

      Before Lemmo? ... you thinking of Mark Agnesi?

    • @Pnanasnoic
      @Pnanasnoic 3 роки тому +3

      @@MrTexasDan Mark had a catalogue! And touch for days. A real player.

    • @comajoebuck999
      @comajoebuck999 3 роки тому

      Gru.

  • @Musicology1975
    @Musicology1975 3 роки тому

    Holy PaZuZu.

  • @tony50289
    @tony50289 3 роки тому +2

    Woo

  • @Erniethebear
    @Erniethebear 3 роки тому +1

    Didn't care for the neck pickup by itself. It sounded really muddy to me. The other two positions made up for it, though. Could have been the amp settings, I guess.

    • @mtacoustic1
      @mtacoustic1 3 роки тому +3

      The excess of reverb wasn't helping anything either.

  • @ALANRMOREY
    @ALANRMOREY 3 роки тому

    Maybe lessons are in order! Lol

  • @Philminator
    @Philminator 2 роки тому

    I have bad OCD. If I'm dropping 5K+ on a guitar, I wanna know it's birth date.

  • @barrysoetoro8452
    @barrysoetoro8452 3 роки тому +7

    Gimme that phone I got to talk to you baby, Set the record straight
    'Cause this relationship is goin' from love to hate
    You're always trying to make me do things that are really dumb
    And we're always disagreein' on how to have fun
    And you know I don't want what you want
    I want what I want
    Well, You look like a yuppie and that's too bad
    Yeah, It used to be funny but now it's sad
    And your friends are all stupid and they talk too much
    And I'd feel a lot better stayin' out of touch
    'Cause you know I don't want what you want
    I want what I want
    You can say goodbye to me honey
    You can say goodbye to my money
    Well I'm sittin' here callin' from Tennessee
    And I've been jammin' with my buddies like I ought to be
    And it feels real good bein' on my own
    And I don't mind leaving you as dry as bone
    And you know I don't want what you want
    I want what I want You still there?
    Well it's all over, It's just too late
    And I'm so glad we're livin' in different states
    You know I said it all before like I knew I should
    But you got nothin' in your head but a block of wood
    And you know I don't want what you want
    I want what I want
    And you know I don't want what you want
    I want what I want
    And you know I don't want what you want
    I want what I want

  • @jjulch
    @jjulch 3 роки тому +2

    Gibson Customer Service can give you the model year. Not sure if Murphy Lab existed in 2003….

    • @reverb508
      @reverb508 2 роки тому

      He wasn’t saying it was a Murphy Lab. It’s just a plain old Custom Shop. Murphy lab started in 2021.

  • @donlonm
    @donlonm 3 роки тому +2

    Slither

  • @kewinabea5439
    @kewinabea5439 3 роки тому +3

    Why doesn't he ever use marshall amps???

  • @46dc9er
    @46dc9er 3 роки тому

    YA HOOO gag reflex

  • @kevinmurtagh4996
    @kevinmurtagh4996 3 роки тому +1

    “LP”.

  • @fretboarder4752
    @fretboarder4752 2 роки тому

    Its a 2013

  • @robnamowicz8073
    @robnamowicz8073 3 роки тому +2

    Completely original? Does it have the chip from the pickguard hardware? Haahahha!

  • @georgedez3474
    @georgedez3474 2 роки тому

    Thats a 2013

  • @johnpandolfino8663
    @johnpandolfino8663 3 роки тому +3

    Bronto rock.......as in brontosaurus 🦕
    Sounds like lemming just broke up with his girlfriend......

  • @bondyuk
    @bondyuk 3 роки тому +1

    When I listen to Lemmo I realise how important metronomic timing is.....and how sloppy, sloppy playing sounds

  • @wilofsherwood1811
    @wilofsherwood1811 3 роки тому +2

    Lemmo gets latched again....!

  • @oscardarrell
    @oscardarrell 2 роки тому

    the guitar looks heavy and thick..

  • @pritchettdan
    @pritchettdan 3 роки тому

    Get a haircut, Lemmo!

  • @robertalsbury
    @robertalsbury Рік тому

    Worst demo of an R8 I’ve ever heard, terrible , good grief man