@incongra not always,..i have a traditional lespaul from 2009,did the green mod(magnetic),and have 99 procent of his tone(the other procent is the fact that i am not Peter Green)
honestly, I've seen Gary Moore on stage with this guitar, and he was also playing other Les Pauls (another old one, a Heritage,...) and his sound was brilliant! with or without his '59 burst.
I hope he had great times, spending the money he got for it, for wine, women and ...
:o)))
there are a lot of these instruments in jap hands, and noone ever will play one single note on them.
honestly, I've seen Gary Moore on stage with this guitar, and he was also playing other Les Pauls (another old one, a Heritage,...) and his sound was brilliant! with or without his '59 burst.
I hope he had great times, spending the money he got for it, for wine, women and ...
ff8tapwned, that is the correct story. i read that in a gary moore interview. gary moore was in my top 3, and now he's gone too. randys gone, so eddie, BE CAREFULL!
People are saying that Peter sold it to Gary but not explaining more. I read somewhere or maybe an interview that said Peter wanted to give the guitar to Gary, but Gary would not let him as it was far to valuable so Peter said go and sell your guitar (Which was an Gibson SG) and whatever you get for it give me that for the Les Paul.
There is a bit more i.e the price but I can't remember that
jeez, some people need to get their heads out of the sand...this is NOT Peter Green's guitar and hasn't been for nearly 40 years! like others mentioned, Greeny sold his gear and guitars in the 70s, taking a lengthy time away from the music business. he sold this guitar to Gary Moore and has NO right to this guitar, nor does he want it...I believe Peter is more comfortable playing strats these days anyway
if you all love out of phase so much get a damn strat, a les paul should be played like clapton did in the bluesbreakers or like slash does now,If you want to sound thin get a strat or better yet a tele
Did you not know that Peter actually give it for free to Gary...really..listen to Gary´s album Blues For Greeny...The Guitar is in good hand with Gary
@pha60 Gary has said that Peter sold it to him. I think Gary fell on hard times financially and had to sell it a few years ago. It was in some "Guitar One" interview he did about 5 years ago.
@pha60 sorry man but that is bullshit you printed there...nobody just gives a Gibson Les Paul away for free, unless for a special charity or cause! besides, it is common knowledge that Green SOLD the guitar to Gary Moore, who later sold it on when the guitar was damaged in a transit accident. the neck is damaged but it is still playable
@ff8tapwned well, it's such a great guitar and still has THAT tone, that it was worth repairing and trying to continue with but as most guitarists find out, once the neck is gone it's a losing battle trying to play that particular guitar. Gibson made a few custom Les Pauls that Gary seemed very happy with, plus of course he always had a wide range of different guitars for the remainder of his life and career
So....given you feel that way, would it be alright if you had a, let's say Eddie Van Halen Music Man in your possession I didn't feel was being treated in the proper manner it would be okay to confiscate it and give it to back to Eddie, regardless of what you paid for it?
why does green never play a les paul no more in a interview where he shows his guitars the guy asks him do you also own a les paul and he sort of mumbles no in a way that he would never play a les paul again
@shoutingthomas Why is he a dick? Green flipped out in the early 70s and sold all his guitars. Gary bought this one off of him. It wasn't given to him.
Only Peter Green could make that Les Paul sing with that out of phase tone. It was the amp he used, how he had the pickups adjusted and usually played it nearing feedback. AND of course his mastery and feelings for the blues.
at first you couldnt really tell that is the acutal one, then the sweet tone and yes that slightly nasal distorted humbucker sound comes in with that distinct clarity of true vintage bluesy tone and the camera pans the front of the guitar showing the upside down neck pickup and the mismatched tone knobs, its the stuff of legend
I'm sorry, but why is this idiot playing this guitar. Sounds like utter crap.
And why is everybody naming Peter Green all the time, as Gary Moore, played this legendary ax for more then 40 years, and playing it superbly, I might add.
@ekkybedmond Yep, but not for 40 years, he played it well but listen to this when PG was playing it, I've not heard a better lead break, faster yes, but it's the subtleties. The bloke here just gets on my nerves - sorry man but you're no Peter Green:
@ekkybedmond Because Gary Moore idolized Peter Green, rightfully so. And as superb as he played, Gary Moore was no fool. He truly appreciated, and was in large part formed by , the influence of the one and only transcendent Green God. Gary Morore is a great guitar player. Peter Green was more like hearing Robert Johnson at the crossroads.
The fact that it's being recorded thru a cheap omnidirectional camcorder mic located 10 feet away from the amp that's stuffed behind the player under a table, in a concrete convention hall, with dozens of other guitars playing in the background, all fighting to make it past the camcorder's compression filter.
Yeah, you guys are right, sounds terrible, nothing like a guitar professionally recorded in a studio that I'm used to. Can't imagine why.
@FireFox9032 The guitar is in the middle position, that is the signature 'Peter Green' tone, the out of phase wiring that this guitar is famous for. Personally I don't like it either, but some guitars were miswired at the factory or were wired out of phase to get this tone.
@tatsandteles yessssssssssssssss i think it sounds cheap i much prefer a normal sounding 50's burst and that burst what is it? lemonburst or somethg?
i didn't think they had anythg but cherry or tobacco burst back then or did it just fade that way...whatever i don't care for the color either i wouldn't pay 50k for this one, in fact i'd rather build one i've seen some great replica's they sound good as well...
@MOSKII58 This is just a really faded burst. The old nitro finishes didn't take to light well, and faded terribly. I saw a 60' that was so faded it was a light yellow all accross the top, you couldn't even see the sunburst anywhere on it. The dye didn't last with light exposure.
@tatsandteles maybe - or maybe the bloke just can't play with the touch that PG had. I personally don't think anyone can with the exception of B.B.King
Guys...you are listening to this with bled in background noise and audio via a cheap camcorder...how in the hell can you honestly judge its tone!? You know DAMN well it has tone unlike any other. Listen to old Fleetwood or Zep...then you will know. Just remember that a lot of tone primarily comes from the fingers but these guitars are magical for a reason.
SOULFUL. That is one very ALIVE sounding instrument!! not every 1950's guitar came out that great sounding. There is some trick mojo involved. So go find a Custom Shop one that rocks your boat!
its just a guitar! Saw Peter Green play at the Stables Wavendon last week,as good as ever and playing several different guitars.he has a collection of over 50 and seems to be able to produce the same magic on any thing he plays.
Peter Green isn't as romantic about the guitar having sold it in the first place. The magic is in the fingers. Same as Rory Gallagher, people drool over his strat but in actual fact he was saying it would "do him rightly" for another while. It's a good guitar but in the wrong hands is useless.
@unquietnights true, though blues played by one not feeling it, is useless also... no matter how good your guitar skills are. You dnt feel the blues, you'll never get it.
@mik91mk It IS a special guitar. You're correct. A good guitarist has a particular style which is unique. The style with each guitar Green played may have been the same, but the sound between each was not. Now... whether you could hear the difference in sound betweeen guitars is another question. If you couldn't, that's not an insult to you. Some people can and some can't . Some can be trained (Through years of listenimng to music or other ways) to hear the difference and some can't.
@mik91mk You're comment shows you doing what most people do with various things. If you can't see (in this case, HEAR) it, than it doesn't exist. Often with expensive and rare things, the difference between them and more "average" things is very slight. In this case, it's the type of thing that often only a trained or well developed"ear" can hear. Remember, the fastest man in the world only has to win a race by a hair to get that title.
@mik91mk um, this is a 1959. i dont care how many he has, this isn't just a guitar. peter green can make any guitar sing but a real ear can hear when he has this beauty plugged up. but all his guitars have out of phase pickups so it gives them that thinner sound that he's known for. but yea, this IS NOT just a guitar. sorry. no.
moore sold it to pay for medical bills ,I read that in a brit gtr magazine, he said he a car accident, he ddnt sell it for a million, the guy who bought it imediatly turned around to try and sell it for a million dont know after that ,If i had a million I would buy it and play it ,lots of ppl being overcharged for rewound p/ups now all you gotta do is wire it "wrong" had a gtr with dimzos in it wired wrong sounded identically out of phase,a virtual vintage neck and an evolution bridge
@krishotsaucemiller its funny how pathetic you really are, when you can play like gary moore and have peter green hand you a guitar come back and talk absolute shite all you want,
Hehe - I am new to the discussion - but if the earlier statement - "he sold it for a million pounds" is any indicator - The answer "for the money " works and we are only left to discuss if it was smart or not...Think I know where that will go :-)
is this the one gary moore said he had lost . then he sold it for a millon pounds . just show what a asshole gary moore is . i saw him at leeds last year he was piss up . and swearing at the bass player all the time and swearing at fans aswell . gary moore the biggest twat in music .
I saw Peter Green play live last month and he is still THE British Blues genius, great songs played with gorgeous feel, he is still a unique guitar player, BB King always knew, have a listen to 4.5 hrs of his anthology released in 2009, go see him live,make your own mind up. he was thoroughly enjoying himself playing a strat. I don't know how Peter feels about this les paul, he was the one to make great music with it and so it should be returned to him , so he can decide what happens to it.
I'm pretty sure PG replaced a pickup and accidentally re-wired it out of phase. I seen it in a documentary or read it in a mag it seems.. It will always be HIS.
Give that back to Peter Green you fuckin bastard ! It was shamefully taken from a defenseless person with mental health issues in the first place. Fuckin parasites--I hope you all die in agony !
@jonboyuk tell me something!! is there more than ONE 59 les paul??????? green is a cunt!! for giving it away in the first place!! so no moore to be said!!! lol
I never would set up guitars on a convention table on a table cloth, @ :50 I thought guy with camera was gonna knock some over... Nice old Les Paul, wish Peter Green was still playing it. Actually come to think of it I wish I was playing the damn thing..
that doesn't really sound like peter greens guitar, i think it more matters that peter green is playing it. i really think you guys gotta give it back to peter green instead of it collecting dust in a glass case in some stupid room for people to look at i bet if peter green had it he could keep pumping out good tunes
Are you kidding? That totally sounds like Peter's playing, under certain conditions. Remember, that the sound is unique only when using the 2 pickups together, which Larry is doing here. Either piuckup by itself sounds like any decent LP.
As for giving it back to Peter, that's absurd. Peter barely plays much these days, and when he does, he's just not the same Peter. The guitar should go into the R&R Hall of Fame... Amazing place if you haven't been there...
@MaxPaws I'm all for putting in the R&R Hall of Fame too. It's one of the most famous guitars in Rock/Blues history. I'm sure there are guitars in there already that don't warrant the distinction nearly as much. And, sadly, it's also true that Pete is not the player he once was. It's heartbreaking, really.
Read that PG never thought that guitar was magical which goes to show every guitarist will feel it differently.And only proves what a gifted player he is.
rusty this bloke is a greenie fanatic his playin is spot on, his name is larry corsa. god bless him for keepin the fire burning no backing, all those guys filmin him etc as for givin the guitar back to pete .100% guess he would not want it.. if any guy deserves it larry corsa does.... check out his love that burns cover ,and i loved another women in ukraine... just listen, if u a greenie truist u will agree
This guys a little rusty - but he definitely has "that" feel. That's why some guys play Metal... They just don't have the talent to play with feeling. I agree it should be given to Peter Green as well. From what I've heard - Gary Moore was broke, so he sold it to this guy.
@vyf i agree, we need to burn all the collectors, an save the purist musicians, an destroy the capitalist aspect that is corrupting the love for REAL musical instruments like this one
This guitar should be given to Peter Green as a sign of respect for the greatest guitarist to pick up the instrument. Man Peter could make that Les Paul sing.
yeah i agreed and this dude sucks big time only peter now,s how to handle this guitar i never will understand why the just dont give it back to green and gary moore is a dick i love gary,s music but i hate him 2 begous he not hes give the gibson back 2 green but 2 this noebs that think the can play
@shoutingthomas ... nobody compares to Peter Green... when he was in good health. I know. I saw him live twice up close in small clubs. Once in San Francisco and once in N.Y.C.
I luv that tone...I also luv happy accidents...none better than when I took a comboed Ibanez RG w/ practice amp guitar: 1stlearned 2 play it, 2nd Had 2 install another wire frm pick up to instrument because I painted other single coils w/ spray and F'd up...the replace ment made tone pot more respondant-3rd-swapped neck w/ expensive telecaster neck...that neck is king!=1 of my FAV guitars I own!
Poor, poor man..., the guitar has lost its soul and sounds dead in your hands. Remeber your first guitar lession. The sound comes from the fingers ,not from a shitty PU....It`s a shame.....
The magnet was turned around in the neck pickup by a guitar tech, i remember reading an interview with the guitarist from chicken shack who had his done by the same guy ,if it was a mistake the pickup would not be mounted the wrong way round, this is done so the magnet is in the correct way for when the neck pickup is being used on it's own.
The sound is heard when you are in the middle position. The neck pup can't be out of phase with itself so you have to play the middle position to get the "nasal" out of phase sound.
I read in an interview w/ Greeny that he took the neck pick-up apart himself and then put it back together wrong. He wasn't trying to modify his tone, he just didn't know what he was doing, a "happy accident".
I moded my Les Paul this way a few years ago. Simply flipping the neck pick up backwards isn't how you get this tone. By taking the neck pick up apart, flipping the magnet 180 degrees.
Well, there are many differences between your LP standard and a '59 les paul. The most important difference is the age of the wood. This is the real deal honduran mahogany, you unfortunately can't find a tree that old anymore (it has much more character in it's tonal quality). Another impotant difference is that your guitar has whats called "weight-relief holes". The vintage les pauls are a big slab of mahogany which gives it that magical sound. You should do some research on PAF pickups.
apparently green always complained about the neck size and how it was so big so he gave to moore. I got that from a vintage guitar magazine btw didnt make that up
HAS phil winfield still got this guitar if so whats the price or whats it worth as it was touched by the hand of god green
kenny7245 2 days ago
give that guitar back to peter green.......it was taken from him for a silly price when he did not have the mental health to cope.
that is stealing in my book !!
Bubbacat54 1 month ago 2
And so the myth continues. You need to have an old Les Paul to have "authenticity".
This is a beautiful guitar, no mistake But it is the player who makes it special ( or not)
incongra 4 months ago
@incongra not always,..i have a traditional lespaul from 2009,did the green mod(magnetic),and have 99 procent of his tone(the other procent is the fact that i am not Peter Green)
stoofbuis 2 months ago
@stoofbuis
Be carefull, you may be deaf. It´s true that a big part of the sound came from the fingers, but a 59 gibson its a 59 gibson.
cheruguito 1 month ago
That guitar can still break hearts and water eyes
clikityclak 5 months ago
I played that guitar in 1968
twoslices 5 months ago
Bill Maher digs Peter Green too. Very cool.
ampaholics 5 months ago
Did someone say something about noodles?
ErnestNeedsAKidney 8 months ago
He's as happy as pig in shit there isn't he. Fair play!! Love it
daves106 9 months ago
honestly, I've seen Gary Moore on stage with this guitar, and he was also playing other Les Pauls (another old one, a Heritage,...) and his sound was brilliant! with or without his '59 burst.
I hope he had great times, spending the money he got for it, for wine, women and ...
:o)))
there are a lot of these instruments in jap hands, and noone ever will play one single note on them.
prsbaba67 10 months ago
honestly, I've seen Gary Moore on stage with this guitar, and he was also playing other Les Pauls (another old one, a Heritage,...) and his sound was brilliant! with or without his '59 burst.
I hope he had great times, spending the money he got for it, for wine, women and ...
:o)))
prsbaba67 10 months ago
to each his own its all in what your ears love
tbuddystrat 10 months ago
You are on something if you think this is just a guitar. Show some respect.
nickslespaul 11 months ago
ff8tapwned, that is the correct story. i read that in a gary moore interview. gary moore was in my top 3, and now he's gone too. randys gone, so eddie, BE CAREFULL!
scottsgh 11 months ago
im guessing thats worth abit
munchy040 11 months ago
@munchy040 meh maybe around $700 tops. my squire shits all over it no questions asked.
rockfreak611 10 months ago
People are saying that Peter sold it to Gary but not explaining more. I read somewhere or maybe an interview that said Peter wanted to give the guitar to Gary, but Gary would not let him as it was far to valuable so Peter said go and sell your guitar (Which was an Gibson SG) and whatever you get for it give me that for the Les Paul.
There is a bit more i.e the price but I can't remember that
ff8tapwned 1 year ago
jeez, some people need to get their heads out of the sand...this is NOT Peter Green's guitar and hasn't been for nearly 40 years! like others mentioned, Greeny sold his gear and guitars in the 70s, taking a lengthy time away from the music business. he sold this guitar to Gary Moore and has NO right to this guitar, nor does he want it...I believe Peter is more comfortable playing strats these days anyway
heavenhelp1982 1 year ago
rip gary
ridgebackdk 1 year ago
Larry -- Way to go. You nail the PG style and tone.
fatherjonesdotcom 1 year ago
if you all love out of phase so much get a damn strat, a les paul should be played like clapton did in the bluesbreakers or like slash does now,If you want to sound thin get a strat or better yet a tele
stratluvr 1 year ago
lmaoo creepy at 2:29
qaws12321able 1 year ago
Did you not know that Peter actually give it for free to Gary...really..listen to Gary´s album Blues For Greeny...The Guitar is in good hand with Gary
pha60 1 year ago
@pha60 Gary has said that Peter sold it to him. I think Gary fell on hard times financially and had to sell it a few years ago. It was in some "Guitar One" interview he did about 5 years ago.
grievousangel75 1 year ago
@pha60 sorry man but that is bullshit you printed there...nobody just gives a Gibson Les Paul away for free, unless for a special charity or cause! besides, it is common knowledge that Green SOLD the guitar to Gary Moore, who later sold it on when the guitar was damaged in a transit accident. the neck is damaged but it is still playable
heavenhelp1982 1 year ago
@heavenhelp1982 I heard that Gary repaired it then continued using it for a while
ff8tapwned 1 year ago
@ff8tapwned well, it's such a great guitar and still has THAT tone, that it was worth repairing and trying to continue with but as most guitarists find out, once the neck is gone it's a losing battle trying to play that particular guitar. Gibson made a few custom Les Pauls that Gary seemed very happy with, plus of course he always had a wide range of different guitars for the remainder of his life and career
heavenhelp1982 1 year ago
So....given you feel that way, would it be alright if you had a, let's say Eddie Van Halen Music Man in your possession I didn't feel was being treated in the proper manner it would be okay to confiscate it and give it to back to Eddie, regardless of what you paid for it?
samiamy2k 1 year ago
it has that Green tone for sure.
Gonzoidzz 1 year ago
why does green never play a les paul no more in a interview where he shows his guitars the guy asks him do you also own a les paul and he sort of mumbles no in a way that he would never play a les paul again
voodoora 1 year ago
Never realized Moore was such a dick. Only album of his I ever listen to was "For Greenie".
shoutingthomas 1 year ago
@shoutingthomas Why is he a dick? Green flipped out in the early 70s and sold all his guitars. Gary bought this one off of him. It wasn't given to him.
grievousangel75 1 year ago
In Peter Green's hands that guitar could induce a spiritual experience, and DID many times. That ghostly sound!. There was only one Green God.
shoutingthomas 1 year ago
@FireFox9032 more of a haunting sound, that when in the right hands could send shivers down your spine...
JonnyRake 1 year ago
not a fan at all of this guys vibrato
SomeBlueKind 1 year ago
he's using both pick-ups!
zipp1111 1 year ago
@zipp1111
It's obvious you don't understand how the out-of-phase set-up works.
Rich6Brew 1 year ago
@Rich6Brew no shit smarty pants!
zipp1111 1 year ago
@zipp1111
You read a lot of Oscar Wilde, do you?
Rich6Brew 1 year ago
Only Peter Green could make that Les Paul sing with that out of phase tone. It was the amp he used, how he had the pickups adjusted and usually played it nearing feedback. AND of course his mastery and feelings for the blues.
MorroccoM13 1 year ago
That is not this guitar, 100 % no way !!!
gitarrenaxl 1 year ago
@gitarrenaxl
Yes way!
Rich6Brew 1 year ago
@gitarrenaxl It COULD be his guitar. It's just not HIM. That's the difference.
shoutingthomas 1 year ago
tone sounds great to me
tangypasta 1 year ago
crapy amp
montelinus 1 year ago
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I had no idea that Bill Maher could play guitar! It's a God given gift!
Fritzo2162 1 year ago
I had no idea that Bill Maher could play guitar! It's a God given gift!
Fritzo2162 1 year ago
Harsh compared to PG's playing on that instrument. His tone was usually sweet and sad - not flash and gritty.
AlanSturgess 1 year ago
at first you couldnt really tell that is the acutal one, then the sweet tone and yes that slightly nasal distorted humbucker sound comes in with that distinct clarity of true vintage bluesy tone and the camera pans the front of the guitar showing the upside down neck pickup and the mismatched tone knobs, its the stuff of legend
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
nice guitar
fendertexas 1 year ago
yes davetowers1 is right, PG had a very special touch
timand2037 1 year ago
I'm sorry, but why is this idiot playing this guitar. Sounds like utter crap.
And why is everybody naming Peter Green all the time, as Gary Moore, played this legendary ax for more then 40 years, and playing it superbly, I might add.
ekkybedmond 1 year ago
@ekkybedmond Yep, but not for 40 years, he played it well but listen to this when PG was playing it, I've not heard a better lead break, faster yes, but it's the subtleties. The bloke here just gets on my nerves - sorry man but you're no Peter Green:
/watch?v=t0ytgYYZuLs
davetowers1 1 year ago
@ekkybedmond Because no matter how good Moore is, Green is one of the best, of all time.
lordieuan777 1 year ago
@ekkybedmond Because Gary Moore idolized Peter Green, rightfully so. And as superb as he played, Gary Moore was no fool. He truly appreciated, and was in large part formed by , the influence of the one and only transcendent Green God. Gary Morore is a great guitar player. Peter Green was more like hearing Robert Johnson at the crossroads.
shoutingthomas 1 year ago
weird harmonica sound at 2:23
kuringmundo 1 year ago
Yeah, it really sounds crappy, nasal and thin.
The fact that it's being recorded thru a cheap omnidirectional camcorder mic located 10 feet away from the amp that's stuffed behind the player under a table, in a concrete convention hall, with dozens of other guitars playing in the background, all fighting to make it past the camcorder's compression filter.
Yeah, you guys are right, sounds terrible, nothing like a guitar professionally recorded in a studio that I'm used to. Can't imagine why.
elephantcup 1 year ago
@FireFox9032 The guitar is in the middle position, that is the signature 'Peter Green' tone, the out of phase wiring that this guitar is famous for. Personally I don't like it either, but some guitars were miswired at the factory or were wired out of phase to get this tone.
tatsandteles 1 year ago
@tatsandteles yessssssssssssssss i think it sounds cheap i much prefer a normal sounding 50's burst and that burst what is it? lemonburst or somethg?
i didn't think they had anythg but cherry or tobacco burst back then or did it just fade that way...whatever i don't care for the color either i wouldn't pay 50k for this one, in fact i'd rather build one i've seen some great replica's they sound good as well...
MOSKII58 1 year ago
@MOSKII58 This is just a really faded burst. The old nitro finishes didn't take to light well, and faded terribly. I saw a 60' that was so faded it was a light yellow all accross the top, you couldn't even see the sunburst anywhere on it. The dye didn't last with light exposure.
tatsandteles 1 year ago
@tatsandteles maybe - or maybe the bloke just can't play with the touch that PG had. I personally don't think anyone can with the exception of B.B.King
davetowers1 1 year ago
Guys...you are listening to this with bled in background noise and audio via a cheap camcorder...how in the hell can you honestly judge its tone!? You know DAMN well it has tone unlike any other. Listen to old Fleetwood or Zep...then you will know. Just remember that a lot of tone primarily comes from the fingers but these guitars are magical for a reason.
Udonitron 1 year ago
not the best 59 ive heard but then again a guitar is only as good as the player
darthdude1016 1 year ago 2
OMG, Joe Walsh's twin here....
AspofEden 1 year ago
SOULFUL. That is one very ALIVE sounding instrument!! not every 1950's guitar came out that great sounding. There is some trick mojo involved. So go find a Custom Shop one that rocks your boat!
TubeFreakJonas 1 year ago
sounds like an epiphone
Nimlas1 1 year ago
its just a guitar! Saw Peter Green play at the Stables Wavendon last week,as good as ever and playing several different guitars.he has a collection of over 50 and seems to be able to produce the same magic on any thing he plays.
mik91mk 1 year ago 3
Its not just a guitar. He placed several things within the guitar aswell as outside of the guitar :)
Look it up, pretty interesting. Though there will be nobody like Peter Green :)
MysteryHunterz 1 year ago
Peter Green isn't as romantic about the guitar having sold it in the first place. The magic is in the fingers. Same as Rory Gallagher, people drool over his strat but in actual fact he was saying it would "do him rightly" for another while. It's a good guitar but in the wrong hands is useless.
unquietnights 1 year ago 2
@unquietnights true, though blues played by one not feeling it, is useless also... no matter how good your guitar skills are. You dnt feel the blues, you'll never get it.
MysteryHunterz 1 year ago
@mik91mk It IS a special guitar. You're correct. A good guitarist has a particular style which is unique. The style with each guitar Green played may have been the same, but the sound between each was not. Now... whether you could hear the difference in sound betweeen guitars is another question. If you couldn't, that's not an insult to you. Some people can and some can't . Some can be trained (Through years of listenimng to music or other ways) to hear the difference and some can't.
mrfester42 9 months ago
@mik91mk You're comment shows you doing what most people do with various things. If you can't see (in this case, HEAR) it, than it doesn't exist. Often with expensive and rare things, the difference between them and more "average" things is very slight. In this case, it's the type of thing that often only a trained or well developed"ear" can hear. Remember, the fastest man in the world only has to win a race by a hair to get that title.
mrfester42 9 months ago
@mik91mk ....good gear is always good to have but most of the sound is done with your fingers.... ;)
RustyPease 8 months ago
@mik91mk Still cool to play though
oandaaudio 8 months ago
@mik91mk um, this is a 1959. i dont care how many he has, this isn't just a guitar. peter green can make any guitar sing but a real ear can hear when he has this beauty plugged up. but all his guitars have out of phase pickups so it gives them that thinner sound that he's known for. but yea, this IS NOT just a guitar. sorry. no.
PilotDoofy 8 months ago 5
moore sold it to pay for medical bills ,I read that in a brit gtr magazine, he said he a car accident, he ddnt sell it for a million, the guy who bought it imediatly turned around to try and sell it for a million dont know after that ,If i had a million I would buy it and play it ,lots of ppl being overcharged for rewound p/ups now all you gotta do is wire it "wrong" had a gtr with dimzos in it wired wrong sounded identically out of phase,a virtual vintage neck and an evolution bridge
fraterlucifer888 2 years ago
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FUCK GARY MOORE!!! He not only looks like a hobbitt with acne, but he blows @ playing guitar as well!!!
krishotsaucemiller 2 years ago
@krishotsaucemiller how about shuv it us your arse redneck shit
npavitt2 2 years ago 3
@krishotsaucemiller its funny how pathetic you really are, when you can play like gary moore and have peter green hand you a guitar come back and talk absolute shite all you want,
JONNYmcLAUGHLIN 2 years ago 2
Millions can play like Gary Moore you little cunt!!!
krishotsaucemiller 2 years ago
@krishotsaucemiller fair enough ,but can you ? somehow i dont think you can
JONNYmcLAUGHLIN 2 years ago 4
@krishotsaucemiller lol hob bit w acne lol
mandaltby 1 year ago
why the fuk did gary sell it?
diveplane 2 years ago
cos he is a total twat peter green hates him cos of is lying gary moore the biggests twat in music
2329250 2 years ago
@2329250 loser
bullshitdetective1 1 year ago
@diveplane he was skint due to an accident he had and had to sell it! altho the pratt who bought it cant play for toffees!! he is such a wanker!!
bullshitdetective1 2 years ago
Hehe - I am new to the discussion - but if the earlier statement - "he sold it for a million pounds" is any indicator - The answer "for the money " works and we are only left to discuss if it was smart or not...Think I know where that will go :-)
ChasBo511 2 years ago
@diveplane he had an injury to his hand and the insurance didnt cover it!! so he sold it to cover his tour,so i am led to believe
bullshitdetective1 1 year ago
is this the one gary moore said he had lost . then he sold it for a millon pounds . just show what a asshole gary moore is . i saw him at leeds last year he was piss up . and swearing at the bass player all the time and swearing at fans aswell . gary moore the biggest twat in music .
2329250 2 years ago
dik
diveplane 2 years ago
what dose that meen
2329250 2 years ago
@2329250 loser
bullshitdetective1 1 year ago
I saw Peter Green play live last month and he is still THE British Blues genius, great songs played with gorgeous feel, he is still a unique guitar player, BB King always knew, have a listen to 4.5 hrs of his anthology released in 2009, go see him live,make your own mind up. he was thoroughly enjoying himself playing a strat. I don't know how Peter feels about this les paul, he was the one to make great music with it and so it should be returned to him , so he can decide what happens to it.
sherbetmandao 2 years ago 2
I heard it was wired out of phase by accident, hince the sound with both pickups activated.
captlouie 2 years ago
@captlouie possibly probably either way there is only one person who can legitimately play it.
sherbetmandao 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure PG replaced a pickup and accidentally re-wired it out of phase. I seen it in a documentary or read it in a mag it seems.. It will always be HIS.
captlouie 2 years ago
Its Bill Maher
HELLCOMESTOTOWN 2 years ago
Give that back to Peter Green you fuckin bastard ! It was shamefully taken from a defenseless person with mental health issues in the first place. Fuckin parasites--I hope you all die in agony !
stratking69er 2 years ago
You're damn right. Send it to me and I'll give it to him when he plays here in Holmfirth in Februrary 2010. I'll deposit any amount as security.
If the anti-XFactor dudes can do what they did for music then we can for Pete Green,
Whatdaya say?
FFS, God that dude is a poor, poor pub player , verging on sacrilege with such a guitar.
DeeArr 2 years ago
@stratking69er YEAH!
shoutingthomas 1 year ago
Not to sound pathetic, but! send it to gibson and make us a signature model :P
filerocktheworld 2 years ago
Albert who ?
jsilence418 2 years ago 2
Give the guitar to me, I can play it properly.
You should at least play Albertross
Innhouseproductions 2 years ago
@Innhouseproductions or even Albatross.
shoutingthomas 1 year ago
give it back to Greenie. he is playing again and although he is not on a par with his past skills, he is still very good.
as for putting it in the rock and roll hall of fame museum? it should be back in the UK where Peter is from so we can see it....
jonboyuk 2 years ago
@jonboyuk tell me something!! is there more than ONE 59 les paul??????? green is a cunt!! for giving it away in the first place!! so no moore to be said!!! lol
bullshitdetective1 1 year ago
I never would set up guitars on a convention table on a table cloth, @ :50 I thought guy with camera was gonna knock some over... Nice old Les Paul, wish Peter Green was still playing it. Actually come to think of it I wish I was playing the damn thing..
cleanandoftenseen 2 years ago 2
yeah but larry do you think it sounded better than your 60 burst???
fretboarder 2 years ago
that doesn't really sound like peter greens guitar, i think it more matters that peter green is playing it. i really think you guys gotta give it back to peter green instead of it collecting dust in a glass case in some stupid room for people to look at i bet if peter green had it he could keep pumping out good tunes
orangetransformer 2 years ago
Are you kidding? That totally sounds like Peter's playing, under certain conditions. Remember, that the sound is unique only when using the 2 pickups together, which Larry is doing here. Either piuckup by itself sounds like any decent LP.
As for giving it back to Peter, that's absurd. Peter barely plays much these days, and when he does, he's just not the same Peter. The guitar should go into the R&R Hall of Fame... Amazing place if you haven't been there...
MaxPaws 2 years ago 2
@MaxPaws I'm all for putting in the R&R Hall of Fame too. It's one of the most famous guitars in Rock/Blues history. I'm sure there are guitars in there already that don't warrant the distinction nearly as much. And, sadly, it's also true that Pete is not the player he once was. It's heartbreaking, really.
shoutingthomas 1 year ago
Sounds terriffffffic!!
what amp should he be using?
javiceres 2 years ago
Read that PG never thought that guitar was magical which goes to show every guitarist will feel it differently.And only proves what a gifted player he is.
hufferz 2 years ago
rusty this bloke is a greenie fanatic his playin is spot on, his name is larry corsa. god bless him for keepin the fire burning no backing, all those guys filmin him etc as for givin the guitar back to pete .100% guess he would not want it.. if any guy deserves it larry corsa does.... check out his love that burns cover ,and i loved another women in ukraine... just listen, if u a greenie truist u will agree
cruuuuuzz 2 years ago 3
This guys a little rusty - but he definitely has "that" feel. That's why some guys play Metal... They just don't have the talent to play with feeling. I agree it should be given to Peter Green as well. From what I've heard - Gary Moore was broke, so he sold it to this guy.
jcoopercam 2 years ago
They Should give it back to peter not let it hang on some collectors wall... guitars are made to be loved and played.
vyf 2 years ago 10
@vyf i agree, we need to burn all the collectors, an save the purist musicians, an destroy the capitalist aspect that is corrupting the love for REAL musical instruments like this one
treatb09 1 year ago
what the fuck are you guys talking about hes fuckin good
mikeg123123 2 years ago 8
I did not know that Bill Maur could play guitar
Philtration 2 years ago 3
Give this guy a break, hes a great PG player - check /watch?v=5KHRRk4pVGo
What would you do if someone gave you the git for 5 minutes, barely time to warm up...
centrum2k4 2 years ago 4
yes, you are missing something ... listen to it in Peter's ivory hands ... not this guy!
phddddd 2 years ago
Maybe it's that dousche bag playing it! Ha HA!!!!
poindexter3000 2 years ago
This guitar should be given to Peter Green as a sign of respect for the greatest guitarist to pick up the instrument. Man Peter could make that Les Paul sing.
GibsonSantana 2 years ago 8
yeah i agreed and this dude sucks big time only peter now,s how to handle this guitar i never will understand why the just dont give it back to green and gary moore is a dick i love gary,s music but i hate him 2 begous he not hes give the gibson back 2 green but 2 this noebs that think the can play
norwayfinland 2 years ago
very true , sounds feck all like moore or green made that guitar sing
darran71 2 years ago
This only goes to prove it's not in the guitar it's in the hands.
Just listen if you don't believe me this guy aint got it !.
diskmusic 2 years ago 2
@diskmusic in a bar this guy would sound good, but when comparingt his to the Green God, well, he is in a no win situation.
shoutingthomas 1 year ago
@shoutingthomas ... nobody compares to Peter Green... when he was in good health. I know. I saw him live twice up close in small clubs. Once in San Francisco and once in N.Y.C.
ThomasDeLello 1 year ago
think that guitar sounded a million times better before that car accident, after the accident the Greeny wa ment to be nearly unplayable
Splittail01 2 years ago
so lucky
JonnyRake 2 years ago
#2 ...what's the point?
TrailerNo9 2 years ago
theres more than one video
mcdonaldskilledme123 2 years ago
its video number 2 smart one
NoiseFieldBand 2 years ago
amazing guitar, wonder what it would sound like through a vintage marshall ?
mistad00m 2 years ago
fantastic guitarist and guitar, Peter Green is yet still underrated
TapeMeasureandhair 2 years ago
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why o why do you poeple keep saying that its peter greens guitar!!!??
it belongs to the bloke who got it now, gary moore b4 him and peter green b4 him, i wonder who owned it b4 peter green???
probably,,,, GIBSON!!!!!!!!!!
so in the long run it still belongs to the person who has it now, so please do away with this BORING its greens guitar!!!!
its SO NOT HIS!!!!!!!
bullshitdetective1 2 years ago
It's considered his because he played it the best and should have kept it.
LSGoCards7 2 years ago 2
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dude shut the fuck up u dont know shit
cessnapilot182 2 years ago
OH yeah, + my middle sc pickup is smashed in...Bill Maher on the GeeTar?!! OMF'NG!!!
DAIBIJINCATCHER50 2 years ago
I luv that tone...I also luv happy accidents...none better than when I took a comboed Ibanez RG w/ practice amp guitar: 1stlearned 2 play it, 2nd Had 2 install another wire frm pick up to instrument because I painted other single coils w/ spray and F'd up...the replace ment made tone pot more respondant-3rd-swapped neck w/ expensive telecaster neck...that neck is king!=1 of my FAV guitars I own!
DAIBIJINCATCHER50 2 years ago
whos the cat jammin , lucky motha i wouldnt mind a strum of that there ukelele
rocknroll
KIWIBLUES 2 years ago
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Poor, poor man..., the guitar has lost its soul and sounds dead in your hands. Remeber your first guitar lession. The sound comes from the fingers ,not from a shitty PU....It`s a shame.....
noshredsnomore 2 years ago
ladies and gentlemen - bill mahar on guitar!
orlandofriend 3 years ago 10
LOL! True, True!
prsden 3 years ago
The magnet was turned around in the neck pickup by a guitar tech, i remember reading an interview with the guitarist from chicken shack who had his done by the same guy ,if it was a mistake the pickup would not be mounted the wrong way round, this is done so the magnet is in the correct way for when the neck pickup is being used on it's own.
MOGTROG 3 years ago
This is what bothers me about these two videos: He isn't using the neck pickup, so how are we going to hear the nasal sound?
BucksStudent 2 years ago
The sound is heard when you are in the middle position. The neck pup can't be out of phase with itself so you have to play the middle position to get the "nasal" out of phase sound.
LSGoCards7 2 years ago 2
that tone doesnt sound nasal enough for you?
benjammin420420 2 years ago 16
@benjammin420420 he should play on the bridge pickup a bit to make
it grind
but he's on the PG settings best he can. The Camera picks up only the high sounds
madamkirk 1 year ago
@madamkirk The comment I made that you are responding to was directed at this remark
"He isn't using the neck pickup, so how are we going to hear the nasal sound?"
benjammin420420 1 year ago
I read in an interview w/ Greeny that he took the neck pick-up apart himself and then put it back together wrong. He wasn't trying to modify his tone, he just didn't know what he was doing, a "happy accident".
I moded my Les Paul this way a few years ago. Simply flipping the neck pick up backwards isn't how you get this tone. By taking the neck pick up apart, flipping the magnet 180 degrees.
capmkrob 3 years ago
The tone sounds thin because it was mistakenly wired out of phase at the factory according to Peter Green. Moore still plays it that way.
jhs5150 3 years ago
and that that guitar is worth about 5 times your house and yer car
blairell 3 years ago
It is insured for what? $10 million? I'd give it back to Peter. He says he likes his "Roberts" better, though.
legbider 3 years ago
What is different about this guitar compared to my 2007 lp standard? apart from the fact that 2 famous people owned it? different pick-ups?
gav25x 3 years ago
Well, there are many differences between your LP standard and a '59 les paul. The most important difference is the age of the wood. This is the real deal honduran mahogany, you unfortunately can't find a tree that old anymore (it has much more character in it's tonal quality). Another impotant difference is that your guitar has whats called "weight-relief holes". The vintage les pauls are a big slab of mahogany which gives it that magical sound. You should do some research on PAF pickups.
americanstrat123 3 years ago
the bass pick up was rewound using the wrong wire see wikipedia
zog97xy 3 years ago
the neck pickup was flipped and wired "out of phase" as a mistake by his tech. he liked the sound so he left it that way
americanstrat123 3 years ago
no technicians in those days it was done in a repair shop using the wrong wire
zog97xy 3 years ago
zog is right, it was never wired out of phase, that's a common myth.
StreeTRacR008 3 years ago
put some 'harmonic design" pafs in it
stoofbuis 3 years ago
im your rollin man......nice guitar!
blujack07 3 years ago
apparently green always complained about the neck size and how it was so big so he gave to moore. I got that from a vintage guitar magazine btw didnt make that up
guitarnlax36 3 years ago
Nice vid man, thanks for posting.
mattchurchill 3 years ago
Peter Green had more feeling in 1 fingertip than anyone who picks that guitar up.
womblesocks 3 years ago
*drools*
MarijuanaGood4U 3 years ago
just imagine how that thing sounds like in person compared to some video audio........
MarijuanaGood4U 3 years ago
This video goes to show that Gary's tone is mostly in his hands :P
ehackster 3 years ago
Should've been playing through a cranked Marshall, but I forgive you.
yoyodunno 3 years ago 2