Johnny Tsak- One Piece vs. Les Paul Sustain Test

[stcheeve]

thats not sustan man, thats feedback... try with the les paul at the same spot and it will do the same

[OgreDaddy]

@stcheeve

You're not watching Johnny's left hand vibrato technique.

This clip is 3 years old and the points have been argued to death.

I own the Black '85 Les Paul Studio Standard

It still sounds better than Johnny's One Piece, but

Johnny's 10 pound one piece guitar does sustain more.

I actually like Johnny's new maple neck through Limba Guitar even better.

[Rafterman123]

It may actually have more sustain (this video does not really demonstrate this well) but what we see in this video is artificial sustain provided by the amp. Stand away from the amp or turn it down so we can hear the true sustain of the guitar...

[OgreDaddy]

@Rafterman123

If you had read any of the previous comments, you might have noticed that this video was made with

a $150.00 Kodak Camera THREE YEARS AGO!

Johnny has his own youtube channel where I'm sure he would love to hear from you.

Johnny Tsak316

[MrEdRoth]

Like i said on the other video, the Gelvin one piece guitars guitars put this to shame. Why did you waste a nice piece of wood for this? I mean, the craftmanship is really good. Its just a waste to use on a fender design.

[OgreDaddy]

John tells me the finished weight of the guitar is 10 pounds.

[DimmyAraujo]

''...the amazing about this guitar is.. TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIII­INNNNNNNNNNNNNN''

[tangypasta]

It could be fret buzz?

[Uberloinvongenchler]

This is FAR from a scientific test. There is a good reason why scientists usually have to go through years of rigourous training (PhD minimum) before they can get work! 1) you are not accounting for pickup output differences 2)positioning of the pickups relative to the amplifier. In theory a one-piece guitar should sustain longer, but the difference between a well-executed two-piece design and one piece design would be slight. You need a oscilloscope for a start...

[OgreDaddy]

The controversy over this clip sure is interesting to read. :-)

We never thought two friends checking out a new guitar over a few beers would cause such a stir.

[miko1975guitar]

It just keeps going and going. Guitar brought to you by duracell. This is not sustain, this is feedback, there is no such thing as everlasting sustain. Impresive piece of carpentry though

[OgreDaddy]

For more specific information on Johnny's one piece build, check out his own

channel Johnny Tsak316

[kuyuletul]

a friend has some 30 year old mahogany boards...of just the right thickness......but i wonder .won't the neck get fucked up really baf in time

[UtterLossofHope]

BS! it's a feedback loop. yes mahogany is very resonant, but the sustain is not due to it being a one piece. it is picking up the sound from the amp and driving the energy back into the string, or it has an electronic energy return (think moog guitar)

[OgreDaddy]

The fidelity of this clip brought to you by Kodak.

[rusotte]

The lp sounds like Korean Samick or cheap Epiphone from Indonesia,... volume control?, strings?...

But, the prototipe sounds great.

[hanscool26]

the sustain is depends on your pickup, les paul 2 pickup , OnePiece 3pickup

[gav25x]

Gary moore can make a les paul sustain all day long

[webcityguy]

One piece? Sure, in a few years you can use it to shoot arrows.

[potheadpenguin]

Uhh, lots of that was just feedback

[HeRoSeNsEi]

OK THIS IS FOR ALL: BUT AFTER 1981 THE LES PAULS CAME LIKE CHESSE AND LOST MUCH OF THE LEGENDARy SUSTAIN , I ALWAYS SAY , THE LES PAULS BEFORE 80´S ARE THE BEST ,THE NEW LES PAULS ARE FAKE AND THE CRAP OF THE OLD LES PAULS

[OgreDaddy]

You would be incorrect and why are you yelling?

[eelakh]

OMG this the greatest handmade guitar I've ever seen. How can I buy one?

[OgreDaddy]

Johnny has his own youtube page

JohnnyTsak316

[kikster93]

Dosen't fender already have a 0ne piece guitar, the fender showmaster? (my friend has one)

[JohnnyTsak316]

Show master is a glue on shaped like a neck through its weird I have seen them . They have a glue on neck joint .

[cronikus]

cool

[GBJPhotoWorks]

You, and most people here have never held or played the Rushmore one-piece. Almost anyone here who has, including myself, would take the one-piece in a heartbeat.

[mattlarmonluvsjane]

u r using a les paul studio first of all the worst model ever built.there is no maple in that to give it the lespaul sustain.

I have been trying to find someone else who has played or heard of these guitars and cant find 1.the site hqas no info on it exept this fool playin and hurting my ears.this is your typical american pipe dream of some hillbilly who has to much time and mahogany. i cant believe he wants $8500 wat kind of pickups r u gonna give with that thing

[zomgzomglawlawlawl]

studios dont have binding...

[OgreDaddy]

The 1985 Gibson Dot Neck Studio Standards certainly do!

[Ashadowtotheworld]

yea i have often thought abouta one piece guitar, two questions:

- does that thing beome harder to set up? like adjust the neck curve and so on?

- and why the hell didnt you get a one piece LEs Paul style guitar?

[JohnnyTsak316]

No sir it is like a neck through and in my opinion more stable than a glue on or bolt on provided that you build it with the proper neck reinforcement . Like any piece of wood amade into aneck it must have a truss rod unless you plain the relief into the neck . there is aprx. 120-130lbs. of pressure from the strings depending on the gauge of your strings of tension so it will give but not so much if you reinforc the neck under the fret board - that is the key to the Rushmore stability !

[JohnnyTsak316]

Well it plays amazing and I have been playing the crap out of it and it hasn't needed any adjusting - the neck is reinforced with the proper construction .!

[samtheman180]

How do you get to the truss rod?

[mrboverbro]

what kind of les paul is that??

[notuern]

How do you tell the tone out of this video?

The soundquality is just horrible! :(

[Scowmoo]

I call shenanigans.

You get feedback when using the les paul, and move to the side.

When you're using the one-peice, you find the feedback spot and use it for sustain.

[OgreDaddy]

No shenanigans, Tom foolery or elfen magic, just two buds

playing with guitars.

My LP Studio has better tone, his hand built guitar sustains better, pretty simple .

Peace

[DrumNBum]

i know right

[DrumNBum]

u are correct

[OgreDaddy]

See below, this was like take 10 we kept screwing up on the wording, but the guitars both kept on getting the same results.

Sheesh"!

[AussieBassist]

Thats crazy! The Les Paul has the better tone (by far!), but the sustain on the one piece is unreal!

[justthebassplayer]

looks like a homemade les paul no traps in the neck?

[OgreDaddy]

The guitar is a somewhat rare '85 Studio Standard, Dot Neck, fully bound body and neck, Shaw PAF's.

The official designation is an '85 Les Paul Studio Standard, Dot neck Re-issue.

[FloroSapien]

Jesus, that's the stubbiest neck I've ever seen.

[OgreDaddy]

For those of you compelled to find some trickery here, there

is none.

We were just having fun A/Bing my Les Paul and Johnny's

1 piece.

I like the tone of my Les Paul better, Johnny's guitar does sustain better, they are both great guitars.

It's not that complicated.

Just for a bit of background on Johnny, search

JohnnyTsak316 "Lost Souls pre-production with Eddie Kramer"

It's not every guitar player who gets to work with the engineer-producer for Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin.

[rmarlin]

Hi Johny, congratulations great guitar. Wish I cold afford one but you are out of my range by a mile. Have you ever made an SG style one piece? What do you think of Jaydee guitars? He seems to make a nice guitar.

[pastorkev777]

you should try making a one piece Brazilian rosewood guitar or cocabolo even the fretboard.

[JohnnyTsak316]

Man could you imagine how heavy in weight a solid brazillian Rosewood guitar would be ? No Brazilian Rosewood is not good for a solid body 1 piece because of the weight and at some point it would be too much of a good thing ?! It is a Tone wood that is effective in a balanced complimentary tone in addition to other woods - However I must build 1 now becasue of the sheer audacity involved in such an endeavor !

[inricheetos]

Don't do it unless it's really old timber because brazilian rosewood is almost extinct

[shotgunwalter]

how can you possibly get a true test if you stand in front of an amp??? hook that thing to a meter, use same pickups,pots,strings on both guitars and time audio signal. Then you will convince me. And i will consider a purchase.thx

[comingxcurse]

Dude... you just heard it.

You'll be using amps anyway =D

[timmy47]

im pretty sure thats just feedback. when you stood in that spot with the les paul, it started to feedback. so you went to the side. when you put on the one piece, it was about to feedback as well but you stayed in that spot and played. i think you should probably do this on a clean amp not set to loud and see which really has mor sustain. i doubt 1 piece would help much. i have bolt ons which sustain more than les pauls.

[JohnnyTsak316]

Resonant vibration is total and the volume helps to keep the wood vibrating the note not the pickup there is a difference . You can get any guitar to feedback but just try playing on the clean channel and hit a high E on any Les paul good luck with that !

[potheadpenguin]

@timmy47 I agree, sustain test while using gain are pretty stupid. You should only really use a clean amp with no effects in the way of it at all.

[OgreDaddy]

@potheadpenguin

The amp is in the clean channel at about 1:00 on the volume.

[potheadpenguin]

@OgreDaddy What kind of screwed over amp do you have then?!

[OgreDaddy]

@potheadpenguin

My Les Paul sounds better, Johnny's guitar with the mini buckers sustains longer.

Not a whole lot more to it. No tricks, no pedals, but the camera mic was not helping with the audio quality.

The amp is just fine, 2004 Bad Cat Hot 100R Custom Shop, modded by James

@ Bad Cat Amps

[potheadpenguin]

@OgreDaddy Fair enough then

[OgreDaddy]

@timmy47

If you watch how he works those frets in vibrato, it's easier to understand how he's making

the guitar sing.

The amp was in the Clean Channel, just wide open.

The Kodak sucks and I've since replace the very bright JBL K-120 with a

Weber Blue Dog 75 AlNiCo, which may get replaced with another Fane AXA12.

[timmy47]

@OgreDaddy when i said on a clean amp, i ment not set to 11. you can barely hear what he's saying and you can tell its about to feedback. i can do that too on a cranked amp without a one piece. so i guess this video proves nothing. besides, if there really was a difference in sustain, it would be almost un-noticable. iif you want to show us sustain, hit that note but on clean and see how long it lasts. im guess that was a note that the amps feedback likes. you can see him seaching for it too.

[OgreDaddy]

@timmy47

This was like take 10 or 12 or something, even with the amp set just to breakup,

it was clear that John's guitar had a lot of natural resonance.

I'm just happy for him that he's enjoying something he built and SO FAR

the neck hasn't twisted, which alone is pretty darn amazing.

A lot of that ice picky top end is gone now after I traded away the K-120.

The Weber is kinda chewey blended with the EVM-12L and that works OK,

but I still want to try an AXA12 in that cab.

[eatshettyoufockers]

It's too bad you spent that time carving from a single piece of wood, only to rout out all that material for that ebay special tremolo. Think of all the sustain, er, i mean feedback you'd get from a hardtail.

[JohnnyTsak316]

Solid steel tremelo block , twang from the fender style original tremelo is whether you like it or not a legend in the tone bizz . Blacmore , Hendrix , SRV Eric Johnson , Eric Clapton - C'mon you aint no better than any of those gents and they all swear by it but at the end of the day it WOULD have more sustain with a Hardtail but Hey it still has more than a glue on right now !

[inricheetos]

PRS's with tremolos and bolt on necks sustain forever just like normal les pauls

[CapitalAlchemy]

Wow, its so obvious the difference that it baffles me the ignorance of some of these comments. I've played on so many guitars, but have never given a shit about any of them, because they're always lacking in something.

I've played at recording studios where the guys were like "you're gonna love this guitar" psssht! Its a combination of the sound that you feel through your fingers, and only a more refined guitarist would understand this.

I can seriously feel myself playing this guitar.

[dawb52]

Hey Johnny it's Dave from Vancouver.I love what you've achieved with this guitar, a real piece of art!Where can I get one of these beauties? I want to get on stage with it and bring the house down.

[JohnnyTsak316]

Dave from Vancouver - what's up my young brother !? You really should get 1 of these and they are awesome as you can plainly see and hear in this here video . I will build you a stratOpaul or a strat or a Les Paul or whatever ! Just contact me at Johnny tsak @ hot mail . com

[RafaelMagnus]

Absolutely amazing!!

[JohnnyTsak316]

Listen if you were gonna build a neckthrough , because it is better than a glue on or bolt on , why would you not see the science of the 1 piece- which admitedly is harder to build , forget about the mass production guitar buisness model that all companies and builders think is the way to "win" in buisness -NO ! That is antiquated thinking . What were after is the stradavarius of all greatest guitars ! That is what this concept is all about -Tone virtue and the best of the best woods etc ...

[JohnnyTsak316]

Whenever you begin to look for an easier way in instrument production - compromises begin to interfere with the art and science of the greatest guitars in our world . My passion for these things is why the 1 piece guitars are so important and it is not easy convincing people who are lost in yesteryear guitar construction If you play a Rushmore guitar you will understand and begin to smile because of the sweet midrange and sustain that is associated with this virtueos design .

[Poseurpete]

I think that 1 piece is not harder to build (I've build guitars) it just wastes more expensive and rare wood. And the result of getting better sustain (than necktrought) is really small because every piece of wood is eventually different and some are better sustaining naturally than others. Other negative thing is that 1 piece guitars have weaker headstock.

[Poseurpete]

You should do several sustaintests with proper scientific meters and compare at least 50 necktrough and 50 1 piece guitars if you are gonna say honest that these guitars have better sustain. Not just salesman talk. (sorry bad english:))

[JohnnyTsak316]

I have done several sustain test and will make more vids in the future . Your in denial because you have not handled one of these guitars to know the difference between it and a neck through and it is not easier to build a 1 piece only a moron would think that !

[JohnnyTsak316]

Whoops I did not type right ! Ha ! What I meant to type is the 1 piece is obviously harder to build than a neck through !

[TurkeyTuck]

@Poseurpete

Neck thru and one piece, bolt on, set neck, ETC ETC, do not effect tone.

Playability and pickups do. :)

[Sozos9038]

i guess there is little difference compared to a neck through guitar since the bridge, the pickups and the neck are on the same piece of wood. any other part of the guitar simply doesnt matter as far as tone and sustain is concerned.

[JohnnyTsak316]

The difference is total vibration vs. partial , the 1 piece is still more virtueous as the resonance is unhindered throughout the instrument . God Bless .

[Poseurpete]

Hmm, if you cut the edges of from a necktrough guitar it becomes a one piece guitar which has just unigue bodydesign huh? I think this buildingmethod is nothing but waste of wood and has been basicly done decades of ago in necktrought guitars. Im sorry to ruin your business man ;)

[JohnnyTsak316]

You couldn't ruin my buisness if you tried ! The difference is easy to figure out you have a neck through which previously as we all know was the best for increased tone and sustain . The 1 piece has even more significance because the vibration is total throughout the entire instrument , there are no glue on bouts to hinder the sound waves as they move thru the instrument . Now you have been schooled so you can not claim you do not know the difference . Just say thanks Johnny .

[jdrizd2]

Bad cat are not really good amps to demo on Johnny. I am gonna buy an amp that is a jtm45 design that has 50's and 60's transformers from old marshalls. top notch parts and David Bray, I am sorry your probably cringing, preamp setup. vintage 30 speaker. Hotter than Hell sound... That bad cat sounds like a mouse under your foot. Maybe it is the mike but hey you are the best anyway.

[OgreDaddy]

The Bad Cat Hot Cat 100 R Custom Shop head is one of the finest amps either of us have ever played through.

We just threw these clips together for fun and didn't have time to record the sound portion in Protools with a better mic.

The solid cherry Vintone 2X12 cab is loaded with NOS

JBL K-120 and an original EVM12L and was built specifically to cut through the mix in large live venues.

[MaskedVigilante990]

woah dude since when did silent bob play guitar?

and when the fuck did silent bob know anything about sustain?

and why the actual fuck did u put a trem on it silent bob? if u knew anything about guitars silent bob u would not do this.

disapointing

dude

[jdrizd2]

The greatest idea for sustain in the last 50 years! Real luthier talent! I guess business and talent don't mix to well with real innovative design... Unless your talking about Johnny's Guitars!

[blueflame3022]

The one piece guitar in my opinion is not much to look at. I would rather see a neck through with a multiple layered neck and quilted or curly maple top.

[Ang3lus2006]

your les paul sounds like a piece of shit (pickups are too muddy)

and that note is just fretting out, means a poorly set up guitar, and your "infinite sustain" is just due to lots of gain on the amp, the real test is on a clean sound.

[OgreDaddy]

These clips are not by any means hi fidelity.

The camera mic is getting slammed with the Bad Cat's clean channel wide open.

Johnny is playing MY '85 Les Paul Studio Standard and I assure you it's one of the best sounding LP's at any price.

It took me 10 years to find that guitar out of many.

[sidecrusher]

harry moore is the best sustainer

[ONIProductionsLtd]

Don't they make like infinite sustain EMG humbucker pickups that I guess loop the signal to recreate that electronically anyway? Not that that aint a nice guitar, just gotta be expensive with the wood it's made of.

[8Fsanabria8]

But the tone is way better than the infinite EMG sustain!

[cobenblack1]

you can get fernandes sustainers too

[graham0017]

dude, what an awesome guitar...If you mass produced those under 1500 I'd buy one for sure. Of course, the kind of craftmanship that would take to make those guitars probably costs way more than 1500. still, what an incredible guitar. i'd be willing to promote that if I could...

[JohnnyTsak316]

A neck through is or I should say was the best construction for a solid body guitar until the 1 piece guitar unseated it from it's throne !Tonality and sustain and a better more stable design for all aspects including tuning as long as the neck is properly reinforced wins over the antiquated guitar builds of yesteryear !

[dunlopbridge]

utter bollocks, johnny tsak should take his head out of his own ass before making any more "infommercials" on his spectacular wonderful all encompassing world beating never seen before said it couldnt be done one piece brazilian stratopaul. Get gary moore to do the comparison test and I may believe you, otherwise you sound like nigel tufnel.

[JohnnyTsak316]

Uh Huh sure! You keep comforting yourself with your yesteryear guitar construction cookie cutter guitar bro. Gary Moore ?!!?!! What the hell His tone is the worst ?!!?? Too fricken much distortion overdrive -plug Him straight in to and old marshall or fender cause His tone is weak . He would be the last Guy I would want to play one of these guitars cuz He don't know how to get a good sound ??!!!?!How many guitars - neck thrus have you built Buddy ???????? Yeah right ! Yesteryear guitar is over

[JohnnyTsak316]

Stop being a follower and blaze your own path there sparky ! Dunlopbridge Wake up ! Your seeing and witnessing the future of guitar masterbuilds there Bubby . Tryin to make me the bad guy just makes you look like one . This is not algebra , guitar construction and innovation has found a better way than the old school methods because of the lazy builders from the past who didn't know what the heck they were doing . It takes someone that is not a follower , that's me not you apparently .So wake up

[SelfTaughtSoloist]

Ok buddy, we get it, you made a "Spectacular" guitar...But we have pedals to build our tone and sustain now...and besides Gibson is very popular, and very successful in the Marketing buisness, oh and by the way my Ibanez destroys that thing in tone and sustain...And ive had it for over 5 years...

[JohnnyTsak316]

Ibanez ???!?!?!!!?!?!?? . Those are cookie cutter buy wood in bulk the cheaper the better third world guitar ripoffs !!!??!?!!?!? This is madness ! They have people build them for 50 cents a day keeping the poor man poor .Tone from Pedals - What the Hell ?!?????!!!!!?? That is anathema to any guitarist that takes His tone seriously ????!!!?!??!?! . Ha ! This is a joke ?! OK ... I get it , alright , you had me going there for a second -touche 'You dudes are trying and succeeding to yank my chain

[brooksgeo3]

congraulations johnny, that thing sounds great,,youll bang your head into a wall before youll change some peoples minds or prove what you say, some will never understand even if you show it to them stright on, dont let the haters or the unaware upset up, take a deep breath and deal with the many that understand, besides, you dont need to prove anything, , for even the greatest kings have no crown, (fame or fortune) but there people know there wisdom, and accept his grace with humble faces

[brooksgeo3]

yeah sure, but if your guitar hero game your playing said what johnny said, youd be out licking balls to get the money to buy one of his ,,, typical sheep

[JohnnyTsak316]

So it is with the glue on and bolt on they are done . Out with the old in with the new . You can stay in yesteryear but I refuse to the status quo of ancient old school buy wood in bulk and mass produce hamburger guitars the alternative has been explored and is a complete success I challenge any of you supposed experts to build a better design of construction or the old traditional methods of building and the rushmore will beat it everytime . Good luck .

[JohnnyTsak316]

Harmonic feedback is an overtone from a combonation of distortion and volume which happens at the point when the original tone note begins to fade slightly then the harmonic notes begin to sound off and most times those over tones take over like an octave above or a third or fifth etc... It is hard for you old school guitar builders to except due to your ignorancre on this type of construction - believe me I went to Fender and Gibson in the 80's and they were scoffers to just like you guys !

[JohnnyTsak316]

No matter how much you fight it the 1 piece design has put the glue on and bolt on in the obsolete category because it is a 75 year old design before they had a clue on how to build .The neck through everyone knows has more sustain just ask any builder , these are facts and guitar science so calling me names or fighting the truth is stupid .The resonant vibration in the guitars body once the volume of the sound begins to resonate along with the note produces sustain not harminoc feedback .

[OgreDaddy]

Search Johnny Tsak "Lost Souls pre-production with Eddie Kramer"

[OgreDaddy]

Johnny is using my '85 Les Paul Studio Standard in this clip and I assure you, there was no trickery of any kind or I wouldn't have allowed the clip to be posted on my account.

Johnny has worked extensively with Hendrix, Led Zeppelin producer Eddie Kramer, so you might want to keep that in mind when you judge his ability.

To be honest, I was also doubtful of the one peace design, but his guitar has shown that it can be done.

[playspb98]

This guy is CLEARLY stepping closer to the amp ( into the sweet spot ) to produce an endless "note" with the single piece guitar via feedback. He intentionaly chokes the note on the LP and turns AWAY from the amp. Anyone who's actually spent any time playing and building guitars knows you can get a Squire to sustain forever if your amp is turned up and you're close enough to it. Gorgeous looking guitar though, I would LOVE to have it! But as for the "endless sustatain", that's rubbish.

[FourSticks17]

..and who said it couldn't be done?

They have been making neck-thru guitars for years. This guitar is no more difficult to build---just more expensive because it requires a block of wood substantially larger than what is necessary by assembling wings to connect to the main body. Your guitar is simply more expensive in mass production (because the bigger slabs of wood are necessary) and absolutely NO BETTER in sustain.

[JohnnyTsak316]

Four sticks - Fender and gibson said it and every other builder I went to . They led , saying it will never stay in tune and it wont be stable- Yeah Right ! Neck thrus have always been better but the glue joint effects the tonality and the sustain as well . No matter how you defend the old school methods of guitar construction this 1piece rushmore design is the best and I don't carfe what those freakin liars at gibson or fender say .

[FourSticks17]

You do realize, though, that both Fender and Gibson have produced neck-thru guitars themselves, right?

And neck-thru guitars are not a new concept. This isn't something groundbreaking---it has been done for years. The fact of the matter, however, is that empirically--despite what you would hope--neck-thru construction does not produce better sustain than bolt-on or set-neck. As such, there is very little justification for mass production of these more costly guitars.

[FourSticks17]

...and with that said, I will add that for tradition's sake (look to BC Rich, for example) some guitar manufacturers still produce neck-thru guitars. Additionally, some people prefer the feel of a neck-thru guitar (better upper-fret access in some cases due to lack of a heel), and so Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, etc. all produce various neck-thru guitar models (e.g., the Gibson Firebird, Jackson Soloists).

[JohnnyTsak316]

WRONG ! Stewart macdonald and Gibson and all builders know and admit that a neck through gives greater sustain - this is common knowledge in luthier and guitar circles despite your ignorance on this subject and your lack of experience in the how to and/or why of guitars is now apparent . Despite the haters out there the 1 piece is a better build than any bolt on or glue on - try to relax !

[Industrialunittolet]

Yeah i mean 1 piece brazillian mahogany. You just don't mate!

[FourSticks17]

Ugh, thanks to several people posting before me, I don't think it's necessary for me to explain how ridiculous and completely unfair this A/B comparison is. Your "amazing" one-piece guitar does not sustain more than the LP because it is a one piece--it sustains more because you hit a dead spot on the LP and you don't let it feedback like you allow your one-piece guitar to do.

Also, neck construction has virtually nothing to do with sustain; bolt-on, set-neck, neck-thru--it's all the same.

[eveguitars]

Thats all bullshit and so are you. A good glued in neck is just as good as a through neck. You'd get just as good sustain with the LP if you stood in the sweet spot like you did with the one piece one.

[JohnnyTsak316]

yeah sure you would there eveguitars . why dont you play thru the clean channel on your amp and hit the highest note on your les paul and try to get it to sustain endlessly uh huh ? What happened ? Uh huh ! bending the hig e string up to an e on the 22nd fret go ahead big guy ! The fact of the matter is with a neck thru you might be able too but not with a paul - Hey and by the way FYI . When the automobile came out the covered wagon went out of buisness . The resonant vibration is total !

[JohnnyTsak316]

The fact of the matter is a traditional bridge has more resonance than a strat tremelo unless you mount the trem into a brass block or use heavy two point like a wilkenson bridge but all the research indicates that a brass block that I have developed will be the future of the tremelo's advantage mounted to it in the body ! Rushmore is always going there !

[70goldtop]

The sustain is wonderful but the sound isn't close to the L.P....It sounds like a tinny Gibson.

[JohnnyTsak316]

Tinny ? That is not accurate bro. try to relax the LP has a dirty bottom end that I like but the midrange is not as sweet- there us nothing tinny about it 70 goldtop . I know it's hard to get your ears out of yesteryear and antiquation from the bygone era's but the future is bright once you step thru the door into a new era that is better than all the old grandpa builds .

[JohnnyTsak316]

Most of the big ugly bottom end on that killer les paul is due to the bridge and tail piece which I am making several Les Pauls with a traditonal bridge assembly that will out class any les paul ever built especially those 300 thousan LP's from the fifties - only a complete moron would pay such an over inflated price on a paul that isn't as good as the one's I am making today for 10 grand !

[adil2552]

Something is not right there, my bolt-on Jackson sustains more than that Les Paul.

[JohnnyTsak316]

HeY bro ! Yeah we were on the clean channel all the way up on the 100 watt bad cat ! The les Paul is a shaw era model and sounds awesome as you can clearly hear but the resonant vibration of the 1 piece guitar is the future of guitar master builds as you will soon see and everyone knows that a neck through the body or in this case a solid 1 piece guitar will sustain much longer through the total vibration inherit in this type of construction !

[muscletruckdude]

my epiphone elitist sg sustains way more than that les paul. but that one piecer is freaking sick on sustain and everything else.

[ARAPTOR7]

that would suck to drop it and break the neck the whole guitar would be ruined

[JohnnyTsak316]

Robb Whats goin on up there !? I probably will be coming back to build 10-15 more guitars for Namm show in Anaheim for January next year !

[gitarmane]

This reminds me of Nigel Tufnel...."listen to that sustain...."

[JohnnyTsak316]

I know but this is real life not fantasy or gimicry . Yeah it's a cheap way to show the world your guitar designs and why they are supperior to some of the standard glue ons and bolt ons but the proof is in the pudding all jokes and yuk yuk is aceptable and so is the awesome tone and sustain that this type of design offers . Hey if you invented what they said couldn't be done and you millionaire brother backed out of the funding you would find a way to let everyone know about the greatness !

[SgtChidori]

Haha.. NOW make one with an Esp Forest GT body and you'll have me jumping a bridge wishing I could afford it.

Really nice though, I really do wish I could afford it xD

[audiotrax2000]

That's very cool, but I put a Sustainiac in my Strat and it does exactly the same thing, at any volume.

[TheCephalicCarnage]

"Does" and "sound" is not the same thing,

This guitar has "organic" sustain as opposed to what most of "sustain ___" anything do, that is to add gain to the signal.

[martijnverhaeg]

maybe if you would mount the pickups directly on to the wood the sustain would maybe evenlonger and when you put the strings through the body on to a hard tail bridge the tone would maybe last even longer ( i am a fender lover =D ) but if you would leave the tremolo then use a floyd rose =p

greetz,

martijn

[gorilla4321]

hey, turn the gain down nd play it clean nd show us then i want to hear it propperly.

[OgreDaddy]

Johnny was playing through the Bad Cat 100R Clean Channel wide open. Tone on 2nd Click, Reverb about 10:00

No FX other than some light reverb, no pedals, no trickery.

The camera mic is pegged, but it did a pretty good job

capturing the sounds.

[gorilla4321]

yeh sound quality was a bit sketchy.

[JohnnyTsak316]

Rob ! I am coming to play at Jimmy's on memorial day to wail at 12;00 midnight ! Bring your camera and lets rock !

[OgreDaddy]

Have to resurrect my cold dead fingers! :-)

[whi0019]

lol your funny my guitar teacher has a 1 piece guitar with emgs lol adn i have a gibson les paul classic how lucky am i lol,it funny how u said it would go on for days if u let it lol

[hpdv4000]

Damn, your one piece blew that les paul to oblivion.

[ancestor]

Sounds good to me. The guitar is one piece of wood? Pretty neat-o. Nice job!

[narcene]

Wow, that is absolutely beautiful Johnny - and the sound??? Phenominal!!! Can I buy some stock?? :o) Here's to you in keeping the dream alive!

[JohnnyTsak316]

Go ahead and check around and see if you can find a 1 piece by anybody ! I also use nothing but the fender custom shop Tremelo's or calahan and crl switches with locking tuners from sperzel or schaller although I like the sperzel's the best both work well !!

[JohnnyTsak316]

That Les Paul is awesome there is no doubt about it probably one of the fattest sounding guitars on the planet and the shaw era pickups are second only to the original pafs that seth lover invented ! The key to the Rushmore guitar is the construction being a ! piece of 200 + year old brazilian Mahogany with the incredible Brazilian Rosewood finger board and that gives it total resonant vibration and long sustaining notes ! The construction method is the best in the world today or in any day .

[Ajeje21]

so: the best guitar that can exist?

[JohnnyTsak316]

Yes , and for these facts . # 1 the construction of my design far supasses anything that has ever been made by anyone anywhere with it's 1 piece cut out Hewn out of 200 + year old Brazillian Mahogany and the old growth Brazillian Rosewood fret board in woods alone this is the best constructed guitars of all time and will speak for decades to come all ego put to the side . The only thing that may be better would be original PAFS and thoses are exspensive , however the 68's pickups are great !

[JohnnyTsak316]

# 2 no company will go to the trouble and painstakinly so to build you or anyone something as trick and as serious as Rushmore I am saying no one and that ain't hype , that's a fact ! I went to fender and several custom builders and they all said it can't be done - LIES ! I have proven it without a doubt , this is the best type of costruction for a solid body electric guitar on the planet . Imagine Tone and sustain like never before ! YES ! Johnny

[OgreDaddy]

Johnny's Rushmore is clearly one fine specialty guitar.

Even so, my '85 Les Paul Dot Neck Studio Standard

is one of the best I've ever played.

It was great trying both of them through the Hot Cat 100R

and the Vintone 2X12 solid cherry cab.

The Vintone cab is loaded with 1 original EVM12L and one

NOS JBL K120 AlNiCo.

Those tones are comng from the clean channel.

Amazingly responsive to guitar knob settings and

the player's attack.

[Ajeje21]

what kind of les paul is that? it's a studio with binding in the body & fretboard! does that exist??

[OgreDaddy]

There was a limited edition dot neck re-issue mostly running

'84-85 with some custom shop models in '83 all with

Tim Shaw hand wound reproduction PAF's

The Studio Standards with full binding are tough to find, but they do exist.

Also some very sweet ES-335's from those same years.

[Ajeje21]

ok it's amazing sustain no doubt!

but wtf! what kind of les paul with the binding and dots in the fretboard and the aged (not motherpearl)logo? it's an hybrid standard/studio? i can't understand. it that a real gibson?

[lenskap]

You could play a note, go out and have a bite to eat, come back and it would still be sustaining! One Piece equalls NO PEACE!

[JohnnyTsak316]

HA ! The guitar's sound fatter than I look ! Awesome ! The sustain speaks for itself . You know when you plug straight in ( no pedals ) and set your amp on a natural distortion like an old marshal blues rock or classic rock sound , you know not much gain just the master on 10 and then try to get that ac/dc or Humble pie tone so you can actually play with dynamics and not saturation or compression/distortion , that's when you can really tell what's goin on in your tonality and hear your axe true

[gwat29]

Johnny; that guitar is Beautiful and so is the SOUND!!!! Rock on!

(the vids. should be up soon).

George

[awesomesix]

So many luthier's so called said building a 1piece guitar could not be done due to neck warpage or temper changes or twisting etc... LIES ... They were all full of useless information and actuallly ridculed me for trying this type of constuction . Leave those useless lame builders behind , the blind leading the inspireed ! I tell you the truth as if it is gospel ; the 1 piece is the greatest sounding and longest sustaining guitar and does not suffer any of the lies those blind guides said !

[awesomesix]

so many supposed experts told me that a 1 piece guitar couldn't be done and if I built it it would warp or bow or worse different temperture changes would constanly put it out of tune ?!? None of that is true more so than any other guitar build ! i was ridiculed by some for even attempting to try this like I was an ignorant child ! LIES ! The 1 piece if built properly understanding the movement and natural occuring woodworking when cutting it out is a fundemental that they will not teach there.

[fighterx]

Crazy sustain man sounds great.

[squyres]

Very Kool !! Interesting !!! Thanks !! Peace/Love

[JohnnyTsak316]

The shaw era pickups are replica's of the original paf's that seth Lover invented . Tim Shaw got a few originals thay had lying around the shop and sent them out to be analized , He got everything right except the wire because the enamel coated wire was a dollar more per foot than the polyurethane covered wire and at over ten thousand windings on the pickup's you could imagine how much that would cost per pickup ! The Shaw era pickups are amazing still and the closest reissue Gibson ever made !