Epiphone Les Paul Standard Lefty - just some riff

[MrNightrain22]

Yes I know it si hard to find left handed electric guitars,especially sunburst cherry copy of les paul ;) I am looking for exactly the same guitar you have! :)) One additional question,if I am not bothering too much. Could you tell me please, how much of music theory is there to be learnt? I can see straight away that you are familiar with jazz chord progressions and scales. And it is obvious from the style of your playing that your awsome guitar player with experience. Greetings from Croatia!

[AllarisFianna]

@MrNightrain22 Wow, thank you very much! :) I'm somewhat experienced, but I only know a little bit of music theory (but I'm trying to learn new things everyday). In most cases and musical styles, I think it's fair enough if you know the triad chords and seventh chords. Plus the major and minor scale, although I don't really use them, I use the most common of the blues pentatonic scales instead. I play jazz here, but I play funk/rock/blues more often.

[AllarisFianna]

@MrNightrain22 So bottom line: the basic and advanced chords (if you don't want to learn them theoretically, just learn them "physically", so your "fingers" will know the chord diagram) + blues pentatonic scale + maybe major scale. Oh and the musical keys. With this, you will be good in every mainstream music, although you might have minor difficulties in improvisation (if you run into a complicated chord in the rhythm section) :D

Cheers from Hungary! :D

[MrNightrain22]

Hey,you have beautiful tone with that guitar :)) Could you tell me please the full name of that guitar model and where is it available buy it?

[AllarisFianna]

@MrNightrain22 Thank you!

Certainly, it's an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top; color: heritage cherry sunburst. Right and left handed available. If you contact a somewhat serious instrument shop, they can order it for you (maybe they even have it in stock, if you need the right handed model). I had to order it from Germany through a music store here in Hungary, but that's just because I'm lefty, and they didn't have it in stock. :)

[orfmor]

Excellent progression, nice warm tone, clear notes :)

[AllarisFianna]

@orfmor Why thank you my friend! :D

[southpawrocky11]

huzzahhhh. for the leftys !!!!!!!

[vesek13dyavol]

i'm a lefty guitarist too! :D awesome...

[davnington]

Thumps up if your a lefty :)

[AllarisFianna]

@MyLesPaulcopy Thanks a lot! :)

[HaloKiller17]

awsome!! i`m a lefty too

[fivestander]

Lefties Rule!

Sweet lyc too

[AllarisFianna]

Thanks! :)

By the way, I think the first one is "Stardust" and the second is "minor Blues" - both form Joe Pass I assume. :D

[irongut66]

i have a epiphone les paul too and im left handed sweet XD

[YShattered]

@irongut66 Me 2 same exact guitar & i love it jimmi page style

[fedes7]

beautiful, Im lefty too, but I take the Hendrix solution :) You play like LUIS SALINAS, you're gonna love his music

[AllarisFianna]

Thanks, I just watched one live video, and it's great! :)

I have a strat too, check out my "Mary Had a little lamb jamming" video! ;)

[leftyguitarist13]

xO i have an epiphone as well and im left handed also xO we should hava duet xD

[ludzon]

Is it just improvisation or is this a "real song". It was beautiful!

[AllarisFianna]

Thank you!

The first part is "Stardust" by Joe Pass, and the second tune (which begins where I stop for a moment) is "Minor Blues" by Joe Pass.

[ludzon]

OK thanks im gonna check that out! Btw Im buying this guitar the 25th!

[GuitarForNewbies]

pretty nice! i play tokai lespaul, but i think i will buy esp one day...

[Livitation3]

Hi,nice playing.Could you make please a demo video of your Vermona amp?Thanks.

[AllarisFianna]

Thanks!

That Vermona wasn't my amp, I just borrowed it from a friend, and I gave it back to him like 8 months ago; so sorry :(

[BCT3496]

wats weird is i play lefty but im right handed. Anyone else like that?

[AllarisFianna]

I don't know...I have many lefty friends who play right handed... :)

[BazzTheBoss]

very weird. why do you choose to be handicapped?

[BCT3496]

I dont choose to be handicapped my right hand is like 10 times faster than my left. It only makes sense to me.

[mecha890]

by watching you play, whats the first chord you strum from the d string?

[AllarisFianna]

It's a C7(#5)/Bb.

[MaryMcContrary]

Thanks for posting. I've been wondering if an Epi LP would sound good for jazz.... this sounds very nice indeed.

[BazzTheBoss]

they were made for jazz ^ ^

[pizzapandaexpressxXx]

it sounds like you used to play acoustic

[AllarisFianna]

strange...i played acoustic about 5 years ago :) but i'm planning to do it again... XD

[DaveyBoy22211]

Beautiful, just beautiful man. How are you liking the Epi? I'm thinking of getting one.

[AllarisFianna]

Well, thanks a lot! :)

It's fine...not the best, but it's good for its price. And you can make it sound much smooth if you use a wah pedal, and just simply open it up. It becomes more "vintage" or "Gibson like". I don't really know how to describe that sound, but if you check it out, you'll know what I'm talking about. :)

[jeremarcolini94]

zurdo o esta reflejada la imagen del video

[guitarprosolo]

maaan awsooome ! ... i'm from brazil .. and I had the dificult for being lefty .. so i learned to play on righty ... so it's good to find someone who have the same "hability" xD

[AllarisFianna]

Lefty Rules!!! XD

I have a girl classmate, she's lefty too, but she plays right handed, just like you! :)

[animeguy000]

wow! great tone! im getting a les paul too. its coming from japan and its tokai. but is that gibson?

[AllarisFianna]

Tank you! :)

If it's an Epiphone, than it's an Epiphone. XD I think epi is a branch of Gibson now, but long ago the two of them were different competing companies. :)

[SpliffMan5000]

Beautiful tone brilliant playing well done.

[AllarisFianna]

Thank you very much!! :)

[emase06]

hey man nice playing. just bought the same guitar the other day. did tou hve to do any work on it at all?

[AllarisFianna]

thanks! yeah, i had to adjust the intonation and the truss rod, and maybe tighten the *screws* on the head (at the tuning keys - sry, english is not my main language, so i don't know the proper name for that)

but after that, it sounds pretty good. and i just realized if you use a wah, and open it all up, it sounds much like a gibson somehow.

[emase06]

ok awesome. thanks, appreciate it

[Flyin2hawain]

sounds beautiful! I own a 2006 Les Paul Standard and it has never let me down

[BazzTheBoss]

i should play some jazz too

[LookingDumb]

sounded nice :P

could you recommend that guitar or should i go for the epiphone sg? i play almost any genre but mostly blues and rock so if i should choose between em would you say that lp is best? and if so would it be smart to get some new pick-ups for it? :)

thx

[AllarisFianna]

Thanks! :)

Well, I think you should definitely buy the les paul, but it's important to buy the "les paul standard plus top"-model, cuz' somehow it sounds better. The pickups are pretty good, so if you want to buy new ones, I'd recommend Seymour duncans (APH-1; or SH-1) or Gibsons of course. :)

But they're fine altogether, only needs some adjust (intonation, truss-rod adjust sometimes), which can be done in any instrument store.

Keep on rockin'! :)

[LookingDumb]

ok thx mate :)

I think I'll get that guitar then :)

well that or the LTD EC1000 Deluxe :P

standing between em in which to choose ^^

[mecha890]

hey, from you just looking at the frets, what where the main chords?

i swear as a fellow lefty, i would love to use this vid to just have a tune to play whenever i pick it up.....

or the camera is reversed, regardless, i would like to learn this^^ if no chords provided, ill for worse, learn by ear >.>

[bitencov]

I have les paul custom and same amp Vermona regent 310/(made in GDR) ))))

[twankedls]

i just bought this guitar like 2 hours ago

[AllarisFianna]

Once I tried a custom les paul by Gibson, and it was about 7 or 8 kgs...imagine playing one and a half hour, standing with that baby!! XD

[BazzTheBoss]

can you tell me anything about the weight of the guitar? i've heard they're kinda heavy

[AllarisFianna]

It's about 4 kilograms. But Gibson les pauls are still more heavier then their "cousins". :)

[BazzTheBoss]

nice clean sound! i'm going to buy this guitar too, i have another guitar, the single coil pickups sound great but humbucker gets too crunchy :O

[AllarisFianna]

Oh, yeah...sorry, I said without effects, but I used some reverb. :):):)

I meant overdrive or distortion as effect, but you're right. :)

[merdacul]

I hear the reverb there... nice guitar and playing

[Jorgembb]

Im thinking on buying that exactly guitar im lefty too!!! How much have that guitar cost to you?? I want to know some prices :P

[AllarisFianna]

It was about 600 USD, that's the lowest current price for this guitar, here in Hungary. I've heard the manufacturing has stopped recently, so there's only a limited stock. But don't worry, I think there's still a plenty of them. :D

[mecha890]

549 USD online where ive seen at guitar center

for the lesser quality one, not sunburst (lefty) also is 499 USD, im trying to choose one or go with a LP 100 ....

but i heard that has tuning problems.

[AllarisFianna]

Reply to: "Isn't there a pickguard?"

Yes, there was, but I removed it, so it looks more like a standard. :)

(Sorry, but I accidentally removed your comment)

[janekissexiandcool]

hey im a lefty too and i just got the les paul standard epiphone in the mail today and its awesome! The way it plays is amazing and warm as you have shown here. Good job :D

[AllarisFianna]

:D

Although I had to adjust the intonation and the string height a bit, when it came out of the box, but now it sounds correct. XD

[behemoth666123]

beautiful, just beautiful!

I just got a ~30 years old Regent 600G,

maybe it'll work as guitar amp with an additional distortion pedal... what ya mean?

(i should maybe get some new tubes though...)

[AllarisFianna]

Hey, Thanks!! :)

Well, you could never know...this one I use it's a 30W small Regent R221 combo amp, and it sounds really warm and nice. But I've had other Vermona amps and cabinets, and they were awful...

I only borrowed this baby though...my primary amp is a Career combo 65W...not a big stuff, bt that sounds fine, too. :)