Demo Gibson Nighthawk guitar smaller than a Les Paul

[justinisapimp45]

Great guitar and player, but the distortion was... Not fresh.

[TheSsdylan]

...Shitty ass amp.

[enta2k]

But the question is, will it blend?

[jsfsk8ter]

stop tying to be phill x -_-

[00hazel001]

pull boost? good sir, that is called a coil tap. learn your electronics or stop posting videos.

[Daver869]

"pull boost knob"?? Get your specification right!

[Daver869]

that distortion sounds very bad.......

[RelaxNplay64]

I like the size and the look except the pickups they are kind of ugly having three different ones

[Deadwater518]

I hate you...

[EGGJAZZ]

ruined the demo with the pedal

[Ayaku90]

I've got a gibson nighthawk custom from 1994 (not the anniversary model) And yep, very versatile guitar, much lighter than a les paul.

You can almost play any kind of music with it, blues, funk, rock, hard rock, and even heavy metal, easly.

Actually, I prefer its disto sounds, and well it's definitely a gibson, you can't realy have strats brightness. But clear sounds works well too anyway.

[andrewvanrhoberts]

you know what i like? when a Orange has peelings that are thick and peel off easy. Also when the orange tastes sweet and not bitter ;)

[bluesky8921]

I've got a black Gibson Nighthawk from 1995. It's a versatile guitar that can give you some nice tones somewhat similar to both a Strat and Tele. I also have a Les Paul, so I feel like I have my bases covered with my electric guitars. I like my Martin acoustic/electric, but I want a Taylor.

[Pioneer8505]

that distortion is ugly

[mastertung7]

@Pioneer8505 i fully agree.

[elbentzo]

this guy shouldnt be allowed to perform any demonstrations... he might be an accomplished guitarist, but someone with so little knowledge of the instrument shouldnt be teaching others and spreading his ignorance... i mean, "boost" push/pull pot?! no gain on a gibson tube amp?! performing a sound demonstration with a boss ds-1 with the gain all the way up?! this guy needs lessons.

[Twiz9491]

the switch is actually not a boost its a coil taping switch

[zeeLibertiner]

this guitar kicks ass while the boss sucks balls...

[linknessia]

How you Doeeeeeeeennnnn?!

[Sergioterol]

LOL Boss Beestortion... I have it, I hate it

[Sergioterol]

LOLO Boss Beestortion... I have it, I hate it

[linknessia]

My Soul has been captured by it's sound!

[Frank5133]

With respect none of the Nighthawks I have heard played are up to the level of

quality of the rest of the Gibson stable.

[cjdMobile66]

coil tap switch duh

[andy474x]

that guitar is ugly as sin... but in a way that makes it kinda cool. sounds really good though.

[andrewm9999]

too much distortion at the end

[pipesith]

sustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain­...

[gatzuberserker]

epiphone has brought this guitar back for a limited time, its only 400 dollars!

[Andragon90]

Sounds like a beauty.

[agentorange7894]

what an ugly guitar

[devilzdj4]

i hate boss so much.

[macc213]

isn't the tone knob pull out a coil tap? correct me if I'm mistaken

[Kins1002]

HOW YOUH DOOOIIIIIIIN'!!!!!!!! Scared the crap out of me -.-

[TheMrcollinreese]

this dumbass makes my brain hurt starting right from " HELLO!!!!!!"

[nymetsrock]

i really hate this guy...............

[utnacmit]

AT first, I was wishing for some metal sound with some finger-tapping...and lo-and behold I GOT SOME!!!!! I thank you for providing a long range of sound. From blues to rock, this guitars sounds great!! 

[HiHoSilverfish]

Did anyone else shudder when you saw the gain on the DS-1 was all the way up?

[guitarguy082803]

What do you mean "there's no gain in this amp"? It's a tube amp. In fact, it's a small, portable tube amp. What better to push at a higher volume? Push the tubes and let's here what this guitar REALLY sounds like with some dirt. If you're going to show people what it sounds like dirty, give us some natural, organic overdrive, your shitty pedal masks the guitar with obnoxious, nasally, grainy overdrive and makes all the settings sound the same. BTW it's a coil tap, not a 'boost'.

[SparkyGi]

WTF ? Check him out at 09:33 !!!

[213chud]

Big guy playing a small guitar, hEHe... you rock though!!

[thehornypuppy]

THE SUSTAIN IS NATURAL!!!

O.O Ok...

[dbsk8r92]

i wish this motherfucker knew what he was talking about. don't tell me he does because he calls the bridge pickup the bottom and the neck pickup the top one. also its a coil tap. also its flame maple

[lespaul72]

how do you make those guitars sound so bad??

[RockYouVideos]

i just bought one of these suckers from guitarcenter. it fucking rocks and it was right in my price range. ha

[CastUntoTheWolves]

I realize this might be a noob question but what purpose does a slanted humbucker serve?

[HesterMcLester]

less talk. more rock.

[superlou1s]

Buy a new amp please- a nice Vox or something... Screw Line 6.

[codycoderson]

Line 6 does totally blow, but he is using a small vintage Gibson amp. the DS-1 pedal he uses at the end blows too, but that guitar is amazing!

[WachaDrop]

@codycoderson DS-1's and 2's are good pedals for multiple genres... but I do agree that Line 6 is shit.

[mumblesfraser]

Wow I never heard of a Gibson Nighthawk, it really sounds great, on one of the pickups it is kind of strat sounding. Nice guitar!!!!!!!

[hendrixpage100]

haha this guy looks like david schwimmer

great axe though

[Bohdan1990]

very nice clean sound.

[fbc214]

SUSTAIN!!!!!

[dormroomguitarist416]

Review that witshire in the background!

[George656]

Hey David Taub, next time you do reviews of different guitars can you please not use the Line 6 amp because the tone is horrible and it does not do the guitars justice. Please use a different amp for the guitar reviews.

[fearless4u107]

@George656 dude, in this video he's using a GIBSON amp!

[slaver3d]

@George656 what would be the reason to play low price guitar on a high price amp? Or what amp do you have in mind, George? I think it's quite a smart way to show a low price combination (guitar and variable line6 amp).

[slaver3d]

@George656 by the way, isn't he playing the Gibson amp there? :-)

[theamericanmetalhead]

@George656 u know hes using a gibson for this video right?

[cherry8605]

i love gibson, but that is the ugliest gibson i've ever seen. three different kinds of pickups with gold hardware on gold bridge is just tacky

[Megamaniac610]

The nighthawk with just the mini humbuckers though is absolutely gorgeous

[dassosmetal]

i agree

[papyboyington34]

Very nice guitar, the colour of this one is awful, but it sounds great.

Definitely my favourite guitar !

[bmf3oh3]

!!!how u doin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheRocknrollradioz]

its very cool very cool its cool very cooll cool man very cool its cool

[TheRocknrollradioz]

sweet guitar horrible tone.... its either the amp and the petal mixed which is probably the answer cuz older amps mix terrible or the petal was moded poorty or this guy doesnt know what a eq is on a petal and amp...

[jordanpartv]

pull boost? thats a coil tap

[moroii6969]

HAHA I have that amp. I love mine!

[rebel200794]

WANT ONE!!

[TheThomasKlein]

the guitar sounds very nice but it looks like someone pulled it out of his asshole

[olelancucki]

what about neck? its mroe like fat 50's baseball bat ;S ... or more like thin 60's neck?

[whiskyhillav]

it's even thinner than a 60's neck. Like a Rick 620 even.

[melonface57]

thin 60`s

[BigTripp]

This video would have been a lot more useful if you played something besides power chords and beat the pentatonic box position to death the whole time.

[neffrocks]

nextlevelguitar sucks. This guy sucks. Every demo he does has the same tone. shitty and processed

[salemcoonsniper]

this guy's playing sucks...

[texasranga]

is that an epiphone wilshire behind him?

[airsoft2341]

i think so

[LeonardoCapeli5]

HOW YA DOIN!!!!

[mike1jimmypage]

no way maan stop dreaming its not going to happen live in the now

[jonpaulling]

It will be mine - oh yes, it will be mine.

[kurtcobayn]

I have one, it's great.

find one in good condition, i suggest you buy it. you won't regret it.

mine is black though, looks way cooler.

[beornborg]

agreed the black finish looks better. do you have the three pickup version?

[masterofforever]

i saw one of these at a pawn shop like a month ago for like 400 should have bought it i also should have bought that charvel they had for 200 man i suck

[JonEdmondson]

there is a push pull coil tap under the volume pot too that goes unnoticed.

[BiscuitsJoe]

i almost kinda looks like a taylor acoustic/electric

[TrixiLovesYou]

a friend used to recommend this guitar to me, but i'm gonna stick to les paul

[Torfinnmadssen]

SUSTAIN!!

[badstue15]

nice guitar.. but the color looks like s#*t-brown ? :(

[antihax91]

it probably looks much nicer in person. you can hardly see the flame here.

[bebejase]

how much r these ???

[0kando0]

f**k uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[btwade212]

i have noticed in videos that he has slipped on a few things. for example, calling the coil tap a boost knob. i do like his attitude towards guitars, but he should look into stuff a bit more.

[squierplayer]

who cares? his videos are still great

[slklmk]

actually... i think its not working as a coil tap on that guitar but more like the hdr from godin

[kevykev38]

It is a coil tap

[hodowncorexxx]

Lay off the distortion.

[chakolo]

WOW this is way too cool. i wan it!

[ElectricLeftyLand]

awesome epiphone wilshire in the top left corner

[bryantboi2]

im learning all my guitar playin techniques from u guys

[Bodycage]

You've gotta be kiddin me...that distorted tone was fucking shite. Truely awful. Fancy getting a gibson and running it through a shit pedal.

[DarthMink]

that thing is awesome.

[northlander30]

Dave the boost knob you are referring to, isn't that a coil tap for both humbuckers?

[Bdh777]

Yes it does some coil splits, not boost. Watch my Nighthawk videos where I explain all pickup combinations it can make.

Well you can get much better tones than these ones here.

[lionelsax]

Cool I've got the same guitar but sunburst.

[JJlee224]

NO... Honestly.. He doesnt, the dual coil pickups on it are ok, but with some Active EMG's like my buddy has, it howls. Theres ur friggin review.

[cessnapilot182]

wow. ur a dickhead

[underfire27]

Lay off.

[LesKrap]

Who, you?

[nowhereman579]

Great review. Just a correction: it is not a "boost" thing when pull the tone knob. It actually splits neck and/or bridge hambuckers and adds 5 more tones. Makes 10 tones !

The 2 pickups version does not have this "pull" trick: only 5 positions, but some of theses positions are splitted hambucker positions. From Stratocaster fender-like Sound when splitted to almost true-LP Tone when not !

Believe me this is an amazing guitar !

[0neweak]

woaw. ugly imo but sounds awesome. gibson sound = intact

[jonasbacklund]

nice pickup setting!

[StopTheMoti0n]

"what's up good people? HOW YAA DOOOIN????"

lol

[lordspanksalot]

Actually the nighthawk came out in '91 as a special with two pick ups and bound body in all the standard gibson colors, mine is vintage sunburst. They discontinued it due to lack of sells, but in '93 they made them again before the blueshawk due to popular response. They are sweet guitars, a perfect marriage between a strat and a gibson.

[rafaelcoronel]

I got one red NightHawk.

Best ever!

[Ibik]

I;ve seen one of thoes in Epiphone there pretty cool!

[Cumbulu]

Could you please make a lesson of how to hold the pick, for fast players, I see you hold it different angles when you do up and down

[joserapper]

Great nice guitar!!!!!!!!!!

[Bonas91]

like your outfit xD

[THEWORSTSKATEREVER]

SUSTAIN !!!

[sidmanp]

The SUSTAIN Nigel!

[Leviskardsen]

Just about the only good thing I've ever seen from Gibson. You should be able to get a lot of different tones with it. It's nice to see that Gibson actually had a stab at innovation, at least once in the past 3 decades.

[PMCMANIS]

if only gibson would give up on "innovation". chambered les pauls can die in a fire and the robot guitar redifines the word rubbish. also, what was the thinking behind pricing a 59 reissue with a flame top 2grand higher than a plain top 58 but a flamed standard is only 200 more than a plaintop classic? please, lets go back to a les paul standard, a les paul custom, and a jr, all built right.

[C1o88er3d]

What can you do? Gibson has to try to compete with Fender who can make cheaper guitars because they have three outlets: Squier, Fender, and American Fender.

Gibson just has Epiphone and Gibson USA. I love the unchambered Gibsons but they just don't sell as well as the lighter Fenders so Gibson is just going to keep trying to offer better gimmicks.

And if you hate the robot Les Paul, go to Gibsons web site and look at the new Dark Fire they cooked up.

[trenna1er]

that darkfire is beautiful, im considering....

[propolispills]

Nice guitar, Sounds good, Looks different, it might look better in a different color, but I think it looks comfortable to hold and play. It reminds me of a Charvel LS6 I used to own, but that had a double cutaway body, I wish I still owned that one. "regrets". anyway, I like the Nighthawk.

[Martinni2]

lovely one

[mannnymanny]

you should post tabs of some of the random solos you play.

[PXNDXN]

If they're random, how the hell he's gonna tab them?!?! it all comes out of your head!! just try to improvise

[zbarneyz]

well the sond is good...but it looks terrible-..

[wingeddemon5807]

I don't think its ugly...

[SoDaPoPbMx]

jacques

[zbarneyz]

i've got to be completly honest. that's one of the ugliest guitars i have ever seen, i would never fuckin belive that gibson made that....first the les paul,sg,vee,explorer and then this????

[rockerdude29]

Yeah,seriously,10 star sound 1/2 a star looks.

[mjd9208]

Your opinion.

[wingeddemon5807]

i think this is a beautiful guitar, it has the les paul look but the body is kind of leaning towards the left and it is much smaller.

[KnaRRaN1989]

Im thinking of getting a archtop what about it :D

[lukea555]

I've gt 5 of these, and their all vintage xD

[deathir123]

SUSTAIN !!!!!!!!!!! =O !!!

[U2ForNow]

Very Sweet!

[Jericho179]

White Stripes in the beginning??

[yongling]

haha its so small it looks like the controller on guitar hero

[georgefrog007]

another 3 pick-up gibson is the SG 3

[ashputtel]

does he have a Fender Starcaster, the one from the mid 1970's? or a Fender Wildwood 2?

[georgefrog007]

gibson.

[Eddepatat]

SUSTAIN =D

[steveracer16]

What is the scale of this interesting guitar?

Did Gibson offer it with a trem?

[BeboAltizer]

i dont know the scale but i do know that there is a model with a floyd rose.

[Hadogei123456789]

When are you gonna demo Godin guitars???

[JazzyJezza77]

nice axe great tone hear that S U S T A I N

[georgefrog007]

its gibson not axe.

[ViewAskewWorld]

Axe is a word for a guitar retard

[FreshHareUSA]

I love these guitar reviews. You guys are totally awesome! Keep it up!

PS: (To all NLG fans: If you aren't already on the E-Mail list, i'd really think about signing up for it. it's free and definetly worth it! lots of cool extra stuff you wouldn't normally get. Really cool!)

[emir355]

that guitar is awesome ;)

[aurexincarnate]

lmao tonal capabilities, your english is fascinating

[eroticblack]

please give a video on how to use artificial harmonics.

[86bassguitar]

im really interested in that white wilshire guitar in the back. its super cool looking and i want to know if it could have a good punk-rock sound. does it sound kind of like a les paul? thank you, rock on.

[alexwilbur]

I think that's an Epiphone Crestwood delux. I have one in Sunburst and, yes, it rips!

[mooghammondb3]

What a unique guitar!

[suffernrage]

Push/Pull boost?  Sure it isn't just a push-pull pot for Coil-tap?

[Th3PrinceOfDarkness]

thats exactly what i was thinking!

[Zefilor]

you're my hero

[stymye]

woah ! that distortion sounds like an angry hornet in a jelly jar..!

[freakstupid11]

i went to see joe bonamassa a couple weeks back and he held a note on his les paul for at least a minute without breaking into feedback my mouth dropped open and then finally shouted SUSTAYYYNEEEE NIGEL! when he was done (he shushed everyone while it held), dudes amazing

[wc3415]

i <3 gear demos =)

[AlphaCentauri00]

You are the man Dave!!

ROCK ON & GOD BLESS!

[Scarface066]

My bro has a blueshawk.

Great guitar.

[jec4895]

HOW YA DOIN!!!!!!!!!!

[Steve92crue]

wow how loud were u playing

SUSTAIN!!

[tak178]

What a ratty pedal...love that distortion...

Those are some impressive guitars...the Nighthawk is a very unique style.

[Steve92crue]

wow i want one

[eduardo0796]

Great guitar but, can you please show us a behringer?

Thanks.

Edward, San Diego, California (USA)