Like i posted befor else were i saw the legend himself les paul play in new york back in 2007. He played for 3 hours only useing his Epiphone les pauls. He marveld about his Epiphone Les pauls all night and not once did he mention Gibson. Epiphone #1
just for anyone wohad neber picked a les paul GT with p 90´s---- that axe it´s a MONSTER- Much superior to the HH. The cmbinaion od the p90 and the weight f the mahogany creates a killler, unbeatable tone.
@ricksvidsinc okay man please calm down, zakk wilde and slash are some of the best "shredders" out there, but its just an insult if you play metal on 52 les paul man those were originals........ and music loving is a good thing, it doesnt bog your mind.
@chahid1992 if vai and satriani had a gibson les paul they couldn't shred as fast as with a ibanez becaus of th neck! the les paul neck is mach thiker than an ibanez neck!
@ricksvidsinc You can play metal riffs on any guitar even an acoustic. It's just the sound and playability that you have to choose from. In your case, a Jackson or Ibanez.
@v0odoochild001 I love them both but the baddest guitar ive ever played was a jackson dinky my friend still has that guitar and til the day its the best playing guitar ive ever picked up
Boy, you can really tell that the sunburst Standard is a reissue. Sounds flat and lifeless (May be the player too, but I think it's mostly the guitar). Those old Les Pauls sound great because the p/u's were made very-well and the mahogany is 60+ years old. Plus, it's HONDURAS mahogany (like my Dean Evo SS flame-top), which is lighter, and some say more-toneful. Gibson switched to African mahogany in 1974 (I think).
My dream is to have a LP custom-built using 60 year old wood and Throbak p/u's.
@gangtwanger definitely not the player, Dave Gregory is a great player, who is best known for his playing being the complete opposite of flat and lifeless. i think it's all the guitar - looks and sounds like a modern "off the shelf" les paul standard to me, and probably is, because most of the guitars in these videos belong to him, but he doesn't actually own a les paul standard as far as i'm aware - the goldtop in this video is his guitar though.
i always hear how humbuckers are fatter and warmer toned thabn p90's, but I hear the opposite. I think humbuckers sound thin and cold. To me, the p90's sound thicker and warmer. I prefer the sound of p90's.
There's no doubt that humbuckers are thicker and warmer than P-90s. To say humbuckers are thin and cold is just wrong. That said, P-90s with their added bite sound fantastic. I can certainly see how a person could prefer P-90s.
@1Doz maybe its that they sound too warm to my ears, idk. but p90's coming before the humbuckers have that real vintage sound that just sounds right with the perfect amount of warmth, not too much , not too little. its all subjective though. i respect your opinion.
@1Doz I agree, the HB's are thicker & warmer due to the 2nd coil for rev polarity. essentially it is warmer because u r playing from 2 coils in the neck or bridge pos with both PU's activated u r playing from 4 PU's P90's are airy & crisp as all singles are with some grit n' grind to 'em. it is all a preference in personal sund or w/e u wish to replicate. I personally don't limit myself I love HB's & P90's. look at all the greats who started with P90's then switched to HB's ChuckBerry,T-Bone etc
@1Doz however these tech innovations (HB's) came out & were brand new so the artists took advantage &made history. we are lucky to have this choice I love it. when was it? prior to 1955 -1957 it was all singles, like the CC,Fender tall coil etc. not alot of variety but they made it happen created history in their own right. What do u play & prefer?
@1971SuperLead Yea no kidding. I played more on that guitar than I have EVER played on any other guitar I have owned. I could kick myself for selling it to a friend years ago! He offered to bring it by and let me play it but I can't locate him now. I am afraid it was in a flood from hurricane Ike. If I can locate him again I am going to try to buy it back.
In my humble opinion I think the p90s sound best in a Les Paul. I do think the next best pick up would be mini humbuckers though. I had a 1970's Les Paul with mini humbuckers that I just could not put down! P90s in an 8.5 to 9.5 pound gold top Les Paul is the Holy Grail for me. Sorry Monte Python! LOL Think early 50's (54 or 55 probably) except with a tune o matic bridge only if the intonations would be a problem.
@renmandude You're right. I have a 1975 Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top with mahogany neck and all original with the chrome mini's and it's medium weight and what a tone monster! The neck plays like butter and it's just so fun to play it's hard to put down.
Can you guys help me out? I'm getting an Epiphone Ebony Les Paul Custom, and I just need to know, for a sort of AC/DC, Josh Homme/Jack White sort of sound (Heavy but not too much treble), do you think Humbuckers or P-90s?
It would probably require routing the pickup cavities so the humbuckers would fit. Not impossible but not easy either. I think I've seen humbucker pickups in a
i believe they make humbuckers in a p90 size.. it wont sound exactly like the real buckers but then no routing is a lot easier (think 'hotrails' single coil size humbuckers)
@theguitarguymike I think I wrote that before we had a nice reply function on Youtube. There was a guy being a dick about this guy pronouncing Les Paul "Lez Paul" instead of "Less Paul".
i know that theres not much of a difference in epiphone and gibson. except for that gibsons are made better and the pickups are better in a gibson and the tuners are better in the gibson.
but in this guitar, since the epiphone also has the p-90s, can someone tell me the resone that this guitar is like $4000 and the epiphone is only 500?
IMO, gibson guitars are pretty overrated. but i guess they disserve to be cuz the feel so amazing in your hands. you can just feel the difference in a gibson and an epiphone just by holding it in your arms. but i do not think that this guitar diserves to cost $4000. i
well by your deffinition they are not overrated. lol. i agree they are on the steep side when it comes to the price. but their is nothing to compare them to. i would buy a gibson over anything for any price. honestly none of the mass produced guitars can compare to gibsons.
Its Got alot to do with the quality of wood, Machine heads, tone control, wiring and other. I only know the basics for sure. But believe me its 4 grand well spent. If you play and compare the 2 u will hear a deffinate difference
@sjk254 You're right man! I took my 1959 Burst I got from my grandfather and drilled huge holes in the body to lighten it up. Junked the pick ups for EMG 81's, added a Floyd Rose and painted it metalflake hot pink.
@scooticus But man...if you put change humbuckers and the guitar looks better it will be a good decission...because those humbuckers are awful!!!....I think that those ones that he want to change are much better and look better!
Looks pretty good to me, considering that it's 56 years old. I have wooden furniture that's only a few years old that looks like crap already. Sounded pretty damned good as well.
I hope I look and sound as good as that guitar when I'm 56. I doubt it.
Ha yeah, you got a point. Still, it hurts to see such a thing of beauty with flaws. I guess it also means that it has been used, which is a good thing.
hey can some1 help me i jsut bought a custom black epiphone it has those pickups i was just wondering can i change the pickups to the stock chrome ones thnx plz help !
Don't spoil the guitar. If you do not like the awesome P-90 mics, trade your guitar with someone or sell it and get one with regular humbuckers... but don't rape your guitar.
apparently, p90's sound different from each other..i've seen smone play with a dog ear p90 and it sounded really fat, while most soapbars have that snappy, bright, hollow tone..
Can you put humbuckers in a goldtop? Sure! Cost? 2 decent humbuckers - $250, labor - $250. And also, a mint early '50s goldtop is worth at least $50,000. If you butcher it by routing it out for humbuckers, it'll reduce the value to about $1000. So, total cost - $49,500.
Yes true. There are black goldtops aswell.. go figure! :D
I've got an Epiphone gold goldtop with P-90s and an "Vintage" brand V100 with Wilkinson Humbuckers myself, and I must say that they make an awesome LP team to record with... I think many people are missing out on how wonderful P-90 mics are!
well, it's more like an up and down with the popularity of these throughout the years...every few years they "become cool" again and a "moment" later everybody has one of those axes and complains because they can't handle them live (due to feedback).
I don't know about that, Steve Jones, Bob Marley, Neil Young (though Neil cultivates a bit of feedback) and Leslie West don't seem to have such big problems playing them live... I assume it can be done. ;-)
Yeah, there's more feedback than with humbuckers I suppose. So what. There's more hum with a single coil than with humbuckers, but you don't see people stop using stratocasters (or P-90s). Neil Young, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) and Leslie West all played P-90s at pretty loud volumes, as I said before, so it isn't like one "can't handle them live", as someone else said.
hey thats really cool can you help me out. cus i wanna buy a gibson but i dont really know the diference in the sound with a p 90 and a alnico hummbucker.
hey, are goldtops good for clean tone, i suppose are the p90's good for clean tone , ive only really ever heard them quite dirty... amazing tone though
not really that guitar is almost 30000 usd my car cost me 10000 my bike 7000 and my guitars 1300 yeah sure is a shity car , but i work at home so... ;)
Nice review! I don't know what muskypuckers mean. You do not play much in the footage and you don't play anny hard things but is this necessary to be a good gitarist?? The answer is no:) but its not bad and sounds verry cool.
no fakes here :)
Nick80R 3 weeks ago
Your tone is awesome, man. What amp are you using for that demo, please?
maximco1050 3 months ago
Jangly but clean with a raw bite.
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Like i posted befor else were i saw the legend himself les paul play in new york back in 2007. He played for 3 hours only useing his Epiphone les pauls. He marveld about his Epiphone Les pauls all night and not once did he mention Gibson. Epiphone #1
stratdem 4 months ago
2:40 the hair! omg xD
MrManson94 4 months ago
Who's Lez Paul?
70goldtop 5 months ago
@70goldtop That would be Les Paul's doppelganger -- wiley those doppelgangers.
guitarran 4 months ago
the p90´s create so much noise... but.. its tone is 1000 better than the hh tone
hungerstriker27 6 months ago
just for anyone wohad neber picked a les paul GT with p 90´s---- that axe it´s a MONSTER- Much superior to the HH. The cmbinaion od the p90 and the weight f the mahogany creates a killler, unbeatable tone.
hungerstriker27 7 months ago
Fender may have done the solid body guitar first, but Gibson did it right
Glockenator 1 year ago
can you do metal riffs on this guitar?
ricksvidsinc 1 year ago
@ricksvidsinc p90 pickups are great for grit, but dont ruin a beautiful piece of art like this one with metal man.
ubacam 1 year ago
@ubacam next time you make fun of metal talk it over with zakk wylde and slash you pussy music loving freak
ricksvidsinc 1 year ago
@ricksvidsinc okay man please calm down, zakk wilde and slash are some of the best "shredders" out there, but its just an insult if you play metal on 52 les paul man those were originals........ and music loving is a good thing, it doesnt bog your mind.
ubacam 1 year ago 7
@ubacam slash cant shred like steve vai or jeo catriani they are much better
chahid1992 7 months ago
@chahid1992 if vai and satriani had a gibson les paul they couldn't shred as fast as with a ibanez becaus of th neck! the les paul neck is mach thiker than an ibanez neck!
OLYMP4EVER 6 months ago
@ubacam Slash isn't a shredder... He's a guitar player.
Nickpatient 1 month ago
@ricksvidsinc wow some one is an asshole.
have a nice day headbanging to pussy metal songs while
the rest of us listen to good music.
nophobia123 1 year ago
@ricksvidsinc You can play metal riffs on any guitar even an acoustic. It's just the sound and playability that you have to choose from. In your case, a Jackson or Ibanez.
v0odoochild001 1 year ago
@v0odoochild001 I love them both but the baddest guitar ive ever played was a jackson dinky my friend still has that guitar and til the day its the best playing guitar ive ever picked up
PLUMPER101 10 months ago
Boy, you can really tell that the sunburst Standard is a reissue. Sounds flat and lifeless (May be the player too, but I think it's mostly the guitar). Those old Les Pauls sound great because the p/u's were made very-well and the mahogany is 60+ years old. Plus, it's HONDURAS mahogany (like my Dean Evo SS flame-top), which is lighter, and some say more-toneful. Gibson switched to African mahogany in 1974 (I think).
My dream is to have a LP custom-built using 60 year old wood and Throbak p/u's.
gangtwanger 1 year ago
@gangtwanger definitely not the player, Dave Gregory is a great player, who is best known for his playing being the complete opposite of flat and lifeless. i think it's all the guitar - looks and sounds like a modern "off the shelf" les paul standard to me, and probably is, because most of the guitars in these videos belong to him, but he doesn't actually own a les paul standard as far as i'm aware - the goldtop in this video is his guitar though.
Blompcube 11 months ago
The first guy kind of looks like Charlie Sheen
Thumbs up if you agree
TheGeorgeJunior 1 year ago
Mike Dirnt? Bassist of Greenday! haha.
patrick34page 1 year ago
humbuckers always sounded muddy and muffled to me. long live the single coil!
PopExpo 1 year ago
@PopExpo yes, i agree
jgk381 1 year ago
i always hear how humbuckers are fatter and warmer toned thabn p90's, but I hear the opposite. I think humbuckers sound thin and cold. To me, the p90's sound thicker and warmer. I prefer the sound of p90's.
jgk381 1 year ago
@jgk381
There's no doubt that humbuckers are thicker and warmer than P-90s. To say humbuckers are thin and cold is just wrong. That said, P-90s with their added bite sound fantastic. I can certainly see how a person could prefer P-90s.
1Doz 1 year ago
@1Doz maybe its that they sound too warm to my ears, idk. but p90's coming before the humbuckers have that real vintage sound that just sounds right with the perfect amount of warmth, not too much , not too little. its all subjective though. i respect your opinion.
jgk381 1 year ago
@1Doz I agree, the HB's are thicker & warmer due to the 2nd coil for rev polarity. essentially it is warmer because u r playing from 2 coils in the neck or bridge pos with both PU's activated u r playing from 4 PU's P90's are airy & crisp as all singles are with some grit n' grind to 'em. it is all a preference in personal sund or w/e u wish to replicate. I personally don't limit myself I love HB's & P90's. look at all the greats who started with P90's then switched to HB's ChuckBerry,T-Bone etc
JRussoBuffaloNY 1 year ago
@1Doz however these tech innovations (HB's) came out & were brand new so the artists took advantage &made history. we are lucky to have this choice I love it. when was it? prior to 1955 -1957 it was all singles, like the CC,Fender tall coil etc. not alot of variety but they made it happen created history in their own right. What do u play & prefer?
Sincerely,
Jason
JRussoBuffaloNY 1 year ago
@1971SuperLead Yea no kidding. I played more on that guitar than I have EVER played on any other guitar I have owned. I could kick myself for selling it to a friend years ago! He offered to bring it by and let me play it but I can't locate him now. I am afraid it was in a flood from hurricane Ike. If I can locate him again I am going to try to buy it back.
renmandude 1 year ago
i meant they look kinda fake
poketmaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1 year ago
In my humble opinion I think the p90s sound best in a Les Paul. I do think the next best pick up would be mini humbuckers though. I had a 1970's Les Paul with mini humbuckers that I just could not put down! P90s in an 8.5 to 9.5 pound gold top Les Paul is the Holy Grail for me. Sorry Monte Python! LOL Think early 50's (54 or 55 probably) except with a tune o matic bridge only if the intonations would be a problem.
renmandude 1 year ago
@renmandude You're right. I have a 1975 Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top with mahogany neck and all original with the chrome mini's and it's medium weight and what a tone monster! The neck plays like butter and it's just so fun to play it's hard to put down.
1971SuperLead 1 year ago
i love the humbuckers- but whatever floats your boat.
lives4sound 1 year ago
Can you guys help me out? I'm getting an Epiphone Ebony Les Paul Custom, and I just need to know, for a sort of AC/DC, Josh Homme/Jack White sort of sound (Heavy but not too much treble), do you think Humbuckers or P-90s?
lilbullet111 1 year ago
for that humbuckers hands down.
DCooper720 1 year ago
@DCooper720 Ah, thanks man I thought
so, I just wanted to make sure
lilbullet111 1 year ago
no problem, glad to help.
DCooper720 1 year ago
@lilbullet111 Buckers
Lunchhboxxx 1 year ago
You can sort of here that "snap" when he hits a string. Nice review
movienoc101 1 year ago
i dont like the pickups to chuncky
poketmaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 2 years ago
Too Chunky?! BLASPHEMY!!!
bigfish0804 1 year ago 2
@poketmaaaaaaaaaaaaaa what do you mean by "Chuncky"?
Clovislac 1 year ago
p90s or humbuckers p90s any day haha but humbuckers r awesome to!
BassGuitarBoss1 2 years ago
I love the P-90 sound !
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LeetRecordings 2 years ago
@LeetRecordings - So what?
rollover61 2 years ago 2
isnt it hard to set the intonation on that guitar or it is already set intonated?
humpreystrong 2 years ago
I got Wilkinson P90's. Very nice, great price.
moosey62 2 years ago
Man, I'd kill for that goldtop...
laservampire 2 years ago 3
nobody get offended please, but i think the first player is really boring
MRSOULTACO 2 years ago 6
How hard would it be to change the pickups on an Epiphone Goldtop from P90 to humbuckers? I've been thinking about doing this for while...
MagnusOU812 2 years ago
It would probably require routing the pickup cavities so the humbuckers would fit. Not impossible but not easy either. I think I've seen humbucker pickups in a
P90 size before.
gtfoudbs 2 years ago
Ok. Thanks :P
MagnusOU812 2 years ago
I would not do that at all hence P90's are very splendid pickups
snuffeljay 2 years ago 2
i believe they make humbuckers in a p90 size.. it wont sound exactly like the real buckers but then no routing is a lot easier (think 'hotrails' single coil size humbuckers)
goingwithzed 2 years ago
get Semour Duncan P-90s. that's what i'd do
WhitetailWillie 2 years ago
You'd have to do a lot of routing, it'd be pretty annoying
wair138 2 years ago
@wair138 Maybe i won't change the pickups then :P But do the P90's hum alot?
MagnusOU812 2 years ago
they make stacked p90 pups that are humbuckers.
SingleCoilVoodoo 2 years ago
when he looks down,he looks like the green day's bassist!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he is the same person!!!!!!!
lospenzo3 2 years ago
it isn't a gold top it's a ri 56
thamsten07 2 years ago
nope. this is the real deal.
ruffles272 2 years ago
did he put on a wig as he changed to the humbucker les paul!?
electrickeytar 2 years ago
damn youre right man. that was weird. couldve been some older footage filmed way before.
renocalifornia 2 years ago
Two different people.
henrykididdlehopper 2 years ago
i thought that this man is bass-player of green day!!!!!!))))))))
Shatalin11 2 years ago
What's a LEZ Paul?
nolan83 2 years ago
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What a lesbian plays, you fuckin Nazi
IvoryStars 2 years ago 11
@IvoryStars a gold top?
theguitarguymike 1 year ago
@theguitarguymike I think I wrote that before we had a nice reply function on Youtube. There was a guy being a dick about this guy pronouncing Les Paul "Lez Paul" instead of "Less Paul".
IvoryStars 1 year ago
@IvoryStars
theguitarguymike 1 year ago
@IvoryStars its just Les Paul...and what were we talking about aha
theguitarguymike 1 year ago
i need a real gibson les paul vintage, but i m poor !!!!!!
Draoken 2 years ago
then you shall receive an epiphone les paul. lol
cherry8605 2 years ago
Epihpone has a Gold Top copy, with the P-90 pickups. Of course it's not gonna be the exact same. But it sounds great noe the less.
TheMadMusicMan 2 years ago
He likes that E chord with that G bendy at the end.... love it
josh1111111111111100 2 years ago
it wasnt called a standard til 59. so that 57 they showed was just a les paul. not a les paul standard
JKryanX 2 years ago
this dude didn't have a long hair at the beggining
son300 2 years ago
beautiful hambakka.
Pocketafro 2 years ago
berries and cream at 2:35
1965zoso 2 years ago
i know that theres not much of a difference in epiphone and gibson. except for that gibsons are made better and the pickups are better in a gibson and the tuners are better in the gibson.
but in this guitar, since the epiphone also has the p-90s, can someone tell me the resone that this guitar is like $4000 and the epiphone is only 500?
danwatson4556 2 years ago
the name on top of the headstock.. craftsmanship, cost of labor, gibsons are generally better built, different wood, wiring, pots, tuners, etc.
h4ngwak 2 years ago
so your pretty much paying more just cuz gibson has such a good reputation?
danwatson4556 2 years ago
yup. well it would still be much more than an epiphone just by the specs and the building fee but it wouldnt be as overpriced as it is now
h4ngwak 2 years ago
IMO, gibson guitars are pretty overrated. but i guess they disserve to be cuz the feel so amazing in your hands. you can just feel the difference in a gibson and an epiphone just by holding it in your arms. but i do not think that this guitar diserves to cost $4000. i
danwatson4556 2 years ago
yeah that's true but hey its good to buy one and resell it 20 years later for way more than its worth :)
h4ngwak 2 years ago
maby if i buy a fender squire now ill be able to make an easy $4000 when im forty xP
danwatson4556 2 years ago
well by your deffinition they are not overrated. lol. i agree they are on the steep side when it comes to the price. but their is nothing to compare them to. i would buy a gibson over anything for any price. honestly none of the mass produced guitars can compare to gibsons.
JKryanX 2 years ago
gibsons are mass produced. lolz.
mrwellywonka 2 years ago 4
Its Got alot to do with the quality of wood, Machine heads, tone control, wiring and other. I only know the basics for sure. But believe me its 4 grand well spent. If you play and compare the 2 u will hear a deffinate difference
avp010994 2 years ago
really its the sound and the ways its made its just a little differnt other then that there is none besides the name hope that helped
yugijan2196 2 years ago
yeah it did. thanks :)
danwatson4556 2 years ago
can you put humbucking pickups in place of p90s? do they fit?
frizzlefrazzle888 2 years ago
To fit humbuckers, you have to rout out the pickup cavities- a non-reversable modification. DO NOT do this to a vintage guitar!!!
scooticus 2 years ago 39
@scooticus If you own it do whatever the hell you want to it. I'd rout out a vintage guitar to suit my playing with no questions asked.
sjk254 1 year ago
@sjk254 You're right man! I took my 1959 Burst I got from my grandfather and drilled huge holes in the body to lighten it up. Junked the pick ups for EMG 81's, added a Floyd Rose and painted it metalflake hot pink.
1971SuperLead 1 year ago
@scooticus But man...if you put change humbuckers and the guitar looks better it will be a good decission...because those humbuckers are awful!!!....I think that those ones that he want to change are much better and look better!
XblaCKWwEJeffRey619 1 year ago
@scooticus didnt see him do that he'd be crazy its a very valuable instrument
LetArtsLive 1 year ago
@scooticus You should look at LP conversions, 1955 to 1959 specs, some people do it, however they do it well !
w3b5t3rvg 1 year ago
That guy looks a bit like Conan O'Brien
MarijuanaGood4U 2 years ago
DId you eat the wood?
slimyesli 2 years ago
those aint flaws that just makes it look that much sweeter and i would choose that over a new one any day
treatb09 2 years ago 2
AAh, that goldtop has been shitkicked! Such a shame, it was hard to watch as the camera zoomed to see all the scratches. Sigh.
RichardBaartman 2 years ago 2
Looks pretty good to me, considering that it's 56 years old. I have wooden furniture that's only a few years old that looks like crap already. Sounded pretty damned good as well.
I hope I look and sound as good as that guitar when I'm 56. I doubt it.
elephantcup 2 years ago 2
Ha yeah, you got a point. Still, it hurts to see such a thing of beauty with flaws. I guess it also means that it has been used, which is a good thing.
RichardBaartman 2 years ago
hey can some1 help me i jsut bought a custom black epiphone it has those pickups i was just wondering can i change the pickups to the stock chrome ones thnx plz help !
Mitchimus21 3 years ago
u cant
u have p-90's
the silver ones are humbuckers
which are too big
keep the p-90;s they are awesome
monstermitch58 3 years ago 4
monstermitch is right, your guitar is routed for smaller p90s rather than chrome humbuckers. you can get mini humbuckers though which fit your guitar
mistersnaredrum 3 years ago
Don't spoil the guitar. If you do not like the awesome P-90 mics, trade your guitar with someone or sell it and get one with regular humbuckers... but don't rape your guitar.
jjuup 3 years ago 2
you could use mini humbuckers
Shaguar66 2 years ago
You can swap them out, just find a REALLY GOOD luthier.
xxStratxx69 2 years ago
Dave Gregory's head looks like a giant minge.
nogzamjules 3 years ago
that looks exactly the same as my v100 gold top les paul style
thesammeisterishere 3 years ago
sounds pretty much like it as well - i've got the v100 gold top as well. they rule
mistersnaredrum 3 years ago
hell yeah they do. rock on!
thesammeisterishere 3 years ago
apparently, p90's sound different from each other..i've seen smone play with a dog ear p90 and it sounded really fat, while most soapbars have that snappy, bright, hollow tone..
lastkiz13 3 years ago
Man these Dave Gregory's pickups sound sweet, witch one are they, not the 57 classics i suppose ? Anyone ?
okavipra 3 years ago
could you put the humbuckers in the goldtop. and how much would that cost??
ahdarshram 3 years ago
Can you put humbuckers in a goldtop? Sure! Cost? 2 decent humbuckers - $250, labor - $250. And also, a mint early '50s goldtop is worth at least $50,000. If you butcher it by routing it out for humbuckers, it'll reduce the value to about $1000. So, total cost - $49,500.
blipper123 3 years ago
Goldtop is just a color. They make/made goldtops with humbuckers. It's like asking "can you put humbuckers in a red guitar".
TheTritoneTerror 3 years ago
Yes true. There are black goldtops aswell.. go figure! :D
I've got an Epiphone gold goldtop with P-90s and an "Vintage" brand V100 with Wilkinson Humbuckers myself, and I must say that they make an awesome LP team to record with... I think many people are missing out on how wonderful P-90 mics are!
jjuup 3 years ago
get a '57 gold top instead of the '56, they come routed for humbuckers. you couldn't just swap p90s for humbuckers without routing some wood
mistersnaredrum 3 years ago
thanks
hiro8002096 3 years ago
ehy, ifsixwas9!!
(forever jimi)
great sound!!
how would you equalize a fender hot rod deville 2x12 for a Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Custom '56?
nickomckilo 3 years ago
leZ paul lol!
Sk8SaM47 3 years ago
...they put what?
gfmgma 3 years ago
i h8 those pickups
vintimv001 3 years ago
Yup ugly as hell
Xbaremenos94 3 years ago
wow is it just about looks to you?
JimMorrison398 3 years ago 2
Sorry m8 but im not giving 2k for an ugly guitar..Traditional Gt is much better anyway
Xbaremenos94 3 years ago
cool! this guy kinda looks like BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!
wahwahchild 3 years ago
i wonder how hes looking at!
mwright165 3 years ago
he keeps saying it like "lez paul" not les
but a beautiful guitar nonetheless
firstgearlead 3 years ago
i'd go with the P90s anyday. more dynamics and a rather lively sound.
Th3SundanceKid 3 years ago
they are winning alot of popularity at the moment
hermanshermits124124 3 years ago
well, it's more like an up and down with the popularity of these throughout the years...every few years they "become cool" again and a "moment" later everybody has one of those axes and complains because they can't handle them live (due to feedback).
Th3SundanceKid 3 years ago
What are you talking about? Les Paul's aren't hollowbodies or something, they don't have unacceptable feedback in most gigs.
MobyTurbo 3 years ago
i see u never played one equipped with P90s live...and with "live" i don't mean strollin' over the strings in your living room mate.
Th3SundanceKid 3 years ago
I don't know about that, Steve Jones, Bob Marley, Neil Young (though Neil cultivates a bit of feedback) and Leslie West don't seem to have such big problems playing them live... I assume it can be done. ;-)
MobyTurbo 3 years ago
listen to no woman no cry that big bit of feedback is off of bob marley's guitar so yeah i'd say there was some feedback issues
icutyouupsobad 3 years ago
Yeah, there's more feedback than with humbuckers I suppose. So what. There's more hum with a single coil than with humbuckers, but you don't see people stop using stratocasters (or P-90s). Neil Young, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) and Leslie West all played P-90s at pretty loud volumes, as I said before, so it isn't like one "can't handle them live", as someone else said.
MobyTurbo 3 years ago
hey thats really cool can you help me out. cus i wanna buy a gibson but i dont really know the diference in the sound with a p 90 and a alnico hummbucker.
114356345 3 years ago
Just go back and watch the video, the difference is obvious. P-90's are hot and clear as a bell, where humbuckers can be quite muddy.
loldecepticonlol 3 years ago
wow how much do that cost???
cadarndragon84 3 years ago
Oh my god, I can swear he said "Lesbo" at 3:54! XD
theocean1973 3 years ago
LOOOL
shadysladyangela 3 years ago
can u take the pick guard of this guitar???????????????????? im thinking of buying it someone plse tell me
LimitedEdition500 3 years ago
yes but there will be holes....
ferari0147 3 years ago
only 2 holes and one of them on the side of the guitar.
GameOverCassanova 3 years ago
yeah, you can take it off.
owl027 3 years ago
That Dave Gregory fellow has the same haircut as my mother. D:
RayZR 3 years ago
I have the dvd with that clip in
arrrival 3 years ago
ha ha go to 1:26 he's says lez paul.... omg lol
guitar24678 3 years ago
1:16 u mean
k1leadgeetah 3 years ago
if you pause at 2.55 you can see his bowl hed and his massive bald spot. lol...
nuckforris 3 years ago
im getting an LP - 295
cardshark87 3 years ago
is it true that the p90s makes a fuzz sound?
korean4arch 3 years ago
ya, cuz they're single coil
PwnYouAtSoccer 3 years ago
What is he looking at?
HailSeJared 3 years ago
Awesome Tone.
chooseyourblues 3 years ago
hey, are goldtops good for clean tone, i suppose are the p90's good for clean tone , ive only really ever heard them quite dirty... amazing tone though
musicisteverything 3 years ago
wow , that guitar is more expensive that all of my guitars my car and my bike together :)
mikedm15 4 years ago 3
I feel sorry for you, then!
plechatam 4 years ago
yeah really lol
Jmeister109 3 years ago
you must have a shit life . . .
rovusss 3 years ago
not really that guitar is almost 30000 usd my car cost me 10000 my bike 7000 and my guitars 1300 yeah sure is a shity car , but i work at home so... ;)
mikedm15 3 years ago 2
ya all you guys just really embarassed yourselves... that is if it is what they present it to be.
club349 3 years ago 3
I could buy 10 of my guitar for that.
ZachThePillager 3 years ago
I have one, and I touch it while I'm typing this.. hmmm it feels smooth
hermanshermits124124 3 years ago
Nice review! I don't know what muskypuckers mean. You do not play much in the footage and you don't play anny hard things but is this necessary to be a good gitarist?? The answer is no:) but its not bad and sounds verry cool.
Erwinn 4 years ago