1959 Les Paul Unplugged

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This is my old wood 59 LP REPLICA made with an old Brazilian board, old Honduras mahogany, old eastern maple top (The figure looks quite like Pearly Gates to me), all the correct glues, nitro finish etc etc.

The guitar is very bright, with a dry, woody tone. To my ears it has a tight bass, sweet yet quite restrained midrange, and a bright, airy and very present top end

I have never played an original burst, but I have played a number of real 50s LPs, and to me this guitar certainly has "that" sound. To me it is that "dryness" in the acoustic tone that is where the main difference lies between a good historic and an original or old wood replica.

In this video the guitar is strung with Snake Oil Vintage Pure Nickel 10's, which gave a very warm, sweet tone. If I were to string out with something like Ernie Ball regular slinkys, I strongly suspect it would be too bright sounding

For sake of comparison, listen to the following two clips. The first is an original 1956 Les Paul routed for PAFs (asking price of $30k), and the second is Max replica (asking price of $20k)

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBnHpV0wuf0

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9n7oqzNcik

Please bear in mind that this video was recorded using the inbuilt microphone and camera in my MacBook laptop, so the audio quality is not great!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 1959 les Paul
• burst
• Gibson
• acoustic tone
• Sunburst
• vintage
• original
• replica

[tangypasta]

new strings?

[johnbeloe]

@tangypasta I rarely change strings so chances are probably a few weeks old at least - they would have been snake oil pure nickel 10s - warm, low output old school sound

[themanfromwem]

excellent, some of the older guitars have a great unplugged sound, and it takes a good player, like yourself, to exploit them like that, Howard. Merry xmas

[johnbeloe]

@themanfromwem thanks - happy Christmas to you too!

[Eliasib93]

Hello, can you tell me if all models have that tone that guitar sound

[johnbeloe]

@Eliasib93 In short... no - every guitar sounds different!

[eXPerienceyeah]

Is something beeping or am I the chosen one?

[caulinrocker1]

@HellsAngel1389 it must be aliens

[HellsAngel1389]

@caulinrocker1 lol

[HellsAngel1389]

@caulinrocker1 make it three



[johnbeloe]

@ANDRWjory cheers, no not chambered