1965 Gibson ES-345 with Okko Diablo & Varitone Demo

1965 Gibson ES-345 with Okko Diablo & Varitone Demo. Normally I don't like the varitone circuits because they kill
sound - but this guitar sounds so great even with the varitone, so I decided to leave it like it is. You can hear all 6 positions from the Varitone when I switch to the Position 5 at 1:25 and switch to 4, 3, 2, 1 later before I go back to 6 again. Amp is a blackface Vibrolux Reverb Delay a Akai Headrush. For the best results watching in "HD" - let the Video almost run through and scroll (!!) back Less sync problems then!

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• 1965
• Gibson
• ES-345
• with
• Okko
• Diablo
• Varitone
• Demo

[Apelsinburk]

what reverb are you using? Sounds so good...

[GregsGuitars]

@Apelsinburk amp reverb plus some of the behringher mixer

[andtvergara]

did you win the lotto? haha

[GregsGuitars]

I own the lotto company

[leftystrat62]

Real nice playing,and fantastic tone. I think that's one of the nicest sounding guitars you've ever played for us. Beautiful looking as well. Cheers

[circuitben]

I like the bit where you come.

[randomtwit]

yaY!!! blue jean blues...!  nice cover :D

[lulian17]

For ghost about such Gibson sound excellent is playing too;/ i sorry for ma english

[Apelsinburk]

Okey sounds like some predelay on the reverb. its nice...try the lexicon pcm native you wont regret it!

[KurdtPomm]

killer tone

[itsonlyrcknroll]

I should add, it goes without saying that the volume pot will also make a huge difference in perceived output/tone since it affects the signal from the pickups. I think Gibson uses odd values of 100k and 300k for the volume and tone pots respectively in the Lucille. This is alot different than the common 500k/500k combination often used in LP's and 335's. People often think the varitone is solely responsible for the voicing of the guitar, but alot of it comes from choice of pots and electronics.

[DangerousBastard]

Interesting stuff... Thanks for that information!

[itsonlyrcknroll]

I believe it's 5 different tone caps plus a bypass giving 6 positions in total. The effectiveness/tone changes dramatically depending on your tone pot - quality, type ie audio or linear taper, rating ie 250 or 500k, and how you set them. With your tone knob(s) rolled back or to zero, you get very different sound vs if your tone knob rolled up. Some varitones good others not. May have to do with the ratings of the tone pots and if they're balanced or not. Could be +/- 10 to 20% of what you think.