Amen to that! I don't normally geek out over Les Paul tops but the second that case opened I let out such a dramatic "woa". Seriously, that's just absurd. It kinda reminds me of this one time in high school I took a half 'eaten' gold butterscotch disc candy out of my mouth and put it under the microscope in science class and it was this fascinating series of golden lines and squiggles that was mesmerizing. This top looks almost exactly like that, like a macro close-up shot of a butterscotch disc. The way that top moves under the light is really something else. What an incredible score, definitely one of the most impressive looking tops I've ever seen on this channel!
You know in Pulp Fiction when Vincent Vega finds the briefcase in kitchen cabinet of the kids eating Big Kahuna burgers for breakfast? Then he tosses the case on the counter, opens it up and this warm golden glow illuminates his face as he gazes down, seemingly in a trance at what he's just laid his eyes on? Tarantino has never specified just what exactly was in there, but now we finally know. Seriously, what a phenomenal top - that's like winning the lottery.
Having a guitar that you can't use is something I'll never understand. But I'm not a collector so to each their own. I've always seen guitars as a tool for musicians and like a tool, I can't imagine owning a hammer and be afraid to use it.
I agree with you to some extent. However I feel that instruments are a work of art just as much as they are a tool. Some guitars are just so beautiful that they deserve to be well preserved, not necessarily locked up behind glass, but not played to death either. A guitar like this one is irreplaceable, and I applaud his efforts to share them with the world so we can admire it too.
There was a mint '74 ebony V for sale on Reverb for $15,000.00, and as sweet as it was I thought that price was ridiculous, but I guess it was sold as it's gone now. Pretty sure you paid even more than that for this beauty, but man, collectors just driving the price up for the sake of having it instead of playing it makes no sense to me. Still, that's an incredible find, Austin. Congratulations.
I thought the 70’s era of Gibson’s were good either. I’d always heard that, for the most part, the 50’s are gold, late 60’s can be hit or miss and the 70’s got worse as they went along. Am I wrong or are people just driving up the prices on the 70’s (and even 80’s) ones because they are (were) more affordable and attainable
I wasn't even looking at the screen when you broke into "Ten Years Gone" and, man, that thing has THAT tone. Everyone may be raving about how it looks (with good reason) but it also SOUNDS like a million bucks worth of Les Paul. 100% Pure Awesome.
Funny how many people associate George with the rosewood telecaster considering his general dislike of it. Didn't use it very often after the rooftop concert, gave it to Delaney Bramlett. George really liked the strat and les paul though, Rocky and Lucy were kept around and used for the rest of his career. It might be neat to see the Gibson Lucy reissue on the show.
NICE find, man! That's gotta be the nicest top I've ever seen on a Norlin era Gibson hands down! Well, aside from the Steve Howe The Les Paul, lol. No, actually on second look, this one IS nicer!
I know the top is the star of this episode, but those tones… I’m starting to wonder if T-top pickups might be the way to get the classic 70's rock sound that’s in my head.
Wow that is a gorgeous guitar. The bittersweet part of having such a mint time capsule is knowing that every time you bring it out to enjoy it, your risk of creating a gut wrenching damage is there.
You’ve have a lot of cool guitars you’ve shared with us but I’m with you, top three if not higher in your collection. That is stupid gorgeous and sounds great.
Wow! I just checked your shop and I don't see this one for sale. Has it already sold? I thought you said that you already doubled the price on it?!! Oh hilarious! I just wrote this and the very next sentence you said was,, NOT FOR SALE!
What would be nice is if the amount of attention being given to the your channel eventually lead Gibson to create a combination model, marrying the cosmetics of this particular model with the reissue specifications from models predating when Gibson was part of Norlin. One would get the best of both worlds as a result.
I can obviously see the beard-like feature, but i don't understand why a Les Paul (a man-guitar) is called a lady? It should be called a Les sportin-a-beard or something. My '08 Les Paul Studio is handsome, it's mechanically awesome, and doesn't ever act-up for no reason, so it's "spirit" is more that of a man. Things that break down at the worst time and for no reason like boats, their spirit is more that of a female! Trogly, i think you might want to re-name the bearded ladies to something else:)
I'm not sure Gibson needed to "win over" George Harrison. He started playing Gibsons in 1962 when he bought a J-160E. From there he played an ES-345, SG Standard, J-200, not to mention the red 1957 Standard he got from Eric Clapton. There are people who have meticulously and obsessively studied and documented the instruments the Beatles used, there's no way this guitar would be unknown if George owned it.
Fender stratocaster came like this in the 1970s. I'm thinking just a few more of these types will show up on the market. Maybe 3. At the most . Your right about the namm show. That's we're they were both sold That explains the hang tag. And the different case. No pop out winder's. The dealer at the namm show made up the storyline of G. Harrison. To get top dollar.
I've owned a natural top 76 custom since 1984 (you can hear it on my videos), so I can understand how much you love this one. Mine has no flame at all, but it always has been beautiful, and I would never consider getting rid of it. I did have Mike Lull (rest in peace!) refret it and plek it in 2019. He also swapped in some 500k pots which opened up the guitar tremendously, increased the output and made it less dark.
It didn’t have 500k pots from the factory? Or is that when they switched to the 300k for a while . I haven’t watched this whole video yet so if Trogly mentioned it I apologize.
@@allstopblue5717 Nope. 300k (or less haven't checked em on a meter) Mike Lull took one look at it and he said "let me check the pots", and yep they weren't 500k. I guess the pots from that era have been known to be 300k or less, especially from the Nashville factory. He explained how all my signal was dumping to ground. I saved the old pots but would never reinstall them myself. I played the guitar over 30 years with that dark cloud holding it back 🤣
Sounds brighter than std to me too much distort on for the sweet spots to tell how less sounds but its akeeper for sure and i would super fine tune the ol gal,
its awesome to see trogly getting some of the rare wood gibsons because he is the man that will carry the torch for the future of guitars and the knowledge to coming generation's
This is a really beautiful LP Custom! But the sound? I have heard much better sounding Les Pauls here in Trogly's Show. I don't think this would have convinced George Harrison. But for a museum piece, really fine, and a fantastic deal for Trogly.
Gibson don’t make guitars like this anymore it’s sad they can get the wood but they are cutting corners. And the sad part is people are buying the guitars.
Interesting fact about rosewood Teles, if you watch the Festival Express movie you can see Jerry Garcia playing one in1970. It could have belonged to someone else but he wasn't exactly known for playing other people's axes. Truth is that Jerry actually played a lot of different guitars even though he is only identified with a few.
I'm pretty sure that was once George Harrison's rosewood Tele, if I remember right he gave it to Delaney Bramlett as a gift and Delaney and Bonnie were on the Festival Express tour.
@@markbaum9615 yes and interestingly the first guitar work Doug Irwin did for Jerry was modifying the Alligator Strat. In the output jack cover is a treble boost that became the Alembic Blaster which you can still buy. Another early fan of Irwin's work was Lowell George from Little Feat. He's the one that turned Jerry on to him.
Being a custom furniture Builder I can tell you that natural top has "Quilting" layers to it rather than a "Flame" top. Absolutely beautiful either way. Love it. I like the Yeti myself.
Sweet LP 20th Flame Top Xtraordinaire, that's an amazing top, well done for both parties making this happen! Seems pretty light weight for a Norlin, not quite at boat anchor level, well row boat maybe.
Most high end Les Pauls don't do much for me but holy crap this is one of the sweetest Customs EVER.
Vincent do you like my 2018 cherry sunburst Traditional?
This would be my Holy Grail of Trogly’s Les Pauls. Unbelievable!!!
Trogly was so excited he forgot to say chatoyant!! 😜😍
This is one of the most beautiful Les Paul guitar tops I have ever seen. And I've been doing this for 60+ years. Wow.
Amen to that! I don't normally geek out over Les Paul tops but the second that case opened I let out such a dramatic "woa". Seriously, that's just absurd. It kinda reminds me of this one time in high school I took a half 'eaten' gold butterscotch disc candy out of my mouth and put it under the microscope in science class and it was this fascinating series of golden lines and squiggles that was mesmerizing. This top looks almost exactly like that, like a macro close-up shot of a butterscotch disc. The way that top moves under the light is really something else. What an incredible score, definitely one of the most impressive looking tops I've ever seen on this channel!
That is a beautiful LP. Sometimes Trogly finds an amazing specimens of LPs. I really like this guitar and I’m usually an SG guy.
This guitar is awesome and I don't even like Gibson that much 😭 Absolute UNIT of a guitar
You know in Pulp Fiction when Vincent Vega finds the briefcase in kitchen cabinet of the kids eating Big Kahuna burgers for breakfast? Then he tosses the case on the counter, opens it up and this warm golden glow illuminates his face as he gazes down, seemingly in a trance at what he's just laid his eyes on? Tarantino has never specified just what exactly was in there, but now we finally know. Seriously, what a phenomenal top - that's like winning the lottery.
Looks good for a 49 year old guitar.
GOOD? OUTSTANDING is more like it.
@@rockinrob2004 OUTSTANDING? Magnificent more like it.
@@RolandSpecialSauce magnificent?! It’s more like delectable
@@randall9000 delectable? More like, cool.
Inconceivable.
I laughed out loud when you said 'NOT FOR SALE' I love this guitar too.
Austin is beside himself with happiness about this gorgeous natural beauty. But can you blame him?
Absolutely gorgeous and one of their finest examples!
Technically it's a short tennon and s long mortice 🙂
Having a guitar that you can't use is something I'll never understand. But I'm not a collector so to each their own. I've always seen guitars as a tool for musicians and like a tool, I can't imagine owning a hammer and be afraid to use it.
I agree with you to some extent. However I feel that instruments are a work of art just as much as they are a tool. Some guitars are just so beautiful that they deserve to be well preserved, not necessarily locked up behind glass, but not played to death either. A guitar like this one is irreplaceable, and I applaud his efforts to share them with the world so we can admire it too.
At first I thought it was Mick Ronson tribute, but the top is much too fancy.
It's truly impressive. Way outta my league.
There was a mint '74 ebony V for sale on Reverb for $15,000.00, and as sweet as it was I thought that price was ridiculous, but I guess it was sold as it's gone now. Pretty sure you paid even more than that for this beauty, but man, collectors just driving the price up for the sake of having it instead of playing it makes no sense to me. Still, that's an incredible find, Austin. Congratulations.
I thought the 70’s era of Gibson’s were good either. I’d always heard that, for the most part, the 50’s are gold, late 60’s can be hit or miss and the 70’s got worse as they went along. Am I wrong or are people just driving up the prices on the 70’s (and even 80’s) ones because they are (were) more affordable and attainable
Absolute beauty !! You can't tell us what you paid for it,can you ?
Like a Stradivarius
Quite possibly the best Custom you have at least in my eyes 👏👍
I wasn't even looking at the screen when you broke into "Ten Years Gone" and, man, that thing has THAT tone. Everyone may be raving about how it looks (with good reason) but it also SOUNDS like a million bucks worth of Les Paul. 100% Pure Awesome.
Yes it has that tone. I listened to that segment (around 21:00) several times and that tone gave me goosebumps. So rich and clear. Good find Trogly.
I concur 10 years after deliveryman.
I've never seen Jimmy use a Fender amp...and it still sounded that good.
Funny how many people associate George with the rosewood telecaster considering his general dislike of it. Didn't use it very often after the rooftop concert, gave it to Delaney Bramlett.
George really liked the strat and les paul though, Rocky and Lucy were kept around and used for the rest of his career. It might be neat to see the Gibson Lucy reissue on the show.
NICE find, man! That's gotta be the nicest top I've ever seen on a Norlin era Gibson hands down!
Well, aside from the Steve Howe The Les Paul, lol.
No, actually on second look, this one IS nicer!
It's a good job I wasn't working for Gibson in the 70s, I would have been surreptitiously picking the best tops for lefties😁
That top is transcendental. It’s like the God of Maple sent it to Gibson.
That’s a gorgeous custom. I cannot wait to see what this other rare Norlin era guitar is that Austin scored from Carter Vintage.
Not just a ‘keeper’ but one that you won’t let get out of your sight!
let's chat..👆👆.. you won a prize 🎉🏆
WOW! I know you have some gems but this one is something else. Congrats on finding this, I'd never sell it. Gorgeous Harrison!
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I just picked up my first SG
Congratulations Sir. Enjoy the great tones.
Nice one 👍
I know the top is the star of this episode, but those tones… I’m starting to wonder if T-top pickups might be the way to get the classic 70's rock sound that’s in my head.
If I had that baby It wouldn’t be for sale either 😏
That is seriously one of the best *sounding* les pauls I have ever heard, it being as beautiful as it is aside. Wow
I disagree with the sound- for me… it was just okay.
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Wow that is a gorgeous guitar. The bittersweet part of having such a mint time capsule is knowing that every time you bring it out to enjoy it, your risk of creating a gut wrenching damage is there.
I love my sunburst 20th anniversary....worn off gold and dings included. Had it since new and would never part with it.
You’ve have a lot of cool guitars you’ve shared with us but I’m with you, top three if not higher in your collection. That is stupid gorgeous and sounds great.
Was it ever played?! it’s incredible!!
Absolutely stunning Les Paul. And then the tone is equally amazing. Museum piece.
mid 70's LP Customs are my favorite Gibson guitars and this is truly and amazing example
This truly is the holy grail of lovely Les Paul Custom's, absolutely gorgeous and wouldn't be surprised if it was made for George Harrison!
Normally I laugh at stories like these and shrug them off... this is one time that I "could" believe it haha
@@Trog It sounds as good as it looks. I would visit your museum just to see this one!
Awesome find Austin. Carter's Vintage very expensive to buy from but a fantastic Nashville shop nonetheless. 👌👍
Wow! I just checked your shop and I don't see this one for sale. Has it already sold? I thought you said that you already doubled the price on it?!! Oh hilarious! I just wrote this and the very next sentence you said was,, NOT FOR SALE!
The 2x, 2x were referring to what I had to pay to get it. Definitely broke a sales record for a 20th anniversary custom that day!
In 1973, I purchase a new Gibson Les Paul Custom. I loved that guitar but the gold finish discolored and pitted pretty quickly.
Perfect isn't she lovely is so true congrats she is a beauty truly my favorite video yet well done buddy
What would be nice is if the amount of attention being given to the your channel eventually lead Gibson to create a combination model, marrying the cosmetics of this particular model with the reissue specifications from models predating when Gibson was part of Norlin. One would get the best of both worlds as a result.
Just about ready to write Trog a check for a million but the off center top seam killed the deal. 😂
That's wood from 1974?! And in that condition!! AMAZING! 😳
One million Dollars
Absolutely beautiful guitar! One million dollars eh? Great addition to the collection. Congrats
I can obviously see the beard-like feature, but i don't understand why a Les Paul (a man-guitar) is called a lady? It should be called a Les sportin-a-beard or something. My '08 Les Paul Studio is handsome, it's mechanically awesome, and doesn't ever act-up for no reason, so it's "spirit" is more that of a man. Things that break down at the worst time and for no reason like boats, their spirit is more that of a female! Trogly, i think you might want to re-name the bearded ladies to something else:)
I'm not sure Gibson needed to "win over" George Harrison. He started playing Gibsons in 1962 when he bought a J-160E. From there he played an ES-345, SG Standard, J-200, not to mention the red 1957 Standard he got from Eric Clapton. There are people who have meticulously and obsessively studied and documented the instruments the Beatles used, there's no way this guitar would be unknown if George owned it.
Fender stratocaster came like this in the 1970s. I'm thinking just a few more of these types will show up on the market.
Maybe 3. At the most .
Your right about the namm show.
That's we're they were both sold
That explains the hang tag.
And the different case.
No pop out winder's.
The dealer at the namm show made up the storyline of G. Harrison. To get top dollar.
got to be one of the most amazing tops EVER for ANY guitar...WOW!!!
THAT THING HAS A HUNDRED TOP, ITS A REAL MONA LIZA.
I've owned a natural top 76 custom since 1984 (you can hear it on my videos), so I can understand how much you love this one. Mine has no flame at all, but it always has been beautiful, and I would never consider getting rid of it. I did have Mike Lull (rest in peace!) refret it and plek it in 2019. He also swapped in some 500k pots which opened up the guitar tremendously, increased the output and made it less dark.
It didn’t have 500k pots from the factory? Or is that when they switched to the 300k for a while . I haven’t watched this whole video yet so if Trogly mentioned it I apologize.
@@allstopblue5717 Nope. 300k (or less haven't checked em on a meter) Mike Lull took one look at it and he said "let me check the pots", and yep they weren't 500k. I guess the pots from that era have been known to be 300k or less, especially from the Nashville factory. He explained how all my signal was dumping to ground. I saved the old pots but would never reinstall them myself. I played the guitar over 30 years with that dark cloud holding it back 🤣
I guess if that rosewood top with that serial number also had a “G” in the control cavity then the story could be true.
Personally the 1974 LP Custom has to be Ebony…
Did I hear snippet of Hocus Pocus by the band Focus?
Nice top and my money is on quilt.
The top looks like a hologram!
Cool! I've got a 20th anniversary black beauty, but it's not as beautiful as this bad boy!
Thats a keeper
If that guitar was 100% that gorgeous curly maple instead of the mahogany body. It would be perfect.
Wait til you see my next great early 70s find!
I'm not a fan of natural finishes, in general, but that thing is drop to your knees stoopid beautiful.
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Sounds amazing
Absolutely beautiful! I didnt care for the more plain natural finish of the first, but this is the exception! Legendary find!
If you don't like the pickguard covering up the quilted maple top, get a clear pickguard made for it and throw the original in the case.
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Sounds brighter than std to me too much distort on for the sweet spots to tell how less sounds but its akeeper for sure and i would super fine tune the ol gal,
sounds great. Very in tune... for a lp
its awesome to see trogly getting some of the rare wood gibsons because he is the man that will carry the torch for the future of guitars and the knowledge to coming generation's
Amazing! That LP could pass for just 5 or 10 years old. So beautiful it reminds me of wavey blonde hair.
flamed maple necks get me everytime...although I still don't own one
Top 3? Hey, you should do a video on what you consider to be be the top 5 guitars you own!
This one sounded magnificent - what a great find. Whatever you do - NEVER sell this guitar. I hope you find the other one as well.
Wow. That is an amazing example!
Is the Jack plate installed Inside out?
WHOAHHH , HOly shit, congrats Trog , nice find
Congratulations ! Wow what a fantastic guitar!
It looks so good I starting laughing aloud.
That thing sounds amazing!
Wonderful Channel…Absolutely Love It.
Wowzers, that's gorgeous!
isn't it nice to have a ear it's fkn awesome to be able to pick up on a song and figure it out cool shit bro
Thought it was quilt top at first! 😂
Dude, got your flame going on, yeh definitely a keeper,
Djk. nice,!!!!!!!!!!!!
As Trogly can't quite put his finger on 74-75 this can be his Connells guitar :o)
One of the best sounding les pauls I ever heard.
Jaw on the friggin floor!
George Harringtons guitar
Another example of what Gibson, can do!
This is a really beautiful LP Custom! But the sound? I have heard much better sounding Les Pauls here in Trogly's Show. I don't think this would have convinced George Harrison. But for a museum piece, really fine, and a fantastic deal for Trogly.
Absolutely stunning! Congrats!
Gibson don’t make guitars like this anymore it’s sad they can get the wood but they are cutting corners. And the sad part is people are buying the guitars.
They actually can’t get the wood anymore. At least how they used to. Since the raid congress has put holds on a lot of woods. It sucks
Nice! Little Zeppelin action to boot.
Interesting fact about rosewood Teles, if you watch the Festival Express movie you can see Jerry Garcia playing one in1970. It could have belonged to someone else but he wasn't exactly known for playing other people's axes. Truth is that Jerry actually played a lot of different guitars even though he is only identified with a few.
Jerry played various brands in the early daze......then he discovered Alembic with Doug Irwin... ....
The rest is history....
@@markbaum9615 How about that Travis Bean guitar with the solid steel neck he played for a bit not an Alembic but quite the outlier!
I'm pretty sure that was once George Harrison's rosewood Tele, if I remember right he gave it to Delaney Bramlett as a gift and Delaney and Bonnie were on the Festival Express tour.
@@FloyDZeD yeah that makes sense. I wasn't aware that George had given it to Delaney.
@@markbaum9615 yes and interestingly the first guitar work Doug Irwin did for Jerry was modifying the Alligator Strat. In the output jack cover is a treble boost that became the Alembic Blaster which you can still buy. Another early fan of Irwin's work was Lowell George from Little Feat. He's the one that turned Jerry on to him.
Rumour is George was not fond of the rosewood tele. He did give it away pretty quickly😮.
Can't say I wouldn't blame him! 😁 that rosewood Tele was one butt ugly guitar IMHO
Beautiful guitar, fascinating video, many thanks.
Being a custom furniture Builder I can tell you that natural top has "Quilting" layers to it rather than a "Flame" top. Absolutely beautiful either way. Love it. I like the Yeti myself.
Yah I favour the yeti as well.
I like the ‘78 better.
Sweet LP 20th Flame Top Xtraordinaire, that's an amazing top, well done for both parties making this happen! Seems pretty light weight for a Norlin, not quite at boat anchor level, well row boat maybe.
i need to make a trip to Carter Vintage before Trogly buys up all the best ones. i'm only 20 min away!