Not all early 2000s have figured backs, but they are out there if you're looking! If you missed the other two: th-cam.com/video/pYjZqQe3Yx0/w-d-xo.html + th-cam.com/video/8B8cO3KiwHo/w-d-xo.html 🟢My Website: www.troglysguitarshow.com 🔴Reverb: reverb.com/shop/troglys? ❓Private Help Sessions: troglysguitarshow.com/help-appraisals/
I just got a BEAUTY!!! I have a 1963 Gibson B25-12 in cherry sunburst!!! It's in Collector Condition!!! It's BEAUTIFUL and the action and the sound is AWESOME!!! I'm going to be selling it soon!!!
Hey Trogly you did a vid talking about a Custom Shop one with a quilty back. It wasn't one you bought but you talked about the reverb listing where the seller described trading it around his circle of friends. Any help finding that vid?
Trogly is s Gibson person, I am Stratocaster person! He post everyday and I am definitely enjoying the everyday video upload! But for the money that was one nice Gibson! I think he is starting to convert me or brainwash me! I am not sure yet!
He helped convert me😂😂😂 I love my telecasters, but I've bought 2 les paul's in the last 6 months or so & play them at my gigs now....I haven't even touched my telecasters 😏😏
@@michaelcccr yeah I loved the way they looked for years, but never found one I actually enjoyed playing until I played a 60's standard last year, it blew me away...I will say playing a LP seems more difficult but for some reason I just love it now
@@neil2706 yeah Ibanez is definitely the opposite of a LP, but I'm like you I can appreciate the looks of a beautiful Ibanez or prs or any guitar...it took some time but I finally found a 60's standard that was a game changer for me 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Pickguard = Two holes you can never get rid of. Les pauls with no factory pickguards are way rarer so it if doesn’t have one its something to love even more. There are enough out there to get that quintessential look, but I get where your coming from. Rock on man
The Epiphone frets use a different composition as compared to the Gibson USA instruments. The Epiphone frets will indeed polish up however the polish doesn't last as it is a softer wire.
12% nickel vs 18% nickel on a gibson so not that far apart to be honest and strings makeca massive difference in frets getting divots. My 90s gibson has had 2 re frets from gigging it hard in the 90s to now. I've got a epi les paul custom that has had only one re fret since 2001 but I use 10s on my gibson but 9s on my epi as a studio guitar it can be played for hours and hours and its rough on your fingers. Stainless is the way to go on all guitars and all mine will eventually get them. I have a harley benton fusion with SS frets and boy they are slick,
I have refretted 3 guitars with SS one was done in 2000, I play the hell out of it still and there is literally no wear on it whatsoever. SS is a bit brighter than nickel but the artificial harmonics are insanely better.
@@avalon1734 definitely the fusion is an amazing guitar to play it's so easy to bend strings and every time I change strings I use a leather nail strop and polish the frets in like 4 minutes! It's definitely the way forward.
@@stu-j I have the Jeff Loomis JL-7 FR sig model. It came with SS frets out of the factory. Apparently a hard to find guitar model used under $1100 now. I paid $600 from a non 7 string player who won it in a contest new. A nice intro to 7 string for me. My 93 American strat was refretted with SS frets. Definitely a game changer. I am sold on SS frets now. No looking back.
@@avalon1734 for sure my 73 telecaster has them tiny vintage frets but I can't bring myself to re fretting it just because I've had it so long and I want to keep it the way it is! My sg junior will get them and so will my Les Paul as I'm sold on them with the Harley Benton fusion having them as stock. It's an amazing guitar for the price £330 UK.
I've repaired guitars for a decade and a half, in that time I've found different things designed for different products that works well with guitars. For scratch frets many people say to use 0000 steel wool, I find that even though it's a relatively fine steel wool, it's still too course for that type of thing. Personally I use treated jewelry polishing cloths. They come as either "jewelry" and "gold" polishing cloths. They'll come with 2 cloths stitched at the top; a white one and the other will be a different color (the color has nothing to do with the type of cloth, just what color the retailer wants). The white one is treated, that's the one you polish with, and then use they colored one to buff it. They not clean even really dingy frets, but it fills in the microscopic scratches that cause that gritty feel you get when bending strings. I use them every time I do a string change, and even frets that feel fine before you use it feel like glass afterwards. Both the Jewelry and Gold work equally as well. Speaking of steel wool, the other thing is suggest not using steel wool for is finish. Certain guitars with lacquer finishes can feel sticky on the back of the neck, especially glossy ones. With the Eric Johnson Strat this is a common complaint. The usual suggestion is to use 0000 steel wool, but like with the frets I find this too course. I highly suggest using one of those "Magic eraser" sponges, like the Arm and Hammer. The steel wool just scratches too deeply, it produces dust that's essentially powdered lacquer that will many times just get rubbed back onto the neck if you don't get every bit of it off after sanding it, and you rarely can get it all off. Besides that I find it takes off too much of the finish and I don't like the way the neck feels afterwards. Those Magic erasers however are essentially extremely fine grit sanding sponges, similar to what you'd use to sand plaster, joint compound, Bondo, etc. It only sands the very top of the finish, and the result feels indistinguishable from how a neck with a satin finish feels. It doesn't last forever, usually with a month or two you'll have to use it again, but I'd rather have to do that than have it remove too much finish. Those sponges can also be used with particularly bad frets when the polishing cloths aren't enough.* I find with the name brand A&H their "heavy duty" works best. If you use a off brand generic one, they're usually more course anyway, so you can just get the regular one. *If you're using those eraser sponges, keep in mind that just like how it works to light sand the back of the neck, it will do the same on the front of you use it to clean frets. If you have a maple fretboard you should tape it off with drafting tape first, rosewood you should be fine.
I think Trogly is spot on about the early 2000's being great guitars. I bought a used 2004 a couple years back and like it more every day that I own it. I have a few LPs and it is truly a stand out especially taking into consideration the price I paid which was significantly less than a new one or something more "vintage". I think the price on them has creeped up a bit but as far as LPs go, they are still a good value given the quality of the wood as well as build quality.
8:05 think about the cost savings steel vs brass. The reason brass is used on parts like this are for two qualities brass has 1, and it don't effect guitars but brass don't cause sparks if struck good for flammable, gaseous situations and more importantly for truss rods and their threads is that brass, like aluminum and copper is a self lubricating metal. When threaded it grinds itself into a anti seize paste that's also why it's used on plumbing fittings.
Dang, I worked at the shipyard for 15 years and didn’t know that about brass. To be fair, I mostly welded exotic metals in top secret areas of air craft carriers but I should’ve known that.
I have a 2003 like in Honey Sunburst with 57 Classics humbuckers and it is my best guitar, it resonates like a bell, the only thing is that it is a little heavy 4.5 kg but it's more than compensated for by the sustain it has, how good it sounds, and how well built it is.
I polish frets on a daily basis. The scratchiness is almost always from deeper scratches in the frets, so the way to get rid of scratches is start rougher and work your way up, just using the polish will most likely polish the scratches, as opposed to removing them, if you see what I mean.
Could Gibson use these pieces of Mahogany for a series of highly figured flat top (no maple cap) Les Pauls? It’s nice, but it’s on the back, it should be the top of something!
@@Trog You NEED to check out a late 70s Schecter strat or tele if you like fancy woods. These guitars have one piece quilted or flame maple bodies etc and all the exotic woods you could want. Need to document some of these guitars.
I have a few collector pieces but they all stay in the cases and hardly get any play time because I want to keep them in mint condition. Therein lies the paradox. Having something really nice but too nice to enjoy it. The ones that get the most play time are the middle of the road ones where i won't feel a thing even if I accidentally knock something yet the sound is good.
@@smelltheglove2038 you can do whatever you want with yours and i can do whatever i want with mine. they are NOT rotting, they are appreciating in value everyday. If they get damaged (like a tool), then they will lose their value.
@@AlanCheong let’s look at late 50’s bursts…… Are they less valuable if they were played? Nope. In fact, the ones that were played are seen as “the good ones”. Same with strats, teles, SGs, etc. Do what you want, sure, but you are doing yourself, and the instruments a disservice. They were built to be played and enjoyed, not hidden and hoarded by a greedy money lover.
That’s what I like in a LP, the understated cherry amd great figuring with beautiful mahogany as a bonus! I’d love to put well aged pickups (or zebras) and plastics on it and it’s perfect 👍
It's beautiful, but what is the point of having a quilted or flame back? I have an ebony Les Paul with buckle rash, but that's because I play it. I guess I don't think of these instruments as furniture. They're meant to be played, not hidden away as a collectible.
That's a beautiful Les Paul. And a nice find in that condition. But I'd prefer a current version at the same weight and price. Even wih a lesser top. Mainly because the current ones are not weight relieved and I prefer the metal tuners with 60's neck profile. You can find them at around 9 pounds with a decent top if you hunt a while.☺☺☺
I would imagine the glow around the control cavities are due to a new person buffing out the finish. Given it is the edge(s) that are fluorescing the most likely cause would be those areas were buffed a little too much thinning the topcoat.
Almost bought an 04 Standard in amber yesterday. Almost. Not quite though. Down to a split choice between the 04 and a 1990. And the 1990 was the one that spoke to me the deepest.
I'm not a Gibson guy as they have just gotten ridiculously expensive. But that being said that's the prettiest Gibson flame top and curly back I have ever seen ...just gorgeous! Good thing it's not for sale...I'd buy it and again not a Gibson guy but an Epiphone guy because of the prices on them. Great video Trogly!!
Nice lp. I've used mothers products for years on my cars and guitars. Carnauba cleaner wax and mother's metal polish works great. Use a very small amount and buff it really good after the fact
That looks very similar to my 2011 LP Traditional (60s neck, also Heritage Cherry Sunburst without a pickguard). The top on my guitar has gotten nicer but not quite as pretty as that one. That is a very nice maple top. Mine has some flaming similar to yours but also has lines lengthwise (from the underlying mahogany?). Your fretboard is rosewood, mine is ebony, which I like better. The back of mine is mahogany without flaming but it still looks good. When I bought mine, there were 3 other cherry sunburst LPs - the one I bought was the second nicest top, the nicer flamed maple top was on a Custom that was slightly more than double the price. I played them both and like the sound of the pickups better on the one I bought.
Cool! I have a 2012 Traditional that looks just like Trogly's maple top, but without the flamy mahogany back. I'm fine with that. Mine weighs 8 3/4 pounds. I gig with the Paul and a 56 RI Strat. They get a ding or two here and there, but they sound and play great and to me, that's what it's all about...looks, sound and playability! 😎
Looks almost like the Gibson take on my furst episode Les Paul. Not sure when that was manufactured, but I got my hands on it pre-owned in October 1999. The original owner had installed professional grade Gibson bucker's in it. I liked them a whole lot better than the Duncan ones which were subsequently put in it.
I was a huge fan of the 90s/00s Les Pauls until the new Standards came out. Now I love them a lot. I got a bourbon 60s that is only 8.2lbs that was made in 12/2019. I've played a bunch and I think Gibson really has their crap together. Plus there's not snot colored inlays lol. I think people lament periods understandably but I feel Gibson USA is in the midst of a golden age.
I just got a 1963 Cherry Sunburst 1963 Gibson B25-12, 12 string with a serial number 122603 in collector condition!!! I'm going to be selling it soon!!!
I’ve got a Honeyburst sister of these one. I’ll check the serial to see how close. 2004 was a great year for these ones! (In fact it’s the one in my thumbnail... 😎)
Hi Trogly. Great great posting. Could I possibly ask a question. I'm about to invest in a similar 50s neck 2005 LP Std, so what's the difference in bridge pocket markings between the plus and the premium plus that I should be looking for. Keep up the excellent posts 👍
Mr. Trogley, In my recent antiquing escapades I happened upon a Gibson L-30 from the 1930’s. It has the coolest neck ever! Anyway the price is super cheap, if your interested let me know.
The perfect looking standard- that top is stunning every time you look at it. Pitty tho replacing the 498T/490R with low output burstbuckers in those era.
Check the reverb story out about the 53 gold top that I don't think started that way. The lady who owns it is a ball of fire and she played it and owned it the entire time
Is a lizard burst top easy to find? How about Koa? Double cuts are more my style. The new Epi , available in ivy green, seems like it would be a good pickup platform. Thoughts?
Was this guitar featured on the 2021 Collection video? If it was, I missed it; it makes me question my choice of the Teal Widow as my favorite of the collection.
Heads up original CBS era Strat new in sealed boxes: Landon Bailey "Once in a Lifetime Listing on Reverb! Fender 25th Anniversary Stratocaster Time Capsules"
I'm thrilled to have just received my new 1960s Les Paul Standard. Iced tea burst. Fabulous. The info says is a AA maple top, but I think it's better than that. Anyway, keep up the good work, Trogly. BTW, not my only Les Paul.
Iced tea with the red back or more of a brown? I love my LP with the red back and sides and the iced tea top, looks beautiful. Mine is also a AA top but in sun light it dances. Happy playing 🎸🤘
I have a question I have a Gibson R9 2005 and it was a lemon burst and I had a costume air brush put on it of zombies did I just make it worth nothing?
Trog... better be careful... you're treading into Skynyrd runs/riffs there!!! Johnny V. sits at the head of the table still!! He fiercely protects his older brothers legacy!! Just saying!!! ANYWAY, KEEP ON KEEPING ON BROTHER ROCKER!!!!!!!!!! PEACE!!!!!!!!!! 🤘🏼 P.ost S.cript... IT...... ISSSSSSSS FRIGGIN' GORGEOUS BROTHA!!!!!!!!!!!
The most expensive guitar I plan to buy, will one day be the perfect R9 with a top similar to that. I’m goin for the Mike Bloomfield 59’ lp type of look.
"...it needs replaced." I've heard *about* this local usage but I don't think I've ever actually heard it before. I grew up in Colorado and lived in Northern Virginia for 30 years. Okay, back to content.
Not all early 2000s have figured backs, but they are out there if you're looking!
If you missed the other two: th-cam.com/video/pYjZqQe3Yx0/w-d-xo.html + th-cam.com/video/8B8cO3KiwHo/w-d-xo.html
🟢My Website: www.troglysguitarshow.com
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I just got a BEAUTY!!!
I have a 1963 Gibson B25-12 in cherry sunburst!!! It's in Collector Condition!!! It's BEAUTIFUL and the action and the sound is AWESOME!!! I'm going to be selling it soon!!!
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Hey Trogly you did a vid talking about a Custom Shop one with a quilty back. It wasn't one you bought but you talked about the reverb listing where the seller described trading it around his circle of friends. Any help finding that vid?
Beauty LP. I also love how Trogly is wearing a Murphy Lab aged version of his T-shirt
Trogly is s Gibson person, I am Stratocaster person! He post everyday and I am definitely enjoying the everyday video upload! But for the money that was one nice Gibson! I think he is starting to convert me or brainwash me! I am not sure yet!
He helped convert me😂😂😂 I love my telecasters, but I've bought 2 les paul's in the last 6 months or so & play them at my gigs now....I haven't even touched my telecasters 😏😏
I just can’t like Les Pauls, and idk why. He did convert me to the SG though; those guitars are awesome.
I'm an Ibanez player completely on the opposite side but still loves seeing a good les paul
@@michaelcccr yeah I loved the way they looked for years, but never found one I actually enjoyed playing until I played a 60's standard last year, it blew me away...I will say playing a LP seems more difficult but for some reason I just love it now
@@neil2706 yeah Ibanez is definitely the opposite of a LP, but I'm like you I can appreciate the looks of a beautiful Ibanez or prs or any guitar...it took some time but I finally found a 60's standard that was a game changer for me 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Unbelievable flame, and I agree the wide flame > pinstripe. The only thing I'd add is a pickguard for the quintessential look. Awesome!!
Pickguard = Two holes you can never get rid of. Les pauls with no factory pickguards are way rarer so it if doesn’t have one its something to love even more. There are enough out there to get that quintessential look, but I get where your coming from. Rock on man
I’m a bigger fan of pick guards than without.
The Epiphone frets use a different composition as compared to the Gibson USA instruments.
The Epiphone frets will indeed polish up however the polish doesn't last as it is a softer wire.
12% nickel vs 18% nickel on a gibson so not that far apart to be honest and strings makeca massive difference in frets getting divots. My 90s gibson has had 2 re frets from gigging it hard in the 90s to now. I've got a epi les paul custom that has had only one re fret since 2001 but I use 10s on my gibson but 9s on my epi as a studio guitar it can be played for hours and hours and its rough on your fingers. Stainless is the way to go on all guitars and all mine will eventually get them. I have a harley benton fusion with SS frets and boy they are slick,
I have refretted 3 guitars with SS one was done in 2000, I play the hell out of it still and there is literally no wear on it whatsoever. SS is a bit brighter than nickel but the artificial harmonics are insanely better.
@@avalon1734 definitely the fusion is an amazing guitar to play it's so easy to bend strings and every time I change strings I use a leather nail strop and polish the frets in like 4 minutes! It's definitely the way forward.
@@stu-j I have the Jeff Loomis JL-7 FR sig model. It came with SS frets out of the factory. Apparently a hard to find guitar model used under $1100 now. I paid $600 from a non 7 string player who won it in a contest new. A nice intro to 7 string for me. My 93 American strat was refretted with SS frets. Definitely a game changer. I am sold on SS frets now. No looking back.
@@avalon1734 for sure my 73 telecaster has them tiny vintage frets but I can't bring myself to re fretting it just because I've had it so long and I want to keep it the way it is! My sg junior will get them and so will my Les Paul as I'm sold on them with the Harley Benton fusion having them as stock. It's an amazing guitar for the price £330 UK.
You know there’s no law against using a tiny bit of reverb in your clean demos. It always sounds like the driest sound ever when you go clean.
I think it is the compression he has on the sound.
I've repaired guitars for a decade and a half, in that time I've found different things designed for different products that works well with guitars.
For scratch frets many people say to use 0000 steel wool, I find that even though it's a relatively fine steel wool, it's still too course for that type of thing. Personally I use treated jewelry polishing cloths. They come as either "jewelry" and "gold" polishing cloths. They'll come with 2 cloths stitched at the top; a white one and the other will be a different color (the color has nothing to do with the type of cloth, just what color the retailer wants). The white one is treated, that's the one you polish with, and then use they colored one to buff it. They not clean even really dingy frets, but it fills in the microscopic scratches that cause that gritty feel you get when bending strings.
I use them every time I do a string change, and even frets that feel fine before you use it feel like glass afterwards. Both the Jewelry and Gold work equally as well.
Speaking of steel wool, the other thing is suggest not using steel wool for is finish. Certain guitars with lacquer finishes can feel sticky on the back of the neck, especially glossy ones. With the Eric Johnson Strat this is a common complaint. The usual suggestion is to use 0000 steel wool, but like with the frets I find this too course. I highly suggest using one of those "Magic eraser" sponges, like the Arm and Hammer.
The steel wool just scratches too deeply, it produces dust that's essentially powdered lacquer that will many times just get rubbed back onto the neck if you don't get every bit of it off after sanding it, and you rarely can get it all off. Besides that I find it takes off too much of the finish and I don't like the way the neck feels afterwards. Those Magic erasers however are essentially extremely fine grit sanding sponges, similar to what you'd use to sand plaster, joint compound, Bondo, etc. It only sands the very top of the finish, and the result feels indistinguishable from how a neck with a satin finish feels. It doesn't last forever, usually with a month or two you'll have to use it again, but I'd rather have to do that than have it remove too much finish.
Those sponges can also be used with particularly bad frets when the polishing cloths aren't enough.* I find with the name brand A&H their "heavy duty" works best. If you use a off brand generic one, they're usually more course anyway, so you can just get the regular one.
*If you're using those eraser sponges, keep in mind that just like how it works to light sand the back of the neck, it will do the same on the front of you use it to clean frets. If you have a maple fretboard you should tape it off with drafting tape first, rosewood you should be fine.
I think Trogly is spot on about the early 2000's being great guitars. I bought a used 2004 a couple years back and like it more every day that I own it. I have a few LPs and it is truly a stand out especially taking into consideration the price I paid which was significantly less than a new one or something more "vintage". I think the price on them has creeped up a bit but as far as LPs go, they are still a good value given the quality of the wood as well as build quality.
8:05 think about the cost savings steel vs brass. The reason brass is used on parts like this are for two qualities brass has 1, and it don't effect guitars but brass don't cause sparks if struck good for flammable, gaseous situations and more importantly for truss rods and their threads is that brass, like aluminum and copper is a self lubricating metal. When threaded it grinds itself into a anti seize paste that's also why it's used on plumbing fittings.
Dang, I worked at the shipyard for 15 years and didn’t know that about brass. To be fair, I mostly welded exotic metals in top secret areas of air craft carriers but I should’ve known that.
Quilted Mahogany, a thing of beauty.
The wider top figure on that example is very similar to the R9 style LP I have.
Glad it isn't too heavy.
I have a 2003 like in Honey Sunburst with 57 Classics humbuckers and it is my best guitar, it resonates like a bell, the only thing is that it is a little heavy 4.5 kg but it's more than compensated for by the sustain it has, how good it sounds, and how well built it is.
I polish frets on a daily basis. The scratchiness is almost always from deeper scratches in the frets, so the way to get rid of scratches is start rougher and work your way up, just using the polish will most likely polish the scratches, as opposed to removing them, if you see what I mean.
Could Gibson use these pieces of Mahogany for a series of highly figured flat top (no maple cap) Les Pauls? It’s nice, but it’s on the back, it should be the top of something!
They could've! There are some really nice late 90s Les Paul Elegants that got nice backs too!
@@Trog You NEED to check out a late 70s Schecter strat or tele if you like fancy woods. These guitars have one piece quilted or flame maple bodies etc and all the exotic woods you could want. Need to document some of these guitars.
We have one of these Standards at home. Looks so nice! :)
Love it. My LP Standard is a 2005 Honeyburst. I really like the early to mid 2000's era of Les Pauls, before 2008 when things went sideways...
My 2002 LP Std in flamey teaburst is sending a "High 5" to your '04!
I have a 93 Birdseye 3 piece top standard, and a 2005 honeyburst standard, and they are amazing guitars, I have Bare Knuckle pickups in both of them
The gibson blueberry bursts and fades are all pretty 3D and flamed out
That epiphone fret polish idea would be a great episode
I love my Trans Amber ‘04 Standard with the ‘50s neck. Didn’t like the pickups though so switched them out.
I have a few collector pieces but they all stay in the cases and hardly get any play time because I want to keep them in mint condition. Therein lies the paradox. Having something really nice but too nice to enjoy it. The ones that get the most play time are the middle of the road ones where i won't feel a thing even if I accidentally knock something yet the sound is good.
They are tools, not “collectibles”. Play them. You’ll be glad you did.
@@smelltheglove2038 i have 2 categories. The collectibles and the tools.
@@AlanCheong no, they’re all tools, you just choose to let some rot in a case.
@@smelltheglove2038 you can do whatever you want with yours and i can do whatever i want with mine. they are NOT rotting, they are appreciating in value everyday. If they get damaged (like a tool), then they will lose their value.
@@AlanCheong let’s look at late 50’s bursts…… Are they less valuable if they were played? Nope. In fact, the ones that were played are seen as “the good ones”. Same with strats, teles, SGs, etc. Do what you want, sure, but you are doing yourself, and the instruments a disservice. They were built to be played and enjoyed, not hidden and hoarded by a greedy money lover.
That’s what I like in a LP, the understated cherry amd great figuring with beautiful mahogany as a bonus!
I’d love to put well aged pickups (or zebras) and plastics on it and it’s perfect 👍
It's beautiful, but what is the point of having a quilted or flame back? I have an ebony Les Paul with buckle rash, but that's because I play it. I guess I don't think of these instruments as furniture. They're meant to be played, not hidden away as a collectible.
Furniture is meant to be used. Your acting like people don't use furniture.
Call me crazy but you can play a guitar and appreciate its beauty.
That's a beautiful Les Paul. And a nice find in that condition. But I'd prefer a current version at the same weight and price. Even wih a lesser top. Mainly because the current ones are not weight relieved and I prefer the metal tuners with 60's neck profile. You can find them at around 9 pounds with a decent top if you hunt a while.☺☺☺
I have been using that exact same metal polish for 10 years now and it works awesome. It's messy but worth the results
Another close but no cigar. Beautiful Standard.
Indeed.
Does a 2018 les paul classic goldtop with p90 have 9 holes weight relief?
I like how the lacquer sank in just enough to give reflections the flame pattern too! Is that the grain on the horn or vertical checking?
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Got one and a really 3d finish, couple of small dings, but I can't stop looking at, when not playing it. A Christmas present to me, lol
I try metal polish on my epiphone frets and it's feels amazing no more scratches
I would imagine the glow around the control cavities are due to a new person buffing out the finish.
Given it is the edge(s) that are fluorescing the most likely cause would be those areas were buffed a little too much thinning the topcoat.
Wazzup my good friend
I’ll second this observation. Sounds legit.
well done watson
@@rondobondo6600 Just hanging in there Sir
@@hkguitar1984 right on brother 😁
Almost bought an 04 Standard in amber yesterday. Almost. Not quite though. Down to a split choice between the 04 and a 1990. And the 1990 was the one that spoke to me the deepest.
I have a standard plus 2003 and it is an incredible guitar, from 2000 to 2005 for me they are the best Gibsons as well as those from 1990 to 1993.
Badass man I got a 2004 looks exactly the same stunning top
I have an 04 Standard and I thought they had Burstbucker Pros.
I'm not a Gibson guy as they have just gotten ridiculously expensive. But that being said that's the prettiest Gibson flame top and curly back I have ever seen ...just gorgeous! Good thing it's not for sale...I'd buy it and again not a Gibson guy but an Epiphone guy because of the prices on them. Great video Trogly!!
Nice lp. I've used mothers products for years on my cars and guitars. Carnauba cleaner wax and mother's metal polish works great. Use a very small amount and buff it really good after the fact
That looks very similar to my 2011 LP Traditional (60s neck, also Heritage Cherry Sunburst without a pickguard). The top on my guitar has gotten nicer but not quite as pretty as that one. That is a very nice maple top. Mine has some flaming similar to yours but also has lines lengthwise (from the underlying mahogany?). Your fretboard is rosewood, mine is ebony, which I like better. The back of mine is mahogany without flaming but it still looks good. When I bought mine, there were 3 other cherry sunburst LPs - the one I bought was the second nicest top, the nicer flamed maple top was on a Custom that was slightly more than double the price. I played them both and like the sound of the pickups better on the one I bought.
Cool! I have a 2012 Traditional that looks just like Trogly's maple top, but without the flamy mahogany back. I'm fine with that. Mine weighs 8 3/4 pounds. I gig with the Paul and a 56 RI Strat. They get a ding or two here and there, but they sound and play great and to me, that's what it's all about...looks, sound and playability! 😎
Beautiful!! That neck pick up really sounded good!😎
Looks almost like the Gibson take on my furst episode Les Paul. Not sure when that was manufactured, but I got my hands on it pre-owned in October 1999. The original owner had installed professional grade Gibson bucker's in it. I liked them a whole lot better than the Duncan ones which were subsequently put in it.
I was a huge fan of the 90s/00s Les Pauls until the new Standards came out. Now I love them a lot. I got a bourbon 60s that is only 8.2lbs that was made in 12/2019. I've played a bunch and I think Gibson really has their crap together. Plus there's not snot colored inlays lol. I think people lament periods understandably but I feel Gibson USA is in the midst of a golden age.
My Standard 60's has similar neck measurements. Except first fret neck depth is slightly skinnier at 0.82"
Woah, that top is just like my 60s bourbon burst standard. Even with those brown stripes.
That is a stunning Lp. That’s my favorite type of top for LPs as well and that’s one of the finest i’ve ever seen.
That is just about the perfect top for a Les Paul. Amazingly beautiful.
I just got a 1963 Cherry Sunburst 1963 Gibson B25-12, 12 string with a serial number 122603 in collector condition!!!
I'm going to be selling it soon!!!
Not only looks beautiful.... This one sounds particularly sweet as well!
Grab a finish block from CVS or Walgreens for nails and use the fine and then buff side
BurstBucker 1,2 &3 pickups use Alnico II magnets. The Burstbucker Pro's use Alnico V's
I’ve got a Honeyburst sister of these one. I’ll check the serial to see how close. 2004 was a great year for these ones! (In fact it’s the one in my thumbnail... 😎)
Hi Trogly. Great great posting.
Could I possibly ask a question. I'm about to invest in a similar 50s neck 2005 LP Std, so what's the difference in bridge pocket markings between the plus and the premium plus that I should be looking for.
Keep up the excellent posts 👍
With so many nice specimens. I wonder if you have a go-to beater guitar.
Mr. Trogley, In my recent antiquing escapades I happened upon a Gibson L-30 from the 1930’s. It has the coolest neck ever! Anyway the price is super cheap, if your interested let me know.
I'd love to see you document one of the well-regarded knockoffs from the 70s/80s era like Tokai or Greco
Could you show how you use your contour gauge sometime, please?
I love walnut grain, I've always wondered why it's not used more in the making of guitars , anyone know why?
The perfect looking standard- that top is stunning every time you look at it. Pitty tho replacing the 498T/490R with low output burstbuckers in those era.
I like low outputs pickups. It’s more of a bluesy sound than a straight ahead rock and roll.
I personally like something between a flamed top to a tiger striped top. But I do like the quilt look too.
which models do not have weight relief and which years
That is beautiful. I had a 1991 Studio that was pretty, I sold it and have regretted it everyday of my life. Sold it in 2019.
Its nice, thefret board is a little pale though
That is a beautiful cherry sunburst Les Paul if I ever saw one thank you Trogly! Better keep it!
I use a plush called Nevr-Dull on my frets. Works very well.
Check the reverb story out about the 53 gold top that I don't think started that way. The lady who owns it is a ball of fire and she played it and owned it the entire time
Is a lizard burst top easy to find? How about Koa?
Double cuts are more my style. The new Epi , available in ivy green, seems like it would be a good pickup platform. Thoughts?
I hope to get a Gibson LP bourbon burst one day. This one you have is one beautiful guitar! Thanks for sharing!
It's got Gibson supper 74s neck reads 6.75. Bridge 7.34
Gorgeous woods on that beauty!
Was this guitar featured on the 2021 Collection video? If it was, I missed it; it makes me question my choice of the Teal Widow as my favorite of the collection.
Tuning pegs suggest it's a 50s neck?
Heads up original CBS era Strat new in sealed boxes: Landon Bailey "Once in a Lifetime Listing on Reverb! Fender 25th Anniversary Stratocaster Time Capsules"
Looks just like my 03 standard. 🎉
That is a “ stunner” it’s hard to find a LesPaul with that much figuring in a Standard.
(Yes metal polish/fret polish does cure the epi scratchy fret problem)
hey Austin wher do ya get that polish ?
Is there a legit way to darken the rosewood fretboard? the only thing that bugs me about that gat.
I'm thrilled to have just received my new 1960s Les Paul Standard. Iced tea burst. Fabulous. The info says is a AA maple top, but I think it's better than that. Anyway, keep up the good work, Trogly. BTW, not my only Les Paul.
Iced tea with the red back or more of a brown? I love my LP with the red back and sides and the iced tea top, looks beautiful. Mine is also a AA top but in sun light it dances. Happy playing 🎸🤘
@@andrewkelley3434 mines more brown. Rock on guitar friend!
I fucking love it. AA AAA whatever.
A lot of time the highest grades are pinstripey. I love a good AA.
That guitar is gorgeous. I know it.
@@beatmasterbossy thank you, William!
Gentlemen. I am compelled to add that the Burstbucker 61s are just great! I'm my view.
The highlight of my digital day!
Austin, do you think those mid 2000s standards are better than the curent 50s and 60s original collection ??
I have 2004 Standard, not quite as nice as this one. Needs a clean, this video might be the push I need!
You've called these "Burstbucker #1 and #2" a few times, but these are Burstbucker Pros (which is obvious by the Alnico V magnets)
Now ...that is what an LP should look like!!!
Great video as always. I don’t know about anyone else but I would love to see you review a heritage guitar and compare it to Gibson etc
Like that Kink's song goes..............."She's a beauty, she a one in a million girl!" Very nice axe.
Not the Kinks....the Tubes!
Great videos. Can't give me too many early 00's standard reviews!
I have a question I have a Gibson R9 2005 and it was a lemon burst and I had a costume air brush put on it of zombies did I just make it worth nothing?
Trog... better be careful... you're treading into Skynyrd runs/riffs there!!!
Johnny V. sits at the head of the table still!! He fiercely protects his older brothers legacy!! Just saying!!!
ANYWAY, KEEP ON KEEPING ON BROTHER ROCKER!!!!!!!!!!
PEACE!!!!!!!!!! 🤘🏼
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FRIGGIN' GORGEOUS BROTHA!!!!!!!!!!!
Gorgeous instrument that sounds great.
The most expensive guitar I plan to buy, will one day be the perfect R9 with a top similar to that. I’m goin for the Mike Bloomfield 59’ lp type of look.
Trogly in da house!!
You almost got it.
Who did?
Don't Burstbuckers use AlNiCo II Magnets? (3:57)
Lol you’re all over the comments tonight!
My 04 Standard has Burstbucker Pros I'm pretty sure.
How far do you have to go back in years to get a USA Gibson Les Paul with a one piece back ? Looks like a two piece on that guitar.
If it does have a 60s slim neck that would be the perfect guitar. !!
Nice looking flame top on that one.
Nice flame top... I think you should really work for Gibson, you would be a great asset...
Like the original t in white that one ur wearing is cool
That's really beautiful.... nuff said
"...it needs replaced." I've heard *about* this local usage but I don't think I've ever actually heard it before. I grew up in Colorado and lived in Northern Virginia for 30 years. Okay, back to content.
That is a beautiful guitar buddy for sure!