What Trogly and others don’t realize is that the map on it, when interpreted correctly, will lead you directly to the location of the one ‘58 Moderne that was ever made. Hey, I watched “The Goonies.” I know a treasure map when I see it!
Finding an one of the original Moderne would be pretty awesome, if there is one! And yeah, it could be a map for that, or could lead to the secret burial site of all their unsold NOS Firebird X guitars!
MUST HAVE!!! I've always wanted a nautical-styled guitar, and Gibson nailed it with this one. I don't own a Gibson, but I would definitely try to buy one of these. So cool...
The strap buttons look like mini cannons sticking out of a Les Paul ship. I think there's 4 more in the front and 8 more in the back, you just can't see them because the mini hatches are closed.... I might be high. Ahoy mateys!
The two strap buttons represent the old style dock cleats to tie off the ships in port. The two cleats were for large ships, for small boats they use the tee cleats. 😁
I would take a "crack" at that Krakken Les Paul! It's a thing of beauty! I love all of the old timey Vibes to it and that black Gibson logo on the headstock looks old worldly. And the map work and the Krakken artwork are out of this world. Thanks for sharing this one Austin!
I'm pretty indifferent to Les Pauls (more of a Strat guy) but this thing is awesome. I love the ridiculous looks and the hickory fretboard. Gibson should try thinking out of the box more often. Thanks for this one, Austin.
@@TheJeffbarrett I can completely relate to this post, but I can go one layer deeper… I started playing just after middle school, as I was entering high school. Met my best friend in high school. He’d already been playing for years. Here’s where the relevance comes in. I am a HUGE fan of Fender instruments while my best friend was just in love with Gibson Les Pauls (specifically he wanted a Les Paul Custom in white with gold hardware), and coincidentally he just happened to share a birthday with one Lester Polsfuss aka LES PAUL, while I share a birthday with LEO FENDER!! That’s some next level Providence from the universe showing that we were either meant to be best friends, or possibly rivals, or maybe both. Unfortunately, lost my non-blood related brother 12 years ago on an Easter Sunday. Now my absolute least favorite day of the year :(
I’m just guessing, but perhaps the double strap buttons are meant to represent cleats that sailors would secure mooring ropes with? Truly a fancifully themed guitar.
Greetings Austin! This is a very interesting special edition Les Paul guitar. Black Mother of Pearl would have been a nice touch on the headstock, but the way it was done fits more closely with the nautical map theme. Just as Carmen Rago has indicated, the use of paired strap buttons connects to the nautical theme of the guitar, and represents where rope lines would be lashed, usually in a figure-eight fashion. It is pretty awesome how it looks, I would likely be reluctant to play it much though, since it has already been distressed, however, the wear and tear of use might be difficult to tell from the way it appears when it left the factory. Thank you for posting these videos! Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️🙂
Buy far the best Art style guitar I’ve seen from Gibson, tastefully done and has continuity from body to head stock, the only thing I would have changed would be the fretboard I’d have gone for an oak board to further emphasise the ship’s timber vibe.
Honestly, the darker Kraken Les Paul I’d take over the brighter one. The map has more mystery to it, and it has this vibe like it belongs on a cursed pirate ship. Plus, the subdued look on the Kraken design is wicked. It’d also give me reason to go up to people while playing it and say “do you fear death, Jack Sparrow?”
I think it needed a brass truss rod cover. And maybe aged tuner tips. I totally love the logo. And yes… A little more imagination with the volume and tone knobs.
The “cleat” style strap buttons have the added benefit of making the guitar less likely to fall over when you lean it against the wall. Tom Anderson guitars have two strap buttons on the bottom for this reason.
That's exactly what I was going to say the two posts remind me of the cleats you have to tie the boat up with so that's what they're for yeah the first one's a really beautiful guitar and the second one's a little too dark to enjoy the kraken so I think one between the two would probably be the best like you said I enjoyed the video
That PRS has a SINGLE piece of flamed maple on the top. It really does look like the surface of water on a lake or something, which is probably what suggested the theme of the guitar in the first place. Really stunning top.
Technically "Korina" is White Limba (and really only the sales name applied to the stash acquired by Gibson in the 50s) and Black Limba is "Heavy"... both the name and the wood have a nice ring to it though!
Did you not notice that one of the islands on the map by the control knobs is shaped like a Gibson headstock with the corner broken? even has thunder buttons.
I will totally take the Koi over the Kraken. I think PRS does some of the nicest guitar finishes. You show that Gibson geode finish yesterday was terrible terrible terrible was like a high school kid’s version of a PRS finish. Still, the Kraken was pretty nice.
HEY! So none of you figured out that the islands on the map are actual guitar bod shapes and a headstock shape! :D Just look at thit, the SG was the first one i figured out, the headstock is at the bottom of the map.
I've seen an art guitar which has eight necks and an octopus sculpture on the body. It attaches to a harness with a ball bearing joint that allows you to rotate it like a ship's wheel to select which neck you want.
Easy to build a pond in your yard with recirc pump, or even use totes as portable ponds if you want to keep fish Trogly. Lots of great youtube channels on this.
That Kraken is amazing! I like the dark the best. I'm assuming the double strap button thing is a reference to a cleat that you use to secure lines on a boat or ship.
Dude! you totally missed the head stock shaped island just below the knobs! it even has tuner peg head islands around the main head stock island. cool!!!!
I LOVE the font Gibson used for the headstock logo. If I had the money to get a custom Gibson acoustic, I would 100% pay to have that inlaid instead of the standard logo (for some reason I feel like it suits an acoustic more).
I usually hate art guitars and light color fretboards on Les Pauls….but I LOVE that thing! The proto doesn’t look bad either, but that NAMM show guitar is amazing!
I don’t normally care for art guitars, but this one is extremely cool. They executed the old nautical theme well and it’s a unique piece. I can appreciate this one.
Hand painted logo is the neatest thing about this guitar... could've had a respected Tattoo Artist do the artwork and could've/should've used some oak from old rum barrels. Really messed up by not using a spalted maple top!!! I've talked openly about this and Ish Guitars did something close (but not really) They had a PRS with spalted maple/red resin top. I really feel a spalted maple top with blue resin filled voids and a very light caramel stain with light/hazy burst around the perimeter (yeah a burst more similar to the 2nd kraken you just showed) and some inlays on the body like creatures and a compass rows, and some oxidized copper/brass hardware to finish off the nautical vibe (maybe even attach brass rings instead of strap buttons and make a custom rope strap with a shoulder pad made from old waxed canvas marine tarp or sail cloth). The only problem is I have several other ideas for custom projects and only so much money haha so maybe some old aquaholic may take my idea and run with it. On the off chance someone decides to build something like this then I'd love to be a part of specking/designing or just get a chance to check it out. There is other accoutrements that would work well with this theme, but I can't give away all my ideas.
I absolutely love this guitar. I’m interested in a Les Paul with a maple-fretboard. I play a telecaster primarily & would love to switch it up with a Les Paul sometimes, but I do prefer a maple board … I’m weird.
I have a 1986 Les Paul Custom with a maple fingerboard, I love it. Most of the modern maple fingerboard Gibson's I've seen have the fingerboard raw and unfinished. The example I have has the maple fingerboard finished in a gloss lacquer, I've been really happy with it. The flatter radius as compared to a Strat or Tele is indeed different but still feels great and takes no time getting used to.
@@hkguitar1984 my favorite year too. I was 16 & played my first show in ‘86. 🤘🏻 I was just pricing some & it kinda looks like I may as well look into having one built in the custom shop. I quit smoking last-year & deserve a reward. Thanks for the input & enjoy that guitar. There’s great musical vibe in that vintage. ☮️
@gnr783 Cool .. good idea. I had a PRS-One (their Les Paul Jr.) and it came set-up beautifully. The P-90 was brutal too … I loved-it. A cousin stole-it from my studio back-home when I moved here (L.A.) to record a couple of years-ago. Probably to buy meth, coke, or some other powder-drug. This same cousin also snorted a ‘62 Les Paul SG that belonged to his father. He’s a train wreck & it breaks my heart. ☮️
@@hailmaryrecordings8255 Congrats o. Kicking the habit, from experience I know it is both difficult and a personal milestone. Absolutely you deserve a reward for quitting smoking. Heck, just giving smokes up will provide the funds needed. I’ve seen a few other 1986 like mine, it was all natural with a 3-Piece plain maple top. I had the top of mine sprayed with a coat of translucent cherry, made the guitar much nicer looking (IMHO).
Hmmm. It's a Gibson you have to rock and love the guitar. All works of art. Maybe those two guitar strap buttons are like those posts on a pier or a dock to tie your ship too?
Weird, it looks like they didn't extend the fret ends over the binding, almost like they rebound the board after deciding they didn't like cream/white (with the "nubs"). Losing that little extra bit of play area is a shame. Never really understood why they did it this way to begin with.
The two strap buttons signifies the things you would tie the rope off on when on a old time ship. For the sails and whatnot.
Mooring bollards.
came here to say this
Yeah, I think you’re right. Also called “cleats.”
Now that I’m thinking about it variations on this are still used on sail boats. They just look a bit different but same principle.
yeah they look like pilings for a big ship.
What Trogly and others don’t realize is that the map on it, when interpreted correctly, will lead you directly to the location of the one ‘58 Moderne that was ever made.
Hey, I watched “The Goonies.” I know a treasure map when I see it!
Finding an one of the original Moderne would be pretty awesome, if there is one!
And yeah, it could be a map for that, or could lead to the secret burial site of all their unsold NOS Firebird X guitars!
Lol, nice allusion!
MUST HAVE!!! I've always wanted a nautical-styled guitar, and Gibson nailed it with this one. I don't own a Gibson, but I would definitely try to buy one of these. So cool...
Yeah, these things are gorgeous. Although Gibson could have really taken this over the top with bronze or copper hardware. Still, very nice.
The double strap buttons go with the nautical theme as boat cleats for hooking up boat to the dock
oh yeah youre probebly right :)
Agreed. That’s the first thing I thought!
The double strap buttons are the chocks or bits used for the morning lines of the ship. What you wrap the rope around when tied up.
Thank you for the closeup of the creative chartwork, showing the "Sea of Tonality". Cool!
"Sea of Tonality" NICE
The strap buttons look like mini cannons sticking out of a Les Paul ship. I think there's 4 more in the front and 8 more in the back, you just can't see them because the mini hatches are closed.... I might be high. Ahoy mateys!
Share the wealth!
The two strap buttons represent the old style dock cleats to tie off the ships in port. The two cleats were for large ships, for small boats they use the tee cleats. 😁
I would take a "crack" at that Krakken Les Paul! It's a thing of beauty! I love all of the old timey Vibes to it and that black Gibson logo on the headstock looks old worldly. And the map work and the Krakken artwork are out of this world. Thanks for sharing this one Austin!
I'm pretty indifferent to Les Pauls (more of a Strat guy) but this thing is awesome. I love the ridiculous looks and the hickory fretboard. Gibson should try thinking out of the box more often. Thanks for this one, Austin.
The only problem with them thinking out of the box is every thought will cost another $1000 , to already overpriced guitars!😉
@@romanwestenholtz4396 Ooiqa_
@@TheJeffbarrett I can completely relate to this post, but I can go one layer deeper… I started playing just after middle school, as I was entering high school. Met my best friend in high school. He’d already been playing for years. Here’s where the relevance comes in. I am a HUGE fan of Fender instruments while my best friend was just in love with Gibson Les Pauls (specifically he wanted a Les Paul Custom in white with gold hardware), and coincidentally he just happened to share a birthday with one Lester Polsfuss aka LES PAUL, while I share a birthday with LEO FENDER!! That’s some next level Providence from the universe showing that we were either meant to be best friends, or possibly rivals, or maybe both. Unfortunately, lost my non-blood related brother 12 years ago on an Easter Sunday. Now my absolute least favorite day of the year :(
I’m just guessing, but perhaps the double strap buttons are meant to represent cleats that sailors would secure mooring ropes with? Truly a fancifully themed guitar.
Exactly.
My thought, too.
you beat me too it. that is exactly what it represents imo.
Bitts, not cleats. Close enough though. When they are in a pair you remember they are bitts, because they rhyme with...try to forget it now.
@@kilhattrick cleats have horns, like the boatswain himself!
Jackson was the 7th U.S. President. I think he used 10's and .73 Dunlop picks.
My guess is the double strap buttons resemble the thing you attach the rope
on the sails to, don’t know what it called tho…
CLEAT!
Bollard
Greetings Austin!
This is a very interesting special edition Les Paul guitar. Black Mother of Pearl would have been a nice touch on the headstock, but the way it was done fits more closely with the nautical map theme.
Just as Carmen Rago has indicated, the use of paired strap buttons connects to the nautical theme of the guitar, and represents where rope lines would be lashed, usually in a figure-eight fashion.
It is pretty awesome how it looks, I would likely be reluctant to play it much though, since it has already been distressed, however, the wear and tear of use might be difficult to tell from the way it appears when it left the factory.
Thank you for posting these videos!
Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️🙂
I think the double strap buttons are supposed to resemble cleats that you tie your boat to
The dual strap buttons represent rope posts that you’ll find on a pier used to tie down a ship when they dock.
Bitts for line. Rope on a ship is wire. Don’t mean to be pedantic, just spent a lot of my life haze gray and underway.
Buy far the best Art style guitar I’ve seen from Gibson, tastefully done and has continuity from body to head stock, the only thing I would have changed would be the fretboard I’d have gone for an oak board to further emphasise the ship’s timber vibe.
The double strap buttons are to mimic cleats on a dock that you wrap the lines from a ship around when berthing the ship.
As Carmen Rago wrote, the 2 pairs of strap buttons represent ship or dock cleats for tying the boat.
"Here be dragons"or "hic sunt dracones" in latin actually used to be written on maps (along with dragon illustrations) in uncharted areas.
Honestly, the darker Kraken Les Paul I’d take over the brighter one. The map has more mystery to it, and it has this vibe like it belongs on a cursed pirate ship. Plus, the subdued look on the Kraken design is wicked. It’d also give me reason to go up to people while playing it and say “do you fear death, Jack Sparrow?”
I actually had a plan to build a Kraken Les Paul a few years ago. I didn't have plans to do it anything like this, but I really like how they did it.
Yes I would what did it have for pick ups it sounded killer
Austin the double strap posts reminds me of cleats to tie a boat off at dock.I wouldnt be surprised if that wasnt the reason.
Bollard
I think it needed a brass truss rod cover. And maybe aged tuner tips. I totally love the logo. And yes… A little more imagination with the volume and tone knobs.
Trogly is the HOUSE!!!!
Love the 'Sea of Tonality' at 2:12 !
Cool guitar Trogly. I presume the double button represents the bitts used by mariners to secure the hawsers (I.e, the ropes)
I love that Kraken with the back binding...the over sprayed one with white binding...eh, not so much. That Koi PRS is a definite taker too!
The “cleat” style strap buttons have the added benefit of making the guitar less likely to fall over when you lean it against the wall. Tom Anderson guitars have two strap buttons on the bottom for this reason.
The strap buttons looks like the tie down for sail boat.
That's exactly what I was going to say the two posts remind me of the cleats you have to tie the boat up with so that's what they're for yeah the first one's a really beautiful guitar and the second one's a little too dark to enjoy the kraken so I think one between the two would probably be the best like you said I enjoyed the video
Prototype one with the old pirate style Gibson logo would be how I would want it.
That PRS has a SINGLE piece of flamed maple on the top. It really does look like the surface of water on a lake or something, which is probably what suggested the theme of the guitar in the first place. Really stunning top.
Technically "Korina" is White Limba (and really only the sales name applied to the stash acquired by Gibson in the 50s) and Black Limba is "Heavy"... both the name and the wood have a nice ring to it though!
the two strap buttons are meant to resemble a "cleat", to tie your vessel off to the dock.
Did you not notice that one of the islands on the map by the control knobs is shaped like a Gibson headstock with the corner broken? even has thunder buttons.
Thanks for pointing that out. 😂
Trogly! The double strap buttons remind me of bitts - the metal structures to tie up ropes in ships! Hope this info helps!
Did you see the Gibson headstock island at the bottom by the knobs?
Why change the radius? Cool axe though! I like the darker one myself.
The double strap buttons mimic the tie off on the dock where you tie up a ship.
Maybe the double strap buttons are supposed to look like the things on boats and docks that lashed(the big ropes) the boat so it doesn't drift away.
5he strap buttons are to resemble a cleat from a ship Austin
O my I wasn’t even close. No podium for me.
Me either, I dropped from #33 yesterday to #78 today!
I'm actually later than usual! LOL
the land mass on the right at 1:34 is a Gibson headstock.
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
Greg in the house
Greg and Sarge, Greetings
Hey bud
I hope y'all didn't forget to shred your guitars today!
The Gibson logo is made of mother of 'Black Pearl'
Did anyone else notice all the islands on the maps are headstock shapes and the body shapes of Gibson guitars
Those are supposed to represent the cleats (like bollards) for securing a hawser (rope) when moored
the double strap buttons reminds me of a docking cleat that ships would use...pretty cool.
I will totally take the Koi over the Kraken. I think PRS does some of the nicest guitar finishes. You show that Gibson geode finish yesterday was terrible terrible terrible was like a high school kid’s version of a PRS finish. Still, the Kraken was pretty nice.
I STILL want that Namm burst you had. That was the prettiest burst I’ve ever seen!
I know it's probably nitpicking, but the word is historically pronounced KRAY-ken. The headstock-shaped island is a nice touch.
The double starp buttons probably resembles the Cleat that a ship would be tied to a dock. Or similar purpose.
Did you notice that one of the "islands" on the top (by the bottom edge in between the volume buttons) is a Gibson headstock?
The double strap buttons are supposed to represent mooring posts or cleats I imagine.
That prototype looks fantastic.
That's exactly what I thought. To a lesser degree, it kind of reminds of dual flintlock pistols.
Amber knobs work great on the darker one & I think would look fantastic on the first one
I love the Kraken. I think I like the prototype's Gibson logo better but, I really like the old-timey one too.
HEY! So none of you figured out that the islands on the map are actual guitar bod shapes and a headstock shape! :D Just look at thit, the SG was the first one i figured out, the headstock is at the bottom of the map.
I've seen an art guitar which has eight necks and an octopus sculpture on the body. It attaches to a harness with a ball bearing joint that allows you to rotate it like a ship's wheel to select which neck you want.
Sounds like something Rick Neilsen would buy.
Easy to build a pond in your yard with recirc pump, or even use totes as portable ponds if you want to keep fish Trogly. Lots of great youtube channels on this.
The two strap buttons are probably supposed to represent bollards/cleats on a ship. Used to tie dock lines around
That Kraken is amazing! I like the dark the best. I'm assuming the double strap button thing is a reference to a cleat that you use to secure lines on a boat or ship.
I don't like the hickory fretboard. Maybe streaky ebony? That top on the PRS was incredible, and I think it needs Kraken inlays.
Dude! you totally missed the head stock shaped island just below the knobs! it even has tuner peg head islands around the main head stock island. cool!!!!
I LOVE the font Gibson used for the headstock logo. If I had the money to get a custom Gibson acoustic, I would 100% pay to have that inlaid instead of the standard logo (for some reason I feel like it suits an acoustic more).
I usually hate art guitars and light color fretboards on Les Pauls….but I LOVE that thing! The proto doesn’t look bad either, but that NAMM show guitar is amazing!
The kraken looks awesome
Looks great! But do wish the fret board was color matched. And the Andrew Jackson les Paul was very VERY cool!
I don’t normally care for art guitars, but this one is extremely cool. They executed the old nautical theme well and it’s a unique piece. I can appreciate this one.
Hand painted logo is the neatest thing about this guitar... could've had a respected Tattoo Artist do the artwork and could've/should've used some oak from old rum barrels. Really messed up by not using a spalted maple top!!! I've talked openly about this and Ish Guitars did something close (but not really) They had a PRS with spalted maple/red resin top. I really feel a spalted maple top with blue resin filled voids and a very light caramel stain with light/hazy burst around the perimeter (yeah a burst more similar to the 2nd kraken you just showed) and some inlays on the body like creatures and a compass rows, and some oxidized copper/brass hardware to finish off the nautical vibe (maybe even attach brass rings instead of strap buttons and make a custom rope strap with a shoulder pad made from old waxed canvas marine tarp or sail cloth). The only problem is I have several other ideas for custom projects and only so much money haha so maybe some old aquaholic may take my idea and run with it. On the off chance someone decides to build something like this then I'd love to be a part of specking/designing or just get a chance to check it out. There is other accoutrements that would work well with this theme, but I can't give away all my ideas.
“Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes”
Im usually a "traditionalist" when comes to les pauls. Playability & wood grain is all I really care about. But this one is cool. I really like it.
I love this channel. Learning so much cool things and seeing such a vast array of stunning guitars.
I absolutely love this guitar. I’m interested in a Les Paul with a maple-fretboard. I play a telecaster primarily & would love to switch it up with a Les Paul sometimes, but I do prefer a maple board … I’m weird.
I have a 1986 Les Paul Custom with a maple fingerboard, I love it.
Most of the modern maple fingerboard Gibson's I've seen have the fingerboard raw and unfinished.
The example I have has the maple fingerboard finished in a gloss lacquer, I've been really happy with it.
The flatter radius as compared to a Strat or Tele is indeed different but still feels great and takes no time getting used to.
@@hkguitar1984 my favorite year too. I was 16 & played my first show in ‘86. 🤘🏻
I was just pricing some & it kinda looks like I may as well look into having one built in the custom shop. I quit smoking last-year & deserve a reward.
Thanks for the input & enjoy that guitar. There’s great musical vibe in that vintage. ☮️
@gnr783 Cool .. good idea. I had a PRS-One (their Les Paul Jr.) and it came set-up beautifully. The P-90 was brutal too … I loved-it.
A cousin stole-it from my studio back-home when I moved here (L.A.) to record a couple of years-ago. Probably to buy meth, coke, or some other powder-drug.
This same cousin also snorted a ‘62 Les Paul SG that belonged to his father. He’s a train wreck & it breaks my heart. ☮️
@gnr783 Yea … I think we’ve all been disappointed by family.
@@hailmaryrecordings8255 Congrats o. Kicking the habit, from experience I know it is both difficult and a personal milestone.
Absolutely you deserve a reward for quitting smoking. Heck, just giving smokes up will provide the funds needed.
I’ve seen a few other 1986 like mine, it was all natural with a 3-Piece plain maple top. I had the top of mine sprayed with a coat of translucent cherry, made the guitar much nicer looking (IMHO).
I'm speechless, I just want it
You couldn't see the headstock island map island below the control knobs?...lol
Teutonic Plate Movement broke that island off of the main landmass.
Strap buttons replicate a cleat for tying down ship at port....
I think you'll find the double strap buttons represent the double bollards that ships tie up to...
Mooring bitts are not cleats. Bitts are in a pair, and it is easy to remember because it rhymes with...
Aye Matey, a bit of scrimshaw on the tuner knobs would be a nice touch.
Hmmm. It's a Gibson you have to rock and love the guitar. All works of art. Maybe those two guitar strap buttons are like those posts on a pier or a dock to tie your ship too?
I think you are right about the double buttons being a maritime reference: they look like cleats for tying ropes to.
Double strzp button for double safety? It looks nicer than a simple strap lock.
Hell yeah I would totally rock the Kraken but I like the darker one better.......but love them both
The cleat strap knobs are cool
i actually love that alot
Trogly's pirate voice is sublime.
The 2 strap post are made to look like a rope tie off point one both boats and docks
Would I Rock a Kraken Les Paul? Hell yeah!
In a previous job I used to run a supercomputer called Kraken, so yeah, totally would.
that a sneaky gibson headstock on the bottom right of the map?
Yes, the map to "Broken Head Stock Island"! LOL
A very cool guitar for sure.
Weird, it looks like they didn't extend the fret ends over the binding, almost like they rebound the board after deciding they didn't like cream/white (with the "nubs"). Losing that little extra bit of play area is a shame. Never really understood why they did it this way to begin with.
The double strap buttons signifies dock boat tie Downs
That is one of the nicest art guitars I have seen.
the frets look gold colored
I approve... I will.. release the Kraken!
The strap button design is homage to the bollards on the dock that ships tie up to.
I would rock any of the 3 featured guitars
Absolutely!!!! Would love to have the first one. What a cool guitar🤘🎸