Dialing in Your Les Paul
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Don’t forget Michael Bloomfield. He often gets left out, but worthy of a listen for Les Paul tones. Thanks for the tone tips.
@@creamydistortion an understatement.
He’s using a Bloomfield Drive
Fun fact: my brother plays sax, he's 19, and listens to a lot of music. Not too long ago I made him listen "Supersession" with Bloomfield playing the Les Paul. He was disgusted by the guitar sound, he said it was piercing to the ears and barely unlistenable. He didn't like the licks too. I like Bloomfield, I really enjoy his playing. I was asking to myself: is it a matter of acquired taste? When I first listened to supersession I was already trained in listening to music and go beyond the first impression. Any opinion guys and gals?
@@CarloCalcaterra92 there is no accounting for taste. Sometimes one’s taste can change with time. Your brother has his taste and nothing you can do about it any more than you can change his mind about his favorite food or color. Sometimes exposure to music will trigger a response later on. I hated certain music that now “I get”. To each his own.
My all time favorite les paul player is Duane Allman. His touch with the guitar was unmatched! A good example of him using all the different tones with the paul is in “Dreams.” He goes in between the neck and bridge a lot during his solos and the tone especially comes through when he switches to the glass slide on the second solo. He is one of the most dynamic players that ever existed!
Duane Allman was incredible. "Layla and other assorted love songs" is one of the great blues/rock albums for my money.
Dickey too!! 🤘
Love this. I am fascinated by the intricacies of how these controls interact. I’ve taken your approach in two control guitars by disconnecting the tone on the neck and dialing the amp for that. I learned all of this from you man!
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Agree 💯% Kieth! Hello buddy...hope u are well...there's darn good reason 5 watt 🌍..and others... regularly feature Jeff and his intros and playing and I'm sure his wisdom bleeds into the short histories...hiss playing sure has helped define them...great to be in the company of such fantastic musicians..what an age we live in...really a new golden era...❤️🤘🤔🎸☮️🌍
Great video Jeff! I'm learning about the idiosyncrasies of LP wiring and the timing of this video couldn't be better. I'd like to add , large pedal chains and long cable runs without buffers, messes up all of the cool tones you can get with the knob settings - it will instantly turn muddy as soon as you turn down. The less stuff between guitar and amp the better. (I learned this the hard way lol)
Thanks man! So happy you liked it. And yes that’s a great tip. I was plugged right into the amp and always use buffers for that reason. I also have learned the hard way…
So true... With a Tele you can get away with a longer pedal chain... A Les Paul for me, is about two or three tops, and then you lose some of the tones.
50’s wiring on my SG was a game changer. There’s something about it that it’s hard to put in words. It’s really amazing.
Agreed!
No question. I did the same on my SG about a year ago and that 50s wiring just woke it up even more.
@@SeabeeBuckeye Have to try it out. I have a coil tap on it that does not seem to work yet sounds awesome on my friends SG, wondering if this may wake that up as well.
One of the best educators out there. Thanks Jeff.
I just bought an R8, this video couldn't have came at a better time! I had no idea the tone and volume pots are so interactive. I can't believe turning them both down actually brightens the guitar! Amazing!
So enjoying learning from you -- and your courses are great too. Thanks for walking me through this.
You are more welcome and thank you!
Your explanation was flawless. thank you Jeff.
Les Pauls with four knobs are extremely versatile and are so much so that most, if not all of the tones you need are in those four dials. Good tone and volume pots, great pickups, a nice setup, and a great amp are really all you need. Keeping it simple and really knowing how to use your pick and fingers for dynamics is really where it’s at for me anyway. I love your advice and your teaching Jeff. It is really helpful all of the time! Keep up the good work. Also, you are an amazing player and your hard work has paid off. Great stuff!!!
Thanks and thank you for being here!!
You've helped me a lot with this video Jeff - superb - thanks a million
Jeff, thank you very much for your hard work and excellent Videos.
Huge fan, Jeff. Your TrueFire lessons are espresso shots, constantly re-awakening me to this instrument. Cheers from Kansas City.
Thank you!!!
@@JeffMcErlain Hi, please have a word with Teachable. I ordered 2 of your courses, then realised they were too basic for me, so I contacted Teachable straightaway with a view to cancelling them and going for something else. This was on June 8th andf have still not had a refund! They have my money!
Great video Jeff! Love hearing about the nuances of tone from some of the iconic players. And love the Murphy Goldtop!
Great video Jeff, deep and to the point. I’d seen references to the 50s wiring and never gave it much thought, although I have a 335 that had already been modded to that before I got it and it sounds amazing. Now I will have to modify my LP and see if I can close to that sweet tone.
Still working away on lots of pieces from your TF courses and the private lesson material. You’re one of the best educators out there, keep up the good work.
Thanks!
Thanks and I appreciate you being here!
Really nice demonstration of the 50s wiring. Especially love that setup on my single P90 guitars. It's amazingly versatile for being so simple. Paper-in-oil caps are my favorite in this situation along with black bourns pots.
I usually start with my neck volume on 7 and my bridge tone on 7. I really appreciate hearing your process and explaining it.
Amazing video and tone as usual. The interaction of 50s wiring on a great Les Paul makes for such a variety of sounds and overall dynamics.
Love 50s wiring I changed my gold top. Also Peter Green pickup neck pickup hight. Low on low end and higher on high end. Much less muddy/wooly
Great video Jeff! Love listening to you play and chat about guitar ‘nerdy’ stuff! 🔥🎸
Thanks! I can talk about this stuff all day…
Fantastic video, Jeff. Love the Goldtop.
Awesome demo, Jeff - thank you. Yet another great demonstration that we should put the hours in exploring our instruments and equipment. It's not all about buying new stuff! Thanks again.
Thank you!!
Excellent content. Very well done with the explanation of details. Lots of subtleties . Definitely a master of “his” instrument. 👍🏼
Thank you, Jeff! I need to see this 👌
Yes. Yes you do… 😂
I got a Les Paul standard 60s about a month ago and I'm amazed at how useful knobs and how well the burstbuckers respond to everything . Coming from Teles I was used to the tone knob being useful, but Fender's volume pots seem to have a narrow amount of usable travel. Thanks for the tips, Jeff!
Excellent! If you want to go deep you can upgrade the knobs on the tele (unless it’s vintage) to get a better sweep. I use these and they make a big difference in both the LP and Fenders.
www.vintageinspiredpickups.com/
Great stuff Jeff! Thanks very much for the insights. Time to start soldering...
Lol ! Thanks Matt. Have at it!
Thanks Jeff, good to see you, was looking earlier to see if you had uploaded a video and here it is. Love your tone Jeff.
Thanks David!
Great tutorial. The Les Paul has way more tones than many people realise. The fact the tones and volumes are independent give you so many switching options. Plus points for the gold top which looks absolutely amazing!
Sweet tone! One I have been looking for
I've owned my #1 Les Paul Standard since new(33 years now!) It came stock in 1989 with modern wiring and the worst pickups Gibson ever used("The Original" pcb Lawrence pickups) I installed a new RS Guitarworks 50's wiring harness and vintage wired toggle switch, and like you said, it's a night and day difference! I have done a few other mods like Callaham machined stainless steel Nashville conversion posts with an abr-1 and aluminum tailpiece with long steel studs and replaced my pickups (again, for the 3rd time) with Seymour Duncan 59's with nickel covers, I couldn't be happier with a real 1959 Standard! Great video, Keep on Rocking!
Thanks for the video. I am only about 15 months in to my guitar playing. I started playing my daughter’s Strat. About 3 months ago I played every guitar they had in the shop. I picked the 50’s Les Paul because I liked the feel and sound the best. I had no idea about the wiring, but I’m very happy with the tone you can get out of this guitar. I can make it bluesy, dirty, clean, county, etc. thanks for the video.
I installed 50's wiring harness into my Gibson les paul, it's been the best advice, it's immediately improved that sound & tonal options.
Thankyou mate.
Fantastic!!
Jeff talks tone.... , Dave (me) clicks like.... just that simple . So glad I found someone that loves the exact artists, music, and guitar tone that I love..
Great minds…
Terrific, thank you Jeff.
You’re welcome.
So true. I lost my old Les Pauls, and eventually have been able to buy new ones. I couldn't get used to the sound of the new pots. I put Emerson wired 50's style in both of my les Pauls and fell in love with playing guitar all over again.
Me too ..so many Pauls löst ..
. getting back slow..
Fun video, Jeff! Been a Les Paul guy for many years. Big reason for that was Jeff Beck’s Blow by Blow album and some Al DiMeola stuff. Michael Bloomfield and Gary Moore also really influenced me that way. It’s always fascinated me at how it’s possible to get so many different sounds out of a Les Paul and your video illustrates this perfectly!
That's what I call a great video !
PS This guy's lessons are awesome too. I have purchased several and I love his no-nonsense teaching style. Just good information and straight to the point.
Thank you!!
Well said Jeff. Rolling the volume knob back just a bit really sweetens things up for me. That’s where a lot of the tone is I think. Cheers
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great info, as usual! thanks 🙏
Very useful video, sounds great!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you!
Love this, thank you for making this very informative video 👏
You are welcome!
Hey-oh Jeff... I love the combination of the dark rosewood and
the great carve on this Gold-Top... But most of all, I always appreciate the great finesse
you always exhibit in your plunking so thanx and Cheerios
Hey! Yeah a LP must have both of those IMO. Thanks for the compliment Jonny, I appreciate it and all your support.
Thanks - this is super helpful!!!
Thank you..great playing by the way.
Thank you and you are welcome.
I've got the 50s wiring and the custom wound PAFs but you've got something special Jeff with years of refinement, it's a dream of what the Beano tone could have been. Superb.
Thanks for the tips. They were very helpful.
I’m glad!
Great video, I’ve got an 1984 les paul studio and I also roll back the volume and tone, I’ve got a blues junior amp that I play through.
The best Les Paul video! a Really good job!
Thanks!!
The first thing I did when I bought my 2021 LP 50s Standard was change it to 50s wiring. It amazes me that a new LP 50s Standard comes from the factory with modern wiring!!
Awesome video!! I’ve had many modern Les Pauls. But recently got one with 50’s wiring. Seems like a completely different animal in a good way. Feels like I have 3 guitars in one now. Re kindled my love for the Les Paul. From clean to filthy dirty with the Right Amp. Green tips!
Interesting and informative video. I've always wanted a LP. I've looked to the stars and hope that I now have the winning loto numbers.. Thank you for the jam track. Digging your courses.. Looking forward to the resumption of your streams.. Best.
Thanks Sam! I’ll be back shortly! Lots going on keeping me busy!
Get yourself a used les paul special - great starter guitar.
Nice video ! omg that Les Paul is absolutely beautiful. I find that these vintage specs react more with the amp and the fingers, that perception makes it work perfectly for me
Thanks! Yes I agree with you about the vintage specs, and the goldtop!
Thanks, Jeff!
I recently picked up a 2010 Les Paul gold top that had the neck pickup swapped out for a Pearly Gates.
Really digging the beast, might have to consider a little rewiring ... not unhappy with the tone at all
This advice is great. I converted my 60s Standard to 50s wiring and added low output OX4 pickups. I lowered the neck pickup closer to the ring. Sounds way better, at least for clean to crunch styles. Also started eqing amp more to the neck pickup like you say and rolling the tone knob down on the bridge, which cleans up midrange as well, making it less honky. I think rolling vol knob down works better into fender amps (or some use input 2) and through certain fx that work better with a less hot signal, like muff pedals. In short the approach is quite different from Fender guitars. Incidentally, I do find that Jazzmaster and Jaguars with standard 1 meg tone knobs sound better with the vol rolled down a bit vs only tone rolled down, and there is more vol range to work with than a typical strat or tele.
Super helpful I have a recently purchased a 50’s LP with P90’s I have needed a tutorial like this. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
This is awesome Jeff! I had my R9 on my lap watching this and there were a few tricks I hadn't yet discovered and it was another light bulb moment. Thanks for this one!!
Thanks Jimmy!
Taylormade R9??
@@1cleandude nope. Gibson R9 from the custom shop. They're really putting out great guitars lately.
Found this video extremely helpful thank you jeff!
You are welcome!
50s wiring is the only way to go period….. the volume and tone knob are interactive. But the value of cap you use, even though it should not be different because of the value, the type of cap can be heard. You should always try caps to “voice” your guitar for the amp and music you play and anything from .01-.047mfd will catch your ear…. And different cap values for the bridge and neck pickup can work too. .022mfd for neck and a .033mfd from bridge can make the middle position sound incredible and articulate….. let your ears decide which cap goes for the ride…… your fingers will even smile when you find it
I checked both my R9 and R7 because I wanted to be sure. Thx, for shedding light on the differences for this rookie.
My pleasure!
Nice ill try it out ..thank-you
The les paul was the guitar I ended up keeping over all the others ...I realy appreciate others passing on tricks that can be done on the les paul...another good trck is the volume swell that gary moore would do alot ...you bend a note with the volume knob quite low then you role it up to make this swelling sound ...u tube this technique and try it out !
50s mod is always the first mod for a Les Paul for me. Most Gibson’s used to come stock with 300k vol pots witch I prefer to replace as well. Great video to show why👌
To the point, well done. I spent 2 years working on my tone on a 2012 Les Paul Traditional (and amp). I ruined some PU and....bad soldering. But I reviewed soldering videos and practiced. 50’s soldering and buying quality POTS was a game changer. The same POTS don’t always have the same values so I would buy 4-5 and use the favorite. The CAPS didn’t seem to matter as much. The pickups well that’s the hard part...too many to choose, with different magnet values and expensive. DO YOUR RESEARCH! Spend time on the tone and finally get a good guitar setup.
And then there is the amp!
Fantastic video. In all my years of playing no one has ever really explained 50's wiring on an LP. I always though I must be doing it wrong because I never used my "Rhythm" pickup to play rhythm. I love what you said about the numbers on the knobs being meaningless...go by what sounds good. Definitely saving this video for future reference.
Thanks!! I’m glad you enjoyed it!!
Well THAT was extremely helpful! I’ve got ‘50’s wiring and it’s always been a guessing game/trial and error, thing for me.
As always, Jeff, another great, informative and entertaining video lesson!
Awesome!! Glad I could help!
Very nice! The trick about turning the tone down on the bridge pickup also works on good vintage tele pickups, which can sound like a P90 that way.
Yes it does!!
It kind of reminds me of a jumped Plexi, the interactions of the volumes. I can’t wait to try all these tips before my next show. Thanks Jeff!!!!
Excellent comparison! Glad you enjoyed it!!
I did have an FGN Les Paul but I sold it, I will try this with my Aria Pro 2 TA40. Great video, thanks.
Thanks for this great video Jeff; you've probably saved me from buying new pickups (and still not being satisfied)!
Well done! 👍
Thank you.
You have a very keen ear Jeff, well done
Jeff you're a legend
Ha. In my own mind! 🙌🏻
You’re a great guitar scholar and a gentleman 🙏
I bought a ‘57 LP Custom 2 pickup reissue last year it has become my #1. Still finding out all the different tones I can get with this amazing all mahogany body guitar.
Fantastic!
Thank you for tone/volume control advice, but mostly want to compliment you on the gorgeous tones your getting from that gold top.
Thank you and you are most welcome!
I love 50s wiring as well.
Few instructors can make the world of musical creation via electric guitar come alive and hold my attention the way Jeff does. What a gift! (Both, his skills, and what he gives to his students.) If you haven't discovered/explored Jeff's offerings of instructional video, I highly recommend that you take the time. Best investment in my guitar experience so far (time and money). Something there for every level of player. I swear even BB (RIP), Eric, LC or Robben would find some new insights with Jeff. He certainly offers deep insights in to each of their music.
I just recently gutted my LP Classic and put in Seymour Duncan Antiquities along with 50s wiring. I’m still getting used to it and figuring things out, but I’m definitely getting more of a Beano and early LZ sound. This video is really helpful.
I love les pauls. But the lack of tuning problems i am used to with strat floating trems gives me nothing to do for hours.
Les pauls are the devil mmmmk.
Hey Jeff! Thanks for this wisdom..I can't put my studio down lately..I'm always on the hose knobs looking for the goodness as that's where it's at regardless of the wiring..great work man!
Thanks! Yeah, just play and don’t obsess about wiring! lol!
No sir I won't..I'll leave that obsession to the pros like yourself..one less mystery to chase into the abyss..lol...and you're so much better at it.. appreciate your eagerness to share what you've learned..these are the practices that will make it break guitar playing and players for the decades to come...the knowledge and experience being shared by legends like yourself will keep it all alive and well..keep charging forward but please keep dragging the past along with you !🤘😜🎸🎶❤️
I installed push-pull pots that switch between 50s and modern wiring. Best of both worlds.
i was used to a modern 500$ slash epiphone special AFD with 2 knobs and it has this bright amazing sound on high gain and i bought a much more expensive 50s epiphone les paul standard in mettalic gold and it didnt sound the same n not as good so i got it set it up professionally n it still wasnt sounding what i wanted it to but i was looking at it all wrong.. its 50s style wiring it has covered pickups its alot heaviern chunkier and theres 2 extra knobs and so much more diversity it wasnt her it was me!! LOL, now im starting to understand her and how she works and im loving this guitar alot more now, the more i look into the difference between tones on wiring,covered/uncovered pickups, so many things, n i was getting mad because my cheaper guitar was sounding brighter n better when playing high gain metal then this 50s one... and i would have my 50s style LP on the same setting n same amp setting n it was off... id have the bridge on 10 volume n 8 tone n it wasnt bright n clear sounding my my slash lp special 2 on the same setting but i get it now this goldtop is alot more intriqte and it takes alot more effort to dial it in as opposed to:what i was used to: (select bridge,neck,middle, 1 volume 1 tone)...
thank u so much
When I heard “dialing in” I was thinking setup. It would be cool to have videos on that too!
More greatness!
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Great video Jeff!
I love the 50s wiring too, on my guitar it almost even brightens up a little when turning down the volume.
Btw. Jimmy Page also has an extended version of the wiring, which is named after him, "Jimmy Page Wiring".
Each of his pots is a Push-Pull, with which he can split each pickup separately, put both PU in series like a 4 coil Humbucker and put the neck PU out of phase with the bridge pickup.
We have a tutorial on that wiring as I have it in my 335 and we also have a video of our buddy Krenar demoing my 335 with it.
What's also a big difference with many LPs today is, that back then 500k pots were used. For quite some time Gibson used 300k pots.
It's like your tone is always rolled off 200k from what they had back then, so this is also always worth checking.
Cheers,
Martin
Thanks for the info! I know about his wiring, too involved for me!!
@@JeffMcErlain You're welcome. It's a lot of fun though to explore it, and you can always fall back to your standard positions and use the flexibility this already offers. It's like a swiss army knife. There's probably nothing you can't do with it. I especially love the out of phase positions. Peter Green, Albert King as well as early BB King recordings come to mind.
Cheers,
Martin
Very informative..... thanks
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Thanks for the 50's wiring "schooling". I believe now that's exactly what I'm going to use with my Pearly Gates pups. Really dig your tones on that gold top! Subbed.
Thanks! I think you’ll really like it!
Great tones...
Thanks!
Lovely, I don't have a Les Paul (yet!), but I took some ideas from your solo over the backing track. You've soloed at least 3 times over that backing track on your youtube channel, and they all sound very different. Lots to learn from that!
Go get that LP!!! It’s a great track and I find I play differently when I use a Strat for example. That’s part of the joy of different guitars.
Thanks for a great video! I recently went to 50s wiring in a 335 copy. In this video, you answered one of my major questions, “why is the volume taper so limited?” Now I know that can be expected and like in all things you take the good with the bad, you get to great tone, but you don’t get as much range on the volume knob. I noticed from 8 to 10. It sounds absolutely killer, but there’s a significant volume drop below 8. I thought something was wrong with the way I wired it, but you obviously described it to a T in this video. Thanks so much!
You’re welcome!! Yup imperfect but you get used to it!!
Hello Jeff, just wanted to thank you for taking the time to make this very informative video. It was/is super helpful, its incredible all that I have been fortunate enough to learn about guitars in the last few years thanks to people like you. Big 50's wiring fan myself, not a big fan of coil splitting etc. Just a quick question out of curiosity if I may, what amp were you using for this video, you sounded fantastic!
Thanks again, I'll be checking out more of your catalog.
Hey! Thank you for this! I really appreciate you letting me know and thank you so much for being here.
Thank you for this. I have been struggling to get a tone I like. This should be very helpful. I am not sure of how to setup my amps though.
I just pulled mine out is storage, perfect timing
Excellent!
I can see why Robben likes you so much Jeff. You are a very melodic, non-flashy player, and this is what Robben digs!
Thank You!
I play an Epiphone Les Paul Studio and tend to like the tone knobs at 3 and the bridge coil split pulled up. Clean channel on a H&K Tubemeister 36.
Thanks for this...I am going to mod my LP's now...but not before I check out the matching Strat video!
Ha!
Nice no-nonsense stuff Jeff
Thanks Tim!
This makes me take my Murphy Lab double gold light back light aged out and play.
Do it!!!
Great video, thank you, Jeff. Much appreciated. And amazing sounds. Thats what we love Les Pauls for. Especially this rich high-end and the dynamics amaze me.
I wonder what mics and cab you are using with the OX Box. Sounds like the UK Vintage 30 with Condenser and Ribbon to me. Really awesome and organic.
And my (2019) 50's Les Paul Standard magically appears in my hands. Carry on......
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Keith from five watt world sent me.
Great demo and explanation.
Thank you!!
Thanks! I don't even own a Les Paul but it was a good watch. My favorite tones were predominantly LPs in the hand of my heroes but I'm a strat guy. It's just the intuitive instrument for me, and I can only afford one decent instrument at a time. Please do a "dial in a strat" video sometime.
At heart I’m a Strat guy as well. I’ll definitely do the Strat video!