Maybe one day I'll get "the real deal," but until then, I really enjoyed this reissue! 0:10 - The Best Reissue 1:14 - Quick LP History 3:04 - Crown Mystery Solved 4:50 - 50th Anniversary Reissues 6:09 - '68RI VS R6 7:50 - Inside Look/Specs 12:02 - Clean Tone Test 13:35 - Dirty Tone Test 15:02 - Case / Candy
Hey Trogly, check out the video Ain't that peculiar live 1972 by the female group Fanny . Their guitarist June Millican is playing a double cut tv yellow LP Junior that happens to have a crown on the headstock. Maybe you could shed some light on that. I myself am guessing it's a replacement neck and Gibson just happened to use an SG Junior neck. Or did they make some intentionally like that?
I'm proud to know just how this axe could sound & play. That gold top profile pic is my non-weight-relief 2018 Gold Top Classic w/ P90's & Bigsby Vibramate. I underestimated P90's for years...MISTAKE! Gibson should do every Les Paul with 2 pick up options-humbuckers & P90s. Don't think I'd get humbuckers again.
Didn't realize there was Japanese porn on the back of the headstock... But really, that's very thoughtful of you to hide the serial number. I never would've thought to do that.
its "you not u" and fuck "gods invisible,non existent work" how is reviewing Gibson guitars "gods work" fucking religious zealots need to become extinct
Looks good from Waukesha. Brings back memories of the 70's. Growing up in upstate NY I had a friend that bought a 1953 gold top for $500. A few years later he needed beer money and sold it for $500. He kicks himself to this day.
I had one back in '69. Was my best guitar. Had a SG Junior, about a 63. That was a screamer! Had a mid 60's Guild Starfire III, and a mid 60's Strat -- black with maple neck. Also had one of the first 300 Dan Armstrong Clear Bodies. They all plugged into my Ampeg V4 full stack, with a VT22, with EV SRO's, and a V4 412 cab under it as a double stack. Practice amp was a 60's Ampeg Reverb Jet - with a Utah speaker. Want them all back!!!
Excellent history Austin ! I have seen the original '68 with a crown a few times over the years but never knew the full story . Great job , and lovely geetar ! 👍👍👍
I have an original 68 with the crown inlay.It had a repaired headstock that was very well done but still visible.The previous owner wanted a humbucker in the bridge so he proceeded to take a chisel and carve out a larger cavity (YIKES).I did a rough repair and restored it to a P-90.Despite all that,it plays great and ,excuse my saying so,has an old guitar smell that is sweet.,The best part about the guitar is that I only paid $800.00 can. Now that's a deal.
For many years I drooled over a '52 goldtop that had been re-necked at the factory with an SG neck. It was on the NFS rack at Main Street Music in Chico, CA. back in the 70's and 80's.
You rock bud!!! I have a 81 deluxe Corina.. With a PAF routed into the bridge and unfortunately a shaved neck to the volute... And it's been gigged since it was new and... I'm just temporary ownership.. Roomate traded for rent and took my SG to play for a while
I have a 1968 with the crown inlay. My dad got it new he refinished it to a sunburst and put PAF’s from a 1961 SG that got broken at the neck joint. He did all the work on it in 1969. It is one of my go to guitars for recording.
This Gold Top 68 Reissue replicates the actual 68 Crown inlay Reissue of the 56 Les Paul Gold Top that sported the Tailpiece and Bridge for the First time , Whether a mistake was made with the Crown inlay or it was due to Les Paul himself not contracted with Gibson at this time it makes the Goldie look Special . I have two Japanese C S L Les Paul Copies that sport the Crown inlays in Brown Sunburst so it's kind of Funny that Gibson started to use this " Mistake " inlay on Les Pauls a few years back ! 😎 🎩
Thank you for the details. Btw- a guitar player friend of mine has a 68 LP with P90’s very similar to yours. He bought it used in 1980... The baffling thing is, it’s wine red. He still owns that guitar but no longer gigs with it. Love the sound of P90’s.
Yet again you are providing us all with a very interesting story wrapped in Historic fact. IMHO great information every Les Paul enthusiast should know. Great Guitar too. With the serial number blanked out I fully expect this guitar will be staying in your collection, nice find Austin.
recently bought this guiatr but the aged model. a real beauty, i really am glad i bought it, i like aged guitars and i havent been able to put it down.
I love this thing. Being an SG player/fan/collector who prefers p90's as well, the crown on the peg head and pickups really appeal to me. It would be neat to add to my stable.
You should look at the "guitar of the week" gold top from 2007. It has the crown and binding around the headstock. I have one with sanford magnetics p90's in it (and the original gibson mini humbuckers). It's for sale.
I don't think that it was a typo. It's just that when they started making the Les Paul again, in 68, they just used the headstock that they were already making, the SG headstock. What happened afterwards is that the people were complaining about the headstock, saying that they wanted the Les Paul as they knew it, with the "Les Paul" script on it. So they changed the specification of the guitar to the original code. If it would've been a typo, it should be noticied and changed right away, not after 6 months
This was my first Gibson, with the silkscreened headstock, bought used for $200 (maybe $225) in '76. It was a long time ago but I'm fairly certain the P90 plastic covers had the Gibson logo molded in. Traded it for a cherry burst Custom because, well, I just had to have humbuckers!
Thanks to you and The Les Paul fan community at large Ive decided to cancel Slurpees and put some cash towards a 2018/2019 goldtop Tribute Gibson LP 150 bucks in 1150 to go[ I live in Canada 1300 up here]. By September my Epi will have a bro thanks for getting me facinated with these things exciting.
You forgot the most important thing about this reissue The angle of the headstock is brougth back to 14 degrees instead of the Usual 19 degrees. Its going to play easier.
I had an original '68 with the crown inlay. The guitar is actually documented on the '68 Les Paul website. Damn heavy guitar it was. The top strap button was in a slightly different location too from the later models. Someone before me had stripped the top to reveal a beautiful blister maple two piece top. Some work had been done in the pickup cavities too. I assumed a previous owner had been tempted to put humbuckers in but had got cold feet and returned it to P90s. It was missing it's original pickups when I got it. Had some 70's model's in there so I pulled them and stuck in a pair of 50's P90s. Sold it to a guy from Germany around 1992. Wonder where it is now? Ahh the memories...
Yes, in 1967-68 I always envisioned the Gold Top Reissue having the crown inlay (change for the sake of change) but you were spot on with it as it was a wrong part number at the Gibson Factory. Moving forward to the year 2000 Guitar Center had Gibson make Les Paul standard (limited) in Cherry and Honey finish. These guitars had a crown inlay on a bound small head stock and ebony fret boards, burst bucker pickups and button Kluson Tuners (the Les Paul I always wanted - I bought the cherry finish). This guitar is too cool to describe and plays just as great as it looks. So, all of this started way back in the late 60's when I saw a picture of the original 68 Les Paul Standard with crown inlay. I still have the guitar today and would love to send you pictures.
I sent you a message on Facebook with pictures of my '69 Les Paul Standard that was stolen. I've been searching for years trying to find it. Your reply was "am I trying to sell you a guitar?", No, I was asking if you might have seen it or could help me find it. Thanks Again
I bought a 68 goldtop from a friend of mine that had a headstock repair for $800.It has the crown ,well half of the crown,and only the original neck P-90,but considering what I paid for it I feel lucky to own a piece of history.It plays extremely well and i will pass it on to my son.Thanks for the info on the Crown.By the way,the truss cover is blank,and it is original,so perhaps they didn't have a deal with Les at the time
I remember a few years ago that someone posted a video of a tour in the custom shop via Vimeo and had asked one of the luthiers about the crown on the those guitars from that 2-Wk period and the luthier explains how it was a typo on the build sheets they used to use. I thought it was common knowledge at that point :) great post! I’ll try to find that original video post on Vimeo and forward the link when or if I do.
had it not been explained, i would have thought the original ones had the crown due to spare sg veneers much like how fender used spare/left over parts for models such as the swinger, either way i far prefer the look of a crown on the head to a silk screen
I had to check their latest video to believe that news. That is crazy! I'm sure I could do that job but my playing skills and location don't exactly line up haha
Reissued my BUTT! Gibson's first bumblebee caps were Mallory caps wrapped in more plastic. The mighty hammer strikes again! Chances are those are Chinese film foil and oil caps wrapped in more plastic, or they are just more Mallory 150 caps.
I've always wondered about Neil Young's Old Black. It has the crown headstock but (and it's been a while since I read about it) he claims it was a 50's LP. The only way that could be is if it had been re-necked.
I believe the reason they stopped calling the SG "Les Paul" was because Mr. Polfus raised a huge stink. He hated that new guitar. He didn't want his name anywhere near that devil design.
Is this perhaps the same as Neil young’s guitar? He has a crown on his headstock. I read somewhere that people speculated it had been re-necked also his started out as a gold top and was then painted black...
i traded a 22 rifle for a 73 SG standard in 76. ended up trading it back for some weed years later. same guy. I didnt care for the SG. I wish i had it now. wall hanger
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Maybe one day I'll get "the real deal," but until then, I really enjoyed this reissue!
0:10 - The Best Reissue
1:14 - Quick LP History
3:04 - Crown Mystery Solved
4:50 - 50th Anniversary Reissues
6:09 - '68RI VS R6
7:50 - Inside Look/Specs
12:02 - Clean Tone Test
13:35 - Dirty Tone Test
15:02 - Case / Candy
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Hey Trogly, check out the video Ain't that peculiar live 1972 by the female group Fanny . Their guitarist June Millican is playing a double cut tv yellow LP Junior that happens to have a crown on the headstock. Maybe you could shed some light on that. I myself am guessing it's a replacement neck and Gibson just happened to use an SG Junior neck. Or did they make some intentionally like that?
So, this one is a keeper?
I appreciate you going to the trouble of 'time-stamping' sections of the vid, Trog. Koool!
I'm proud to know just how this axe could sound & play. That gold top profile pic is my non-weight-relief 2018 Gold Top Classic w/ P90's & Bigsby Vibramate. I underestimated P90's for years...MISTAKE! Gibson should do every Les Paul with 2 pick up options-humbuckers & P90s. Don't think I'd get humbuckers again.
Crown-headstock Les Paul: "Sweet! I'm the biggest mistake Gibson ever did!"
Firebird X: "Hold my beer..."
Blueberry burst 2019 Les Paul Standard has entered the chat
Gibson Robotuners and Dip switches have entered the chat.
Yeah, I can think of a few bigger mistakes.
🤔Oh yeah 😂
Didn't realize there was Japanese porn on the back of the headstock...
But really, that's very thoughtful of you to hide the serial number. I never would've thought to do that.
I was wondering about that. Anything outstanding about this SN to make it necessary to hide?
Why is it thoughtful? Only reason to hide it is if it was fake or stolen.
U know trogly u arent huge or anything but you're doing gods work so never stop please
His channel isnt huge, but hes flipping some damn valuable stuff
Marzipan says you are wrong, Trogly is pretty huge.
You're all wrong.....Trogly is god!
its "you not u" and fuck "gods invisible,non existent work" how is reviewing Gibson guitars "gods work" fucking religious zealots need to become extinct
@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 its a phrase mate sit down
This one's a beauty. Something about the P90s goes great w the cream & gold
Looks good from Waukesha. Brings back memories of the 70's. Growing up in upstate NY I had a friend that bought a 1953 gold top for $500. A few years later he needed beer money and sold it for $500. He kicks himself to this day.
The sound of that guitar made me say "whoa" at three separate points in the demo.
A truly stunning guitar, glad you are been sensible and keeping it.
I had one back in '69. Was my best guitar. Had a SG Junior, about a 63. That was a screamer! Had a mid 60's Guild Starfire III, and a mid 60's Strat -- black with maple neck. Also had one of the first 300 Dan Armstrong Clear Bodies. They all plugged into my Ampeg V4 full stack, with a VT22, with EV SRO's, and a V4 412 cab under it as a double stack. Practice amp was a 60's Ampeg Reverb Jet - with a Utah speaker. Want them all back!!!
Excellent history Austin ! I have seen the original '68 with a crown a few times over the years but never knew the full story . Great job , and lovely geetar ! 👍👍👍
That's one of the prettiest guitars I've ever saw. Love the sound too! ❤
I have an original 68 with the crown inlay.It had a repaired headstock that was very well done but still visible.The previous owner wanted a humbucker in the bridge so he proceeded to take a chisel and carve out a larger cavity (YIKES).I did a rough repair and restored it to a P-90.Despite all that,it plays great and ,excuse my saying so,has an old guitar smell that is sweet.,The best part about the guitar is that I only paid $800.00 can. Now that's a deal.
Fantastic deal! Haha
For many years I drooled over a '52 goldtop that had been re-necked at the factory with an SG neck. It was on the NFS rack at Main Street Music in Chico, CA. back in the 70's and 80's.
You rock bud!!! I have a 81 deluxe Corina.. With a PAF routed into the bridge and unfortunately a shaved neck to the volute... And it's been gigged since it was new and... I'm just temporary ownership.. Roomate traded for rent and took my SG to play for a while
The crown looks a lot better, never liked the yellow signature.
Neil Schon's (Journey) wife just got him a 1954 LP P90 Gold top for his birthday. It's beautiful...and so his she.
He's had a somewhat decent career so I guess he deserves them both😂
I'm a big fan of history, and this channel is rapidly becoming one of my favorites because of that! Great info, and cool guitar!
I have a 1968 with the crown inlay. My dad got it new he refinished it to a sunburst and put PAF’s from a 1961 SG that got broken at the neck joint. He did all the work on it in 1969. It is one of my go to guitars for recording.
I love the sound of a p90 Les Paul so much. I wish i could afford one of these.
For those of you who hate signature models Les Paul was a Signature model./
Definately a keeper!! 🤘🤘
My all time favorite Les Paul.
wow...those p90's sound superb...
This Gold Top 68 Reissue replicates the actual 68 Crown inlay Reissue of the 56 Les Paul Gold Top that sported the Tailpiece and Bridge for the First time , Whether a mistake was made with the Crown inlay or it was due to Les Paul himself not contracted with Gibson at this time it makes the Goldie look Special . I have two Japanese C S L Les Paul Copies that sport the Crown inlays in Brown Sunburst so it's kind of Funny that Gibson started to use this " Mistake " inlay on Les Pauls a few years back ! 😎 🎩
Nice job on explaining history, I didn't know Les Paul's, from 61-67 was out of commission.
Thank you for the details. Btw- a guitar player friend of mine has a 68 LP with P90’s very similar to yours. He bought it used in 1980...
The baffling thing is, it’s wine red. He still owns that guitar but no longer gigs with it. Love the sound of P90’s.
I have a 68 wine red P90! Incredible sounding guitar!
Yet again you are providing us all with a very interesting story wrapped in Historic fact.
IMHO great information every Les Paul enthusiast should know.
Great Guitar too.
With the serial number blanked out I fully expect this guitar will be staying in your collection, nice find Austin.
I would have never noticed..... very interesting...as always
My bulldog Frodo was always happy to see me too!
Even when no one else was...
I had an original 1968 Gold Top Deluxe, with I had it back. Those P90s did whatever I wanted them to and I got mine used.
Amazing looking guitar and I agree with you, looks great with the crown.
That is a beautiful guitar.
recently bought this guiatr but the aged model. a real beauty, i really am glad i bought it, i like aged guitars and i havent been able to put it down.
I love this thing. Being an SG player/fan/collector who prefers p90's as well, the crown on the peg head and pickups really appeal to me. It would be neat to add to my stable.
You should look at the "guitar of the week" gold top from 2007. It has the crown and binding around the headstock. I have one with sanford magnetics p90's in it (and the original gibson mini humbuckers). It's for sale.
Very good looking Goldie.
Hi trogly, Great video, this is my dream guitar and am just glad to see someone reviewing it in such depth. Thanks have a good day
Colin Doyle ME TOO! GREAT FIDDLE!!!
Love the Gold tops also like the crown on it 🎸🤘
Aye!!! This is a The "Black-haired Lion" to me, Troglio ©!!!
The sound of this guitar really blew me away!
Cool video, dude.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Robotuners might trump the crown headstock as far as blunders are concerned.
And now it’s “play authentic”
The robo tuners hold a place in Gibson history. They mark an era.
I don't think that it was a typo. It's just that when they started making the Les Paul again, in 68, they just used the headstock that they were already making, the SG headstock. What happened afterwards is that the people were complaining about the headstock, saying that they wanted the Les Paul as they knew it, with the "Les Paul" script on it. So they changed the specification of the guitar to the original code. If it would've been a typo, it should be noticied and changed right away, not after 6 months
True
This is likely
This was my first Gibson, with the silkscreened headstock, bought used for $200 (maybe $225) in '76. It was a long time ago but I'm fairly certain the P90 plastic covers had the Gibson logo molded in. Traded it for a cherry burst Custom because, well, I just had to have humbuckers!
Looks great and what an amazing sounding guitar. Great video as always. Cheers from Costa Rica.
the fact that SG stands for solid guitar really disappoints me.
You can always go with “Second Generation “ . But I doubt it’ll make you feel much better. “Smokin’ Guitar” may work though.
How about the fact that Ibanez' RG stands for Roadstar Guitar, and they don't actually call them Roadstars anymore? Lol
@@SpiderSkot On that topic, gotta love that both Roadstar and Roadster are (unrelated) things
That guitar is beautiful.
The fade from the blue sparkle to the gold top, well played my friend.
Thanks to you and The Les Paul fan community at large Ive decided to cancel Slurpees and put some cash towards a 2018/2019 goldtop Tribute Gibson LP 150 bucks in 1150 to go[ I live in Canada 1300 up here]. By September my Epi will have a bro thanks for getting me facinated with these things exciting.
You forgot the most important thing about this reissue
The angle of the headstock is brougth back to 14 degrees instead of the
Usual 19 degrees.
Its going to play easier.
I had an original '68 with the crown inlay. The guitar is actually documented on the '68 Les Paul website. Damn heavy guitar it was. The top strap button was in a slightly different location too from the later models. Someone before me had stripped the top to reveal a beautiful blister maple two piece top. Some work had been done in the pickup cavities too. I assumed a previous owner had been tempted to put humbuckers in but had got cold feet and returned it to P90s. It was missing it's original pickups when I got it. Had some 70's model's in there so I pulled them and stuck in a pair of 50's P90s. Sold it to a guy from Germany around 1992. Wonder where it is now? Ahh the memories...
13:35 Wow!! I love that tone! Sound like Johnny Thunders.
This guitar sounds beautiful
Great tone on this reissue.
Excellent episode once again Trog!
"It's not really for sale..." Is Austin finally treating himself? haha
Sounds great! Nice tone and intonation.
Woah, that thing sounds great
4:10 Gibson's greatest blunder. Correction pal. That was 2015.
That is one of the coolest Gold Tops I've ever seen
Never knew about them either n I'm a Gold Top fanatic
Yes, in 1967-68 I always envisioned the Gold Top Reissue having the crown inlay (change for the sake of change) but you were spot on with it as it was a wrong part number at the Gibson Factory. Moving forward to the year 2000 Guitar Center had Gibson make Les Paul standard (limited) in Cherry and Honey finish. These guitars had a crown inlay on a bound small head stock and ebony fret boards, burst bucker pickups and button Kluson Tuners (the Les Paul I always wanted - I bought the cherry finish). This guitar is too cool to describe and plays just as great as it looks. So, all of this started way back in the late 60's when I saw a picture of the original 68 Les Paul Standard with crown inlay. I still have the guitar today and would love to send you pictures.
God that looks pretty! Thanks Trogly!
I sent you a message on Facebook with pictures of my '69 Les Paul Standard that was stolen. I've been searching for years trying to find it. Your reply was "am I trying to sell you a guitar?", No, I was asking if you might have seen it or could help me find it. Thanks Again
Great episode Austin - makes me want one!
I bought a 68 goldtop from a friend of mine that had a headstock repair for $800.It has the crown ,well half of the crown,and only the original neck P-90,but considering what I paid for it I feel lucky to own a piece of history.It plays extremely well and i will pass it on to my son.Thanks for the info on the Crown.By the way,the truss cover is blank,and it is original,so perhaps they didn't have a deal with Les at the time
Coolest reissue there is IMHO. Just amazing.
Now I really want one! The Crown , the Soap bars , come on , beautiful !!! PEACE
This is very thorough. I appreciate that.
Beautiful sounding Guitar 🤗
Wow !!! I would rock that one...
I remember a few years ago that someone posted a video of a tour in the custom shop via Vimeo and had asked one of the luthiers about the crown on the those guitars from that 2-Wk period and the luthier explains how it was a typo on the build sheets they used to use. I thought it was common knowledge at that point :) great post! I’ll try to find that original video post on Vimeo and forward the link when or if I do.
Wonderful piece of history.
Damn that's got some spank to it. Such a smooth tone as well
Those p90's sound great
That Les Paul @1:19!! Some lovely finish checking there Austin mate! Lol.
About 1000 sub a day these days! Congrats man :)
Your The Best !!!
Great guitar and excellent video as always Austin.
I had an original 68 gold top back in the day, no crown, just Les Paul model on the head stock.
had it not been explained, i would have thought the original ones had the crown due to spare sg veneers much like how fender used spare/left over parts for models such as the swinger, either way i far prefer the look of a crown on the head to a silk screen
Absolut fantastic looking and sounding guitar......need one........;-)
I'm not a huge p90 fan, i think it looks weird. But this guitar is really gorgeous, and sounds amazing.
Hey Trogly! Norman's Rare guitars is hiring! They need someone to do their Guitar of the day! You would be a perfect fit!!
I had to check their latest video to believe that news. That is crazy! I'm sure I could do that job but my playing skills and location don't exactly line up haha
It's time for Gibson to at least answer my phone calls again haha
Reissued my BUTT! Gibson's first bumblebee caps were Mallory caps wrapped in more plastic. The mighty hammer strikes again! Chances are those are Chinese film foil and oil caps wrapped in more plastic, or they are just more Mallory 150 caps.
This is great ✊
Beautiful.......really like this one.
Beautiful Guitar !!!!💘❤💗😍
That’s a serious whip, if only for cosmetic reasons
Very informative, thank you!
Looks fine to me. Wish it had bigger headstock and 19• angle
Beautiful guitar Austin! :) Well done!
I've always wondered about Neil Young's Old Black. It has the crown headstock but (and it's been a while since I read about it) he claims it was a 50's LP. The only way that could be is if it had been re-necked.
Jason Allen Old Black was renecked in 1968, hence the crown inlay.
GOLDtop fever!
I believe the reason they stopped calling the SG "Les Paul" was because Mr. Polfus raised a huge stink. He hated that new guitar. He didn't want his name anywhere near that devil design.
Oh man it sounds so nice
Is this perhaps the same as Neil young’s guitar? He has a crown on his headstock. I read somewhere that people speculated it had been re-necked also his started out as a gold top and was then painted black...
That's a lovely guitar. But hey they didn't really use hot hide glue to stick the tops on in the 50's. They used phenol formaldehyde.
Very nice!
Damn, that is one fiiiiiiiiiiine guitar!
i traded a 22 rifle for a 73 SG standard in 76. ended up trading it back for some weed years later. same guy. I didnt care for the SG. I wish i had it now. wall hanger
Sorry, the biggest blunder was the Les Paul designed bridge/tailpeice incorrectly executed at the factory; not the crown.