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Normally a stripe like that would be covered with clear lacquer and would be totally smooth. With the satin finish they could not top coat it, that is why you can feel the transition between the colors. Many vintage muscle cars used adhesive tape stripes for the smaller strips as they were applied at the Dealerships during customer prep. Others with the larger strips were indeed painted.
As an employee of an auto company that makes muscle cars, I can attest that the ridge is not as common as it used to be, with the clear coats going over that has a tendency to even it out. Back in the day, or if it's a decal, there will be a definite ridge
The thing about doing a mix of satin and gloss finishes is there is always going to be that "line". The only way, that I know of to get rid of it is multiple coats of the clear and buffing it down smooth, which would gloss the satin
I think the reason for the text on the truss rod cover being upside-down is because it's supposed tosit backwards. (The thin part at the nut and the wide bart by the tuners)
****** Do a video on the Paul Landers (Rammstein) signature LP. It's prob the most obscure/not known LP. I had an opportunity to buy one a few years back, but the price...😥
I googled quite a few different images of this LP, and apparently the truss rod cover is meant to be installed the wrong way round so the name is right side up. I wasn’t crazy about this model, but this detail makes it even less appealing to me :-D
I expect the ridge is due to the mix of gloss and satin. I've done a couple of EVH-style paint jobs and you need a ton of clear to cover up the ridges from 3 different colour coats/masking before you can think of polishing. For this - my guess it was painted fully gloss black, some clearcoat added to protect it and given a polish. THEN mask up and paint it satin grey, with satin clear over the top of that. Then the tape is pulled off, leaving a ridge. It would look off if you put satin clear over the black to cover the ridge, or gloss clear over the satin grey. Not sure about the Ashba symbol though - would need to eyeball it to see when that may have been added. Either way - I was not aware of these and I do think they are pretty cool guitars that are actually different to most other LP's, with many custom specs to it.
The sixx am band name is actually frok 6-acetylmorphine (6-am) which is a metabolite your body makes after heroin use and is commonly what is tested for in drug tests.
Had you not attacked that thing viciously with your nails, I would have been very interested in owning that one,, I’ve been a loyal fan for more than 5 years, every time you scrape it, it loses value, you should use a magnifying glass to check the finish, sooo disappointed on this one,,, sorry dude
I’ve been watching his videos for years and have seen him damage guitars with his handling more times than I can count. He also uses steel wool on guitars all the time which gets tiny metal fragments into the pickups and will kill them over time. I don’t get it.
I wish he would place a rag under the pickups when he pulls them out. Resting the pickup directly on the top is not something I personally ever do, even with my organically relic 1986 LP Custom. To each their own, I've had to stop watching the Master Luthier at Gruhn Guitars because he so roughly handles vintage '59 Les Paul guitars. The Gruhn Master Luthier reminds me of a Veterinary Doctor who is rough with animals.
The primered look definitely gives a muscle car vibe. The racing stripe too. No doubt inspired by one. So when is trogly going to turn into troglyhead and start making his own songs with the killswitch. Get himself a proper dragon head too 😂
With a lot of hot rods that have gloss stripes on a satin finish paint job. You have to lay the glass first to buff it out because they can’t buffet after you lay the satin finish. So you will always have that ridge and a lot of people hide it with Pinstriping over the top.
I've been a Sixx:A.M. fan for years. By far one of my favorite modern guitarist. I've always wanted one of these but can't afford one. I am so glad to see one on the channel. As always, Trogly gets the best guitars.
Way back when on muscle cars typically the racing stripe was there to cut out glare and was of a flat finish with the rest of th he car being a satin to gloss finish. Any car where you saw that had both a gloss finish was one of two reasons. Either it came with a gloss decal or paint as in the Shelby Cobra or someone polished over the usually flat black really stripe. I haven't seen coil cords in awhile.
i think part of the distinction of FEEL to the buttons is bc Bucketheads LP seems to use one similar to that of an arcade machine, which tends to have more sensitivity to em
Your getting skill buddy props on the killswitch groove that was legit keep up the good work when it comes to guitar demos and spec break downs you still hold the belt... I feel like if the home shopping network gave you an hour you'd make bank and I'm being dead serious..
I cant understand why the thumbnail is of the headstock with the truss rod cover and one of the tuners taken off. Its also missing the trademark cringe emoji
Best chance I have had to hear what the forever famous JB PU can do. The bit with using bass tone control on it was fascinating, It was an interesting and very usable tone that I would only discover by accident as I pretty much never use my tone control.
I have so many memories of watching Dj and that sig, It’s my favorite les Paul and the reason why I own one. (Through the fields of Schecters and Jackson’s 😂)
I love grey Les Paul guitars like the Government Series except I wish it had binding. It would be great to have a gunmetal or elephant grey (maybe some black) pickup covers, out of phase push pull. But, just can't get Gibson to make a reasonable one.
I know it's probably spec'd out for how he uses it, but if I had one I'd probably have the locations of the kill switch and the pickup toggle flipped. Rather have that in the traditional position with the kill switch by the knobs.
Maybe the Gibson experts here could answer this... I vaguely remember a guitar, possibly a series but maybe not, that was an Explorer that has a "X" cut through the body. Possibly from the mid 00's, I used to think it had something to do with the voodoo series. Sound familiar to anyone?
The trussrod cover goes on backwards. Ashba has done that to all his Les Pauls. I have a 1:1 replica of his sticker les paul, same thing there. Cover is put on backwards
I put a JB in my SG husk, (wired direct to the output jack because I can't solder for s*it) and I love it. It sounds fantastic, even with high gain. it sounds like a jar of angry hornets played through a trumpet horn.
I think most of the Signature Series Gibson's are paid for by the "artist", that would be the only explanation I can think of to explain why Charlie Starr doesn't have a Signature Series model...lol
I can never get on board with signature models for the most part. Would much prefer more stock models being released with a bigger array of specs. That being said, the Eddie Cochran signature Gretsch 6120 gives me a serious case of GAS
Hey Charlie thanks as usual love your videos never miss them. And I'm blind so that says a lot lol. My 2017 Gibson I got that new and it had that vanilla smell on the guitar I think it's the lack up. That's what I believe it to be. They must put something in the locker that has that sweet smell.. and as far as you just I just watched your Gibson partnering with Riley investment guitars LOL I don't get it myself. I can't see what kind of return you're going to get either way on five bucks. But yeah you know all my Gibsons have almost doubled in value my 2017 I bought when the 2018s came out as a New Old stock or old new stock whatever the hell you want to call it. And it's not quite double but I seen them going for 2021 you know and mine's and meant shape. So I definitely got a close to doubling on that guitar if I did want to sell it. I'm not the kind of guy to buy the guitar and then sells it. I buy a guitar because I want the guitar and I love the guitar and for whatever reason I wanted that specific model of grand. I haven't felt any desire to sell any of my guitars not that I own a million but I'll be getting another one ordering it I think this week. So considering I had a 30 some idea hiatus between playing guitars. And going blind has something to do with it. So I started again in 2015 I think. And it's been a journey you know playing again without seeing. But it's the more I play the better it gets. I guess muscle memory is truly something that is a thing. That wasn't awkward sentence. Anyway thanks again a long comment as usual for me on just the smell of the guitar lol. Sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitars
Best melodic solo - sorry - try Dream Theater's The Spirt Carries On from Scene's From a Memory - that's an amazing melodic solo - if you still have you Ernie Ball Majesty dig it out and try it :)
Thinks Trogly has a love affair with guitar cases and needs to dedicate a show to cases only. 😆🤘 Okay guys, which will happen first: people colonizing Mars, or Gibson's Quality Control becoming consistent? 🤣
If it were a car, or just a guitar job done more carefully with more time & expense, you certainly would not feel the border on the stripe. if it were to be a two-tone clear job, the border would be properly buried and it would feel as smooth as any Custom would all the way across. in other arenas techs make great efforts to hide those kinds of deviations. the time is the money.
*A correction - the truss rod cover is supposed to be put on upside for this model. That is why "Ashba" seems upside down when on traditionally. Weird.
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Those Buckethead taps were clean Trogly. Getting good. Might ask you to join my metal band soon.
Normally a stripe like that would be covered with clear lacquer and would be totally smooth.
With the satin finish they could not top coat it, that is why you can feel the transition between the colors.
Many vintage muscle cars used adhesive tape stripes for the smaller strips as they were applied at the Dealerships during customer prep. Others with the larger strips were indeed painted.
It's a cool and virtually unknown guitar. Thanks for showing this. Very cool.
Is this guitar weight relieved?
Cool demo and a really cool Les Paul, thank you for showing us this as I'd never heard about it before now.
Hello from Wales fella
As an employee of an auto company that makes muscle cars, I can attest that the ridge is not as common as it used to be, with the clear coats going over that has a tendency to even it out. Back in the day, or if it's a decal, there will be a definite ridge
He's a dork with limited knowledge...lol
I love the ridge but I'm old
8:31 Trogly, it looks like you *did* chip it a little.
A little?
More like a lot he did it multiple times look at 8:56, at lest three chips or dings to the edge of the black gloss
Trogly: Feels like you can chip it
*proceeds to slightly chip it*
There’s a ridge because it wasn’t clear coated like cars . They put a heavy coat of clear and sand and buff until the finish is smooth.
They wet sand then clear coat to get rid of ridge.
This guitar suits you, I think that's the best playing demo you've Everdone.
Will you ever check out a Harley Benton? They’re quite popular and have a pretty good reputation.
checkout guitarmax channel he does alot of Harley Benton reviews
Did he actually almost chip the finish at 08:32? 🤫
That's what happens when you dig your fingernails into paint...lol
More money than sense.
He chipped it in multiple spots.
Yeah, ruined, don't buy it
The thing about doing a mix of satin and gloss finishes is there is always going to be that "line". The only way, that I know of to get rid of it is multiple coats of the clear and buffing it down smooth, which would gloss the satin
I gotta stop sleeping through Trogly uploads man... especially when they're as fucking wicked as this!
Greetings and well wishes from Utah man!
You and I both, Ugh
I think the reason for the text on the truss rod cover being upside-down is because it's supposed tosit backwards. (The thin part at the nut and the wide bart by the tuners)
****** Do a video on the Paul Landers (Rammstein) signature LP. It's prob the most obscure/not known LP. I had an opportunity to buy one a few years back, but the price...😥
Yup, that's another I've been waiting on
I love that guitar. I don’t typically like les Pauls, but that thing is awesome looking.
Never seen as much online hate for a guitarist as Ashba received during his tenure in GnR
Why is that? Is he a jerk?
Or is it just guns and roses fans being nasty, lol
@@Madchris8828 literally that. Gnr "fans" being asses
@@Madchris8828 - I think it's GnR fans. If it's not Izzy or Slash they hate it. As a musician i preferred the Buckethead era as that f***** can play.
@@christopherweise438 buckethead is a monster lol dude has alien long fingers and serious skills in general
I saw him on some of those custom fish tank shows. He was the sweetest, most humble guy
Ashba puts his truss rod cover with the bottom of the bell facing upwards.
I googled quite a few different images of this LP, and apparently the truss rod cover is meant to be installed the wrong way round so the name is right side up. I wasn’t crazy about this model, but this detail makes it even less appealing to me :-D
That’s badass
I expect the ridge is due to the mix of gloss and satin.
I've done a couple of EVH-style paint jobs and you need a ton of clear to cover up the ridges from 3 different colour coats/masking before you can think of polishing.
For this - my guess it was painted fully gloss black, some clearcoat added to protect it and given a polish.
THEN mask up and paint it satin grey, with satin clear over the top of that.
Then the tape is pulled off, leaving a ridge.
It would look off if you put satin clear over the black to cover the ridge, or gloss clear over the satin grey.
Not sure about the Ashba symbol though - would need to eyeball it to see when that may have been added.
Either way - I was not aware of these and I do think they are pretty cool guitars that are actually different to most other LP's, with many custom specs to it.
The sixx am band name is actually frok 6-acetylmorphine (6-am) which is a metabolite your body makes after heroin use and is commonly what is tested for in drug tests.
Ah drug tests - the final nail in the coffin of fun lol
No it’s not, it’s nikki SIXX, dj Ashba, and james Michaels.
Aka their names, combined.
I’ve never heard of him, but that’s a cool looking guitar
I'm happy to see you finally got a new strap! The old Levy's had gone through her better days.
Did you just chip it at 8:34
Looks to me like he did lol
Not many people could identify Ashba in a line-up of musicians, but he's got one of the most unique looking LPs I've seen in a long time.
OMG, that's so awesome that you're a SIXX AM fan!!!!!!!!!!
"You could potentially chip it." Chips it.
CONTINUES TO SCRATCH AT THE OTHER EDGES
Had you not attacked that thing viciously with your nails, I would have been very interested in owning that one,, I’ve been a loyal fan for more than 5 years, every time you scrape it, it loses value, you should use a magnifying glass to check the finish, sooo disappointed on this one,,, sorry dude
Chipped the finish 3 times that I counted. More money than sense.
I’ve been watching his videos for years and have seen him damage guitars with his handling more times than I can count. He also uses steel wool on guitars all the time which gets tiny metal fragments into the pickups and will kill them over time. I don’t get it.
I wish he would place a rag under the pickups when he pulls them out. Resting the pickup directly on the top is not something I personally ever do, even with my organically relic 1986 LP Custom.
To each their own, I've had to stop watching the Master Luthier at Gruhn Guitars because he so roughly handles vintage '59 Les Paul guitars.
The Gruhn Master Luthier reminds me of a Veterinary Doctor who is rough with animals.
I’ve been waiting for a proper review on one of these for YEARS! Thanks Trogly!
Every so often you surprise me with some killer riffs. Keep it up. Think if I had a kill switch on any guitar I'd swap t&e position below the strings.
The primered look definitely gives a muscle car vibe. The racing stripe too. No doubt inspired by one.
So when is trogly going to turn into troglyhead and start making his own songs with the killswitch. Get himself a proper dragon head too 😂
With a lot of hot rods that have gloss stripes on a satin finish paint job. You have to lay the glass first to buff it out because they can’t buffet after you lay the satin finish.
So you will always have that ridge and a lot of people hide it with Pinstriping over the top.
I went to see 6:00 a.m. with five finger death punch at the hockey arena in San Jose. That was a fun concert.
If I’m not mistaken (entirely possible), Ashby also had couple of signature Ovations, or at least they had some with some of his artwork…
Cool racing stripes.and the black binding looks great hot sound.
I've been a Sixx:A.M. fan for years. By far one of my favorite modern guitarist. I've always wanted one of these but can't afford one. I am so glad to see one on the channel. As always, Trogly gets the best guitars.
I fell in love with with his custom shop lp,oiled maple neck,marilyn monroe graphic on white satin finish
Way back when on muscle cars typically the racing stripe was there to cut out glare and was of a flat finish with the rest of th he car being a satin to gloss finish. Any car where you saw that had both a gloss finish was one of two reasons. Either it came with a gloss decal or paint as in the Shelby Cobra or someone polished over the usually flat black really stripe. I haven't seen coil cords in awhile.
The powerful bridge pickup gives a very pleasant balanced timbre change when switching a clean signal!
i think part of the distinction of FEEL to the buttons is bc Bucketheads LP seems to use one similar to that of an arcade machine, which tends to have more sensitivity to em
Your getting skill buddy props on the killswitch groove that was legit keep up the good work when it comes to guitar demos and spec break downs you still hold the belt... I feel like if the home shopping network gave you an hour you'd make bank and I'm being dead serious..
I would've been terrified if that box came to me knowing a gibson was in it. Thought it was supposed to be an epiphone at first.
to be fair - it originally had another outer box when it was first shipped
I love the dirty sounds, I’d like it better with the traditional 2 T 2V setup but the paint is killer
I cant understand why the thumbnail is of the headstock with the truss rod cover and one of the tuners taken off. Its also missing the trademark cringe emoji
DJ is a wonderful guitarist.
No he isn’t . These were Gibsons cringe years
I think Ashba was on an episode of Counting Cars. Cool guy
one of the best dirty tones you've had on this channel.
Imagine my shock, a Gibson that does not feel high quality. It is a recurring theme of this channel when reviewing anything Gibson or Epiphone.
Indeed. Look at how badly the binding and fret board were finished.
Great review! Glad ya dig my fiddle!
That case is cool.
Trog, keep this beast!!! This is your #1 inspiration for your first rock recording project. Keep it dude!!!
Best chance I have had to hear what the forever famous JB PU can do. The bit with using bass tone control on it was fascinating, It was an interesting and very usable tone that I would only discover by accident as I pretty much never use my tone control.
I have so many memories of watching Dj and that sig, It’s my favorite les Paul and the reason why I own one. (Through the fields of Schecters and Jackson’s 😂)
I have that bridge pickup in my SG and I love it.
I love grey Les Paul guitars like the Government Series except I wish it had binding. It would be great to have a gunmetal or elephant grey (maybe some black) pickup covers, out of phase push pull.
But, just can't get Gibson to make a reasonable one.
I know it's probably spec'd out for how he uses it, but if I had one I'd probably have the locations of the kill switch and the pickup toggle flipped. Rather have that in the traditional position with the kill switch by the knobs.
Maybe the Gibson experts here could answer this... I vaguely remember a guitar, possibly a series but maybe not, that was an Explorer that has a "X" cut through the body. Possibly from the mid 00's, I used to think it had something to do with the voodoo series.
Sound familiar to anyone?
sounds like a guitar of the week or month
The "Holy Explorer" had not an "X" but several cut-outs.
Epiphone pierced SG, has to have been about twenty years ago 👍🎸
The only thing similar to what you're saying that I can remember is the Epiphone SG Pierced, a pretty cool guitar if I do say so
WOW! That might be the best looking Les Paul I ever seen.
Pretty sweet tones, DJ Ashba used to promote DBZ guitars before Dean Zelinski left.
Lies of the beautiful people is my favorite, but they have quite a few really cool tunes. Very cool metal guitar. I love it.
The trussrod cover goes on backwards. Ashba has done that to all his Les Pauls. I have a 1:1 replica of his sticker les paul, same thing there. Cover is put on backwards
A carbon fiber binding would be cool.
I'm on the fence on the racing stripes, but I can dig that headstock
After some thought that headstock would look really good on the wine red guitars
13:30 you just finished saying they were replaced.. at 12:50 also often people put the bell reverse
8:33 you actually did put a chip blemish into that decal LMAO
Wow. That's a great looking guitar there... love that..
I bet Slash will be surprised to find out his career in Guns and Roses has ended.
? What do you mean? They just had a semi- reunion, talk of an upcoming album, they are all done? I hope not.
@@saltpeter7429 I didn't say it, Trogly did. Slash has been back in the band since 2016
I was today years old when I learned that DJ Ashba wasn't a DJ like DJ Shadow but a DJ like DJ from Full House.
I believe if the lacquer hasn’t completely set up before it was put into the vanilla scented case, then yes, the odor will get into the lacquer.
u should review his Schecter model to compare! great review as always
really wish gibson/epiphone would do more maple necks
Wouldn’t look twice at that guitar but damn it sounds (to me) awesome! Thanks Trogly!
8:32 : Trogly's said while scratching with his fingernail: .. That you could potentially chipped ..
[CHIP IT!]
A very cool Les Paul. Wouldn't be my choice, but that is a killer axe!
Oooweee that's one nice guitar, I just love the look of it.
Somehow I just KNEW by this guys name and look he was in GnR during the non-Slash years. That was a weird era.
I put a JB in my SG husk, (wired direct to the output jack because I can't solder for s*it) and I love it. It sounds fantastic, even with high gain. it sounds like a jar of angry hornets played through a trumpet horn.
Here we go again. Just can’t get enough!
Dude killed those Buckethead licks 🤯
That headstock front veneer is the same as a zoot by the looks of it.
I think the esthetic of the guitar is actually quite nice. I like the headstock. Sounds good too. Thanks
I totally get what you mean about the scent thing
Am I seeing a neck break repair at 15:57?
Sucks the only made 100 of these!!!!! I have his Schecter, but I would rather have this one!!!!!! He’s my favorite guitarist
Gibson, please. WTF is a DJ Ashba? If you're going there, where's MY signature model?
I think most of the Signature Series Gibson's are paid for by the "artist", that would be the only explanation I can think of to explain why Charlie Starr doesn't have a Signature Series model...lol
Join Guns N Roses and play a Les Paul and they probably will give you your very own signature model.
I can never get on board with signature models for the most part. Would much prefer more stock models being released with a bigger array of specs. That being said, the Eddie Cochran signature Gretsch 6120 gives me a serious case of GAS
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
Hey Charlie thanks as usual love your videos never miss them. And I'm blind so that says a lot lol. My 2017 Gibson I got that new and it had that vanilla smell on the guitar I think it's the lack up. That's what I believe it to be. They must put something in the locker that has that sweet smell.. and as far as you just I just watched your Gibson partnering with Riley investment guitars LOL I don't get it myself. I can't see what kind of return you're going to get either way on five bucks. But yeah you know all my Gibsons have almost doubled in value my 2017 I bought when the 2018s came out as a New Old stock or old new stock whatever the hell you want to call it. And it's not quite double but I seen them going for 2021 you know and mine's and meant shape. So I definitely got a close to doubling on that guitar if I did want to sell it. I'm not the kind of guy to buy the guitar and then sells it. I buy a guitar because I want the guitar and I love the guitar and for whatever reason I wanted that specific model of grand. I haven't felt any desire to sell any of my guitars not that I own a million but I'll be getting another one ordering it I think this week. So considering I had a 30 some idea hiatus between playing guitars. And going blind has something to do with it. So I started again in 2015 I think. And it's been a journey you know playing again without seeing. But it's the more I play the better it gets. I guess muscle memory is truly something that is a thing. That wasn't awkward sentence. Anyway thanks again a long comment as usual for me on just the smell of the guitar lol. Sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitars
But the best Gibson player out there today, Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke, doesn't have a Signature Series Gibson... WHY?
Maybe he’s not a sell out.
My favorite YT star was always Phil X. I think he tours with J.B. now..
@@charlesbolton8471 there's no "maybe" about it...lol
Throw a pedal button on the kill switch then it'd work for double taps
This is honestly one of my favorite signatures you have featured on your channel. And I’m not necessarily a fan of DJ. Just a unique signature.
Best melodic solo - sorry - try Dream Theater's The Spirt Carries On from Scene's From a Memory - that's an amazing melodic solo - if you still have you Ernie Ball Majesty dig it out and try it :)
The vanilla smell in the nitro gassing off
Old king cole was a jolly old soul. With a buckskin belly & a rubber *******
Thinks Trogly has a love affair with guitar cases and needs to dedicate a show to cases only. 😆🤘 Okay guys, which will happen first: people colonizing Mars, or Gibson's Quality Control becoming consistent? 🤣
I'm 100% convinced that is grade A gibson quality from the router to the paint totally a 2grand gibson
Does anyone know where to get that Killswitch?
I thought DJ Ashba was his DJ-name, a DJ who also happens to play guitar... :')
Trogly was really feeling it on the sound demo
I like those colors.
the black is definitely a black vinyl graphic
If it were a car, or just a guitar job done more carefully with more time & expense, you certainly would not feel the border on the stripe. if it were to be a two-tone clear job, the border would be properly buried and it would feel as smooth as any Custom would all the way across. in other arenas techs make great efforts to hide those kinds of deviations. the time is the money.
i knew that trogly wouldn't miss the opportunity to play welcome to bucketheadland with this guitar hehe