Nobody does it like Chris Buck! That intro was "miraculously good!" Unique yes, very, yet with an uncopyable style that's just ferocious in its intensity! Blown away, thanks!
Dear Chris, could you play a short piece with lots of fret buzz, out of tune bends, bad timing and bum notes...just to make the rest of us feel a bit better. Thanks! Ya big show aff!
that first jam had my head banging, the second jam made me close my eyes and lean my head back. You have incredible touch, incredible phrasing and yes that guitar has that 1 in a million magic sound.
smdh wrong.just set a goal n try to reach it we ALL kinda hit a wall and the progress kinda slows down just keep at it and prepare yourself for the brake thru thats gonna happen....they usually blow your mind. good luck
This style of playing reminds me so much of Nick Johnston. Smooth, 'effortless' runs. Never overbearing, and a pleasure to return to again and again. Gold!
In the early 70s I found my uncle's 1958 LP Jr. under his couch in the basement. In the original case, with the original price tag: $ 120.00. I got it that year for Christmas. Still have it. It plays awesome. Low volume is clean but crank it up and it growls! Monster tone.
No, I did have an Uncle Ralph but he lived in North Carolina. It's interesting that there would be an Ellis in Liverpool, but we're Yanks from the South, now in Texas. Music knows no Boundries!
@@mikeellis9720 Thanks for the reply Mike. The reason I asked was that from memory the lead guitarist in the Liverpool group " the swinging blue jeans " was a Ralph Ellis. I still love the lead solo in Hippy Hippy Shake which was amazing for its time ( and still is ). I'd love to know what became of him and whether he actually played what we listen to or whether it was a session player.
Chris, I watch your show every week and I must say that it doesn’t matter what the subject is, your playing is so refreshing and musical. For such a young man you seem to have an “old soul”. I don’t know what you have been listening to over the past years, but whatever it was, it and your own unique musical imagination has informed your playing with magic. What you do is simply inspiring. A few decades ago I purchased a 1954 LP Goldtop. It cost $5,000 (more than $9,000 today) with the LP brown, hard case. It’s not all gold, but the mahogany back and neck are gorgeous. No need to hide that wood in any way. I primarily bought it rather than a later TOM Goldtop because I always felt that the single-piece wrap-around tailpiece imparted more connectivity amongst the strings, body and pickups, and yes, it intones perfectly. The gold on the top shows lots of arm-wear on the rear-lower bout and there is some beautiful verdigris in that area. I think it adds character to the guitar. The “no-line” Kluson tuners on the guitar you played are remarkably spanking clean, especially considering that they are sixty-five years old. The same tuners on my GT show their age but work perfectly. I must say, though, that my GT’s headstock is in better condition. My pickups are also out of phase from the factory. Yes, P-90s, my favorite pickup along with Jazzmaster’s and Dynasonics. When I purchased a Trainwreck Komet 60 in the city many years ago (Ken Fischer was still alive and I spoke with him on several occasions) I went to the studio which was selling what was then the latest Ken Fischer amp design. They brought out a ’57 Strat and a ’59 Burst for me to try the amp out with. They were no fools, such stellar guitars were bound to make any amp sound great; however, I had brought my ’54 GT with me. To be polite, I played both the Strat and the Bust though the Komet, and of course, notwithstanding my playing, the sound was stunning. The salesman smiled and kind of knew he had made a sale. Then I asked him if I could plug my GT into the amp and he said alright. Well, without touching any of the amp’s controls, that GT just blew away both the Strat and the Burst. The salesman was equally blown away by the sound and asked me if I had modded my guitar in any way. I told him that it was an absolutely stock, un-altered ’54 GT. He was quite amazed. Those old P-90s are really great. After trying out a Dumble Overdrive Special and a Trainwreck Liverpool, I bought the Komet 60 because it had great clean headroom which the other amps, while excellent for distorted sounds, did not, and even then the Komet 60 was a lot less expensive. Cheers, mate.
Glicksman1. I have a 1960 LP Jr and a 1969 LP Deluxe both with P90s. I think they are the best sounding Gibsons I've ever played. The only other Gibson that got close was a 1964 ES330 which was just amazing. P90s are seriously under-rated.
@@chukrock We totally agree. Not to nit-pick, but unless someone changed the pickups in your '69 LP Deluxe, the pickups installed at the factory are Minibuckers, often confused with Firebird humbuckers, which look similar but which have no pole pieces and which sound brighter and more like P-90s than do Minibuckers. In addition to actual Firebird Vs, etc., an excellent and familiar example of the sound of a Firebird humbucker is Neil Young's' "Old Black" (originally a '53 LP Goldtop) as we have heard it on many of his recordings and at his live shows. It has a Firebird humbucker in the bridge position (the original bridge position P-90 was first replaced with a Rowe-DeArmond pickup, possibly a Dynasonic, and later removed) and a metal-covered P-90 is in the neck position, probably the original P-90 with a new cover. Minibuckers are great pickups and I recall them back in the day when the late '60s LP Goldtop Deluxes were played by a lot of guitarists. They always sounded fabulous and I preferred and still prefer their singing upper-mids to many full-sized humbucker LPs.
@@Glicksman1 You have an eye for detail. Yes, you are correct. The pickups are not original. That aroused my curiosity before I bought the guitar so I did some research which suggested that there were a few GT LP Deluxes which left the factory with P90s. Mine have a date stamp on the back which is hard to read but looks like 1979 so they probably WERE swapped out at some stage. Regardless, they sound wonderful. Cheers.
I bet they do. You can't' go wrong with P-90s. BTW, since we have similar taste in guitars, if you ever get to try a Gretsch Duo-Jet with Rowe-DeArmond Dynasonics, either a real vintage one or a re-issue, such as a Harrison, I think you'll be impressed. I have a Harrison re-issue and it's just magic.
@@DanielSekovski In 1967, the Brazilian government outlawed the export of Brazilian rosewood logs and in 1992 the newly formed CITES convention declared Brazilian rosewood a threatened species. Knowing hat this was coming, luthiers began to hoard Brazilian rosewood in the late 1960's and especially after 1992. Many of the luthiers I know have a nice pile of the stuff for their use, but the major guitar manufacturers do not use it anymore except for very special (read: expensive) guitars. When I ordered an Elliot Peter Stroud Tonemaster, I asked Andy if I could have a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. He asked me why and I told him that I wanted the guitar to sound and feel as good as possible, even if it cost more. He said that he had some nice dark chocolate brown Brazilian on hand, but that it wasn't worth the extra amount because there was no sonic difference between Brazilian and Indian rosewood. As for feel, he said, once both were shaped and sanded, there was no difference in feel. Andy could have gotten a few hundred dollar more for the guitar, but he was honest about Brazilian rosewood for which I thank him and which informs us about it in the most practical way..
Lovely sound Chris. I've always thought that the 50's Gold Tops were hugely underrated and although 35,000€ sounds like a lot of money, it's a bargain compared to the '58-'60 'bursts. Both Freddie King and Hubert Sumlin coaxed some great sounds out of these guitars and I bought an Epiphone Les Paul '56 Gold Top new for 350€ around 5 years ago which I really love. Obviously not in the same class as an original Gold Top but a good place to start.
P90 pickups have a uniquely rich, strong quality, I share your love of them Chris! This guitar sounds beautiful, I would say it is an ideal vector for your style!
In most guitar YT channels I only like the talking and skip the playing.. This channel could be 100% playing. Just an amazing player.. Jaw dropping time and time again.
What the heck? I've never heard anyone who skips the playing to listen to middle aged fat Americans waffle on about the middle tone cut will make it have less mid folks and oh yeah I bought my first guitar in 1983 and it was a Squier from Korea blah blah blah blah blah.
My SG Special’s P90s are out of phase. I have a note from the original owner saying they’ve always been this way. (The guitar was made in 1964.) I think Gibson was/is kinda sloppy about such stuff. But I’d never “fix” it! The range of sounds I can get in the middle position just by varying the volume knobs is worth the mistake. I agree that P90s don’t get near enough love. ☺️
Have been looking at a number of your videos recently, Chris. ... Very accomplished playing, seriously nice touch, control and empathy with whatever you play.. ... ☺
Wow Chris... I know that you make any guitar you play sound amazing, but what a stunning sounding (and looking) guitar this is. The middle "out-of-phase" position is just an unbelievable growling wonderfulness. Thanks for all the great videos!
I really dig your picking technique and dexterity with the pick and fingers and tasteful use of the controls to color your voicings. I hope viewers aprreciate the hours and hours of practicing that got you to this level of professionalism. Thank you for sharing your talent with us in a family friendly style.
I was fortunate enough to have a Dad who wanted the best for me. In the early 70s one of his coworkers was a jazz lounge player who needed a tune up and a few filters changed on his car. He was no longer playing so my Dad made a deal with him to do the mechanical work he needed in trade for the 53 Les Paul gold top that he had played to death along with a non descript tube amp and $75. It was A LOT of guitar for a small skinny teenager that normally played a 65 ES330 (6lbs). Baseball bat neck and over 10 lbs it was hands down the best sounding guitar I ever played. Those p90s we're magic
With playing like that, I think you've earned such a guitar. On the P-90 front, I think I agree. I just today got an Epiphone double cut with the P-90s in it. Awesome sound.
Cheers Chris, beguiling combination of grit and flute in that first jam, sooo good. Totally didn't dribble on my keyboard during the camera sweeps, what a lovely thing. :)
Great history of the gold top. I didn't realize the back of the neck was painted as well. Another story I read about the gold top is that it was painted gold so that Leo Fender couldn't determine what type of wood was used in the guitar. Man, those P 90's sound great! I'm glad they change the bridge and tailpiece on the Les Paul's.
I used to think I hated the out of phase sound, but I recently wired up one of my guitars that way, and I'm absolutely loving it. The clarity is beautiful plus I have a whole pallet of new tones to work with.
I always look forward to your posts. The information you give is always interesting and informative. Your playing, touch and feel, light and shade is beyond good. Superb 😎🎙🎸✅🏴
i played a 56' before. Brew my mind. first vintage guitar ive ever played. before that it was just reissues...52s 54s..the lot. none of them is anywhere near the ballpark of that vintage one. so i get it....these vintage P90 LPs are GLORIOUS.
amazing guitar but i think your playing and how you know to bring the magic out of those guitars are even better and also a very nice interpretation for bistro fada
Love P-90s, my favorite pickup ultimately...I have a mid-50s ES-125 with a single P-90, 1 tone, 1 volume and it sounds sublime...Bought it from my old friend Chris Whitley (RIP) if anyone remembers him... Great vid Chris and sumptuous playing, as always...Thank you...
That's what I call the perfect demonstration of guitar tones! Chris you never stop amazing me! There are shades of "woman-tones" in the intro (tone rolled down on one pickup maybe?). And I love your interpretation of Stéphane Wrembel's "Bistro Fada". Kudos 👏
Fun Fact: On the Gibson EB-3 Bass, the #3 position of the Varitone knob is 'Both Out of Phase'. Former owner, USA born, guitar was a Selmer unit from London.
Had a real 56 GT years ago, it was a delight to play. Someone thought it was worth too much and away it went. Still makes me sad to think about it. Got a 57 RI GT now, it will do. That 55 would really put an end to my gas though.
OMG, I could say so much here. The two best I have ever played have both been from 1955 ~ 1) a beat to shit, glorious sounding ‘55 sunburst Strat, and 2) a ‘55 Gold Top like this. Some moron stripped it for a sunburst refin, but it still had the sound and played like a dream. Both incredibly spiritual feeling instruments. To me, P-90s from the ‘50s and ‘60s are the best Gibson pickups of all. The out of phase thing is not all that uncommon with those ‘50s guitars. I had a ‘54 Les Paul Custom Black Beauty with the “staple” neck single coil and a P-90 at the bridge. It was out of phase in the middle, too, so I think perhaps that was more common than once thought. The Gold Top was better than that guitar, as incredible as the Black Beauty was. The ‘55 Strat belonged to Billy Squier, who we knew from the Boston music scene in the early ‘70s. He played some gigs with my band at the time, and we recorded some demos with him, also. I always wonder if he still has that Strat even though he became known as a Les Paul guy.
this is truly one of the God-tier tone guitars the out of phase is also cool if you roll back the tone knob with some gain it gives you a cocked-wah tone
watching somebody play a nice guitar with a Levi jacket with brass buttons brings back my childhood with more pronounced OCD.... it ticks me off every time! haha
Chris: this is the best guitar I've ever played!
Every guitar: this is the best guitarist we've ever been played by!
Truth
Yep
Il Dottore Perfect comment. BRAVO 🖖🏼👌🏻👏🏼
Word.
Your playing after the intro... stunning! Just sublime.
Agreed. Terrific.
Intro guitar is sick...
Yes, and none of that scourge of TH-cam.... ....shredding!
David F like shredding ...but is not half as tasteful as this
Yes. But it always seems to be!
Nobody does it like Chris Buck! That intro was "miraculously good!" Unique yes, very, yet with an uncopyable style that's just ferocious in its intensity! Blown away, thanks!
Dear Chris, could you play a short piece with lots of fret buzz, out of tune bends, bad timing and bum notes...just to make the rest of us feel a bit better. Thanks! Ya big show aff!
YES!!! Turn that thing up!
that first jam had my head banging, the second jam made me close my eyes and lean my head back. You have incredible touch, incredible phrasing and yes that guitar has that 1 in a million magic sound.
Wow, even by your high standards, that intro solo was particularly tasty.
The more I see you play, the more I consider selling my guitars and focusing on trying to master the triangle....
Don't bother with the triangle i have had one for two years now
and i still can't play the blues scale on it ....
@@ronnyp6934 lmgdao wow you win comment of the day ❤️
smdh wrong.just set a goal n try to reach it
we ALL kinda hit a wall and the progress kinda slows down just keep at it and prepare yourself for the brake thru thats gonna happen....they usually blow your mind.
good luck
@@ralphstanley84 ♥
@@ronnyp6934 have u tried the bells?😁
Chris, that certainly sounds righteous. The all gold are my favorite!
Chris, you’re one of the most tasteful and musical players I have ever heard. Hat’s off!
This style of playing reminds me so much of Nick Johnston. Smooth, 'effortless' runs. Never overbearing, and a pleasure to return to again and again. Gold!
God it’s more than just listening for me. Watching Chris Buck play is just beautiful and a thing in itself.
In the early 70s I found my uncle's 1958 LP Jr. under his couch in the basement. In the original case, with the original price tag: $ 120.00. I got it that year for Christmas. Still have it.
It plays awesome. Low volume is clean but crank it up and it growls! Monster tone.
Was he Ralph Ellis ? from Liverpool ?
No, I did have an Uncle Ralph but he lived in North Carolina. It's interesting that there would be an Ellis in Liverpool, but we're Yanks from the South, now in Texas. Music knows no Boundries!
@@mikeellis9720 Thanks for the reply Mike. The reason I asked was that from memory the lead guitarist in the Liverpool group " the swinging blue jeans " was a Ralph Ellis. I still love the lead solo in Hippy Hippy Shake which was amazing for its time ( and still is ). I'd love to know what became of him and whether he actually played what we listen to or whether it was a session player.
@@AlanJan_UK_49 That is very interesting! I do love that good old stuff. Like the original "Who do you love" Great Stuff.
Your melodies dropped from Heaven Chris!!
That intro jam was amazing dude, your playing with that tone is killer.
Chris, I watch your show every week and I must say that it doesn’t matter what the subject is, your playing is so refreshing and musical. For such a young man you seem to have an “old soul”. I don’t know what you have been listening to over the past years, but whatever it was, it and your own unique musical imagination has informed your playing with magic. What you do is simply inspiring.
A few decades ago I purchased a 1954 LP Goldtop. It cost $5,000 (more than $9,000 today) with the LP brown, hard case. It’s not all gold, but the mahogany back and neck are gorgeous. No need to hide that wood in any way. I primarily bought it rather than a later TOM Goldtop because I always felt that the single-piece wrap-around tailpiece imparted more connectivity amongst the strings, body and pickups, and yes, it intones perfectly.
The gold on the top shows lots of arm-wear on the rear-lower bout and there is some beautiful verdigris in that area. I think it adds character to the guitar.
The “no-line” Kluson tuners on the guitar you played are remarkably spanking clean, especially considering that they are sixty-five years old. The same tuners on my GT show their age but work perfectly. I must say, though, that my GT’s headstock is in better condition. My pickups are also out of phase from the factory.
Yes, P-90s, my favorite pickup along with Jazzmaster’s and Dynasonics. When I purchased a Trainwreck Komet 60 in the city many years ago (Ken Fischer was still alive and I spoke with him on several occasions) I went to the studio which was selling what was then the latest Ken Fischer amp design. They brought out a ’57 Strat and a ’59 Burst for me to try the amp out with. They were no fools, such stellar guitars were bound to make any amp sound great; however, I had brought my ’54 GT with me.
To be polite, I played both the Strat and the Bust though the Komet, and of course, notwithstanding my playing, the sound was stunning. The salesman smiled and kind of knew he had made a sale. Then I asked him if I could plug my GT into the amp and he said alright.
Well, without touching any of the amp’s controls, that GT just blew away both the Strat and the Burst. The salesman was equally blown away by the sound and asked me if I had modded my guitar in any way. I told him that it was an absolutely stock, un-altered ’54 GT. He was quite amazed. Those old P-90s are really great. After trying out a Dumble Overdrive Special and a Trainwreck Liverpool, I bought the Komet 60 because it had great clean headroom which the other amps, while excellent for distorted sounds, did not, and even then the Komet 60 was a lot less expensive.
Cheers, mate.
Glicksman1. I have a 1960 LP Jr and a 1969 LP Deluxe both with P90s. I think they are the best sounding Gibsons I've ever played. The only other Gibson that got close was a 1964 ES330 which was just amazing. P90s are seriously under-rated.
@@chukrock We totally agree. Not to nit-pick, but unless someone changed the pickups in your '69 LP Deluxe, the pickups installed at the factory are Minibuckers, often confused with Firebird humbuckers, which look similar but which have no pole pieces and which sound brighter and more like P-90s than do Minibuckers.
In addition to actual Firebird Vs, etc., an excellent and familiar example of the sound of a Firebird humbucker is Neil Young's' "Old Black" (originally a '53 LP Goldtop) as we have heard it on many of his recordings and at his live shows. It has a Firebird humbucker in the bridge position (the original bridge position P-90 was first replaced with a Rowe-DeArmond pickup, possibly a Dynasonic, and later removed) and a metal-covered P-90 is in the neck position, probably the original P-90 with a new cover.
Minibuckers are great pickups and I recall them back in the day when the late '60s LP Goldtop Deluxes were played by a lot of guitarists. They always sounded fabulous and I preferred and still prefer their singing upper-mids to many full-sized humbucker LPs.
@@Glicksman1 You have an eye for detail. Yes, you are correct. The pickups are not original. That aroused my curiosity before I bought the guitar so I did some research which suggested that there were a few GT LP Deluxes which left the factory with P90s. Mine have a date stamp on the back which is hard to read but looks like 1979 so they probably WERE swapped out at some stage. Regardless, they sound wonderful. Cheers.
I bet they do. You can't' go wrong with P-90s. BTW, since we have similar taste in guitars, if you ever get to try a Gretsch Duo-Jet with Rowe-DeArmond Dynasonics, either a real vintage one or a re-issue, such as a Harrison, I think you'll be impressed. I have a Harrison re-issue and it's just magic.
@@DanielSekovski In 1967, the Brazilian government outlawed the export of Brazilian rosewood logs and in 1992 the newly formed CITES convention declared Brazilian rosewood a threatened species.
Knowing hat this was coming, luthiers began to hoard Brazilian rosewood in the late 1960's and especially after 1992. Many of the luthiers I know have a nice pile of the stuff for their use, but the major guitar manufacturers do not use it anymore except for very special (read: expensive) guitars.
When I ordered an Elliot Peter Stroud Tonemaster, I asked Andy if I could have a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. He asked me why and I told him that I wanted the guitar to sound and feel as good as possible, even if it cost more.
He said that he had some nice dark chocolate brown Brazilian on hand, but that it wasn't worth the extra amount because there was no sonic difference between Brazilian and Indian rosewood. As for feel, he said, once both were shaped and sanded, there was no difference in feel.
Andy could have gotten a few hundred dollar more for the guitar, but he was honest about Brazilian rosewood for which I thank him and which informs us about it in the most practical way..
Lovely sound Chris. I've always thought that the 50's Gold Tops were hugely underrated and although 35,000€ sounds like a lot of money, it's a bargain compared to the '58-'60 'bursts. Both Freddie King and Hubert Sumlin coaxed some great sounds out of these guitars and I bought an Epiphone Les Paul '56 Gold Top new for 350€ around 5 years ago which I really love. Obviously not in the same class as an original Gold Top but a good place to start.
I thought that said 350k. I was like THIS RICH ASSHOLE. haha cheers m8
P90 pickups have a uniquely rich, strong quality, I share your love of them Chris! This guitar sounds beautiful, I would say it is an ideal vector for your style!
Bring guitar back , by simply playing it beautifully.
Omg you MURDERED that thing in that intro COTT DAMN
Ok, so that French Jazz riff at the end of the Vid was simply... sublime ! Superb playing Chris!! Another convert...
Daum that open jam though!!
Chris Buck shred masterclass plz!!!
He can give a whole master class on how to hold the pick!
Shred? Really?
@@davidf6326 well hes no vai but got daum man have to admit it was great and pretty quick
In most guitar YT channels I only like the talking and skip the playing.. This channel could be 100% playing. Just an amazing player.. Jaw dropping time and time again.
What the heck? I've never heard anyone who skips the playing to listen to middle aged fat Americans waffle on about the middle tone cut will make it have less mid folks and oh yeah I bought my first guitar in 1983 and it was a Squier from Korea blah blah blah blah blah.
@@joshmuz9018 Sounds amazing which channel is that? Hahahhahaha
#Madlick 90% of dudes reviewing their new amp or guitar on TH-cam do exactly this
@@joshmuz9018 yeah I know... But most of them can' really play.. Not in Chris Buck levels anyway
Just some divine playing on the intro!
I'm such a sucker for all gold Les Pauls and ES-295s. Your playing and the softer tones really do this guitar so much justice. Thank you for sharing.
That Les Paul on the background is a stunner. Very Page esq. Lovely playing and an incredible tone on this beauty
My SG Special’s P90s are out of phase. I have a note from the original owner saying they’ve always been this way. (The guitar was made in 1964.) I think Gibson was/is kinda sloppy about such stuff. But I’d never “fix” it! The range of sounds I can get in the middle position just by varying the volume knobs is worth the mistake. I agree that P90s don’t get near enough love. ☺️
Beautiful guitar, beautiful tones, beautiful playing.
I would rather say the THE GREATEST guitarrist that ever play it, and that's you Chris.
Never saw any one playing Les Paul like this. Amazing. Subscribed.
Oh Man - those P90’s - I’m speechless - I rather have Old Gibson P90’s than any other pickups in the world. They’re fat, raw, juicy, & rubbery.
3 Card Monty "fat, raw, juicy..." That's the taste of P90 Power, brother!
Do you know my wife?
@@davidmoran1660 hahahahahahaha
Sounds like the steak i misscooked last night.
Ditto
I love the Gypsy bit at the end, mate. That is a very sweet sounding guitar.
I love your playing style at anytime, Chris, but on this guitar it's pure magic.
That's some super charged playing. Totally dug this.
I hope you have the ability to own and keep forever these best tones for yourself, they truly will be irreplaceable.
Wow. Beautiful instrument, beautiful sound, great player. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Chris that was brilliant, the tone is incredible and your narration is great
I’m more into the classic Strat and Fender tones but there is no denying that the P90 has a lovely sweetness and body to it.
Miraculous is an appropriate description for guitar and player, Chris, thanks again for the heavenly sound
Have been looking at a number of your videos recently, Chris. ... Very accomplished playing, seriously nice touch, control and empathy with whatever you play.. ... ☺
Wow Chris... I know that you make any guitar you play sound amazing, but what a stunning sounding (and looking) guitar this is. The middle "out-of-phase" position is just an unbelievable growling wonderfulness. Thanks for all the great videos!
That's the sound... I just played one of the same vintage and model at a guitar shop near home a few months ago. Sublime.
Chris Buck plus P90 pickup = winning combination.
Angel was about to comment that haha spot on!
@Angel true, he would make anything sound good.
i agree..that tone was immense. a vintage gold top is my dream guitar right now..maybe one day 🙏🏼
I really dig your picking technique and dexterity with the pick and fingers and tasteful use of the controls to color your voicings. I hope viewers aprreciate the hours and hours of practicing that got you to this level of professionalism. Thank you for sharing your talent with us in a family friendly style.
Oh, that intro jam!! Unreal Chris 🤯
I was fortunate enough to have a Dad who wanted the best for me. In the early 70s one of his coworkers was a jazz lounge player who needed a tune up and a few filters changed on his car. He was no longer playing so my Dad made a deal with him to do the mechanical work he needed in trade for the 53 Les Paul gold top that he had played to death along with a non descript tube amp and $75. It was A LOT of guitar for a small skinny teenager that normally played a 65 ES330 (6lbs). Baseball bat neck and over 10 lbs it was hands down the best sounding guitar I ever played. Those p90s we're magic
With playing like that, I think you've earned such a guitar.
On the P-90 front, I think I agree. I just today got an Epiphone double cut with the P-90s in it. Awesome sound.
This dude has a really unique style...i like 👍
Really it's a gift view your incredible thecnic play any guitar...and for sure more with this Gibson beauty. Thanks.
amazing player and what a tone
Nice reference to Midnight in Paris at the end :)
Cheers Chris, beguiling combination of grit and flute in that first jam, sooo good. Totally didn't dribble on my keyboard during the camera sweeps, what a lovely thing. :)
What an absolute beauty. Great episode, thanks
Man! That growl sound of a P90 is awesome!
Let's wait more 65 years and see how your Revstar 502 gold top will sound and feel like. ;)
Gold Les Paul with p90’s, I love it.
Great history of the gold top. I didn't realize the back of the neck was painted as well. Another story I read about the gold top is that it was painted gold so that Leo Fender couldn't determine what type of wood was used in the guitar. Man, those P 90's sound great! I'm glad they change the bridge and tailpiece on the Les Paul's.
Mesmerising and sumptuous as always Chris.
I don't know whether it's possible but you seem to get better week on week. Fantastic video.
A phenomenal first piece of music / playing on the intro. Fantastic guitar 🎸
I used to think I hated the out of phase sound, but I recently wired up one of my guitars that way, and I'm absolutely loving it. The clarity is beautiful plus I have a whole pallet of new tones to work with.
Awesome work. You are a fantastic musician! 👏👏👏
Just like David Gilmour's.
His was all gold as well. I always thought those P90s were super juicy
Respect... Best of luck
incredible man! been following for a while and the quality of your videos just keeps getting better and better. That all gold Goldtop is nuts. peace
Nice vid overall. The outtro just absolutely sold it. Yeah, baby!
Some of the best les paul play in I've heard in a long time.
One of my dream guitars
I always look forward to your posts. The information you give is always interesting and informative. Your playing, touch and feel, light and shade is beyond good. Superb 😎🎙🎸✅🏴
i played a 56' before. Brew my mind. first vintage guitar ive ever played. before that it was just reissues...52s 54s..the lot. none of them is anywhere near the ballpark of that vintage one. so i get it....these vintage P90 LPs are GLORIOUS.
Oh that mournful singing growling cry!
Reminds me of Snowy White's Goldtop... you demonstrated that real well man.
Magic.
Beautiful
Incredible Tone in Your hands . Unbelievable..
Gorgeous Les Paul, and your volume control and fingers... Bravo.
amazing guitar but i think your playing and how you know to bring the magic out of those guitars are even better
and also a very nice interpretation for bistro fada
Lovely touch you have Sir. Big fan of the “mostly” fingers approach.
Love P-90s, my favorite pickup ultimately...I have a mid-50s ES-125 with a single P-90, 1 tone, 1 volume and it sounds sublime...Bought it from my old friend Chris Whitley (RIP) if anyone remembers him...
Great vid Chris and sumptuous playing, as always...Thank you...
That's what I call the perfect demonstration of guitar tones! Chris you never stop amazing me! There are shades of "woman-tones" in the intro (tone rolled down on one pickup maybe?). And I love your interpretation of Stéphane Wrembel's "Bistro Fada". Kudos 👏
Bruh. Your shit is always on point. 10/10 my guy.
Fun Fact:
On the Gibson EB-3 Bass, the #3 position of the Varitone knob is 'Both Out of Phase'.
Former owner, USA born, guitar was a Selmer unit from London.
Great thanks Chris, I've got some '52 P 90s in my '13 R6........but there's nothing like old wood.........too gooooood!!
Nice opening solo. Love it!!
Had a real 56 GT years ago, it was a delight to play. Someone thought it was worth too much and away it went. Still makes me sad to think about it. Got a 57 RI GT now, it will do. That 55 would really put an end to my gas though.
Tasty playing!
Sounds great Chris!!! Love watching you play.
Buy it Chris! It sounds fantastic.
OMG, I could say so much here. The two best I have ever played have both been from 1955 ~ 1) a beat to shit, glorious
sounding ‘55 sunburst Strat, and 2) a ‘55 Gold Top like this. Some moron stripped it for a sunburst refin, but it still had
the sound and played like a dream. Both incredibly spiritual feeling instruments. To me, P-90s from the ‘50s and ‘60s
are the best Gibson pickups of all. The out of phase thing is not all that uncommon with those ‘50s guitars. I had a ‘54
Les Paul Custom Black Beauty with the “staple” neck single coil and a P-90 at the bridge. It was out of phase in the
middle, too, so I think perhaps that was more common than once thought. The Gold Top was better than that guitar,
as incredible as the Black Beauty was. The ‘55 Strat belonged to Billy Squier, who we knew from the Boston music
scene in the early ‘70s. He played some gigs with my band at the time, and we recorded some demos with him, also.
I always wonder if he still has that Strat even though he became known as a Les Paul guy.
Tasty playing, wonderful tone.
God dammit, Chris. Such a monster! 🔥
Lovely tribute to my holy grail guitar - right down to Bistro Fada (on a Les Paul???!). Thanks Chris!
this is truly one of the God-tier tone guitars
the out of phase is also cool if you roll back the tone knob with some gain it gives you a cocked-wah tone
Wow what a beautiful guitar!
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Big fan of gibson p90s probably my favorite in tone out of all
Soulful playing
Brilliant brilliant tone
Yes, individually amazing sounding guitar!
watching somebody play a nice guitar with a Levi jacket with brass buttons brings back my childhood with more pronounced OCD.... it ticks me off every time! haha
P-90 goldtops are the best blues sound for me!
Love the way you play