You can check this one out on Reverb: 🔴reverb.com/item/34414028?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly Playing Demo by Richie Zellon @ 7:08 Maybe I'll have to custom order my own take on this! Leave your ideas below! 💰New to Reverb? Get $10 on Me ➡️ reverb.grsm.io/earn10 ❓Private Help Sessions: troglysguitarshow.com/help-appraisals/ 🎸New Guitar Day Program: troglysguitarshow.com/ngd/ 👕 Merch: teespring.com/basic-logo-4245?pid=211
I would only add that whatever M2M instrument you order it would need a lacquered Maple Fingerboard. And if you go that route I would like to add that maybe Abalone might be a better choice than MOP. The Block MP inlays on my LP Custom are all but invisible against the light colored Maple Fingerboard. Just saying........... Gotta add a Stinger with your Trogly Logo at the base of the headstock/Stinger. In the same location you would find Spiders, Centipedes and Cobras! EDIT: As a nod to your past have the maple fingerboard sort of carry through the top with a figured maple strip similar to a Spotlight Special (only if it looks good).
Na - I just built something very similar. I don't miss bridge pickups at all and rarely use them - and if I do it's in combo with a neck or middle. Most sound shrill and empty - not as full as a neck pickup. The only bridge pickup I've found tasty is the Gibson "Dirty Fingers" that I installed in another build. That one actually sounds pretty good. Everyone is different and that is a good thing - nothing wrong with preferring one over the other. That is what makes guitars so much fun. :-)
If a guitar's only going to have one pickup it has to be in the neck or maybe even a midway position for me. Can't stand guitars that have the one pickup but in the bridge position. Don't even get me going on bass players who play on the neck pickup alone.
Me too man, never understood why the bridge is seen as the default or standard pickup to have for a single pickup guitar. Neck pickups are much more useful and versatile IMO, especially if it's a humbucker. They respond much better to picking dynamics, you can obviously have nice smooth clean tones but you can get a lot of bite out of them if you push them enough. I have an SG Standard that I've modified to be a neck pickup only guitar and I love it. It's really the only configuration I want at this point. I wish it was more common outside of jazz boxes.
Neck pickup only guitars are something I've wanted to see for a while. To me the neck pickup is a lot more important than the bridge- all my lead and clean playing is done in the neck position, so I really only use the bridge for heavy rhythm. I could see a guitar like that being excellent for math rock/modern prog tones. I'd use a DiMarzio Air Norton if I bought one, simply for the versatility of that pickup.
YES ! I often dream of such creations. I reckon it definitely looks better with a Bigsby and an Alnico "staple" pickup instead of the humbucker would complete it for me . 👍
Ever since Epiphone released the new LP Jr with P90's, I've been dreaming of making a neck pickup only guitar with a P90. To me, neck is the go to pickup, I use it probably 90% of the time
Recommendation: Chambered, with no outer f hole Maple body Spruce top Flame Maple neck 1 neck PAF fixed to tuneomatic posts rosewood bridge Trapeze tailpiece Rosewood fingerboard Super 400 inlays No pickguard 50s knobs 50s correct plastics and stuff Multilayer binding.
It would need to have the flower pot headstock inlay as well as a stinger on the back of the headstock. Other than those two additions I'd use every spec you laid out, perfection there Bass Stuff. EDIT: Maybe a 1-Piece Flamed Maple Arch/Carved Back and possibly Select Bear Claw figured Spruce Top as well!
About the NO BINDING thing...this single option costed me 1000 dollars, and they destroyed my first choice wood table in working on the top. It's the first Guitar made by CS without the binding.
For the Jazz Paul, I'd take a Les Paul Custom and give it F holes, a single 57' classic neck pickup, a trapeze tailpiece, flatwound strings, and a vintage sunburst or ebony finish.
I'd go with the 57 classic+ if it was in the neck. Mine has a 57 in the neck and I wish it was a touch hotter so I could get rid of that muddy sound. That and/or use a 1 meg pots and I think it would be OK, but me, I'd put it right in the middle of where the pups usually go and have the best of both worlds lol.
I dont get these peeps disliking the videos?? Dont like something? then say it in the chat i wanna know why you would thumbs down a history lesson lol people can sure be unappreciative. Thanks for the awesome video Austin!
I just ordered a single pickup (bridge) Les Paul via M2M. Was pleasantly surprised with how willing they were to consider out-of-the-box ideas and not price-gouge the hell out of me for them. Kudos, Gibson!
Nice, I’ve been running a neck pickup only Gibson Les paul for about 15 years. It started life as a standard then I removed the bridge PU, filled the hole filled and resprayed white. It’s same sort of layout control as this one (minus a coil tap) :)
@@voornaam3191 yeah it does sound awesome but would also sound awesome with a wider range of sounds like he said in the vid. He could add a diff pickup arrangement for some more acoustic tones
1:20 That ES175, I learned to play on one of those, with the exact same configuration as the one pictured. Best neck I’ve ever played, nice and thin. It’s a mid 60’s and it belongs to my brother. He still has it. He’s ten years older than me and has a masters degree in Jazz piano and guitar. He taught me how to play on a cheap Yamaha acoustic, but I quickly ditched that and played his 175. I couldn’t play it when he was around, but luckily he was always at school practicing piano and wasn’t at home very much. I would hook it up to my Boss OS-2 overdrive/distortion pedal and that thing would sound so gnarly. Sometimes he would leave his Roland Jazz Chorus 77 at home and I would rock out with the 175 and that very loud amp.
*If you do a Made To Measure Custom Les Paul you should set up a google form where people can vote on what specs it should have. Like a bunch of options for each part and the ones that get most votes gets to make up the guitar!* You might get something really generic and boring like a 59 cherry sunburst, but it might be something completely different you'd never think of!
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I spend most of my time on the neck pickup, so it wouldn't bother me too much. No guitar should have a Bigsby, especially not a Les Paul. I like it without the scratchplate, too.
Hey! Nice guitar. I think you would like to check the “Wes Paul”. A 1998 NAMM model that mixes the Les Paul Florentine and the Wes Montgomery L5. Google it, it was on reverb some time ago!
I don't really get it. As well as 3-pickup LP or SG, lol. I know all the reasons, but to me they are just stupid. But hey, if anyone wants it and can afford it, I am ok with it. Whatever inspires you as musician is good for you.
Those 3 humbucker models always looked strange to me. I haven't played one, closest was a Charvel with a middle single coil, but I imagine it might be a bit crowded depending on how you pick.
@@ATR022190 Single to complement 2 humbuckers is useful, coil splits won't give you that single coil sound no matter what you do. But 3 humbuckers usually don't do anything significantly different from what you get with 2 humbuckers.
For me, the most important thing on a Jazz Paul would be to have a fat single coil, like a P90 or a Duncan Phat Cat. Such tones! On top of that I'd probably add a trapeze tailpiece for the added resonance. The rest is largely cosmetic... I like the natural finish but book-matched maple would be the way. I'd pair that with gold hardware (Grover tuners), white binding, white pickguard, rosewood neck with MoP inlays. For the back, a medium-light stain on the mahogany, giving it some warmth and contrast, but I'd also consider a maple cap or laminate with binding on the back as well, not unlike those fancy Teles you see sometimes.
I own a single pickup guitar, but that's just the bridge. I absolutely love it for playing heavier stuff, I tend to pick high so the lack of a neck pickup gives me some freedom for that style (still a huge fan of having a single coil neck for crispy cleans though). This particular guitar though... I'd love to play it just to see how it feels... not sure if I'd want to own it though. Just the neck seems a little one dimensional in terms of tone. At least a single bridge can get away with trying to do something different a bit easier if you get bored.
We have a 1954 ES140 and it was great to see one on your show! After '56 they only made the thinline. That really looks like an LP. The thin neck makes it tough to play with my thick fingers. Sometimes I just take it out and admire it.
Ok, my “if money was no object” Jazz Paul transparent back, R9, ebony finish, split-parallelogram inlays, ebony board, flower pot on the headstock, w/b/w binding all around the top, neck and headstock, floating mini-hum-bucker, old school jazzbox pickguard scaled down, with “hidden” volume and tone under it. A floating bridge, and the split trapeze tailpiece Epiphone used to have on their archtops. Gold hardware usually isn’t my style, but gold on an ebony finish, yes please. Otherwise, I’ll keep the traditional woods, nothing too fancy.
You read my mind with the idea of the floating pickup (OK, I read yours). It would look a lot better, but then I remembered that the whole point of a floating pickup is to avoid disturbing the vibrating top of a hollowbody. So, on a solid-body Les Paul, it would serve no sonic purpose. But, still, that lone humbucker does look clunky. Maybe a mini-humbucker? Hey, I wonder if anyone makes any gold or amber-colored pickup rings that would match the knobs. That would be an interesting look. Then you could make all the hardware gold...it would look awesome!
Have them make a Tobacco Burst LP custom with: -Rosewood fretboard -Chambered -Thicccc neck -57 classics -Satin finish on neck Then once you get it...I'll pay whatever price you ask. Or I could just trade you my soul.
Would totally rock this Jazz Paul especially with the bigsby. Binding would be cool but not a deal breaker to me personally. Would also love to see it in tobacco burst!
If I were to play a one-pickup guitar, it'd be a neck pickup. I've always preferred the neck tone over the bridge. Maybe because I've been playing bass for so long and have an ear for lower frequencies?
I think the question of where only one pickup should go also depends on what type of pickup. One humbucker = bridge One single-coil = neck (whether it’s a Fender style, P-90, lipstick, etc.)
Yeah, nice idea but, no cigar. I think that you're right about a P 90 pickup and binding on the body as well as the neck and a pickguard and I'd also go for wraparound stop tailpiece, no tuneamatic and it would have to be a gold top or even all gold body and neck. Don't forget nickle hardware including factory Grover rotomatic tuners! Yes, I think that would have been something, a real Les Paul Jazz box!
Honestly, binding is just gaudy imho. Less wood removed is better for the wood stability. This is something that's been known for literally centuries; in the violin manual written by Mozart's father (himself a very celebrated teacher of the instrument), there's a comment where he says that a student should seek out a violin that's plain and unadorned with the 'foppery' of inlays and binding, as it adds nothing to the tone of the instrument and if anything, takes awhile from its structural stability. If I were going to design a custom guitar, I'd maybe opt for 'faux' binding with the maple cap edge being unpainted, but I wouldn't want the neck or body bound either. And for the fretboard, I'd probably prefer very small dot or entirely absent fret marker inlays.
Maybe a Lollar Charlie Christian pickup, straight string pull from the tuners through the nut and a headstock that doesn’t bend backward, and thanks for crediting Richie Zellon of the Jazz Guitar Channel playing the ‘Wes Paul”!
I think this would be cool in a custom black beauty finish with all the binding and such. Even having it chambered with a single large f hole on the left side would look sweet imo
On a typical Jazz Electric Guitar the Trapeze tailpiece is preferred as the longer overall string length helps manage the playability of the thicker strings.
My Jazz Pauls are my Gibson Les Paul Florentines! If I get more money I'm gonna keep buying all of the 90s Florentines! There are only a handful of them on the market at one time.
I think you should do a WYRON on the Airline Jazzbox that Eastwood said they were gonna make, but I don't think they ever did. You said "jazzbox" and that's what I immediately thought of.
If I were to have a single pickup LP custom made I would have them put the pickup in the center with it being just a touch closer to the bridge if not dead center in the middle where the pups usually are at. I think this would be a truly unique sounding Les Paul. The least used position on LP is the full neck position so why anyone would go that route is beyond me. Maybe if you had a high output pickup and used like a 1 meg ohm pot for both volume and tone maybe then it would sound OK. If it's just a standard Gibson set up it would be too muddy for me, rarely do I use just the neck.
Absolutely would rock, I love neck pickup only guitars and this is the first time I've seen this configuration on a Les Paul. I don't love the top but I'm not a big fan of figured tops in general. Would be much more appealing as a plain top or with a solid color, more fitting of the minimalist layout. Would be even better with just a single volume knob that coil splits, never found tone controls to be of much use on neck PUs. Would be cool to see with a wraparound too. I've never understood why it's assumed that the bridge pickup is the one to have in a single PU guitar, they can be fun but they're not nearly as versatile IMO.
If I were to do a Jazz Paul I'd go for the silver burst finish, as a nod to Charlie Christian, with an unbound neck with no inlays at all and for a pick up I'd go with a New Yorker (Delux) but with a black surround to go with the finish. As it happens Epiphone did make neck pick up only Coronets with them and they do work well for that. Just a stop tail and the controls as on a Jr. However a stacked tone control, the inner one would be the tone the outer being a blend for piezo. Godin did used to do a Jazz model that was built around their piezo system with just the neck hum bucker.
There is a sludge metal band from Ireland and they are called Slomatics. And the guitar player has a Les Paul Standard in white with the single neck pickup.
A Robert Fripp inspired Jazz Paul would be cool. Black with a single neck PAF and mahogany top. I would give it a bass cut control also, though. That would help dial it in.
I would rock that--if I could afford it. I use the neck pickup a lot, and I love no pickguard on a Les Paul with a natural or sunburst finish. This is beautiful.
Work on your slow vibrato. It takes practice but well worth the effort.Gary Moore was pretty masterful with the slow vibrato. You've got your tone nailed down pretty good, it's all just more time playing. Just try to play as often as possible and you should be fine. BTW, nice Epi LP.
Yes, the 'Johnny Smith' floating pickup sounds great, at least the one on my Johnny Smith that got away did. Would look more balanced than the big humbucker.
Since long time I want Gibson to release a Les Paul with 2 Floating mini humbuckers, with or with out f holes. The LP of this WYRON looks bad because the plastic p-up ring I think, anyway its a cool LP.
A les paul florentine with a mini humbucker or the alnico 5 in the nec and a bigsby in a shellac finish like an old violin (doesn’t have to be violin brown but a violin brown burst would be cool ) super 400 inlays and multi layered binding all around
Well, If you can build a custom shop, here is my suggestion: A 59 Les Paul made with Buckethead size and scale. Imagine that with a AAAA flame top. Oh mamaa
Silverburst w/ matching headstock Es style lp Flamed 5 PC neck w/o inlays. Just dark ebony Black pickup cover Bigsby Piezo tailpiece used with/blending tone knob so there's no switches, kind of like bass
I know this probably is not going to get seen by you but I would love for you to do a jimmy page les paul number 2 I think the wiring is interesting and you would enjoy it although they are pretty expensive I think you could get your money’s worth
do this with a vintage sunburst with a mini-humbucker in the neck with either a wrap around bridge or a bigsby. Or do this with a Les Paul hollowbody with a Piezo. I'd buy that
I have a 1970 Kay guitar archtop I put a floating pickups Gretsch ain't worth much but it's fun to play and it's been in my family since it was purchased
I would like it, but only to *finally* study jazz with...so I would not rock it, I would jazz it. WYJON? That L-5 demo guy has a great channel, BTW. Worth spending time there.
i like the demos of the other players you are doing. but i hope any videos that have the demos in them are not being monetized. that would go against fair use standards......
I think this one actually looks decent without the binding. The contrast between the cap and the body looks good. I think I would miss the bridge pickup. I agree the a bridge piezo would be nice on here. What isn't nice is the price. OUCH!!
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Maybe I'll have to custom order my own take on this!
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Have Gibson CNC route your Trogly's logo on the front of the guitar.
It has Faux Binding like a PRS
I would only add that whatever M2M instrument you order it would need a lacquered Maple Fingerboard.
And if you go that route I would like to add that maybe Abalone might be a better choice than MOP.
The Block MP inlays on my LP Custom are all but invisible against the light colored Maple Fingerboard.
Just saying...........
Gotta add a Stinger with your Trogly Logo at the base of the headstock/Stinger.
In the same location you would find Spiders, Centipedes and Cobras!
EDIT: As a nod to your past have the maple fingerboard sort of carry through the top with a figured maple strip similar to a Spotlight Special (only if it looks good).
Hey.... I can see a pickguard in that case..!
@@ashish-usgaonkar-music Sharp eye Sir. 1:00
Seeing that pickguard in the case I can now imagine how strange it would look with only the neck pickup!
Beautiful. I must be in the 1% of people who could be content with just a neck pickup on a desert island guitar.
Na - I just built something very similar. I don't miss bridge pickups at all and rarely use them - and if I do it's in combo with a neck or middle. Most sound shrill and empty - not as full as a neck pickup. The only bridge pickup I've found tasty is the Gibson "Dirty Fingers" that I installed in another build. That one actually sounds pretty good. Everyone is different and that is a good thing - nothing wrong with preferring one over the other. That is what makes guitars so much fun. :-)
I think I'd rather have a single pickup in the neck than a single pickup in the bridge
If a guitar's only going to have one pickup it has to be in the neck or maybe even a midway position for me. Can't stand guitars that have the one pickup but in the bridge position. Don't even get me going on bass players who play on the neck pickup alone.
Me too man, never understood why the bridge is seen as the default or standard pickup to have for a single pickup guitar. Neck pickups are much more useful and versatile IMO, especially if it's a humbucker. They respond much better to picking dynamics, you can obviously have nice smooth clean tones but you can get a lot of bite out of them if you push them enough. I have an SG Standard that I've modified to be a neck pickup only guitar and I love it. It's really the only configuration I want at this point. I wish it was more common outside of jazz boxes.
My buddy that sold cars once said there is an ass for every seat. Every one.
I've ALWAYS liked the neck over the bridge.
Neck pickup only guitars are something I've wanted to see for a while. To me the neck pickup is a lot more important than the bridge- all my lead and clean playing is done in the neck position, so I really only use the bridge for heavy rhythm. I could see a guitar like that being excellent for math rock/modern prog tones. I'd use a DiMarzio Air Norton if I bought one, simply for the versatility of that pickup.
YES ! I often dream of such creations. I reckon it definitely looks better with a Bigsby and an Alnico "staple" pickup instead of the humbucker would complete it for me . 👍
Charlie Christian rail pickup would be neat, and Trogly's right about the piezo bridge
Agreed, P90 Staple pickup is one of my most favorite.
@@charless6136 I would be game to try it with a Charlie Christian pickup but the piezo doesn't interest me at all personally.
Ever since Epiphone released the new LP Jr with P90's, I've been dreaming of making a neck pickup only guitar with a P90. To me, neck is the go to pickup, I use it probably 90% of the time
-mini humbucker
-big tortoiseshell guard
-trapese bridge
-tobaccoburst finish
-Super 400 inlays
I'd love to see a 335 with a single neck pickup. I'm waiting for the day you get to review BBkings signature guitar.
Recommendation:
Chambered, with no outer f hole
Maple body
Spruce top
Flame Maple neck
1 neck PAF
fixed to tuneomatic posts rosewood bridge
Trapeze tailpiece
Rosewood fingerboard
Super 400 inlays
No pickguard
50s knobs
50s correct plastics and stuff
Multilayer binding.
Hell yes
It would need to have the flower pot headstock inlay as well as a stinger on the back of the headstock.
Other than those two additions I'd use every spec you laid out, perfection there Bass Stuff.
EDIT: Maybe a 1-Piece Flamed Maple Arch/Carved Back and possibly Select Bear Claw figured Spruce Top as well!
PIEZO in the bridge, with the switch between humbucker and piezo pickup in usual spot no pickguard like to see flame and quilt mix maybe?
About the NO BINDING thing...this single option costed me 1000 dollars, and they destroyed my first choice wood table in working on the top. It's the first Guitar made by CS without the binding.
For the Jazz Paul, I'd take a Les Paul Custom and give it F holes, a single 57' classic neck pickup, a trapeze tailpiece, flatwound strings, and a vintage sunburst or ebony finish.
You should check out Seventy Seven guitars they make a model called the Stork. Or just get a Gibson Les Paul florentine or ES LP
You mean just like the 1998 NAMM Gibson "Wes Paul". Awsome combination
@@RenatoLevanteze I had no idea that existed. Guess there are like minds out there :P
I'd go with the 57 classic+ if it was in the neck. Mine has a 57 in the neck and I wish it was a touch hotter so I could get rid of that muddy sound. That and/or use a 1 meg pots and I think it would be OK, but me, I'd put it right in the middle of where the pups usually go and have the best of both worlds lol.
I'd do that what I did to my firebird. swap the posts with some Nashville to TuneOMatic posts and slap a wood bridge on it.
Hey that sound interesting. Do you mind sharing a picture/video? thanks
I dont get these peeps disliking the videos?? Dont like something? then say it in the chat i wanna know why you would thumbs down a history lesson lol people can sure be unappreciative. Thanks for the awesome video Austin!
I just ordered a single pickup (bridge) Les Paul via M2M. Was pleasantly surprised with how willing they were to consider out-of-the-box ideas and not price-gouge the hell out of me for them. Kudos, Gibson!
Yes, I'd Rock that "Jazz Paul".
Very cool guitar.
You can never have enough different style/kinds of guitars!
No more factory guitars buddy! Time for a real custom from a luthier! Hope you are doing well!
Hey. Why does it matter if u put the pickup in neck position rather than bridge, wouldnt it sound the same in either slot?
___ Neck has a much warmer sound, works well for jazz.
Nice, I’ve been running a neck pickup only Gibson Les paul for about 15 years. It started life as a standard then I removed the bridge PU, filled the hole filled and resprayed white. It’s same sort of layout control as this one (minus a coil tap) :)
I've seen the modification photo story when I was searching for another neck pickup only LPs. :)
Enjoy yours!
What if we keep the one pickup look but add a piezo?
Faux acoustic sounds would be awesome on a guitar like this
What do you meen by "would"? It sounds awesome or it does not. There is no space for wood, tmho.
@@voornaam3191 yeah it does sound awesome but would also sound awesome with a wider range of sounds like he said in the vid. He could add a diff pickup arrangement for some more acoustic tones
That's sick
Personally I like the look without binding. It would be nice if they had moved the knobs over to the 2nd spots, looks cramped this way.
1:20 That ES175, I learned to play on one of those, with the exact same configuration as the one pictured. Best neck I’ve ever played, nice and thin. It’s a mid 60’s and it belongs to my brother. He still has it. He’s ten years older than me and has a masters degree in Jazz piano and guitar. He taught me how to play on a cheap Yamaha acoustic, but I quickly ditched that and played his 175. I couldn’t play it when he was around, but luckily he was always at school practicing piano and wasn’t at home very much. I would hook it up to my Boss OS-2 overdrive/distortion pedal and that thing would sound so gnarly. Sometimes he would leave his Roland Jazz Chorus 77 at home and I would rock out with the 175 and that very loud amp.
Did Judah Davis claim the giveaway??
*If you do a Made To Measure Custom Les Paul you should set up a google form where people can vote on what specs it should have. Like a bunch of options for each part and the ones that get most votes gets to make up the guitar!*
You might get something really generic and boring like a 59 cherry sunburst, but it might be something completely different you'd never think of!
I spend most of my time on the neck pickup, so it wouldn't bother me too much.
No guitar should have a Bigsby, especially not a Les Paul. I like it without the scratchplate, too.
That's lovely :-)
That's the coolest guitar I've seen in awhile!
Lovely guitar, love it so much with bigsby. The finish is one of the best i've ever seen on a les paul
Hey! Nice guitar. I think you would like to check the “Wes Paul”. A 1998 NAMM model that mixes the Les Paul Florentine and the Wes Montgomery L5. Google it, it was on reverb some time ago!
It is the exact model that Trogly said he would like to see. Pretty rare!
Yes, it was a test run or something like that. The old Reverb add has many photos of it.
I don't really get it. As well as 3-pickup LP or SG, lol. I know all the reasons, but to me they are just stupid.
But hey, if anyone wants it and can afford it, I am ok with it. Whatever inspires you as musician is good for you.
Those 3 humbucker models always looked strange to me. I haven't played one, closest was a Charvel with a middle single coil, but I imagine it might be a bit crowded depending on how you pick.
@@ATR022190 Single to complement 2 humbuckers is useful, coil splits won't give you that single coil sound no matter what you do. But 3 humbuckers usually don't do anything significantly different from what you get with 2 humbuckers.
For me, the most important thing on a Jazz Paul would be to have a fat single coil, like a P90 or a Duncan Phat Cat. Such tones! On top of that I'd probably add a trapeze tailpiece for the added resonance.
The rest is largely cosmetic... I like the natural finish but book-matched maple would be the way. I'd pair that with gold hardware (Grover tuners), white binding, white pickguard, rosewood neck with MoP inlays. For the back, a medium-light stain on the mahogany, giving it some warmth and contrast, but I'd also consider a maple cap or laminate with binding on the back as well, not unlike those fancy Teles you see sometimes.
This is the only guitar I would have to have a bigsby on. I think it just completes the look.
I own a single pickup guitar, but that's just the bridge. I absolutely love it for playing heavier stuff, I tend to pick high so the lack of a neck pickup gives me some freedom for that style (still a huge fan of having a single coil neck for crispy cleans though). This particular guitar though... I'd love to play it just to see how it feels... not sure if I'd want to own it though. Just the neck seems a little one dimensional in terms of tone. At least a single bridge can get away with trying to do something different a bit easier if you get bored.
We have a 1954 ES140 and it was great to see one on your show! After '56 they only made the thinline. That really looks like an LP. The thin neck makes it tough to play with my thick fingers. Sometimes I just take it out and admire it.
I'd like to see one of these built like a Les Paul Supreme or a TLP with the maple all the way around
Ok, my “if money was no object” Jazz Paul transparent back, R9, ebony finish, split-parallelogram inlays, ebony board, flower pot on the headstock, w/b/w binding all around the top, neck and headstock, floating mini-hum-bucker, old school jazzbox pickguard scaled down, with “hidden” volume and tone under it. A floating bridge, and the split trapeze tailpiece Epiphone used to have on their archtops. Gold hardware usually isn’t my style, but gold on an ebony finish, yes please. Otherwise, I’ll keep the traditional woods, nothing too fancy.
You read my mind with the idea of the floating pickup (OK, I read yours). It would look a lot better, but then I remembered that the whole point of a floating pickup is to avoid disturbing the vibrating top of a hollowbody. So, on a solid-body Les Paul, it would serve no sonic purpose. But, still, that lone humbucker does look clunky. Maybe a mini-humbucker? Hey, I wonder if anyone makes any gold or amber-colored pickup rings that would match the knobs. That would be an interesting look. Then you could make all the hardware gold...it would look awesome!
Have them make a Tobacco Burst LP custom with:
-Rosewood fretboard
-Chambered
-Thicccc neck
-57 classics
-Satin finish on neck
Then once you get it...I'll pay whatever price you ask. Or I could just trade you my soul.
A les Paul with a Charlie Christian pickup in the neck and staple pickup in the bridge.
Can someone please tell me what "wyron" means?
would you rock or not?
@@vasectomyfail442 awesome, thanks! Sorry about your vasectomy! :P
@@dragffys I think he's the _result_ of a vasectomy fail. :-/
Would totally rock this Jazz Paul especially with the bigsby. Binding would be cool but not a deal breaker to me personally. Would also love to see it in tobacco burst!
Another great find Austin. Looking forward to seeing your own designs in the not too distant future.
I love the look of this :D all wood and chill
If I were to play a one-pickup guitar, it'd be a neck pickup. I've always preferred the neck tone over the bridge. Maybe because I've been playing bass for so long and have an ear for lower frequencies?
Awesome
I think the question of where only one pickup should go also depends on what type of pickup.
One humbucker = bridge
One single-coil = neck (whether it’s a Fender style, P-90, lipstick, etc.)
Yeah, nice idea but, no cigar.
I think that you're right about a P 90 pickup and binding on the body as well as the neck and a pickguard and I'd also go for wraparound stop tailpiece, no tuneamatic and it would have to be a gold top or even all gold body and neck. Don't forget nickle hardware including factory Grover rotomatic tuners!
Yes, I think that would have been something, a real Les Paul Jazz box!
I've had this idea in my mind for weeks! And I was actually thinking of making it myself
Honestly, binding is just gaudy imho. Less wood removed is better for the wood stability. This is something that's been known for literally centuries; in the violin manual written by Mozart's father (himself a very celebrated teacher of the instrument), there's a comment where he says that a student should seek out a violin that's plain and unadorned with the 'foppery' of inlays and binding, as it adds nothing to the tone of the instrument and if anything, takes awhile from its structural stability.
If I were going to design a custom guitar, I'd maybe opt for 'faux' binding with the maple cap edge being unpainted, but I wouldn't want the neck or body bound either. And for the fretboard, I'd probably prefer very small dot or entirely absent fret marker inlays.
Maybe a Lollar Charlie Christian pickup, straight string pull from the tuners through the nut and a headstock that doesn’t bend backward, and thanks for crediting Richie Zellon of the Jazz Guitar Channel playing the ‘Wes Paul”!
It seems there are other ways to make a better Jazz Paul than this example. I like the ideas presented in the video!
Not sure this is WYRON worthy. Who wouldn't?
I think this would be cool in a custom black beauty finish with all the binding and such. Even having it chambered with a single large f hole on the left side would look sweet imo
A see through black finish so you can see the maple top
On a typical Jazz Electric Guitar the Trapeze tailpiece is preferred as the longer overall string length helps manage the playability of the thicker strings.
It's just so BLONDE for a Less Paul!! Binding would've helped, like you said. Rockable though.
I love the contrast between the natural maple top and the dark mahogany.
I hate PICK GUARDS on Les Paul's, but love the scratched up RELIC LOOK ON JUST ABOUT ANY ELECTRIC GUITAR
My Jazz Pauls are my Gibson Les Paul Florentines! If I get more money I'm gonna keep buying all of the 90s Florentines! There are only a handful of them on the market at one time.
wow im fast
Love it with the Bigsby!!!!!
I think you should do a WYRON on the Airline Jazzbox that Eastwood said they were gonna make, but I don't think they ever did. You said "jazzbox" and that's what I immediately thought of.
If I were to have a single pickup LP custom made I would have them put the pickup in the center with it being just a touch closer to the bridge if not dead center in the middle where the pups usually are at. I think this would be a truly unique sounding Les Paul. The least used position on LP is the full neck position so why anyone would go that route is beyond me. Maybe if you had a high output pickup and used like a 1 meg ohm pot for both volume and tone maybe then it would sound OK. If it's just a standard Gibson set up it would be too muddy for me, rarely do I use just the neck.
I always prefer a neck pick up, don't care for the treble of a bridge pickup. Then again I usually play clean math rock/neo soul soul stuff lol
Absolutely would rock, I love neck pickup only guitars and this is the first time I've seen this configuration on a Les Paul. I don't love the top but I'm not a big fan of figured tops in general. Would be much more appealing as a plain top or with a solid color, more fitting of the minimalist layout. Would be even better with just a single volume knob that coil splits, never found tone controls to be of much use on neck PUs. Would be cool to see with a wraparound too. I've never understood why it's assumed that the bridge pickup is the one to have in a single PU guitar, they can be fun but they're not nearly as versatile IMO.
If I were to do a Jazz Paul I'd go for the silver burst finish, as a nod to Charlie Christian, with an unbound neck with no inlays at all and for a pick up I'd go with a New Yorker (Delux) but with a black surround to go with the finish. As it happens Epiphone did make neck pick up only Coronets with them and they do work well for that. Just a stop tail and the controls as on a Jr. However a stacked tone control, the inner one would be the tone the outer being a blend for piezo.
Godin did used to do a Jazz model that was built around their piezo system with just the neck hum bucker.
There is a sludge metal band from Ireland and they are called Slomatics. And the guitar player has a Les Paul Standard in white with the single neck pickup.
A Robert Fripp inspired Jazz Paul would be cool. Black with a single neck PAF and mahogany top. I would give it a bass cut control also, though. That would help dial it in.
Go ahead and completely dope it up with a silverburst and a pickguard with the neck mount pup..
Yes please!!! I’ve been wondering why the single pickup is always by the bridge. I’m a jazz player and would love it
I would rock that--if I could afford it.
I use the neck pickup a lot, and I love no pickguard on a Les Paul with a natural or sunburst finish.
This is beautiful.
I sure would rock it with a bluesy vibe to it!
Yes, I would jazz out the Jazz Paul.
You're right, a tortise shell pick guard would look awesome.
I mainly use the bridge pickup anyway when I'm playing a LP style guitar. Damn right I would rock this
I saw midland is going to be selling some of their stuff on reverb. You should look into the twelve string firebird. I didn’t know they made them
i built a hollowbody LP for a customer a little while ago. jazz humbucker in the neck, p-90 in the bridge, and piezo blend knob
*Could be fun to play for the first 10 minutes*
Edit: I would really appreciate advise on my videos on this channel btw
Work on your slow vibrato.
It takes practice but well worth the effort.Gary Moore was pretty masterful with the slow vibrato.
You've got your tone nailed down pretty good, it's all just more time playing.
Just try to play as often as possible and you should be fine.
BTW, nice Epi LP.
That's a sweet tone😌
The next Jazz Paul needs a Charlie Christian Pickup and an L4 style tailpiece - and binding.
Applause!!!! I would definitely Rock this!!!!!
Oh, possibly slant the knobs,,,,as opposed to parallel to the string path. And a wraparound bridge, super simple visage!
Stevie Ray Vaughan has a strat with only a neck pickup
He hasn't been playing it for a while, how is he?
@@daviddawson1718 I'm worried, I can't get him on the phone.
@@JohannesLabusch Sick puppies!
@@tomfitzsimmons6535 the puppies are fine, its the guitar players that are sick
Had... even when he was still alive. It was stolen and never recovered, IIRC. I think it originally belonged to someone in Vanilla Fudge?
Yes, the 'Johnny Smith' floating pickup sounds great, at least the one on my Johnny Smith that got away did. Would look more balanced than the big humbucker.
Since long time I want Gibson to release a Les Paul with 2 Floating mini humbuckers, with or with out f holes. The LP of this WYRON looks bad because the plastic p-up ring I think, anyway its a cool LP.
A les paul florentine with a mini humbucker or the alnico 5 in the nec and a bigsby in a shellac finish like an old violin (doesn’t have to be violin brown but a violin brown burst would be cool ) super 400 inlays and multi layered binding all around
That’s a cool les Paul !
Have you ever had a Les Paul Smartwood? They were around for a short while in the late 90s or early 80s
Well, If you can build a custom shop, here is my suggestion: A 59 Les Paul made with Buckethead size and scale. Imagine that with a AAAA flame top. Oh mamaa
Why not add maple binding all around, and throw in a mini jazz pickup in the neck, then a piezo in the bridge
Silverburst w/ matching headstock
Es style lp
Flamed 5 PC neck w/o inlays. Just dark ebony
Black pickup cover
Bigsby
Piezo tailpiece used with/blending tone knob so there's no switches, kind of like bass
I know this probably is not going to get seen by you but I would love for you to do a jimmy page les paul number 2 I think the wiring is interesting and you would enjoy it although they are pretty expensive I think you could get your money’s worth
do this with a vintage sunburst with a mini-humbucker in the neck with either a wrap around bridge or a bigsby. Or do this with a Les Paul hollowbody with a Piezo. I'd buy that
I have a 1970 Kay guitar archtop I put a floating pickups Gretsch ain't worth much but it's fun to play and it's been in my family since it was purchased
I would like it, but only to *finally* study jazz with...so I would not rock it, I would jazz it. WYJON?
That L-5 demo guy has a great channel, BTW. Worth spending time there.
Trogly, you should grab the Fender Sixty Six prototype that is on reverb. Really interesting part of Fender history
i like the demos of the other players you are doing. but i hope any videos that have the demos in them are not being monetized. that would go against fair use standards......
I think this one actually looks decent without the binding. The contrast between the cap and the body looks good. I think I would miss the bridge pickup. I agree the a bridge piezo would be nice on here. What isn't nice is the price. OUCH!!
That was the guy's playing demo? Yeah... Idk, I actually kinda dig the hell out of it with the Bigsby.
Yes. :))
This probably sounds good with fast shred considering how most shredders would quickly switch to the neck pickup for fast shred sequences.
Sonny sharrock wanted to order one in black. Unfortunately, he died before the order was sent. He never used the bridge pu!