you should really give it a black light session, Black limba glows under black light naturally. would be rally cool with that figuring that showed on the back
This is one of the things that bothers me about how guitar players approach Gibson. Everyone complains that "Gibson never tries anything new" or "Gibson is resting on their laurels" or "Gibson only makes wall hangers for Dentists and Accountants". And then when Gibson does something new or different, nobody buys it.
Well, to be fair, they haven't attempted anything new like this in a very long time in their normal product lines. They've been heavily focused on the six (ES, SG, LP, V, EX,FB,LP) more common models in their normal non-custom shop product lines. The Theodore and the double cut were custom shop only.
Yeah that's one thing I've never understood. I tend to be a fan of the weird Gibsons that no one liked. One of my fav's is my 1996 The Hawk. Such an awesome oddball!
I'm with you on that. Isnt it strange how Gibson was kind of ahead of the curve on the body shape? Do you see a similarity to the music Man JP Majesty with that over large upper horn? So what looked bizzare 30 years ago is desirable now.
Man I love super thin necks. The thinnest I have is 0.76", even 0.80" is a little too thick for me. I bet I would love this guitar. Access to the 24th fret looks effortless! Hey Trog, why don't you just take off the locking nut to get to the truss rod nut? Just a thought.
Diaper commercial slammed into the middle of this episode. 15 seconds long, when it was over the Trogly show continued for a whole 5 seconds and cut back to the same diaper commercial for another 15 seconds. I didnt know if that is the same for everyone or the Gods in the machine are trying to tell me I'm in danger of an embarrassing mishap
I've gotta disagree with Emperor Trogly on the Tone Enhance. I just don't think that's a very usable tone for **what this guitar intends to be.** Like it's a shredder's dream and you're adding this weird, bassy, jazzy tone. I feel like one of those "direct out" things that makes the bridge pickup skip the pots for a hotter output would've been cooler here.
Eh... It's neat, but nothing I would pick up. At that point I'd opt for an Ibanez or ESP design. Nonetheless, a neat find on probably one of the more obscure Gibson designs.
Very cool! Out of my price range but those reissues are tempting. Is it me, or is the fingerboard lifting off the neck on the top side around the 23rd fret?
I believe the finish was a nitro finish. That may explain how it ages differently from most other guitars. Gibson offers special cleaning products to revitalize a nitro finish. Might bring the shine back. I haven't tried it on mine yet. Mine also has this almost-satin look, but it seems like it's not the same everywhere. Some parts look a lot more shiny than others.
I have several M-III Standards, it was my first "proper" guitar way back in about 1992. I also have a Deluxe, which was wired wrong from the factory: the bridge and neck humbuckers are wired back to front, so with the switch in the normal bridge position you actually get the neck pickup, and vice versa. I still haven't gotten around to changing it over after having the guitar for about 20 years! I have one of the Les Paul Studio M-III's too, but a previous owner butchered the wiring, making it just a normal H-S-H setup with a coil tap switch, and removed the little gizmo for the "enhanced neck position" tone. annoying
Beautiful guitars. I've owned only one Gibson as a Fender fan. It was a 1985 Gibson Explorer Bass - Alpine White. It was a wonderfully designed instrument but did not have the tones I get out of my '79 P bass or even my 2000 Peavey Millennium with active pick-ups. I love my '79 Strat and '85 Tele as 6 strings.
Is it wrong if I kind of like this M III thing? It looks pretty ergonomic. And unlike a lot of shredder guitars it seems to have more than one useable rhythm tone, real resonant sounding.
I have the green M-III from early 2010s. My dad bought it for me from a young man who needed fast money for his apartment, he was a student, that was when I was around 13 and i HATED it for years. Until maybe 3 years ago when I went to high school and used it a lot and I used it to break through and get to my shred style I have today. And it really grew on me. Today I LOVE IT. It’s easily my top 3 of my own guitars. First place my Black Beauty r7 from 2010 and second place my Les Paul traditional from 2018 with EMG’s and gold hardware👀😮💨 THEN my M-III. Apparently there is supposed to only be 200 of each color making it a total of 800 of these which (if true) is awesome🤩
That is exactly like my MIII but I changed the bridge for FU Tones Titanium FR and the biggest brass block they make and put a Duncan Invader in the bridge.
I agree, it’s so bad that it’s actually good. I don’t like Gibson super strats.. they always look so weird. But this one looks like a Gibson. It has a certain familiarity in many contours. The neck would drive me crazy being that thin, but the arrowhead fret markers are cool. I’m not crazy about the tones, but it’s an interesting experiment.
I have a Victory X, cool superstrat, 5 MIIIs, thin wide necks, and 6 MIII Studio Lytes, fast slim necks. All have the same electronics, love the 500T ceramic bridge pickups. Lots of bottom but with a little bite and with good definition. All are very nice players.
Gorgeous wood, cool blackout hdwr., Awesome single coil sounds. Still would like to see the LP Stu Lite MIII. Strat tones coming out of a LP is hilarious to experience. 😉
Hello sir,big fan of your show.I was wondering if you ever owned a squier pro tone? If not is there any chance you could do a little info show on them? I love the pro tones and would love your opinion on them.If you already have I apologize in advance.Thx for keeping us in formed✌️
I had a 1981 Gibson Victory MV-II but ended up selling it because I didnt like the neck. A bit weird but definitely a cool guitar and a good instrument. Try one if you ever get the chance. I loved the shape of the headstock. Hey Troggz do you know if its true what I heard that the guy who designed it got the idea for the headstock shape from something he had seen in an X-Men comicbook?
did you get the trans red custom shop miii on reverb?? you said 13 Miiis so i figured you may have got all the good ones off reverb. ive been looking for that trans red custom shop miii deluxe.
It does sounds Awesome in cleans and coil split as well. Too bad that the bridge pick up does not shine as good as any other gibson pick up for distortion, it would have been a jewel of a guitar if it would have sound great for all around rock sound
I brought one in a pawn shop for $700 and I made a mistake and got rid of it . And I have been kicking myself for ever . I found one at reverb. $3400 and I’m getting it
I believe " black Corina" occurred when the limba tree would get the darker streaks in a diseased form, which no one really knows why it happens... The trees are logged then they get dragged out of the forest where they encounter spores tha cause black pimples where the spore tries to grow, The dont truck the logs like we do in america, its Madagascar... thats why they have difficulty making large quantities cuz the wood usually doesn't have enough quality boards ...or so im told ...
Being a guitar purist/traditionalist its a bit goofy to mine eyes , though it looks like a decent tool for shredding lettuce & carrots , beautiful wood and interesting inlays...why didn't Ted Nugent ever rock one of those ...? Thanky Trogly !
I can see the historic interest of the model, but other than that, why would anyone buy this? If you want to play a superstrat you can get a great instrument new from Ibanez, Schecter, Kramer, Yamaha, etc.
I really love Gibson I have an SG love the guitar I mainly play telecasters and Esquires but I love Gibson I have a 1966 j45 great guitar this thing looks like it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down
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you should really give it a black light session, Black limba glows under black light naturally. would be rally cool with that figuring that showed on the back
This is one of the things that bothers me about how guitar players approach Gibson. Everyone complains that "Gibson never tries anything new" or "Gibson is resting on their laurels" or "Gibson only makes wall hangers for Dentists and Accountants". And then when Gibson does something new or different, nobody buys it.
Good point. Personally, I kind of like it and have thought about picking one up
Well, to be fair, they haven't attempted anything new like this in a very long time in their normal product lines. They've been heavily focused on the six (ES, SG, LP, V, EX,FB,LP) more common models in their normal non-custom shop product lines. The Theodore and the double cut were custom shop only.
Agreed
Yeah that's one thing I've never understood. I tend to be a fan of the weird Gibsons that no one liked. One of my fav's is my 1996 The Hawk. Such an awesome oddball!
They were 10 years behind the super strat trend. This is a1991 guitar. Nirvana were taking over by then and everyone wanted doofy offset guitars.
Try a socket with a flex extension on the truss rod.
Personally I really like these Gibson Super Strats and this model is particularly striking.
I'm with you on that. Isnt it strange how Gibson was kind of ahead of the curve on the body shape? Do you see a similarity to the music Man JP Majesty with that over large upper horn? So what looked bizzare 30 years ago is desirable now.
agree 🎉
Tapping on the pole pieces of each pickup with a screwdriver in the mysterious position 1 will tell you which is active.
Whoa! Nice!
White and Black limba come from the same tree, Black Limba is heartwood. It’s rare but you can find highly figured Black Limba.
FYI, black korina and white korina are from the same tree. Black korina is the heartwood of the tree...
Trogly should have some Tee shirts with "Middle Just for Fun" on them🙂
Black Korina is my favorite wood to build guitars with and to answer your question Black Korina is usually pretty heavy!
White Limba can be pretty heavy too…I played a ‘58 Explorer Korina reissue the other day that was all of 10 lbs. it was resonant as hell too!
Man I love super thin necks. The thinnest I have is 0.76", even 0.80" is a little too thick for me. I bet I would love this guitar. Access to the 24th fret looks effortless! Hey Trog, why don't you just take off the locking nut to get to the truss rod nut? Just a thought.
Diaper commercial slammed into the middle of this episode. 15 seconds long, when it was over the Trogly show continued for a whole 5 seconds and cut back to the same diaper commercial for another 15 seconds.
I didnt know if that is the same for everyone or the Gods in the machine are trying to tell me I'm in danger of an embarrassing mishap
Let's get into that daily dose 🤘
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I ate 2 grams of shrooms today. Lets go boys
my daily dose is kickin in. great episode
I've gotta disagree with Emperor Trogly on the Tone Enhance. I just don't think that's a very usable tone for **what this guitar intends to be.** Like it's a shredder's dream and you're adding this weird, bassy, jazzy tone. I feel like one of those "direct out" things that makes the bridge pickup skip the pots for a hotter output would've been cooler here.
That "single" coil looks stacked or Noiseless in fender speak?
Came here to say the same thing. Hard to be certain, but that sure looks like a stacked humbucker.
Eh... It's neat, but nothing I would pick up. At that point I'd opt for an Ibanez or ESP design. Nonetheless, a neat find on probably one of the more obscure Gibson designs.
Les Paul pickup rings. Totally wrong for this guitar's neck angle.
Woot woot Trogly's guitars 🎸 🙌
Very cool! Out of my price range but those reissues are tempting. Is it me, or is the fingerboard lifting off the neck on the top side around the 23rd fret?
I kinda like that single coil, cuts through nicely
There is a Green M III and a black one with the triple humbucker M III on Reverb right now.
I believe the finish was a nitro finish. That may explain how it ages differently from most other guitars. Gibson offers special cleaning products to revitalize a nitro finish. Might bring the shine back. I haven't tried it on mine yet.
Mine also has this almost-satin look, but it seems like it's not the same everywhere. Some parts look a lot more shiny than others.
Man that thing is jangly. It sounds like a rickenbacker. I imagine it’s the poplar that contributes to that airy tone.
I have several M-III Standards, it was my first "proper" guitar way back in about 1992. I also have a Deluxe, which was wired wrong from the factory: the bridge and neck humbuckers are wired back to front, so with the switch in the normal bridge position you actually get the neck pickup, and vice versa. I still haven't gotten around to changing it over after having the guitar for about 20 years! I have one of the Les Paul Studio M-III's too, but a previous owner butchered the wiring, making it just a normal H-S-H setup with a coil tap switch, and removed the little gizmo for the "enhanced neck position" tone. annoying
Is that middle pickup a stacked Humbucker?
Seems like that or noise reducing stacked coil. The switching is too confusing for me to tell which.
Beautiful guitars. I've owned only one Gibson as a Fender fan. It was a 1985 Gibson Explorer Bass - Alpine White. It was a wonderfully designed instrument but did not have the tones I get out of my '79 P bass or even my 2000 Peavey Millennium with active pick-ups. I love my '79 Strat and '85 Tele as 6 strings.
There’s a nice looking black one on Reverb.
i have a black limba jazzmaster with beautiful spalting patterns, it’s a stunning wood, really nice to work with and sounds great too.
reminds me of an ibanez super strat
I have the Epiphone version of this: the Epiphone Rebel EM-2 in metallic blue from 1994. In brand new condition and sounds absolutely amazing!
The Studio Lite LP MIII was an ideal workhorse in variety band context.
Is it wrong if I kind of like this M III thing? It looks pretty ergonomic. And unlike a lot of shredder guitars it seems to have more than one useable rhythm tone, real resonant sounding.
I have the green M-III from early 2010s. My dad bought it for me from a young man who needed fast money for his apartment, he was a student, that was when I was around 13 and i HATED it for years. Until maybe 3 years ago when I went to high school and used it a lot and I used it to break through and get to my shred style I have today. And it really grew on me. Today I LOVE IT.
It’s easily my top 3 of my own guitars. First place my Black Beauty r7 from 2010 and second place my Les Paul traditional from 2018 with EMG’s and gold hardware👀😮💨 THEN my M-III.
Apparently there is supposed to only be 200 of each color making it a total of 800 of these which (if true) is awesome🤩
Why don't you just tap the pickup magnets with a screwdriver to see which coils are on?
Love the ebony fret board, a bit put off by the thfin neck. My L 6 deluxe was that way. I love the chunk of the LP studio I am playing now
There were three of those listed on ebay marketplace where I live over the past 2 months...and I love in lower Saxony/Germany
That is exactly like my MIII but I changed the bridge for FU Tones Titanium FR and the biggest brass block they make and put a Duncan Invader in the bridge.
Speaking of long scale Gibson, will you review the Gibson Les Paul long scale with the split parallel inlays?
HI Trog , to me the single coil nsx looks noiseless with magnets and slogs , not the regular fender style single coil .
possibly a contact issue, you notice it still has that middle sound. as if it doesn't switch it of the middle setting.
That's a really nice find. Congrats!
Awesome video!! Please document the Les Paul MIII that available from Elite Vintage Guitars
I agree, it’s so bad that it’s actually good. I don’t like Gibson super strats.. they always look so weird. But this one looks like a Gibson. It has a certain familiarity in many contours. The neck would drive me crazy being that thin, but the arrowhead fret markers are cool. I’m not crazy about the tones, but it’s an interesting experiment.
I have a Victory X, cool superstrat, 5 MIIIs, thin wide necks, and 6 MIII Studio Lytes, fast slim necks. All have the same electronics, love the 500T ceramic bridge pickups. Lots of bottom but with a little bite and with good definition. All are very nice players.
Very nice, verrrry nice indeed!
i have a 91' m3 with white korina and a maple fretboard that Im obsessed with
those inlays are my fav thing on the guitar..
These M-3’s remind me of Carvin /Keisel guitars.
Gorgeous wood, cool blackout hdwr., Awesome single coil sounds. Still would like to see the LP Stu Lite MIII. Strat tones coming out of a LP is hilarious to experience. 😉
Hello sir,big fan of your show.I was wondering if you ever owned a squier pro tone? If not is there any chance you could do a little info show on them? I love the pro tones and would love your opinion on them.If you already have I apologize in advance.Thx for keeping us in formed✌️
I had a 1981 Gibson Victory MV-II but ended up selling it because I didnt like the neck.
A bit weird but definitely a cool guitar and a good instrument.
Try one if you ever get the chance.
I loved the shape of the headstock.
Hey Troggz do you know if its true what I heard that the guy who designed it got the idea for the headstock shape from something he had seen in an X-Men comicbook?
Sounds pretty nice
It’s kinda funny that korina cost extra of us considered a premium wood. It’s not a very hard to get wood
Hey to all you Troglodytes!
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Hey hey! You RULE, man! 😀
The reverse headstock reminds me of a Jackson guitar. Even the inlays seem like mini shark inlays.
I like it. 👍 nice find
did you get the trans red custom shop miii on reverb?? you said 13 Miiis so i figured you may have got all the good ones off reverb. ive been looking for that trans red custom shop miii deluxe.
It does sounds Awesome in cleans and coil split as well. Too bad that the bridge pick up does not shine as good as any other gibson pick up for distortion, it would have been a jewel of a guitar if it would have sound great for all around rock sound
Have done any vids on flying v 90s and 90 doubles?
The "Gibson guitar 6 strings good" listing made me lol. I see that all too often and it's comical
Wish they would do a V or Explorer with a thin neck like that. Think they would sell especially if they were done on epiphones.
Hey just wanted to let you know there is a gibson flood les paul on Lexington ky market place for 1600
Wow I really enjoyed this, you do give a great demo on all the guitars you do, cheers, warren
i have a M3 deluxe and a M3 Stealth ; i like them very much - thank tou for this video
I brought one in a pawn shop for $700 and I made a mistake and got rid of it . And I have been kicking myself for ever . I found one at reverb. $3400 and I’m getting it
Great tone coming from that axe. Your other model is far prettier but this one definitely sounded better
I had an epiphone Gibson super strat that was very close to this, miss it
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They should bring back the MIII, maybe a few slight changes to the body, a thicker neck and available as a T.O.M, that'll be cool
That's a great example
The single coil looks like a staggered single coil which still makes it technically a humbucker
I believe " black Corina" occurred when the limba tree would get the darker streaks in a diseased form, which no one really knows why it happens... The trees are logged then they get dragged out of the forest where they encounter spores tha cause black pimples where the spore tries to grow, The dont truck the logs like we do in america, its Madagascar... thats why they have difficulty making large quantities cuz the wood usually doesn't have enough quality boards ...or so im told ...
cool loved this guitar
Being a guitar purist/traditionalist its a bit goofy to mine eyes , though it looks like a decent tool for shredding lettuce & carrots , beautiful wood and interesting inlays...why didn't Ted Nugent ever rock one of those ...? Thanky Trogly !
So did the PRS McCarty riff off this shape or did Gibson riff off PRS?
I like the body, but find Floyd Roses to be too much of a pain in the neck.
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I can see the historic interest of the model, but other than that, why would anyone buy this? If you want to play a superstrat you can get a great instrument new from Ibanez, Schecter, Kramer, Yamaha, etc.
Thing sounds great!
I fell in love with that design the moment it came on the market..money was the only thing holding me back
Makes me wanna save up for a few months and get a decent MIII (any iteration in the 1k range, lol). Great vid!!
Box said trogly
That's some beautiful wood!
Beautiful wood!
Awesome channel
Nice axe, but I rather prefer the US1 as the coolest Gibson superstrat.
I have a rare M-III for sale on Reverb. No takers so far. It sounds great, but I just don’t care for the 3 humbucker shredder thing anymore.
Very versatile . I like it ~
Trogley, without your Channel, I never would have know Gibson made so many cool and unusual guitars. Thanks
African Limba rules 🤘🏻
They made an epiphone version as well
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Nice, but reminds me of my Dining Table...😊
Im trying to like it but the shape is just weird.
I don't like the long horned top cutaway, besides that it's all good.
i wish they still made these really beautiful guitars
I really love Gibson I have an SG love the guitar I mainly play telecasters and Esquires but I love Gibson I have a 1966 j45 great guitar
this thing looks like it fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down
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Badass guitar!!