Most high end Les Pauls don't do much for me but holy crap this is one of the sweetest Customs EVER.

@SmelOdies

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Vincent do you like my 2018 cherry sunburst Traditional?

This would be my Holy Grail of Trogly’s Les Pauls. Unbelievable!!!

You know in Pulp Fiction when Vincent Vega finds the briefcase in kitchen cabinet of the kids eating Big Kahuna burgers for breakfast? Then he tosses the case on the counter, opens it up and this warm golden glow illuminates his face as he gazes down, seemingly in a trance at what he's just laid his eyes on? Tarantino has never specified just what exactly was in there, but now we finally know. Seriously, what a phenomenal top - that's like winning the lottery.

This is one of the most beautiful Les Paul guitar tops I have ever seen. And I've been doing this for 60+ years. Wow.

@SS-gx7tg

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Amen to that! I don't normally geek out over Les Paul tops but the second that case opened I let out such a dramatic "woa". Seriously, that's just absurd. It kinda reminds me of this one time in high school I took a half 'eaten' gold butterscotch disc candy out of my mouth and put it under the microscope in science class and it was this fascinating series of golden lines and squiggles that was mesmerizing. This top looks almost exactly like that, like a macro close-up shot of a butterscotch disc. The way that top moves under the light is really something else. What an incredible score, definitely one of the most impressive looking tops I've ever seen on this channel!

I wasn't even looking at the screen when you broke into "Ten Years Gone" and, man, that thing has THAT tone. Everyone may be raving about how it looks (with good reason) but it also SOUNDS like a million bucks worth of Les Paul. 100% Pure Awesome.

@ranleedo5544

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Yes it has that tone. I listened to that segment (around 21:00) several times and that tone gave me goosebumps. So rich and clear. Good find Trogly.

@kellyhinkelman8591

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I concur 10 years after deliveryman.

@dbspecials1200

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I've never seen Jimmy use a Fender amp...and it still sounded that good.

Trogly was so excited he forgot to say chatoyant!! 😜😍

That is a beautiful LP. Sometimes Trogly finds an amazing specimens of LPs. I really like this guitar and I’m usually an SG guy.

@laplantamichay

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This guitar is awesome and I don't even like Gibson that much 😭 Absolute UNIT of a guitar

Having a guitar that you can't use is something I'll never understand. But I'm not a collector so to each their own. I've always seen guitars as a tool for musicians and like a tool, I can't imagine owning a hammer and be afraid to use it.

@r33th

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I agree with you to some extent. However I feel that instruments are a work of art just as much as they are a tool. Some guitars are just so beautiful that they deserve to be well preserved, not necessarily locked up behind glass, but not played to death either. A guitar like this one is irreplaceable, and I applaud his efforts to share them with the world so we can admire it too.

There was a mint '74 ebony V for sale on Reverb for $15,000.00, and as sweet as it was I thought that price was ridiculous, but I guess it was sold as it's gone now. Pretty sure you paid even more than that for this beauty, but man, collectors just driving the price up for the sake of having it instead of playing it makes no sense to me. Still, that's an incredible find, Austin. Congratulations.

Technically it's a short tennon and s long mortice 🙂

Wow that is a gorgeous guitar. The bittersweet part of having such a mint time capsule is knowing that every time you bring it out to enjoy it, your risk of creating a gut wrenching damage is there.

Looks good for a 49 year old guitar.

@rockinrob2004

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GOOD? OUTSTANDING is more like it.

@RolandSpecialSauce

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@@rockinrob2004 OUTSTANDING? Magnificent more like it.

@randall9000

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@@RolandSpecialSauce magnificent?! It’s more like delectable

@r33th

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@@randall9000 delectable? More like, cool.

@Davidckennedymusic

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Inconceivable.

Austin is beside himself with happiness about this gorgeous natural beauty. But can you blame him?

@neilparker5079

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Absolutely gorgeous and one of their finest examples!

I've owned a natural top 76 custom since 1984 (you can hear it on my videos), so I can understand how much you love this one. Mine has no flame at all, but it always has been beautiful, and I would never consider getting rid of it. I did have Mike Lull (rest in peace!) refret it and plek it in 2019. He also swapped in some 500k pots which opened up the guitar tremendously, increased the output and made it less dark.

@allstopblue5717

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It didn’t have 500k pots from the factory? Or is that when they switched to the 300k for a while . I haven’t watched this whole video yet so if Trogly mentioned it I apologize.

@kapstersmusic

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@@allstopblue5717 Nope. 300k (or less haven't checked em on a meter) Mike Lull took one look at it and he said "let me check the pots", and yep they weren't 500k. I guess the pots from that era have been known to be 300k or less, especially from the Nashville factory. He explained how all my signal was dumping to ground. I saved the old pots but would never reinstall them myself. I played the guitar over 30 years with that dark cloud holding it back 🤣

It's truly impressive. Way outta my league.

Funny how many people associate George with the rosewood telecaster considering his general dislike of it. Didn't use it very often after the rooftop concert, gave it to Delaney Bramlett. George really liked the strat and les paul though, Rocky and Lucy were kept around and used for the rest of his career. It might be neat to see the Gibson Lucy reissue on the show.

That’s a gorgeous custom. I cannot wait to see what this other rare Norlin era guitar is that Austin scored from Carter Vintage.

That top is transcendental. It’s like the God of Maple sent it to Gibson.

What would be nice is if the amount of attention being given to the your channel eventually lead Gibson to create a combination model, marrying the cosmetics of this particular model with the reissue specifications from models predating when Gibson was part of Norlin. One would get the best of both worlds as a result.

WOW! I know you have some gems but this one is something else. Congrats on finding this, I'd never sell it. Gorgeous Harrison!

I laughed out loud when you said 'NOT FOR SALE' I love this guitar too.

Beautiful, one of my favorite eras as well. I heard that Norlin used pancake bodies on LPCs in order to use up all of the Melody Maker body blanks they had left over which were never finished.

@cataclysmicconverter

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Deluxes had them too, so that's a lot of extras.

Love your show. I'm just a poor boy in NE Washington. My Dad turned me on to Al Di Miola when I was kid as well as well as having the Frampton Comes Alive LP in my collection. Always wanted a Les Paul and found one finally a few years back. Just a 1996 Studio but painted all "Alpine White" including the back of the "50's" ebony fretboarded neck. PUs were not stock but looked cool being zebra but I ugraded them to Fralin Pure PAF zebra with gold screws to match the gold hardware. After I bought is guitar ($800) the case sat open in my house and it stank like cigarettes. That eventually disappeared but the effect the smoke had on the guitar was amazing and made it literally the color of butter. The finish checking was also amazing for a cool vintage looking "player guitar". The other Gibson is a 73-4 EB3 cherry which I bought in the late 80's and foolishly modded. Pawned to a friend a couple years later. Fast forward 30 years and found him on Facebook and bought it back. It was a couple year project working with my luthier since it was a back burner bass I didn't have much respect for, but after returning it to stock it has become my No 1 Player for bass gigs. Mudbuckers rule! Love to see all the special "Dream" guitars you have in your collection. Just subscribed.

Love the mix of Zeppelin, Focus and Stevie Wonder for the demo. It's sounds fantastic! Definitely quilt rather than flame. I had an Alembic with wood similar to that and Carvins 20 years ago offered book matched quilt of that caliber, too.

That is seriously one of the best *sounding* les pauls I have ever heard, it being as beautiful as it is aside. Wow

@jimmipadge

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I disagree with the sound- for me… it was just okay.

Not just a ‘keeper’ but one that you won’t let get out of your sight!

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At first I thought it was Mick Ronson tribute, but the top is much too fancy.

This simply the nicest most beautiful Les Paul whatever I’ve ever seen! If I had a million dollars I would consider offering Trogly his million dollar asking price! WOW what a beautiful guitar! I’d love to see an Epiphone look alike on offer that I could afford! I’ve never seen a Les Paul that’s this gorgeous! If it sounds even half as nice as it looks it’s with out a peer and or anything in guitar world that can even come close to touching it!😮

Watching my dad play Gibson acoustic guitars for most of my life, I love Gibsons. I look back and wish I had him teach my to play 50 years ago when I was a kid. My siblings and I grew up in a musical, country, finger picking family, (my older sister was a singer who went to college on a music scholarship and was in the music departments traveling band and a soloist for them), and I miss dad playing guitar at all the family gatherings. I didn’t come into my voice until my 40’s, and I love the old crooner songs. I just wish I had learned to play when I had the chance.

@rcyalater...2305

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Never too late to start learning bro

@thehark6247

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why, are you dead?

@eugenewall6620

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@@thehark6247 nope, but I could have been, just had a heart procedure done last Monday. Hopefully the cardiologist fixed it. I have too many hobbies to be able to afford another one. I’m an outdoor guide and rock climbing instructor as well as a divorced dad of two teenagers so disposable income for a guitar and lessons isn’t there.

NICE find, man! That's gotta be the nicest top I've ever seen on a Norlin era Gibson hands down! Well, aside from the Steve Howe The Les Paul, lol. No, actually on second look, this one IS nicer!

I have a 20th anniversary too. I got it when I was 17 in Cambridge UK 1988. Funnily enough at the time the shop had two the same, Tobacco finish. Only mine had fine tuners on at the bridge I can't remember if the other guitar had the same bridge. It has been well used and cared for. The 20th on the fret has long been worn off although you can still just about see it, its had a fret change too. My guitar seemed to be of a higher speck than any others that I have seen. The bridge was definitely original and not an after market that one guy once suggested. The tuning pegs and the bridge are both made in Germany of the same material and top quality. The volume and tone are also much higher speck than most of these guitars. I'm getting older now so at some point it will need to find a good home I hope this happens as its such a lovely guitar. The case is beaten up though and the handle broke off so it has a make shift handle that has surprisingly lasted longer than the original. It was only meant to be temporarily. I have been a pro for years and this was my main guitar until I let it rest at home to be used only at home. They are great guitars and better than any other Les I have played or owned. I also have a Les Paul Professional that again seems to be the only one that has the cigar shaped adapter that enables it to plug into an amp because of the Low impedance pick ups. Which would suggest that all the guitars without this adapter have been rewired meaning they are no longer Low impedance.

The gold plating is in amazing condition for a guitar that old. I like the pancake/sandwich body construction. I think it adds a bit of extra interest to the side of the guitar. The great thing about natural finishes is the grain of the wood makes every one unique. Even non-flame or non-birds-eye tops can have an interesting pattern.

OH MY GOODNESS!!! That is such a beautiful guitar! My gosh! The gold is fabulous! No wear through on the bridge or tail piece! The flamed 3 piece maple neck! No string scratches on the headstock! And the top! A two piece that the center seam is slightly off center with that beautiful triangle! Oh my! I LOVE THIS GUITAR!!! Great find and I know it will be cared for!

mid 70's LP Customs are my favorite Gibson guitars and this is truly and amazing example

Was it ever played?! it’s incredible!!

Beautiful guitar, fascinating video, many thanks.

Quite possibly the best Custom you have at least in my eyes 👏👍

It's a good job I wasn't working for Gibson in the 70s, I would have been surreptitiously picking the best tops for lefties😁

I love my sunburst 20th anniversary....worn off gold and dings included. Had it since new and would never part with it.

I'm not a fan of natural finishes, in general, but that thing is drop to your knees stoopid beautiful.

Absolutely stunning! Congrats!

That guitar blinks like a neon sign when you walk the light across it. Could you ever do an episode where you interview a wood expert who can show us where in a tree a piece of wood like that comes from and how it happens in nature, because it seems very rare. Someone at Gibson saw that piece of wood and knew exactly what to do with it. 1974...if the builder or someone in the manufacturing process was young when that guitar came through then maybe they'd remember? It is extremely unusual!

Absolutely beautiful! I didnt care for the more plain natural finish of the first, but this is the exception! Legendary find!

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That is a beautiful LP!!! Wow!!! Whenever you get your museum open I’d love to see that in person… just absolutely breathtaking!!! Thanks Trogly!!!

That's wood from 1974?! And in that condition!! AMAZING! 😳

You’ve have a lot of cool guitars you’ve shared with us but I’m with you, top three if not higher in your collection. That is stupid gorgeous and sounds great.

Absolute beauty !! You can't tell us what you paid for it,can you ?

its awesome to see trogly getting some of the rare wood gibsons because he is the man that will carry the torch for the future of guitars and the knowledge to coming generation's

Sweet LP 20th Flame Top Xtraordinaire, that's an amazing top, well done for both parties making this happen! Seems pretty light weight for a Norlin, not quite at boat anchor level, well row boat maybe.

Interesting fact about rosewood Teles, if you watch the Festival Express movie you can see Jerry Garcia playing one in1970. It could have belonged to someone else but he wasn't exactly known for playing other people's axes. Truth is that Jerry actually played a lot of different guitars even though he is only identified with a few.

@markbaum9615

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Jerry played various brands in the early daze......then he discovered Alembic with Doug Irwin... .... The rest is history....

@estenray6685

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@@markbaum9615 How about that Travis Bean guitar with the solid steel neck he played for a bit not an Alembic but quite the outlier!

@FloyDZeD

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I'm pretty sure that was once George Harrison's rosewood Tele, if I remember right he gave it to Delaney Bramlett as a gift and Delaney and Bonnie were on the Festival Express tour.

@austinknowlton1783

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@@FloyDZeD yeah that makes sense. I wasn't aware that George had given it to Delaney.

@austinknowlton1783

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@@markbaum9615 yes and interestingly the first guitar work Doug Irwin did for Jerry was modifying the Alligator Strat. In the output jack cover is a treble boost that became the Alembic Blaster which you can still buy. Another early fan of Irwin's work was Lowell George from Little Feat. He's the one that turned Jerry on to him.

Congratulations ! Wow what a fantastic guitar!

Wonderful Channel…Absolutely Love It.

Absolutely Incredible! So grateful for what you do, it's awesome 👌

This truly is the holy grail of lovely Les Paul Custom's, absolutely gorgeous and wouldn't be surprised if it was made for George Harrison!

@Trog

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Normally I laugh at stories like these and shrug them off... this is one time that I "could" believe it haha

@Velvetnos

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@@Trog It sounds as good as it looks. I would visit your museum just to see this one!

@woperholic

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Awesome find Austin. Carter's Vintage very expensive to buy from but a fantastic Nashville shop nonetheless. 👌👍

@cataclysmicconverter

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I'd imagine if George did actually receive it that he left it in the case as it was too nice to use for gigs. And he was into Fenders and still used semi/full hollow bodies at that time. Lucy is the only LP I've seen him use.

got to be one of the most amazing tops EVER for ANY guitar...WOW!!!

Like a Stradivarius

sounds great. Very in tune... for a lp

Absolutely stunning Les Paul. And then the tone is equally amazing. Museum piece.

Salutations Austin! Really exceptional twentieth anniversary Les Paul Custom, with an exclusively beautiful top. I looks and sounds great! It’s an awesome find, for sure! It’s in remarkably good condition for a nearly forty (40) year old guitar, it has been taken of very well all of these years. I would like to find an Epiphone or Gibson Les Paul Custom in a similar finish and with beautiful wood grain such as this example, preferably, without a pick guard, because it would be a shame to cover up that magnificent wood grain. Thank you for posting these videos! Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️✨🎸

Absolutely beautiful! I thought you were going to play Drop Dead Legs when you started the bridge distortion part. Sounds awesome!!

I just picked up my first SG

@sgt.grinch3299

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Congratulations Sir. Enjoy the great tones.

@hughjarrse

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Nice one 👍

Austin, that top is like topographic. Absolutely navigable in terms of depth. Grooooooovy

@DrKennyWang

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Sounds 100% too. Probably the best sounding piece I’ve heard you play

Absolutely beautiful guitar! One million dollars eh? Great addition to the collection. Congrats

One of the best sounding les pauls I ever heard.

That middle is so bright. Wow. 👌

Being a custom furniture Builder I can tell you that natural top has "Quilting" layers to it rather than a "Flame" top. Absolutely beautiful either way. Love it. I like the Yeti myself.

@cornstar1253

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Yah I favour the yeti as well.

What a gorgeous guitar, the sound is amazing too.

Amazing guitar also that bridge pickup sounds fantastic 👍

Sounds amazing

Wow. That is an amazing example!

Ribbon Top

Hole-lee-sheets!! That is gorgeous.

Beautiful guitar! I love the neck.

Great find. Beautiful wood grain.

@PonziZombieKiller

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Far out. When ya gunna ship it.

What a wonderful peice of art! It looks awesome! Sounds like the 70's

Just picked myself a 79 LPC in natural, and it is a beast of a guitar, but also the sweetest clean sounding guitar I’ve owned. I love it

Congratulations that is a magnificent Les Paul ❤🎉😊

Rumour is George was not fond of the rosewood tele. He did give it away pretty quickly😮.

@jonathanhudak2059

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Can't say I wouldn't blame him! 😁 that rosewood Tele was one butt ugly guitar IMHO

She’s a beauty! Great find!

Gorgeous Guitar. WOW!

If you don't like the pickguard covering up the quilted maple top, get a clear pickguard made for it and throw the original in the case.

Proof that I’m hooked on Trogly.. when I’m rewatching an episode a month or more afterwards…. and I don’t even own an LP!

Super cool! I've got a 1974 20th Anniversary Custom LP in natural too, but it doesn't have that flame, and the neck is mahogany. Hard to find many other naturals around.

Maple neck and pancake body on the same guitar, pretty rare. I have a '71 Deluxe with mahogany neck and pancake body, my friend in school got a brand new Deluxe in '77 with a maple neck and NOT a pancake body. In the '70s and '80s I used to sneak into the jam nights and most of the older guys had recent model maple necks.

Just about ready to write Trog a check for a million but the off center top seam killed the deal. 😂

Absolutely a beautiful top on that Paul.

Crazy top! The part under the pick cover looks like 3D topography, nice nice

Sounds really good for a custom.....those pickups are rich with tone... I'd love to hear them played through a Marshall half stack ..or even a Friedman

This one has a lovely ring to it - love the sounds 🙂

I actually replaced all the black plastic on mine and knobs with cream and knobs with golden speed knobs. Much better looking the ace frehley look I wanted. Thank you George gruhn for the original Gibson parts and tan Gibson case to replace the chainsaw case. Still have original replaced parts

I believe that Zack Wylde may be interested in that Les Paul.

Fantastic one ! Thanks for sharing it !

Awesome video and awesome guitar. Congratulations on this beauty. 👏

That guitar sounded great…those low wind pickups are fantastic…great distorted tones…nice find Trogly…well done👍

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One of the most beautiful guitars I’ve seen!

I generally do not like the Natural finish on LPs, but that one is gorgeous and special. That Brazilian Rosewood top is gorgeous as well, but I'm certain that both of those would be way out of my price range if they were for sale. Those are definitely keepers, though.

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Beautiful!

Wallmart

@sgt.grinch3299

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Best comment on the internet

That’s a real gem - wow. Well done getting that into your forever collection

I know the top is the star of this episode, but those tones… I’m starting to wonder if T-top pickups might be the way to get the classic 70's rock sound that’s in my head.