One minute in and I’m sold on this guy. He’s not doing yet another thinly veiled KZread infomercial like 99% of the gear channels.

This is why we love The Guitaristas. Whatever anyone says, when money/product enters the game, the review is going to weighted in one direction and one direction only. Thanks for this Colin.

@postoffice146

8 күн бұрын

Getting special discount price also affects the reviewer reviewing it.

@ryanevans371

19 сағат бұрын

​@@postoffice146So if my local shop gives me a hundred bucks off list just by haggling a little at the counter, and I tell you it's a great guitar, you can't trust that opinion? That's just bizarre.

@postoffice146

15 сағат бұрын

@@ryanevans371 If the manufacturer gives you a discount, it's the same as if he pays you money for reviewing it.

@ryanevans371

8 сағат бұрын

​@@postoffice146Cool. But the manufacturer didn't. The shop did.

@postoffice146

3 сағат бұрын

@@ryanevans371 Ok. I watched it again. It was the shop, not the manufacturer. He said he had it for months to review it before he decided to buy it and was offered a discount. I thought it was the manufacturer.

Every guitar I’ve ever bought had strings attached 😎

@theguitaristas

9 күн бұрын

😆👌

@Kdschaak

9 күн бұрын

LOL! Take my upvote and go play your damn guitar. :)

@carlcarl6032

9 күн бұрын

@@theguitaristas Try a U.S. ESP Eclipse, an older Japanese Standard Eclipse, or a Japanese Eii Eclipse. Great guitars.

@YNGWIE998

5 күн бұрын

Yeah, but that's nothing to fret about!

@gramcameron4469

3 күн бұрын

Me too , but i had to tune the damn thing ...

I'd be swapping the tone pots and caps out and wiring it up "50s style" but for sure, you shouldn't have to do that stuff at such a price point. I mean, it's supposed to be a '58, why the hell isn't at least wired in 50s style? That would at least stop all that top end roll off when turning the volume control down

I owe a Lester '58. Does have audio 500 pots for Tone and linear 500 pots for volume. However, originally also modern wiring with 47 nF caps (which is awkward for a 58' ). I changed that to 50s wiring with 22 nF cap. Now it works. Like this guitar more than my Gibson Les Paul custom shop!

@deanmccaskill5495

8 күн бұрын

I’d love to try one. Just bought an R8 last week actually. I love it. I wonder. I have an R9 and (gawd) about 7 Gibson USA LPs. The finish on the custom shops feels different somehow. Is that just my imagination?

I love your channel. It actually relaxes me.

@Lomoholga2

7 күн бұрын

Agreed

@ApeLikeCreature

3 күн бұрын

Bingo. Could not agree more.

Another excellent review that once again highlights your integrity (re: free guitars/paid promos). My favorite line... "A wonderful piece of furniture"... what a great quote! That's what I think about PRS guitars (I owned many since the late 1980's but have no desire now or ever again). As a longtime Les Paul player who knows the struggles, I'd recommend playing them in the classical seated position. Once I started playing V's regularly I got used to playing just about everything in that position. It works wonders with upper fret access and picking technique once you get comfortable with it (at least it did for me). Looking forward to the Heritage review.

In my humble opinion the problem you have with these " single cut models"( so to speak) is mainly related to the type of wiring they are fitted with, the sound that you describe and look for Is strictly connected with the 50' s vintage wiring that Gibson employed, with the hot signal going from the two volumes coupled to the tones, creating a highly Dynamic, responsive and interactive tone from the two pickups, I suspect from the dark, muffled sounds i heard with the pots slightly turned down that this guitar is fitted with a modern wiring( the hot signal going indipendently from the two tones to the two volumes) , it would be worth a try to tweak the wiring to have a whole different guitar in terms of tones, cheers.

this channel should be called "zen and the art of guitar critique", that's how wonderfully relaxing and simultaneously informative and entertaining your videos are. thank your for your content. 🙏🏻

@theguitaristas

3 күн бұрын

😆🙏

Hi Colin, finding these LP reviews very compelling because I recently bought a Sire Larry Carlton L7 with soapbox P90’s. Caveat I’m not a great player and this was the first time I bought a guitar that was shipped to me without me ever playing it but there are a lot of great reviews out there. My experience was fantastic for $650 (dollars - I’m an old Brit living in US) the guitar blew me away… incredible quality for the price… beautiful look, neck, binding, and perfect setup. The controls are flawless in terms of feel and to my ears… and it sounds awesome to my ears… btw I play I completely clean through a small Marshall class 5 valve amp. I could never justify Maybach or Heritage money on a guitar but I can honestly say my experience with that Sie has been awesome… so much fun to play and incredible value. Anyway… thanks again for your brilliant reviews and I look forward to your conclusions on this LP series. Cheers!

I definitely appreciate that you buy all your gear and don't receive sponsorship or review free or loaner gear, just like the rest of us people. You should consider making this a bigger part of your brand, it's the thing that makes you the most different from all the other guitar reviewers & shills on KZread.

@Chimp_No_1

9 күн бұрын

Absolutely true !

Been playng The Heritage H 150. I never need anything else. Thats a beauty.

@shawn_ten_toes

9 күн бұрын

Man, I'm gassing for a heritage. I should probably sell some stuff to get my hands on one.

@jasonswitzer1748

8 күн бұрын

I just picked up a Heritage H-150 Custom Core. It’s an amazing guitar (it should be for the money). The only thing that I think a guitar like a Gibson Custom Shop has in it are Custombuckers. As for this Maybach… I can’t comment because I’ve never actually played one (or seen one here in the U.S.). But for the price, I’d be looking at some used Gibson Les Paul Standards (or a Heritage H-150 Standard… but I’m from Michigan, so I’m biased).

@thepostapocalyptictrio4762

8 күн бұрын

My favorite local shop is a Heritage dealer. They were nice when I played them.

Great review. Nice sounding guitar. But tough decision when a Gibson is just a bit more money. And the SG is so much more comfortable. I think you are right the Les Paul always seems to be slipping away from me when playing. But I like there sound. I like what you said in the beginning, I believe people that get free guitars or payed for a review or both free guitar and paid for a review are swayed. I watched a review and heard something out of one particular you tuber's mouth that does reviews that turned me right off. Someone sent him something to review without telling him they were sending it. He said he usually gets $600.00 for a review like that. Gave it a bad review nothing but bad things to say about the product and company that made it with very little review about 3 Min. of review and said he sent the product back . I love your channel and honesty.

@jfiery

8 күн бұрын

Your 1st few sentences summed up my feelings in a fraction of the words. Well done.

I’ve got a Maybach Lester 59 and totally agree… the wiring is shoddy and lets down what’s otherwise a fantastic guitar, was wondering if I’d just got a bad one but this is reassuring (in a way!). Mine is in with the Tech for a new wiring loom to be fitted currently. Thanks Colin, please get the pickguard back on there though ;)

Hello I'm from Kansas and I love your honesty on your reviews. Thank you for doing your show.

Love your vids mate… I come for the honesty and stream of consciousness rambling, I dig it

Excellent reviews. Thank you for your commitmitment to being honest and independent. I wish other guitar gear reviewers would take notice. I'm not even in the market for another Les Paul, but I'm watching just for the integrity.

Thoroughly enjoy the content, Colin! Always looking forward to your next vid. Thank you!

What a lovely guitar Colin. That is everything you need if you are looking for a Gibson LP style guitar this is all you need without the extra logo hefty price tag. Looks and sounds amazing.

I'm a big Les Paul fan. I enjoy other guitars but I love playing a Les Paul more than anything. So I'll comment from that perspective. Ergonomically LPs are a disaster. I think any honest person knows that. Fat. No upper fret access. Unhinged control layout. To those that love them, that just doesn't matter. They feel amazing on the strap and in your hands (barring a proper boat anchor - I have one and it's just a pain). So the sound... I don't get the appeal of a Les Paul with non PAF types or P90s. Some people like Randy Rhoads did amazing stuff with '70s pickups when really cranked up. But in general you want that very toppy, bitey sound of the '50s humbuckers or the P90s. Both those kinds of pickups sound very good clean and absolutely amazing with drive. You talk about Greeny. That guitar is toppy as hell (listen to the live vid of Oh Well). And PG used to work those volume knobs all night and it sounded like a choir of angels clean and like a spicy devil when he turned up - on cranked Fenders most of the time. You need that kind of pickup. A warm pickup in an LP just doesn't sound good clean - you get that under the duvet sound. And yes. You need '50s wiring or you keep the volumes at 100%. I don't believe anyone wants their highs to drop off as they roll back the volumes. When it comes to this guitar... it's obviously beautifully made. But what I don't get when the price is approaching that of the lowest premium Tokais (I have that plaintop premium Tokai and it is utterly fantastic) is why there are so many unnecessary non-50s features like a Nashville bridge, a three screw truss rod cover, a two piece back? You can get an entry level MIJ Tokai for presumably still less that's got more vintage features than this or an LP standard (one of the big reasons to not go big G about from build quality and price is getting '50s features without having to go custom shop). Oh. I thought the money might be for a flame maple top, but I could see no sign of the flame going down the sides of the pickup cavity so I assume it's veneer - correct me if I'm wrong. Look, for some reason basically no one puts in '50s wiring. I have no idea why. It seems only custom shop historic Gibsons and ESP Navigators have it standard. And Maybach, Gibson, or Tokai - if you want that PAF sound you're almost certainly going to have to buy PAF copies from one of dozens of companies that do it really well. It seems only the guitar companies haven't learned the secret at this stage. I'm not trying to convince you to love Les Pauls though. I think you do or you don't. SGs famously have their own ergonomic problems and a lot of them sound pretty mid-rangey - which I think might be due to more vibration going through such a very thin body (although some do sound the same as Les Pauls, Vs, and Explorers). If you ask me what the perfect guitar is ergonomically and soundwise for a double humbucker vintage design (and I know you aren't but since I'm writing a whole essay...) - that's your 335. Rational control layout (toggle by the knobs where it should be), massive upper fret access. But no neck dive. Not too thin. Comfortable as hell standing or playing on the couch.

@wlkalong

9 күн бұрын

I completely agree on the Tokai -especially their nitro finished guitars. I don't think there is a better value on the market and the quality of Japanese made instruments is as good as it gets. I had a three Epiphone Elistists (2 made in the FGN factory and one in the Terada) and they were all immaculate. I also had an Alverez Yairi, basically a custom shop guitar for 1/2 the price and it was astounding. I was forced to sell my collection and will replace the LP and get another Yairi in the next year. I miss my Tak Matsumoto LP and my Yairi every day.

@Les537

9 күн бұрын

No way. The LP control layout is perfect. The worst layout belongs to stratocasters with all the knobs, switch and bar getting in the way of your picking hand because of the fact that they put the sideways jack on the body forcing the controls forward into your way. To each their own, but I LOVE LP/SG gibson controls.

@chrisforever1255

9 күн бұрын

@@Les537 100% agree! One reason I never get familiar with Strats!

OoooOooHhhhh, can’t wait for the Heritage review. Nice playing, Colin.

I got my hands on one of the newer Standard '50s Pauls a few years back, for a long time I considered selling it on because I didn't care for the tone of it, it was always too muddy for my liking, no good if you like a touch of twang much as I do. As a last ditch effort I tried the '50s wiring mod on it, figured it costs nothing to do if you've got a soldering iron, and easily reversed. My expectations were low, I mean how much difference can switching the contact points between the pots and the caps make? My jaw nearly hit the floor and suddenly it was like the voice of an angel! I'm committed to it now, even screwed a Bigsby on it.

Honesty and Good morals hardly exists in the real world let alone on the internet, thanks for that and is why i love this channel. I didn't like the sound of it at all, an epiphone for a 3rd of the price would be good enough for me. Loved the video and excited to see the comparison videos. Cheers

Nice review as usual. Your channel is my first suscribe. What a feeling when you play, it is so cool to hear you. By the way i remember the epi gold top review, what a guitar! Maybe you could add it in the lester comparison. Your R4 was sounding good too. Thanks for your channel. Cheers from France

I own a Lester 60s slim taper and it's the best guitar I've ever played, better than competing Gibson cs LPS that were 4x the price (eg more resonant).

Thank you once again, Colin. Your demo was beautiful and almost brought me to tears. The icing on the cake was at 23:10 how much you seemed to be enjoying the play. Thank you very much for creating this channel.

@theguitaristas

8 күн бұрын

😊🙏

For me, the recipe for a great les paul setup is : Low output PAFs with the neck pickup lowered below the pickup ring. Wired 50s style with .o1uf in the neck and. 02uf cap in the bridge. 550k pots. No muddy neck tones unless you roll off the tone pot. True tele on steroids setup. I also really like the taper of VIpots even though they're severely overpriced. They're supposed to have the exact 50s centralab burst taper. I bought a set of brandonwound 59s with a4 magnets. I'm very very happy

I absolutely love your show....your playing is very nice as well....as always awesome work...sir...

I don’t have a Les Paul, but I do have an SG, Tele and a PRS etc. Just now, I was listening to my washing machine end its cycle, and it’s amazing what inspiration you can get from the rhythms of modern appliances.

Great video. I started playing guitar with an Epiphone studio LP and it was good for the price. Served its purpose. But sold it and didn’t have an LP in the collection until this week. I tried out a Heritage standard H-150 in a local shop and couldn’t stop thinking about it. Finally decided to pull the trigger and got it Tuesday. I haven’t been able to put it down. I have never been this obsessed with a guitar. Would love for you to review a Heritage at some point. (Edit: Should have watched the last bit! Excited to see that Heritage review.)

Hooray! The Henrys are back! 😅 Like many have said before me, truly love your channel Collin. It is unique amongst the KZread community, so so chill. Thank you!

@theguitaristas

7 күн бұрын

😁👍👍

Another entertaining video, thanks Colin. Its interesting that you said it felt like you were fighting the guitar. I watched an interview a couple of weeks ago that Warren Haynes did with Rick Beato. He was talking about his guitars, and specifically about LP's, and he mentioned that he enjoyed the feeling of having to fight it. So yeah, that must be a thing.

the sun's finally shining- here comes the summer!!

When I heard the price the price of the Maybach that was a deal breaker for me. I don’t own a Gibson because of the price of a Gibson. Call me cheap and I will own being cheap. 😂

@frankcarter6427

9 күн бұрын

the older I get (mid 60s) the cheaper I get

@davva360

9 күн бұрын

It would have to be a fantastic Gibson LP to lay over $2k for me. Just got a Gibson SG standard for $1299! At that price it makes sense to go Gibson.

@randalljames1975

9 күн бұрын

$500-$800 epiphones is where it's at I'm telling ya.

@mikewatkins3533

8 күн бұрын

I totally agree my friend. It’s about tone, affordability, how they look and so on. I own two Les Paul Ephiphone customs. The one you reviewed last year in ebony. The other is the Matt Heafy custom in ebony I bought last month. Love both of them. Awesome tutorial and cheers 🍺🍺🍺🍺😎🎸

@Benjohns89

8 күн бұрын

@@randalljames1975my 2022 epiphone les Paul custom squashed any desire for a Gibson les Paul. I tried a Gibson les Paul at someone’s house and it felt the same. Doesn’t help that I’m more of an SG guy, I still want a Gibson sg 61

Les Paul’s do nothing for me. Overpriced, I’ll take a Stratocaster or a Tele every time. And your reviews are outstanding !

@daviddalziel884

9 күн бұрын

I would say the same but a while ago I went to a store which had a couple of Strats I was interested in -an American Original 50s ( no longer available) and an American Standard which had lace sensors replacing the original pickups . Loved the lace sensor one then asked to play a 2021 Les Paul 60s Standard that looked great and the sound was stunning so much so I phoned later in the week about it and it was gone . Had to get something and eventually hot a 2019 Classic which is a beauty. Love my Strats but the Gibson was a great price and couldn’t walk away from it .

@Mr6767Will

9 күн бұрын

Not really anymore. Fender prices have got so high for the good stuff it's comparable. I paid $2200 last year for a brand new Gibson Les Paul standard 60's. I was looking into getting a good Strat or telecaster and their about $1800 or more.

@tp5401

9 күн бұрын

I don't understand. There are expensive and cheap overpriced and bang for buck stats and les Paul's. I have an Epiphone les Paul custom that is an awesome guitar that's dressed to the 9's. $600 doesn't seem overpriced to me. Then you can go buy a multi thousand dollar strat or tele that may very well be overpriced.

@Les537

9 күн бұрын

@@tp5401 Fender wins the mid range buyer cause you can get poly finish mexi strats that say STRAT on the head for cheap. With gibson you have to buy one that says "epiphone" which roughly translates to "i wish this were a gibson". If gibson had 2 brains cells they would sell mexi gibson with poly finish and GIBSON on the head for those mid range buyers and double their market value over night. But what the fuck do I know.

@pauln6803

7 күн бұрын

​@@Les537 Well the thing is that the Asians can build you whatever you want. The issue is that due to Western snobbery, nobody wants to pay a higher price for the same care and attention that you would expect - but not necessarily get - with a USA guitar. We still expect Japanese manufacturing to be cheaper, despite very high labour and operating costs in Japan. Fender Mexico works because the Fender USA factory is just across the border, meaning that distribution and other cooperative aspects are handled with relative ease, whereas Gibson has production in Nashville, Tennessee and Bozema, Montana.

Totally honest review as always Colin regardless of price or make, brilliant. That guitar sound we have in our heads is sometimes elusive to find and I guess that is why us guitarists spend so much time and money on different guitars, amps & effects, believing that different kit is going to give us THE sound that we're searching for. Sometimes it does and maybe we should stop searching there & then, but the search never seems to end. I started off many moons ago with a Hondo II Les Paul and loved it, I thought the sound was amazing at the time but soon realised the desire to find a better guitar and sound had only just begun. Since then I have owned and played all sorts of guitars and just enjoyed them for what they are. (A recent surprise was the Vintage V100AFD, for a budget Les Paul guitar it sounds simply phenomenal, they've been around for a while but you might want to check one out). Cheers Andy.

Hey Col, you know I love your channel. The only thing I am missing is you playing some Punk/Clash tunes ;-)

Thought it sounded good, and a good honest review as always.

Just a little thing I found out about the control knobs on a Les Paul , With the toggle switch in middle position all knobs on 10 just back of the neck volume to about 81/2 , or 9 & listen to the change in tone , great review cheers .

Great video Colin. Shame that the electrics let it down. Looking forward to next weeks video.

Much respect for an honest review. You spent the cash. You have an opinion. I love it.

Fantastic 1st instrumental ! The Perfect Noodle ! Thank you !

nice axe mt, have a good weekend m, loved the vid.

I love Les Pauls. My nº 1 guitar is my Gibson LP Standard 50s. I bought this same model, Maybach Lester Cherry Lane 58 Aged, from Estudio 54 (wonderful online store and service, I totally recommend!). I've seen online so many rave reviews of this Maybach Lester model, saying it is better than a Gibson Custom, etc, that I thought I had to try it. The guitar looked fantastic and was light for a LP (3,75 kg), but I was underwhelmed by the feel and sound. I sent it back. I definitely prefer my Gibson 50s. I think Gibson guitars are simply amazing, in spite of all the hate they get because of pricing, litigations, or whatever. After I sent back this Maybach I bought a Gibson SG Standard '61, and I'm in love! It's definitely easier to play than my LP. I have been playing it non-stop since it arrived. Looks like it's becoming my new nº1....

Great film Colin, I don’t like those loose feeling audio pots. Would be an interesting mod for you. Keep up the great work

Pick guard on! As it's a bit of a babe! Don't want to scratch it too much.😊

I think you hit the nail on the head with the "needs to be cranked" comment Colin. Chris Buck makes some fabulous noises come out of Les Pauls but his attacking style maybe suits them better? The shonky controls aside, that all sounded pretty good to me and I could (and do) spend ages listening to you playing. Even got a looper coming this weekend so I can get more into making some music instead of just playing around. Thanks Colin, we all really appreciate what you do, keep it up chum.

I miss this channel.. ❤❤ always love your content uncle...

Hello Colin my first guitar 'wow' moment was in the mid 60's when I saw a picture of Bob Dylan with a Fender Strat BUT for some unremembered reason in 1972 I decided to buy a brand new Les Paul Custom which I played as my main guitar until 1974 when I bought a Strat so even though I have a nice 1974 Gib. LP I don't play it as much as the Strats. Cheers mate.

@postoffice146

9 күн бұрын

So did you buy a 1974 Les Paul in 1972?

@robertcalvin2643

8 күн бұрын

@@postoffice146 Obviously no - I swapped it for a 335 but now have a '74 Sunburst Custom !

@postoffice146

8 күн бұрын

​@@robertcalvin2643 I wondered if they had pre-released it 2 years beforehand.

I think Les Pauls tend to suffer more than other types from what I call unicorn disease. You really have to look through them and play a bunch of them to find one that's really good. Maybe it's just me? I don't know.

@atonofspiders

9 күн бұрын

Or maybe the greats really did work hard to pull great sounds out of it and we dismiss that as a collective. I heard a story where Jimmy Page's tech said something yo the effect of "when I play it I sound terrible, but he plays it and led zeppelin happens

@Matt_Barkley

9 күн бұрын

@@atonofspiders Some really do sound better than others. That's not limited to just les pauls. You can find a lot of great guitarists with stories about how they found an amazing guitar after trying dozens or more of the same model. You've never played multiple guitars of the same make and found one to just be better than the others?

@LfunkeyA

9 күн бұрын

i agree. they're more sensitive to 'finding the one that clicks with you'. but its a great model imo.

@Matt_Barkley

8 күн бұрын

@@LfunkeyA They are my 2nd favorite after SG's. I'm still searching for my "perfect" LP, hopefully I find it some day.

The,intro,jam,is amazing😊😊😊😊

@theguitaristas

7 күн бұрын

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Thanks Colin!

What I forgot; mine does not have the wobbly pots with the pin sticking out, they are not suitable for guitar pots. It puzzles me why Maybach does not perform better here seen the quality build of the rest. Also, in my opinion, fantastic pickups.

Looks a beauty but my Epi LP controls work much better, tbh. Great review, as always, Colin 👍 PS pick guard off - of course! 😉

Love the vids pal..keep up the good work..just got a vintage v63 on offer from kennys music for £199..thought I'll have some of that..frets needed polished and ends done..but it ain't bad at all..maybe worth a look at

Would love to see you add the Epiphone IBG 1959 Les Paul Standard to the mix of the Les Pauls comparison video. Love the channel!!

Maybach is a brand that I wasn't aware of. Looks like a nice LP. I always enjoy your reviews.

Please check out a Heritage custom core artisan aged..about the same price with "custom shop" specs. :)

He hit the nail on the head. The classic Les Paul tone is straight into a 50 or100 watt tube amp, cranked up. The purest sample of the LP-Marshall tone was Duane and Dickey of the Allman Brothers. They had the P.A.F. quack tone and everyone was chasing that. As the 70's wore on, high gain and distortion pushed the nuances of tone to the background.

I been wanting a H150 for years, looking forward to it, also TEAM PICKGUARD OFF for life

Geez Colin, I was holding my breath on the intro. However, as it turns out, I think we're both a bit too old school - I'd have had to buy the guitar as well. Thanks for keeping the faith.

Totally agree that a guitar in this pricepoint should make the difference, specially in electronics, hardware and pickups. Taking quality shortcuts you are better off with an upgraded Epiphone IBG range imo. It is a gorgeous guitar tho.. Thanks again for the review and the great content Collin!

Thanks again !!

Thanks for the video mate! I have many Gibson Les Pauls and other japanese copies... But My Maybach lester is my favorite les paul !

the Finish on that Heritage was absolutely gorgeous holy wow, shame about the Lesters control pods.. i honestly expected they would be great, especially when everything about them looks so good. great review as always i look forward to the comparisons

It's a beautiful guitar mate, I do feel exactly the same about Lesters as you though. Shame we can't resist them !! Great playing mate, loved it.

@theguitaristas

9 күн бұрын

Cheers mate! 😁👍

I just recently got a gibson 50s les paul standard in honey amber which was breathtaking in pictures but such a let down in person . I opened the case and immediately knew it was getting returned which I hate doing. I returned it for a heritage cherry sunburst which is absolutely stunning and not to far off from that one you're holding.

Stick with what you love ,SG.

Cheers Colin! Honest assessment as usual mate... Ive got a Custom l don't get along with 100% and a Special with 2 p90s that gets far more use, string seperation and touch sensitivity can lack a bit in humbuckers imo. I get great chunky rhythm out of em, but prefer p90s or a Tele mate.. they snarl better. Lovely looking guitar the Maybach though.

More Loud is Good 🙂Thanks Colin. Great review! Any chance you might add the Epi 50s Standard to the review list? I realize it's not in the same league but I would love to hear your opinion as to how it compares.

Nice!!! Heritage are fantastic. I had a heritage and the Eastman at the same time. Also an R8 and a USa Gibson Traditional. I prefered the Eastamn over the Heritage because I prefered the neck profile (eastman a bit chunkier) Prefered the Eastman was lighter, and also prefere the antique varnish finish feel on the hand, although the heritage was very nice too. Tone wise, my heritage had SD Antiquities and sounded great, was very similar overall to the eastman in that aspect. They had the same frets, so that hgave an imprssion very similar on both. But the Eastman for me had the edge no doubt. Would love to try a heritage custom core. Actually my eastman now has the eritage custom core pickups, and holy damn I love how they sound. The lollars are awesome, more balanced and polite, the heritage custom core pickups, have more bite, more aggressivenes, remind em more on that tele on steroids kind of thing, that I really like. Looking forward to the following video of the heritage and hopefully a comparison video between the 4 where you can rank them based on your point of view =)

Great overview (as always) but not sure 'okay' warrants 2,000 quid, or 1,600 for that matter. It seems like it's one of those 'okay if everything is on 10' guitars . . . not a lot of 'play' there and the loss of tops on the neck is a bit sad. Shame this one and the 54 both suffer a bit with the controls. I'd take an Eastman over this any day TBH - looking forward to a back to back with your other single cuts, nice to see the H150 make an appearance, and let's see which one emerges as top of the heap! Cheers. 😅

After being a Les Paul player for many years, I now play mainly Fender's, I have a bad back, and I just love how my Strat's, Tele's, and Jaguar's sound. But I also love playing my SG.

Fork deep in LPs... for a guy who claims that he is not a fan, that is a brave performance :) I love the look of the Maybach, and it does sound good... hard to assess the controls from here. Thanks man, have a great weekend.

Colin, Great video mate! I’d love to see you review a Bacchus Baron. I noticed them when they came out a few months ago and have been intrigued by them ever since. It’s affordable and Bacchus is a high quality Japanese guitar brand.

@jc6721

6 күн бұрын

I’d love to see how the Bacchus Baron holds up vs a LP Standard.

Oooof that Heritage looks amazing, the more I see them, the more I want one over any other LP manufacturer including the big G.

At last. Missed your clips

Go on Colin , stick a Harley Benton SC450 or 550 into the mix to put the cat amongst the pigeons.

Just got the new 1959 Epiphone IBG Custom shop Les Paul with the Custombuckers. It’s EVERYTHING I’ve been looking for in a Les Paul for years. The pickups are everything they are cracked up to be. You have to get your hands on one. It’s different than the 1959 outfit from a couple years ago.

It would be an interesting poll to see what style of guitar the viewers of this channel prefer.

What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend Colin also happy first day also weekend of summer ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

@theguitaristas

8 күн бұрын

Thanks man! 😁👍

Hello Colin, I was here, enjoyed it. Nothing to add, everybody else said everything, settled nothing. Not in the mood to debate, know what I mean? Pickguard on or off? Looks fine either way. I bet a tobacco or gray burst would look nice on this guitar. Cheers!

Hi again Colin, It looks amazing indeed, but you nailed it: "It looks great, what a wonderful piece of furniture this guitar is", such a proper well appointed phrase, to describe so many LPs. Not a paid shill, my deep respect and appreciation for your posture. Cheers.

Linear tone pots with .047 cap is more often seen on vintage Fender Telecasters and lap steels. The linear pot makes all of the filtering action happen over the bottom quarter turn of the pot, and that along with the larger cap makes it easier to get a wah-wah sound (usually referred to as boo-wah amongst lap-steelers) by playing while simultaneously turning the tone knob with your pinky. I guess it might make sense to have that circuit on your bridge pickup if you’re a country or Western Swing player who wants to be able to play Tele licks on a Les Paul. Makes no sense for the neck pickup though, and most Les Paul players would rather have .022 mfd caps and audio taper tone pots, allowing more subtle tone adjustment.

Another great video Colin. I thought it sounded a bit too 'gnarly' compared to the couple of Gibson LPs I own. As good as it is, I'm not convinced that I'd pay the full RRP for what is basically a copy (albeit a good one) and I doubt if the residual value would hold up compared to the 'real thing'.

Nice mate! Sweet guitar! Can you review the new Vintage (the brand) V100PMH? It's got some hot P90s. There are not many affordable LP standard style guitars with P90s. Cheers 🍻

Bought a vintage v100 les paul a while back..after a little bit of fettling and a new set of strings as far as I'm concerned it's a great guitar.

I Have the 72 Edelweiss with a 50ies neck profile and love it. Knobs work perfectly fine - so probably yours were loose? However, i had to readjust the bridge a little as it was way to low on the top strings and bring above 14th fret let the notes die out Party quickly. So, although the Setup was far from perfect, i could easily correct it and now i am very happy with this axe.

Hey Colin, You're on to something. IMO, The Stratocaster and SG are far more comfortable to play, generally weigh less than a Les Paul, and sound great in their own way. However, Les Paul's have the mystique since the 1959/60 is the Holy Grail to collectors, probably due to so many of our guitar heroes having played them on stage where they can really shine at louder volumes. All that said, I own a few of each (Strat's, Tele's, Les Paul's and SG's) and enjoy playing them all. It's all fun and rock and roll games.

I agree re: Lesters. I have two, and love them both, but I tend to play with a good bit of gain on the amp (think 80s hard rock). I use my Fendery guitars for low gain/edge of breakup or clean stuff.

Another great video review Colin. The Maybach is way out of my price range, but if i spent £2K on a guitar I would expect the electrics to be on point. Wobbly knobs and on/off action is not on. I agree that these LP type guitars need to be dimed to get the sound in our heads. Thanks for posting

I thought it sounded pretty good, but they did do you dirty on the QC on those controls. Plus, some of those components were cheaped out on. Les Pauls and Jazzmasters are my two favorite guitars! I can't get enough of your content on these two models, I would LOVE to see that Heritage next!

What kind of crazy Heritage is that?! The stoptail and bridge don’t look like anything I’ve seen in any guitars they currently sell (unless I missed it). Looking forward to that review!

@theguitaristas

8 күн бұрын

It’s an early one from 1995… has Schaller hardware 👍

Pickguard on imo

Love the spirit you apply to your reviews and your honest no pulled punches reviews of guitars you actually purchased, rather than any danger of sucking up to manufactures in case the freebies dry up! As usual, lovely chilled, laid back approach that is so lacking in many of the Zip! Bam! Pow! sensationalist phukries many others employ 🤮 As for the maxim you were struggling to remember verbatim, the main takeaway is probably that if an electric sounds crap acoustically, then don't expect any more than amplified crap even if it's plugged into a Dumble. And no, adding original 1959 PAFs with zebra coils will not help! 😂 Conversely, if said beast sounds sublime unplugged it will probably sound fantastic kitted out with a pair of Woolies (Audition) pups through any half decent backline. Hope that puts a smile on the start of your weekend 😃 Keep up the good work brother. Peace ✌️ Soho Steve PS I ain't, for one moment suggesting that good quality pups have no positive effect on a good instrument. Just that it's pointless trying to fix a bad sounding instrument with expensive pickups. And let's not forget that Ry Cooder plumbed a cheap vintage pickup into his early 60s Strat, which had probably been manufactured by the same company that knocked out the Woolies Audition brand. Namely Teisco! 😎

@koekum2142

9 күн бұрын

Unless your pickups are microphonic, they will only register a change in magnetic field induced by the strings converting it into electricity. Jim Lill did an experiment where he removed parts from a guitar resulting in strings strung between 2 benches with a pickup unde4neath (same height) which sounded the same. But still some guitarists are so talented that they can see a difference in sound based on the logo on the headstock

@sohosteveuk

9 күн бұрын

@@koekum2142 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, I watched that. And Johan Segeberg's numerous earlier experiments. Personally, I've been experimenting with swapping out pickups on my guitars since 1974 when I had one of the fake humbuckers (weedy single coil hiding under a pretend humbucker cover) on my cheapo Avon LP copy with a real humbucker from an Antoria Les Paul copy. A year later I managed to buy a brand new Telecaster and within a year I'd had the neck pup swapped with a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. Followed soon after with a Dimarzio Dual Sound humbucker in place of the bridge pickup...! My poor old Tele has had countless pup swaps and whammy bars since and is currently decked out with three pups - TV Jones bridge and two early 70s pat sticker mini hums. If only I had known what it would have been worth without my endless customisation journey. Let's not get into the endless pup swaps on my 76 Artisan or my late 70s Tokai Strat...!

I would like to see some company do an LP copy with a sensible headstock, maybe flying V style, something with straight strings and not so much of a break angle, I realise the Mayback has less of an angle to the headstock but it still has the D and G string issues. I have a String Butler fitted to one of my Les Paul Studio's and it solved the issue! I had tried all the fixes on YT and although they helped a little they never fully solved them going out of tune.

Thanks for the video! I played a friends mayback strat...i didnt like it, felt cheap to me. Even usa standards, even though quility is much better than 90's-2000's models are just not the schiznet for me anymore😂 My brother and I rode our bikes to k-zoo and looked at the old Gibbson factory and demo'd Herritage. Again they sounded dark and un inspired to me. My current Lesters are Wildwood spec Gibsons and murphy labs and im pleased. If you were not across the pound, I'd let you demo one of my wildwoods. Of course I still have family in England, so if i ever get over there again, maybe I'll bring one and let you try it out.😁

I love the aesthetics and sound of a nice Les Paul, but playing one sitting perched on an awkwardly low sofa bed for a couple of years when I lived in a tiny bedsit left me with lasting nerve issues in my right shoulder. To this day I can't play uncontoured guitars without getting tingling and numbness in my right arm. Same issue with Teles. I have a Tele Deluxe but I had an arm contour added to it. Leo really nailed it with the contours on a Strat.

Out of the LP style guitars I'm lucky enough to own, the one I play the most is a Tanglewood TSB-58. I paid £120 for it, second hand. It needed a little bit of attention, but it plays good. I'd be interested to see how a Gordon Smith Graduate 60 compares with the other Lesters. Perhaps an older one, made in Manchester. it's not the only reason to have one, but I like the position of the pick up selector on LPs. It feels easier to flick the switch during an up-stoke while playing rather than move my hand down to a switch along-side other controls.

To be quite honest, the 2020 Epiphone Les Paul 59 Outfit spoke volumes. Virtually reached its Zenith when all aspects considered and it is called a Les Paul (licensed by Gibson). Call me cheap, be that as it may. You reviewed it in depth. What else do I have to say!!!!! Also, Fender MIM is all I will ever need regarding that Brand. ( My Opinion). Cheers Mate!