Between being literally made of metal, and having one string, that piece of railroad track is probably the most metal guitar ever.

@gustavoh.70

3 жыл бұрын

The Djent Rail

@thomasevanko8434

3 жыл бұрын

The Djent ancestor

@andreanastacio9548

3 жыл бұрын

@@gustavoh.70 rob should borrow it and challange Jared Dines to a Djent battle, for old time`s sake

@justanotherbro9794

3 жыл бұрын

Somebody call Vidjharta.

@Jay-st6sl

3 жыл бұрын

Literal heavy metal

Destroying his parent's things in the pursuit of experimentation. A TRUE SCIENTIST.

@NickVanCash

3 жыл бұрын

I think destroying his parent's things is a petty sacrifice considering that his experimentations provided the fundamentals for rock n roll XD

@dbltap3332

3 жыл бұрын

Haaa...pretty much how every GREAT inventor/innovator started right?!?! Good point

@dbltap3332

3 жыл бұрын

Watching Rob play this beautiful guitar, I wonder what would’ve happened if Les walked in to Gibson WITH the log AND someone like Rob playing THIS type of finger style in order to demo the log to Gibson for the first time......wonder what they would’ve said....

@davedavem

3 жыл бұрын

So true. Just today my son dismantled the furniture in his bedroom after I left a hex key lying around. So proud! 🤣

@maddoxgrechenig2365

3 жыл бұрын

MAD SCIENTIST SUNNUVABICH

Les Paul was djenting on 1 string in 1929... On a piece of a metal rail track... Dude was metal af...

@mortisCZ

3 жыл бұрын

And way heavier than most. :-D

@tuttuti123

3 жыл бұрын

@@mortisCZ Destroying your guitar on stage? Nah, fuck the stage

@JumpingTuna

3 жыл бұрын

The first metal musician.

@JustAdude291

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@39love31

3 жыл бұрын

Have to Concur with ya there Nathaniel ....PLUS...you THINK he would have incorporated a "Trem" Bar of the Piece of RR Track? lol

Internet argues about the best “tone” wood. Les builds the Log out of a 4x4 from the lumber yard, only wants to hear the strings.

@BrunodeSouzaLino

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. People have those fun ideas on why Leo Fender chose certain woods for his guitars, when in reality he picked the cheapest woods he could source at the time, so the instrument could be affordable. Nothing to do with tone.

@joermnyc

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrunodeSouzaLino yep the first ones fender sold had pine bodies.

@9omargiugiangiugia5

3 жыл бұрын

Electric guitars aren't instruments. Amplifiers are instruments, electric guitars are only controllers.

@BrunodeSouzaLino

3 жыл бұрын

@@9omargiugiangiugia5 And what do they control specifically? Can you play an amplifier without anything plugged into it?

@9omargiugiangiugia5

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrunodeSouzaLino Well you can definitely amplify other stuff if you plug it into a guitar amp, although I can't guarantee anything about the result. Btw what I meant is that, even in acoustic instruments, it is the part that amplifies and radiates sound that is responsible for the sonic signature of the instrument.

Funny that Les Paul was the guy with the broomstick, while Rob is the guy with the shovel...

@AxxLAfriku

3 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! PAAAAAIIIINNNN!!!!!! I broke my hand yesterday because of the hate comments I get on my amazing videos. I was so angry that I punched a hole in my computer. Please don't comment anything mean on my wonderful videos, dear hen

@youwannabuysomedeathsticks585

3 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku what

@JaioCG

3 жыл бұрын

History repeats itself...

@Byronicmonkeys

3 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku Simple solution. Stop punching shit.

@robinmorris5416

3 жыл бұрын

That means, dines is " the guy with the djent stick."

Modern day: "Les Pauls are for muddy, grungy heavy sounds" Les: "I want the cleanest tone I can get"

@tristanpoquette8527

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 I know right 🤣

@picdar16

3 жыл бұрын

Play an original les paul with twin P90's and you will quickly realise how clean a guitar can be. I learned this after playing a 1954 Les Paul reissue through a fender deluxe reverb amp, i ended up going with p90s after this when i bought what is now my main guitar (A Gibson N225 that i literally picked off the production rack!) and made a u turn in my playing style going from from heavy rock to clean blues

@bzbzob

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he always played with a bright tone, and I have heard him say, or read it somewhere, that he never liked the dark sounding tone of most of the jazz players.

@longneck6456

2 жыл бұрын

@@picdar16 playing fender amps will do that to you

@picdar16

2 жыл бұрын

@@longneck6456 I prefer marshall amps, the dsl head combined with 1912 marshall lead cabs (1x12) makes great jazz and blues tones. turn the treble down to 0, mid to about 5 and bass to 3 and you will find a beautiful easter egg of a tone that's not really associated with the brand. While i have owned amps from fender (bassman), Orange (rockerverb50) and vox (ac30), the marshall has the best attributes of all of these and sounds great with any guitar. i mainly use my gibson N225, i have a 1965 ES175, 1954 reissue les paul black beauty P90 and a genuine 1956 Fender strat. All of these sound incredible on this amp particularly the 56 strat

literally the more I learn about guitar history, the less respect I have for Gibson, and the more respect I gain for Epiphone

@burtor55able

3 жыл бұрын

Hah. Gain

@maaroufchebbo7986

3 жыл бұрын

Les Paul even made it clear in his late days that he was far happier with Epiphone than he was with Gibson

@aaronalcala8521

3 жыл бұрын

same here, now i dont feel as bad having to choose an epiphone instead of gibson

@UglyNiiiiiiiick

2 жыл бұрын

Even up until the late 90's Epiphones were amazing. Ive got a 98 Epi les paul standard made in the old Samick factory in Korea and its fantastic to play and sound great.

@qcdsticks

2 жыл бұрын

My dad has a few friends who are guitar collectors. For my 18th B-day I got a used Epi Les Paul at a pawn shop for $300 with a case and had Zakk Wylde EMG Pickups pre installed. several of those friends of my dad have offered far more than I paid for the guitar because they love Epiphones since in their opinion they play better and like the company as a whole way better this video just taught to love my Epi more.

what I learned is that Les must have had very forgiving parents

@theswissmiss69

3 жыл бұрын

I mean if putting a string on a railroad track is the worst that he did then there’s no reason for them not to be.😂

@jeffspaulding9834

3 жыл бұрын

When you have a kid experimenting with new ideas and building things, you don't discourage that behavior.

@josequins9099

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffspaulding9834 exactly, they were good parents.

@otisblueswelljr

3 жыл бұрын

He took the family phone apart. That wasn't cheap

@Fuaarrkk

3 жыл бұрын

@@otisblueswelljr and now the family can buy 919484839919192847482929847 telephones if they want. So was it really expesive?

She's a very good story teller

@user-fd1yr2bd1c

3 жыл бұрын

But Rob often interrupted her

@yeetusfeetus669

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure she's told the stories countless times, if I had those stories first hand, I would, too.

@user-od8vq1mo4c

3 жыл бұрын

안녕

@someday0319

3 жыл бұрын

오

@user-rckpfar30

3 жыл бұрын

@@someday0319 오

50 years later, a youtuber talks about Scallon's shovel guitars

@bombercountyblues

3 жыл бұрын

Blues guys were actually making Didley bows from shovels, pick handles and whatever else they could lay their hands on around this same time period.

It thrills me to no end that the first solid-body electric in history has now had Master of Puppets played on it.

@bluekoi455

2 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘🤘

@roberttaylor7064

Жыл бұрын

Its not Rickenbacker was first.

@tiki_trash

Жыл бұрын

@@roberttaylor7064 Les Paul, even though he was a genius in his own right, tended to pad his resume. You're right, the Rickenbacker Bakelite Spanish electric guitar was the first mass marketed solid body electric guitar but there were people experimenting with that idea ever since the invention of the electric Hawaiin guitar. I think it's hard to say who built the first one, but it wasn't Les Paul.

@tiki_trash

Жыл бұрын

@@roberttaylor7064 Rickenbacker also had an electric bass and violin.

@Mattormus

Жыл бұрын

Didn't you watch the video? It was a replica, not the real thing. You think they'd let him play the real one?

Les Paul: I wanna make the cleanest sounding guitar! 50 years later... Rob Scallon: CAN IT DJENT?!?!?

@paulfrombrooklyn5409

3 жыл бұрын

Would you stop with this CAN IT DJENT crap!!!! That is so played out. Get a life, man! Stop being an asshole.

@itsTapseeTheNative

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulfrombrooklyn5409 to be fair, I was laughing about it when I wrote that. Perhaps Jim Morris, Internet Warrior Extraordinaire, should let things roll off their shoulders and let things lie before name-calling over the interwebs.

@MusicWeRemember

3 жыл бұрын

Haha. But to be fair, I think he was wanting to make a LOUDER guitar, with more sustain. Of course, if it was all distorted, it wouldn't have been considered to be sounding like a guitar. -;)

@michaelpiercey7316

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulfrombrooklyn5409 Dude it’s a joke, you’re the one being as asshole 😂 I’m not even a metal player and can find comedy in the JOKE.

@thehonkening1

3 жыл бұрын

50? more like 80 years later

Imagine a world where Leo fender and Les Paul Started their own company.

@doctorpoopypants2424

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine having a lp with the Fender logo on the headstock. Weird

@AbsoluteAbsurd

3 жыл бұрын

That same universe is probably going “imagine if Les Paul and Leo Fender went their own ways”

@cordero6960

3 жыл бұрын

gibson would be making strings for a living

@portagenial

3 жыл бұрын

It's like discovering the Nintendo Play Station prototype

@tomvesely4008

3 жыл бұрын

Fender & Paul

My college choir director told us a story about meeting Les Paul. When he was at Juilliard, Les came to play a show. My choir director, being obsessed with Les Paul, struck up a conversation. He mentioned to Les that he heard a low thump in the end of one of his songs and wondered what it was. Les looked at him mortified and quietly admitted that he had knocked over his briefcase during the recording but he played the song so well they kept the take.

@vintagevegas9067

3 жыл бұрын

What song was it

@BrandonTeclas

3 жыл бұрын

Yes what song was it

@jayjayripoff

3 жыл бұрын

@@vintagevegas9067 Man... You'll have to wait till the end of all the songs now... :-)

@archtopeddy

3 жыл бұрын

Similar to the story about Django Reinhardt. Author Michael Dregni notes, "At the conclusion of the first recording of “Dinah,” Django was so thrilled with his improvisations that he bumped his guitar against his chair as he finished his song, and this ugly noise was recorded, which appears at the end of the piece."

@vintagevegas9067

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayjayripoff I know

I met Les in a NYC club where he played guitar. Old dude hit on my wife.

@ReizokoRyu

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO was thr place called the Iridium? I've been there, but sadly missed getting to see him...

@eastbaystreet1242

3 жыл бұрын

Well played, Lester!

@tuhmater2985

2 жыл бұрын

F

@d.st.michael4195

2 жыл бұрын

Not surprised really. He was ahead of his time. He even understood that musicians could get tail. Lol

@143jcm

2 жыл бұрын

Les "Sigma" Paul

Les Paul, Leo Fender and Paul Bigsby walk into a bar, and the rest is hystory

@larryjacobsen4079

3 жыл бұрын

Bigsby custom built a solid-body for country star Merle Travis before the Fenders and Les Paul Gibsons went into production.

@garmen-

2 жыл бұрын

@@larryjacobsen4079 Can you provide a source?

@tyedollasign4034

Жыл бұрын

@@garmen- asking for a source on that is like asking if WWII came before WWI

@johnnycab8986

Жыл бұрын

@@garmen- Theres an entire book about Bigsby. Leo Fender borrowed the guitar Paul Bigsby built for Merle Travis, disassembled it, copied as much he could and then gave the guitar back to Travis with a copy of the Bigsby guitar that had been modified for easier mass production. Fender stole the 6 inline headstock shape from Bigsby, the "Snakehead" Tele prototype headstock, the Esquire switching system, pickup design. Gibson/Les Paul stole the body shape from Paul Bigsby for the "Les Paul" model. Paul Bigsby, Leo Fender, Ted McCarty all knew each other quite well in the hey day of the creation of the solid body electric guitar. Bigsby hated Fender after he found out about the Stratocaster headstock. Semie Moseley (guy who created Mosrite) was living in a shed near Bigsby and told him he wanted to build guitars, P.A. Bigsby taught him how to build guitars, Moseley built some of the necks for Bigsby guitars....they had a falling out when apparently Moseley stole some casting patterns from him. This whole conversation in this video is crazy that they don't even mention Bigsby much. Bigsby was the genesis, he was also truly into the music and guitar, Leo Fender wasn't. Fender was searching for products to make, that it turned out to be electric guitar wasn't a real factor, it just happened to be something he found that he could essentially copy Bigsby's ideas and transform them into something that could be mass produced. Bigsby's guitars were bespoke creations that would not have been easy to mass produce...Leo Fender's genius wasn't in creation of the solid electric, it was the adaptation of it to mass production.

@tiki_trash

Жыл бұрын

​@@johnnycab8986 You don't give Fender enough credit. Leo played piano and organ, just not on a professional level. He had a radio repair shop that he grew into a repair/retail shop, and he would sell and rent out electric Hawaiin guitars and amps and PA systems. He built and sold lap steels and amps with "Doc" Kauffman (K&F) and later under the Fender name. He provided sound for the Easter Sunday Passion Play in Fullerton, CA. a large and very popular event with music all day long. His best friend, George Fullerton, was a very talented and well-known guitar player. Music was his passion. He didn't just start building guitars for the money. With his brand of genius, he could have gone into any number of other business ventures, but he chose music as his vocation long before he built his first guitar.

5:30 Imagine a parallel universe where we're not playing the Gibson Les Paul or the Fender Telecaster but the Fender Paul.

@electricc437

3 жыл бұрын

@The SNES Man Or the brand new series of paulcasters 😂

@TheZooropaBaby

3 жыл бұрын

probably it would've worked out better because in term of how they want guitars to sound, they had a lot fo common ground, they both thought guitars should sound clean and jangly

@alex0589

3 жыл бұрын

Leoles

@SlyHikari03

3 жыл бұрын

The Fender Lescaster

@kurtrosenthal6313

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine the universe where we play the les Paul fender bender.

Now i want Rob to string up a piece of railroad and play it.

@doomslayerplushie6662

3 жыл бұрын

He can surely do it no problem

@The_Kirk_Lazarus

3 жыл бұрын

@Captain MufDyven Do it! It would be so cool.

@Sallyhearts

3 жыл бұрын

I also have a 2 foot section and mu grandfathers and i am considering making a fender stringmaster clone and matrimony of les pauls railroad experiment i feel like the underside thats flat has potential

As much of a huge fan of Jared, Ola, Pete, Rabea, Fluff, etc that I am...Rob is the only one who really wants people to learn the history of music how we know it today. It's so refreshing to see his fascination with the inner workings of music, not just worrying about theory or how fast he can play. Keep it up, Rob. We all appreciate it very much.

@bluekoi455

2 жыл бұрын

Well said...the cathedral organ is my favorite

@NKG416

2 жыл бұрын

Rob is on different level

@JackTheRabbitMusic

2 жыл бұрын

I'm very much in the same boat, only I'm just starting to share my music and make guitar and music videos. I just want to teach music appreciation to kids, really.

That has to be one of the most sparkly guitar sounds I've ever heard (without effects obviously). Sounds like there's a constant compression on it since everything rings so clearly.

I think its wild that we could've gotten the "fender American Paul deluxe, with Bigsby tremolo"

@tarkett8529

3 жыл бұрын

It would have been the precursor to EVH’s frankenstrat.

@themadkraken1912

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarkett8529 His Frankenpaul?

@richsackett3423

3 жыл бұрын

Vibrato

it kinda looks likes a Rob Scallon Signatue Guitar made in the 1940's.

@izzaacalley

3 жыл бұрын

@The SNES Man This is after the signature guitar video so I don't think so. Unless this was recorded before then and posted after which wouldn't make sense cuz it would be cool to know this was the inspiration for the design.

@SlyHikari03

3 жыл бұрын

Unintentional probably

@schedward

3 жыл бұрын

He discussed this similarity in a Q/A, and claimed it was purely coincidental.

@captainsanchez4829

3 жыл бұрын

ye, when I saw the thumbnail, I thought he was talking about his own first solidbody guitar haha

Les Paul was a genius. As far as i know, he did make a cut from all pickups, he made a cut from multi track recorders, and from the stereo cutting heads on lathes that are used to cut the lacquers for vinyl records. I learned all of this because my friend's dad was friends with Les' son Rusty. They lived in Mahwah NJ. Im from new york but my friend is from NJ also. My friend's dad told me a few times he met Les. Les showed him the telecaster Leo gave him, showed him some of the test multi track recording heads, so much stuff. Les even gave him a telecaster! No BS. At the time, it wasn't that valuable, only being about ten or more years old. Now, that guitar is probably worth 20gs. We owe Les everything!

@davidlindquist1499

Жыл бұрын

A telecaster owned by Les Paul would likely be worth far far more than 20 grand, the kind of people interested in that kind of stuff have entirely too much money

@jamesbarta5452

Жыл бұрын

if you dig music period,you should thank Les..

The log repro produces some of the best sound I've heard out of any single instrument. The world needs more logs

@garmen-

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah someone should make an updated version with less noisy pickups and some other minor improvements and then sell it

@CaptHiltz

Жыл бұрын

I've built a half dozen guitars and a couple are basically logs where the neck, pickups and bridge are mounted on a 2x4 and the rest of the body (hollow) is made of 2 sheets of plexiglass. Front and back. They both sound great. I'm building one now that will be a 2x4 mounted on a piece of reclaimed shelving and the body (again hollow) will be made of sheet metal.

@MrUtilizatoru

Жыл бұрын

@@CaptHiltz if you're selling that shit hit us up with the link

My dumb ass when reading the title of the video on my feed: "whoah, someone invented a 'solid body electric guitar' and Rob gets to play it first?!". Me after 30 seconds of the video: "Oh, yeah. Solid body electric guitars already exist".

@_ikako_

3 жыл бұрын

"i thought all guitars were hollow!"

@BrandonTeclas

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooooo saaameeeee

@derangedQuiver

3 жыл бұрын

Semiramis icon hell yes

@adventuretings345

3 жыл бұрын

Wait they do I HAVE ONE

@pleaseenteraname6825

3 жыл бұрын

Same

Rob playing “Rollerbladin’” on a replica of the first electric guitar is very funny to me for some reason

@CSFiction-

3 жыл бұрын

With a little touch of Progressive Metal Town USA no less lol

@MDRN_ANMLS

3 жыл бұрын

I am so happy that somebody else noticed this

@Sponderer

3 жыл бұрын

A nice little homage to First of October since it was canceled this year

@jfinester

3 жыл бұрын

Not the first electric guitar. Possibly the first semi-hollow electric guitar, though. The first production solidbody electrics were Hawaiian lap steels, like Rickenbacker’s Frying Pan (1931) and Gibson’s EH-150. The earliest Fenders were also lap steels.

@travaskanazori555

3 жыл бұрын

He’s been something all his life.

The railway track guitar is one of the most insane looking concepts ever But looking at all of this history it really goes to show the genius of Les in how far he was willing to go to push the boundaries of the time and get the sound he wanted

2:58 brushy one string knew what he had to do

Props to the guy who replicated a piece of history as accurately as he could while still making a truly beautiful sounding guitar. However long that took was worth it and he should be hella proud.

@mesmersocial5583

3 жыл бұрын

i wish a modern production run could offer something similar to purchase that beautiful tone

@salzulli6290

3 жыл бұрын

@@mesmersocial5583 I've been trying to get him to do a tribute model with updated hardware and body and he won't. Just to do a traditional semi-hollow construction (but the same size) with a standard Vibrola and TOM but with those pickups would be amazing.

Brilliantly interesting video! Les was such an innovator!

@GoviaM

3 жыл бұрын

Hi david i watch your videos

@ZoMichael-a

3 жыл бұрын

David.nice seeing you

@blizzon9612

3 жыл бұрын

Hey I am an investor I invest on comments

@stunpeenmann

3 жыл бұрын

David Bennett Piano I agree

@captaintony1227

3 жыл бұрын

We all owe les Paul so much for being such a amazing musician!

Imagine being such a genius that you're just constantly being misunderstood and rejected by everyone around you. Laughed at even. And despite that, still just keep fighting for your idea.. admirable.

Such an interesting video. I had no idea how close the world came to a Fender Les Paul.

The only problem I have with this video is that I can only give it one like. I find it absolutely hilarious that with all this talk about "tone woods" and resonance in solid body guitars, Les was doing everything he could to eliminate all of that from his guitars. You want the truest form of a solid body guitar, it seems a hunk of railway track is where it's really at.

@alexseguin5245

3 жыл бұрын

I hope he gets a djent stick made with a railroad track and does "RAIL METAL"

@search895

3 жыл бұрын

From experiments done by some youtubers, i believe steel is the best material for electric guitar bodies (if they need a body at all). Wood is the norm because solid steel guitars are not bearable as a routine for the moving musician.

@Markle2k

3 жыл бұрын

@@search895 People complain enough about 12 lb Les Pauls. Can you imagine a steel body guitar that weighs as much as a person? Just having it rest on your thigh would be painful.

@CaptainCraigKWMRZ

3 жыл бұрын

And it will be easy to relic!

@iridios6127

3 жыл бұрын

@@search895 Gittler guitar.

Les Paul “I don’t wanna hear the body o wanna hear the string” Everyone else “TOOOONNNNEEEE WOOOOOODDDD!”

@jery3385

3 жыл бұрын

Hurr Durr wood important

@TheBod76

3 жыл бұрын

And lots of people still think an old guitar would somehow be of special quality. They were "only" great at that time, because of the innovations Les came up with, not because of some special materials or building quality.

@joermnyc

3 жыл бұрын

Please, there’s a guitar out there that’s chambered hollow plastic you can fill up with colored water... Internet: “... TONE WATER!”

@dariocarrasco7936

3 жыл бұрын

But but but but but mah mahogany with maple top

@adventuretings345

3 жыл бұрын

@@dariocarrasco7936 is mahogany bad? I have a mahogany guitar :(

21:17 Funny you should say that. Back in the '60s in Eastern Europe, my dad was trying to build himself a guitar amp. He screwed something up and he got basically the same thing as a fuzz pedal in front of the amp. Since no one at the time was playing like that, he considered it an error and fixed the mistake and got the clean amp he was trying to make. He could have been a visionary...

@biohazard8295

2 жыл бұрын

Soviet experimental rock music. Really fascinating

@CristiNeagu

2 жыл бұрын

@@biohazard8295 Wasn't Soviet, though :)

@bilack7007

Жыл бұрын

@@biohazard8295 Romania was not Soviet

@biohazard8295

Жыл бұрын

@@bilack7007 i know, but the vibe was pretty similar

Is the finish on Rob’s signature model based on this guitar? The colors look strikingly similar.

@jonathankeith524

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, nice observation! I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out. I know he likes "natural wood" finishes, and his signature is a neck-thru design. It may be coincidence, but either way it's super cool that it resembles the first solid-body electric.

@carlossegura1542

3 жыл бұрын

Rob mentioned that they look alike on a Mary Spender video. He said it wasn’t intended, it turned out that way by accident.

@plantain.1739

3 жыл бұрын

It's just polished wood, man.

@AbsoluteAbsurd

2 жыл бұрын

Damn

They actually used this to record the American Football LP

@connorandrus1904

3 жыл бұрын

Literally spot on

@croman5931

3 жыл бұрын

yep

@hakasenano7295

3 жыл бұрын

Americ Anfootball

@FabulousKilljoy

3 жыл бұрын

bruh fr that's awesome

@13StJimmy

3 жыл бұрын

And they say Teles are the emo guitar

Les Paul invented Djent

@manray9275

3 жыл бұрын

Well yes but actually no

@lolopok4838

3 жыл бұрын

Thats pretty crazy if you think about it. There would be no metal or rock without him.

@dankhill6851

3 жыл бұрын

@@lolopok4838 Somebody else would have done it. We get more advanced no matter what

@kurtrosenthal6313

3 жыл бұрын

If anyone else did it they would have done it differently. The only way we can be where we are now is if everything happened the way it did before.

@manray9275

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure someone would have done it eventually as there was definitely a need to produce louder sounds from the guitar, but les Paul was determined to do it as it fixed his problem. looking at how guitar companies reacted to a solid body guitar, it wouldn't have happened that soon without les.

How the heck do you wire a pick-up in such a way that a guitar sounds like this clean?!?

@AbsoluteAbsurd

2 жыл бұрын

Yea its Kinda like comparing a song demo to the final production

I couldn't imagine living through the Golden Age of the electric guitar(60s & 70s). That had to be absolutely incredible! You old folks are some lucky folks! I was about 20 yrs late, born in '81

@Dovey12

3 жыл бұрын

At least you weren’t born in the age of soulless mainstream pop rap. Late 2000s here, I’m lucky my parents introduced me to old Nirvana and Linkin Park and others early on, I never would’ve found my calling to stringed instruments and alternative rock without that, and it’s saddening to think.

@kennethchou4384

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dovey12 don’t be a pessimist and believe that a single random pop genre defines an entire generation of billions of artists, musicians and creators. You become a crotchety asshole.

@flyingrat492

Жыл бұрын

@@Dovey12 it suck’s people can’t enjoy their own genre without putting down others. 2000s was also an indie rock explosion and there are tonnes of current rock bands that are great

@positronalpha

11 ай бұрын

Nirvana and Linkin Park in the same sentence... Wow.

@zeppelinboys

9 ай бұрын

@@positronalpha 'my parents introduced them to me...' that part stung. where does the time go?

like EVH said in an interview, Les used to call him and say, "y'know, me, you, and Leo - we're the only people that know how to make a guitar"

@mirinewman

3 жыл бұрын

*Rob Chapman has entered the chat*

@kylemussman4342

3 жыл бұрын

Julian Potter Music bob benedetto would beg to differ😂😂

@mc495150

3 жыл бұрын

@@mirinewman i know it’s a joke, but i died inside

@curtr.5792

3 жыл бұрын

2014 Hall Of Fame conversation I think

@BrunodeSouzaLino

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think that ever happened. EVH was very good with inventing stuff. Go look at interviews where people ask him about his modified Marshall Plexi. Every interview has a different answer.

A musicians favorite words. "Somethin like that"

@MissGimpsAlot

3 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong...

@patricksommer3971

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't ever say “somethin like that“ or something like dat

@farley576

3 жыл бұрын

@@patricksommer3971 🧢

@HeathenwoodOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

You read my mind, I always think of that word in conversations!

@ActionJotaPe

3 жыл бұрын

As soon as i read this Rob said it lmao

That Riff at 20:32 is “Rollerbladin’” by Rob and Andrew’s band First of October and I’m really happy and amazed that he still remember that riff. I wonder if he’s been playing it or if he still remembers the riff from that day.

@benjaminaragon5502

2 жыл бұрын

Wait JK he made a tutorial on how to play the song

@jakeeeGST

Жыл бұрын

its made up of his favorite chord

The fact he plays a First of October song at 20:05 makes me so happy

Just think if Less had his way everyone would be searching for the perfect rail tone.

@AiphTheDJ

3 жыл бұрын

Can't help reading "rail tone" in kmacs voice

@tamber5977

3 жыл бұрын

@@AiphTheDJ rayil towun

@spookyghost8952

3 жыл бұрын

@@tamber5977 laughing my ass off rn

@Reject101Personal

2 жыл бұрын

Les*

my god, he doesn't get NEARLY enough credit for how innovative he was. man completely revolutionized recording, instruments, and entertainment. cant imagine how different the world would be without him.

@SamSveistrup

3 жыл бұрын

What would it be without you? You're as great.

@Wishuponapancake

2 жыл бұрын

someone would have figured it out for sure, but we would probably end up with different gear because of the timeframe

What a great video.. and your playing is very inspirational .. what is amazing is how acoustic the log sounds...I am really in AWE... THANKS SO MUCH

So cool that younger folks appreciate the history of stuff, and do things like this to preserve and present it for us now, and future generations. Hell, I’ve been playing guitar since age 14, and at my age now, I could be these guys’ father, yet I’ve learned some new things from them. 👍

That tone is so clean you don't even have to sanitize your hands after playing the guitar

@g.koch.

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine this trough a Roland Jazz Chorus and a Metalzone 😂

Old guitar created to be the cleanest possible: exists Rob: plays Heaviest Matter In The Universe

@canye_eastproductions4547

3 жыл бұрын

LIE AWAKE

Love your videos Rob! This one, for some reason, hit me in the feels hard. It's just incredibly amazing. Thanks for sharing your passion with others who share your passion.

Thanks Rob Scallon! I don't get tired of watching this video! I love a lot of yours videos but this one, is my favorite

Proudly watching this with a smile with my Les Paul :D Its an Epiphone XD

@mikejones-vd3fg

3 жыл бұрын

Well yeah technically the first Les Paul was an Epiphone. All you need to do is cut it in half, replace the middle with a railroad iron and put back the epiphone wings and you'll have the very first Absolute Absurd. Best sustain ever.

@MarsLonsen

3 жыл бұрын

Woord😂

I find it interesting how an instrument so near and dear to this community has this kinda history to it. Thank you Rob for exploring it deeper, just so we can learn and become better players and musicians. You're the best mate, I strive every day to smile as you do.

This is why I love this channel man. I've been subscribed for a couple of years now and I learn something new in almost every video. Amazing content as always Rob!

Very cool, I'm happy you made this video. Love the history lesson

_"You could dive bomb with it, but only once."_ That one caught me off guard. 🤣

I like the history between the Gibson and fender

@orb203

3 жыл бұрын

Bigsby too. Very cool history

I love when we get to learn some music/guitar history in these adventurous videos. Thanks Rob and everyone involved ♥

Rob, I just discovered your channel today. This show was great and your playing and enthusiasm were amazing. Keep up the good work! I'm definitely going to stay tuned.👍

If there was ever a physical representation of 'progress not perfection' Les Paul's first Electric Guitar is it! Thank you for sharing 👍

Bigsby, Paul and Fender hanging out is like the guitar version of Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker hanging out on a rainy night and inventing modern horror.

@troydebby1786

3 жыл бұрын

A musicians favorite words. "Somethin like that"

@SamSveistrup

3 жыл бұрын

Who?

@MrLivebynight

3 жыл бұрын

Bram Stoker lived ~50 years after the Shelleys (he was born 4 years before Mary died). I think you're thinking of Lord Byron.

@JazzGuitarNoob

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrLivebynight I can't believe it took so long for someone to correct that. Yes, apparently I remembered that story wrong.

@Tommy_Mac

3 жыл бұрын

Bing Crosby, Jim Lansing (loudspeakers), Leo Fender, were all friends of Les...it's astounding...just some of the people in his circle...many, many more.

This was fascinating. Really enjoyed this lady. Loved her passion. Great video.

Very impressive sound, beautiful and very particular sound, thanks Les Paul.

I just love how this channel became more and more wholesome and educational along the years. Documentary level content + still goofing around makes it really enjoyable. Congrats and salute to the whole team !

it's amazing how it started with a log, and then went back to a log with Steinberger

Thank you Rob for all the efforts and commitment you put in your videos! I very like the way you look so passionate about music's history! It's some kind inspiring! Thanks a lot!

You have such a wealth of amazing guitar experiences. I'm so happy that you've been able to do all this. I never would have thought this would be possible all those years ago watching you play. It's so awesome you've got the chance to experience all this.

Your finger style is the most piano-like I’ve ever seen/heard. I mean seriously clean and pronounced notes. Just perfect

@jeffleecust

3 жыл бұрын

Huge smile when you started playing thrash on the log. I needed that, thank you.

@TalesOfModernity

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Yvette Young for piano-like finger style, she's going to blow your mind

@Markle2k

3 жыл бұрын

@@TalesOfModernity Took your advice. She holds the guitar oddly, probably to fit her technique. It's sort of in between hanging normally and like a lap steel.

I never appreciated Les Paul enough, what an impressive history.

I remember seeing Les Paul and Mary Ford on TV in the early 50s. I'm 81.

everytime i see your videos all i think about is how you can just tell how much work you pour into these. i never see you cut corners and that’s awesome. keep it up!

to show the power of the log, i saw this epiphone in HALF!!!!

This was sorely needed, and you were sorely missed. Bravo.

Amazing video! Love it!

Seriously awesome video. I learned many things I never knew before. And you played the heck out of that thing!

Rob’s musical adventures are the most interesting music related videos ever

The way she said "Leo Fender" 😂. She's a good story teller.

These people are so knowledgeable. So many things I didn't realize...particularly that Fender and Les were mates and were almost going to go into business together 😱

This is amazing. Thank u for showing this. As a bassist and guitarist this made me smile

Make it as dense as possible for maximum sustain as the vibration has nowhere else to go but into the pickup OR let some body in to encourage a bit of tone to bloom. The conundrum we still have thanks to the amazing Les Paul. He is undoubtedly one of the most important figures in the development of the electric guitar and the recording process but I wouldn't necessarily want an unchecked history written just by him. He was a 'creative' in lots of ways...Hahahahaha

that’s the best clean guitar tone I’ve ever heard

Once again, an absolutely amazing video!! Great to learn the history behind Les Paul.

Heavenly tone!! Thank you sir Les for this, stay safe you guys! This so awesome!

20:05 "Rollerbladin'" riff from First Of October's first album! Hope there'll be a third one this year!

@richardu.2435

3 жыл бұрын

Andrew announced on his twitter, that unfortunately they couldn't get together to record one this year.

@HimanXK

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardu.2435 Thanks for being honest with the bad news dr 😢

Rob your channel is hands down THE BEST music related channel on KZread...it has the comedy part, your songs and of course all these informative videos about musical instruments..... you are the only KZreadr, that after all these years you are still moving forward and providing your subscribers with great content.

@vladdracole

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed man

Wonderful demonstrations Rob!

This video is so wholesome. Love your content Rob ❤

I got to meet Les and see him perform in NYC when I was 10 about 12 years ago or so. I had written a report on him for school and he signed it for me! My main memory from the experience was watching him perform, he kept telling dirty jokes and hitting on his bassist while they were playing! At one point somebody sitting right in front of the stage took a picture of him and he flipped him off! It was great and in retrospect I can't believe I got to meet such a legend.

Read "The Birth of Loud." It goes into this, Fender and the the rest. It's a really interesting read.

Best guitar related video I have ever seen. learned so much. Such wonderful information!

Les Paul lived out his last 20 or 30 years less than 3 miles from where I grew up in Mahwah, NJ. I got to meet him in 1986 at Robbie’s House of Music on Rte 17 one day when I was shopping for a keyboard. He was friends with the owners, they knew me by sight and introduced me. An amazingly friendly and brilliant man.

I’m mad that covid took our third First of October album

@FabulousKilljoy

3 жыл бұрын

same

@RedHair651

3 жыл бұрын

yup

@theshyguy1580

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking forward to it all year.

@Fiddy_Too

3 жыл бұрын

I know, It frickin sucks

Awesome video as always. I think Les would be proud.

@bluesalamander5527

3 жыл бұрын

How did you see the video this early? Lol

@GoviaM

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluesalamander5527 Patreon probably

@mxg8149

3 жыл бұрын

this is 1 day comment how?

Rob this was such an interesting video!! I saw pictures of the log as a kid, and was always so fascinated by it. And what a cool story!

This is such a cool video on so many levels. I’m not much of a guitar player but I love the instrument and can sit and listen to a great guitarist play for hours. But I also have a love of history and how things came to be. And this video appeals to both these interest of mine. I loved the history part of it and have a whole new respect for Less Paul. I always thought he was an innovator but didn’t realize what a visionary genius he was. Really great video thanks for sharing. This is one to save to my favorites.

34:37 I wasn't excepting to hear Gojira - The Heaviest Matter of the universe here on this guitar ^^ Edit : Forgot he already did this on Banjo with Leo..

It genuinely is hilarious that the first solid body electric guitar had humbuckers and a whammy bar

Got extremely excited when I heard Milwaukee, WI as I live in Madison just an hour and change away!! I'm absolutely planning a trip on my next day off!

Best history of the electric guitar. Great job guys.