This wraps it up for my side of things, but there are still between 2-3 videos left to yet be released on Robert's side of things - Thanks for watching! Robert Baker's Channel: kzread.info/dron/feviwU6C7kEjpOK4C6myuQ.html Reverb: reverb.com/item/26285149-gibson-les-paul-km-1979-tobacco-burst?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly

@damianvila

4 жыл бұрын

I like this collab. You two are really nice people, and it shows in the video. I specially liked your collector side showing, very different to Robert’s player attitude (regarding the pick marks). I hope to see more of you two in the future.

@TomTobin67

4 жыл бұрын

What were they thinking with that plaque on the face of the guitar?

@zaccarter3801

4 жыл бұрын

You should get Bernie’s 59 beast on this channel. Might take some persuasion but you’ll be in for treat along with us, your viewers lol

@Trog

4 жыл бұрын

@@zaccarter3801 I was offered the Ace Frehley burst...

@TomTobin67

4 жыл бұрын

@@zaccarter3801 - Austin would have to make a trip to Marsden's house in the UK for that to happen.

Was so cool to get to be there while this was shot thank you so much, man! Let's do the next collab sooner than 2 years.

@mars6433

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Now, if you can just learn how to PLAY that thing. BAZINGA !

@maxwellwinter2114

4 жыл бұрын

Quentin James wow rude

@anthonygonzalez5840

4 жыл бұрын

Love it...beautiful...sounds incredible.

@davidallen346

4 жыл бұрын

I thought those were white Dimarzios now I know it's the T-tops pickups with more profound respect for the guitar.

@mars6433

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxwellwinter2114 Robert knows me and gets the joke, He's a wonderful person and a MONSTER player. All in good fun, my friend.

You can get a Les Paul but it has to be vintage?! What a great wife!

An almost 11 pound guitar is crazy! My two Les Pauls are 7 lbs 11oz and 9 lbs 4 oz. The latter feels like a boat anchor. I can't imagine another pound and a half added to it. Beautiful tobacco sunburst finish.

Yep, sounds like a les paul. I do think the sun fading and yellowing actually add to the aesthetic.

I love that you guys finally collaborated. Robert puts out some great content. Been keeping my eye out for a KM in my area for a couple years now. They don't come up often at all.

14:32, thank you Austin. Great review and so nice to hear Robert tell this this guitar's story. Thank You Austin and Robert.

Ahh the ole GC “we got someone in the store that wants to buy it” routine. Been there, done that. LOL Great collar guys. Hope to see more in the future!

I love it when a channel features another KZreadr. This was a great video. Good to finally get an in-depth look @ Robert's LP.

What a fun collaboration with Robert. Great history lesson on the Kalamazoo Gibson guitars. Thanks Austin! (And Robert too for being a good sport and making the drive!)

Cool as hell seeing you two work together on content. Been subbed to both of yall for ages

What a beauty...it doesn't matter how it sounds!! Like you mentioned, the neck inlays are just so eye catching, due to the contrast of hues. Thanks for showing us this. From my recollection, I remember two old buddies of mine that purchased Les Pauls in 1980-81, and they were just kinda "frumpy" looking and flat sounding. This one is something else.

Great collab video guys! Keep doing them. Both of you have great channels with excellent content. God bless and rock on!

I like the Bob Ross "NO MISTAKES JUST HAPPY ACCIDENTS" T-SHIRT.

Just went from.. Dano Robert trade to Robert Vlog and just as that ended this posted.. Just gotta wake up in 5 hours. Worth it.

I really enjoyed the collaboration between you two . Nice twist to the norm. Keep up the great work ..

Get together more often and collab! 2 good ol ohio boys!!

I always enjoy watching different people play the same guitar. It shows you how much of a guitar's tone is all the hands, and that watching demos often tells you nothing.

love the collab, Austin! More collabs please. People love it

Love the collab. You guys are my favs

Finally, the RB-LP-KM analysis. Thanks guys @

I watch Robert's channel every now & then ,so am familiar with his KM . Really nice to see it close up. Amazing condition for a 40 year old instrument that's been played 👌

Robert always gets that perfect Angus crunch! Especially with this axe!

finally this is a long time in the making.

Fantastic guitar, dude...Les Pauls are incomparable and this KM is simply majestic...

My favourite burst. Dark & moody. Love this guitar.

This was my first les paul 79 les paul KM and had a custom made plate below the tailpiece when i was 15 years old. Loved the thin neck, pickups were very weak paf. Yeah for a kid i lugged it around my shoulder.

Love when two channels meet up and collab a bit!

Very cool guitar. Nice video guys. Big fan of Robers playing.nice job.

Very nice video of the KM there great guitars. I have one as well it's a early edition with the custom made plaque below the tail piece. It's in sunburst and looks exactly like the one you showed on here. I enjoyed your video and look forward to more.

Really enjoyed that, thanks for the review, hope you are going to make him an offer for the guitar.

Hahahaha I didn’t make the connection at first. I was thinking oh cool KM. Like the one that guy and his wife have on that channel that I couldn’t remember the name of. Wait a minute! It is that cool KM. I love the color of that Les Paul. Great video and cool collaboration!!

Very cool guitar!

I remember when he & his wife drove & got that KM. I hope he never gets rid of it! I’d love to play it. Ah there was Jay Parmar in this video! Ooooh the Cherry Sunburst looks great too with the all-cream t-tops👍🏻. Dirty Fingers kick ass too. Robert needs an upper pickguard 😁. Solder the ground wire back!! Great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I have always loved this guitar from the first time I saw Robert with it. Funny that the reason I like it so much is actually because of the sun changing the color.

Love this!

Thats awesome man to have spouse support. My wife always goes out of her way to help me get the guitars i want and need for the music i play. Rock on Ohio. Salute peace goodbye.

Man you are right about the GK-55. I have worked on one of those and the pickups were actually dirty fingers. Love your videos bro!

Anybody else see an "RB" model based on these specs in the future from Gibson? Thanks for the coverage!

Hopefully some day I'll buy a K.M.! Robert made me fall in love for them!

KM's are defiantly cool. I'd ROCK that beast.

Nice to see Jay Parmar at the 2:10 mark. Great guitarist and KZread channel!

Hell yeah!! I’ll be at winter NAMM. Anaheim, CA. is in my neck of the woods! I’ll be available for advice on local activities, directions or whatever.

Great sounding LP.

Awesome !!

I frickin' love that guitar. I'm not crazy about Les Pauls, I like them, but I'm not crazy about them. This one though, everything about it is right up my alley. It's just beautiful!

I have a 79 Les Paul that had a grounding issue since I bought it in the early 80s. When I finally took it to a real luthier a few years back he looked at it and said it was because the bridge wasn't grounded which he said wasn't necessary for the stock guitar because the pickup covers and cover in the control cavity fully shielded the guitar. However, on mine the rear pickup had been replaced and pickup covers removed so it was no longer fully shielded even though I still had the cover in the control cavity. He added a ground wire for the bridge which solved my long standing problem and told me it is the standard fix for 70s Les Pauls were the pickup covers have been removed. I'm sure the KM needed the wire shown in this video because it doesn't have the covers.

In Trogly's lighting, Robert looks like he's his own dad. That isn't a diss or anything, he just looks way older. Maybe it's the beard. Either way he's a helluva player and a helluva guy.

Wow, that thing sounds so nice with pretty low out put pups. I would top wrap the strings so the tail piece could be moved down to the body.

The most epic crossover event in KZread history

I have a similar les Paul story. Went to GC to buy a les Paul style guitar, and tried all the epiphone models in the store, not planning on spending more than $500 or $600. They all stunk, and I hated them!! I saw a brown Gibson LP studio vintage mahogany for $700 and thought I'd see what a few more dollars would get me. Didn't even plug it in yet and I was in love just strumming chords. Plugged it in and it sounded perfect. It just felt right and I had to have it. Still have it and it still amazes me. It's got a one piece back and one piece mahogany top, which seems rare for this model; maybe I'm wrong. Probably won't ever be a collectible but it's a beautiful players guitar

Every 70s gibson I have played I have loved! I played a 73, 76, 72 or 75 (cant remember) and own a Kalamazoo made 1977 and I love mine!! There is something about the Kalamazoo plants. I tell you I played a 81, and 82 silverburst and they did not play anywhere as nice as the 70s I have tried. But I could of had tried 2 duds.

I always loved dark backed Les Pauls.

Tobacco Sunburst is probably my favorite burst.

Love that km🤘

I have a 1980, its wine red, but may have been refinished. I did check the serial number and it was made in Kalamazoo, and has all of the correct features, other than the color.

IIRC the very early Heritage were basically KM's with a narrow headstock, which is why they have such a premium.

Nice! Love the Bob Ross T! 👍

There's a lovely looking KM on Reverb right now :)

Reminds me of Aces 73 modified Deluxe, that sadly was re-cut and is now a black double cut and belongs to someone else. Ace remembers having it re-cut but not how his #1 guitar left his collection.

Two good guys

Great review! Can you tell the difference in sound with the maple neck? A little 335-ish sound?

That guitar is fucking sweet. Have a nice day 🤘🏻

59 specs or not, such a cool guitar. I am glad so many people have been busting the myth of Norlin era guitars being junk. I like them. I have had a 74 Les Paul custom that I should not havre sold. I currently have a 78 custom black beauty the is fantastic, One piece body. Don't know how many pieces the top is.

I got a pair of Gibson double cream pickups in my LP. Those were the original unpotted Burstbuckers when they hid the double cream behind the nickel covers. Don't think they do that any more.

Hi, Troglys Guitar Show I was wondering if you could do a tour of your personal guitars?

I live near Indy I go to that GC all the time

That's a really nice guitar guys. I've the same TSB finish on my May 21st 1979 Kalamazoo LP Standard (so 71 days older than Robs) but the slim D profile 3 piece maple neck also has the brown to yellow burst applied, as does the one piece mahogany body (to a degree). I bought mine new when I was 20 and it's always been kept out of the sun, so its appearance defies the 40 year old age tag ... absolutely love playing it. Could I have T tops / Tim Shaws lurking under it's chrome covers or is it more likely just Gibsons go to pairing of a 490R & 498T ?

DOPE

It has a single piece mahogany body which was also rare for the day, and mother of pearl inlays in the crown shape. My Antique sunburst (the proper name: yours is not Tobacco sunburst) is every bit as dark as that, it wasn't washed out by the sunlight.

I played a stock grey burst KM at Leo's music in Walnut Creek around 80' Looking for it since.

Official color is Antique Sunburst: I bought one new in 1979 and Gibson HQ told me it was not Tobacco Sunburst, but Antique.

Austin! What is the song you played around the 14:35 Mark? I hear you play that in virtually every video you do. And really like it. Is it original? Thanks for the great content, cheers!

@Trog

4 жыл бұрын

Search “Trogly Chords” on KZread for an explanation

Looks like fun. I do like more rounded necks though.

Mr Trogly/Robert Baker. I am not holding too many hopes out that a guitar I recently bought is indeed a KM, As a few things are missing. But, some signs point to the possibility it started out its life as a KM, and others might point to it being different. The '79 LP I found is a Tobacco Burst, 2 piece top, NON Burst back/Non Burst Neck/Sides of Head stock, It has the double T Top Neck PUP but someone swapped in a Dimarzio Distortion in the bridge position. Grover Tulip Tuners, Made in USA oriented like this one. One can never undo the mods unless they were true artists, as it will come with 2 switches which obviously added 2 holes in the body. These switches are for Coil Splitting and out of phase settings. Pretty excited for it to arrive in a couple days.

@mlasch1478

2 жыл бұрын

Austin, My LP (KM) arrived Friday just before noon. Thanks for your answer in Reverb ( in your SOLD listing of Double Cream T Top) about my guitar guitar being a KM but missing the truss rod cover and the bridge T Top. The bridge pup that is currently in it turns out to be a black Dimarzio Al Di Miola model. I unstrung it and am now going over the maintenance issues like bridge saddles, an overall cleaning of body/neck/fret board, and then fine tuning all the hardware before I put a new set of strings on it. Loving that my '79 is number 069 and almost everything about it short of acquiring a replacement bridge double cream T Top and KM TRC.

Let Trogly drop test it in his shipping boxes. It’ll make it!

Wooo Robert

People should put mylar were you pick to save the finish,like pinball play field's would save the top and replace with heat gun,Cheers nice guitar Robert.

"A nice little characteristic mark..." And if it was a Chinese replica, I bet you would've said, "Boy, it looks sooooo fake." Guitars are in our heads, folks!

Seems like I remember Robert Baker Got them double cream pick-ups from You ! Trogley DiMarzio got Gibson for them Guess that's why Gibson is out to get everyone else! TFS enjoyed

I wish they standards haad volutes nowadays! It is a good feature

I have a 2011ish reissue that looks pretty close to that .

I got my first guitar in the same guitar center

Nice to see Robert doesnt top wrap.

I have never owned a gibson. You are a gibson super fan.

Nice

Awsome video as always ..speaking of Indy GC I used to be the guitar dept manager in the early 2000's at the Castleton location..i now live in Florida but in the time that I was there we had some awsome vintage LPs come into the store..but there was one that stands out that I fell in love with but could not afford it at the time..i don't know what this one is or even remember the year..i do know it was used in the movie Coyote Ugly..it had a silver sparkle finish and was a awsome sounding and playing guitar..do you have any idea what this model may have been..i believe it was very rare and not sure if it was made for the movie or what..i can afford one now and desperately want to find one...at that time I wasn't a huge gibson fan or I probably would know more about it..anyone know this Les Paul?I can tell you only the top was finished in the sparkle.the headstock was black and the back and sides were a nice dark mahogany..i believe it had klusens (spelling?)..its been 20 years but I believe it had a pancake body..i think?

+100 for the Bob Ross T-shirt...

Anyone notice the Bob Ross T shirt? Cool!

I did not know he bought that guitar at my local guitar center. Lol

When I 1st started watching this channel I used to think that this was Robert Baker hosting a 2nd channel because you never saw Austins face and atleast to me both voices are a dead on ringer for each other, Obviously I was way wrong but I was wondering if anyone else thinks that Robert & Austin sound the same ?

I realize Trogly is coming from the collector direction but I really dig instruments that have legit playing wear. It's a non issue for me.

She's a Beauty!

I knew what that was. instantly from the thumbnail

Please do a video on the Gibson Les Paul Standard 7 it’s a 7 string Les Paul but it still has a 24.75in scale

@Trog

4 жыл бұрын

one day - I had the 7-String V before

Hey dude, does the link go to a different guitar? The one on Reverb has chrome pickup covers?

@Trog

4 жыл бұрын

The Robert Baker KM is not for sale. The link is for a different KM

I never understood why they really didn’t make tobacco sunburst Les Pauls in the 50’s. It’s the solid body that has the biggest crossover of jazz box players which are really common to see in tobacco sunburst so you think they would have tried to appeal to them. You don’t see many old school jazz guitarists playing Teles or SGs but you do see some playing LPs.

Hello trogly and Robert Baker well Dewayne Allman would have been proud I know I am.the sound is great and wear marks are fine I like me player guitars as long as they play good peace

I''ll always have a spot for Gibson. They have floundered. I bought a copy that I'm liking a lot! Harley Benton SC450-GT I need to take a file to the fret ends & some fit & finish but for 151 euro or so I'm ecstatic! The T I bought needs more help. The delivered action was high. The edge of the neck was rough regarding the fretwire. The neck was straight & my ability was gold....

@duffman18

4 жыл бұрын

I've been looking at their guitars ever since they did a big advertising push for them with all the music channels this summer. They look so good. I feel like they're too cheap, like it's suspicious. And I have a rule about not getting any guitar before trying it and so never ordering one online. But damn I may break that for some of their ones, there's things like the 12-string rickenbacker copy for less than a tenth of the price of a real one, telecasters with filtertron style pickups in them, thinline teles cheaper than the squier ones, etc. And reviews generally say they're great. Along with people like you in comments saying they're great. Just avoid b-stock ones, that's what people say. But I'm still suspicious how they get them so cheap if they're still good. Slave labour? Just kidding May get one not their strat copies for my project I've been thinking about for a while now, get a strat, replace the 3 single coils with 3 p90s and wire them the same with the in between quacky hum cancelling positions. It'd still have single coil sound, just hot rodded. And something as cheap as the harley benton ones I will have zero qualms about routing out the wood beneath the pickguard.

definitely associate this with rob now but ill always remember rob with his white charvel so cal from earlier videos