I live in Santa Barbara California, and while I was getting a tour of the Seymour Duncan factory I got to check out Mr. Duncans' private recording studio & inside of w that was a Beat To Hell Telecaster that just so happened to be Jeff Becks' favorite guitar and I got to play it for a couple of minutes.

@MikeE-

2 жыл бұрын

That’s really cool, congrats on playing a special piece of history and congrats on living in Santa Barbara; I always love visiting there (lots of memories).

@MenChooseSlavesObey

2 жыл бұрын

@@MikeE- Thank you, I turned white when my friend said I could strum a few chords.

@markhorton1718

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, that's awesome!! ✌

@MenChooseSlavesObey

2 жыл бұрын

@@markhorton1718 I had forgotten all about it until Trogly showed us the Jeff Beck LP signature model.

Isn’t trogly the best, starts with what everyone wants to see

WOW, at 4:05, that 1977 Les Paul Deluxe looks exactly like the '77 Deluxe I used to own, it had very little red on the edges. My '77 had a mahogany neck.................I'm still searching for that first love of mine! '77 LP Deluxe, S/N 398812

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck Brother

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@sgt.grinch3299 Thank You. I've been looking since 1984!

@dublev78

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t give up. I received a dakota red usa telecaster as a gift from my dad for my HS graduation in 1996. I fell on hard times in 2009 and had to pawn and let it go in Austin Texas. Fast forward to 2015 and I’m poking around on ebay and there it was. I thought it couldn’t be it because what are the odds. The marks on the guitar looked real familiar. The knobs were the same and pups were same (I had put amp volume knobs and a little 59 in it). So I had to ask if the case had a sticker of the band I was in on it. There were no pics of case in listing. It was a band NO one would have known. Low and behold the answer was yes. Needless to say I bid and won. It’s with me again. It was in Maine. Hold out hope.

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@dublev78 dublev78, what a fantastic story, thank you for sharing. And congrats, getting that gift from your Father back (that just so happens to be a guitar) is (IMHO) better than winning the Lottery! I'm really happy for you, not often you get a second chance like that! My Les Paul will have a prominent mark/ding on the face of the guitar's top, just down from the stopbar tailpiece. The 1st time I took the guitar to band practice the drummer accidentally let loose with a drum stick and it smashed into the top! LOL The guitar wasn't even a week old yet, looking back I can laugh about it now. That happened in 1977, it wasn't until 2012 I finally forgave the Drummer..........double LOL Again, congrats

I've got a 1995 '61 RI Foto-Flame Strat. It's a very thin, clear applique covered in polyurethane. They are notoriously susceptible to body checking. Finding a Foto-Flame without checking is rare. There is also an anomaly in the pattern that's referred to as "The Hamburgler" because it resembles the McDonald's character. Mine sits right below the tremolo.

@benschoterb

2 жыл бұрын

I love my 95 FOTO flame tele. The neck is very comfortable. And mine isn't checking yet.

Had an 80's Epiphone acoustic that absolutely had the Gibson headstock, so you are correct - that was a thing. It was my first guitar and was the Everly Brothers style black model with the absurdly large tortoise shell "handlebar moustache" pick guard. If you can find these, they are killer guitars, especially for a kid or adult with smaller hands.

The Fender Lite Ash Telecasters come with birds eye maple necks and fingerboards and also Seymour Duncans. They were made in Korea by Cor-Tek and they are amazing. They also make a Strat version.

Some guy called Clive Brown, seriously? Probably THE most famous restorer of vintage guitars!

The early versions of those Telecaster Custom FMT HH were made in Korea. They're excellent guitars, kind of like a cross between a Tele and an SG because of the thin body but with the carved maple top. Reckon you should try one out Trogly

From around '98 to '02, Epiphone made guitars for the Japanese market with open book headstocks. I believe that they were made in the same factory as the Epi Elitists and they are very well made guitars. I had two LPs at one time, but I'm not sure if they made SGs in that run. I have a Fotoflame Jazz bass. Yes, the neck is FF too. Look for the Hamburglar in the print.

Nice mix of guitars, i like how you made sure to point out the variety of brands you were covering haha

Niiiiiice

I love those old hold tops! Especially when they turn green! But yeah this one was owned by swamp thing! Lol i agree its a bit high priced but because so few early 50's gibsons come up for sale it will probably sell! Rock on!

I liked more of the other builds after Gibson and Fender. I never got close to different guitars then what I've built for my electric guitars and now one thing stands out is 2 electrics should be devoted to chasing different tones so one has humbuckers with reversible polls and the other would be Filmore or TV Jones. I strongly believe a Paul will have 2 P90s and 2 Tellies one will have traditional single coils and another is my proto type I stripped it electronics out to give it a better looking shape, better lighter weight and wood look. Electronics for me is easier than craving neck and fingerboard. My dad repaired electronics stuff, mostly TVs. I learned too.

I don't even own an electric guitar but iI enjoy watching you take them apart and show all the in's and out's...

Woot woot Trogly's 🙌

The neck is also foto flamed. There are also Easter eggs where there are small faces in the flame.

Omg that first LP is an absolute dream! V neck and loved, wish I had the scratch to burn

Clive Brown’s work is about as good as it gets… my son had a Japanese 60s Strat that Clive refinished in aged Lake Placid Blue (with Clay Dots in the neck) and it was a killer guitar. I also have a 😢67 Tele here that he refinished (it was stripped in the 70s) which is beautiful.

Mold Top Mold Top!

I've just come across this channel and viewing this one it seems that the UK and US markets are slightly different in respect of what's in fashion and hence perhaps the difference in perceived values. Gardiner Houlgate gave a very fair assessment of my late brother's guitar collection and their estimates turned out to be spot on for the guitars sold through them: my son bought 4 Gibsons from the estate, although he only plays his trusty Strat, and I purchased the Tokai Love Rock LS1000 because of its rarity.

the necks on the foto flames do have the foto! i had one of the strats and there is also a funny rumor about a worker putting a picture of the hamburgular on a whole bunch of them haha. some say it’s true some say it’s not but no one really knows from what i know. also! i had one of the lite ash fender telecasters. amazing guitar! great sound and really nice feel. i recommend someone pick that up from this auction

I used to have one of those hh set neck teles. Very high quality instrument

This channel was made for me. Love you Trogly , keep on doing your thing.

The Ibanez semi hollow-body was my favorite And man that Les Paul Goldtop was beat looking!

Know a guy that has a 70 something deluxe best playing electric guitar I’ve ever played gold top turned green more so than that. He says the ph in his skin sweat is more acidic, corrosive than average and a regular set of strings turn on him and after a couple days are dead so he loves elixirs because he doesn’t destroy them as soon as he touches them, but I figured someone’s ph has a little to do with gold tops turning green at least the severity , pattern and time it takes. His plays like butter it’s one of those guitars that make you play better because everything is just easier and it’s so loud and resonate. Probably the coolest looking guitar I’ve ever played as well of course it was routed for HB in the late 70s early 80s but it’s the reason why I’m drawn to LP with the crown inlay on the headstock. He had it re fretted in Nashville and inquired about a paint restoration and he said the guys working for Gibson pretty much refused to do it. I said I can’t believe you wanted to do that, it’s earned those scars and green paint from years of dependable service. He said he really was just wanting a price just to know and after the reaction the employees made over it knew 100 percent he would never have it refinished. I think you either love gold tops or hate them, I love them and the greener and more checks the better to me.

That poor gold top, but someone was working it hard. The "first" SE Soapbar had the crescent moon inlays, not just plain dots, though they were hard to see. Paul's abalone birds are pretty for sure, but I prefer the moons on a players grade PRS SE guitar. Sadly, Paul said no more moons on SEs.

Austin is in His House 🏠

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

Randy is in the HOUSE

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Randy in the house.

I currently own a ‘95 foto-flame strat…they are MIJ and it is a photo applied to the body of the guitar…its a great strat!!!

I like that he turned the ABR around, sometimes the screws pop up and you get a fret buzz sound, hey how about an 8Bomb LesPaul? oh dude this guys reworks are cool.

Literally you could take anything there and be really really happy

Those Levison guitars have Lace brand pickups and some of their humbuckers just look like two fully covered single coils sitting together like on the Jazz/Jag model in the auction

I have a P bass lite with photo flame and active pickups. It started shorting out intermittently so I thought I’d open it up to see if I could fix it. Dude it was like looking into a NASA control console. I’ve never seen so many wires. Needless to say it’s been hanging on my wall collecting dust for years.😂

Where’s RONDO BONDO, ICK, and Greg?

I have a PRS SE Soapbar. I think I’ve got it for less than $300. Probably from eBay. Solid guitar. Sounds great and a flawless build.

56 is the first year to have Tunamatic bridge But as you said it was Changed from Trapeze tail piece Jeff Lynne used a 56 And the guy who plays Jeff Lynne in American ELO Evil Woman Has 2 Gold Tops with P90s Had 2 guys from the band interested in my 90 56 Gold Top , which has only a little playing on it . M.S. stopped my playing on guitar

I got to see that Goldtop up close at the Birmingham Guitar Show and it's stunning in person - disgusting, but super cool.

You ever see Pepper Keenan's Goldtop Les Paul? That thing was beat to hell in the '90s. Can't imagine what it looks like today. I wonder if Pepper even still has it?

Tried out an ES-150 in a vintage guitar shop in Newcastle, UK. The thing pretty much played itself...

2 things, did you happen to catch Music Zoo shouted you out in their unboxing video? and the Kurt Hendrick redesigned Epiphone Moderne (e-series 2001 and 2003 i think) inspiring a Kirk Hammett Moderne from Gibson Proper?

The set neck tele was cool

if that gold top could talk i get the feeling it would cuss a bunch

I attended one of these GH on-line auctions a few months ago. I was surprised at the prices that people were paying for things. It seemed like people were getting a bit carried away with the bidding and overlooking the commission and tax.

seeing that epi SG warmed my heart haha, i am in the process of modding tf out of a 90s one its looking pretty sweet so far, tho if anyone ever gets it off me they'll die before they can identify its model lmao

Nothing better than a beat up vintage gold top.

That goldtop looks like a person would need a round of some kind of antibiotics to play it lol

Patina sploooooooooooge

That Blade you need they realy great also other blade mid 80ts hi end

My mids 70s epiphone has the open book, its a FT-570

About Foto Flame , if its gets moist , body checking like you never seen it before . Skin drops on the ground . Necks aren't foto flame , just Japanese craftsmanship . Love Fender Japan

They’ve been making those set neck teles for around 10 years I guess now the old ones with rosewood and abalone have always looked cool to me an amber one specifically and not the current with the Pontiac Fiero board but the old rosewood ones look nice.

@neil2706

2 жыл бұрын

Pontiac fiero are awesome when they don't catch fire on ya

@brandonjackson5865

2 жыл бұрын

@@neil2706 yeah they’re really awesome with a supercharged 3.8 or LS swap , I always thought they were cool looking cars most of them burnt up before I turned 16 . I can’t ever remember how to spell Pau Ferro. Fiero (a) are cool they just make an ugly fretboard

I remember reading Ed Roman's insane blog when it first came out, and I remember him going on a rant about how he HATED the term 'Case Candy'. I so agree with him. I don't even understand why I hate it so much, but it drives me nuts. Is there another term for it that makes me not want to drive a hot screwdriver through my ear?

Trogly, standing in the back, hedging the bids, getting a cut...Sweeeeet! 🤣🤣🤣

I can imagine many people thought that the Statue of Liberty didn't look natural when she changed over her first hundred years in New York Harbor from copper to green. If any of those persons could see the first guitar in this review oh, I can just imagine how tempted they be to eat their words. This review is making me feel thankful that I hardly ever play my own goldtop. I would hate over the course of time for its finish to corrode like this one.

@jfnarmour

2 жыл бұрын

Guitars are meant to be played, ya ding dong

@ericbgordon1575

2 жыл бұрын

And abused?

Xlent, as always. Never been a PRS guy. They're fine guitars, don't get me wrong. But, I remember early adverts touting PRS as "the sound of a Gibson, the weight of a Stratocaster." I like the weight of my 10lb LP Standard, and I like the sound of my American Strat. So, why do I need a PRS?

11:19 that Looks very similar to "La Paloma" guitar that Ron Thorn makes!

What up trogly, let's get it

Great video, would like to see USA auctions that I would bid on. Not sure about bidding on stuff from out of the country.

I’m so balls deep I to this channel right now. Learning about something you like is so cool

The necks on the foto flame guitars are the same as the top and also look like they are a book matched two piece.

It says "Leszek" on the headstock of that black heavy modded strat. It's a Polish name so I can assume that it was some custom-luthier build in Poland.

Waffles*Waffles*Waffles

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Good evening Biker Jon. I have a Silver Medal to award you Sir.

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

Bacon 3X Greetings Biker Jon

Wooo

@BeatlesCuber

2 жыл бұрын

hk you made it, hope you are well

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeatlesCuber WOW, it was close that is for sure Greetings Beatles Cuber I am well, thank you for asking I wish you well too

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Good evening HK. You made today’s podium and earned a Bronze Medal my Brother of the Six Strings.

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could buy that RR Jackson VEE being auctioned.

That gold top is badass

Trogly, that FMT tele with the set neck is still in production today and you could pick one up for a review

That goldtop is awesome 👏

And in England as well, but I wouldn't pay £1200 for it personally let alone £12000 give me a shiny one anyday

I'm all over that five-pickup Strat.

Clive brown is a well known luthier. He's responsible for Dwight guitars as well.

You should check out a PRS SE One. Simple one pickup guitar. They are getting harder to find, and the prices are going up.

How about the Bone tone Strats

Is the paint in old gold tops made of copper? is that why it turns green?

I've watched enough of your videos to realize that you have yet to review a Fender FMT Telecaster. Mine is in black cherry finish. I love it. I modify my guitars, but that one I left alone. Its perfect the way it came out of the box.

@raytorvalds3699

2 жыл бұрын

That is a nice guitar you have there. I hear what you're saying. I modify my guitars too, even the "high end" ones I had. But sometimes you find one that is good as is. Even if you bought it with the intent of modding it. It's nice when you find one of those. My Player Tele is one of those for me (other than some finetuning/setup). Cheers :)

@greyman334

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same guitar. I love it!

@raytorvalds3699

2 жыл бұрын

@@greyman334 Very nice ! I did get an Obsidian Wire 4-way switch kit for it, but haven't installed it yet because I like it so much as is. I will install it some day, though. Enjoy yours !

theres korean versions of the fmt too,i have one

That's the nicest gold top I've ever seen

Bro they came out with the mold top no way

New Gibson custom shop les Paul called the “Mould Top”

It shouldn’t have taken this video, but it did. So thanks trogly, I ended up deciding to keep my last goldtop I had left and not sell it. Don’t know what I was thinking haha

Yeah that gold top is beautiful

i want that US-1

Did you get anything at the Alex Lifeson auction?

that goldtop is looking crusty

Very interesting!!!!

UPDATE: That Les Paul sold for $15,700 USD today!!

those set neck teles are still available in england…

Great video.

You should revisit PRS it has been a while.

Please review a foto flame!!

Those Indonesian tele’s are only $999 and are amazing. Highly recommend you check them out.

@markbaum9615

2 жыл бұрын

That set thru neck is a great detail

Hi I owned that crusty 52 Goldtop for over 20 years!! I watched your video and for the life of me can’t understand why they discarded the original neck!!! It was fine had a headstock repair years ago!! Not sure what they were thinking!!

@chrisghazilian6994

11 ай бұрын

I bought the Gold top. I have a large collection of some amazing famous guitars but that gold top is my favourite guitar, the neck is amazing and the tone is sublime, do you have any history of the guitar you could share?

The fotoflame japanese guitar were all fotoflame including the neck.

clive brown is a famous uk luthier owner of the resurected Dwight guitar's brand

Trogly's in the house 🏠 😍 🙌 👌 😎 😌.

Sweet goldtop..hell yeah I'd love one more than anything in the world..I dno if I'd even like the sound .I just like the look that's me as a guitar..I honestly.only.ever.played.cheap.humbuckers so idno a cheap guitar a boss katana 100on clean with some verb and hella break up boost and I'm happy or atleast content

Z is for late!

@bikerjon8934

2 жыл бұрын

🥇

@hkguitar1984

2 жыл бұрын

Quick are You

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Biker Jon.

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

@@hkguitar1984 that’s what my wife said. LOL!

@sgt.grinch3299

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ICK.

Trogly you need to "restore" the 5 PU fender!!!!! You could rock it!!!! Come on Trogly if your fixing Little Wayne guitar why not this?

On the next one??? Wow

Whenever I see an LP Deluxe that looks like that I think "Scott Gorham"

52 Les Paul £13,000 roughly $16,000

I'd swear that poor Stratocaster was a payola guitar, except it's from the 70's ...

Who does'nt love a beatup funky Goldtop