1959 Les Paul & Trainwreck Amp - "Can You Hear It Ring?"

[@rangerdoc1029]

13 years later and this is still the gold standard on KZbin.

[@muse-mech-moda]

I am glad I am not the only one that keeps coming back for more :)

[@bowslap]

14 years on now, that status hasn’t changed.

[@wilcox6791]

True :)

[@markhorton1718]

15 years now... So Righteous!!!

[@RByrne]

15yrs later and im still hearing it ring

[@SgtThump]

This has been one of my favorite “guitar tone” videos on KZbin since the beginning. Lol. It still rules.

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

still the BEST Trainwreck tone demo on KZbin.

[@GlenKuykendall]

You made my day, thank you!!! GK

[@MisterSesek]

Glen Kuykendall still best, Glen

[@AndreAmeli]

@@GlenKuykendall hey man, what about instagram? i try to find u there and nothing

[@jamesmalamute7874]

@@GlenKuykendall Glen, I am late to the Party, but your Tone, your style, your Technique just KILLS everything. Especially your neck position on that 59 Burst.I have to learn to play with less noise, I guess its those transformers in the Trainwreck amps Such touch sensitive. Its like you had to learn how to tame the awesome Power, and you Excelled in Truck loads. Love your style so much. I have to now go to my studio, and learn how to play the guitar all over again, cause I want that tone you have Thanks so much for your inspiration. JL

[@MikeFromRLC]

I love it when 59 Les Pauls actually reside in the hands of players like this who really deserve them. It's sad when you see them just stored away in some rich guy's collection. What a great sounding amp too!

[@shayna2830]

Guitar collections of obscene sizes, in houses and units of people who can't/don't play them is just fucking disgusting. I just wish it was common to abhore and look upon it with disdain. Ideally, to such a degree that sellers don't sell them to fuckin richboy dweebs who use them for bragging and not the making of music. Now, personally, I care very very little about Les Paul's. However, I have come across, locally, 2 yuppy idiots who both have multiple Strats and Teles from FIRST AND SECOND YEAR PRODUCTION. the one has the 5th Seafoam Green Tele ever sprayed. I wanna hurl every time I drive by their McMansions. I have put together a decent plot to extract the beautiful instruments from their horrible captors. Those McMansions are absolutely swiss cheese like, in terms of ways to get in. I'd just need to be in the know of their vacations/extended times away. I would keep one of each for myself and sell the others, at a cheap price, to a player who would love and cherish it forever.

[@robertc5387]

Or used by some clown with a modern amp and 10,000 effects pedals.

[@ascensionapprehension]

This is the sound every guitar player who starts playing aspires to have but seems to never capture... You are very fortunate! You've caught the elusive unicorn of tone!! Holy Grail!!

[@paulvankesteren5934]

It Might get Loud, Jimmy Page : kzbin.info/www/bejne/j56cZ3qGe9ppnKssi=vbZPOAkv3iBbjEbg Also a Les Paul but through a vintage Marshall, he gets about the same result, albeit a bit louder when distorted and with less gain in my opinion.

[@FloridaManMatty]

This never gets old. Ken would be so proud to know people are still shaking their heads in awe and disbelief at the beauty of what his creations emit, especially after all these years. You really are doing his legacy justice, Glen. And while I’m sure you could play a broomstick, being able to tear it up on a Burst through a Trainwreck certainly doesn’t hurt!

[@skyhop]

Honestly the best tone I've ever heard. That was amazing, it really brings to light what a genius Ken really was. He will be deeply missed in musical community.

[@gonzalooliveraalves]

My guitar teacher showed me this video like 8 years ago. First time I could hear the magic of a Trainwreck amp. From time to time I come back to this video. I've never heard a tone so dynamic and harmonically rich paired with such tasty playing.

[@cvo223]

It's 2023 and this video is still amazing. Can't wait to come back in 15 years.

[@jonesy77777]

Man that tone really is killer. Incredible.

[@shaindaman13]

This is hands down, THE BEST guitar demo on all of youtube! This is just the perfect combination of hat guitar playing should be in my mind. The tri-fecta of rock guitar. Perfect amp tone, perfect playing and definitely the best guitar ever created.

[@steverherb]

I was a customer of Ken's before he started building his Trainwrecks full-time. I could have had one in the 80s for about $1,200 if I remember correctly. I stupidly passed on the opportunity partly because I thought the wood cabinets were too beautiful to gig with in the dive bars we played at. Kicking myself to this day. He was a great guy to talk to, and tuned every amp he worked on to sound it's best!

[@timbuckxxi9690]

Great story Steve..

[@GlenKuykendall]

I haven't used ANY pedals in any of my Trainwreck amp videos. For gain and distortion these amps work great on their own simply cranked up for dirt, and then you turn the guitar down for clean. These amps can run many types of tubes (6V6, 6L6, EL34, 6550, etc.) but I usually run EL34s.

[@ksharpe10]

Wow I thought for sure you kicked on a Distortion pedal. Really Played the AMP as much as the GUITAR. That AMP has a wide dynamic tonal spread. I am most impressed.

[@robertc5387]

Thanks for proving that you can get a fantastic sound without pedals - there’s a whole generation of players that need to learn that lesson.

[@guitarbanjo1]

Man, Glen, I have watched this over and over,and I am blown away by the amp, and even the guitar, but most of all, you are the master of the volume control! The amp is tremendous, but you are the man that makes it all happen. You have really impressed an old tone junkie. Thanks!

[@KfirOchaion]

Great sound!

[@CusterFlux]

Glen, you ARE the Sweet, Sour & Crunchy God! Can't think of a better guy to have a quarter million dollars in killer gear - you really know how to squeeze ever ounce of musicality out of that Les Paul; you get the tone, the feel, the timing, everything - wow - very few do - glad it's in your hands: Respect!

[@brianschultz]

I've watched this vid countless times over the years. This is legitimately the best guitar / amp demo on YT.

[@NathanSGBrazil]

holy mother, the tone, and the skills... amazing!

[@Dug6666666]

What an amp. Great feel and touch playing also. This must have popped up because of a resent Pete Thorn review of this classic amp I watched. He also masterfully taps into what this amp does best.

[@davomontgomeryda3rd]

same here, watched Pete Thorns video the other day.

[@chipsterb4946]

Ah that’s why this popped up for me 😜

[@zhou_sei]

what do you have against pete thorn? (i keed, i keed)

[@Ferroorref]

All I can think of is...WOW. All you ever hear people talk about is their "tone"...how good their tone is....how bad their tone is...still looking for their tone. Well...THIS, my friends, IS tone. This has to be the most alive and full sound I've ever heard, coming out of a set of speakers. KZbin and desktop speakers no less. Incredible sound Glen.

[@shawnbell6392]

Bravo! Even after 12 years this is so inspiring and rich.

[@guitarfreek1]

jeez, the dynamic playing with all the intricacies in your bends and attack really pairs well with the dynamic abilities of the amp . amazing. bravo. thank you. super cool. match made in heaven.

[@ksharpe10]

Really Played the AMP as much as the GUITAR. That AMP has a wide dynamic tonal spread.

[@geoj6491]

Amazing, three-dimensional tone. Good Lord ... the harmonics that jump out. Sounds lke it's alive. This is quite possibly the single best sounding rig I've ever heard ... Awesome demo! Thanks for posting it!

[@RByrne]

Wow, that sounds absolutely amazing. 15 years on, and I can still hear it ringing!

[@poeman333]

Holy Crap Man! That is the most amazing natural Les Paul tone I have ever heard on KZbin. I'm still a Strat man forever, but you have mastered the the L.P.

[@the_black_arts]

Easily the greatest tone combo I’ve ever heard. It’s not even a contest.

[@GlenKuykendall]

Made my day. Thank you!

[@dgassie]

I can hear it ring alright!!! Of course, the equipment used is at the top of the heap but it takes someone who plays as well as you do to bring out the "magic". Wonderful, wonderful, playing! You got my attention at 2:08 and it was a joy ride from there! I'd KILL to get the TAB for that! Thanks for posting this video!!!!!!!

[@RedRoo13]

The very best of the classic guitars, awesome amp (each one rare and a tribute to Ken Fischer), and a very acomplished guitarist. Glen: very nice!!!

[@carnivaltym]

Always a joy to witness your playing.

[@kjellodnebreitebakk]

Stumbled upon this video a feew weeks ago. Now I have to watch and listen every day! Amazing tone and playing! Greetings from the faraway land of Norway :)

[@toomanylespauls]

Hi, I posted a comment for this video over a year ago and since then I have heard probably a couple of thousand guitarists on KZbin and I have just listened to you again Glen with this fantastic combination of Guitar, amp and talent. STILL THE BEST !!! in my humble opinion. Peace..........

[@teaheadQ]

Clean tone and dynamics off the charts.

[@tatsandteles]

Frickin' right on!! That is the bomb Glen, god bless you for playing the hell out of that old guitar!! That is tone to the bone brother, keep bringin' it!!

[@kcaruso2588]

Absolutely fantastic tone and playing. Hidden gem

[@timmytVA]

The best damn video on all of KZbin.

[@GlenKuykendall]

Thank you!

[@darrellljennings]

Great tone. Really nice example of why this guitar and amp have the reputations that they do.

[@5150powder]

it is the best damn video on all of you tube!! ive watched it dozens of times and each time is like the first!! Killer tone and feel. Absolutey killer!!!!

[@GonzGunner]

Glad I stumbled on your video, Glen! You're a great player and you sure know how to milk tone out of your beautiful Trainwreck! Anyone I have ever heard playing one ( never seen one or had experience playing through one myself, however) it's tone shined through. The Trainwreck and it's reputation reminds me of a story I read about Gibson, and how they were always wondering why Fender amps were so popular back in the 60's. They had one of their buyers purchase every model of Fender amps made at the time, all the way from a little Champ up to a Twin Reverb and Dual Showman. They were taken back to the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo and put into a room set aside to disassemble each and every one of those amps, with it's own section on the workbenches, to the point of cataloguing every component, even the wiring and the wood and hardware, to figure out how they sounded so good.

[@joetube199]

It makes me happy to see this great gear in the hands of someone who really knows how to use it. Great blues, awesome sound.

[@gobbler6]

Wow, this is a great sounding amp. Excellent playing with nice feel and dynamics.

[@denisetaylor3725]

Wow.... simply amazing! What a beautiful tone and expressive playing!

[@jordoncollins1332]

Ugh... that is tone central. So dynamic and super responsive and the natural harmonics literally jump out of it. Incredible.

[@djtrouserfunk]

What a wonderfully expressive player! Thanks for posting

[@Pauler23]

How have I only just discovered this! Mind blowing tone and playing. You, the guitar and the amp are just so connected and as one, squeezing out those harmonic tones and every last drop of sustain, awesome Glen! I know this will be one of my most watched on youtube in a short space of time, love every second of it.

[@Major00Tom]

This may be one of the best examples of comprehension of the electric guitar's language I've ever seen (30+ playing). I'm serious. No place to hide, minimal resources (the basic elements: guitar and amp), no accompanying instruments and every technique and result is particular to the instrument and its tradition. Yo do not just translate what he did to an acoustic or classical guitar, the same way you can not just translate classic guitar to the electric because of the specificity of the technique. I'm in awe.

[@RunawayThumbtack]

What an amazingly dynamic amp. A real pleasure to listen to.

[@kommi1974]

2018 and even in 240p crappy KZbin compression and all - STILL the best demo of this monster. Tone for days.

[@yoavhanuka2772]

That was just really fun to listen to and watch!!

[@johng801]

Nice....#1 in Dynamics + Frequency Response = TRAINWRECK: I worked with Amp GOD Ken Fischer in "The Basement" @ Colonia NJ...I met him through an add in the east coast rocker for amp work around 1985. He taught me everything I know & inspired me to eat tube AMPS for breakfast! He was the nicest guy you could ever want to meet. RIP HERO

[@JonathanPierceBand]

John G dude lets be friends

[@rickflippin1]

Good lord fanfreakintastic thank you sir just stellar

[@rocketaxe]

Wow! That was some amazing tone and some great playing. Thanks for sharing such wonderful sounds and techniques with us. That combination of amp and guitar is truly magic....to say the least. Cheers.

[@mikesedee7814]

Unbelievable, those dynamics! 💎

[@GuillermoSmyser]

I can tell with the dynamics. The cleans swell, sparkle and swirl and the overdrive feels like it's searching around for that feedback squeal and it almost gets there a lot of times and that's just like teasing to the ears!

[@everonlyallforthee]

Glen, you sound killer!! Having gear like that puts you over the top, but your chops are awesome. Super clean too. Great vid.

[@TCMx3]

+1. His volume knob adjustment + vibrato at the same time is one of the coolest things Ive ever seen or heard.

[@HalJikaKick]

Some of the best blues playing I’ve heard.

[@haddox81]

ridiculous how good that tone is.... great playing glen!

[@MOSKII58]

this guy knows every nuance of his guitar & how to get it to do what he wants...

[@plebriquir]

I love your playing ! You perfectly use LP's volumes!

[@cobowe]

Fantastic pure dynamics and touch. Loved it!

[@gorilla4321]

your one of the few lucky ones to still own an origional burst great hearing it, great playing and hope you pass that beauty on throug the generations.

[@adamdcard]

Holy crap thats a great sounding amp!! not enough amp demo videos online using a studio instead of cheap camera mics. Its really sounds amazing!!

[@kensteer191]

I have been enjoying and revisiting this video for years, since finding out about you on the old PlexiPage. Kudos again. Very expressive playing!

[@STORYTASTIC]

through my tiny little speakers that was probably the purest most organic most lyrical and Monstrous sound i have ever heard and i am not young!!! you are incredible ...sooooooooo tasty.....thank you Glen

[@SeanPierceJohnson]

dude. the tone, the playing. tasty licks and lush chords my friend. you do both the guitar and amp proud.

[@MrSticksb]

I believe the Trainwreck and Matchless are the very best amplifiers I've ever heard. You are a tremendous player with much soul.

[@minenu11]

My friend your shuflling is impeccable. You may playing a '59 with a sensational amp but they're no good if you can't use 'em. Just beautiful.

[@PowMusic]

Wow, that is a great clean sound

[@bobbyswamp]

Nice chops and tone to die for, man. Thanks for sharin' the gear, Glen.

[@gattart]

If it sounds this good coming through my computer speakers what must it have sounded like there in the room! Brilliant, everything! My friends say that my playing sounds like a Trainwreck, but I don't think they mean like the amp… :)

[@masque1313]

incredible! it is so refreshing to see someone that plays with this much soul and also understands the total relationship between playing and TONE!! I was so impressed that I just now went and ordered your cd from ebay. Too bad I live in KY because if I lived in Nashville I would definately become a student of yours! I do have in-laws in Nashville so hopefully on one of my trips down I can check your schedule and possibly check you out live in one of the clubs! Rock on dude, you're awesome!

[@SigilPickups]

Never get tired of these vids! Hugely inspired the tone chase behind my winds. Trainwreck + PAFs and some talent = tonal bliss!

[@ZenDriveSeven]

The neck pup sounds amazing with the volume rolled off. What an amazing combo!

[@starnescojeffstarnesrobinw3182]

I have been watching this video on and off for like 15 years now. still as great as it ever was. :SAME AS IT EVER WAS!" ..

[@LoneRevD]

Great sound and chops Glen. Especially considering a Wreck is a non-forgiving amp, no where to hide it exposes those who can play and those who can't. You my friend definitely can. Great job.

[@ajmultimedia]

2nd that. STILL the best Trainwreck tone demo on KZbin!

[@toomanylespauls]

One word.......AWESOME!!!! I own 5 Gibson Les Pauls and numerous amps but none of them come close to the tones you can drag from this combination. My dream is to play a '59 Burst before I die. Fantastic demonstration of what can be done with the best gear in the hands of a real talent. Thank you......

[@bingybangy]

Keep coming back and still amazing. Love the playing and tone,

[@STORYTASTIC]

not sure whats sweeter the Clean or Gain tone..AMAZING!!! one of the best Ive ever heard! Real DEAL

[@GlenKuykendall]

Supply and demand. These amps are truly awesome when doing the clean to mean thing (while keeping comprable net volume levels) and few amps can touch them in this departement. That said, these amps are very rare being only about 100 total amps ever made and only about 50 of them being the Express amp such as this here. 100 amps world wide has led to very few of these ever coming up for sale at any price period. Same goes for the old Les Pauls, though not quite as rare but still in huge demand.

[@AndyK243]

Glen, You are an absolute hero. The video and subsequent comments have taught me to use my guitar controls much more often, and I like the idea of having clean and dirty at the flick of the control switch, rather than on the amp. Best of. Andy

[@VirtualWoodshed]

A masterclass in great tone. Sublime!

[@AndreAmeli]

Man, ive been watching this video for 12 years by now

[@grant5603]

Same

[@brucedick1506]

count me in on that 2, andre.

[@AndreAmeli]

im back today

[@AndreAmeli]

back today

[@AndreAmeli]

15 years

[@ksharpe10]

Really Played the AMP as much as the GUITAR. That AMP has a wide dynamic tonal spread. Best clean tone on a way rolled back volume knob. WOW. What a light touch for the 1st bit, before Cutting Loose.

[@larryyarnell8882]

glen..you are a gifted player with an awesome rig............

[@dtrude000]

Insane tone and playing (WOW) !

[@TheGoldiniac]

flawless playing, great tone, what can i say.

[@rkteanio]

Amazing. I love when you dropped into the blues. Such a smooth transition musically and tone wise. Very nice!!

[@tapper45]

that was amazing. your playing, that guitar and the tw are perfect together.

[@stevedellay]

I am an amp NUT.... I want you to know your Trainwreck is the very best amp I've EVER heard !!! Really nice playing, Glen ...

[@CommViewer]

Steve Dellay ...these amps are out of a lot of people's price range....would you let me know your top three amps that most players can get their hands on...

[@ClintDayCMD]

update: just got the cd in the mail today, jamming out right now to it. outstanding work glen!

[@markeyhendrix]

Unbelievable tone! Incredible control

[@harrykadaras9459]

Sweet bright tone...and the 59 is killer...it's worth every penny!

[@LERXSTFANATIC]

Wow Glen! That is a sweet Trainwreck and Burst and some mighty fine playing! chuck

[@elrond1963]

Awesome Trainwreck and sweet Les Paul. Thanks for sharing!

[@Guitarorpheo]

a friend of mine turned me onto this clip, and I thought, before clicking 'play', omg, what am I in for. but damn, man, your tone is GREAT. you have 2 pieces of gear, many guys would kill (die?) for. really, awesome.

[@Simto]

Nice to see and hear gear like that in the hands of a great player!

[@michaelgawne4363]

Makes me happy to see an owner of legendary equipment use them as they should be :) great playing and expression bud :)

[@GlenKuykendall]

I really appreciate it. Here is the signal chain: Les Paul>Trainwreck amp>cab>x2 Sennheiser e906 mics>API mic pre>RMEFF800 interface>Sonar recordings software>UAD-1 plugins for a slight amount of reverb+delay

[@HeRoeters]

Sweet! Love the blues~ Back in the 70s', as a teen I bought a used Univox Les Paul copy, gold-top much like this look, and it was an incredibly heavy axe! My brother called it the "concrete guitar". That thing played very well, sustain of that pattern and to decent humbuckers made for a great clone! Nice licks dude!

[@elinair4348]

240p perhaps, still the best amp and guitar demo on KZbin.

[@GlenKuykendall]

The amp knobs were set at: Volume about 1:00, and the bass, mid, treble, and presence all on 1/2. The amp has no master volume, so to get this tone you crank it and fully push the 35 watt output stage. For cleans you roll back the guitar knobs and/or play softer. I used no pedals on this.

[@colinheltonmusic]

What speakers in the Marshall cabinet, Glen?

[@GlenKuykendall]

Early 70s Celestion G12M 25 watters.

[@colinheltonmusic]

@@GlenKuykendall I have a pair of Scumback M75's on the way for my 'Wreck-inspired 18 watter. Excited. You have great tone, touch, and feel!

[@GlenKuykendall]

Thank you for the kind reply! I think you will really like the M75 Scumbacks.