Cool (But Scary) Les Paul Mods

[@StereoPenguin94]

Why does this feel like a video from early Trogly?

[@xBlitzerx]

Yeah the editing is def off this episode.

[@kevinh4910]

It’s probably a reupload… That clown burst is very familiar at the beginning those videos he referenced 0:04 are over 4 years old. Not 1 week

[@serpentsbane9166]

100% a re-upload. I distinctly remember that shaved-down heel, custom zebra LP, and that John Lennon guitar, even trogly's quote of "and he's got a bowling ball strat, he has good taste!"

[@emilemarcotte2782]

It might be a partial reupload. For the first guitar, we can see the old reverb website design, but it's the current one later in the video. So part of the video might be new.

[@TheAlexFromGalax]

Its his old slow style of narrating and also a reupload.

[@Mike_Hunt_69]

See Ace Frehley thumpnail instantly click 😂

[@jjbast]

I love these things... We are too obsessed with dents and original, thinking we can all resell it, make money, or even become collectors, instead of actually playing the guitar. BTW, if one is a die hard Ace fan, I agree that modifying the guitar is the way to go.

[@DiogenesCaulfield]

That 83 is called a moronburst

[@reptalien_music]

Lennon, lolol, I thought it was Harry Potter

[@WilliamHaisch]

“the horror… the horror…” 😂

[@david25876]

I KNOW!

[@presmasterflash7555]

My favorite guitars to mod are Gibsons.

[@ElQuintoViernesAzul]

5:40 Harry Potter???😂😂😂😂😂

[@linheitzig9227]

I love when you break down guitars for us, educational. Thanks Trogly!

[@dublev78]

The dude who modded most of Ace’s guitars in the 70’s (John Elder Robinson) wrote a book called “Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s”. In it he describes his time with Kiss and some of the mods. It’s a really great book. Highly recommend.

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Thanks for this I'll have to check it out!

[@TheHumanPurpleTape]

Sounds really interesting. Plan to check it out later.

[@_William_88]

Man when I see Ace in the thumbnail, I'm hooked!!!

[@stephenskiles7782]

That wood burn lp is killer.

[@BushidoPhoto]

That Zebra Les Paul is awesome!

[@peglegpeete9122]

Trogly, You missed a big hole in the first guitar. Look at the left side of the Bigsby. There is a hole next to the top left hole they had to drill. The shadow covers it, but it's easy to see once you look for it.

[@supersonicT]

Yes, that's the bushing for a stop-tailpiece, which he mentions you can convert back to.

[@sanuku535]

2:03 it looks like a cigarette. I like it. 4:35 I screamed out in pain. *Ohhhhhh!!???* 8:23 cigarette two

[@markjamesmeli2520]

You gotta order that first one and hear how it sounds!!

[@jake_of_the_jungle9840]

I’m surprised they didn’t sand to the truss rod in the back

[@Intheflesh79]

Butter 🧈 butter 🧈 butter

[@fungusmcbungus7943]

First guitar looks like something you'd see in Guitar Hero lol

[@falckensteinguitars]

The Zebra LP very likely was a Les Paul CM

[@pimpyohthrasth]

I'm glad that it was modified. Makes it a true custom deluxe . I have a 1979 factory second with all Chrome hardware with maple neck and volute. Best Gibson, i wish I never sold. Most Gibson lespauls need to be modified to the artist liking without paying exorbitant prices for them. Esp eclipse

[@nunyabusiness6691]

Pretty cool they put Paul Dano on a Les Paul Jr. He pops up all over the place nowadays

[@kurtmoore.adversary]

Love th switch

[@clarkbabin9799]

Iwas terrified by all the things that were done to that Deluxe . But not as terrified as when we got a look at the wiring. I really likes the wood burned LP. But the last one looked fairly odd . The tail end just looked substantially wider than even my Greenburst Studio I bought after watching the episode you featured it in and it's also an 83. I'm pretty sure mine is at least mahogany

[@uweborsch1946]

PUs upside down don't make any out of phase sound, you have to switch magnets to to that.

[@ChrisShortyAllen]

The Access looked really smart and cool.

[@Madakalim]

Sure. Why not?

[@Madakalim]

I love frozen meals in 2mins or less

[@Riverdeepnwide]

That Saturn switch made me think back over the last 60 years of working on guitars. For every one Fender type three, four or five oosition switch I've ever had to replace, there must have been five to ten or so of the Gibson type three position switches that have failed. Just rebuilt another one last week. Never thought of this before, has anyone else had similar or different experiences?

[@zeusapollo8688]

Early 80s Yamaha super combinator switch. I am sure it was brilliant but try to fix or find it now

[@Riverdeepnwide]

@zeusapollo8688 Is that the one that was replaced by the three toggle switch system? Maybe I'm lucky to have never had to fix one. Not many Yamahas come across the workbench.

[@zeusapollo8688]

@@Riverdeepnwide ya maybe. Three three way switches. It was a crazy complex blade switch

[@I-Libertine]

Trogly: with that selector switch---check out the Gibson Custom Shop 50th Anniversary Korina Tribute Les Paul Natural 2008

[@STORMBREAKER_250]

Fuck it. Gibson should make a Sugizo Les Paul. It's more interesting than the same 59 glazing they've done for 40 years.

[@presmasterflash7555]

Those pole pieces on the bridge humbucker don’t quite line up with the strings. Possibly a neck pickup used in that position. I have a 496R in a bridge position and before I put a chrome cover without holes it looked very similar to this example.

[@stephen3164]

You’d hate to see my refinished Studio! Sorry, I mean “refinished”. The plain maple top is really plain. The lack of binding on the body and neck… I mean, I get why they are cheaper, but she’s not a looker! Plays and sounds good though, and at 8 pounds, pretty lightweight. (full weight relief model)

[@The_Oak_Boat]

ngl i kind of like the first one better than a normal deluxe, id just have to flip the pickups the right way around

[@myoptik3x103]

I would love to know the story behind that super modified Les Paul, it probably started out as someone’s baby and ended up as one tired out road dog.

[@Dragon_rls]

I liked the one with the dead puke from the Beatles. If only it was a different face.

[@Gspokane1]

I bought my Les Paul standard new in May 1975. It also has a Deluxe decal on the back of the head. Also, in the access cavity it is rubber stamped "Oct. '75" even though I bought it in May. Any ideas?

[@roberthoffecker7223]

Has there ever been a LP Nylocaster equivalent? I'd love to see it, if so.

[@SoupieGuitar]

Oh god, for 2 seconds at the end there you played the same music that's on the animal revolt battle simulator videos my son watches 😆🤦‍♂️ it was really jarring, lol

[@jamesbuster1955]

The Lennon guitar looks more like Harry Potter Trogly!!

[@AndrewAHayes]

I have always wanted a Les Paul body shape guitar with the body edges and horn rounded over like a Strat is, and of course with comfort cuts, and a flying V headstock shape, I hate the Les Paul headstock, I have 3 Les pauls and on 2 of them I have fitted String Butlers, none of the so called fixes worked to stop the D and the G going out of tune, I tried them all, rounding over the slots, nut sauce, graphite nuts, none of them worked as it was the string angle that was at fault, the String Butler solved the issue.

[@garettturbettmusic]

I wonder if you could put a jr pickguard on a CM

[@chriscarol4965]

The Zebraguitar might be something for Evan Stanley. Then Paul AND Evan would’ve gotten guitars through your channel… 😅

[@stevejones4618]

Of course just turning the pickup round doesn't change the phase electrically or magnetically.

[@davidallen346]

Cocaine or Meth is a Helluva drug

[@presmasterflash7555]

I had a 2015 LP CM in a beat up hard case that I lost to a pawnshop for $180 about three years ago. Still sore about that one.

[@z4kq1]

Bro wanted a les paul with ALL features there could be (a Real fucking frankenstein)

[@MegaHomie4life]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I've seen this one. Have the comment

[@aaronstonebeat]

Putting the pickup the other way around in a guitar does not make it sound out of phase.

[@marianogudino8087]

No, but if you split the coil changes the physical place where the pickup captures the sound. Out of phase happens when you change the in and out of the coil (like switching live and ground in a single coil) or when you flip the magnets direction

[@aaronstonebeat]

@@marianogudino8087 Yes! 🙂

[@kevinh4910]

Re upload

[@Patrick-857]

Meh it's a Gibson, so I can't feel bad about it.

[@jeffbarnard9246]

Hey Trogly looks like I'm # one. Great show on oddities see you on the next one. Take care!

[@jameshughes6049]

Evening all!!!

[@randypullman1155]

Wtf? i own an Ace guitar, and it's nothing like that.

[@stop736]

I think that toggle switch makes the guitar look “cheap” in a way. I can’t explain it. It’s just a personal preference really. I’ll take the poker chip any day.

[@joseislanio8910]

If it's a 5 way switch, looks aside it'll be more versatile than what Gibson does to 3 pickup Les Pauls for a wiring

[@Gliese710_]

@@joseislanio8910it is more versatile, but I’d rather have a 3 way and push/pull or the extra toggles like a PRS/SE standard (my guitar)

[@BigCleverName]

I'd rather have a rotary than a five way

[@heggy_69]

Idk to me it just seems like correcting Gibson's mistake

[@RadicalSharkRS]

Great

[@garrettendi]

Am I seeing things? Those tuners do not all look straight. Some of them seem to be at a slight angle compared to the others and it's driving me NUTS.

[@marianogudino8087]

I was going to point it out too. It really grind my gears

[@MrJermeyp]

Lmao just get a HHS strat jeez

[@steveort2105]

Recycling videos eh?

[@roymartin500]

😂😂😂😂 hahahahaha

[@ericbgordon1575]

If only Edward Van Halen were still around for the first puppy. How would he react to seeing a FrankenPaul?

[@RealShovelSalesman]

Atleast it wasnt routed for a Floyd Rose Special.😂😂😂

[@lancelothogben1297]

Rotating pickups doesn’t make them ‘out of phase’. It just puts the pope pieces in the wrong place along the string. A dumb move of a doofus who thinks he’s clever.

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

That 3 pickup Les Paul is nothing more than a huge mess No thanks 👎

[@hectormutton2542]

✌️

[@ziggyrobertson9977]

Trogly please do a whole episode on the Ace Frehley custom shop "300" guitars

[@bikerjon8934]

Waffles🧇Waffles🧇Waffles

[@jamesoniris2647]

You’re always saying “waffles waffles waffles”- BUT WHAT ABOUT PANCAKES?!?!?

[@bikerjon8934]

@@jamesoniris2647🥞🤘

[@grantcindrich]

@@jamesoniris2647 nah.

[@bikerjon8934]

@@jamesoniris2647 🥞🥞🥞

[@hiluxhetapcio6393]

this video is worse than usual

[@pulaski1]

Re the first one: it doesn't seem at all unreasonable to buy a factory second, even brand new, but expecially _used,_ if you want to heavily modify it.

[@samiam5557]

SCARY? I bet Troggy has his wife kill spiders for him....

[@johneapleseed6876]

Putting your pole pieces like that will limit your tonal variation when switching positions.

[@ravenheart1439]

Just dumb in my book, if your making that many mods, might as well get a different guitar as its no longer the DNA of a Les Paul...just, why would you go through all that trouble, prolly sounds like garbage..

[@Gene_Cali]

🤡✴...😢😿

[@grantcindrich]

yo yo yo