East Coast L1 - My Quest For A Goldtop Is At An End

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My quest is finally at an end. Just shy of 20 years and I have it. I am one happy bunny. : )
0:00 Introduction to The Goldtop
9:03 Isolated Tones
14:48 Dave's Final Thought
17:50 Golden Skies Part 1
24:23 Golden Skies Part 2
36 :26 Shut Off
38:23 The Lost
53:03 The Scratches
55:06 Phasing Out

[@robbrady4649]

I love Dave's enthusiasm for inexpensive gear.

[@auntjenifer7774]

Can't put a price on that !

[@TheLowest]

Good gear is good gear. I love that he basically ignores the brand

[@alainbrisebois8334]

@@TheLowest I play a pawn shop, cheap Jay tuser vintage tele with upgrade tunners , that's all. Played on a good amp and pedals, no one can hear low cost.

[@SarpKaraarslan]

Dave loves anything with six strings. :)

[@firsteerr]

@@SarpKaraarslan if you rocked up at daves wearing nothing but six strings i guarantee he would have a fiddle on ya 😁

[@1916JAD]

Watching the first five minutes of this I thought Dave had got his hands on a high four figure guitar. But a quick search and these are less than £200! Daves lack of snobbery is an inspiration.

[@Zeal808]

Always

[@JohnOShaughnessy]

Indeed, that in itself is impressive! 🤣 but it gets way better.....

[@zedcarr6128]

You deserve an EastCoast, Dave Simpson Signature guitar. I'm sure their sales will have increased because of your KZbin videos, Dave.

[@vinnyfarrell8391]

I’ve bought one on the strength of this review, they are good.

[@mrbigdaveyb]

Being a relative newbie I diidn't know anything about East coast guitars, just googled them while listening to Dave make that gold top sing, some of the snobby comments on the forums are hilarious, my favourite being "I wouldn't use them to knock tent pegs in" ladies and gentlemen I give you the star witness for the defense 👍

[@RichardOfYork1967]

Instrument snobs are into ownership, Dave could make music from a brick

[@noeltedd4298]

I Love how enthusiastic Dave is about guitars - its infectious.....

[@noeltedd4298]

passionates a better word- i love how passionate Dave is about guitars and everything music .......

[@stevescuba1978]

If I could make them sing like he does, they would ALL be my favorite girlfriend!

[@markthoel9437]

Keeping it real as always Dave. I just love the total lack of brand snobbery coming from one of the best guitar players around

[@themis21uk]

Dude that 'Golden Skies' jam was like listening to Comfortably Numb for the first time. NO exaggeration. You deserve the absolute best. PS, get ANY gear snob to listen to that, without knowing if its played on a dead cheap chinese les paul and rather affordable amp and pedals, and sit back while they rave about the quality of tone. ITS ALL IN THE FINGERS AND EARS.

[@dansmith543]

You are absolutely spot on mate, I can’t stand guitarists who won’t play anything unless it’s got Gibson on it with a £2000 Marshall stack. It’s utterly ridiculous. If there was no picture and just sound how many people would say that’s Dave Gilmour 👍

[@markrosenquist8259]

Absolutely! That’s one of the best guitar compositions I’ve ever heard. Amazing!!!

[@paulogden4098]

You are quickly becoming the guitar player who inspires me the most. Your depth of ingenuity and feeling expressed in your playing is amazing.

[@davidwilliams6525]

So glad to see you have the guitar of your dreams. It sounds fantastic. Look forward to seeing and hearing more videos with it!

[@jasongormley5174]

so great to hear your love for guitars - makes me appreciate my own all the more

[@astewart9410]

Sincere congratulations on the gold top!! This has been a great time for you, the Oswalds and now this! Brilliant!

[@garygoodchild9710]

Dave, once again you prove it's not about the name on the headstock but the person playing the instrument! You are an inspiration 😎

[@cantwellmikey]

Been watching you for a while Dave, and I’m super happy for you man. You seem like a genuinely good man. I wish you all the success in the world. Wicked playing as always. Nice axe, all good!

[@bluessumlin...7067]

Congrats Dave on your new guitar… sounds immense!🎸

[@lowcountrythrash2874]

It brings me much joy watching and listening to you Dave……you deserve whatever it is that brings you happiness. I’ve watched your body of work for quite some time and can confidently say you can make any gear sound phenomenal!

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Incredible playing on Golden Skies and the guitar is beautiful too. Superb stuff.

[@mark_greening_gtr]

I've watched many of your jams Dave and that one has to be right up there as the best. That guitar has really caught your soul.

[@andydalby8161]

Lovely, dreamy and to be honest .... another level all together Dave. Thank you for keeping the guitar real and healing.

[@BigSifu67]

I think we all really enjoy seeing you so happy! A set neck in that price range is a real bargain, don't let that one go! Have a great weekend Mr Dave.👍

[@greg8791]

DAVE YOU GAVE ME THE GAS FOR ONE! That gold top is such a nice shade plus the dark fretboard looks amazing, need one now lol

[@treborikki]

Always love the way you value every guitar that you present. I myself was fortunate to obtain a '78 Ibanez goltop (bolt on) seemed chambered too. It just sings! Every guitar out there, treated right is worth playing!

[@steviox]

Another hour well spent. Fantastic sounds...Inspiring as always. Keep practicing everyone! Thanks Dave.

[@Ryboner1]

Dave once again your playing took me away to another place, you should name this improv ' Bleeding Angels', thats what I saw in my mind angels bleeding to death as they despair and kill themselves over the decline of humanity, just great playing man .

[@nicogj6313]

Still the best intro in youtube, always makes happy. You're still getting better too! I've been watching you for years and it's great seeing how you've grown. I really hope you are doing well!!!!

[@Junkbox44]

Great looking and sounding guitar, and as always… stunning playing. well done Dave, I’m glad you found THE ONE ☘️

[@jamesseverin]

Thats great Dave!! Congrats on your new axe!

[@vadwanuu7825]

Congratulations on finally finding you Goldtop!!! Amazing guitar, brother! Isn't it an amazing feeling when you really connect with a guitar? So awesome. I recently had the same experience with my first ever Les Paul. Never thought i liked Les Pauls and now i play one almost exclusively. The crazy journeys we go on, right? Anyway, you are clearly already making incredible music with it! Congratulations again!

[@jegoundryjg]

Wow! Dave, you play from the heart and from somewhere just west of heaven… fantastic. It’s funny how you can tell when a guitar deserves to be in the players hands and that gold top was destined to be yours, it’s a beauty, sounds beautiful and you play it beautifully. Much love.

[@EricW6800]

It's a beautiful singer. Great stuff Dave.

[@kalka79]

WOW !!!!! WOW !!!!! WOW !!!!! AMAZING ! MOVING ! UNERTHLY ! Your play just makes my soul flying high ... you have an unbelievable gift for giving emotions. AVE !

[@spchaledonnj68]

Congratulations Dave!

[@davidmayguitarsolotutorial4366]

Great Dave , really good video. Lovely guitar and I'm chuffed that you're chuffed. Lovely playing too.

[@karstenhammerhansen]

Already got a gold top but bought a Jet JS-300 because of you. Thank you for cutting through the snobbery and just bringing great content with no agenda! 🤘💥🤘

[@jeronimomartinezfabregas]

So, it looks as if you've finally struck gold! Grats Dave! And again a new guitar video of yours that isn't about a Strat! Well done!

[@gregmock6808]

Another budget guitar happy to be adopted by the guitar whisperer himself! Great sounding LP Dave....glad it found you!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

I really like how you do your pickups! You get the dominance from one of the coils for increased definition. The dewaxing evidently restores detail as well. That guitar is special dude.

[@JonRaffety]

Dave That goldtop sounds INCREDIBLE!!! So happy you fond the ONE!

[@kderinoglu]

Proof that it's not the brand or cash you put into it, it's the hands and feelings that makes a Guitar amazing. Always a joy to watch your videos Dave my friend. Love and respect from 🇹🇷.

[@markrosenquist8259]

Wow! The Golden Skies is one of the best Guitar compositions I’ve ever heard. Simply Amazing Dave!!!🔥🔥🔥🤯

[@gunstarhero1]

This guitar looks amazing I want one! It sounds fantastic as well,but then every guitar Dave picks up he makes sound fantastic!

[@johnmorgan9553]

Bestest one yet Dave . Epic . Had to join in on my piano accordian . 😀

[@warrenjacks3228]

Stunning guitar , great tone , Dave ...... you got the Midas touch 🤟

[@088Noir]

Outstanding playing and feel. 🤟🤟🎸

[@markireson7288]

Top class as always Dave... legendary in fact

[@martyldl6238]

Hi dave, iv been listening to golden skies and the lost on your stunning goldtop for the last 2 nights relaxing, not often I like something straight away, epic 👌

[@skullbonefortnitefilms4156]

Congratulations on purchasing the guitar. You sound amazing. Good luck.

[@Nnmtes]

Awesome playing again Dave, as usual

[@SHERIFF8311]

At last!!, Congrats Dave😎👍

[@aftertheendtimes]

Beautifu playing dear Dave =) Love to you

[@Zeal808]

The thumbnail on this video is so awesome haha😂..congrats Dave! Beautiful guitar I must say.

[@MTBTexasBikeRider]

Looks awesome 👏 congrats on the Gold Top Gibson Lespaul Great video 👍😎🎸🤘

[@ovidiucostescu7543]

I don`t have a LP yet, now I want one :) I've had a beautiful evening with the music your GOLD fingers gave us. And a nice gold top as well 👍

[@marcin80mac]

Just bought the same gold top today, and I have to say this is by far the best purchase I made in a long time. The feel of this guitar is amazing. Thanks for uploading this video, this pushed me to go and get it today 👏👏

[@terrymaca1]

golden skies part 2.....elevating man...love it, many blessings mate

[@hildolfrdraugadrottin7279]

Congrats on your new guitar! It's beautiful and sounds awesome as well. I just got a green flame top Les Paul copy and it's becoming one of my favorites. I've had a few high end guitars in the past but a few years ago they were stolen and I can't afford to replace them. I ended up watching a few videos of people playing guitars I'd never heard of and thought they sounded better than a lot of my old guitars did so I decided give one a try. I'm glad I did, it's not like it use to be. They make some great sounding guitars anyone can afford now days. I've got a couple more I wanna get then I'll be checking into the brand you just got. If you bought one they must be really nice guitars. You pretty much just proved it imo. Great video! Thanks for turning everybody on to another guitar to check out. 😊

[@lauriescotland9264]

There's nothing left to say.Dave that was FANTASTIC

[@sixstringguitarist1937]

I feel the same about my 2021 Standard 60s and it's outstanding as it is so no need to mess with it at all. You don't need to mess with perfection. Like the vid Dave. Sweet tones and playing. 😎🎸 Subbed ages ago 🤙

[@matthewsheffield2874]

Masterpiece on a beautiful guitar Dave

[@400_billion_suns]

It’s a beauty! Sounds awesome, too. Has the spank of singlecoils but the beef of humbuckers. Congrats!

[@jeffroq]

Kin’ell Dave!! Just when I thought I was settled with the guitars I have - you unleash this 😀😀😀 Awesome and awe inspiring.

[@wavetech_]

Some of the best playing Dave has put out, no doubt. Gear should be a tool for expression and not much else. Magic is inside. And Dave is a testament, especially in this video!

[@quakerkid3280]

Becoming truly attached to a guitar is a very special thing. And I can see/hear why here. Pleased for you Dave.

[@finintuk]

I love my goldtop Eastcoast LP Dave and I'm sure youll appreciate this... It has a Jupiter Mining Corps sticker on it! 😆 After all, it is an "authentic Les Paul copy" 🚀 🤖 🐈 💿

[@mikepj1025]

You did it to me again!!!! I watched your video a few weeks ago and it thrusted me into GOLDTOP hunting mode. East Coast are not here in the US but I did a lot of visits to local shops and big box shops and played a few Les Pauls and I ended up with a used 2021 Epiphone Slash Les Paul, otherwise known as Victoria. AMAZE-BALLS!!!! CTS pots, orange drop capacitors and uncovered CUSTOM Pro buckers that turned out to be the best Epiphone pickups I ever played. Never liked the Probuckers really. ‘59 neck profile is awesome. BUT it doesn’t have a scratchplate. Anyway, your Goldtop is stunning and sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@33cattt49]

Great playing 👍🏼❤️

[@seanoreilly6418]

very nice Dave congratulations

[@dquseo]

If someone deserves the guitar of his dreams/quest, it is you. I found you years ago when you did the "How many tones can you get out of the Orange CR120" series and ever since you never miss to amaze me. Same with your Anderton's show, absolutely first class.

[@antoonhermans8953]

it proves the point you made in the vid you made this week , it does not matter what the cost off the guitar is or wich brand it is is as long as it sounds great , this one surely does , rock on dave : )

[@ThePipingSculptor]

Awesome mate 👍 well deserved 👍

[@bluesmonkey4463]

Dave has nailed it again ! Awesome Guitar I Want One ! There's something about a Gold Top I love them.

[@jimlutz1290]

Hi Dave, Love the Tones, Happy for you and your best new wooded friend - 🎸 - You're blessed with the "Muse" of sharing the sounds in your soul. "Give me the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your Rock & Roll and drift away" - 🎼🎶 I raise a pint to you, 🍺 Jim - Arkansas-USA🤘

[@jimiquinnn]

Magic Playing as always Dave

[@vintagetone22]

love that gold sir.great playing from the legend.🌷🌷🌷🎵🎵🎵🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍

[@samuelandkatie]

Ahh ma. Glad you found one you love!!! I too had the use your illusion dvd and also coveted a gold top for ages !! I’m playing a 1999 epiphone gold top still and love it! Been rewired and refretted and well played but I wouldn’t swap it

[@graemero5532]

Not surprised you love this Dave, it sounds like a Strat

[@dodgedandle8311]

🤣😂😆 Ahhh Ahhh Ahhhhh🌞👍🏻🤣😆 Love it Dave and Great playing as usual 👍🏻🌞⭐️

[@martinemesguitar]

Very immense jamarama on this vid. I especially enjoyed Part 1, really majestic playing.

[@hypnoticjazzincorporated2362]

Had the same type of experience happen to me at Sam Ash last week with a Squier vintage series Starcaster. Plugged it into an Vox AC10. It sounded glorious. I was like yeah it's coming home with me

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

It's sounds sublime lush tones. What a fantastic gold top. East Coast guitars rock. Most excellent

[@7373rosie]

Love the Goldtop Dave! After your review I am going to check if I can get my hands on one in Ireland👍 Amazing playing as usual!!

[@thedavesimpson]

Thank you very much. :)

[@tollan23]

I really dig that you love cheap stuff! It's an inspiration :)

[@mikepj1025]

Dave it’s hard for us to take these budget guitars you play serious anymore. Rumor has it, your able to buy a broom from the $1 store and plug it in and sound amaze- balls. I believe that story.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

New guitar day ! She's a stunner !

[@GRBAquatics]

Awesome Dave, So Happy for you, can feel your Excitement/Enjoyment with this guitar. Very Cool. I have recently purchased my first Les Paul Copy (Freedom brand White Custom- Stunning). This guitar is totally amazing, and just makes me WANT TO ROCK. String Bending etc is unlike any guitar I have ever played. I have not been able to walk past this guitar without picking it up and playing. So Very Cool Feeling. Thanks for your awesome videos and awesome playing. Cheers from Australia.

[@Stewartchampion]

Damn that middle Jam was some serious dave gilmore vibes ...loved it .always blown away

[@casi67]

Hello my gold top surfer friend I love your Melodies you take us to a trip thru the waves of rock cheers keep your endless Journey to the Infinity of Rock.

[@codybruce3864]

The Les Paul custom always looks good but I love a gold top. Good find!

[@citizenronin]

It's been my experience over playing guitar for the last 40yrs that people who are caught up in what name is on the head stock usually can't play worth a damn. Always remember Edward Van Halen built his guitar...out of parts. Sounds fantastic Dave! I love seeing players get excited about finding that "one" guitar.

[@EdCoombesDogs]

Omg simply amazing

[@biggestgerbil]

It's nice to find someone who is not dazzled by the name on the headstock. Well done Dave for seeing past that. One of my favorite guitars is a "Gear For Music" Es175 copy. It comes out gigging more than my Fenders. Keep up the good work.

[@JohnOShaughnessy]

Dave, so much SOUL! yer quite a genius

[@paulcoleman3081]

Your attitude to guitars is spot on Dave. Inexpensive gear these days isn't what inexpensive gear was thirty years ago. I recently bought a Storm Strat for 50 euros on Leboncoin (the French equivalent of Gumtree), set it up and loved it with all my heart as soon as I plugged it in. It's light and the neck is a freeway in the rain. Feels wonderful. Gigged with it though a Boss ME 25 into a Katana and someone videoed it. It's some of the best sounds I've ever got.

[@paulcowart3174]

Man you just don't know pricey or not what will have the magic

[@paulcoleman3081]

@@paulcowart3174 That's right!

[@jiyanaydemir6939]

Even tho i like tobacco and sunburst more,goldtops definitely have that legendary guitarist vibe to them. I'm so happy for you brother. I hope I can be as lucky as you are to one day get my hands on one .

[@pabloandersonbye1069]

Perfect tone “ l floated off into a roger dean art world … and visions of rolling through English moors and fields .. on foot and slow drives .. Top flow mr ! Lucky the guitar found you 😊🔥

[@jimboguitaro]

Good on yer Goldtop! Toptastic to add the speed knobs too and take off the covers. Looks more like my Antoria now :D

[@martyldl6238]

Looks and sounds amazing I want one

[@fretboarder4752]

Fucking sweet playing Dave congrats on the GT it sounds superb..

[@RichardOfYork1967]

Dave!! Vintage mate , beautiful playing with feeling and depth , sounded a little like Mark knopflers Brothers in Arms

[@IndependenceGuitar]

Love that jam in the middle around 20:00. Didn’t realize you had a band camp. Going to check that out.

[@bengalvin9932]

wow 2 new guitars from master nik now this dave is one lucky boy!