"From The Vault" - 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard "Purdy Burst"

[@ryanfulldark2775]

Aaron knows exactly what to do with a Les Paul in his hands. As a fellow Les Paul man, I can appreciate that.

[@chuckyz2]

For me, those settings are much better. Brighter and less gain. The beautiful harmonics are allowed to bloom more. Nothing wrong with those who like more gain and a the top shaved off. This is just more to my taste. And again, I like Aarons style. Great player.

[@lllULTIMATEMASTERlll]

That's gotta be the cleanest one. Like the cleanest burst ever. Holy hell. Even with that repair.

[@nilsx3020]

As much as I like the very flamey 3D type bursts, I love the more understated, subtly flamed bursts with mineral streaks on a honey or lemon fade.

[@chuckyz2]

I prefer the plain tops too. I've heard they sound better. But never having 1 of each, I will just have to believe it is true. And they are cheaper! Love the flamed ones too. The over the top flamed ones are, well....over the top. My taste may just have evolved that way because I am not rich.

[@stuartmacdonald5361]

Most 58 and 59 bursts are plain tops, truth is a flame top burst is not the norm, rather an anomaly. Typically, in that era they had no such thing as book match tops. Many bursts that do have figured tops tend to have one side plain and one figured.

[@qua7771]

@@stuartmacdonald5361 With hard eastern maple, figuring is more rare, than western big leaf. To add to the relative scarcity, flat sawn maple shows the figuring better than quarter sawn. Apparently, Gibson chose lumber for its properties rather than its esthetics.

[@tfrost33elkhunter]

I am as big a fan of the Burst’s as anyone. But damn that King Cobra is really something! Wow!!!

[@tonyottaviani6480]

Of the ones you've shown these last couple of weeks, this one sounds the best.

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Doesn’t look the best..

[@timlilly]

Wow, this one sounds fantastic, and looks lush too!

[@mattcacioppo2502]

Absolutely love this channel. Incredible content. Thank you Emerald City!

[@BurstBelievers]

thanks for the plug guys - Burst Believers V should be out shortly - great guitar and video

[@WayneMemphisMojo]

Y'all are "bursting my bubble" ... not that I'm complaining ... keep the vault videos coming!

[@brownsfan7753]

Thanks for showcasing these amazing creations!! Love these videos!!

[@brinsonharris9816]

Wow. An original 1959 face mask. You guys get in all the coolest stuff.

[@JP-jy7sk]

Burst....amazing. BUT, the playing and the tone from the Matchless.....holy shite!! Amazing.

[@Thomaslig]

Fantastic neck sounding pickup. Fantastic sounding guitar overall. The amp sounded good. Less “gain-ey” than previous outings and I could hear the Guitar’s character more.

[@dougmatson1594]

One of the best guitars I ever had the pleasure of playing! Only one close the Flower Pot

[@markhomiak6966]

I have spent the past 30 years despising Gibsons. I now hope this is what I hear for all of eternity in heaven.

[@Toys_in_the_Attic]

Thank you for those great videos. Planning to buy one in the near future, I live in Europe, but I'll make sure to visit you when the time's right. By the way, I still remember an early '60 or 59, not sure right now, that you sold a few years ago, still have it in my records. That particular example still "haunts" me to this very day. Great faded top, perfect weight (from my experience with vintage/Custom Shop examples 9lbs give or take a few seems to be the "magic" number)

[@arnonono131]

Gibson made around 1.500 of this. Take the occasion, only 15.000 left

[@darrtetzy]

612 views and no thumbs down? Gentlemen, we may have found the perfect burst...

[@hoopy63]

Now that’s TONE!

[@stephensmith4480]

Audio Heaven 👍😁

[@zororosario]

Is it for sure or certain it was a Martin Luther ? Or did it just get pulled out from where the Sun doesn't shine?

[@thebenderbunker]

Gorgeous Les Paul with great tone as expected! You might consider adding a few more chords in future demos. Constant single note playing doesn't always do the guitar justice...at least to my ears.

[@jedisentinel1499]

Maybe I didn’t catch it, but doesn’t that guitar weigh about 30lbs? I played a very beat up vintage Paul once. I never forgot how heavy it was.

[@Tellyfive]

How many 59 Les Pauls were made?

[@ricdiclemente6616]

Ya; How Much does that weight

[@cussy77]

Sick of saying I love ECG les paul videos but I do there fantastic 👏

[@latemetal8962]

How many bursts have you had at the shop???

[@dannydny]

I’d take that Matchless!!!!!!!

[@glennevans5824]

Well nothing to say .....guitar bliss..😆👍

[@dagwood4669]

Aaron could play a whisk broom and make it sound good. The guy rips!

[@fugamantew]

You guys videos are the best guitar-porn on here. Love’em all! Thank you.

[@raydowley1038]

I want but lack of funds means I don't get. Awesome

[@realgoodmind]

You guys should let Aaron bring in his Bloomfield for some demos to really let him howl.

[@Slash1066]

That dude has really long narrow fingers! I'm totally hobbled by my massively wide fingers, I can't use much beyond the 12th fret!

[@jcsk8]

Wow. New amps have LED like graphics cards.

[@dingbatjack1234]

Does anyone else watch these and say yup sounds like a guitar and stuff... Lol

[@staple_gun7889]

For the most part yes but I can't help but feel theres something just slightly unique to the tone, but that's probably my brain messing with me.

[@gbhstrat1]

My opinion is that the players who are really into guitars, playing, collecting etc, the hunt and dreaming of the next guitar never ends. If you have the $$ then the vintage stuff becomes parts of that enjoyment of chasing the next guitar even though they all sound good. They just get bored with them and move on to the next girlfriend oops guitar. I know this from personal experience. The chase is the fun. Like a dog with sticks.

[@Guvnor513]

Some of those guitars seem to have this snap to the tone that seems hard to replicate. Greg Koch refers to it as a ‘’tele on steroids.’’

[@jasonmyers3847]

Aaron looks so young and innocent. LMFAO 🤣🤣

[@americanbystandard]

no disrespect, but all my attention goes to that red jazzmaster in the back.

[@tatethompson1234]

For only little over a thousand 59’s, you sure seem to get a lot. I have a feeling some are fakes or conversions.

[@_RLP]

Great upload. That neck pup is fat AF! How about a similar series on the gang working at ECG? James, Aaron, Jay, Trevor, etc...? Cheers

[@vylkenzonk7941]

Totally devours the reissue series...they all are no match at all: this creature is a monster!

[@darrellrichards7116]

Just show me the guitar!

[@jwd1112]

I’ve never understood how Gibson got the humbucker perfectly right the first time Compare a modern Corvette to a 1959 and the modern one is literally better in every way… not the case with modern humbuckers

[@srh361]

Was that face mask "Authentic"?

[@toddgibson6817]

original face-mask is worth the price of admission alone

[@brentsims8002]

I can’t tell a damn bit of difference in the sound and a modern day les Paul . Just sayin

[@paulcartwright2810]

Me too but if I'd just paid a small fortune on one I'm sure I'd pretend that you can tell there is difference....otherwise I'd feel daft...its all snobbish tbf...I've got a newish les paul junior (it's one of the good ones mind you...that's pretty much vintage spec made for especially for some weird reason the Japanese market in 2016 )and it's as well made and sounds very very similar as my mates 50s one...minus the cool beat up vibe that the old one has...he got his in 1980s when they were normally priced ...and he agrees...he wouldn't swap his for mine though...lol...he says "never mind yours will look like mine in 50 years " I'm like "yeah I'll be 103 then"...

[@joshmuz9018]

Doubt it's a real burst. He's just swinging it around with one hand like it's a 1000 dollar guitar. Who does that with something worth as much as a house

[@benjaminfowler4513]

These are grossly overpriced imo but they definitely have their own thing going on that I haven't heard recreated in modern times. If anyone knows of pafs that get near this sound let me know please

[@bewusstsein3527]

it sounded like a regular guitar.. people made up everything complicated..

[@mstringer90]

original face mask haha

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

That 'Matchless' amp sounds like crap!

[@joshmuz9018]

Meh..reissues are better than that. That's not even a real burst.

[@electricgypsyblues4761]

The Matchless again, Really? a half a million dollar Guitar into Caa Caa