Guitar Center's Sparkle Top Deluxe Tribute is... 😲 | 2018 Gibson Custom 1975 Les Paul Tribute Review

[@Trog]

As far as a "reissue" it stinks - but as a fun tribute, as intended, it gives collector's an option. I wonder if the Rocket Red Sparkle was done close to spec since the creator loves those? 🔴See it on Reverb:reverb.com/item/52380692?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly 🟢Buy on My Website: www.troglysguitarshow.com ❓Private Help Sessions: troglysguitarshow.com/help-appraisals/

[@davidburke2132]

Sorry you seemed to get a bit of a “lemon” Austin 😢 I have no. 24/75 in this same finish and it’s a wonderful guitar. I’ve also taken very good care of it and it’s still in mint condition (and still has its COA). No, you can’t have it 😜 I also own one of those 2010 R7 limited editions with mini humbuckers too (a Goldtop one) and this Deluxe Tribute of mine sounds just as good to me as that “better” spec’d R7, although I prefer the R7s neck profile. I can’t remember the specifics of the marketing of these guitars from that time but I suspect that in some of those materials they made the neck tenon spec more clear because I was really surprised at the start of the video when you were talking about the long tenon - I’d always believed mine wasn’t long tenon (and I’ve never opened it up to look, so I must have had that impression from the marketing materials on release). I do agree with you on the unreliability of the Guitar Center specs on their actual listings… those often have quite significant errors.

[@clarkbabin9799]

I noticed it has double ring tuners . You usually get excited for those but I have no clue if that's a an original spec.

[@wriglarzzz]

Can you please do a review of the fender meteora player plus series? I want to see what the fireball pickups are.

[@seguinjason8226]

Hey, you can try putting that back plate in the freezer for 20mins and it should temporarily shrink a bit allowing you to fit it back flush, as it warms back up it will return to size. Great videos, look forward to them every night

[@Trog]

I'll have to give that a go! Edit: Freezer method was a success!

[@tres913]

@@Trog I thought it looked like it was upside down. It might fit better flipped side by side.

[@imannonymous7707]

Cool trick, thats good to know , thanks man

[@baronrogers806]

@@Trog also works with tailpieces and bridges!

[@StreetPreacherr]

What happens when it warms up and expands again? I guess the size change isn't drastic enough to crack the plate or split the wood?

[@SergioGonzalez-gi9kr]

Headstock scratches are consistent with a played guitar. Someone gigged it and rehearsed with it. Someone changed a lot of strings in 4 years, without being super careful about it. This was their workhorse. It's what an instrument SHOULD be.

[@eclispeIDE]

I think Trogly forgets guitars are used for making music and are used for gigs etc..

[@lptomtom]

They're mainly investments for him

[@mykehutchings]

Yup, this was someone who bought a guitar and used it for its intended purpose - being played.

[@marions.120]

At least the guitar wasn’t just hung on a wall, it was well played as it was intended!✌️🤪🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@dbspecials1200]

@@eclispeIDE and not everyone is sober every time they play..

[@pokemasterk3518]

beautiful finish

[@jameshughes6049]

That top has a greenish tint to it in the light. Nice!!

[@davidburke2132]

I have one of these guitars. It’s really hard to photograph. As Trogly mentioned from the listing he bought it from it so often looks black in photos. But in the light in real life I’d describe it as like a “petrol blue” sort of finish… with that little bit of a greenish tinge exactly like you describe.

[@douglasfairbanks2284]

Hi Trogly!!

[@flapjack413]

Man, if I had ordered a guitar from GC (or anywhere, for that matter) that was listed as a long tenon, ABR-1, and I got a short tenon, and Nashville posts, I would be PISSED. Lol. Love the color of the flake on this one though!

[@davidburke2132]

I agree with Trogly that the Guitar Center specs are frequently wrong. I would say that I bought, and still own, one of these guitars and from the promo materials from the time I was never under the impression that this guitar had a long neck tenon. I suspect this is a case of the marketing materials being accurate but Guitar Center’s spec on an actual website listing being wrong. I agree though, it’s a bad mistake of the kind that Guitar Center regularly make on their website listings.

[@Mary.Lou1978]

Hopefully soon I'll be getting my first vintage Gibson!

[@silverfr3ak]

I hope everything goes well! Although I think vintage guitars can be a box of surprises, since years of not so careful use and lazy maintenance can be very likely.

[@Mary.Lou1978]

@@auntjenifer7774 actually it’s a 64 LG-0 I might be getting for about $400

[@Mary.Lou1978]

​@@auntjenifer7774 And those are vintage and don't go anywhere above 2,000.

[@rayfabris2512]

I just got my first one ((new Gibson)

[@Mary.Lou1978]

@@rayfabris2512 Nice what is it?

[@paultrombetta]

#44 lady. That's me. Gonna get some coldcuts

[@MarcJBeard]

Lol - Hoover !

[@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT]

Wow. That top takes it from a Less Paul to a More Paul!!

[@rondobondo6600]

Woohoo

[@hkguitar1984]

The lacquer chipping around the back of the tuning machines is most likely from a pretty good impact (don't ask me how I know).

[@wesleyalan9179]

😅

[@hkguitar1984]

@@wesleyalan9179 it happens..............

[@wesleyalan9179]

@@hkguitar1984 ...haha,yeah man😆same here! Back when I was a teen I didn't care, now that I'm a lot older I do. And when ever I'm changing strings on my Tele (I bought at 16) I look over it and think to myself about how careless I was back then😆...oh well,it's dignified and has a story 🤣🤣👍👍

[@hkguitar1984]

@@wesleyalan9179 Yeah, I was 15 years old when I bought my Les Paul Deluxe, it was a dream come true for me, back in 1977 I was into Ace Frehley (LOL) and I finally had a burst Les Paul. Within 5 days of owning it while at practice the Drummer let loose with a stick he was twirling and smashed the front of my Les Paul. OMG, the ding/mark was substantial and right on the front just lower down from the stop bar tailpiece (no hiding it EVER). Looking back and even now thinking about it I'm cracking up laughing at how mad I was when that happened. No worries, that Drummer and I are still good friends 45 years later! Things happen with guitars, its just the way it is. I still think that is cool as heck you still have that Tele after all these years. Can you imagine the trouble if it could talk!

[@wesleyalan9179]

@@hkguitar1984 ....right on,HK! Man yeah...if guitars could talk,lol..I'm kinda glad they can't! 🤣🤣🤣

[@vanshankguitars]

Nice!

[@extraordinary_ordinary]

Hey Trogly - not everyone views guitars as a sacred thing that should only be handled with kid gloves. To some of us they're tools. If you do any gigging at all your guitar is going to acquire a lot of wear pretty quickly. If you're actively touring and not just doing local shows, a 1 year old guitar is going to be pretty beat up. When you're in front of a crowd you're not thinking about scratches and dents.

[@JohnJohnson-op4gq]

I mean, he's selling this, so it's best he makes everything about the condition known. That way, any highly pedantic collector cannot return it under the pretense of him not having full disclosure of the condition.

[@extraordinary_ordinary]

@@JohnJohnson-op4gq except I was replying to the part of the video where he asked gigging guitarists to comment how marks could end up on the headstock like on that guitar.

[@JohnJohnson-op4gq]

@@extraordinary_ordinary Ahhh fair enough

[@Aarseth23]

Glad someone made this comment, it's exactly what I wanted to say. "Careless owner" kinda threw me. Personally I love used guitars. Usually they attain that "beat up" look (often quickly) because of the way they sound. But in the end, to each their own.

[@randyheath8566]

Austin is in His House 🏠 of AWESOME Guitars 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸❤⭐️👍✌️

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Randy in the house

[@hkguitar1984]

Randy, greetings Sir

[@bluzzjazz]

I have a 72 Goldtop, all original except one refret. I’ve owned it since 75 and bought it from my cousin, so I know it’s history. It’s a marvelous playing guitar and those Minis sing! It came from the factory with gold speed knobs and pointer rings, not top hats.

[@wesleyalan9179]

That's awesome, man!

[@tallpaul1020]

Love that top. Has that dark green to blue transition. Beautiful!!

[@Greg-vd5om]

Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!

[@rondobondo6600]

Oah ya

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Greg in the house

[@hkguitar1984]

Indeed YES

[@greg7656]

I'm generally not crazy about sparkle tops, but that newer midnight blue is pretty gorgeous

[@kc0lif]

i like les paul deluxe

[@elamon51]

Woot woot Trogly's 🙌

[@hectormutton2542]

✌️

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Peace Peace brother Hector

[@hectormutton2542]

@@sgt.grinch3299 ✌️

[@hkguitar1984]

✌️ Peace Hector ✌️

[@hectormutton2542]

@@hkguitar1984 ✌️

[@maccam8125]

Hogley in the trouse

[@sgt.grinch3299]

You made the podium for today. Enjoy your Bronze Medal for today.

[@hkguitar1984]

Congrats of the Bronze Mac

[@colepetersonmusic]

As someone who plays ~40 shows a year, it’s very easy to sweat all over a guitar and play it for a gigging season and then end up with a lot of scratches (particularly on/around the pickguard/where I change strings). I’m very particular on which guitars I do and don’t play out for a whole season with. 15 series Martins with thin finish over mahogany? Heck no. Breedlove with a thicker gloss finish. Play on! MIJ jazzmaster with a paisley finish that has jumped up in value? I may take it out once or so a year aside from studio work, but it largely stays at home. I have no issue sweating on and scratching up my reverends or my road worn 50s Tele. This seems like the wrong guitar to do that to. But, I do think that to an extent, the best guitars beg to be played. Whenever I see a beat up old guitar, I know that it’s a guitar worth playing!

[@rondobondo6600]

Wallmart

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Excellent effort. You earned a Silver Medal for today. Well done RONDO BONDO..

[@hkguitar1984]

SILVER, an awesome showing RONDO, Congrats

[@rondobondo6600]

Thanks guys 😁

[@tmeyer2022]

'Back plate does not properly fit': Try turning it 180 degrees. I had the same issue a few years ago. Flipped it around and it fit snugly but properly. And that is a 3 piece neck. The glue lines aren't apparent, but the slight wood grain differences between the center piece and the 2 side pieces show it off as a 3 piece neck. At 11:26 you can see a slight color difference in the center piece. At 11:35, you can clearly see the grain variations demarking the line. You can see a slight color variaton again at 11:42 at the Gibson branding logo.

[@clarkbabin9799]

I was thinking the same thing on that back plate.

[@jimadams8182]

Are you sure that's not a Chibson?

[@metalmig]

Trog You should check If the Brown 3way selector Back Plate fits the guitar

[@leviathan_is_me]

And just remember, whatever Trogly paid for this, the poor guy (or gal) who sold this to the pawn shop got (probably) less then $300, and THATS being generous.

[@landonmontgomery2693]

And also remember, whatever Trogly paid is probably 20-30% less than what you'd pay buying it.

[@heres2ya]

great job on the detailing, and polishing of that guitar!. she's 100 times better looking now..

[@davidburke2132]

Commenting here before I’ve watched the video. I own one of these… maybe I should grab some popcorn 🍿 before I continue? 😉 I’m so so interested in what Trogly has to say here. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Lol. I'm going to need you to update after the vid is over.

[@hkguitar1984]

@@holstorrsceadus1990 Ditto

[@davidburke2132]

@@holstorrsceadus1990 hehehe. Hmmmm. The man didn’t like it much, did he? 😉 To be honest mine’s great. I don’t know if I saw a different Guitar Center spec run down to Trogly but I was really surprised at the start of the video when he was talking about long neck tenon. I’ve personally never looked inside my guitar but I understood it wasn’t built to Historic/Reissue specs when I bought it and that it didn’t have the long neck tenon, so when Trogly cleared that up later in the video I wasn’t surprised at all. As Trogly mentioned this was sold for considerably less than the Historics/Reissues of the day and I went into the purchase eyes open in terms of specs. I adore my Historics and own a few of them but when it comes to a guitar not being marketed as a Reissue and not being sold for the same price as a Reissue I don’t mind missing things like the long neck tenon and true ABR-1. I actually also own one of those 2010 R7 limited editions with the mini humbuckers that Trogly briefly showed in the video (mine’s the Goldtop version not the blue sparkle one Trogly showed) and whilst that one is made to Historic specs, with the ABR-1 and long neck tenon, tone-wise I don’t think my Tribute loses out to that one at all. The one downside for me on this guitar is the neck profile. I’m normally a 50s neck guy exclusively (especially loving the R7/R8 chunky neck profile even more than the typical R9 one), and I find this guitar less comfortable as a result. But I went into that with my eyes open - I chose my actual guitar from 2 or 3 examples in the Guitar Center I bought it from (in the St Louis area if I remember - I’m from the UK and bought it whilst on a business trip to the States) and fell in love with the thing and especially the sparkles!! 😜 I’m a sucker for sparkles (this is one of three Gibson Custom Shop guitars I own with sparkle finishes 🙀). My one is in this same basalt blue sparkle finish and is no. 24 of 75. It also has none of the cosmetic issues Trogly found on his example, e.g. no lacquer lifting around the tuners and mine would certainly still be considered in collectible condition. I’d also add that whilst mine has the two piece mahogany back (another non-Historic feature) it’s a much better matched example than the one in the video and is only really noticeable at close inspection. Overall I think I got one of the very good ones 😃

[@AB-ye6cl]

@@davidburke2132 who cares what Trogly thinks he's only going to flip it for a profit, and increase value of yours. I dig the sparkle top

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

@@davidburke2132 Normally I hate glitter. It's gets in everything and stays there. I've had a no glitter rule in my houses for years and when had shows and large events I even denied 10s entry unless it's removed. I can however be used for some nice effects in guitar finishes so there has been a secret stash quarantined in the crafts closet this whole time. I swear I'm the only person on earth who can use it without making a mess and leaving strays everywhere.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Late again. Eating pistachios

[@MikeE-]

This is the nicest looking guitar center gibson exclusive that I can remember you showing

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

The headstock comparison alone.... Quite the difference.

[@knedy]

Second guitar recently that you forgot(?) to do the black light test even though it seems like a great candidate, same with the Tak signature.

[@Louis_Velliotes]

With some cream colored P-90's at least it would look super cool.

[@chrisghiardi117]

Bushings for the rattlematic is a step up on construction.

[@daveniemi393]

Hey Trogly. You should do a review on one of those GC exclusive 2011 les paul traditional pro gold tops (black ones also) with the tappable p90s. The black ones have the 60s neck and the gold tops have the 50s necks. Who knew you could split p90s? There were supposedly 200 of each color. Thanks

[@JR-to8sn]

I have a '77 Deluxe and it came with a Nashville bridge and post and a short neck tenon. Also, it was the transition period and has a three-piece body and three-piece top. Actually, it has a ebony board but isn't a Pro, at least I don't think it is. I was told by Gibson that black Deluxes sometimes came with an ebony board.

[@shfla7293]

the neck pup pickup ring looks upside down. Like, it’s slanted the opposite way.

[@Mary.Lou1978]

Second

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Almost made it onto the podium. Keep trying.

[@Mary.Lou1978]

@@sgt.grinch3299 maybe tomorrow

[@hkguitar1984]

You were "thaaaaaat" close

[@drew2dee2]

cant believe i let this guy call me a troglodyte every day

[@cosmikrelic4815]

nothing wrong with cave dwellers.

[@alexscott7226]

When giving the pickup readings, why is the middle position “just for fun”?

[@terrywashburn6347]

Wow, that is a very good question. WELL MR. TROGLY?...

[@mikecostello624]

Because it's meaningless in the sense it's usually half the average of the two. They are wired in Parallel. Lot's of info out there and Austin has a video on this I think.

[@tm8951]

Spotlight Warren Haynes ES 335 (Cherry) from Gov't Mule. I think that's the one.

[@wolfsguitarden740]

Well I'll tell you this Austin I traveled the country three different times with bands and as a gigging touring musician I started tours with brand new guitars and at the end of them let's just say they had a lot of character and mojo half the scratches dings and blemishes you don't even know how they got there now I play metal music so maybe we're a little more aggressive on stage but you'd be surprised on how many things tend to come across your guitar when you're playing in a live setting at a metal show

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Late?

[@rondobondo6600]

You just won the fabulous Wallmart award for the very first comment wooohooo you are absolutely amazing 🍪 🍪 🍪

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Congratulations on climbing to the summit of the mole hill. I’m pleased to award you your Gold Medal..

[@hkguitar1984]

WOW, most EXCELLENT Holsterr

[@Rexy-sy9wt]

Nice guitars. My bass player worked at Freedom guitars on corner of Sunset/Gardner Hollywood. Jeez i would walk in with $300-$500 and see what i could get. This one time i bought a 71' Gibson lea paul deluxe and was painted Baby Blue. It was very worn in had stress cracks the binding and plastics were discolred which was cream colored. Tons of gunk on neck frets were worn down .. but my gawd it sounded amazing and the playability was so perfect just total butter. Its a tie on playability with a old 73 SG . $500 w/original case which was black w/blue velvet. Hollywood in the 80's before Slash made rhe les paul prices at least double. 61' gibson les paul junior single cut p90's tv yellow.. $450 w case... Those days are long gone ..long long gone. And thinking back they did have a few of those blue and red glitter pauls. I just remember picking one up and playing it and i just didnt like it that much besides the look lol and my buddy Steve says $1,500 but he could let it go for $1,250 w case. Hmmmm ..

[@Rexy-sy9wt]

Oh I forgot to mention that the baby blue deluxe belonged to Marc Bolan of T Rex. One of my favorite artists.

[@hkguitar1984]

#26

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Good evening HK

[@markbaum9615]

Last

[@hkguitar1984]

@@markbaum9615 LOL

[@DaveDurango]

wow 🙄🙄

[@hkguitar1984]

@@DaveDurango Ditto

[@jasongraham4425]

That is a beautiful les paul. Also never had to ship a guitar but I didnt know that about packing peanuts.

[@TheTiacat]

Aww I look forward to your reviews everyday. Sorry to see you got a lemon

[@terrywashburn6347]

No matter what Austin said, I would still buy one just to have the top refinished in Fenders "Texas Tea" color. That color is how it's done. But who would I send it to? Gibson or Fender? I'd definitely have it done professionally by one of the manufacturers. I just think that my favorite Les Paul model (the deluxe) would be absolutely smashing in that stunning Texas Tea finish, that's the best metal flake finish that I believe I've ever seen. And on a Deluxe it would have people drooling over it, IMHO.

[@papasmamas1]

Usually dont love sparkle, but that deep blue almost black over the back and neck would look amazing !

[@leviathan_is_me]

WHAT!?!? Guitar Center had to sell 150 of these on their OWN? All by themselves? 150 guitars from GUITAR CENTER!?!?!? 😉

[@terrywashburn6347]

Yeah, should have been a piece of cake for GC.

[@vitasprout]

That reissue is spec'd just like an 83' Deluxe, except for the push in tuner bushings.

[@christopherguzzi1316]

They really blew it with the dark shade of blue and no pancake body. But for a modern Gibson its pretty cool. Thanks for sharing this review Austin.☺☺☺

[@Harvard_Fairway]

I almost bought one of these at my local GC. It was a red sparkle one. It was advertised as having an R9 neck and I will be damned if it wasn’t one of the skinniest necks I had ever played. Voided my interest in buying at that point

[@roaddog7542]

A Gibson that was actually played instead of looked at.... oh the horror. 🙄

[@robbysguitars8223]

Trogly, my fellow compatriot in the pursuit of guitar playing competence, your progression is obvious to us. I have no idea when you have time to practice, but it keeps paying off. In the time i've watched you, you've come lightyears in your journey. Well done, my friend and never give up. 🤘

[@zeusapollo8688]

True dat

[@eric_in_florida]

Love it. If only it had a dark back.

[@joeyoungs8426]

I remember they did in fact take forever to sell these off. Fir a short spell they actually had them up for $2999.

[@doctoribanez]

I have never seen a back plate do that before. Some of those exclusive color guitars are pretty cool. I have a red spalted maple ec1000 that was a musicians friend/guitar center

[@johnblack3313]

I’ve got one, was lucky to find one at GC when I was in the US for a few days.

[@coreymineard]

I would hate to have Trogly appraise one of my Les Pauls, 😂 They are all gigging guitars except one, and that one is covered in scars and scratches, too. But every mark is earned, they sometimes are memories or stories or songs. To each their own!

[@nellayema2455]

It looks like the one I checked out from a private seller in a suburb of Detroit. I drove an hour (due to traffic) to check it out, and immediately noticed the GC repair tag on the case. I asked the young dude about it and he stated that he "...barely bumped it and the head stock folded over." The repair was barely visible, but I got the heck out of there after chiding him for not disclosing the repair in the Craigslist ad. At one point, GC was blowing them out for $2,900. Then they went back up to $3,499.

[@0000song0000]

they actually look gorgeous... it's an sparkle that somehow doesn't look "over the top" but tasty.

[@hughjarrse]

Not really a "careless owner" maybe a guitar PLAYER, in days gone by guitars were made to be played rather than hang on a wall or in a glass case

[@rayfabris2512]

we buy them to play not sale you would flip out if you seen my les paul that's not a year old yet because I love playing guitar and hearing them not thinking how much could I sale it for and look at it until it happens btw your playing has improved 👍🏼once you get it you'll understand my view keep Rockin

[@clarkbabin9799]

The only sparkle top I've seen that a liked immediately was one you reviewed not long ago that had three different colors of sparkle in the finish. Never been much of a fan of anything sparkle especially if it was more of a metal flake. If I can ever find one that is what I'd call a glow top I'd do my best to get it. The finish in those show the color it was painted in a dark shade but under light the color comes to life and shines with a silver type hue but much brighter in the color its painted.

[@vernonhoover1387]

Nice deluxe

[@darkflash32]

Would the saddle orientation matter? i just noticed that most ABR-1s have the first 2 strings facing the left and the 4 strings facing the right instead of the modern ones where the first 3 facing the left and 3 facing the right.

[@jackhouston357]

looks like green to me, hanging on the wall at GC, been handled/played for years

[@vanshankguitars]

That bridge pickup is pretty anemic...

[@TheRealBKSchyster]

Hi Trog!!! I am genuinely impressed with the speed in which you took to get this one up on Reverb!!!!! I do hope you'll realize the price asked...!! And as you indicated should have been the the actual price asked by the previous owner, or at the very least, the value of the guitar!!!!! CHEERS, She is a real beauty for sure!!! ANYWAY, KEEP ON KEEPING ON BROTHER ROCKER!!!!!!!!!! PEACE!!!!!!!!!!🤘🏼

[@duanewelsh5611]

Saw a guy walking down the street with an acoustic guitar in the rain today uncovered. May have been previous owner of this!

[@hkguitar1984]

LOL

[@superlead1002]

It's funny you didn't like how it sounded, I liked it and thought it was very open and resonant sounding.

[@brandnewty]

Would rock

[@jonathanhudak2059]

I love the color on this one, very cool! Thanks Trogs 👍

[@guitarrilho502]

Loved this beetle green

[@GriffMJ]

Trog's .... I got a 2013 Epiphone "Ebony" Studio yesterday.... gotta say its a fantastic guitar. Its all original....even stays in tune.

[@94SexyStang]

Never liked Gibson, until I got one myself!!....it took me 30 minutes of playing to finally Get it. Playing shredder guitars my whole life, I'm just NOT used to that Gibson profile, but man it's perfect for certain genres of music. If you place stuff like ACDC, or classic rock.......it's on a Whole different planet!!

[@junes2k]

This thing is awesome.

[@ak47dragunov]

That thing is absurdly gorgeous

[@umbertoyltp]

Bummer! Well, you still have the original to appreciate even more.

[@stringlocker]

Guitar Center gimmick guitars.

[@ereimul1444]

Trogly should do Jason Isbell Telecaster. Many said it's the best Telecaster last year.

[@monstrok]

Great job on the B-roll footage! It really showed this instrument in its best light.

[@AManCalledBiggles]

Oh I do love a clear back LP 😍

[@garyeckel8876]

Ever find an Electro Guitar with the built in Phaser? ya those Deluxe LP never Impressed Me, mini humbuckers dont cut it. and the coolest metallic top is "Silver"..u can buy me one for Christmas.

[@charlesrense5199]

Man, now all I can think of is how hot those necks must be if you had to censor them! I'll be in my bunk...

[@justinguitarcia]

Headstocks can get scratched from being taken in and out of gig bags repeatedly and hastily since you are setting up fast

[@mikeherrmann5360]

I thought it sounded the best yet. If I ever get another 1 it's gonna be a deluxe. that pickup info was useful.

[@justadog8248]

Love those sunlight shots!

[@picksalot1]

The guitar looks nice, but too bad that GC misrepresenting what it was. The sound was thin, too bright - something is not right. 🤷‍♀️

[@hkguitar1984]

The sound of the mini hum buckers, they are spot on sounding. My first Gibson was a 1977 Les Paul Deluxe I purchased brand new, it did sound thin and bright. I kept it for a couple years and switched to an Ibanez Artist and then a IC-400 Iceman (mostly I made the switch to make the change to traditional hum bucker pickups). Talk about "Thin and Bright", my rig back then consisted of a Fender Twin Reverb and a Big Muff!

[@picksalot1]

@@hkguitar1984 I wonder if the pickup heights are wrong. They may be at the Factory spec height, but pickups should be dialed in so they sound good, awhile not interfering with the fretted strings or picking. Just trying to sus out why they sound so bad. 🤔

[@stringlocker]

Guitar Center employees are just misplaced car salesman. They will misrepresent anything for a sale. Especially their special run gimmick guitars.

[@hkguitar1984]

@@stringlocker I think you are being a little to kind, but yeah, you hit the nail on the head.

[@hkguitar1984]

@@picksalot1 To me they sound like a 6K Ohm humbucker, kind of weak with a lot treble (only because the treble is easier to hear than Bass or Mids). Back in the '70s I loved my Les Paul Deluxe, it played fantastic, its just that the pickups really left a lot to be desired. Best thing to do with this guitar is install P90s.

[@steveshoemaker6881]

You should do a video about your amps

[@bassicly4250]

Looks more like a green sparkle top.

[@jimmysupafly1547]

I have a 2022 M2M black sparkle top

[@Trashslayer76]

Only Trogly can bash this thing.... Looks great to those of us without the massive library of Gibson knowledge rolling around in our noggins 🤓🤣. If it was spot on with the original specs, it would have been some Gibson Snob worthy high price that us poor folk can't even dream about, like most things they've released. Thanks for the documentation!

[@calvinevans6347]

That is a great looking guitar!!!

[@PastelComGini]

It really looks like a 3 piece neck to me.

[@yourdrummer2034]

That's sharp!