Guitar of the Day: 1956 Gibson Les Paul TV Special | Norman's Rare Guitars

[@1morelight]

I wanna play like lemmo when i grow up.... the bad new is that i grow up already

[@ranspang]

The cool thing is you can see him getting progressively better all the time. Great playing! I still miss Mark though.

[@victormusic01x]

@@ranspang ..definitely man, he’s improving daily, just another laidback Berklee dude..

[@guitareveryone]

Thanks for some of the clean demo sounds on this guitar. I love to hear what a guitar truly sounds like without a blanket of distortion. As soon as it goes into distortion land it could be any guitar. But this guitar is a fine sounding example.

[@davidclark7973]

Lemo relaxed and playing to his potential . Class.

[@JohanLaj]

You can learn the first song/loop here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3PbYpigprRrbc0

[@wesleyAlan9179]

@@JohanLaj Hey'a! Thanks brother!🤟

[@TheRockyhockey007]

I have relearned how to play guitar from watching Lemmo , and today's lesson was inspirational , luv the P90's , just straight ahead rock n roll , open em up and crank it , use the entire board and every chord imaginable. TV yellow is a great color and these old Gibby's just have a sound that is unmistakable , so raw and crunchy , right up my alley , great demo , great GOTD , thanks guys.

[@LMacNeill]

God, those clean tones are *SO* good. You simply cannot get that sound out of any other guitar. And yet, it can still shred with the best of 'em if you crank up the gain. It's really the best of both worlds. My first electric guitar is going to be a Les Paul Special as soon as I've got enough money to buy one. 🙂

[@littlemac844]

Half the reason I watch these is for Lemmo's playing So good

[@colinrobinson9674]

Best thing i’ve ever heard so far! progression and improvisation really blowed me away 😮

[@gregorzinho]

Simply put, this was amazing! Lemmo absolutely killing it! Nice guitar too.

[@zhartsog666]

Dude is so underrated. He is one of my favorite players.

[@thomas.h.kullmann]

Lemmo the Looper. Excellent as always. Just got me a brandnew LP Special TV-Yellow. This thing rocks! I would sell my grandma to the devil just for the pickups of this 56 🤩

[@coat.thik1]

My dream guitar. TV Yellow is just awesome

[@thiendipham828]

My favorite Les Paul model after the custom Black Beauty. Wish I had a dream to play this guitar

[@duanewelsh5611]

The best things were made in the 50's. (Born 1959) That one has some mojo going. Nice job Michael.

[@shartne]

I really enjoyed hearing you play that cool sounding guitar. Your a great player your very creative.

[@cookq]

This is some of Michael's best playing. Love the originality of this little jam. It sure shows that a 56 les paul special is not just a rock n roll cowboy chord machine. that's one reason these things fetch the BUCKS now.

[@ZulHarry-05]

Such a wonderful special episode. Loving this one. Rocking Lemmo Demo!

[@riffcodgerpetermcaleer8638]

Nice guitar. The new original series versions are also surprisingly good too.

[@d-mack7053]

My morning was going good with my hazlenut coffee and 2 slices of French bread toast with peanut butter and jam until I came up this and it got WWWAAAAAAAAY BETTER!!!!! I wanted to reach through the screen and grab that guitar and pull it back to me!!!!! Sounded Great.

[@ripster8766]

That was some darn good playin there Lemo!

[@JohanLaj]

You can learn the first song/loop here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3PbYpigprRrbc0

[@chrisoxley7148]

Oooh yeah ... that was great !

[@spartantim9907]

I’ve said it before, but maybe Lemmo’s best? Thanks, Michael and Norm!

[@billa7606]

He was unreal in this episode! That was epic!!

[@JohnMartinez-mr8ig]

Man these tv specials and lp juniors are some mini monsters. The sound they give off for a small body guitar is unreal. Dam good quality.

[@mikes062]

The body isn’t really smaller it just doesn’t have a carved top attached to it that the Les Paul standard does.

[@stevehornshaw4478]

As always Michael, so special unbelievable playing. Could listen all night to this. Thnx as always

[@AuntAlnico4]

Woo hoo ! I just got the 202p inspired by Gibson epiphone les Paul special tv yellow and it's freaking great ! Good thing too because I can't afford $1,599 let alone $12,000 for the vintage ones !

[@alexramos2970]

12k is nothing when you make a living from a guitar though

[@wonderpope]

Hitting out the ball park!

[@Rysee88]

Great playing Lemmo!!

[@peterthomas3589]

My wet dream guitar!

[@alxra]

Man, this one sounds exceptionally good. I guess it's those Gibson p90s?

[@Abdullahxvii]

Been looking at the recently released epiphone version of this guitar for the last couple days and then this gets uploaded, I guess it's fate

[@mr.d2329]

Beautiful 👍👍👍

[@markburrows1179]

Michael is a true troubadour, give him an original production series model guitar and his passion just explodes through his fingers. Why would he want to do anything else? A constant flow of rare and unique guitars as well as current production. Doesn't even have to buy them. I'm certain Norm is willing to lend a piece for a day or two for recording purposes. You know. Advertising, all instruments and equipment are supplied by Norman's Rare Guitars, etc.

[@ralphwest8156]

W o w ...that tone'

[@bobs4454]

Saw the $10,900 price tag at the 26 second mark. Good info, helps to get a better understanding of these vintage beauties. Wish that happened more often. Dont treat the value of these axes as Norms dirty little secret!

[@9eyeh8chu9]

I totally agree with your comment.

[@IrishBog]

Not a bad price. Rumble seat sells them maybe around the 9500 mark

[@Sam-wx2xz]

Can’t go wrong with that TV-yellow!!

[@robsthedon]

It’s all in the hands.

[@davidkieltyka9]

That dual pickup sound is just what I want to hear from a Special.

[@MrBossei]

Wonderful!!!

[@jjulch]

I love my Kalamazoo made LPS! Totally rocks.

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

The story about tv yellow showing up better on camera is just that; a story. TV stands for Translucent Varnish. The television thing waa all the rage back then & Gibson even made amps that looked like tvs. Oh and they dont yellow from cig smoke in bars at gigs. Fiction. UV light and oxygen cause the yellowing. Mythbusters; tv edition.

[@zankyalbo2208]

Two sides to every story... my brother was in the TV industry (NBC) and when I purchased a used '59 TV Jr., he mentioned that when someone wore, lets say, a white dress shirt, it make a horrible smear on the screen, so, to make something look white on B&W TV .... Huntley & Brinkley wore either a light blue, light green or light yellow shirt... problem solved, their shirts looked a bleached white. So did these guitars.

[@IrishBog]

@@zankyalbo2208 Fair enough but I can hardly think a pro musician successful enough to be on TV in the 50s would play a Special. Prefer the reason that it was like the guitar you saw Les play on his TV show

[@bertrandlalanne223]

Great guitar player. Some great sound (especially neck). Problem with great players is that they will make any plank of wood sound like a dream. Fingers make it all...

[@eddfanning]

Excellent playing dude!!!! Tasty!!!...🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@JohanLaj]

You can learn the first song/loop here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3PbYpigprRrbc0

[@homersimpson5964]

I got a new Tv Special, which hopefully will become a vintage guitar in the future, but arguably these are some of the easiest guitars to play.

[@stevieray7149]

I could watch Lemmo play EVH all day.

[@TheGosling8]

So great.

[@vince_vatican777]

Christ Lemmo, that was superior playing!

[@photopicker]

I like this comment but haven't watched the video. Judging from what I have seen in the past this is another mini-masterpiece. Let's find out.

[@9eyeh8chu9]

its not all him, a lot of it is the guitar. Ive wanted this guitar my entire playing life.

[@zhartsog666]

Lol! I nearly posted the same comment word for word.

[@JohanLaj]

You can learn the first song/loop here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3PbYpigprRrbc0

[@goldenlabradorskye]

Friggin Awesome

[@ardiris2715]

The Jen/Lemmo team is in top form today.

[@jonathansedano8499]

How do you not want to pick up your guitar after watching him do that!

[@lucasspillman7742]

Why the hell hasn’t a studio snatched you up?? Hate for norm to lose you but dang man!! People need to hear you

[@panam4redd]

He just did a video with Fender for their new Jazzmasters. our boy is definitely going places.

[@lucasspillman7742]

@@panam4redd he’s amazing man just a chill guy

[@contrabandjoe7974]

Is it just me or did this "student model" LP special sound better than most of the LP Standards and Customs presented on GOTD???

[@TheChadPad]

Damn, that was magical

[@scottschulze3568]

Lemmo just gets it

[@willparker547]

Hey Lemmo that’s probably the best playing I’ve heard in a very long time! I feel like I say that every video haha, what looper do you use?

[@myname1469]

Well done with the touch. So few dive in.

[@markjohnson8352]

Yes. Very nice. ❤

[@victormusic01x]

..greetings, Berklee brother Lemmo delivering yet another honest and diverse clinic in tasty 😋 picking!!..the sound of that Paul is blazing, clean or dirty..Wish Lemmo was going through a couple of Hiwatt setups and then break into Substitute a la Live at Leeds..instead, our hero 🦸‍♂️ lays down a funky Stones Exile groove loop and bails out into the night!..classic Les Paul..classic Lemmo..Shout out to Norman for doing all of this stuff..rock it and stay safe all..New York November 28, 2020..

[@guppybill]

Good vibes demo, Mr. Lemmo.

[@the-creech4790]

Your hair looks better! That was some tasty playing also! 🤗

[@foxstapleton]

Michael always gets to try these AWESOME guitars

[@robinfawcett7973]

That one is the same age as me and I've got a few dinks and donks too!

[@martinandersson5833]

What a viby guitar! Somebody put an axe to it😂 Awesome demo Lemmo. That rocked🤟

[@rexnavarro2918]

damn..gett'n those Strat like tones too...

[@jeffrobuck6338]

I had one and l let it go. Agrrhhhh!

[@MisterRorschach90]

Honestly I’ve never much cared for Gibson guitars. People who owned expensive sg and lp models would sometimes let me play them for shows, but I never wanted to again because they just never played as good as a fender. They also didn’t sound as good. I’ve never really thought they looked very nice either. But this thing is a beauty. And recently I’ve been gravitating towards gold top or other yellowish les Paul’s. If I could find a dual humbucker double cut in that color it would be amazing.

[@RafaelMesBal]

🔥

[@rondobondo6600]

Tell Norm that I will get back with him on Monday..... thanks

[@timskiff9422]

Nice, i want here Norm play Martha My Dear.

[@danwilson9530]

Hey Lemmo, why aren’t you teaching over at M.I. ? Seriously, you’d fit right in.

[@joshuaross4644]

No Strat’s for Strataday ?

[@Smagledorf]

No wonder you got a lot of requests for these! Such a great tone! However! Gotta do a Maton!

[@wanderingsurf2842]

Never gonna happen. Give up.

[@Smagledorf]

@@wanderingsurf2842 Never!

[@denniskramer9657]

why dont you do a fuckin Maton for the love of God!...

[@nickbruni8041]

None in the shop ?

[@wanderingsurf2842]

@@Smagledorf I like the cut of your jib

[@StevesSlideandJazz]

Great riff Mike.

[@jonnybeck6723]

HEY MICHAEL.... IT'S TOO BAD THERE'S ONLY THAT ONE TWIN REVERB IN THE STORE

[@paveltc]

Awesome video! Can someone please tell me what song he played on the bridge pickup? I know that I know it but I can't remember what it's called.

[@pappapump1349]

Just thinking the same thing lol

[@antiv]

Van Halen, Somebody get me a doctor

[@dylanmcknight7447]

anyone know what loop pedal he uses for these videos??

[@glenkepic3208]

Always will be The Danny Johnson axe from Derringer for me. Sailor, Driving Sideways and Beyond The Universe, Live, please . skipping the demo for now...

[@senord2429]

Do a video where lemmo records and Jen plays!

[@rickjason215]

Why?

[@senord2429]

@@rickjason215 would be fun

[@alexramos2970]

Tell me why these flows are so nice I can hear rappers using these sounds

[@erichutchinson5150]

Lemmo needs to find some other great musicians and start a band. His music he writes is better than the guys hes copying. We need a great rock band now and he can do it.

[@allisonholmesmusic97]

TV Yellow. I get it now. I always wondered why they called it that

[@sprague49]

Maybe someone at Gibson saw a butterscotch blackguard Tele on B&W TV and thought, "Hey that looks cool."

[@IrishBog]

I prefer the other potential reasons. That it looked like the finish on the old TV sets. Or best one is that it looked like the guitar Les played on his popular TV show. He played a lot of Goldtops before playing Customs

[@stephenpemberton9943]

✌💛🤘

[@senord2429]

It’s been 5 Gibsons in a row

[@ryanfulldark2775]

Good! Keep em coming!😉

[@sprite6827]

What song where those

[@Deuce_Luminox.]

Nice to hear a demo using clean tones. It reveals what the guitar sounds like as opposed to the stomp box. Great job Lemmo!

[@metalmig]

Somebody bring me a doctooooorr

[@BillfromtheHills]

Buckethead vibe in the middle.

[@pedjailic782]

Was thinking the same thing... I wonder if his kill switch LPs come through the NRG? That would be one sweet GOTD...

[@blackcreekarmory3470]

Mike.. wow..

[@tinchinx86]

does anyone know wich scale is using at 6:00 in middle mics posittion

[@EllissDee4you4me]

Where your time stamp is he’s not playing a scale, it’s Am-F-Em chords.

[@JohanLaj]

You can learn the first song/loop here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3PbYpigprRrbc0

[@mattrogers1946]

This is the Lowman Pauling special, a rock n roll machine. This should've been plugged straight into the amp to demonstrate what a spitfire this guitar really is.

[@GreggRoberts]

I have the custom from that year. The frets suck and the neck pickup is twisted (warped) because two screws in opposing corners.

[@rondobondo6600]

I have one of those .....mine has been played hard and put away wet.....lol just saying. ......

[@rondobondo6600]

Dang that guitar is minty.....nice

[@ChristianGonzalez-ot7lp]

Mike make that guitar cry man

[@lptomtom]

Is there anything better than the sound of an overdriven bridge P90?

[@wanderingsurf2842]

Yep. Most any pickup in any Fender.

[@youcancallmeKIRK]

That playing makes me sick! Bravo!

[@Thomaslig]

Sounds like a telecaster!

[@kjgas6945]

👍👍🎸🎸🎯🎯😎😎💣💥💥

[@0richbike]

park me sideways that was effing fluent.

[@MsOZ79]

great blond. We want to see the camera girl too ;-)

[@mr.deafeningguitar1547]

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