I Found More Gibson History! | Trogly's Unboxing Guitars Vlog

[@Trog]

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[@RUSS312]

I was wondering who bought those blanks! Awesome! I’m the proud owner of the other body blank. I put knobs, a switch, and barrel jack on mine and I’m planning on hanging it as wall decoration.

[@pepmasters-999]

The blanks are part of the history of the process of making the map guitar. As such, I'd keep them as they are. Maybe use them as a template on another piece of wood if you want to make a project guitar, but these deserve to be relics in your museum as they are, alongside the finished product.

[@tinystar3010]

That's an awesome ending on that anniversary strat! Happy to see a story where a loved guitar returns to the original family who first purchased it.

[@Davidckennedymusic]

We are all super connected now with the Internet. Those cool stories wouldn’t have happened really even 20 years ago. I actually saw an old Rickenbacker I sold 20 years ago halfway across the country on Reverb.

[@rindred]

If you decide to do something with the unrouted map body, may I suggest making a one-of-a-kind bass guitar? Putting on an SG 30.5" scale bass neck should balance better with the guitar-sized body. You could get the flaws filled and have an ebony finish put on to hide them.

[@scottbogfoot]

Im glad dude got his uncle's guitar! 😊

[@rokomouth]

I vote leave the blanks alone but make some solid templates from them, then make your own blanks

[@cedricBUNKERTON]

you've got to put a West-Coast neck in that first body blank to make a lefty 'Trogly Custom Shop'. I'm sure Gibson would help out 😃

[@monsterkxf]

Buckethead Map Guitar 🤘🤘

[@DutchVai]

Best comment possible...... you're spot on mate.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

FUN PROJECT - All Fender hardware on the body!!

[@coreysullivan5025]

Since you have TWO body blanks, you gotta make one of 'em into a guitar. I NEED to see an LP Custom styled map guitar...that has to happen!

[@hippiebiker3399]

Put all 3 map guitar and blanks together as a display in your museum to show the progression from blank wood to finished product. This is history on display. To do anything to them would be a travesty….

[@terrywashburn6347]

You should totally turn that Map body into a Black Beauty Custom all the way. Neck and Body Binding , Mother of Pearl LP Custom Headstock, and how 'bout a Double Stinger on the back? Just a thought, Austin.

[@emmettmarrujo5075]

As a former engraver and fabricator, I believe the solid slab is a 1:1 template no reason to use a larger template. So you have the master template, cool!

[@ChrisShortyAllen]

Templates are not 1 to 1.

[@Trog]

You could be on to something there...

[@b3pahunter546]

I'd like to see a USA Custom

[@brianharris7243]

'Customised' Map?? Yeees-do it Trogly``````1

[@cuda426hemi]

The country shaped guitar..It's begging to be put under a laser engraver to carve out some subtle relief, the Rockies, Appalachians, canyons .... or not. Maybe drown it in clear resin to make a little tripod table ....sort of also preserving it while using it. 😎

[@emmettberryhill9449]

The trogly signature map custom would go so unspeakably hard

[@Sconzanator]

I’m for The “Custom map guitar” build. It would look awesome as a black beauty Map…. I’d keep the blank for for the Museum but mod the routed one out to a Custom version…. My thoughts….

[@zer0tzer0]

I like the Stars & Stripes idea. That sounds spectacular!

[@TheEMOkid66613]

I don’t think you should “process” them/finish the body blanks. But you now have a blanke that you could use as an accurate 1:1 to have your own made for you. That way you get both and preserve your original blanks as well

[@scottmartin356]

I'm a collectaholic, so I love these episodes To me the choice is obvious, keep the Maudie one, because, well, Maudie, and mod the already routed one. Love your thinking about the binding; maybe they can put different finishes on some of the states! Really sweet story about the Uncle's guitar- the power of the interwebs!

[@patprop74]

I am not American, but the stars and strips seem like a fantastic idea and soooo American.

[@kenabi]

if i had to take a guess, i'd say the single wood slab blank is a couple of steps before the routed version. i'd leave them as a progression, or use them as templates if i wanted some sort of custom.

[@silvernuggets1285]

Love that blue paul, great look

[@terryoquinn8199]

Hey Austin , I found a map guitar with the Stars and Stripes on it in a guitar shop not too far away from me ! The owner tells me it’s not for sale , yet , but maybe in 6 or 7 years ( when he retires I assume) so I’ve got my name in the hat for it ! Intrigued ? Yeah , me too ! Take care and have a great day ! I’m going to reach out to you soon about some other things so maybe we can talk about it some more then .

[@saxtmich]

Make it a bound silverburst! With a small black outline of the states!

[@Zundfolge]

Ooh, build the map guitar. With P90s and an Explorer neck! Bind it and have it finished as a gold top too.

[@georgeprice4212]

Keep the bodies as is, and it could show what went into the creation of the USA Guitar.

[@drjsmajor]

You need to make an "Aldo Nova" style Map guitar, painted stars and stripes in the flowing flag style--using the non pancake body. Keep the real pancake body as is for the museum.

[@danielkaragic7057]

Draw the state borders with paint and binding, that would be siick

[@ericpiercey7112]

Just wondering if maybe the first map body is the rough cut master blank used on the duplicator machine, kinda makes sense.

[@RockyH.]

Thanks Austin getting away from the craziness of the world for just a little while for your guitar show is.....well I'll never be able to pay you back my friend.

[@TheJudgeWm]

I would leave them alone.

[@SidWalter]

Well that’s no fun.

[@ecdubytecdubyt]

I vote leave history alone. Thx for sharing!

[@brettneedham392]

Bravo on the Custom idea! You could middle path it - complete one and keep the other blank.

[@LP23D6]

You're thinking too much Trogley. They are only NOS once. Once you modify those pieces there are no more. Basic, slightly modified, and finished product is the only way to go.

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

Do it! Do it! It will be legendary. You are THE map guy now. Do it !

[@1777DK]

If those cracks are only in the finish, it’s an easy fix. Nitro is lacquer and it will melt/fuse if over sprayed. A decent luthier can fix that to be undetectable.

[@Trog]

in the wood 100% on the sonex

[@davidlelkington]

Hi trogly , greetings from the uk

[@planetcaravan93]

Okay hear me out. Gibson Map XPL with an explorer neck!

[@mech5700]

On the DM flame top, the fret board has small dark dots on the wood - do you have any idea what that's from? I have the same markings on my Adam Jones Gibson Standard, can't really find much info about those markings other than a few photos on Reddit.

[@RJsCave]

Make a gibson branded clock out of 1

[@octacilioalvares5879]

silverburst map letsgooo

[@alten2122]

Those map shapes are different for sure. The routed one has a larger and more complex carve on Florida especially. I think the untouched one is a prototype.

[@judeappetite]

Binding that shape would be near impossible you'd think, Custom idea is great in principle though.

[@Trog]

If a minarik inferno can be double bound with abalone purfling, a USA map guitar should be a piece of cake

[@judeappetite]

@@Trog you make a good point!

[@glaucosouza1971]

These blank maps willl make the perfect cutting board for a barbecue. 😎

[@blodpudding]

Definitely turn that routed map body inte a custom stars and stripes with a NOS Gibson neck! ❤❤❤

[@ChrisH575]

Red white and blue sparkle deluxe custom that thing.

[@oldmanuserphan]

I'd love to see a video on what to do when a guitar arrives damaged. As in, what we can rightly ask for, and how to go about communicating that with the seller.

[@Trog]

good idea!

[@PaperBanjo64]

Hang the map bodies on the wall as decorations! Those are kewl!

[@jonesyfromtheblock9635]

Do the custom map

[@WalterCReel3rd]

Go pure chaos. Union Jack US map guitar.

[@Shredward-dl2gp]

1 righty, 1 lefty! The ONLY lefty! Ever!

[@fatseaturtle]

Custom shop white binding, stars and stripes, children floating in the cloads meme airbrushed pickguard. The potential is American!

[@jonathanhudak2059]

The blue silver-burst Les Paul Is my favorite one along with the explorer that you are selling

[@TrapeZoid_-117]

I say that you should keep one of the Map bodies as is to show off the blank version, and maybe turn the other one into a custom.

[@hifibrony]

That walnut 335 is gorgeous.

[@johnlogan7740]

Hi Trogly you could route the blank for pick up pots and toggle switch then put a maple cap on it with top carve and binding would look very custum great show

[@grahamperry5937]

My Morning Jacketi is the BEST band of the 21'st century!

[@thefred8481]

I’d complete the drilled map…

[@jasonvaralta5221]

Non machined blank should be made into a trogly guitar show clock to hang over the shipping and receiving table with the time set to Gibson nashville

[@austindavis7415]

Take the unknown history one, rout out all the states youve been to. Then either get an explorer neck (kind of exploring america theme) or a non reverse firebird neck and paint it like a bald eagle. (Merica theme!)

[@omikl]

Yeah. Black Custom Map Guitar. Binding those crinkly edges is going to be a hell of a job for someone though..

[@rolandgonzales5260]

I say go for it! Make it a complete guitar.

[@ethanhitchcock5431]

Great episode , love the My Morning Jacket ES-335 , that wood grain & color , the LP Special double-cut in Cherry , and the Sonex is cool , Ive always been curious about those , right-on-right-own ! Thanks Trogly ! P.S. you've also influenced myself to aquire-aquire-aquire -just one more guitar !!

[@gertroyne4426]

I remember an old American pen pal of mine though going back years he told me how his classmates thought South America where made up of the southern states and North America being Pennsylvania, Ohio New England etc, so I’m sure this guitar body would be a mystery to most!

[@MuscleCarLover]

My thought for the routed map, binded and atlas or satellite design on the top

[@Trog]

I thought about a topographical "textured" top

[@clintdiaz5604]

I think you should have it painted with all 50 states, with the state border lines, just like a map. It would be a total custom job that would cost some serious $$$. But you would have a one off that could become very valuable. Especially if you sent it to Gibson Custom shop to build it out.

[@marthastewwart]

It's a bit hard to tell, but it looks like those 2 maps don't look the same. The pancake one's Florida is shaped differently than the nonpancake one (again, from what I could tell) . You should stack on top of each other and see if they match perfectly. If they don't, then it's probably safe to assume the nonpancake one was more of a personal project. Just a thought.

[@judih.8754]

Have lines put on it to show the states. There are plenty of state maps available to reference.

[@wooferdevlin3571]

Trogly: what to do with map blanks? Davie504: BASS!! Jimmy Page: DOUBLE NECK!!

[@AlfieSmithz1]

You should get the non routed body built into the bass for a guitar stand to display the poster child map guitar.

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@davidsparks6146]

Map lead guitar and a Map bass guitar! That would be amazing... I'm starting a coffin bass right now... great show! Keep 'em coming!

[@charleskonieczki9012]

Great snag on those body blanks Trogly!!@

[@DeLorean1321]

I vote do a full custom job on the map body!

[@GhostpainOG]

I'd absolutely turn that routed one into a working guitar. You might have trouble finding an appropriate neck, but that's a no-brainer for a good luthier. Honestly, I'd go to the MyLesPau/luthiers forum and see who bites. There are some amazingly talented dudes there. Bound body would be amazing, but hella expensive. But definitely turn it into YOUR guitar. The other one I'd get nicely finished and turned into a plaque for the Maps section of the museum.

[@somerandomdudelonelyAF]

Hey there

[@ravenheart1439]

You got a knot by Texas over here...lol ..

[@brianbeavers4659]

Have fun with ONE map & preserve the other for/to history(get creative)!!!

[@Lmplmplmplmplmp-o5w]

Do it do it map custom

[@MikeE-]

Haha u made me laugh when you said “this is the crappy version”

[@vincesforza9479]

Make a custom guitar out of it with your specs. That would be awesome.

[@gwvest]

leave those bodies and display them next to the finished guitar

[@kadenholt703]

do the project guitars! i'd love to see the map custom!

[@bobbiholliday5961]

I must say. My beat buying experience was with Sweetwater. And I only bought because of your videos. Thanks man. Super cool vid also btw

[@arlo12345678910]

OMG do them all up in STARS N STRIPES with Gibson custom shop. Those things are way more valuable as REAL guitars.... And the S&S in Gibsons paint with the nitro. Use the 50's burstbuckers in one and the 60's in the other. Edited.. Second time aroundl.... Love your show watch every day!

[@justindrake-torres2519]

FAQ Yeah, u better customize. major opportunity to show some creativity. balck and white binding with outer blue binding, red and white stripes top left flag,silver hardware& gibson logo and Dimond gold knobs🔥

[@taterdawg]

I'm thinking, P90's, Buck Owens paint job and binding for a Red, White and Blue Buck Custom Map Les Paul.....

[@dennisrohm6372]

Have the states Lazer etched onto the top

[@deanbartone8187]

The best three out there Bar none

[@Mo_Taser]

When you say, "I have no interest in collecting Fenders" you say it with the same disdain that a defense attorney says, "I have no more questions for this witness."

[@PaperBanjo64]

😢 as a Fender fan that's sad to hear.

[@Mo_Taser]

@@PaperBanjo64 Same. I like Gibsons too but I've never been a snob about Fenders over Gibsons. I like Ricks and acoustic Guilds too. Whatever best suits the song.

[@PaperBanjo64]

@Mo_Taser I also like Washburn, nobody ever talks about them, very underrated brand.

[@Mo_Taser]

@@PaperBanjo64 Yep I like them too. 👍

[@PaperBanjo64]

@Mo_Taser Washburn actually was the first company to make a "Southern Jumbo" style acoustic guitar, and are an older brand than Gibson.

[@DJsamycpu]

totally, make a fun project out of the map guitar, oh please!! a real map finish would be cool too, one could highlight all the places they played on the map. i remember there was one hanging on the wall of my local music store for at least 15 years when i was a teenage...i tried it one day, i had to, lol, didn t buy it though, i got a brand new flying v in red no pickguard with all my savings that day, my first guitar, circa 1988

[@Bast6]

You should Gibson LP Customize one of the Map bodies (in ebony finish and gold hardware with… Damn the pickups choice… )

[@ChewieBabyTW]

Project build something epic out of the USA blocks! Go all out best pickups you have best neck you can find do it proud!

[@nathjones1542]

Gary got the G.A.S.

[@Run-Riot]

USA Custom Stars and Stripes Sparkle that baby

[@oonamorrioghanblackthorne]

Make a custom with a wide flame maple top and a P90 staple at the neck.

[@JONNIE_ROCKER]

Custom map guitar would be cool