I GOT A $7000 GIBSON MURPHY LAB GUITAR... WAS IT WORTH IT??

[@agufish]

Thanks to Sweetwater for providing this crazy new toy for the video! ➤ More details on the Gibson Murphy Lab Collection » 1968 Les Paul Custom Reissue Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged sweetwater.sjv.io/VmO966 » Full Gibson Murphy Lab Collection sweetwater.sjv.io/Ry4gqR

[@hdsg8361]

looking to buy a custom asap thoughts on the standard lp customblack beauty ?

[@bostion518]

I know there is probably someone who writes this under every demo of you but this is probably the best demo track youve ever done

[@Superjet113]

Dude, I agree, was just going to comment that, then saw your comment! Nice job Hunter for sure, its sick.

[@ABoyd1852]

I have a 59 LP Murphy Lab. Its the only LP I will ever need the rest of my life. It feels, plays, and sounds incredible.

[@denverrandy7143]

Loved the tone of that little intro riff, very nice.

[@darrenanquist4611]

I'm fortunate enough to have a 68 reissue as well (VOS, not Murphy Lab) and I agree with you about the pickups. The lower output (6.8 oddly enough) really crank up beautifully.

[@brendenrodgers7821]

As a lover of les Paul’s and metal, lower output is the way to go. Even guys like mark Holcomb of periphery use lower output pickups. You just get way more clarity

[@rdanalytics9197]

It’s a weird thing. I always thought : the higher out a pickup the better. Then one day I tried a Custom Shop Les Paul that had lower output pickups and it was the best guitar I ever played. It just has more dynamics.

[@bbdeffect]

With the caveat that the unpotted ones sound best but also squeal under very high gain if you are in same room as amp.

[@kennethcbailey27]

I'm a rhythm player and love lower output pickups, even microphonic ones. You can get a more crunchy and boxy sound with a lot of articulation and dynamics. One of the keys to a solid rhythm chug sound is being careful not to overload your amp's input. If you run out of headroom at the input, your low end and string to string definition in chords squishes out more and more the harder you dig in.

[@ryanpullin]

Yeah I’ve got a 68 LPC too and my pickups read like 6.2-6.8 range. Absolutely love it though, it’s so clear.

[@brandonparker158]

Don't care what anyone says, I have always loved your playing. Let the haters hate man, if anyone came to this channel expecting a blues riff they don't know what your about lol. Keep the chug alive!!!!

[@magicman12b]

Just do what Jay Z says in his song “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” and let the haters hate. You are rocking this channel

[@jimthethirdprobably]

@@magicman12b Who is Jay Z?

[@klaymeister]

The intro riff bridge pickup tone is amazing. It has that bite I like almost like a T top pickup.

[@SonovaBish]

I have '68 pickups. They definitely honk more than the PAF style of pickups I have. I mean that in a good way. There's lots of cut.

[@denverrandy7143]

Beautiful it is my friend!!!You deserve it.👍

[@ilovegreenock]

That neck pick up sounds awesome !

[@saladgl0ve]

the low output pickups sound really nice with modern metal honestly. gives a lot of warmth, blending old and new. great demo!

[@marcreno893]

I never say stuff like this but you and that guitar just seem to go together bro. It sounds phenomenal and your killing it with it and you look like you’ve been jammin on it for years. Great buy. I hope you have a great life together

[@keithramsay6923]

That demo track legit crushes! 🪨

[@GodlessSuns]

Sounds great. Probably my favourite riff you've done yet :)

[@scottdavidson6066]

Awesome guitar. Nice demo track, too! It was brutal.

[@trevv5886]

Awesome track. Congrats on the Guitar

[@jamesmarkham7489]

The collectible comment is something I mentioned on a Andre fludd video earlier today.

[@adamsolton]

That demo track was f'ing dope 🤘

[@MetalGuitarGuy]

I think your lead playing has gotten better hunter. And the LOG worship song was actually pretty good.

[@zeno99]

People underestimate the power of nostalgia and brand loyalty.

[@TheSlyFreak]

I feel like more people need to realize how insanely good these guitars are for metal and heavy music. Anytime I see a vintage LP Custom, I think of Adam Jones and how good his guitars sound, or Zak Wylde

[@emersonluz6588]

Such a masterpiece! But man... C'mon! When are you gonna do a video about you PRS Tremonti? We need to see it!

[@EJH-jn6mo]

Someone will apparently need to compensate or send him one for free in order for that review to occur.

[@AdamDallas]

I just landed into the Gibson camp this week with a 2016 LP standard T in Honeyburst, and I really do love it. The previous owner pulled out all the electronics and wired it up with 50's style wiring and put in some Seymour Duncan Antiquity hummies. They're really sweet sounding, but very vintage indeed. These 68 pickups seem to have that little bit more chunk that I'm edging for. My standard is in good, but played condition, and it really takes the 'oh shit'-ness out of being scared of that first ding.

[@Professional.Bro.777]

Subscribed, love the content and the style of review

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Murphy Labs are great. I have an R8 and R0. Best guitars in my collection. They really play, sound and "speak" when played.

[@Shiznitt_]

That guitar sounds bad ass! Very impressed with the aging. The 57 black beauty or the 54 custom with the staple pickup is what I would go for

[@mjmetal1989]

I have a 68 reissue. Love it. Have had it for maybe 2 years now and I still can hardly put it down

[@ianmcleish6113]

I know how you feel. I'm straight into the 64 Bassman and occasionally with a reverb or delay pedal. It's pure heaven. All of my other gear has become seemingly redundant.

[@alsaunders2490]

Its the smile, damn - gibson made something good - the internet is gonna be pissed 😂

[@Joshua.M.S.]

I have an R9, not murphy lab but still the price tag is daunting. I know what you mean about almost being afraid to play it. but damnit, it sound so good, i cant imagine I'll ever need or want to own another because this one does everything Iwant.

[@joshuawhited547]

Finally someone on KZbin,who understands how to play a Gibson the right way ! Fuggin killing it fr. It really is a shame no one else plays metal like you on KZbin. Keep killing it man. Loved this video!!!

[@brandonbryson3317]

I have a goofy mod/demo shop model that is somewhere between a Les Paul custom and a Les Paul 1968 reissue. It has the light aging and 68 pickups that come on the Murphy lab, but it not considered a reissue. It’s just a regular custom with the Murphy aging and the pickups….but I hated pickups. Wanted something more powerful, so I swapped them and sold them for $500(can’t believe someone paid that for Gibson pickups lol)

[@HauntedGuitarMan]

Looks great

[@davidmini3606]

proof lower output pickups make for a clarity under cranking up the crunch they take to being driven by a high output amp

[@WillorRS]

such a beautiful guitar almost worth the price lol

[@landonbailey]

congrats!

[@rkphilpot]

I love the fact you don't do Dad Rock Blues demos. It's such a small part of music but every demo does them! Keep chugging and riffing those customs!!

[@OliverAmberg]

I was always very sceptical about the hype surrounding Murphy Lab. Until I played one. Your Les Paul is a real beauty. Good choice 😊 PS: I am really sorry, that it's so good and you like it 😂

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Shit happens 😂

[@otisdriftwood3829]

Sounds great to me , looks great, and if I had the cash (not meant for other investments) I would have it.

[@timallen7354]

Loved loved loved the demo track 🙌🙌🙌. Thanks for doing it right 😄👌

[@magicman12b]

Love seeing all the different Les Pauls sitting in the stands in the background, especially the Adam Jones LP

[@Slayyyaphine]

hey its the bocchi the rock guitar

[@nautical_shrimp3248]

Lol look at this weeb 😂😂😂 (I said the same thing)

[@Slayyyaphine]

@@nautical_shrimp3248 haha tbf i've never actaully watched it! only new it was a gibson lp custom from looking at the wikia

[@waynemetallum7623]

​@@Slayyyaphine youte missing out buddy, best anime of 2022 by far

[@lessylessy]

Bocchi is not the reason why I want a les paul custom, but the show is the reason why I want a 68 reissue.

[@sb632]

Great video as always. Guitar sounds killer. LPs definitely have their thing tonally. Never played a Gibson version but played a Epiphone LP custom. Neck feels great. Love the almost D shape to it. Hope you enjoy this for years to come.

[@eddiejr540]

I can’t think of an industry that makes a current day product as a “throwback” to days of old…how lucky are we guitarists that there are builders who do just that…for us…awesome times my friends…great stuff Hunter👍

[@ibisrox1]

I got the pre Murphy 50th anniversary 68 it is the sweetest package!

[@Masterfighterx]

Fooking toan! Chug chug 🤘🤘

[@Superjet113]

Agufish!

[@Bacontruffle]

I think I speak for the masses when I ask: Gibson Murphy Lab or Navigator though? If you absolutely could only have one, price be damned, which would you pick?

[@agufish]

The Navigator is the better guitar… but they only make the one type of LPC with the thick neck, and you’ll have to age it yourself 😛

[@Bacontruffle]

@@agufish Clearly, we have to lobby Navigator to bring out the Agufish lab collection version with a 70's thin U neck and light ageing (I'm sure Harley Benton won't mind since Navigator is only sold in Japan... right...?)

[@cesarbh87]

Teach us how to write riffs!

[@andrefludd]

I'm commenting before I watch because I'm VERY curious as to what you'll think of this considering my recent experiences.

[@agufish]

Dare I ask what your experience was haha?

[@andrefludd]

@@agufish well my gibson was about 1/7th the price, and my joy was probably about 1/7th of your joy. I guess that’s fair.

[@stop736]

If you can’t be honest about how bad “Gibson QC” is, I don’t wanna hear it! Don’t you know that all videos that involve Gibson guitars have to have hours of complaints about fret nibs or something or it’s not a real review! 😂 Awesome guitar dude…I’d be intimidated just like you said. But I think I’d get over that eventually…LOL. I just don’t feel worthy! 😂

[@Wargasm54]

Lower output pickups work best with high gain metal. They hold shape and don’t become muddy. Took me some time to realize this. But PAF’s sound brutal with heaps of gain. And the clarity and dynamics are eye opening. I still run a few guitars with black winters and other high gain pups. But 7-8k passives are freaking amazing. Fishman’s and EMG’s are good too. But old school low output humbuckers are amazing.

[@troyperkins9593]

Probably one of my favorite demo tracks yet! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@enzojacobsen4349]

Instead of strap locks, you could get daddario locking straps, they work super well tbh

[@WEIRDONG_MARINO]

Rob Chapman is right, you are brutally honest.

[@joachimlindback]

Five pieces of good wood and some strings, $10.000?

[@rifkijohngm]

Awesome tone! Just acquired my first Gibson Les Paul (2010 Studio 60’s reissue w/ P-90 pups) which has a pretty, pretty good tone for only a grand!

[@jerryvahnknight218]

I played the John Winter Firebird at the Gibson Garage and there hasn’t been a day in the year since that I haven’t thought about how great it played and felt!

[@IndyRockStar]

I just bought a Custom Shop LP Custom about 7 months ago. I just bought a set of 68 Custom Buckers from a Murphy Lab and custom wire harness with real bumble bee caps.

[@123TheGuitarist]

how do you get that chug tone?

[@rudiyantohalim736]

Murphy Lab have all the cool stuff Wonder if their gonna do the Steve Howe The Paul or Slash Snake Pit? They've done the greeny, what's next?

[@ryanfulldark2775]

Awesome to see a demo of one of these playing outright metal. I love the blues as well, but you just confirmed what I’ve always preached. Low output humbuckers can do it all!

[@karathracey]

I have a Murphy Lab R0 aged LP and aside from the original 61 patent numbered “PAFs” the original owner threw in it…. It freakin rocks! Feels great, plays great, looks awesome and sounds phenomenal. They are great guitars and I’m on the hook for a 68 custom reissue so this video was a great watch.

[@RokDAWG1]

Your chops are spot on! I always dig what you throw down! Now this guitar…wow very, VERY cool! I have a Steve Stevens Knaggs that’s a high dollar baby as well. This guitar really reminds me of that guitar. Yours has an awesome sound as well.

[@geo100020002]

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[@jonscudder759]

I have 2021 VOS Les Paul custom that I bought/restored from gigging musician. Relived the proper way. By far best feeling/sounding guitar I own. It’s like playing butter and sounds amazing. I stopped playing my fenders since I got it. Ebony fretboard is so nice!

[@kellyswoodyard]

I know what you're going through. I've just pulled the trigger on a Custom Shop '58 re issue, Cherry, Les Paul, Double Cut, Junior. $7k Australian.

[@agufish]

Hell yeah! 🤘

[@karl07777]

that desk on left just waiting for a ding on the binding had me staring all through the video

[@kma6881]

I’m happy for you that you got what you wanted but I can’t help but know that I could buy 2 Ibanez J Customs for the same price.

[@Newbomb_Turks_Punch]

Murphy Lab LPs are worth every penny!! I absolutely love mine, I can’t wait to play it everyday after work. It’s constantly on my mind!!

[@hyperbolekid]

Dude, amazzzzing video! You made that Gibson riff it’s ass off. Sounded incredible. The great thing about your channel is that you also stick to playing tube amps. It comes across. So many other youtubers are going all digital and they all sound the same w a sterile sound. I know you use IRs and that makes perfect sense bc mic’ing cabs and having huge cabs around is much harder to do. Great job on this video!

[@edtlonsway]

Dude that song is sick! So good.Guitar is nice too.... lol

[@michaelsakells169]

This guitar sounds awesome. More people should do more metal on the murphy lab guitars.

[@NelderGuitar]

My Murphy lab 57’ reissue is unbelievable. Total lifer.

[@Kyush4]

Hearing that they went back putting more angle on the neck makes me sad, we will never get a truly modern Les Paul as the "de facto" specs instead of traditional ones because that would be acknowledging they've been ripping people's money with "less than ideal" guitars for 40 years lol. For all the shit Norlin Era gets with the pancake bodies (deservedly so), it was the last time Gibson really went with innovation: less angle on the neck, maple necks and fingerboards, volutes, thinner necks... It's hard being a fan of these guitars.

[@Pannemat]

Murphy lab grades are: Ultra Light Light Heavy Ultra Heavy Matthew Scott finds.

[@mortonwilson795]

Congratz - looks and sounds terrific. I still have my original 1968 Custom (bought it in 1974 from a friend for NZD 800 / USD 550ish) and play it a lot - it has become the definition of a 'fretless wonder' but I'm fine with that, very comfortable. Fun demo - I've seen a handful of 68 Reissue vids, always keen to see reactions. The trick for me is how it works clean - esp in the middle position for arpeggiated chord work (thru a Leslie a nice option). Cheers 😀

[@OzziePete1]

Hi Hunter, good honest review of this guitar. I am old enough to remember the 1970s. Those original reissued LP Customs were used quite a lot. It was an era of searing, sustained ladened lead breaks. A lot of players took the idea of Mick Ronson & Marc Bolan, who probably got the idea from John Lennon (!), and sanded off the finish off the top. So if you find an original LP Custom from 68-72 and it still has it's finish on the top, double check it's not a refinish. So pleased for you that you got this guitar up and running. I remember seeing the vids of the unboxing and the return saga.

[@rindred]

On the subject of needing hot pickups, I have to defer to an expert. I saw an interview with Great White's Mark Kendall talking about the ES-335 he used on "Once Bitten, Twice Shy." He also talked about how everyone in the 1980s trying to get hotter pickups for playing metal, but someone in the studio suggested he try the 335 for the part. He became a convert to vintage hotness, and summed up his thoughts (paraphrased): "If you need more power out of your pickups, turn up your amp."

[@bluephoenix3865]

It’s looks awesome but it can’t beat the solo ii custom with the satin black and gold😀

[@jimjim7008]

Thats exactly how a les paul should be played. Im glad this wicked sounding guitar chose you. Awesome guitar and playing. I have a '97 Gibson Les Paul standard which plays great but always have that custom black beauty gas which ive never tried before.

[@S_RSG]

I used to own a Natural-colored 1970 LPC. It had a 3-piece mahogany neck and a slim 70s neck profile, along with a pancake body. It was one of the lightest and most resonant LPC guitars I've ever owned. In fact, I've owned over 30+ LPC and this one stood out. I bought it for $1,500 in 2018. I also had a deluxe version from the same year with the same features, which was also great. I believe that Norly-Gibson was using old mahogany stock during that transition period, as I found some nice axes from 72 to 80. However, some were not as good as the 70-71 LPs. I also tried a couple of 68s, light LPCs, which looked cool but had almost worn-out frets. I tried many pre-CS, CS, Historics, and Murphy guitars as well, but they looked cool and didn't necessarily reflect the price. You can get an excellent LP like Traditional Series from the 2010s for $1,500 - $1,800. Also, LPC Edwards with the ebony board is crazy good, I had one pre serial and it was way better than my former R7BB.

[@JaimeCerrada]

The '68 Reissue, even the old "Authentic '68" is called by most of us "The" Les Paul Custom. Mine is the "Custom Authentic" (VOS and nickel hardware) old model and it is the greatest modern Les Paul I ever played.

[@jackhobbie4305]

Awsome demo! I was gonna comment on strap locks! 😂

[@SamHollidayV]

Just got my 58 and Murphy, my oh my does she sing.

[@hi13ts]

Your riffs, man 💯🔥. I hope you continue to pummel all the vintage reissue guitars you come across with the same level of brutality.

[@SteveR5954]

That guitar sounds MASSIVE

[@krymsonstudios]

Man I absolutely love your playing groove has always been the thing I feel like is the most important thing and boy do you have groove. I also love Sweetwater so damn much man. Like I remember I found them because I Googled the digidesign eleven rack and that was 2009 that it launched and I loved that you could see so many specs and they had demo videos right there with the gear. Also they do so much for the music community they have always ran giveaways since I can remember which means millions but they cover everything musically like when I started learning and seeing more about atmos they are one of the first to have a dedicated studio for it and had info about it. Forever my favorite retailer and not just because I also have a sweet tooth 😂.

[@JohnJohnson-jw5uz]

Great demo. I am a huge fan of retro guitars for metal. You have to try an eric johnson strat with high gain, they are SO GOOD with high gain!

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Now that's just a straight up gorgeous guitar.

[@ChristopherGwinn]

I have two Murphy Labs - best Gibsons I have ever owned (and I have owned a bunch since the '80s). You can't obsess over the price as long as you can afford it and you enjoy playing the guitar - (and these are made to be played, not treated like works of art). They are just tools - expensive ones, but still tools.

[@mikhailoparin9367]

Hi, Thank you for review! Question - did you replace strings on it for this review video?

[@postalpsyco]

Dude! That sh!t u wrote was hard AF!!!🤘

[@michaelgallegos8811]

I actually played a real 68 that a former family member had, and he stil might have it! anyway that looks like the same guitar i remember the neck being kinda chunky but it was beautiful ,nice playing man.😊

[@charlielapp2427]

Nice guitar. You can go the used/vintage route and get something with real deal play wear for a lot less money as another option.

[@dw7704]

The LP Custom didn’t get a maple neck right away,somewhere in the mid to late 70s before it was common. But they did go to three piece mahogany necks sooner

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

Good content my dude, nice heavy riffing too. Idk if i’d drop $7k for any guitar but to each his own. Rock on 🤘

[@MorroccoM13]

Nice coverage on the Murphy Labs products. The tops don't look like they are carved the same as 50's and early 60's with the 'big belly'. Is that the case or is it just not showing. No volute is better IMO.

[@rielwashere]

More people need to watch this video

[@maddoxdavidson1403]

Les pauls sound so good in d# tuning

[@jasonsapp792]

Awesome guitar!

[@Sams911]

what's more worth it is one of their higher end custom models WITHOUT the someone dinging and scratching them up for me... for example the latest Les Paul Custom with 5A 1piece maple top?? $10K and in cherry mint condition!