I Got a SPECIAL Serial Number! | 2022 Gibson Sergio Vallín Maná 1955 Les Paul Gold Top Review + Demo

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Pronounced more like Ma-Nah. My roommates in private school were from Mexico and used Maná songs to help teach me Spanish.

[@davidkenneth3983]

Mamas songs i dont know

[@davidkenneth3983]

Manah payah

[@gieljannoe6404]

Tututududu

[@mangor14]

Way to go, Trogly!!! Kudos for playing "El Muelle de San Blas" in Vallin's Signature! That was a very nice detail.

[@edgarcesareo7574]

Trogly!!! You knock it out of the park. Thank you for documenting this guitar. Maná is one of favorite bands. I’m from Mexico but I live in the States and to see you sharing this beautiful guitar with us is really a gift. Sergio is a fabulous guitar player and deserves this signature guitar. Plus you learn one of the riffs from their songs, that is going the extra mile. Thank you once again

[@O-YAMA]

Trogly, the original gold top paint Gibson used, included copper, which turns green. From my understanding, Murphy Labs is utilizing the vintage spec paint containing the copper. When oxidized, it results in that green color.

[@Trog]

Looks like green paint to me but could be wrong

[@magicman12b]

Correct, you pronounce Mana as “Ma-Nah” and the group Mana are like the Beatles of Latin America. The band has been around since 1981 and still making music, extremely relevant songs. I’m so glad Gibson recognized Sergio Vallin, most well deserved artist.

[@jjbast]

"Like the Beatles of Latin America"... What a blasphemy! They do not inspire every single band after them, they did not create and reinvented themselves, they did not rvolutionized the genre... Wrong in every way!

[@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

That pickup combination is golden.

[@woperholic]

The problem may lay in the fact that you can buy a villa for 8 grand in Mexico. Or you can have this chipped up guitar 🤔🤔

[@switch625.]

Yeah but there’s less of a chance of you getting murdered if you buy the Les Paul

[@michaelsmith2785]

@@switch625. But it's a lot easier to steal a Les Paul than a villa - even if the LP isn't weight-relieved! 😁

[@Suddsy.]

Gibson does these relic job on guitars cause for them to make a guitar without any faults is probably harder for them to do. If I was to buy a guitar for that price it better be perfect with no scratches.

[@tt55k]

Ha! Yet it is not hard for other brands which is why I have felt for a longtime that they are not worth the money they ask for .

[@davidburke2132]

Just to correct you Trogly, “double gold” is not a different finish to normal. It’s what Gibson have been calling the finish they do on the 1954, 1956 and 1957 Goldtops for several years now. You can check it out on their website where they use the “double gold” description for all of those guitars’ finishes.

[@davidwonpu353]

Thank you for clearing that up. Was the original finish ever listed as “Goldtop” by Gibson or was that just what we began referring to them as colloquially? Speaking of pre-Bursts, do you know why the Custom Shop does ‘53 Customs with an ABR-1 when they didn’t introduce the TOM until 55/56?

[@davidburke2132]

@@davidwonpu353 original Les Paul advertisements from the early to mid 1950s just referred to the Goldtop as the “Les Paul Model”. Clearly at some point Gibson officially adopted the Goldtop name, but not sure when that was. About the tuneomatic there are a couple of things. Gibson doesn’t make a 1953 Custom reissue, they make a 1954 Custom Reissue, which is important for what follows. The tuneomatic wasn’t invented in 1955/56 but in 1953. It was originally fitted onto the Super 400. In 1954 it was then fitted onto the newly introduced Les Paul Custom. So Gibson reissuing a 1954 Custom with tuneomatic bridge is completely historically correct.

[@davidwonpu353]

@@davidburke2132 thanks for the excellent info!

[@jimmyjames2022]

Not usually a fan of relicing/aging and I don't know the artist. But this Gibson Sergio Vallín 1955 Les Paul Gold Top limited issue is the rare perfect blend of vintage characteristics, aging and hardware, I love P-90 and HB combo. The mahogany grain and colour even looks vintage too. And what about that Serial Number! I would be happy to collect this if I was still pulling a salary.

[@thseed7]

100% need more P90/Humbucker combos

[@AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf]

Maná is one of the most famous Spanish language rock bands of all time. And maná is Spanish for manna... The stuff in the old testament that god gave the Israelites to eat in the desert. Its also a common word in RPGs as like magic energy. Definitely not Polynesian I don't know where that idea came from. Still love you Trogly sorry for the rant.

[@216trixie]

Pronounced 'Mah-nah" They're great!

[@larryburwell8550]

I just can't get I to Murphy lab aged guitars. I've always tried to take care of my les Paul's. Sure the have dings and scratches. To take a beautiful guitar and Intentionally bugger it up then increase the price 50 percent just sticks in my throat

[@blackmanx5845]

Very interesting sound... I'm coming from a 90s Strat Ultra, a Gibson Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess with my American Tele as my "writer" (that thing just produces music from the Ether) and I am slowly (I'm old) learning to appreciate some of these different sounding guitars. Thanks Trogly for the introduction to this.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

It’s a crazy blessing to have one of those guitars that just has songs spill out of it. I want to pick up a Gibson acoustic that was like that. Do you think I could remember the model… Maybe a J 45… Or a Hummingbird? Of course it just could’ve been a really good sounding guitar but it just seemed that something beautiful was just waiting in there to come out. ⭐️⭐️⭐️🤗🤓😎

[@Fabrimon]

México is not all latin america, Maná is from a single country named México, latin america is a group of 33 independent countries.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

He should’ve taken an individual look at the parts and specs of Sergio’s home country.

[@tyleranderson9190]

Their goldtop relicing is getting much better. I think this one looks pretty nice!

[@wadeguidry6675]

If you really like aged stuff you should see my 2013 F-250. It looks about 50 years old. I should get a Fender custom shop bumper sticker.

[@fernandoreynaaguilar1438]

Jajajaja 😅😆

[@markcampbell7554]

I don't think I would spend 8 thousand dollar's on a guitar that looks that beat up. I love Les Paul's but I'm not a fan of the relic look. I would also prefer a standard tune o matic style bridge. Those Bigsby's never were my thing.

[@briandevitt6903]

Totally agree. Not for me either.

[@FenderMarko47]

for reference Vallin has been with fender for donkeys years and has only recently started playing a Les Paul, Vallin is a fantastic player

[@MrJoeydano]

I just don’t get the relic or as I see it damage deliberately done to a New Guitar ! If I wanted a worn guitar I would buy an actual gigged one. Plus I agree 8K is steep to pay . But nice job reviewing it .

[@erchamojosue8530]

I wish I have the cash to buy that guitar, love it. big fan of Maná. el muelle de san blas is one of my all time favorite songs, great job playing it!

[@scoutgirl7739]

Very nice episode. Luv the P90 and Humbucker pairing.$8k and aging?. Not this player

[@mcshootydotjpeg]

Did you see those new Kramer Strikers? I'm a bit in love with them at the moment.

[@angusdog1370]

I wish you would measure the fret wire or at least tell the viewers what is size is on the different models.. for example an R8 has different size Frets than an R9 while an R8 Junior has the same size Frets as an R9.. anyways I think a lot of people would find this information useful and very easy and quick to do

[@nathanielvargas3863]

Good idea

[@tgvettes]

Sergio is my favorite guitar player! Love MANA!

[@bobwassell]

Great guitar, thanks for the review. It plays real sweet and has everything I wanted in Les Paul . Bigsby, p90 + Humbucker. The video doesn't do the finish checking justice. Legend has it that dimple on the back is from a .22 cal shot. The good thing about aging is that I'll never give it it's first scratch.

[@eddiejr540]

Ditch the Bigsby and put on a stop tailpiece and that thing is a rocker for sure…I love it!!!

[@Time-Trvlr]

Something you could add to your meter time would be to check continuity for the saddle and string ground quality.

[@allezjohn]

Trogly! So glad you documented this one, such a sweet one! One '55 LP you forgot to mention is SNATCH! Its probably maybe the most famous '55 LP that was modded years ago [ie: it has PAF in the bridge, with Cream P90 neck, but with no Bigsby]. Looking forward to seeing what you have next!

[@dougreed9843]

Mana did a song with Santana on his Super Natural album really cool song Espenato Corazon sabotage of the heart I like the guitar because of the P90 in the kneck even you tool the Bigsby off it would still look vintage. Congrats to Sergio the guitar is a winner in opinion. Dude you just blew me away this is truly how I feel music is the universal language cheers mate..

[@davehopping7212]

There's a bit of a difficulty with tension-bar Bigsbys and Tune-o-Matic-style bridges, which it looks as if this guitar has the problem: too much break-angle. The strings usually bind on the back edge of the bridge, and it makes the already stiff tension-bar Bigsbys even stiffer, plus it will make the bridge sag in the middle, messing up the radius worse than all of Salvatore Tessio's "arrangements". The fix is to install a BricksBiggsFix. The budget fix is to shim up the front end of the Bigsby, then swap in a shorter(or softer) Bigsby spring.

[@greylocke100]

Hey Austin, have you had a chance to review Kanami Tono's new anniversary edition "Angry Larry" PRS?

[@angelabdonnavarreteblanco]

oh my Good! el muelle de San Blas! So cool!

[@metalmig]

Sergio is an awesome guitarrist check him out!

[@phillippitts6294]

It’s kinda sad case candy for a 8k guitar.

[@jabespagan]

Sergio has a Fender signature guitar as well. You should look that up. It has an interesting feature for the pick up selector

[@bryonkidder6199]

And Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke doesn't have a Signature Series Gibson or Paul Jackson or Bengie Shanks...wtf? Maybe Richard "FN" Turner will get a Signature Series Red, White, and Blue Fender bass at some point?...lol

[@ericbgordon1575]

The LP that Tom Scholz played on the first three Boston albums had its original bridge P90 replaced with a DiMarzio bucker. That's the main difference between his and this one. The P90 in this guitar reminds me of whatever Gibson installed in the J-160E.

[@luisbe88]

I had to smile when you played a Maná song for the demo! :) well done!

[@blodpudding]

I've worn the finish off one of my mahogany neck guitars and I did not like the open grain feeling, so I got some grain filler and put oil over it and it's even and much closer to natural maple now

[@hkguitar1984]

Yeah, I've an older Les Paul Custom that I'd worn the neck finish off. I decided to put a couple light coats of Tru-Oil on it and called it good. So far so good, not bad condition for a 36 year old guitar that has been played regularly.

[@corporalrich]

The neck is going to be a personal preference and I bet you can feel what chord or string you are on by the neck over time. Very nice! Knock out review!nice when your eyes are closed rocking out..

[@vernonhoover1387]

Nice guitar with a nice case for it. The humbucker sounds kinda thin.

[@erbo1808]

I have the chance to own the 37th one, weight 3.6kg only, great guitar... very resonant Cheers from Paris France

[@xpozo]

Mana is a very big band in Latin America, 90 and 2000'... nice know that he has is signature model, great guitar

[@emcg.9655]

Gotta love the early 57 or earlier lower logo... So rare.

[@clarkbabin9799]

Only time I heard of him was from well established artists. The back of my gold top is more of a reddish brown with brown covers. One of the riffs you run through when putting guitars through it's paces reminds me of a Jimi Hendrix tune.

[@hkguitar1984]

My Goldtop is a straight natural Mahogany, almost a tan/brown. I think with the Goldtop finish you can't go wrong, light back, dark reddish brown or even dark-back, they all look great.

[@clarkbabin9799]

@@hkguitar1984 I just don't get why brown plastics on back. I could see black or the usual cream color. Like what's on the pickup wrings. I don't have a pick guard and wouldn't put one unless it's either clear or cream and attached other than by the usual screws.

[@hkguitar1984]

@@clarkbabin9799 My very first Les Paul that I purchased new back in 1977 had the brown control covers on the back. The pickups on that Les Paul were the mini humbuckers with the cream bezels (it was a Les Paul Deluxe). At the time I really wanted the large full-sized humbuckers and couldn't bring myself to route out the top for the larger pickups, so I sold it. Gosh I wish I'd kept that guitar. I worked my a$$ off holding down three Summer jobs to afford that Les Paul. I was only 15 years old when I bought it, I remember my Mom driving me up to the local music store for lessons too (which I also paid for). I gotta say, I wish it was as easy to save money now as it was back then!

[@clarkbabin9799]

@@hkguitar1984 you must've been born in 62. The same year I was born. I had so much going on then. I was working for a local promoter in my town then. It didn't pay much but I took care of making sure the bands were comfortable and gave them notice for their stage entrance. Plus we made signs dropped off tickets and collected money for tickets sold at each location. Most of those locations were locally owned music stores that sold records and some stores that sold equipment. I got to know a lot of the bands the stores owners and employees . I had nothing to do at the shows since I didn't run the ticket window so other than helping the bands set up and if they were VIP making sure they were set up with some amenities I always got to see the show free. I actually got a couple offers to be a roadie but i was to young for that .

[@hkguitar1984]

@@clarkbabin9799 Sounds like a wonderful experience. Lots of exposure to live performances and gear and amplifiers being used as intended (and sometimes not as intended). Yes, I was born in '62. My jobs consisted of working at my Grandparents Farm and minding their sales stalls at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market. I also worked at a Strawberry Farm as well as pumping gas at the local Shell Service Station. By the time I was 16 I had a brand new Fender Twin Reverb and my Les Paul Deluxe, at the time I didn't know if I wanted to be Ace Frehley or Ted Nugent..............LOL Looking back, I worked so many hours to support my budding guitar habit I'm almost shocked I ever had time to learn how to play! I miss those slower times. Don't get me wrong, the Decades of my 40s and 50s have been fantastic (IMHO), still though, the 1970s did have their own charm

[@aprilkurtz1589]

The reason the guitars can still be bought new is because they're way too expensive for most people. I've been buying Squires because you can spend under $1000 and still get a great guitar. If Gibson ever does anything similar, I'm there for it.

[@mrksdlx]

You might like Epiphone.

[@fernandoreynaaguilar1438]

Agreed!

[@fernandoreynaaguilar1438]

Try an Epiphone

[@stephenstevens6573]

They do...it's called Epiphone...

[@whatisthis__95]

Gibson makes great guitars for about a grand, or even less

[@azdubber]

it’s beyond me why you haven’t reviewed the fender powercaster while you’re on a humbucker bridge, p90 neck setup kick. it’s such an amazing guitar for the price point, completely underrated.. my own $0.02 🍻

[@seanpage7242]

A great guitar, I love this guitar so much, I had a luthier friend build me one! I didn’t have £8000 lying around unfortunately. I’m glad you’ve done the review for a rare guitar.

[@duanewelsh5611]

Nice guitar. Could do without the "relic" job. Also a little pricey.

[@tonym7051]

Loved that Maná song that you played

[@dindjarin1961]

We I saw the relic Stratocaster in 2003 from Fender Custom Shop I thought who the heck wants a worn out guitar, so I bought the NOS. And now the are relic-ing the case. Ridiculous!

[@Goodiebar18]

Has Gibson suddenly as of late slowed down on cool custom shops?

[@rickritman6913]

I Am getting more detached with Gibson every time i watch your show, good job.

[@darockguitar1]

Nice! Didn’t expect that riff of one of their songs, sounded great!

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Looks good, and I generally hate relic jobs. Sounds like a $300 guitar.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

@@hollyc5417 Ouch. All I can say is try to lose a better guitar player than I am. And some of the guitars play sound really good. This one didn’t sound especially wonderful or interesting.

[@pariahpokemonwesbragg2904]

Such a beautiful instrument!.. I had to go check Sergio out after this vid..and I wasn't disappointed. The dude is an awesome guitarist. The Norman's guitar vids with him are great!!! Thanks, man.

[@fernandoreynaaguilar1438]

Wait.- didn't Sergio have a Fender Sergio Valin model? That's a great, great Fender!! (Notice that I did not say Stratocaster, or Tele, or Jaguar, or Jazz, or Mustang, or...) For anyone wondering, Maná's sound Is like... Think of them as similar to Bon Jovi.

[@thenameless3271]

Wow, back from 2015. It's not even a regular production model, it's like a weird off-shape strat. Neat.

[@RJ_HTx]

Yup, I actually liked the Fender better cuz it is actually somewhat different. I regret not buying one when they were cheap.

[@larryberg6013]

What about the ground wire?👍😎

[@williampolfus6975]

It looks like they ran a ground wire to the tail end of the Bigsby, from the view inside the control cavity, at least I saw a solid ground wire running in that direction. They wouldn’t need the bridge ground wire then, and cut it off.

[@SAENZAMEZCUA1]

Awesome channel, awesome video, awesome review, awesome guitar, AWESOME SERGIO !!!!

[@BenjaminBaker29]

I want trogly to see this

[@MrNastyguitar]

I really like that Guitar it look awesome

[@JebJulian]

Dig the dirty tone demo. Sounded great

[@hifibrony]

That is an exceedingly cool LP.

[@treeman47]

I enjoy your channel because Gibson's normally look cooler than fenders, but I think this turned me to Gibson just cus the sound. Great video btw

[@IrishBog]

I guess it’s like a Goldtop version of Neil Young’s custom - Bigsby and a hB P90 combo

[@paulburton5150]

Yum. HB + P90 + bigsby + gold top = perfect

[@shanemorrison2428]

..very expressive guitar!

[@rickenbacker40011]

it sounds ike it has a grounding problem, was that ground wire being cut an accident?

[@angelvalenzueladuran5842]

Now you just need to try the fender sergio vallin signature

[@monsterkxf]

Way too much finish checking 🤘🤘

[@scottreynolds4252]

Well done Trogly! I do love the tones that you plied out of the SV 100.

[@mrksdlx]

If they only catered as much to the mid-price segment any more as they do to the high-price segment... It honestly buffles me. Another +$5k release... Don't they realize they could increase their sales to the nth degree if they kept the price below $2k? And then what do you get for it? An antiquated guitar design of a brand that only lives off its heritage (pun intended) any more. I can understand how people resent Gibson...

[@hkguitar1984]

I'm not sure Gibson's business model supports selling more instruments. They are close to capacity already and sell most all of their instruments. Kind of like the Fed printing more money, less value if they made too many.

[@martin-1965]

I like the looks of that guitar but it's getting like Pokemon for rich guys with Gibson - gotta get em all 😂- but I guess they make their money and no-one is forced to buy their guitars. Pity as their Epiphone brand makes some fun, decent priced gear that almost anyone could afford. But so do loads of other guitar companies. I'm not in or from the USA so no flag waving patriotic purchasing for me, but one day I'll pick up a Les Paul secondhand. When there's more money to spare lol

[@mrksdlx]

@@hkguitar1984 Their business model is to make as much money as possible - as it should be. If they can't produce the volume to maximize their cashflow then that's yet another indicator of how terribly their leadership is handling things. Let alone the utter refusal to utilize their market strength innovate. Gibson's R&D team still lives in caves and is about to discover fire.

[@steveparish9210]

No way this guitar could be made for under 2k

[@mrksdlx]

@@steveparish9210 I'm not referring to this model specifically.

[@VintageSlide]

I think the serials on a limited edition of 100 goes like this: 1 100 2, 3, 4, 5 50 25 75 10, 20, 30... etc And the rest doesn’t really matter.

[@ronaldbacker5475]

69

[@ronaldbacker5475]

this one goes to 11

[@sinisternemesis1918]

Great score man, truly unique. But please man, can we please please please have some more variance when it comes to the guitars you document? Been subbed for like a year now man and I just want to see something other than Gibson Les Pauls. It might just be me, but dude lets see some wacky stuff, some truly nutty guitars that aren't Gibson Guitars. Like shoot, lets see some old 80's B.C. Rich's or some late 80's Jacksons man. Or dude, even some friggin Gretches

[@xCr00k3Dx]

Yeah for real

[@thomaskafafian2871]

Okay, pop quiz. Cassandra is not interested in Benjamin because... A: Chicks think he's handsome, B: has cool car, C: has lots of cash, D: has no visible scars, E: does not live with parents. F: Guitar costs 8000 dollars.

[@rondobondo6600]

Wallmart

[@hkguitar1984]

Greetings RONDO This is a pretty cool Goldtop. Seeing that the Goldtop is one of the more difficult finishes to apply getting the green on the edges to look convincing must be a real pain.

[@hkguitar1984]

@@hollyc5417 😀

[@rocknrollguitar]

If that was a Telecaster, OR had a decent Fender like scale length I sell a kidney for that thing.

[@alexcaddel117]

Do custom shop guitars not come with the baby photo, strap and multi-tool?

[@Trog]

Nope, that is Gibson USA level stuff

[@alexcaddel117]

@@Trog ahhh that’s unfortunate but I will get that custom shop one day 🤣

[@chrismitchum452]

how was it ground?

[@michaeltowers990]

Very cool Trogly!

[@hkguitar1984]

Troglodytes, We Meet Again!

[@leamanc]

Hello HK and fellow Troglodytes!

[@hkguitar1984]

@@leamanc Hey there Leaman 😉

[@scottbogfoot]

Hey HK! 😃Cheers

[@hkguitar1984]

@@scottbogfoot Greetings SBF The late upload threw off my timing.....LOL

[@scottbogfoot]

@@hkguitar1984 I know, I missed 1st by 4 whole seconds lol

[@vincentrandles8105]

Est. 1894 NOT 1994! Yes I caught that!

[@empirelight5477]

The accent is on the second syllable. 😂 One of my wife's favorite bands. It makes me laugh every time you say it. 😂

[@shawnawesome7770]

You should hear him say rickenbacker

[@garyeckel1656]

That last riff sounded like Uncle Acid, Deaths Door. Ya found them by accident.

[@b5846967b]

Overall cool/ groovy looking axe. The green they added doesnt look right in the close ups. Oh well what do you expect for a mere $8000 plus tax etc!!

[@shawnawesome7770]

I work in a bar on the border in Texas. They blast mana all the time. Very popular. Love the guitar but to me bigsbys only go well on a gretsch.

[@TranceMasterJack]

A horse walks into a bar. The bartender says "Why the long face! 😉

[@shawnawesome7770]

@@TranceMasterJack a clown goes into a bar, says bartender I'll take a treefort.. Bartender asks "whats in a tree fort?" Clown replies: "playboy books and cigarettes "

[@fxr1200]

Nice guitar! A bit pricey though. "Gibson custom shop established 1984"... 🤣✌️

[@agustinvidalmusic]

me encanta maná!!

[@fernandoperdomomusic]

Easy way to remember the pronounciation... Manamana.. (da da de da da). Manuh Mana!!

[@The.Adam.D]

Nice!

[@miguelvelasquez9150]

What an awesome guitar! I've been listening to mana for as long as i can remember and in latina america, they are the most recognized band. It's so cool that you learned a part of one of their songs too when you did the playing demo.

[@stephenstevens6573]

That p90 is smokin!!!

[@BenjaminBaker29]

Hi

[@CarlosSantos-cw4yy]

Maná to the Latin community is their number 1 rock band in history and weather you love them or hate them they are the biggest most successful Mexican rock band known all over the world but they are a Spanish singing band that's why they're not so famous in the English speaking community

[@Chino_kochino]

Established 1894! Not 1984 according to that medallion

[@davidcirillo9439]

Most common name mentioned is Adam Jones out of all your videos

[@vote4chapman]

Sergio's Fender signature is a LOT cooler

[@Shiznitt_]

Your playing has come a long way Trogly. Lovely wood grain on this one