I Told YOU to Be Careful, but then I Broke It... | 1975 Gibson L6 Midnight Special | Review + Demo

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0:00 - Intro - Check Links In Description!
0:32 - Brief History L6-S
1:40 - L6 Midnight Special Info
2:48 - Bolt-On Neck Gibsons
4:01 - Notable Features
4:40 - Inside Look
5:35 - I Break It
12:15 - Playing Demo
14:37 - Condition
16:52 - Blacklight
17:54 - Gig Bag
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Today we are going to talk about the Gibson L6 Midnight Special which is the lowest-end, but least common to see member of the Gibson L6-S Family. The L5-S was introduced in 1972 as the highest-end Solid Body Gibson that was the solid version of the very popular L5 Archtop guitar. The L6-S is a stripped down version of the L5-S. The L6-S was introduced in 1973, but in 1974 a 2nd version called the L6-S Deluxe was birthed, so the original L6-S was renamed the L6-S Custom to avoid confusion. The Midnight Special was a Bolt-On Neck version that had most of the features of the L6-S Deluxe, but a few from the Custom as well. These are quirky Gibsons but I had a good time with this one!
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[@Trog]

Here is a more in-depth History on the L6-S L6-S (History Video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2KWn6qci9aYfrc Reverb: reverb.com/item/26347407-video-1975-gibson-l6-midnight-special-natural?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly This one has its quirks, but I like it. I will share the story of how I got this one in the boxing video for it!

[@DDE_ADDICT]

it a audio taper pot not inner

[@BenPrevo]

The braided shield may be shorting out on the middle leg of the tone pot -- also check the bare wires on the cap

[@roymartin500]

Hey Trogly, I've been a KISS fan for a long time(please dont hold it against me) & I could of swore on my KISSology DVD set that Kiss played on The Midnight Special on 4-1-75 Paul Stanley played the whole gig of two or three songs with it and it sounding great through his Marshall stack. I could've sworn it was White but could have been Natural as well. I also remember him in Guitar World that he was a Firebird Flying V and Explorer guy and that the L-6 or Midnight Special, "Gibson gave me 3 guitars, the Les Paul Sunburst I sold cause that year was still lean in the pocket, the other two were new guitars they wanted me to try out so I played the beter of the two on The Midnight Special." I thought it looked good on him watching it for the first time in the 90s. Unfortunately, it must have not made an impression on him cause he moved onin the interview. Just KZbin search: Kiss Midnight Special and you can watch their whole performances or one song at a time.

[@Trog]

There was a glitter white finish that it could have been - but natural would’ve also been pretty light

[@stepvanjoe3469]

That neck plate and screw holes were not done straight.... That would bother me. Just saying...

[@threeleggedman]

When I was at at camp as a kid, one of the activities was "electronics". I signed up and they set us up with soldering irons and we pulled parts off of old circuit boards. That summer I learned skills that will last a lifetime. Now I manufacture a brand of guitar pedals.

[@johndelgadillo2815]

What brand

[@timmyaucoin]

yea dude what brand??

[@threeleggedman]

@@johndelgadillo2815 My pedal brand is Foxrox Electronics. One-man company, in business since 1992. kzbin.info

[@Trog]

That sounds like fun! Cool

[@creamydistortion]

@Rusty Undercarriage Yes, that's where I learned to unsolder the bars.

[@tavicotavio]

He tried to save his people but no one tried to save him

[@TomTobin67]

Paul Stanley can be seen playing on in 1975 on the Midnight Special TV show.

[@roymartin500]

Yeah, i let Trogly know but i dont know if he checked it out. I first saw that footage on The KISSology vol1 dvd set. Pretty obscure guitar.

[@roymartin500]

@@guitarocd9984 dude, I'd never noticed that, cause; on Black Diamond he gets engulfed in smoke, then Peter starts kicking his drums and at very last moments he clears from the smoke & took a swing with it!

[@trapperkcmo3460]

yep, thats why its called midnight special. lol

[@MrPageplayer]

I think he smashed one at the end of every show.. 😂

[@glengamble526]

Kiss endorsed Gibson. Ace played Les Pauls, Gene played Rippers and Grabbers and Paul Flying Vs and Firebirds. And yes, he’s been seen using this guitar live and not just for breaking. However, this model was the one he smashed nightly. They got them from Gibson for $65 a guitar and they were almost all factory seconds.

[@lancethrustworthy]

I don't yet know how to play guitar, but I sure am driven to learn by this beauty. Soldering is, of course, a skill one can develop. Done well, we should never again have to worry about break of circuit there.

[@deanevangelista6359]

The lead broke on one of my L6 S pickup, and i took it to be repaired. The repairman dug into the epoxy, made the repair and refilled the void with Bondic brand acrylic. I didn't realize that it was a common issue.

[@tatethompson1234]

I was buying these for $400-$500 in super clean shape about 6 years ago often, sometimes parting them. Underrated guitars. Most people hate them, but they are bargain basement vintage gibsons, in the next few years you'll see these shoot up.

[@denniswalsh8476]

"Fixed" one of these for a friend. It was a beater, repainted at least twice. Strangely.... it had a hand-done?, slightly scolloped neck that was beautifully done job. I rewound the bad Gibson bridge PU, (humbuckers) and a (hot rewind). New controls, then coil split the rewound bridge. I re-inforced the weak neck joint to improve tuning stability and man.... for a beat up and mistreated instrutment.... it plays and sounds great. Looks rough.

[@aerorock29]

I just picked up the exact L6 yesterday at a second hand shop. You just provided me with every bit of information I wanted to know. Great video.

[@gertlettorp3137]

Nice review. Thanks. I own a L6S de luxe since 1975. Still plays fantastic and the tone of the wood is great. PUs Bill Lawrence orig. a bit on the bright side but takes pedals well.

[@chazzbessette9486]

Haha, good work getting it back working! I’ve had great luck repairing these even when the wire was buried way in there. A few of us repair fellows have done it many times with success but it takes a lot of care. Thanks for your videos! Cheers!

[@MrHattrick63]

Paul Stanley played a similar Gibson in 75 , You can see him playing it in the Black Diamond video from a TV show

[@daniellowry660]

I love that the two artists featured in the promotion (Santana and Al Di Meola) both ended up leaving Gibson for PRS. Seems rather indicative of the guitar's success.

[@Iheartdgd]

Congrats on 50K man :) Been watching since you had just 5k subs, you’ve come a long way my friend.

[@stevenwayneschneider7574]

Might have seen Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad playing one in of these in the '70s and have been in love with it ever since!!! Going to try to get financing aligned and bring her home!!!

[@backlineguy]

Nice job...I have one of these Midnight Specials....Gibson says that from the serial number, it's 74-75. According to Gibson, the logo was silk screened on these maple headstocks, but on mine, the logo has completely worn away...but there's no mistaking this baby...and Gibson offered to 'refinish' the headstock...for $525! Imagine paying that for a guitar worth barely twice that! I was reluctant to remove the pickups for exactly this reason!. Someone also added a small dip switch too - actually drilled through the body to mount it just below the selector switch. I think it puts the pickups in/out of phase, but I can't be sure. The guitar plays and sounds great! Thanks again!

[@castrosacasa]

Great video, thank you for making this content! I have one Gibson L6-S Deluxe that I will keep deer close to me since it's part of my fathers legacy! Love you dad! Thank you for every moment we shared together playing music and having a great time!

[@hozzer68]

Thank you for showing this guitar, I have been trying to find out what Gibson guitar I had back in the early 80’s when I was a teenager, I remember it having a maple bolt on ,neck, no black veneer on the headstock, it was slab body, and a really narrow neck at the nut, it had had a sparkle matron paint job, I had thought it was an L6S but it looked different to them, then I saw you reviewing this L6 midnight special and it all fell into place, that’s what my guitar was, I’m in Scotland and it had a small sticker in the rear of the headstock that said Lynns Guitars Knoxville TN. Thank you Troglys 👍 further - I’ve just found out it was an L6-S midnight Special in a rare custom burgundy sparkle and a little more than 30 ever made.

[@jake_of_the_jungle9840]

I actually love the way this guitar sounds! Wasn’t expecting that tbh

[@PierceThirlen2]

The tone post is mis-wired. Note that both ends of the resistive element in the pot are connected to ground!!! Unsolder and remove the Green wire from the tone pot. I can't see well enough to determine if more of the wiring is incorrect.

[@PierceThirlen2]

Whoops, That should read "tone pot" NOT "tone post".

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

lol, that string test, you could just tap the pickup with something like a pencil, if you hear the clunky tap sound, your pickups work. You can also hear the tone knob changing the tone of the tap.

[@Jeranhound]

I've got an old Encore clone of the L6S. 2 volumes, 1 tone, with some old korean/japanese unpotted 5k wound humbuckers. Has the harmonica bridge and tailpiece from the base L6S, but no rotary switch. All mahogany, from the body to the neck to the fretboard, with a darker cherry body, and the back of the neck painted a darker transparent brown. Fretboard and some dings in the body are the only places the natural color shows through. Love the thing. Just replaced the original pots a few weeks ago, since it had linear volume knobs and the original wiring had lost most of its shielding and would occasionally short. At one point I had planned on trying to swap its 3 way switch for a rotary knob, but at the time I couldn't find the appropriate tone circuit without just buying an original, and at 18 I couldn't spend $700 for another of the same guitar I had in my hands. Similarly, I couldn't lay down $300 each for a pair of tarbacks for my $300 guitar.

[@harounel-poussah6936]

You can't sound like maple with a mahogany guitar

[@mtidwell111]

I purchased a new L6 MS virtually identical to this one in 1975 and have gigged and recorded with it ever since! I absolutely love it! Great video review of the guitar!

[@TheFlowNetwork]

My first guitar was a 73 L6S I bought used in 1982 for $220. I still have it and still love it. The best thing about that guitar is the combination of the Superhumbuckers and the 6-way selector. That's what makes the guitar unique. For me, all the other models...the Midnight Special, the Deluxe...without that combo, were sort of like....why bother?

[@a_hope_in_hell]

The discolouration at the picup screw holes looks more like oxidation or grease from the screws into the lacquer, the sticking is normal for nitro laquer, and the discoloration on the side looks like sweat residue that didn’t get wiped away, and the guitar left in the sun. But hard to say tbh.

[@nelsonsoucasaux2751]

One thousand thanks. Now I finally know WHICH 24 fretted guitar Mike Oldfield used to record Incantations in 1977-78, as well as he played on the Exposed Tour ( 1979 ) and the Knebsworth Festival in 1980. This guitar can be very clearly seen both on the Exposed DVD (only released in 2005) and the Knebsworth video available on VHS in 1980. I thought it was not a Gibson but an unknown custom built 24 fretted guitar he needed for Incantations. But it seems the great master didn't like it very much, since in 1981 he returned to his SG Junior with only one pickup. This until he moved to PRS about 1989-1990, as his main solid body two humbucker guitar. I was introduced to PRS by Mike with his Tubular Bells 2 video, in 1992. Presently, PRS are my favourite guitars too. All the best !

[@richardbinder9662]

Did Gibson officially call it the Midnight Special or was it nicknamed that because Paul Stanley played one on the Midnight Special television show ? Just look up the concert. I was about 13 and I would watch every episode in the mid 70's. Cheap Trick, Edgar Winter, Peter Frampton, the list goes on. Thanks for another great video.

[@toddflowers8052]

I never missed an episode !

[@greg7656]

@@toddflowers8052 Same here. Was one of the few TV shows, along with ABC's "In Concert" from same era, that featured glam rock acts like T Rex, Slade, Leo Sayer (in his clown make-up phase, Jobrieth (!) and even Bowie.

[@toddflowers8052]

@@greg7656 There was "Don Kerschners Rock Concert" and "IN Concert" also a Kirschner show if I remember correctly?

[@greg7656]

@@toddflowers8052 It started out as "In Concert," which was on ABC and they would actually film rock concerts at various venues. Later, Don K started taking more of a direct hand in it and introducing the acts, by which point I think they had started filming at a soundstage, or at least started staging the concerts specifically for the show rather than just filming a concert as it was happening. Became more along the lines of Midnight Special. (and also, that's when Paul Schaeffer started doing the great impersonation of Don K on SNL). The "In Concert" era was by far the best because it was the only way to see actual concerts in their native habitat. I remember vividly the Alice Cooper concert, the Allman Bros., many others. I was in junior high school, too young to actually go to concerts, so I never missed an episode of In Concert. And unlike Midnight Special, which featured groups of various genres, In Concert stuck to rock, which I favored. Didn't have to sit through Helen Ready to get to Beck Bogart and Appice!

[@toddflowers8052]

@@greg7656 That's right ,I remember now ! I however was lucky enough to go to some of those concerts in Junior High because of older friends who drove ! Great memories !

[@stephenkennaway9326]

I had one back in the day it had a moulded neck black pu covers 3controls 3way switch black front hstock with gold gibson.Ive never seen a bolt on version great vid cheers.

[@kernjames]

I bought mine in 1978, and I still have it. It looks slightly different in the arrangement of the toggle switch and plug in jack. On mine the plug in is above the two dials and closer to the tail. My toggle switch doesn't have the black thing around it. I played it for years in Gigs and it has a unique sound with the P-90s or Bill Lawrence pickups. As a bottom line guitar, it actually has been very reliable and dependable. I also prefer it in recording, maybe because I am just so used to it. it plays very easily. Great fingering ease with that slim neck. I just love the sound of the P-90s too. They are somewhere between a Jazz and a Blues sound. The L-6 looks vaguely like this guitar but it also looks different. I don't know if the L-6 had Bill Lawrence pickups.

[@alexcastro7339]

Guitar looks like a cutting board with pickups on it

[@neilpatrickhairless]

To be fair, the best guitars I have personally played usually do look like a butchers block

[@aztecwhistle9122]

Work up your chops on the cutting board

[@harounel-poussah6936]

So do all solid body guitars because it's exactly what they are!

[@277southtombob]

I love the shape of these. I’ve always thought the L5S was one of the most beautiful solid body guitars ever built. Warmoth used to sell bolt on bodies that shape and I wanted one but they stopped making them before I got around to buying one.

[@michaelzschoche2746]

Funniest part was his reaction at 5:40. I felt his pain. Glad he got it working again.

[@enlightened-ze3zs]

My favorite part was hearing you "almost" swear trogly lol

[@andrewtomko4751]

My first electric guitar bought in 1975 and I loved it. I sold it a few years back because it was going to need a fret job. It was named Midnight Special after Kiss played the show. Stanley had a bunch of these and the first ones were a cream color with glitter. Those, and the wine red versions are rarer than the naturals. All midnight specials had maple fretboards. On this one the input and tone pot positions have been switched and the pickup selector plastic backplate is not original.

[@brucebaldy]

I like the string thru design, reminds me of Epiphone Nighthawk, which I think I'd rather have. I"ll give you ten bucks for it.

[@mauricedibert2635]

Good for you, that you take lessons with Paul Gilbert!

[@conorbelvin9024]

I mentioned on this on a previous episode, but the way the finish looks under blacklight would make a killer regular finish.

[@mikealmere70]

I like it a lot, the minimalistic design with string through is really appealing

[@platypuspracticus]

I always associate this guitar with Devo.

[@miltonic69]

Played clean, it sounds like an old Silvertone, but then, a lot of people love those things!

[@Will.Schnicke]

Maybe my Silverstone is busted (well, I know it is), but it doesn't sound much like mine. It kinda sounds straty to me, very snappy. I would love to play this thing for funk.

[@bennyjudo4623]

Paul Stanley Played this guitar in the live video of the song black diamond fro the 70s

[@Iheartdgd]

That’s right, that’s a throw back right there. Might’ve even been for the debut? Not sure about that one though. Not much of a KISS fan, but Black Diamond is a great song.

[@DR440]

TKL stands for Tommy, Kevin, Laurie. It is named after the founders children way back in the early '80's.

[@ksharpe10]

Tar back pickups are a nightmare, had to replace 2 on a 73 gibson sg. One was dead the other only one coil worked. At least 2 knowledgable guys looked at them and told me, it would be easier to replace then to ever get the Tar out of those. So that is what I did, got some pickups from a friend, I know one was a Gibson, the other might have been a GFS. Put it back together and sold it. It did sound good with the new pickups in it.

[@yrulooknatme]

I had an L6s with set neck and the5 position chickenhead. I never gigged it but it was a hellava player. maple fretboard 24 frets. highly recommend those.

[@petercaissie4071]

Love your videos man, keep it up

[@ericcross7863]

My first electric, it was an L6-S man I sure wish I still had it. Traded it for a motorcycle.

[@kristopher6031]

What motorcycle?

[@ericcross7863]

Kris Topher I was seventeen, living with my parents and they wanted me out of their house. So i traded it to music store owner for a '78 KZ 400

[@joker71172]

I think they make a great conversation piece. Always wanted one for a wallhanger. I have a Maestro "by Gibson" Junior and it actually plays as good as a 2016 LP CM I own.

[@vmat1000]

I like these memory trips.. I started playing in the early '70s and jammed with nearly 10 guitar players before i played in a band setting with a bass player. That included a cat thru the host/bassist back up Bassman 50 rig with an L6S and an MXR Distortion +. Sounded great. btw, I shouldn't like this Gibson but for some reason i do. Bolt on and all.

[@TheSteveBoyd]

This is the guitar Paul Stanley played on "Midnight Special". I'm realizing this was not a coincidence.

[@silverdragon0000120]

Would you ever review some music man, mayones, suhr, strandberg, schecter, Taylor guitars? I would love to hear the history of them 😊

[@timothycormier3494]

I think someone dumped a full coffee on it at some time. The sticky staining under the pick guard and the tone pot that was spun back and forth until it worked again. Pushed all the goo to the bottom and top of the pot

[@jamesblankenship2781]

Paul Stanley also used one on the midnight special show. He used a white one

[@tossigtoker4949]

The "stains" are just wood figuring. It is just a bit of uneven figuring at that spot of that wood, no "10-tops" there haha. All hard maple body. I have one as well, its been repainted, tuners exchanged, original neckplate missing, pickguard missing and quite heavy wear. Electronics original. Easy to chord on neck and it does have a very special and snappy sound, especially for a humbucker guitar. Neck position with gain gives a sort of Yngwie-esque sound. But in general it is as far from an "all-purpose" guitar you can get. It IS weird. But its cool to be a member of only 2000 worldwide exclusive club and it looks cool. Thank you for the video, now thats us with 2 of them, where are the other 1998? :)

[@vampet8741]

can you do some videos on PRS guitars if you ever have the chance?

[@topdeadcentermoto8319]

Please trogly

[@peik5569]

He has done some in the past

[@vampet8741]

@@peik5569 we want more ;)

[@thomaskafafian2871]

Use a flux pen next time and get that nub really good. That will make your solder joint way stronger. Some solder has flux in it, and the paste can get messy if you overdo it. A good flux pen however, is a god send on that situation

[@DanSanChannel]

11:47 - Capacitor maybe going bad or has a lead broken off.

[@user-no2oz5mh7x]

I've had a few of those moments myself, glad you could fix it.

[@TheChadPad]

For some reason, I'm craving pancakes all of a sudden...

[@sloanchampion85]

Paul Stanley of KISS played one of those on The Midnight Special show....and that was a great show, the show is music history...it was a have to tune in and watch show

[@wooferdevlin3571]

on reverb now is an '84 Black Knight Les Paul. bolt on w/kahler and Corvus headstock. never seen before. Ü ♫

[@Strongholle]

I have an early one of these, these are very interesting guitars. Since Paul Stanley used them I've even thought about the bolt on neck being a way to have them broken and then re-used if any parts were still useable, because Gibson wasn't too fond of guitars being broken. Another interesting detail is that some of these had a bevelled side a la SG and some didn't, some had a faint one. I think it's the better sounding version of the L6.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

That is just a beautiful finish on this. It has aged beautifully, It could almost use a rosewood fingerboard to contrast it up, but that's not really an issue. Oddly, the issue with the separation lines on the neck look just about non existent in the blacklight. A nice piece of odd Gibson history.

[@harounel-poussah6936]

A good Brazilian rosewood fretboard would add depth and warmth to the slappy-sounding full maple instrument, it'd be a great addition... If you manage to get Brazilian rosewood...

[@zaneroote5798]

I think someone switched the positions of the tone pot and the output jack; usually the pots and the switch are in a diagonal line.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

3:21 "play authentic"?

[@thomaskafafian2871]

Somebody swapped out the tone cap for a larger one I think on that guitar. I do that on some of my basses. I bet if you look at that tone cap it's going to be bigger then usual. People like 0.022 (the tone knob is much more subtle and all the way on is a good rock tone still), but it won't get as dark as that L6 is (someone swapped it to get more jazz tones). When I changed my one bass to a 0.1 it does that same thing as yours is doing.

[@johnnyjohnson185]

I don't know if it's being pointed out yet or not, but I just realized that your logo has the model that Gibson is suing over. The dean VX. I thought that was pretty funny.

[@artemisiacollagewithnature5558]

I have one of the rarest Cream Sparkle versions of these. Wikipedia says there were only 160 of these made! Trogly, would you help me appraise my rare one? The nut really is crazy thin, but aside from that it has a great feel, especially for thin, medium and small handed players and women. I am practically the first owner: it was given to me by my cousin in maybe '76! As my first guitar I will likely keep it forever, It's a rock steady simple guitar! I have the original plastics, but I've custom changed everything including knobs and truss cover to blonde and the guitar is actually quite a looker now. To me, my custom blonde appointments make this more of a boutique beauty that the rocker black plastics. Cream Sparkle with blonde appointments... in the plush purple Gibson case it looks like a more valuable guitar than perhaps it really is. I wish I could post a show off picture. The neck pickup is really beefy and the bridge is quite cutting. Lots of tonal sweep on these. It's a bit odd, but for more than sentimental reasons it's a keeper.

[@greg7656]

I think that guitar is a thing of beauty. Could it really be possible that it was named after the TV show, though? Wouldn't it more likely be named after the same song that the TV show was named after? Midnight Special was a standard blues/R&B song that lots of rock bands picked up on, most notably CCR.

[@hkguitar1984]

2 or 3!

[@ZepIV]

Ohhhhhhh it's so weird and I love it DANG YOU TROGLY, I'M TRYING TO SAVE MONEY

[@Mike_B.]

First thing that came to my mind was Paul Stanley.

[@michael_riffs]

One of these came through my local gc. She had some wear but it was a real player. They where asking something like $950. It was gonzo within a week.

[@georgeprice4212]

When you said you broke it, I thought you did what Paul Stanley did to his on The Midnight Special when KISS appeared. (Can’t really see it due to the smoke, but Paul smashed the white one at the end of “Black Diamond” on the show.)

[@cruzedude1]

paul stanley rocks one of theese on the midnight special in 1975

[@flatlander5054]

Best soldering video yet!

[@damianvila]

The white Mustang-like Kalamazoo is there! XDDD You should probably show one of those someday. It will be interesting.

[@chrischappell2072]

7:20 all it is just a coloring that happens naturally in the wood its no stain or defect i have 2 guitars that look like that too

[@GreenknightBrola]

How do you get your hands on all these guitars??? Asking for a friend...

[@intoxicatedparanoia8746]

As soon as I looked at it, it reminded me of a Gibson G3

[@Guy_9991]

When will the giveaway winner be announced

[@tavicotavio]

Tomorrow

[@visje1996]

What giveaway?

[@TomTobin67]

"LaMont, you big dummy!"

[@michaelaiello9525]

I have one of the rarest Cream Sparkle "Midnight Special' versions of these. Wikipedia says there were only 160 of these made! Trogly, would you help me appraise my rare one? The nut really is crazy thin, but aside from that it has a great feel, especially for thin, medium and small handed players and women. I am practically the first owner: it was given to me by my cousin in maybe '76! As my first guitar I will likely keep it forever, It's a rock steady simple guitar! I have the original plastics, but I've custom changed all the plastics including knobs and truss cover to blonde and the guitar is actually quite a looker now. To me, my custom blonde appointments make this more of a boutique beauty now than the rocker black plastics which it came with. Cream Sparkle with blonde appointments in the plush purple Gibson case make this guitar look like a more valuable guitar than perhaps it really is. I wish I could post a show off picture. The neck pickup is really beefy and the bridge is quite cutting. Lots of tonal sweep on these. It's a bit odd, but for more than sentimental reasons it's a keeper.

[@Trog]

Hopefully you kept the original plastics as that will drastically effect how much a collector would pay. Feel free to email me some photos - [e-mail]

[@ericedelman]

I have one in the Sparkling Burgundy color. I don't know exactly how many of those they made, but I know it wasn't many.

[@jimbob9714]

I am disappointed at the lack of a resistance check with the wire broken off

[@PhilipCockram]

Good job on the solder work

[@justindwight5457]

Common issue with all Lawrence pickups. I've broken a few G3 bass Lawrence pickups.

[@philipconboy3712]

Didn’t Paul Stanley use something similar to that in the promo video for black diamond? Just wondering because I’m probably wrong so if anyone knows lemme know thanks!

[@JerryRiceBall]

Why does gibson use multiple pieces of wood to make their necks? Im a fender guy so my knowledge on gibsons is limited, but i enjoy your videos, i just notice that alot of the gibsons you feature have multi piece necks. For the price they charge i would think they’d use one piece. It seems cheap.

[@therugburnz]

Good save Trogly !

[@rontuminowski7670]

What is your opinion on Gibson L-5s? Not interested in low impedence pick ups. Your opinion on the humbucker guitars, Thanks

[@deanmorris9266]

I have a 1975 L6 Midnight Special, made a video about it if you're interested. I found yours very interesting and learned a few things as well. Peace brother ✌️🎸

[@Johnny.D]

Epiphone was bought by gibson in 1957 so the comment on the Kalamazoo brand being prior to Epiphone being bought doesn't make sense seeing as how the sg body style was only released in 1961?

[@unclefungus7395]

somebody’s had one of these for 1400 bucks sitting on my local fb market place for 6 months

[@kootenaystringworks1765]

Are there any markings on the neck heel or the body where the neck bolts on? It would be interesting to see if Gibson did something similar to what Fender did/does as far as dating things goes. Thanks for the channel!

[@bills48321]

I like the sound of this one.

[@leedavis6372]

it's already sold :( Yeah, I'm late seeing the video, I know, but I think these are cool guitars. Thanks for the video!

[@TheCSHeckler]

Hey Mr Trogly, how is this related to the much loved Gibson Les Paul Junior?

[@tavicotavio]

You mean studio right?

[@edwardprzydzial]

kiss on the midnight special with this bolt on style. 1974

[@walterkeeth5060]

they wired it wrong. pos is on neg. Just to let you know it's muffled. the pots backwards wired. oh yeah that serial numbers on that one can be traced. I own a Real L6S 1974. Santana loved the way it played, he didn't like the 6-way selector

[@marcosviegas7127]

Hey man, I've always wondered, are there ANY Gibson guitars finished in polyurethane?

[@theelectrodefunhouse4651]

Looks like there maybe just enough metal for that pickup lead to hook to if you were to resolder it on unless I’m not seeing it right.

[@theelectrodefunhouse4651]

Disregard watched the rest of the video. Good work