Ibanez Musician, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG comparison

[@rhythmicceremonialspaghett9351]

Great playing! Beautiful guitars and demo. Greetings from Italy

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you very much!

[@da1215]

Best video of the Ibanez Musician on youtube!!!

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you, that's very nice to hear!

[@mr.b4444]

Been playing over 50 years I've owned a couple Les Pauls and also one of those Ibanez guitars. The Ibanez although very well constructed had too much electronics in it for me to fiddle with and sounded too bright or clear. Back then I used to play more fusion, these days I play mostly bebop and the Les Paul seems to fit the bill overall. Never owned an SG. By the way Jan Ackerman was one of my early influences and guitar hero back in the day as well.

[@LGuitarB]

I've come to think an important difference is also made by the fact that its an 24-fret; that pushes the neck pickup futher towards the bridge.

[@PK-ze7et]

I will refit my 82 Musician but the trebble pu is missing. Do you have an idea, where I can get one?

[@LGuitarB]

You could try at this site: www.reproguitarparts.com/#!/Pickups-&-Parts/c/1385107 There is also this forum: www.ibanezcollectors.com/forum/

[@gingerbeer914]

11:54 By Les Paul himself? According to Ted McCarty Les Paul was just an endorser of this electric guitar that was developed by Gibson's R&D department. The only contribution that Les Paul made was a trapezium tailpiece that nobody uses any more and his NAME. Les Paul invented "The Log", not the Les Paul guitar. That is a myth. This is how it went according to Ted McCarty: reverb.com/news/former-gibson-chief-ted-mccarty-on-tonewoods-and-the-problems-of-top-heavy-management

[@LGuitarB]

You're right! I actually only had read that shortly before I recorded this video but didn't think of it when I said that. Thanks for the correction :-)

[@LGuitarB]

He was actually more of an electronics guy, he experimented a lot with that in the guitars and recording technology.

[@theo9952]

I have a soft spot for those Ibanez MCs,** the golden era of original made in Japan guitars (1978 - 81) but all three are excellent. **Those Japanese babies play excellently, are really beautiful and though not cheap, they didn't cost an arm and a leg to buy. I remember my guitar dealer in Athens selling the full series in his shop, including this one, at very reasonable prices. I regret not buying it though I could afford it at the time.

[@LGuitarB]

Ibanez hadn't built their later reputation yet and offered very good quality for money. Their build-quality was equal if not better than that of Fender and Gibson back then. I only found the Super 88 pickups not great on the MC550, but those I replaced 🙂