Jade Puget of AFI Demos The Gibson Les Paul Studio

Jade Puget has spent the last 20 years writing, recording and touring with the band AFI. Originally a hardcore punk band, AFI have since delved into many genres including horror punk, post hardcore, alternative and gothic rock.
Jade recently stopped by the Gibson Showroom in Los Angeles, CA to check out the brand new Les Paul Studio from Gibson’s new “Modern Collection.”
The Les Paul Studio embodies the essential Les Paul features with enhancements for playability and tonal versatility. The rosewood fingerboard and slim taper mahogany neck provide effortless playability and comfort.
The 490R and 498T pickups provide tight, high-output humbucking performance and the two push-pull pots offer additional coil-tapping options.
The Les Paul Studio is now available in four fun finishes: Smokehouse Burst, Tangerine Burst, Wine Red and Ebony.
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[@DavidDantePhoenix]

AFI is just chock full of incredible guitar arrangements. Very unique, and tasteful.

[@RiffsAndBeards]

I heart Jade so much

[@andrewhernandez3330]

Same Fluff😂

[@TVoltG]

#metoo . his influence on my guitar playing became a real importance to me. Very much an underrated and ignored guitarist.

[@holgerbrabander4984]

Jade the great

[@TyDie85]

Jade was a huge inspiration to me. I remember when internet was through 56K modems and I'd download whatever I could from AFI and Jade. I also remember discovering bar chords because of Jade. He makes songs sound so freaking full! I just love the guy.

[@TyDie85]

Uh, wow! Fluff?! Holy crap I didn't realize Fluff liked Jade Puget rofl! Just caught me off guard, so I had to make another comment.

[@RyHitch]

Black sails is in in my top 10 albums forever, absolute masterpiece.

[@JamiePittsSCM]

I don't know why I haven't heard of AFI, but I'm just checking this album out now and I am loving it!

[@DanielMedina-xb7pf]

@@JamiePittsSCM really? I just checked em out. Every song sounds like the one before it. Same style same rhythm same same same ole boring stuff.

[@JGAbstract]

Black sails, all hollows ep, art of drowning. My favorite cds growing up.

[@Thirteen31Music]

Juan Gutierrez the holy trinity.

[@moviemaniac1838]

YESSSS!!!!!

[@derrickharmon7980]

Art of drowning n black sails rocked me in 2001 n still rockn them in 2021. Still wonder if Davey never lost his voice how much bigger n different theyed been that hiatus inspired December Underground which has its strengths too. Very cool band n people even dig the post punk Depeche mode type thing as well whatever they do they do it well, u can't deny ✌

[@louderthangod]

Damn, 20 years. I remember when he was the new guy and they were one of many Gilman bands that seemed like they should be bigger than they are. I didn’t expect the direction they would go but I’ll always respect a band looking for new sounds.

[@Thirteen31Music]

Jade is such a great player. I learned a lot from him guitar wise. Namely how to play songs in a minor key and that there was more to rhythm guitar that just power chords. 🤘 Black Sails, All Hallows & The Art are master pieces

[@ProducerDudes]

Jade is the reason I started playing guitar. Cant wait to add one of these to my collection

[@AudioStorm1980]

Dude find a real guitar hero, I just shed a tear for you.

[@ProducerDudes]

@@AudioStorm1980 he certainly is nowhere near one of the greatest guitarists, but that doesn't mean he can't inspire someone to love the craft. Seems like you're missing the point of music.

[@AlejandroFloresmotorsport]

@@ProducerDudes exact

[@DavidDantePhoenix]

@@AudioStorm1980 "Ditch that zero and get with a hero" is a pretty vaginal thing to say.

[@rockinrollas]

@@ProducerDudes obviously never listened to AFI smh

[@gle4068]

If anyone knows the les paul studio its this guy. I remember being 13 and seeing him play the all black studio. It was my dream guitar at the time because of this guy!

[@JamiePittsSCM]

I came for the Studio demo, but I appreciate his unique playing style.

[@SpecialistGuava]

I agree. Never even heard of him. Lol. But in the market for a LP.

[@TVoltG]

He's such an amazing guitarist and song writer. AFI was and will always be my guilty pleasure band.

[@VisualSOLUTIONSMedia]

​@@SpecialistGuavaMy LP will be delivered in 2 days, and I'm still looking at demo videos and came across this. I'd never heard of him either. I'm a blues/blues rock guy, but totally respect and appreciate his very unique playing style. 70yrs of electric guitar, and people are still creating new styles. That's very, very cool! 🎸 🤘

[@MisfitTonyX138]

Black Sails in the Sunset is a masterpiece of an album! My favorite by them

[@rollipollirock]

OMG fucking finally I love Jade !!!!! Signature axe Now !!!!! Love Sing the Sorrow ... endlessly

[@AnthonySforza]

I'm actually rather curious to see what that'd be like. Though for each album/tour, he switches them up. Kind of like having the black one for STS, the white for DECEMBERUNDERGROUND, the gold for Crash Love and the back to black for Burials (With the light ring)... though seeing him on stage, I could almost swear one of the guitars he was playing was a Melody Maker. I'm probably totally wrong and I'll cop to it if I am, though watching him, I had to wonder.

[@korn454]

I agree he does need a signature model.

[@dogpd3]

Jade is the perfect representative to show off this Gibson. Good job, gibson!

[@JamiePittsSCM]

It's Pretty sweet how fond he is of this guitar.

[@BamaDega]

I 💖 my 2008 Les Paul Studio. Mahogany body w/ Burstbucker Pros. It has served me well. Glad you got your dad's Studio. Epic sound and look.

[@ryandunno5136]

This is an Ad, but it's awesome to hear Jade talk about his music. AFI my favorite band edit: I didn't know he wrote most of Black Sails, I assumed it was Davey, interesting!

[@hardrockrelics2157]

Jade is “a guitar god type of people” 🙌

[@levkamenev3904]

God I love AFI! What a perfect player to get for this video.

[@emartinezr]

Yess. Everything he said makes perfect sense. I always say, if it's a single guitar player in a hard/rock band, the guitar needs to be a Les Paul. But also how he describes his composition and playing. Love how AFI guitar riffs are so full. Almost never a single string or basic power chord. He's always creating a full sound and trying to fill the space with a single guitar (even though they record multiple guitarsnfor the records) while still having leads and melodic passages. His compositions can be played with a single guitar and still sound full.

[@Stevenotfamous]

I have a '09 les paul studio, and i love it, but in order to make it throughly functional I had to change the original tuners for groover, and the nut from plastic to tusq. Now I see gibson it's doing it from factory, that's great. It's very light but the tone its still huge and worth of a classic les paul. BTW I had this same cherry/wine tone and it looks awesome in stage!

[@JennyNobody]

I love black sails.... first AFI album I bought, last AFI album I loved

[@jasondyeoriginalmusic3094]

Good video i watched the whole thing

[@louie9373]

Ox blood is such a cool name for a finish!

[@IndigoJo]

Louie It's actually "wine red".

[@thetreblerebel]

AFI Rules

[@mikeythedistasteful]

Surprisingly insightful musician for a punk guitar player

[@jasminerosa3498]

Punk players are some of the most insightful

[@TJmusic24]

He does electronic music and a few others things as well.

[@depshallburn]

That summer shudder jam at 5:20

[@theshapeexists]

Best song on December underground

[@robjgolde3221]

@@theshapeexists”Affliction” and “The Missing Frame” would like a word…although Summer Shudder does rule.

[@nj40100]

Great to hear how this guitar influenced his style throughout his career. I like how Gibson are showing that although the tone of a guitar is important it's also about how a particular model can suit a player more than any other.

[@daphne1065]

So nice to see the guitarist of the first band I saw at 14 talk about my dream guitar

[@KKIcons]

Musicians Friend has a giveaway for a black one with some shweet gear with it, maybe your dream can come true.

[@chasebaker2495]

Very cool story

[@jethor4561]

Love him. Black Sails forever

[@alann5003]

I think the wine red Studio has the most beautiful finish of all Les Paul's.

[@hugorodriguez251]

Wow, it's perfect

[@AnthonySforza]

Weird... I too had a Gibson Les Paul Studio for my first guitar, as well. Though mine was white, but by the time I'd gotten it 13 years later, it'd turned into this really smooth creme color.

[@therevolution91]

We had a Soccer player in 🇨🇭: Ciriaco Sforza. 😂 ✌️

[@AnthonySforza]

@@therevolution91 Nice... Very nice.

[@charvelred]

So underrated..

[@edgardoparales2957]

Great Guy Jade is a good Guitar Player

[@zacharym.jiuium.jpenfield1652]

I saw AFI in 2007 at worped tour and I just bought the new smoke house burst studio 2021

[@zplapplap]

We both had the same first album. Only difference is that I got Men At Work Business as Usual on LP.

[@lordofwar6800]

I love Jade

[@D-A-1776]

Just got this exact guitar but in smokehouse burst

[@handsomeasiandude1126]

Can’t wait to see AFI with Noel Gallagher 😃

[@ferramirez4570]

Illusion Of Gaia wait what? how?

[@Metalviking18]

I would love to be able to own his signature guitar if he ever collaborates with Gibson

[@tonyjones2612]

When jade joined afi, they got 100x better, prove me wrong.

[@chicagochris1988]

I love afi but I love my telecaster and nothing can compare to that for me, my buddy has has a studio it was good when I played it live

[@GuitarExpress]

Good wood era LP Studioa are fantastic instrument

[@gerryloughran1676]

Great stuff

[@metalmulisha0143]

Can't believe all the bullshit negative comments down here.. I'm glad Gibson appreciate Jades commitment to this guitar and the hard work of twenty years in the industry and I'm glad SOME AFI fans came here to show some love. I fuckin love you Jade, thanks for the great music man

[@DarkXDenisXD]

I love Jade :) summer shudder!!! Burn!!!!

[@AR1xRUSHY]

AFI 🤘

[@xdisciple2776x]

Jade should have his own signature Gibson or Epiphone model, he deserves one

[@therevolution91]

You can‘t do anything wrong if you play Gibson Les Paul Studio. (or Custom) It always sounds really fat. (Humbucker pickups in general)

[@jjohn341]

Anybody who digs Kate Bush is a great guy.

[@DanielMedina-xb7pf]

There’s got to be a better way to do a demo. I mean it’s Gibson damn it! He didn’t even show us the coil switches or the split sound. I’ve heard great things about the versatility of the knobs and the different sounds it puts out. Guess I’ll have to go to the website and hopefully find a demo there. PRS does an amazing job with demoing their products. Brian Ewald really knows how to show off a guitar. So tempting to just order one online just from the demo. The hell with Gibson. They think we’ll buy a guitar just cause this guy has one. False.

[@garretazonsa]

First! THAT SHIRT!

[@levijessegonzalez3629]

AFI FUCK YES!

[@veerchasm1]

Kate Bush rules

[@ernestocerino687]

The best of the world

[@inkblot100]

This secret ninja

[@spinynorman4382]

Did a search on the serial number. Nothing came up.

[@adhaskym.a9536]

Elegant

[@ABz729]

Why no more neck binding? Love my 2018

[@rob062388]

Because...that's not the point of a studio?

[@davidburke2132]

Roy Martin Well... not never, as was the point of the original poster. 😛 Honestly any binding adds cost to manufacture so this is Gibson making a decision to allow them to strike a sensible balance of price vs quality control (not rushing manufacture being a key element of good QC) by deleting a relatively costly feature which was historically not a part of the Studio anyway.

[@addicted2tone349]

Studios look dumb with binding.. The simplicity is what makes studio's rock.

[@skapunker21]

Very proud Of Ya is the best AFI album. If you disagree, then you are wrong.

[@xaj1543]

Is this a Les Paul Studio demo or a doco on this guys life story!

[@DanielMedina-xb7pf]

Frfr. I was thinking the same thing. Way to make it all about you Jade. I only know one song of theirs. Can’t ever remember the name of it, though. Just not my taste in music.

[@J0N_]

Ahead of the curve with the Kate Bush trend of 2022 lol

[@rainypath96]

i wonder what ended up happening to the guitar his dad gave him

[@CODENAMECRISISOFFICIAL]

Where the f*ck did he pull that pick out of at the start??

[@Euclidfreeman]

Afi and gibson def go together very well. Smh lol

[@kitten-whisperer]

Gibsons aren't necessarily bad guitars but they are insanely overpriced for what you get. If someone gave me a Gibson then of course I would take it but I will never pay for a Gibson.

[@doomguy1430]

Why is he so red?

[@bassplyr13]

The Original Gasser false. Jade is straight edge.

[@lordofwar6800]

@The Original Gasser you don't need to have the X's all the time, he and Davey Havok *vocalist for AFI* have the X's during concerts sometimes for AFI and mostly for their side project XTRMST, a straightedge hardcore band.

[@lordofwar6800]

@The Original Gasser Right...

[@lordofwar6800]

@The Original Gasser Mhm, well, he doesn't do or consume any drugs, he is straightedge, and has been for many years. Learn before you assume. Goodbye you fucking swine.

[@tbslandfill]

The Original Gasser imagine being a headass to this degree

[@gonebymidnight2881]

The colours and aesthetics of the current studio and tribute models are absolutely hideous. The reasoning seems to be... oh you are not rich then you have to get a tacky looking guitar. The rosewood boards at least in the 2018 models feature lower quality wood than any entry level guitar I have seen, certainly worse than an Epiphone. I own a 2005 studio with binding that it’s been built to a much higher standard than current models and has a really nice RW fretboard, binding and it came with a hard case. The price tag for the current studio models does not reflect what you get.

[@allstopblue5717]

Agreed. Especially these new studios. It’s the exact same guitar as the Tribute used to be just a couple years ago. Not good value anymore which is what the purpose of the studio was supposed to be in my opinion.

[@DaveyMulholland]

Saw this 'afi' supporting another band. Unfortunately the sound was so bad that the music was unintelligible, so still don't know what they sound like.

[@LMfromBakutoUK]

richard bell Have a listen then

[@joseceraia]

Lots of bla bla instead of speaking about the guitar

[@DanielMedina-xb7pf]

Frfr. Too much about his life and I still don’t know what type of pups. There are coil switches he didn’t even mention. So much for the demo. I guess Gibson thinks we’ll buy the guitar cause Jade has one, false.

[@bustercampfiresongs]

He plays like a beginner? Weird.

[@TJmusic24]

Go to his Instagram, he rips

[@jamesha175]

what a god-awful tone. hey gibson, you want to sell guitars? better pull your heads out.

[@MaximFoyerbach]

His tone is unique and amazing. Listen to the record. One of the best bands ever.

[@DanielMedina-xb7pf]

@@MaximFoyerbach That’s really subjective. I only like one song of theirs and I can’t even be bothered to remember the name of it. So many great musicians out there. It sounds like every song of AFI’s is the same ole ‘beat the guitar into submission’ style. Boring.

[@Neil-Aspinall]

How old is this guy ??? and he still thinks he's 17 and cool by having his hair over his eye.