A Very Strange Modified Gibson Les Paul Synthesizer

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Excerpts from the mentioned livestream on my other channel :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/onWymZSwppuBfcU check look mum no computer but more seriousish for more of this kinda stuff! plus the livestreams over on Patreon and stuff because it helps support all these shenanigans! For the large amount of comments on the neck being bent, it isnt bent! im using a wide angle lense on my camera, which warps what is on the outside of the frame to get a wider angle. hence warping the neck in some shots

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Dale Roberts we split up after I drove off hence the complication!

[@Studio-solutions-com]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER I can highly recommend NOT moving back to P'Bog... hope its all groovy dude...!

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

krs-T Bedford Studios you talking about Peterborough?? I haven’t lived there in yonks 😮. And yes I don’t imagine I’ll be moving back any time soon

[@Studio-solutions-com]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER yeah... you mentioned it in the group on FB yesterday... lol. I Hope you find somewhere dude..!

[@oddballno3-builds780]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER I hope its a move UP, to an even BIGGER playground of synths and fun stuffs!

[@binface9]

LOOK DAD NO WOODWORKING SKILLS

[@SimonRautureau]

So it's basically a super cool accordion

[@BakerPeter]

Yeah now I want to see one with a full Stradella bass. That would be amazing.

[@russellzauner]

@@BakerPeter I was thinking of sending him a therobo and my dreamcast music proggies to see what happens lol

[@blarestew2675]

Yeah, I was thinking that making the buttons chords could make it a little easier to play.. At least then you could just hold a button then tap on the guitar.

[@DYB94]

i suppose using a Les Paul to make a synth guitar is kinda like using a DeLorean to make a time machine (:

[@ETA555]

Hahaha 😂.

[@raphanunu6912]

Or learn painting on a Van Gogh !

[@kalleilageisman]

It's like watching Thor get his hammer back.

[@russellzauner]

It's like watching thor open up the hammer go oh there's a dial i can turn up and *THOR PROCEEDS TO MAKE HAMMER MORE MASSIVE*

[@Eo_Tunun]

Just show this video to some of the good ol' boys from Memphis, and you'll see Thor getting hammered… ^^) Thankfully Gibson made a copule of Paulas more!

[@marlonvansteelant8622]

Damn right bubble boy 😅😅😅

[@pinchopaxtonsgreatestminds9591]

More like the Infinity Gauntlet!

[@XiXora]

Imagine this as a Les Paul Custom Collectors Edition where they recreate artist models…

[@prizegotti]

Dude, make a new one, fixing the mistakes you made first time round, because that thing sounded fucking amazing, I'd love to hear more music made with that.

[@TBoneProductionsVB]

Check out the playlist I made called String Keytars. It has full songs and shows several different string keytars.

[@blhack123]

Required viewing for ever person who doesn't want to start working on something because they don't know how to do it perfectly yet.

[@devote]

Good point. I'm wowed by this guy but he started from scratch just like the rest of us.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Ryan Mcdermott doing a mod on something expensive is in itself an incentive to get it done. It’s all about mind games against subjective reasoning which our brains love so very much. Hacking the procrastination

[@RobertMaxwellMediaCorp]

Don't be scared to try it!

[@olik136]

I personally never learned to play any instrument because I would never be perfect at it...STUPID

[@walfalcon]

@@olik136 Still can. It's never too late.

[@RainusBrainus]

The last bit of you playing gave me the mother of all writing prompts. Post-apocalypse analog cyberpunk. The wandering shamans of the setting would be electricians. Each "Electric Shaman" would have their own specializations and unique methods. I just imagine Sam rocking up on a village that has seen better times, his punk aesthetic mixed with the mud of the wastes making him look wild and dangerous. The village is cobbled together with scrap and forgotten dreams, faded and blinking neon lights punctuating the feeling of despair. They cling to life here, but the light has almost gone out. The animated waster stands out with his quick and precise movements, bustling around the village as he fiddles with seemingly random broken 'lectrics. No one minds, he can't break it much more. The man walks to the center of town after his fiddling and sets up a battery and amp. He pulls a well loved guitar from a battered case and begins to tune it. It would seem that he timed his performance, for there was no better explanation aside from the supernatural. As he began to play every light around the village came to life, from the brazen neon lights to the diminutive LEDs matching the glow of the lights on his guitar. 4:06

[@dezedaar8009]

Yes, Les Paul is turning in his grave right now. Its just really hard to not move around in such a confined space while applauding enthusiastically. Les Paul was one of the first to mod the shit out of his guitar, he had a mic-out build into his guitar paired with a looper. Great job!

[@curly_wyn]

Had us in the first half, ngl

[@MrThisuldo]

I remember this! Took you a year of your paper-round to save for this. Then a few years later you came up with this idea and I thought 😳. You calmly said ‘it’s just a tool of work and it needs to do something else now’. I have to say you was right... I also remember having to route and biscuit head a couple times too..

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

haha well. yep the memories! thanks on the neck, the last time it snapped i took it to a repairer on denmark street in london and, i remember he commended you on your fix jobs! however he wasnt too kind about the rest of the guitar!

[@M.J44]

Would love to see a revised version of this that's more neatly made

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

44 Calibre never! 😂hahaha

[@mordante01]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER That is sad.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Drax Mordante maybe ! Tbh would be funky

[@mordante01]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER You are so creative. I just love that about you. Even if you don't build a 2.0 I bet you will come up with wonderful and new ideas.

[@fortroadmassive4095]

Sounds amazing. The band Muse comes to mind.

[@SeamlessR]

This is such a better idea than just my gluing a keyboard to a bass ;D so metal

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Hahahaha

[@theharlequin7280]

"The neeck snapped three or four times..." Yup. It is a Gibson alright.

[@leafar8272]

Lol

[@davidvincent380]

Yeah no wonder the body weights like a dead horse

[@wideyxyz2271]

My junior met the same fate😪

[@spazmobot]

U made one instrument that can play all 80s sci-fi movie's music. I just plain love you to bits...

[@gnanke]

This guy is a legend. It's awesome how excited he gets about the weird and strange! Don't stop brother!

[@jsk8et]

It’s not sacrilege. Les Paul himself invented so much stuff. You’re kindred spirits.

[@luison2970]

Maybe Les Paul would estilo alive with your inventions

[@ferg0517]

When you started playing it my jaw dropped. This might be the coolest thing I have ever seen (and heard)

[@ZuluEchoRomeoOscar]

I don't know if anyone's ever told you this - but you're frickin' mad man...

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Zero 😂

[@roberte2945]

@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER The lie detector determined that was a lie.

[@simonhopkins3867]

However it's not a bad thing. 🥴

[@ZuluEchoRomeoOscar]

@@simonhopkins3867 we're all mad here...

[@chesterwhut1006]

Me - this thing is so cool The Trogly's Guitar Show - Heart attack induced.

[@pedrocaramelo]

Kifflom!

[@chesterwhut1006]

@@pedrocaramelo Kifflom, Brother Brother :)

[@davetbassbos]

I watch that Trogly's, I bet he'd get a kick out of it, after the initial shock, lol!

[@jonny26281]

davetbassbos that guy freaks out about a scratch. This would finish him off

[@scottgreen0]

@@jonny26281 One could hope

[@bFOURdwZEROlf]

One of the most innovative builds I've ever seen!

[@ferdinandstrat]

"Why not do it to a cheaper guitar?" "Why do it on a cheaper guitar if you like playing a Gibson?" "Cos a cheaper guitar's headstock wont snap"

[@Chad48309]

GrooveChampion This is the real answer. I’ve had one Gibson in my life that never experienced a headstock fracture, and that’s a Gibson The Paul because it’s made of fucking walnut and weights a thousand pounds.

[@ferdinandstrat]

@@Chad48309 Well yeah, obviously a neck made of FUCKING WALNUT wont break like a mahogany neck

[@PhillieCheezeKC]

Gibson bulldozes their own guitars, so go right ahead.

[@wilson4180]

In the grand scheme of guitars, Gibson’s really aren’t expensive.

[@ferdinandstrat]

@@wilson4180 It really depends on which ones but yeah, they do get really cheap sometimes

[@Bladavia]

Guitars are made to be played, wearing and tearing from the work, and adapted to the needs of the musician. It's a tool, not a piece of furniture. Nothing sacrilegious there.

[@c4psswe950]

You are truly a multi artist 😁 very addictive to watch your amazing gadgets and watching you play all your inventions.

[@firstlast-gh9ig]

Once again i find myself with a grin/smile stuck on my face after watching one of your vids. Your way of sacrilegeing things is so darn cool.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

It is sacrilege tho! It’s in the blood

[@BaBaBaBenny]

Sure, people may moan that you "defaced" a classic guitar, but from all the battle scars it looks like you must've really loved that thing and played it for hours and hours and hours. And that's all that really matters :)

[@lknez13]

Man I remember seeing this les paul in the old Dive Bella Dive videos and thinking it's so cool!! Always wondered how it worked tho. So awesome!! Cheers from Croatia :)

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Aha!!!!

[@fugyamofug]

my greatgrandmother was a Croatian immigrant my last name is from there would like to go some day beautiful place

[@lknez13]

@@fugyamofug Hey nice man :D you should definitely come visit one day, especially the seaside. Where are you from? :)

[@fugyamofug]

@@lknez13 yes the seaside has rad little rocks instead of sand right and clear water -im on the southern eastcoast of united shitshow northeast florida jaxscumville the beach here has pieces of trash and brown water

[@lknez13]

@@fugyamofug ngl I always wanted to go to Florida. I remember watching Miami Vice back in the day and thinking how awesome it must be to live there haha. I guess it's nothing like the show right? hahaha

[@avi8r66]

Moving you from place to place must be a nightmare.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

avi8r66 yeppppp

[@yucatansuckaman5726]

That guitar is fucking amazing.

[@Angelsolomon]

That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

[@borstenpinsel]

That first synth sounds awesome

[@mco7776]

This is awesome. You're one a kind in this world man.

[@amadeusproductions6193]

Wicked, I feel a Gibson signature model coming soon ;)

[@joemora329]

I have never heard the term plectrum before, I always appreciate learning something new Cheers!

[@jeremypoythress1218]

Nice synth guitar dude. thanks for making your inspirational videos. ive been working on my first 1963 harmony h66 vibrajet guitar and actually fixed it on the second try. it had cold solder connections on the input jack but now it's all good.

[@metlica1988]

Me: Wtf is he on about, he's talking about 2010 like it was a decade ago.. Depressed me 5 seconds later: i haven't accomplished anything in the last 10 years of my life..

[@metlica1988]

please stop fighting :) thanks both for trying to cheer me up after my bad joke xD

[@Tsumitsukiii]

4:06 - 4:46 I could listen to this part all day long. Love it!

[@HidingFromJessica]

Never heard anything so cool in my life! I've got to sub. My son loves stuff like this as well. Thanks!!

[@sonixthatsme]

Holy shit! That's an proper keytar. It sounds freaking awesome!

[@docschro6847]

Dude, awesome!!! I think you have something there. With your improvement in skills and design concept I think you could easily recreate this in a much better and easier to play form. The sound definitely reminds me of the mid 80s to early 90s cyberpunk/Scifi movie soundtracks with a touch of Dune

[@jameshamaker9321]

Brilliant. This is very futuristic. I'd like to see this, used in a video, with the new light rig. That would be cool.

[@Kamikaze_4]

Damn, this is awesome. The guitar both looks badass and mangled at the same time. It's helped by the awesome sound this thing puts out.

[@zzzzzao]

Man this is amazing! You could make the audio for the Next Tron movie just with this guitar! AMAZING

[@glegalee]

Dude, that guitar is SICK!!!

[@poncho4638]

This guy reminds me of someone that always disappears right before shows but reappears at the most critical times and absolutely kills it

[@paramediccpo]

Love your guitars ventures

[@GadgetUK164]

Awesome! Incredibly difficult to play, but you made it look easy!

[@Worhan]

You are a very versatile musician dude

[@anuanki]

Dig it man. Way cool. Wish I was still in the Drumming biz. I'd start a band and have you play the base lines as well with Hammond Feet pedals. We could split all the money 50/50% lol

[@michawolak2927]

Freak. Fucked up. Awesome. I love Your movies, despite I've no freaking idea about synthetisers and so on... The Gibson project is mind blowing, and I can't stop listening these few riffs...Really GREAT job.

[@roberttrompeter8775]

this is absolutely awesome and fantastic, brilliant job I want to make one , Sam Battle you are a genius really!!!!!

[@albertplaysguitar]

Man.... Mind. Blown. Getting some Muse vibes 🤔

[@michelepirovano4135]

Ur a legend man! So glad I found this channel!

[@annode]

Never fails to amaze me!

[@talesfromthetoiletseat8295]

You should be proud man that is the coolest thing ever. It is not sacrilege if you made the thing better.

[@Muziq4tune]

Absolutely Brilliant!

[@spacejamgoliath]

Holy shit, you can tell you've really played that thing. Well done

[@Tsumitsukiii]

4:06 This part reminded me of The Binding of Issac. Awesome Game. Awesome Soundtrack. Awesome Guitar!

[@xenofe]

This is the most beautiful piece ever built by human hands, i swear

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

Haha glad! My 18 year old self would be happy

[@pangolinpedals707]

Brilliant job well done, sounds great

[@vonthorne8387]

I had a dream about a guitar like this once, except it was a regular guitar and I had this magical putty that you would slap on there and mold your own sliders and knobs. it was a good dream, got to slay hard on a futuristic putty guitar. anyway.. those were some dope riffs bro, good video.

[@panuser5928]

You are a legend !!

[@HB-lx2ey]

please come to Norwich in 2020, I'd love to see you live

[@joaofpl]

Bobcat Goldthwait looking better than ever! The guitar's sick!

[@greatkingrat]

Ok that’s two cool videos in a row after watching the SID chip bass. Instant subs and like.

[@nicolas5150]

it sounds sooooo great, i want one ! you rule

[@greatbingus]

You know about those cool passive touch strips and ribbon strips, would be neat to see the same kinda guitar attempt with like a Herzlich Labs touch and pressure controller or even a Synthrotek Ribbon controller instead of all those buttons, would be like budget moog touch strips on a guitar would be way more playable with the angle and space, I guess you could even do led touch strip if you want to keep the cool lights.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

By all means try it :D. I like buttons. When focusing you know you get each note and also it's polyphonic. Cheers

[@synthiefire3940]

Awesome !! I think that’s one or is the best you ever built 💪💪

[@jeffwoeber9590]

That thing is amazing! You should mass produce those!

[@MinTieS.]

Crazy Muse vibes going when you played the midi and the guitar

[@MattGreerMusic]

Good luck on your move. That seems like a daunting task.

[@solidussmith]

I was daydreaming up ideas on how to do something similar with my guitar! So this is a hugely awesome to see!

[@fabior.araujo9131]

play it again, Sam. Sounds good

[@MichelChirac]

Man this is just great. I absolutely Need to hear the bass

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

It’s naff 😂

[@RaetacRages]

That's AMAZING! Talk about kitbashing a crazy idea, love it :D

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Flippin' awesome

[@uriahgarcia3329]

That is one of the most unique sounding guitars I've ever heard. It would be so dope for some synthwave tracks :o

[@evechavescordeo7833]

Omg!! I would love to build something like this!!! You're awesome!!

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

I want to cry. That purple sparkle LP is literally the dream guitar I've been looking for for years but have never been able to afford :(

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

I got that one for 50 quid at a car boot sale! Those ain’t expensive guitars

[@TheChadPad]

I'm as big a Gibson fanboy as anybody, and I think this is SICK!!! Anybody complaining about this, let me tell you, they are NOT. TRUE. MUSICIANS! They jack off to pictures of 59 Flying V's. They'd rather see these priceless guitars rotting away in a collector's bin than being played like they were meant to be. This is what it's all about! I think you were pretty ahead of the times with this. I guarantee you if you took this to a show and rocked ass with it, it would catch on quick! Rock on!!

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

WOW!!!

[@thamessinclair2010]

Not having to carry an extra keyboard on tour seems like an odd idea to hear from you.

[@QuinnHartmann]

This guitar introduced me to the channel!

[@xammai9679]

your a modern day mad scientist. i love it.

[@NickT6630]

The guitar is really awesome! I wish I still had my guitars especially the Ibanez es335 now I think about it... with its hollow body you could stuff a single board computer in that thing and do some really mad stuff.

[@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER]

That computing power nick!!! Just think of the possibilities!!!

[@WarrenPostma]

This is the most bad-ass guitar I've ever seen. I want it. I think the janky back cover is part of its charm.

[@dysamoria]

Just when I think this is just a skilled person... out comes a dynamic demonstration of multiple skills at the same time and I'm like "fuck. THIS is what genius looks like and I ain't it".

[@Jakub1989YTb]

At first, I was like "wtf"? But as soon as the arpeggios started, I was like "holy cow!!!".

[@ecalzo]

wow.. you're so proficient and productive .. also you've got a lot of energy and ideas and big immagination.. wowo love your work .. keep doing that man ... would love to see you in italy sometimes ... will you come at novarock in austria this June???

[@warhead5043]

It's too cool for anyone to be mad at you for doing this

[@binface9]

Sounds great! Definitely worth the sacrifice

[@jonasheimbecker2025]

Synth guitars are my dream! Sadly I don’t have the skills or money to get a good one.

[@simonhopkins3867]

Dive in like he did. Make a cigar box guitar for a start. ;-)

[@deadswordsman]

boss sy-1

[@jonasheimbecker2025]

@@simonhopkins3867 Thanks man! That means a lot to hear

[@jonasheimbecker2025]

@@deadswordsman I have a pretty beaten up YRG 1000 (you rock guitar) It's very small and non functional for live shows in my opinion

[@speakea_sy5509]

Congrats with 300 thousands man!

[@ondrejpelikan6935]

Thats beautiful

[@aliga621]

I Love this guitar!

[@EleventhHourPower]

Don't think I didn't see that LSDJ sticker on the back of that thing ;) Wave channel on that tracker is a lot of fun.

[@starkickermusic2100]

You're really quite mad you know! Keep up the great work I love this!

[@allisongeneau]

This sounds soooo crazy cool!!!👏🏽

[@brutusmuerto]

Is there ANYTHING you want, but cannot do? Respect!!