My First Gibson: Gilby Clarke

[@estranged85]

Gilby learned all GN'R songs in like two weeks. Miss him in the band, very good combo with Slash and great stage presence. Seems like a nice dude

[@ThrillingTwo]

Great story. Gilby always seems like a really good dude.

[@slashsnake4]

i meet Gilby yesterday and i can confirm is a really good dude

[@ronny-2112]

Gilby Clarke is an underrated guitarist and above all an underrated songwriter. His playing style maintains the classic spirit of 70's Hard Rock in his composition. He and Izzy Stradlin are definitely very underrated.

[@RiloRox]

how could you not like Gilby?! Id totally have a jam with him

[@noynayivenrolanda.1764]

axl: "the man with a new corvette" 😅

[@jamiewrench9715]

Here to play some rolling stones for you

[@rebellemoermin6128]

Ladies and gentlemen Mr Gilby Fuckin' Clarke..

[@GeoffSweet]

Iven noynay...I still have that video that I bought in '92...lol

[@noynayivenrolanda.1764]

@@GeoffSweet cool man i wish i could have one

[@fearview]

only true fans know

[@Trog]

Welcome back! haha

[@edgarkleinmann7386]

The Trogly's Guitar Show I was as scared as I believe you were 😱

[@anodegaming4311]

Trogly my main man good to see you!

[@Wayneextremity]

Nice to see you here Austin!

[@utecastronoova863]

Wheres miss piggy?

[@SixSixthSix]

Now you can see how much power gibson has over the 'new' media. Alot of youtuber made a video about gibson removing there videos, great advertising.

[@roman077m2]

Gilby looks like he does not get old at all! I would say he still looks like in '92 when he was playing with GNR.

[@AaronDarrow]

Ahhhhh, loved watching him in the Use Your Illusions concert recordings

[@gfgranja]

And that other Les Paul, the one that was burned, he played a lot as well on "Live in Tokyo"

[@robtylerblack2617]

@@gfgranja Or is this that guitar refinished maybe? I loved that LP to man, used it at Wembley.

[@gfgranja]

Rob Tyler Black It is not the same. He played both on “live in tokyo” .

[@gfgranja]

@@robtylerblack2617 Search on google images "Gilby Clarke burned Les Paul"

[@robtylerblack2617]

@@gfgranja Have done bud, hope Gilby see's this message.

[@ja7941]

Glad your back Gibson

[@shodaboy54]

What a great story. I always love this kind of stories about special guitars

[@UncleTerry]

I recently bought my first Gibson. An SG Standard, enjoying it very much.

[@rolandoflores7626]

So fortunate to see Gilby live shows in México Rock City:GNR,Trio project(Adika, Singer) & Kings of Chaos.🤘🎸

[@bobby9727]

Glad your back Gibson.

[@dannye3325]

Slash: "can you play GC&D"? Gilby "yeah man" cool your in.

[@bennyzuccarello1068]

LMAO !

[@iwillnevergetone5]

i'd play G,C&D for that type of pay check. any day

[@omithehomi8568]

What’s GC&D?

[@dannye3325]

@@omithehomi8568 chords 🤦‍♂️

[@omithehomi8568]

@@dannye3325 oh shut sorry I thought it was an acronym for a song, lol those are mostly what you need to play rhythms for sweet child o mine

Pawnshop guitars and swag are such a GREAT albums. This guy is a really good guitar player and artist.

[@mattmccready44]

I LOVE Pawnshop Guitars. Going to dig it out now. 🙌

[@soulagent79]

70's Gibsons are underrated.

[@bennyzuccarello1068]

Yes, they are, BUT, I did sell my '79 SG so I could buy a 2017 SG Standard...and the 2017 blows the '79 away, its not even close...

[@sebastianleitonmaldonado7889]

I know you're busy with your daughter's music and choppers, but Gilby please record more albums !!!!

[@WhatTheFoock]

His Pawnshop Guitars album is still one-of my favorites, play it all the time!

[@RicardoGordo]

I bought a black Les Paul because of this guy!

[@magnuskjeldbjerg8714]

Same here ahah

[@elonmust7470]

Should've bought a music man.

[@rafarodriguezadan871]

Wow amazing

[@vernonhoover1387]

Glad you're back

[@johnnygonzales3211]

I'm getting one just like that from the factory its shipping on the 27th can't wait for my bucket list guitar😜

[@danwilhite]

Great video! Gilby's Pawn Shop Guitars is still one of my favorite albums.

[@RockessentialTim]

I remember that guitar well. Glad to see you and it are still playing together!

[@SaintFredrocks]

"It's still my first Gibson." How many first Gibsons can you have?

[@_OffroadExpress_]

I madly love and respect you Gilby.

[@clockwork914]

Great first Gibson story❕

[@brivington2011]

Great story. Very cool. Reminds me of that movie " The Red Violin". Thanks for sharing Gilby!

[@Bolofof0]

Great guitarrist, a true inspiration for me.

[@joker71172]

Welcome back Gibson! Another great upload with a story. My guitar picked me too.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

I remember the first time I picked up a Les Paul, back in the early 80s when I was just starting to learn guitar. It belonged to a friend's dad and up until that point, I had only held junkie guitars. It was this amazing combination of elegance and power that just stuck with me. Anyway, I'm really enjoying these videos here... just wish Gibson would mix more guitar playing into it :)

[@PDXguitarfreak]

@Edward Oliver Hey Edward! Yes, I'm trying to put out one video per week, mostly tutorials of well known solos, but finding time can be challenging. :)

[@ihguitars2566]

Gilby never seems to age!!!

[@blkjakk]

Thank God this channel is back. Gibson addict here 😁

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

Gilby's story is hella romantic. It has that mythic rock and roll feel to it.

[@williamcammer9211]

I still have my first Gibson that I got in 1980 it's a Firebrand the Paul still love it to this day

[@bennyzuccarello1068]

I had '79 'The SG' and just sold it to buy a '17 SG Standard. I did not think I would ever sell 'ANGUS' (Walnut body/Ebony Fret-Board)......a Real MONSTER ! That is till I picked up the 2017 SG Standard. I was surprised, the 2017 Standard is an all round better guitar.

[@gothampops]

Great story

[@aquilarossa5191]

My first Gibson was pretty special. I was 16 in 1986. It was a 1955 Southern Jumbo. Cost $1100 NZD saved up from my paper run money and then my apprentice wages. Had quite a few since. Current one is a 1997 Les Paul Studio. It was intended to be a stepping stone to replacing ones I had sold. But I ended up sticking with the Studio because it has such a good tone. I always like to have a Strat around too, because they have a sound a Gibson does not do. They hardly get played, so i always end up selling them for the next gear purchase. Next one will be a Squire so I do not get tempted to sell it due to infrequent use. One that somebody has maintained frets on and modded etc. I like SGs too and want to check out the new original series ones. Will have to wait. Just woke up and my active studio monitors are crapped out. Transformers I think. No juice. Listening thru AKG phones and only the right side is working. Annoying because my amp does not have a cab. I do the load box to DAW thing. Is going to take some time because I am laid up getting treatment for busted up spine and I am not going to be able to go back to my old job they say. The SG will have to wait. Next year maybe. Pissed off, but that's life. If it was easy we would live forever.

[@BennyDIY-eu6wj]

wow video gibson come back❤❤❤

[@emlyngriffith5846]

Same as mine except mine’s a Custom. Love it....and I’m quite happy with the original pick ups and set up so don’t want to change it!

[@mackin26]

You gotta love this guy, checking that it wasn’t stolen. Fair play.

[@guitarmixvids]

I totally had the same experience with the Gibson's neck but not on my first Les Paul, unfortunately. My first LP is a Les Paul Classic 1960. It has a slim neck. I didn't realize that it was too much of a problem until I purchased a couple of 2014 Gibsons, and LPJ and SGJ. The necks on both are PERFECT .... more of a 50s profile I guess?

[@johnora3857]

In a late 70s deluxe there were no single coils. Maybe he means the mini humbuckers.

[@graemero5532]

Could it have been a pro deluxe with p90's ?

[@johnora3857]

@@graemero5532 you are actually right, i forgot about that! and ebony was a standard color for the model, too.

[@absea7918]

@@graemero5532 Good idea, but the Pro Deluxe had an ebony fingerboard (along with P-90's). Gilby's has a standard rosewood. He probably didn't think he'd like the mini hums. Lots of players did that back then. I owned a Pro Deluxe for a long time. Great guitars, though heavy, and the P-90's howled playing live.

[@landonlewsaw1762]

I had a '77 Deluxe with the mini-humbuckers. They screamed! Too hot actually, bad for feedback. The tone was still pure Les Paul though. Anyone who took them out like this only did it for the look.

[@markrosenquist8259]

Wow that’s awesome he still has it. Love Les Pauls🔥🙌

[@UncleChillGuitar]

There is a certain reverence that comes with saying”My Les Paul”. No wonder Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Bloomfield, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Phil Keaggy, Neal Schon, John McLaghlin, Neil Young, Al DiMeola, Zappa, Freddie King, Robert Fripp and Santana played them.

[@AlexBenoehr]

Kick a*** Awaiting your next album. It's been a f*** while

[@johnnygonzales3211]

I have two a 2017 and a 2018 standard and standard HP awesome guitars😜

[@bennyzuccarello1068]

Good Man, the 2017 Standards marked GIBSON's return to form after the MIN E Tune and G-Farce disasters....You said it right, AWESOME GUITARS !

[@markbundy1694]

Great Stuff Gilby!!!!

[@charlesb7831]

Love that worn in look on a Les Paul!

[@TheOriginalguns]

Gilby is still the man.

[@reviewforthetube6485]

Its in beautiful condition you really took care of it good job and this video was awesome thanks guys

[@gitanopnmex]

What a great story

[@utecastronoova863]

My first guitar was a 1975 or 76 standard Les Paul tobacco burst. My parents got it for me for 400 bucks when i first started playing in 1980. Thanks mom and dad. The guy was also selling a white custom les paul for 500 bucks but he didnt really want to sell it. I really wanted that white one, as it sounded better. Snotty kid i was. Now I'm an old asshole but i can play a mean guitar...

[@hammer5475]

So cool! I still have my first LP copy and my first real LP. It was many years before I could afford to get a real Gibson. I think it’s true how guitars find you!!!

[@tyson3571]

Cool story!!! You rock!!

[@bentolleson8582]

Mr. Clarke maybe the guy knew your situation and knew you loved playing guitar, & wanted to spread some love.

[@Havanacuba1985]

What an awesome video 🤘🏻🕶🤘🏻

[@darkeye123321]

They are baaaack

[@Martinroot]

Love the 3ps maple necks of the 70's Les Paul... Bring that back...

[@aronhallam6449]

he seems like a nice guy - pawnshop guitars is my favourite gnr solo album - not that that is a great honour !

[@GigaGrandpaYT]

Thats whats up rock on

[@songbes]

Saya suka Gibson Les Paul...namum belum memilikinya...semoga suatu saat bisa...👍🏼

[@MattyK-USA]

Man! A great guitar with a great story, and one that has been played as these guitars should. I do have to say, I'd have loved to hear that thing with the original P90's 🙂😉👌🙂👍

[@SK-vs2wp]

After 20 Years of playing a customized Epiphone Les Paul, I got my first Gibson Les Paul (Special), and it was pure magic, so just a few weeks later I got my second Gibson Les Paul (Tribute). What can I say? I am saving all the Money I can to get another Gibson Les Paul (Standard). I guess I am addicted.

[@graemero5532]

Another great first gibson vid

[@lanceraustin]

17-yr old hesher guitar player working in a gas station has a friend in the police department and is so virtuous that HE initiates the background check which could cost him everything. Sounds plausible. Ha ha, much love, Mr. Clark.. I think Johanna's Chopper is the best song written in all of the 90s.

[@searaydrivingguy]

i have owned about 20 gibsons my first one was a 1983 SG black it sat in the store months nobody bought it they were asking $999 i was 15 i saved up for it i got for $550 plus i traded in a guytone foot pedal it was the most costly thing i ever bought at that age and i still have the guitar and my bill of sale when i pass away i want in my coffin with me to play in the afterlife

[@johnnymarlin1283]

When's the book coming out, would be some classic gunners stories.

[@tylerrichman9]

The Gibson channel is back. I knew everyone was overreacting...

[@AlanJWatkins]

@@rikkousa obviously, they are taking the classic ostrich approach and keeping their head in the sand. that is figurative of course. in reality they put tape over their mouth.

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

I'd like to hear a similar story from Izzy as well.

[@guitaRe19]

What Seymour Duncan pickups are on this 79?

[@joeharris7767]

Go gilby!!!!!

[@skylerchase7111]

Gilby is my guitar hero and will always continue to learn from him ... A true guitar legend!

[@rob062388]

Still have my first Gibson. A 94 black LP studio with gold hardware won on an eBay auction in 2005. I will never sell it.

[@kommissar.murphy]

I wish he wasnt turned down in every concert. But he seemed like a guy everyone could get on with at a time when nobody was getting on.

[@Bobby_Digital37]

What Duncan Pickups are in that guitar? They sound great!!!

[@Diggerdog2nd]

That Les Paul is the 100% twin of my 1979 Standard. The front of it anyways. Mine doesn't have quite that much wear on it.

[@jenshollander6036]

What a cool and down to earth guy 👍🏻 I like him..... some Rooooolling Stones for you 😆

[@ianasmith678]

"I called my friend in the police and he said its clean" ye right. That guitar was someone's baby and it got stolen.

[@davidbakerscuba]

Owner probably didn’t know the serial number, so it couldn’t be entered into the stolen property database.

[@jlr022159]

I worked at a music store in the late 70’s through mid-80’s... it’s hard for many to comprehend that guitars weren’t worth what they are now. I’ve seen LOTS of times where someone needed 300 or 400 bucks and dumped a fine guitar for it and the were not hot. It was just the way things were.

[@dba4292]

@@jlr022159 Yeah. This is right with info I have heard elsewhere. I always thought it was the inflation, you know. But seems Gibson guitars where cheap-ish decades ago. That explains how Slash and Izzy of Gn'R could afford to live on heroin ans buy LPs and 335s/semi-hollows even without the cash-up-front for the Appetite album. Cheers

[@1777DK]

D BA Slash’s Appetite Les Paul was not a Gibson, it is a replica build by a luthier named Kris Derrig.

[@thephotoyak]

@@fatherrock3840 those prices you mention are not very cheap. $500 in 1985 is $1200 today and you can buy a 10 year old explorer for way less than that nowadays (obviously not a 76, but in the mid 80s a 76 was just a used explorer.) $1200 for a 100 watt Marshall half stack? You can almost find them for that price now, nevermind inflation.

[@lal2235]

Which seymour duncans?

[@_fabio1978]

Gilby looks like 25 years ago!

[@jasondyeoriginalmusic3094]

Cool guitar

[@larryadams1873]

Great story! Wish I still had my first Les Paul but I lost in a trade forever ago. 😒 My new 50’s Standard makes me feel much better about losing that guitar. 😁

[@duncandistortion]

Why would someone want one with so much negativity attached to them in all reviews, But the single cut/les paul design is my favourite.

[@javierduran2328]

Dont forget come to Santa Cruz Bolivia to Play with your band in Hard Rock Cafe, this company search artist as you.

[@anodegaming4311]

If only prices for Les Pauls were more affordable. Personally, I'd want a '58 Burst, '68 Custom Ebony, and hopefully a one off of my own someday. 🙏🤞

[@bennyzuccarello1068]

I kno, The '68's are the $#!T, but $6200 ! Imma goin for the 2019 Les Paul CUSTOM BB....just under $4K out the door !

[@zephrylynemusic3698]

He said he removed the single coils, what Gibson Les Paul has single coils?

[@phoenixjim0527]

I believe his Deluxe originally had mini humbuckers not “single coil pickups”

[@JuanOrtiz-qb1db]

Yo tengo una guitarra que amo y la defiendo a muerte como gilby a esa les pauls

[@Avantimusicprojects]

Anyone knows what mixer desk is that?

[@gilbygtr]

early 70's Neve 542 broadcaster board 16x4x2

[@allanwhittick2930]

Man I wish I could afford a Gibson les Paul standard in black that one or the 2019 high performance model. They sound amazing. They are truly the players choice.

[@Swampster70]

Go for the Studio. Designed for the no frills requirement of recording artists but have the same tone. From my 30+ years of playing, I've played more Studios that sounded epic than I have Standards or Customs. The shape doesn't suit me otherwise I would have at least a half dozen.

[@allanwhittick2930]

@@Swampster70 yeah I will be buying a studio as well, love em.

[@bennyzuccarello1068]

@@Swampster70 Haven't played many Standards or Customs, huh ? I always laugh when people say $#!T like "I'll put my STUDIO up against any STANDARD or CUSTOM", seriously, I just laugh.......Play a Studio and Standard next to each other, UN-PLUGGED, and you will hear what a POS the Studio really is.

[@Swampster70]

@@bennyzuccarello1068 I've played lots. Worked in a guitar store back in the late 80's to late 90's that had many a Les Paul, including special edition models for Joe Perry, Slash, Jimmy Page and Ace. After a while you realize that it's not the fancy shit that give a guitar tone, it's just the right combination of woods and construction. Two Les Paul standards made one after the other may have the same woods, glue, paint but one may resonate better than the other and that's what gives it tone. Based on good tone, I've played more Studio's that have sounded fantastic than Standards, Customs or even Limited Editions. To be fair, the Joe Perry Models (I played 3) all sounded like bit's of wood that floated in a swamp for too long and had dead strings on and we sent them all back to the Gibson distributor (for the UK) Rossetti. To back my assumption up that it's all about the wood, don't take my word for it... Fender Custom shop head honcho, Ron Thorn, says his favorite guitar ever is a 1985 Squire Silver Series Strat. If there's ever a guy that could claim the exotic, it would be him. And yes, I too have a Silver Series Squire but a little later than his, from 87. It resonates in a way that a 25.5" scale guitar shouldn't. Only my 27" Hetfield Snakebyte has is beat but none of my Gibson or Tokai Korina V's do. It's magic in a bottle for a few hundred bucks. And just an FYI: I own the guitars I do because of their sound, not value. If I wanted a fancy pants all the bells, whistles with a cherry on top, I would have bought a custom shop Les Paul instead of the BMW S1000RR with all the fun extras that gets ridden during summer for no reason that it's an adrenaline rush on track - but I know the BMW delivers whilst most guitars, even the expensive ones, don't. Heck, I'd sell my Marshall's and Mesa if I had too for a high dollar guitar that sounded great. Once you find one that's louder, resonates more and just sounds better acoustically, then you know it's something special. At that point, it's not about what is labelled on the headstock...

[@bennyzuccarello1068]

@@Swampster70 REALLY ? U think I read all that ? Woods used in a Studio is just not as good as a standard/custom, also substandard parts(490 POS P-Ups) etc = LP Studio.UN-PLUGGED they are NOT as loud/clear and just do not sound anywhere near as good..BUT BUT BUT, STUDIO's are good to beat on, mistreat/gig etc....

[@markblackwell9486]

My first Gibson is a Les Paul Studio 1983. It was awful. The neck had tar on it over the huge scratches in paint and it was brand new. I still have her though.

[@TempoDrift1480]

Gilbys cool!

[@trepaliogunner]

Nice 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@LuisHernandez-dy1rq]

Nice But you didn’t say which Seymour Duncan’s are in it ? Or a sound demo?

[@nalatreborrenoclaf9648]

Im definitely considering the honda fireblade

[@tothandrei]

The only GNR member to have had his shit together

[@eternalme6077]

Love ya Gilby, great Story.....but what were those tuners? Did you change those out, looks like you took off the Pickguard as well. BEAUTIFUL Guitar.....Thanks Gilby 🎸💚

[@davidpaul6656]

Did Gibson ever make a Gilby Clark signature model? If not, they SHOULD! They make'em for these newer unknown hacks

[@Havanacuba1985]

I’m backing up the mustang as this city has no heart

[@alecsneed5835]

Well broken in, no doubt

[@blackbearbear9313]

Nice guitar good deal lucky