SHE'S BACK! | My thoughts on Jumbo Refret + Graphtech Bridge/Tailpiece

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First impressions as my Les Paul returns from a 6000 Jumbo Refret and new Graphtech Bridge and Tailpiece!
Huge shout out to the Andy Gibson from Sixty Sixty Sounds and Graphtech for sending out the parts!
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Peace,
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[@jc.1191]

She's fixed up real nice. A real beauty. Thanks for the bridge review, I'm looking at that one too, cause it looks fully notched.

[@m...6119]

That is an awesome sounding Les Paul. Covers a lot of tonal range….and that sustain is fab. I wouldn’t change anything else on your axe. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@zzubuzz]

It always boils down to how well you play, and that's pretty good.

[@kennyleejohnson5253]

Love the tone.

[@2dazetake]

Nailed it, great upgrade and excellent playing, what ever amp your using is a perfect match for the new beefed up tones and playability,didn't take you long to adapt to the new frets,your playing is over the top,well done.

[@williamsterling9538]

Nice job, sounds fantastic and it's a beautiful guitar.

[@dubreg6711]

great tone and awesome playing as per usual

[@SpedSpedding]

Colm Regan Thanks mate! £10 says I have the pickups changed by tomorrow morning. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DannyBeardsley]

Awesome video, mate. Great playing and lovely tones. That’s an awesome guitar 👍

[@SpedSpedding]

Thank you mate! Surgery impending, even despite it’s awesomeness.

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

Sounds and looks great. Just subscribed. Great video mate.

[@nicolalozano6212]

You just convinced me with this video . I have a 1973 les Paul custom , nothing is original on it . It needs to get a fret job and after I watched this video , I’m convinced I’m going to get jumbo frets 😍 Thanks for this fantastic video .

[@SpedSpedding]

You’re welcome, let me know when you get it done and what you think! 💪🏻❤️

[@astrovenus8345]

Cheers! Loved it 👌🏼 Nerding out on poossible customizations to my'96 MIJ jazzmaster. Gonna bite the bullit and go jumbo frets. This vid helped. Thank you! Please chime in with any recommendations. You mentioned 6000 vs other. No idea 😅

[@kensedita233]

Wow, very buttery. I love these frets on a les paul.

[@TheGriff1958]

Great sound

[@SpedSpedding]

Thanks Charles!

[@leemartin2978]

I’ve not heard any better sounding playing anywhere on here. It sounds bloody amazing. Your love of the instrument came screaming out of that guitar. Welcome home

[@SpedSpedding]

lee martin Thanks so much Lee! Glad it comes across, so glad to have it back! 👌🏻

[@douglasalexander4348]

Mines pretty nice with the mules, more versatile than most, nickel slight aged, looks quality.

[@JamesWalshBristolKids]

I've definitely seen improvement with graph tech nut and graphite saddles and ratio tuners. I was thinking of adding a Graph Tech Tusq nut to my blue D'Angelico Premier. I put graph tech ratio tuners on my Epiphone LP Special and a graph tech wraparound bridge. It sounds fantastic. The Ration Tuners are the best in the world. Your Les Paul Standard sounds very, very nice. Frets look perfect. Well done.

[@dagwood4669]

Killer playing and tone

[@owenburrell1634]

You are a legend sped 🤘🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mikmik6660]

Awesome playing, and such a great tone... I'm considering getting something similar done to my Studio, but am bit worried that I may not like it, any chance I could meet you somewhere if you're gigging around London so I could feel your guitar/frets myself before deciding? Cheers, and keep on rocking!🤘

[@ribbonsofeuphoria5744]

Sunday morning coffee and I am really enjoying your playing. You really caught me by surprise going from the Zep riffs into a chill take on Parisienne Walkways. Jumbo Freya are proper good along with a high action are essential for tone to me. Can you share what amp and gear you are playing through? Lovely tones. And an accent to match

[@txuntxo]

Nice !!!! The jumbo frets are good .????? I want make this with my gibson.

[@donharrold1375]

Totally agree with you on setting up the action a little higher. Low action seems like the answer intuitively to promote speed, but I’ve found gripping strings during bending much harder when my guitars have been set up that way; my playing becomes sloppy and suffers across the board. I also think a little higher action allows the strings to resonate and sustain better.

[@dannysartain4198]

I just put the whole lotta humbucker set in my Les Paul. That is my new favorite pickup set

[@RGMDG]

Congrats on the return of your number 1..

[@SpedSpedding]

Robert Martin Thankssss! She’s been missed.

[@trevorwesterdahl6245]

Your playing was excellent. Hearing your tone, not sure why you to change the pickups. New hardware seems to working.

[@nigelnunes]

Hey man, love the refret! I've wanted to ditch the vintage frets on my LP for a set of jumbos too - for much the same reasons as your own actually. If it's fine me asking, how much did the refret cost you? and did you find issues with in the way of intonation as the fret width and heights were so radically different to the original Gibson wire? Thanks a bunch! -Nige

[@aquilarossa5191]

I got a stainless refret on my 90s Studio that is a really great sounding guitar for some reason, so I never traded up to a more blinged out model. I was daft though. I forgot to tell him I wanted jumbo frets, so ended up with little Gibson size ones. Expensive mistake. I have an angle grinder vibrato, so new nickel frets are flat on top in only a few months. Stainless is the way to go. I use those Primo Slinky 9.5-44 strings for a Les Paul in standard tuning. They feel just right to me, because 9s feel too light and 10s too heavy. Same 9.5 gauge for my Strat in Eb tuning, so the tension feels similar. Nice big frets on this one. Dimarzio HS3 and HS4 pups for the YJM thing, but sometimes I think about making it into a Dave Murray Strat. Super Distortion. Mexican Standard. Great neck and fret work that really surprised me how good it was. Bridge and tuners are not as good though. I might replace them. I recently got one of those Original Series SG Standards. The little frets suck for bending. The neck took weeks to settle down, so I had the truss rod cover off full time and was constantly adjusting. Neck pup is stronger than the bridge pup. I do not like it? I nearly returned it, but now it has settled down and begun to get toneful I love it. It will need a refret in the new year. It's my fav guitar now. Apart from the little frets making bending a bit trickier, it is so comfy to play and sounds great. SGs feel weird after years on a Les Paul, but once you get used to them they are really fun guitars (it is a little brighter and snappier though). I top wrap my Gibson guitars. I do not care what folks say. I like the better clearance over the arse end of the bridge etc (sometimes you actually have to do it depending on the neck set angle). My Two Notes Captor can not cope with my Plexi replica. It overheats and shuts down, which gives me about 20 seconds to turn the amp off. I put a Marshall 2525H on lay-buy. Debt free GAS, but it requires patience. Silver Jube will be good for the more metal stuff I do. Great with a TS808. I will have to install power scaling on the Plexi to tame it. I do not like driving load boxes that hard. It makes me nervous of smoke billowing out. I will not mod it for more gain and tighter low end though. I want it to do the authentic Plexi thing for Led Zep etc (being able to do both would be cool though). Touch and go if I will have the amp paid off within the 3 months though. I had to spend 2K at the dentist. Moved to NZ while my NHS braces were being made, so I missed out (during my O level year). I miss England sometimes, although I am very glad we do not have a village idiot in charge here. It's good here except for all the rugby heads, i.e., ugg ball is what I call it. I am an old school MUFC supporter (since 1970s). I noticed some Judas Priest in there. They have so many great riffs. The first few albums are absolute classics.

[@ssabp8313]

Is the attack of the strinhs deeper Maybe a better way to put it as they Sound beefy? They seem more biting.

[@marceloallende8126]

Hey brother! How does it feel in regards of the string action and sliding notes? I'll have to refret my Gibson LP due to a luthier mistake. I'm trying to find the right frets. Also, what's the brand of the frets you're using? Dunlop? Best regards!

[@angelobouhoutsos3060]

What amp and where are your tone and volume knobs set at? It sounds like the bass is compressed and not punchy and bridge pickup also with attenuated highs and upper mids softened. Is that the resomax doing that? It’s very hard to judge what’s going on here otherwise.

[@user-ih5zv2uz4v]

Hello! Do you use Graphrec TUSQ nut in this guitar?

[@ssabp8313]

It's kind of interesting ax Les Paul with jumbosc ooks like a Jackson

[@maxtwentynine5968]

what size frets did you put on that blackie ?

[@marceloallende8126]

4:14 Slash! :D

[@bgrizz7253]

@Will Elwin “Not for me” from his first record with Myles.

[@randomguitarnote8887]

I have an 87 les paul custom, the original bridge was in bad shape so i put a gotoh one, i wasnt happy with the guitar, notes had a rattle i didnt like and overall it didn’t feel good to me, after watching this video i order a resomax just like this one and wow the difference is HUGE!, now my guitar plays and sounds amazing, i am glad i found this video because on the verge of selling my Les Paul. Thank you again!

[@SpedSpedding]

Thanks for sharing! That's so cool that it basically SAVED the guitar. Graphtech would love to hear that. They made a huge difference to mine. I prefer the look as well, I like the bigger heads. It never slips any more and the tuning up process is smooth and precise.

[@jasoncdebussy]

It seems like ages since you sent your Les Paul away - no wonder you were missing it. It sounds great - but I reckon most of that has to do with who is playing it. In my hands you'd probably say I got it from Woolworth's 😊 and definitely yes to doing a cover with Gabs 👍

[@SpedSpedding]

Hahaha, nothing wrong with a Woolys guitar. I reckon you'd make it sound like Hendrix mate! Yeah it has been gone for a while, needed a bit more work than I thought. I will give Gab a shove, tell her to get warmed up!

[@jasoncdebussy]

@@SpedSpedding I wonder what song you would do? Hmmmm... no idea actually 🤔

[@SpedSpedding]

The Slider I’ve left her to decide. She’s game. 🤯👌🏻

[@jasoncdebussy]

@@SpedSpedding 👍

[@brettwalker4915]

Can I ask, does the resomax bridge stay in tune better than the stock? I have a 1992 studio that I absolutely love but tuning is an issue…

[@bobdillon1138]

Best thing you can do to a modern Les Paul is change the bridge to a steel ABR-1 and change the tail piece to cast aluminium with longer steel studs.I have been through loads of pickups and OX4 are the best reasonably priced pickups i have found.

[@SpedSpedding]

My Les Paul is a 98 Standard, think she's sneaking into vintage territory now. Haha. I have just had a look at the ABR-1, looks cool. Have you tried the Graphtech stuff? Also, yeah the OX4 pickups sound amazing. My friend Ben who works at Gibson is demo'd them ridiculously well on KZbin. I will see what I can do! Have you tried the Bare Knuckle stuff?

[@bobdillon1138]

@@SpedSpedding No haven't tried any Graphtech stuff but it has a good rep... i found the Faber Abr-1 to be the closest to a vintage sounding bridge...Tried a few Bare Knuckle offerings and to me they were nothing amazing i thought Duncan Antiquitys sounded better...It is all very subjective but to my ears the OX4 with the A4 mags come closest to the 50s early 60s Gibsons without spending crazy amounts of $...bymmv.

[@angelobouhoutsos3060]

Done it and it was not that great! Steel bribge attenuates the eq to the point it was sterile. This sounds good on his guitar yours may be different.

[@angelobouhoutsos3060]

bob dillon So you didn’t feel that the faber rubberized the bass and mids? I don’t have a proper word for it but especially the neck on two guitars became kind of lifeless with less harmonic content. I messed with the hardware for 3 years and to no avail.

[@joaoferreira7672]

Hi mate, what's the size and brand and material of the frets? I've been thinking changing mine les paul frets i dont like the medium jumbo, but i see so many sizes (6000, 6100 6200),and materials on the net and that confuses me. Cheers from Portugal. Keep rocking

[@bighardbooks770]

Hey, Sped! Hey, Gabs! Hope all's well, four year's time later 😮 any new contests happening? Love the channel 🎸 I'd like a 1991 LP Classic cherry burst, someday 😊 (Or, tobacco burst? 😂)

[@ssabp8313]

Is there a slight delay or reverb you're using could you just go straight without any any kind of distortion or anything just clean prefer to hear it clean

[@carlmclean9304]

What about adding a String Butler to prevent the strings binding in the nut and help them to return to pitch after bending, Since your already using so many Graphtec parts why not a Graphtec nut? Throw in some big bends nut sauce and bam Ultimate tuning stability and playability unlucked.

[@donharrold1375]

Sounds great. Medium-High action is the way to go. Sounds way better (I can’t stand any buzzy overtones) and it doesn’t make any real difference to playability.

[@fbaraky660]

woah which pickups are those?

[@HavendaleBlvd80]

Would you recommend the graphtech tailpiece and tuneomatic over the TonePros tailpiece and tuneomatic?

[@SpedSpedding]

I’ve only tried the Graphtech ones so it would be a biased yes. I do love the resomax string save saddles though and the fact they’re magnetic to the posts. No messing around with grub screws etc.

[@garyeckel1656]

Clue: When your Bridge Worps its bloody time for a new one!

[@timaddison707]

Those jumbo frets look excellent against the dark rosewood. Rare to see rosewood that dark these days one of the advantages of buying a 20+ yo guitar.

[@danpeabody5687]

what is your signal chain? What affects and what amplifier are you using

[@SpedSpedding]

Another person asked this down below, I will probably get around to doing a rig rundown this week!

[@danpeabody5687]

Knowing the signal chain does make it easier to understand how you're getting your tone

[@SpedSpedding]

dan peabody 8pm tonight.

[@louiscloutier7891]

great player as always sound real good is it your victory sherrif ,,,what effect do you use,need a gear run dowm and a demo of your amp and effect

[@SpedSpedding]

louis cloutier Epic Thanks. I’ll happily do a rig rundown this week. Explain what’s going on with my setup.

[@SpedSpedding]

louis cloutier 8pm tonight. 👌🏻

[@ruechel]

This is a wonderful sounding guitar and really wicked playing, mate (which arguably is more important than anything) full of great groove and blues feel. To me personally, this is how a Gibson LP should sound: growling in bass and mids like a fucking Tiger. Jimmy P and Billy G would be proud.

[@creepypokemon]

Feels more comfortable than before?

[@robmurrah3224]

whats the bridge pickup in this vid?

[@SpedSpedding]

Stock but I've since swapped out for Buzztone 57 PAF's. I made a video on it.

[@BagusWibisono]

It isn’t stainless steel frets?

[@BagusWibisono]

Extra jumbo frets?

[@SpedSpedding]

6200!

[@petrochemicals4u]

String gauge ?

[@SpedSpedding]

Regular 10!

[@ayandey137]

What's the intro at 4:14 ??? Someone Please tell

[@SpedSpedding]

Not for me. Slash.

[@ayandey137]

@@SpedSpedding Thanks Sped ♥️

[@SpedSpedding]

Pleasureeeee 🤘🏻🖤

[@bradleyshuppert3393]

People are so damn afraid to refret a Les Paul thinking it will ruin the originality and their Les Paul will be worth the same as a 59 one day... absolutely false!! Is it a playing guitar or a looking at guitar?!?!?! Your guitar sounds amazing and you play it well!!! Proof that everyone should get the most out of their guitar by doing what they feel and just worry Les.... haha

[@pharmerdavid1432]

Anything that adds mass, adds sustain, which is why having a Bigsby makes guitars sustain better, so even if you don't use them they help, and look cool - no? Having the tailpiece flush against the guitar adds mass, so there's a scientific reason for top-wrapping, assuming you want more sustain. Cheers!

[@DamLee88]

first

[@SpedSpedding]

BOOM!

[@reydensobrepena5781]

not for me ❤️

[@SpedSpedding]

At first I thought you meant the refret wasn’t for you and then I remembered I played the riff. 😂😂🙌🏻