The Design on the Old Gibson Supreme is Amazing

[@bluephoenix3865]

If I ever get one of those, I’m leaving it stock that sounds like a pain in the ass to change out the pick ups

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

yeah, it would be a total pain in the ass

[@ac76panama56]

I'm crying I'm laughing so hard

[@MakerMark13]

Exactly was I just thinking lol

[@voornaam3191]

Man, luthiers know what things you need to get there. First you got a tiny camera lense and a led light, you can see what your miracle tool is doing. A hundred years ago that camera wasn't there, yet. Think about it, luthiers or repair shop staff sometimes have those impossible problems, and they know what to do. For real. But easy, ehm, nope.

[@PANDORAZTOYBOKZ]

​​@@voornaam3191 I'm just amazed that people think this is some space aged wizardry when this is quite literally how all gibsons arw wired, and have been since before the Les Paul. Is the big difference that it's larger and more hollow? Because that's not particularly harder than working with an ES. Of course, gibson would love for everyone to believe this is a special effort for this specific model. I struggle to imagine any guitar where the hardware isn't wired after finishing and assembling the neck and body. That's pretty much the opposite of what you would do if you wanted a high quality, clean finish.

[@PhillipGolden-t3o]

And Matt Heafy from Trivium still loaded one with active EMGs.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

he plays a les paul custom

[@PhillipGolden-t3o]

@ also in like 2005-2006 if I remember correctly he had a white supreme that had EMGs in it. I think it is in the video for ‘gunshot to the head of trepidation,’ but it has been a while since I watched the video, so maybe it was a custom but I’m thinking it was a supreme.

[@theshapeexists]

Id love a Gibson version of his 7 string

[@bluephoenix3865]

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist he does have one with EMG’s in it. I don’t know if he still has that guitar or not but overall he has been playing with Les Paul standards and Les Paul customs. One of his new Gibson custom shop ones that he got.

[@PhillipGolden-t3o]

@@bluephoenix3865 I think it was auctioned. He talked about it in a video on his channel where he went over his guitar collection.

[@frankaalderink3667]

To be fair Gibson has done this since the 40s on their (semi-) hollowbody guitars.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

well, yeah....

[@MrRFasters]

Don t they have the f-holes to work with? Only the 335 BB King models don t have them, come to think of that.

[@Mike28625]

All the 335 styles

[@Rev.P.S.C]

That is incredibly cool !

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@fixedguitar47]

I’ve rewired hallow body instruments like that it’s not that difficult. The wiring I do now with dual outputs, piezo’s and coil splits it’s more of a mess considering you have a preamp for the piezo and directional outputs going through toggles.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

right on

[@bryansenulis7242]

This waine and Ted. Ben such a totally adventure....right on bro way cool...rock on

[@fixedguitar47]

@@bryansenulis7242 Godin and PRS do this the same way to some degree. Mine are more for signal splitting. I run three amps from one instrument. One clean, one acoustic sounding and one overdriven. All with kill switches. So it really opens up possibilities. The old way or three pickups but only being allowed to use one at a time is ridiculous.

[@woodchucksquirrel]

It would also be a good choice on their end to have wired the guitar before putting the top on!

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🙌

[@BrianShabroski]

And that is what they did

[@zoocru67]

Gave up my 2007 3 pick up black beauty week 43 guitar of the week to buy a 2007 pristine vintage cherry burst supreme. Beautiful ax and sits atop my collection with my '59 VOS custom shop murphy lab honeyburst. Such beautiful guitars

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

They real are, sounds 🔥 Thank you so much for watching. Please subscribe and join the madness if you haven't already 🤘😜🤘

[@zoocru67]

@TheNeuroticGuitarist yes subscribed a while ago. Love the channel keep at it!!

[@alexanderbrown4250]

It can't be played. Don't touch it. Don't even look at it.

[@gurianboy]

​@alexanderbrown4😮250..can't I just play my Eastman Les Paul and it good? IF YOU AXE me, it's just as good for a fraction of the cost. Maybe it's not as hard on the shoulder being all routed out. I can't never own a guitar that doesn't dig into to my shoulder by weighing 9 plus pounds. But I think I'm getting some tone for all that. Muscle tone yuk.

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

@@alexanderbrown4250 youve seen enough of that one

[@JB19504]

I have a Les Paul Supreme in Wine Red and have no issues with it. Great guitar. I have 4 LPs and a ES-345 and a CS-336. All great guitars.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

They're rad, supremes are some of the best gibsons ever made.

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

This is so sickkkk!! May I buy it fine sir by the name of Benny…

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Thank you brother, not for sale

[@didamnesia3575]

Definitely a highly skilled and time consuming way of doing it. But it looks clean! Similar: I played a Gretsch white Falcon today, and it was immaculate. Amazing guitar. Unfortunately it played the same crappy licks as my other guitars... 😂

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

haha story of my life! I keep thinking having more guitars will make me better...nope

[@didamnesia3575]

@TheNeuroticGuitarist time to collect amps then! 😆

[@jasonharper5866]

I’ve never thought about that before. I’ve seen the backs of the older Gibsons before and it never dawned on me to even think about it.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

check it out kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@Russell..ShredNeckGuitarTech]

I had the exact same Les Paul Supreme and I wondered the same for a while. Then once I saw the jack plate and how big it was, I figured it out.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@thomasbradley2677]

Way cool 😎! Rock On! Peace ✌. Merry Christmas 🤶.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

right back at you., my friend

[@leescheeler1503]

I need to borrow that for a gig at the local elks club ...they'll get a kick out of it...what a beautiful oddity

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤘🤘

[@MHarden90]

My youngest son is probably your biggest fan. He starts screaming every time he hears ur short vids.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Brody rules!!!

[@renwickpage5956]

How much does it weigh???

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

8.5

[@gurianboy]

Should be lighter than my Les Paul. What isn't?

[@MegaTechnoteacher]

I like the snap off headstock

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤡

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

Bro that is sickkkkk!!!! Can I buy it??

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Reverb has some

[@kal-eloquendo4606]

how do you change the strings on that

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

the same way you would on any les paul, les Paul's are not string through the back

[@Stefan-Van-der-Pulst]

I had such a LP Supreme in that exact color There is still a video of it on my channel.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Rock on brother

[@gerardcousineau3478]

Very nice ❤

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@CALUMFUSCO]

How do you change the battery?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

there isn't a battery, 490/498 are passive pickups

[@ChristineRizzo-e2h]

I like this guy

[@justsomeguy1074]

He's a solid dude!

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Thanks brother. I appreciate you

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤘🤪🤘🙏

[@jasonsapp792]

Damn Benny, that's a stunner!!

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤘🤘

[@dimebagtribute]

Very interesting, thanks for that👍

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jonathonwearn1098]

I'd hate to work on that guitar. Replacing that switch must be a blast.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

I bet it is

[@yopp3.016]

Are you sure they didnt install everything on the top before installing the top?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

yes, that's exactly what I'm saying, see for yourself kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@PeterMurder]

How do you service it?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Through the input jack or the pickup cavity.

[@PeterMurder]

@TheNeuroticGuitarist thats crazy.

[@mikesteinbach2047]

Wait until it needs repairs - toggle switch, volume & tone pots, pickups-- would be a nightmare to work on...😢

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

there are plenty of competent techs who would have no problem working on this

[@mikebaird6788]

I don't think pickups would be that hard just loosen them up from the front come right out the front if you got the strings removed and just attach the wires solder it put them back

[@BecomingAMan]

So rad

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@blucheer8743]

I had a 1956 gold top with P-90 pickups it’s a was a blues screamer lol

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

I believe it

[@PANDORAZTOYBOKZ]

After watching footage of the gibson factory, in which their les pauls are wired at the final setup, I really don't know what you're specifically saying is different about these. Maybe I'm missing context from a different part cut out of the clip, but this sounds exactly how every guitar by gibson is made. I've never heard of them gluing together a body after hardware installation. It's not even a thing done with hollowbodies, which are significantly more difficult to wire than any hollow OR solid body, whether or not it has swiss cheese chambers. If they finished their instruments with hardware installed, there would just be paint in ever crevice that they couldn't properly cover, and it would take significantly longer than assembling with finish applied. They make tools specifically for this reason, and if you don't have one, a wire hangar does just as well.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

There's no back plate dude. That's what's different. They don't stick everything through the output jack on a normal les paul

[@martydibergi5228]

I still own my 1972 Gibson deluxe Les Paul gold top that I bought new in 1972. It’s a fine guitar, pancake body and all. Straight neck, Low action in near brand new condition no checking on the finish. Much better condition than I am now.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@mr.timebombman2230]

That's thick

[@DeeveOnYT]

Thicc 😊

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤪

[@theolajide]

that's a cold machine

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤪

[@RandomChannelCauseCool]

Wow this is the model used for bocchi the rock

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤪

[@frankpfau9054]

the soldering is very similar to what you have to do for a es335…

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

yes it is

[@shan5445]

Its simple the parts are glued to the base the top fits perfectly when placing it. You dont put the top and bottom first then slide the circuitry inside.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

No, it's literally exactly as I said. Stop guessing and spreading misinformation. You can even see me glue a supreme together AT GIBSON and clearly you're wrong. kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@RichardDragon-xb3xd]

Awesome... But when something goes wrong... 😢

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

any competent luthier should have no problem

[@Mike28625]

All Gretsch duo jets are semi hollow inside. They could easily do away with the back plate. But... Without a back plate or f-hole, repairs and modifications become very difficult. Pot wears out on that one, you have to pull it out the jack hole and tweeze a new one in like a ship in a bottle.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🙌

[@nik1954]

Okay what's the weight?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

8.5 lbs

[@terrywashburn6347]

If it's weight relieved then they could put the electronics in it after they rout it out and then glue the maple top on it.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

but that's not what they do. kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share you can see for yourselfn

[@JohnHeath-d1s]

Think about that a second longer. Use guide wires down each body hole to help pull the pots and toggles in their holes.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

I don't need to, I'm literally telling you exactly what the guys who designed it did.

[@JohnHeath-d1s]

No bummer intended, but I've always found it easier to pull than push .

[@PhullyNo1]

Sounds like a techs worst nightmare

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

it's not any harder than an ES guitar

[@terryaustin7620]

Please play it so we can hear the sound.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤘

[@PeterPsn-z9o]

Nice

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@ireneuszburczak8400]

Super , ale jak się elektronika spierdoli to jak to naprawić ?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

with much skill

[@ianyoung8392]

Guitars are now functioning with keyhole surgery. Another feature for ease would be emg style plugin cables.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🙌

[@gurianboy]

It's called lapriscopic. Make one hole for the gas to pump it up and a flashlight. Surgeons do that for appendect-tummys these days.

[@voornaam3191]

That is a very clever design. It would be a risk installing things and THEN glueing the body together. We could never change or repair anything. No, that large plate is smart.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

it absolutely is

[@groundzero6662]

Routed the back before the top was glued on. Look up Boenicke speakers, same deal.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

or you could watch me glue one together at gibson and see it's exactly how I said kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@RichLopp]

What if you need a new tone pot??? That’s gotta be a pain in the ass

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Def not the easiest switch but any competent tech should be able to handle it

[@McRogue1]

Real easy. Plastic tubing through the holes in the top. Tubing put on the shaft of the pots & pulled through. Same way they do semi hollow guitars

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

correct

[@RolandSpecialSauce]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤘🤘

[@henseleric]

You'd think this guy discovered electricity...

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

you must be fun at parties 🤡

[@danrose9493]

Oh ... now they are making a Guild BluesBird / Aristocrat ... nice...

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

literally not the same thing at all lol

[@joinrocknation9618]

They put everything in it and then put the back cap on it.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

not true, it's exactly how I said it. if u really have any question, heres me...at GIBSON...with head luthier Jim DeCola and one of the designers George Matthew's GLUING a supreme together. But tell me how it's done 🤪 kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@stephenst-john]

How about, they wired the maple cap and stuck it on?...🎸

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

they didn't. kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share see for yourself

[@randymiles-j1w]

That’s pretty, but I’ll stick with guitars with control cavities. So I can mod them easily. Cool piece though.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

right on dude

[@vio2696]

No bro ! They put the back panel after mounting the hole thing ins....😂

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

no

[@papsmear666]

Whats it weigh Benny?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

8.5

[@paulscushschofield1288]

mmm..think they wired it before the back was glued on

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

nope, I actually assembled a supreme at gibson with the people that designed it, see for yourself kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@worstestminipainter2391]

Looks cool, wouldn't own it. Id comprehend it wrong. It would break.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤪

[@knaake10]

American: Look how nice it is. European: Hear how it works

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

You: 🤡

[@knaake10]

@TheNeuroticGuitarist Pimp my guitar....

[@danlawson3986]

Are you sure? Seems like you could go thr the pup cavity as well.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@Theonly_Onyx]

Coach gregs younger brother 😂😂😂😂

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

🤪

[@er1cmaurer]

Did anyone really mind a backplate?

[@ernie12man]

Exactly. Changing a bad pot or swapping pickups would be a total pain in the ass 😜!

[@Ottophil]

@@ernie12manever had a hollowbody?

[@ernie12man]

@@Ottophil Yep, but it had a Floyd Rose with a backplate and control cavity backplate too. And most hollow bodies have more volume you can work with, this one sure doesn’t and the jack port isn’t enlarged all that much. It would be a bigger pain in the ass than most hollow bodies.

[@Ottophil]

@ I’m aware of that. I’m just saying back plates aren’t always therr

[@jski718]

Yeah, on a back like that you don't want one. It's not that hard to change pots like that.

[@haydenmcginnis1432]

That must be a NIGHTMARE to work on, I guess if you blow that much money then what’s it to you?

[@jski718]

It really isn't. People have done it through F-Holes only too. That might be why you don't make enough money to afford one.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Its not hard if you know what you're doing and I didn't blow a lot of money, I got a great deal on it

[@mikimikemike1]

its smart

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@kennethwatson4489]

Very cool guitar. Love it! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

thanks for watching, as always brother

[@CommonsenseMK]

Oh! A real guitar. It's like being amazed at the invention of the wheel in 2025.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

sure

[@AviMus82]

That guitar seems like a nightmare to upgrade or repair anything.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

it's definitely not what you learn on

[@MrMelodynelson]

Thats south american accent?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

no

[@paulferrara9079]

Gee pretty cool. Btw don’t ever look to close to a jet engine you will find yourself asking the same questions about how they are put together. 😮

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

sure

[@Jack-zx6hm]

This might be the first anti-mod platform guitar

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

haha and yet people still do it. someone out there has a supreme with emgs

[@fujifilm5127]

So a Les Paul made like a Jet for some reason.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

sure

[@ibanezleftyclub]

As someone who gets paid to wire guitars, that sounds like a complete nightmare, worse than a semihollow with only F hole access.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

yes, yes it is

[@breakingblackmagic7617]

thats kinda nuts

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

it's kinda rad

[@ArnoldWieghat]

Tone Machine

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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[@kukuipupule4415]

D'oh! Water is wet

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

sure

[@numerousattention103]

off-topic but dude should be Roger Davis in rent.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

really?

[@numerousattention103]

@TheNeuroticGuitarist yes.

[@nomorebs]

Never seen semi hallows before huh?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

I certainly have, semi hollows aren't les Paul's with carved backs...similar but not the same.

[@keizzer32387]

Yeah. Good luck with changing of pots or toggle switch.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

A competent tech should have no issue

[@spazzcorpse]

Man.. ever since Gibson put out the "new" Supreme. I haven't seen a single one for sale anywhere with a Supreme-worthy top. Better tops on Standards.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

that's because the old ones had a AAAA top, now they're AAA.

[@spazzcorpse]

Look more like AA in my opinion. I've seen many many AA tops that look better than what they put on the Supremes these days. Have you seen the Wine Red color lately?it's almost BLACK! I am flabbergasted by it to a degree.

[@dracoQuest]

If you're a guitar player, you should know that how it worked, how it was made, what it is made out of believe it or not. An electric guitar is a carefully engineered piece of equipment, not for idiots to use

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

you should? how is being proficient at guitar make it obvious that you should be a luthier and have the knowledge of a designer? that sounds like a ridiculous expectation. I know amazing guitarists that know NOTHING of that

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Its a cap. What's the mystery? One is amazed that Gibson did a few extra steps instead of routing through the back and putting plastic covers on?

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

apparently people are

[@remarkablehairdo3110]

You dont actually think they wired it before they glued the cap and finished it do you

[@charlesb7831]

Man , if you have to replace the 3 wqy switch, arrg ! LoL

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

not that big of a deal

[@avi4767]

A Gretsch would blow your mind

[@martydibergi5228]

Which model? Always looking. Thanks. Oh i need a thin neck for old arthritic hands.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

I have a gretsch. it's rad

[@martydibergi5228]

@@TheNeuroticGuitarist recommended model please thinner non glossy/sticky neck. Thanks

[@710Chri]

Is that why my Les Paul was $3500

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

is it a supreme?

[@zombieraccoon3226]

They didn't fish it up what they did was reverse wires it like running a wire through a wall

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

I think I explained it pretty clearly

[@kz.productions]

The real question is why

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

because they wanted a les paul with a solid carved back. it's badass

[@kz.productions]

They could’ve made the back come off. This just seems like a repair nightmare.

[@NS-hs6lt]

Y tho

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

to have a carved back les paul

[@johannorling9613]

As far as I know this guitar consists of two parts glued together, so it’s not that they have digged themselves into the guitar like it was some kind of cave…¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share that is me AT GIBSON assembling a supreme with the people who make them, so you can see for yourself

[@mobeus84]

I mean it seems cool but as soon as you have any kind of wiring issues you better take it to the right person and it's probably going to be a nightmare for whoever has to fix it

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

not for competent techs

[@gibson2623]

Open it and show us

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share I'll do one better, I'll assemble one at gibson

[@billchessell8213]

I just watched a video of a crow retrieving nuts from a tube. If it can learn to use tools so can you.

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

Who said I can't use tools? 🙄 mom, is that you? still watching that squirrel porn?

[@carlbaumeister3439]

All they need is a pick guard . . . right, Benny? 😜

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

I see what u did there!

[@carlbaumeister3439]

@ Always!

[@The.Floor.Store.At.Your.Door44]

I think he is wrong. It has A separate back and the seem is Covered with the white trim. He even says it is mahogany with maple caps like a sandwich. You put in the electrical components then glue on the back after. Not the way he is describing. Nothing was shoved in the way he says

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

except later in the video I go go Gibson and glue one together so I KNOW you're wrong, wanna watch? 🤡 kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@justinrisley8466]

Nah. They route it out like normal, set everything in place then cap over it with wood and its seal shut

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

literally they don't, if you go watch the full video this is edited from I actually assemble one at the Gibson factory in Nashville with their head luthier jim decola...but yeah, tell me how they do it (or you can just WATCH ME DO IT). 🤘🤘 #THEMOREYOUKNOW

[@glennoc8585]

Sounds like doing something you.never had ti do

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

I've never had to build a guitar because I don't build guitars or work for gibson, but I've done it kzbin.infoZVH8icOVAIQ?feature=share

[@jamesdeananderson1411]

How to make a guitar tech throw himself in traffic, in one easy steps...

[@TheNeuroticGuitarist]

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