I Finally Got an LP-295! | 2008 Gibson Guitar of the Month GOTM Les Paul 295 Goldtop Florentine

[@RuthlessMojo]

The ES175 and ES295 are my dream guitars. I love that Florentine cutaway. I own an ES175 copy (that is absolutely awesome for the price my wife paid for it) and an ES Les Paul Hollow Body with the F holes. I actually just got a Bigsby for my ES 175 copy, some locking tuners, a roller bridge and some vintage voiced Alnico 5 pickups. Looking forward to upgrading it.

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Both excellent choices! 👍

[@hkguitar1984]

14:40 With every guitar you should reduce string tension to almost slack before attempting to adjust either the bridge height or saddle positions. Bridge components are often made of Brass and will prematurely wear and/or damage the threads if moved under string tension. Love this GOTM, wish Gibson would do something like this again.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Are you saying to get strings to slack for adjustments of .001 inch? How is action to be set 3/64" treble and 5/64" bass on a loose, flopping string?

[@kevingreen3365]

You could t make out the writing in the pickup cavity and it made me wonder if using black light would make it show up… Thanks for being my favorite channel! You’ve taught me so much over the years!

[@csharp57]

I love everything about this guitar. From the thumbnail I wasn’t expecting a gold top, but this thing is beautiful. From the cutaway to the inlays to the Bigsby, gorgeous. Great video.

[@scottmartin356]

Love those Florentine cuts, and appreciated all the detail about the Bigsby and the “snakebite”. Looks great w/o the pick guard, but I guess the proper thing is to have it on 🫣. Nice to do the side by side with the Mary Ford too!

[@thomassawicki2065]

Yeah those 57 Classics sound terrific. I have them in my 2021 Les Paul Standard 50's AAA top , from Sweetwater. I play Jazz , and I get super Jazz tone , also perfect intonation everywhere.

[@Artizán_Hungary]

I have a Westone Les Paul copy I just fitted with a Bigsby. This has the Florentine cut, the 4 holes for control are mirrored (neck vol&tone is closer to the bridge, low radius fretboard (really fast ..too fast sometimes) with inlays that are kind of an hourglass shape, I guess it looks like an LP Standard inlay but imagine the top half is mirrored onto the bottom. I never knew these LP-295's existed. Thanks Trogly and greetings from Hungary

[@ethanhitchcock5431]

Love it , dig it , tis a beauty , I love the ES-295 as well , a local player where I live has a LP-295 and a few other Florentine LP's , sounds great ! Thanks Trogly !

[@thomaskafafian2871]

I love the 57 classics. Great playing as always Trogs.

[@drdanny11]

That's stunningly beautiful, even with the Bigsby. I've always had a thing for the es295 but this is better.

[@raserx63]

Geordie Walker from Killing Joke played a 295 as well. I first saw it the videos for “Eighties” and “Love like Blood” and thought it was an unusual choice but he made it sound great.

[@JoeTheGuitarGuy]

There’s one Gibson Hollow body id love to have in my collection. It would be an ES-295. Just something about it that looks so vintage, but looks so cool. But for a single cut size, it looks cool as well. Add the F holes, and you got a really cool LP size 295.

[@dananthony6258]

This was a really cool video. You really out did yourself on this one.

[@ralphwest8156]

Great clean up job ' ...love the 57 Classic + in the bridge, beautiful 295 Paul

[@motoramps]

I had this model some years ago before because I love the 295, the les paul goldtop and parallelogram inlays. They were not super expensive and got it for less than 2k in 2018. I remember this guy gave me a low ball offer for it. Anyhow, some things to add to this review for anyone looking to get one: The rosewood has a nice color but it has very big pores similar to laurel, I see the same in the example from Trogly. The lacquer is very thick and feels like plastic. The binding is not yellow, but rather is that 2008 horrendous peach pink-binding, same with the plastics. The Bigsby is the Korean made B-70, not the US made. Concur that the Bigsby is too close to the bridge. The body is a 2 piece. All in all, the concept is great but falls short in execution.

[@martinhiggs7027]

Trog I have modified the B-7 and the B-700 by downsizing the front rail and a VIBRAMATE on the B-7 only ! also you R right a roller bridge is a must 100% to help hold tune !! I put a lot of graphite on the nut at full tune ! I definitely love the FLO cut , keep up the good work !

[@frankwebster9110]

Nice!! I love the florentine cutaway

[@random_name-44]

Heck with all that other stuff! That Florentine cut, HUBBA HUBBA HUBBA! 😁

[@jeffbarnard9246]

I know right?

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Can't argue that!

[@Talamber]

I got to play a 140T from 1967 in July and it has become my dream guitar. I didn’t have the money for it and it sold a few weeks later 😢 I would love to see one on the show!

[@steveparish9210]

What a beautiful guitar, always been a big fan of the es-295 wish I’d picked one of these up in 08

[@jeffbarnard9246]

Real nice right?

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Me too I love this guitar

[@JuanPerez-ru5qt]

I found this type on reverb and checked if this channel covered it. When i didn't see a video i felt a little special.

[@jonathanhudak2059]

This is a beautiful guitar! Sounds good ✔️ looks good ✔️ the gold top finish with that Florentine cut, those inlays, the crown inlay headstock with the binding is a super nice touch. Throw a Bigsby on top of it and what else do you need?? Nice find Trogly really nice find

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Noticing all the variances, even though they're of the Gibson brand, I wondered how the thing would sound. I gotta say, these are some fantastic, classic tones coming from this one. It really sounds sweet to me. Note on the body - that finish is such that you really can't see the blemishes on it, unless you're really getting up close and personal with it.

[@AppalachainGoldWhiskey]

Saw Brent Hinds of Mastadon with one, and i always liked the vibe. Really cool guitar

[@erichall6627]

Thanks for covering this. I've always liked the Florentine cutaways, but have never seen one in person. Still not a fan of Bigsbys. I had one with a floating bridge for a while and wanted to shoot it into space.

[@paternuin]

The fingerboard binding looks massive, even thicker than on older standards

[@videomove]

you got it! get some that people can actually touch and play for the museum. this is a nice one. some nice playing, as well!

[@a.abeyta6237]

Dream guitar.

[@MuscleCarLover]

After seeing that weight and hearing those pickups, I'm starting to question how someone can put it down. This one definitely loves to sing

[@ibisrox1]

Matts guitar shop got Scottys black 295 that most of the resordings were done with. So cool ck it out

[@benpowersguitar]

COOL! It looks so good.

[@maxupp]

@Trogly: There is math to estimate the total number of guitars based on a sample of the serial numbers. Interestingly the origin of this branch of Mathematics lies in WW2, where the British and Americans were able to produce pretty close estimates of German tank production based on the serial numbers of parts in captured tanks.

[@NickJamesGG]

These are pretty cool. Another Gibson I didn’t know about. That tobacco sunburst model 😍 great review and nice gold top version.

[@ziggamaras]

Still my bucket list guitar, since 2008😮‍💨

[@Kahuna54]

Try using needle nose pliers to adjust the bridge.

[@Mark_B585]

Hey I can tell you don't know what you're talking about great job your parents must be so proud.

[@hkguitar1984]

Loosen the strings and adjust with fingers. If the height wheel cannot be rotated by hand/fingers the strings are still too tight.

[@Mark_B585]

@hkguitar1984 well said.

[@scottmacphee35]

@@Mark_B585 Did something happen to you?

[@Mark_B585]

@@scottmacphee35 oh look i hurt your feelings and you're passive aggressive so you liked your own comment 🤣

[@sihall1975]

I've got one of these. I love it.

[@peterwilliams8922]

I'm not sure they wee available here in the UK, but I was desperate to get one. Luckily I didn't have to wait too long, I really love this guitar. No candy with mine, but I do have the shroud. I have the DSRX guitar of the month (September) which is a bit more than just a reverse Explorer, I don't think I've seen you document one of these.

[@emdeel5709]

They were available in the UK, I saw one in GAK in Brighton when I got my Traditional Gold Top, it was about the same price as a Standard, about £1800 from memory. They tried to sell me on that one but I went down the “traditional” route, wasn’t a fan of the cutaway

[@Djarra]

Best thing you can do with a bigsby is swap the string bar for a string through one. It’s reversible and makes it actually playable.

[@elvee7851]

Great sounding guitar!!!

[@BrianAsh-h2r]

Interesting that this has a licensed Bigsby rather than a patented version (i.e the latter being more expensive variant) however online images appear to show that they were all fitted with the licensed version so it hasn't been swapped out by someone looking for a quick (but small) profit

[@jeffbarnard9246]

Weird popped up and now 132 doesn't make sense 25 min. Late. Hey Trogly what's up tonight? Did you say you made it to the NAMM show? These are so nice. The longhorns I think are the best of the guitar of the mounth. Not bad cleaned up very nicely I'm not a fan of the bigsby but for Heritage purposes only. The thing sounds great as usual. Nice detective work on the bridge and upper fret area's well gold tops still rule. Ok thanx guy see you on the next one. Peace bro

[@charleswallace5818]

Roy clark also played a 295 for a while

[@myoptik3x103]

Very handsome guitar, I really like the combination of features.

[@nolarocks]

You should have bought mine! It is MINT and the case is too!

[@jfiery]

Nice playout Trogly!

[@dw7704]

When archtops with Venetian cutaways tend to have wider or more bulbous horns, it just feels wrong to say the normal Les Pauls narrow horn is Venetian just feels wrong. Size wise it is closer to Florentine but without being as pointy. There should be a designation in between, if there isn’t already. And if anybody knows of one, please comment on this and let me know.

[@BillyBlackwell-p8u]

I met Scottie Moore. Nice Gentleman.

[@spacewanderer1]

One of my absolute favorites! I've considered selling my Les Paul to buy one, but there's too much sentiment attached to it.

[@jeffbarnard9246]

Never sell your gutar find a way without selling your original one.

[@spacewanderer1]

@ You’re right. I have the money, but I’m inherently cheap!

[@MrBoolee2112]

Sounds lush. Very surprising.

[@heavybrett-al4082]

The cut horn is awesome, you could open a can with that😮 very cool

[@jeffbarnard9246]

Ya sharp right!

[@markvonwisco7369]

I see that it has the Mary Ford pickguard. Edit to add: For a nearly 20 year old guitar, the condition looks fine to me.

[@drbonkerssoundlabllc]

ES-295 is also the guitar of Geordie Walker of Killing Joke

[@joermnyc]

They should do a double Florentine cutaway, chamfer the edges all the way around front and back, but leave the dish carve. They can call it the LP-SG. 😂

[@SUPERBURLBOYROY]

Hi 🎸 👋

[@raserx63]

I’m hoping you come across a Billy Morrison sig Les Paul one day. I loved the look of it when they came out about 15 years ago but didn’t pull the trigger to buy one. Now I can’t find any.

[@robroymenzies8641]

Those are cool....

[@reno145]

I saw a similar one when Best Buy sold Gibson guitars.

[@paultrombetta]

Love it

[@vdbdg]

Sweet. A P90 in the neck would have made it perfect.

[@csharp57]

You are speaking my language 😤

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Jailhouse rock got me singing !

[@cannabineros]

would be nice with abr1

[@leviathan_is_me]

By the looks of the dings around the jack, homeboy played drunk a lot.. looks like he missed the jack a LOT trying to plug in, lol.

[@ssolred]

Sent to Canada, because of Neil Young :).

[@HamptonGuitars]

Really pretty, but I don't know why Gibson always insists on putting humbuckers on all these tribute/hybrid guitars. It seems that people wanting this type of guitar might prefer more original type pickups. And I just flat out prefer P90s.

[@Madakalim]

Im skipping right to the playing demo to see if Trogly Bigsby's the Bigsby or not!

[@RoboSteave]

Could you or somebody explain the scale measurement to me? That tape measure is weird in that it has inches at the top and half inches at the bottom. So it looks like what you're measuring is 24 and 3/4 half inches. Explain please.

[@aluminati9918]

Hi. Good question, and you’re not the first one to ask. It’s a special measuring tape with full inches and inches at 1/2 scale. This way you can quickly measure scale length by just taking a measurement at 12th fret, using the 1/2 scaled inches numbers. I’ve never seen it other than in Trog’s vids. 😅

[@RoboSteave]

@@aluminati9918 Thanks! I've had a lot of tape measures none like that. Just one thing, on a guitar with 22 frets, why is the scale. double 12? Thanks again.

[@aluminati9918]

@@RoboSteave Hi. That´s another good question. That´s because the12th fret is the octave note (I.E the definition of the half of the full string length) So 12th fret is always half the string length regardless of instrument type, number of frets etc. Hope this was of some use. 😅

[@RoboSteave]

@@aluminati9918 Very much of use. You are a fount of knowledge! Thanks!

[@SandyVRubi]

Bachata requinto any plugins

[@behavior852]

I'd like to see this one in ebony with binding. And, more importantly, Not F_cken Relic'd!

[@stehairy]

Did Joe Walsh play an LP-295 in an old Gibson setup video?

[@07blackdog]

I've been trying to get a MTM J-185 FLORENTINE for years. They won't do it.😔

[@papasmamas1]

Would love if Gibson do that with SGs, in different colors

[@Dragon_rls]

As far as the inlays go. Remember. It's a Gibson. So... The cheapest material option available. (Rock on Eastman).

[@darrylvandewalle5405]

Love gold tops but I’m not a fan of bigsbys

[@DoctorBiobrain]

Yeah, well I love big tops and I’m not a fan of goldbys

[@jameshughes6049]

Evening all!!!

[@jeffbarnard9246]

Hello out there.

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Evening James!

[@mrozu2112]

Epiphone Alex Lifeson Custom Ruby was the first I saw on your channel. I bought that guitar for $1100 and I gotta say thank you it’s amazing. For me a huge Lerxst fan it’s a dream come true. Now after watching your channel for a while next guitar choice is simple Gibson Les Paul. Which one would your recommend for $2500-3000. Love the neck on Lifeson model if that helps.

[@Tk-sm2cw]

i understand its serious money but what about getting 2 one non player and one player

[@tjnaevans]

Boy...looks like that strap is gonna disconnect from the top horn! Yikes!!

[@thomassawicki2065]

The bound headstock looks terrible to me. The ES 295 does not have a bound headstock. The Es 295 is all gold, the LP is not. If Gibson is gonna tribute a guitar, they should have the cool style of the original.

[@bradconklin2878]

This guitar was played??? Horrors!:)

[@unfcknblvbl]

Sure…get a Menace already.

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

Do you just have an endless supply of income? 😂

[@ssplintergirl]

he buys and sells guitars for a living.

[@robertjones1364]

⁠ there is not that much profit in guitars to be able to buy a new one every day

[@willwolfinger2770]

He has a set up where people can buy guitars through him to review and then send on to the actual buyer. That accounts for at least some of the guitars.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Never ask about another persons finances. It’s rude.

[@Mark_B585]

You're not too bright but we accept everybody here. Go sit in the corner now

[@Trashslayer76]

Dude, you buy tons of guitars... get a player's grade duplicate of the really nice/most wanted museum pieces.

[@Trog]

I don't have duplicate money haha

[@michael4591]

Oh wow, another boring LP

[@davidpaul6656]

Wasn't 2008 the year they introduced the extra weight relief body routes? I have a 2008 Les Paul Standard that is wicked light. It almost feels like it's a toy compared to an older Les Paul. 😅

[@larryburwell8550]

dont like gold top LPs nor bigsbys. so id not want this guitar. dont like the enlays either

[@rcracingwithjimi]

when is the museum opening? or is that just what you tell your wife to justify them all?

[@jeffbarnard9246]

Thats what we all want to know. If he doesn't tell us maybe he will do these podcast forever. I'm sure the wife says the same thing.

[@basildog007]

Reverse flying V's are truly ugly IMHO... Who ever even played that???

[@mjlivesforever1]

I use to have one mine was number 826 and when I bought it they said it was hallow/chambered to replicate the es295 mine was also very light

[@doe53]

Yo

[@hectormutton2542]

✌️

[@sgt.grinch3299]

✌️✌️

[@Intheflesh79]

Butter 🧈

[@Mark_B585]

Garlic

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Margarine 🙃

[@Patmgraham]

Wtf

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Am I the only person who dislikes Bigsbys?

[@kristianmccalla5428]

Yes bigsbys are amazing!

[@ghostdog5187]

Like attaching a brick to an anchor.

[@jeffbarnard9246]

Nope only for Heritage purposes only other than that boat anker.

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

🤮

[@paulmolive1821]

Love using them, hate re-stringing them

[@guitarman6632]

Sweet , but the bigsby !

[@grantcindrich]

Yogurt

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Z is for late. Watching Wings of Pegasus.

[@sgm6566]

Fill is a bad ass.

[@DDE_ADDICT]

It's a FAKE

[@jameshughes6049]

No it's not.

[@terryoquinn8199]

Always gotta have one .

[@DDE_ADDICT]

@@jameshughes6049 I am joking take it easy

[@jameshughes6049]

@@DDE_ADDICT I am. I wasn't nasty or anything. Sorry if it came across that way.

[@DDE_ADDICT]

@@jameshughes6049 no worries, we are just having a little fun.

[@nofriendtojesus]

What models did Gibson do a double Venetian cutaway? That’s my favorite body style but I never see them.

[@rooster4906]

Nice Gibson 👍