WE'RE BAAAACK!! 1955 Gibson Les Paul Conversion 00432

The return of Phil X Friday Comes to you from Tommy Lee's Atrium Studio!! theatriumstudio... With our loyal PA's and crew Chris Thom and Maria Renteria. David, Dustin and Phil X, along with our new audio engineer Smiley Sean are back bringing you a new series of 10 videos!!
The New Drills songs at front and back of the video are: Kiss my troublemaker, and Rubber Room! order the new CD at www.philx.tv TODAY!
This absolutely amazing Scott Lentz Les Paul Standard conversion weighs just 8.50 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches, a wonderful thick neck profile and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body with a solid carved maple top covered by a bookmatched highly figured maple veneer, one-piece mahogany neck with a perfect '59 profile and bound rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets (expertly re-fretted by Scott Lentz) and inlaid pearl crown position markers. Headstock with inlaid pearl "Gibson" logo and "Les Paul Model" silk-screened in gold. Original '1959' Individual single-line Kluson Deluxe tuners with (Uncle Lou Premium) single-ring Keystone plastic buttons, stamped on the underside "D-169400 / Patent No.". Serial number "5 0520" inked on in black on back of headstock. Two original double-black PAF humbucker pickups with outputs of 7.51k and 8.08k. Cream-colored plastic pickguard. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout, plus three-way selector switch on upper bass bout. The potentiometers are stamped "134 738" (Centralab September 1957). Gold plastic bell-shaped "Bell" knobs. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles and separate stud tailpiece. This guitar is in mint (9.50) condition, with a fantastic veneer maple layer over the solid maple. It has the perfect weight, the perfect neck profile and sounds absolutely unbelievable. Housed in the original Gibson five-latch brown hardshell case with pink plush lining (9.25).
This conversion was done ca. 1995 by Scott Lentz for a Southern California University professor. The wiring harness, the PAF pickups, the ABR-1 bridge, and the stud tailpiece are all 1958 to 1959. The following parts are not original to a 1959 Burst: the pickguard (the original 1955 which has been cut to size) and the control covers are from the original 1955 Goldtop; the pickup rings are the facsimile English rings, which are virtually indistinguishable from the originals; the tuner buttons (Uncle Lou Premium tips), the switch ring, and the jack plug cover are later.
Having started with a 1955 Les Paul Standard Goldtop, the neck angle on this guitar was already correct, so there was no need to reset the neck, as would have been the case with a 1952 or 1953, on which the vast majority of conversions have been carried out.
Four years ago we sold a very early 1960 Burst (with all the typical 1959 features). It weighed 8.40 lbs., the sound was virtually the same, the pickup outputs were virtually the same, but the top was very, very faded -- and that guitar was sold in 2006 for $175,000. This guitar has a very similar profile neck, a very similar nut width, very similar pickup outputs, and at 8.50 lbs., a very similar weight. This guitar is $75,000 and is everything you would ever want in a "59 Burst" that you could actually play and not have to have an armed guard with you!

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

3:35 I think Phil X accidentally wrote the main riff to 'Highway Tune' by Greta Van Fleet

[@rb032682]

The middle position sounds so much better than most Gibsons. Less nasally.

[@Doppleable]

WOO HOO YOUR BACK! On a more serious note, i really love Phil X's approach to tone, i love a tone that sounds clean...yet distorted. its beautiful and raunchy at the same time.

[@tommythepooh]

All these amps just make the review so much better!! Gives us a lot of different genre

[@KenMickey]

Thanks for all the hard work to you all crew support etc

[@tonecontrol]

no thank you for making an awesome sonic device like that, got goosebumps from the tone, i know it's also Phil's playing, but man, what a tone.

[@ZepIV]

Thank you, Smiley Sean, for doing such a kick-ass job on the engineering. OOOWWWWW!!!

[@imbeauski8872]

I really like this new setup, before it was just watching Phil jam, which was cool. But now he teaches us and still jams, which is cooler.

[@manawarrior2010]

I don't blame you for playing it 300 times. It's a hot riff! Thanks, Phil. Love your videos! Hope to see you in the UK soon!!

[@rubikstube1]

MUCH better audio than the old videos! I watch at work and used to have to constantly ride the volume knob, cranking it to hear you speak, quickly lowering it when you played. Having both at around the same volume was great. I didn't have to adjust the volume at all. Great guitar/amps and great playing, as always! Glad you're back.

[@hendersonskater]

You guys gotta start bringing in a fender twin for the clean channel.

[@nitemunky76]

Sound quality is top notch. I like it. Pushing things forward...

[@MrFenderbender97]

Love the new place but the old place will always have a spot in the guitar section of my heart

[@richfiryn]

Clearly the recording quality at this studio is vastly better than in the original setting. I like both. When i'm using headphones this is way way better.

[@eleintblood]

New Phil X Video day is a happy day. Thank you FA and Phil!

[@t3rry26]

I really like the new set up.in the shop was mind blowing because of the rawness!what can be achieved with just a guitar and amp in a room and some singing with out all the tech stuff so when you get your own rig cookin its easier to try get that kind of vibe going in ya bedroom or where ever you jam with out the massive production.Phil Is the man FA is awesome so how ever it's going to be just keep it coming

[@Flornmonk]

We can finally hear how great these old guitars sound now!

[@ADspenc]

Phil X screaming is the most beautiful thing i have heard in a while.

[@TheNodnarb66]

HOW HAVE I MANAGED TO LIVE WITHOUT THIS??!!!!

[@johnIemon]

Hearing Phil's playing is refreshing it's been awhile. Thanks FrettedAmericana and Phil.

[@coffeewaldo]

Yep said it before. Love the new place your using. Roppoli sounds great. Lou should be thrilled he has Phil x using it a lot.

[@properbo88]

Man i just gotta say it is a pleasure and a joy to watch you play....and what a guitar. So crisp!

[@farawayfettler]

dude the sound on this is awesome

[@dlheidemann]

That sound! So great. The location may be different, but just listen to that tone!

[@luistijerina]

it does sound much better in the studio, nice improvement to an already amazing show

[@rarch1968]

Can hear the improved sound from the first note Phil played. Perfect guitar to bring in this new phase of greatness from Fretted Americana. Great stuff guys!

[@adkinssj1]

Please god tell me all of the videos from now on are going to be here. The sound quality is a thing of beauty by comparison to some of the old videos.

[@l337r3nn]

The sound is great, Phil is great, the video is great.... Phil, next time you do a studio album, you should do a complete documentary of it. With aspirations to produce my own stuff at some point, that would be pure heaven to me.

[@matthewgoodnight92]

VERRRRY nice. I'm really glad that i can hear everything better now, the guitars and your chops sound so much more awesome lol.

[@odgeUK]

I love the new location, with the Roppoli and the Marshall's. So good.

[@mcafee1971]

Great Sound !! Great To See yet another video. Thanks again for the Ringtone. Phil X for President!!!! Have a Kick Ass Future!!!

[@VyacheslavAzarov]

That wall of switches and lamps reminds me of the old star trek. Cool video, thank you.

[@riansettles2506]

that guitar is friggin righteous.i hate to see a beautifull 55 get carved up but man when its done right it is an amazing thing.beautiful guitar.looks and sounds great.phil has got the chops and really does a great job of demoing guitars.my buddy just turned me on to fretted americana.you guys might be the best guitar shop in the country.all the good mom and pop shops in atlanta are sadly going away.

[@tradnwal]

Wow. The recording quality is way better now. Nice!

[@deadjames3]

Thanks so much Phil, this new vid makes me want to get into playing again, I've had a terrible creative block for the past few months, but now I feel inspired!

[@01undeadmouse]

its so good to have you back man, I missed you. its nice to hear a real musician again

[@daiguitar10]

Great to have this back! Awesome guitar awesome set up

[@glamaon]

great to have u back

[@kevman5]

The new setup sounds amazing

[@Bastion71]

I like the Atrium, the flexibility of having the cabs in the other room is pretty awesome. I DO love seeing the guitars hanging on the walls at FA, but the sound here is kickass. That 55/59 is pretty damn kickass too! Keep on rockin!

[@romfordmobbsy]

Wow. Much more rich, more mid-low frequencies to my ears. Even the treble p'up sounded thick and creamy. Guess I/we need to re-calibrate our ears! So good to see you back Phil!

[@Pagemmanuel]

That new background is sooooooooo amazing, great work guys!

[@jammingjimbo]

Playing guitar IS fun and interesting. Keep up the great work Phil X.

[@1Guug]

better than before man! The sound quality was always bad, now it's awesome!

[@TimBirkenholz]

The sound is so BIG man. Love the tone!!!!

[@rockenrollbass]

Phil X should be major label mainstream guitarist lay down some solid rockenroll guitar!

[@WillMillardWildlife]

I love the new set up! Amps sound incredible!

[@jakeatwell1149]

I gotta have the frame by frame shot of the guitar spin in the intro. Such a great shot

[@moondogsurvival]

Dude, So good to have Phil back!! And what a beautiful guitar to return with

[@philx1111]

thanks. i love those guys. hung out with Gil last august. it's really not my thing. it's weird when you "replace" a guy that is a huge part of a band's sound. i couldn't really do my thing and the guys understandably didn't want to stray too far from the TRIUMPH thing. still... it was a cool experience and doing the shows was a blast.

[@JoeyCGames]

Seriously love the new style of video. Better than the old!

[@TheZooman22]

Very unique review, this goes way beyond the average LesPaul review. Awsome Mr. X

[@AndrewSFX]

That 55/59 Les Paul sounds absolutely amazing man!

[@njkf]

Phil is back, as good as ever

[@LouRoppoli]

Thanks for the love guys...

[@yosjoerd]

Don't get mad man.. I agree with you but were all friends here! :) good to have you back

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Like it, like it a lot..easy to become complacent when you have access to that calibre of gear, but great to see it all.

[@Mkecowboy]

go back to the old room, it has so much nostalgia it cant be replaced

[@alexanderatkins5072]

That guitar looks and sounds soooo sick. Especially when he played those zeppelin riffs through that roppoli. Awesome sound!

[@0whitestone]

I love the new setup! I was not a fan of the plexiglass, but this is awesome.

[@asf1187]

Finally! It makes me so happy to see phil again lol

[@myway43]

I am sure it is a great guitar, but lets face it, it is not an orignial. Once something is dug into, regardless how good it is, it loses it's value. Same situation if you go to a car lot and get a new Vette, the second you drive it off the lot it's value is immediatley diminished. Is that value higher now that it has been converted, or was it worth more all original? Just a thought.

[@jaimeazevedo88]

FrettedAmericana you are the definition of awesome company. Cheers mates!

[@BuzzsawMoviesLtd]

Finally another junior! I've waited ages for another junior review! Looking forward to it!

[@philx1111]

if you're talking about where the pickups came from, the 59 burst was probably in really bad condition or was a neck repair (ie broken at the headstock and repaired) which lessens the value and maybe the pickups were worth more than the whole guitar. THAT'S why.

[@TheGargoyleLives]

I think this is the best sounding FA review yet.

[@murfdog19]

Phil's opening statement reminded me of Russell Hammond from Almost Famous..."your room is real...this light is real...you Aaron, are real." "Do you want to see me feed a mouse to my snake?" "Yes!"

[@SixStringHarmonies]

Welcome back Phil & FA!

[@taylorbband]

i like the new studio background, don't get me wrong i love the old guitars but a change of scenery is always nice

[@Slashbacca]

A Marshall!!!!!!!!!!! Yessssss!!!!! finally!!!!! he said they were gonna do it and they did! But, its a let down that he's not standing next to a halfstack in the old room like I was expecting.

[@DiatonicVids]

Nice to hear a demo without a dimed dynacomp squashing the tone out of everything. That sounded awesome!

[@philx1111]

SM57 and Sennheiser 421 blended but sometimes it was just either or. the BIG difference is going through amazing mic pre's and NOT a shitty little mixer. in this case, we used Vintech Audio Neve combatible mic pre's.

[@BillyDreamRandR]

I can hear anyone review & play a guitar, but only Phil X made it fun. It's still cool, however I miss the singing because it added to the anything goes feel. That's the whole reason I subscribed to FA in the first place. Long live Phil X & Fretted Americana, but please bring back the singing!

[@DanDeePee]

im gonna miss staring at all the pretty guitars in the background, but the amazing sound quality makes up for it. Keep it up FA!!

[@TobyKBTY]

The sound quality...FINALLY MORE EPIC!

[@Avalanche1368]

Wow, the Roppoli and that "55/59" LesPaul hybrid really REALLY nailed Page's tone. That guitar kicks hiney!

[@Bobby59]

WE MISSED YOU PHIL X!

[@VitorDuzarte]

Whole lotta love. My god, that's the TONE!

[@pkp869]

Glad y'all are back. Videos sound amazing! If there are still guitars from the pre HD days and the vids were only a few minutes could you guys please re-demo those? Thanks and keep up the great work.

[@matsellah]

I'm likin' the change of venue thing. Having options is always a plus. Just don't jump the shark with anything... y'know... else.

[@vjcor]

Love the new setup! Also, it sounds great... if you're into that sort of thing...

[@dangreen6360]

The roppopoppppoli sounds amazing with that 59' treble pickup man... Gotta say, my favorite amp combo was the Dakota red Mustang with the roppopoppppoli!

[@ThatsBadTV]

Its unreal man! Great stuff, This is gonna be hard to get use to, I liked the old room, but this change is for the better!

[@Fenrasulfr]

I understand that people want to see the wall of amazingness but I like the new setting and the better sound quality

[@voskresene]

That guitar is beautiful.

[@walters1992]

love the new setup

[@liesbethvanalsenoy3100]

great job dustin and phil greetings tom from belgium

[@SuperCrackerjacks]

Nice clean sound playing with VOX AC 30!

[@DarkItachi1]

I missed this so much !!

[@bonjovi838]

That was great missed these vids!

[@begijnenstraat]

Thank you for this sir frett da americana ! greetings from Antwerp.

[@tonecontrol]

The roppoli is incredible.

[@TheGargoyleLives]

YOU GUYS FINALLY ISOLATED THE GUITAR SOUND! Woohoo!

[@pontification7891]

KILLER LOCATION!!! srsly - love that Atrium-view in the end!!

[@arnaubosch]

Phil X kick as! Doesn't matter where he plays.

[@axeman3d]

I'm no Les paul fan but that sounded lovely. Great work

[@martinreid1740]

great guitarist, great guitar.

[@MrBruzelius]

I like this guitarplayer a lot...i mean...love his playingskills and humor.Great job Phil !

[@iwillnevergetone5]

this sound in this video is awesome! made it about two minutes in before i had to plug in my guit

[@7516663]

It's great to see Phil and FA again. LOVING the sound quality now! Thanks for the vid. Hey Phil, can u please give us a few vids of u playing some nice strats? It's been way too long since FA posted a vid of u playing a strat. Thanks, and keep those awesome vids coming (whatever guitars u end up playing) :)