Demo of an aged Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul with vintage 1959 PAFs, pots, and caps

[JimmyAce2006]

First let me start off by saying that none of these videos are polished. They are meant to convey the sound of the guitar with the vintage 59 PAFs, pots, and caps. I know I make plenty of mistakes; I only play about once a month. And there will be times when the guitar sounds a little out of tune. That is because I used super light strings (8s) and it is hard not to bend them a little when just pressing down on them. And for the videos with no backing track, I know I am playing too fast! No need to point it out! Also, I did all of this last night. So I was getting pretty tired after a while! Also, for those of you hoping it will be a demo of some ZZ Top stuff, sorry, but I don't play any of their stuff. And since I did not want to learn anything for this demo, I just played what I know best. Most people around here know what that is!


The Rover solo 3 times; first with bridge pickup, then with neck pickup, then with both pickups

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW8pn244QTs]YouTube - The Rover solo on an aged Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul with vintage 1959 PAFs pots and caps[/ame]



The Ocean solos

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUI1u8xIFqU]YouTube - The Ocean solos on an aged Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul with vintage 1959 PAFs pots and caps[/ame]


I was very distracted during the one above; right when it started, a HUGE spider came out on the floor from behind my amp. During the la-la-la part in the middle, I picked up a flip flop and hammered it! I think I did ok considering I was wondering if I killed it. You can hear the carpet pop when I hit it! LOL



Heartbreaker solo

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S00fNWUeWI]YouTube - Heartbreaker solo on an aged Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul with vintage 1959 PAFs pots and caps[/ame]




The Lemon Song sound byte

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq5xx8IBDeg]YouTube - Lemon Song Sound byte on an aged Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul with vintage 1959 PAFs pots and caps[/ame]



Immigrant Song solo from the BBC recording

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVBgjtsuIiM]YouTube - Immigrant Song BBC on an aged Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul with vintage 1959 PAFs pots and caps[/ame]



Some riffery mixed with the solo from Celebration Day from the original release of The Song Remains The Same

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj9yIdS3wE8]YouTube - Riffs Celebration Day on an aged Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul with vintage 1959 PAFs pots and caps[/ame]



Boogie Mama from Whole Lotta Love in The Song Remains The Same; I am surprised I did this one from memory; no backing track, so it is too fast and probably left out a few stanzas!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXuGosmVaEU]YouTube - Boogie Mama WLL TSRTS on an aged Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul with vintage 1959 PAFs pots and caps[/ame]

 

[diceman]

That bridge pickup is fantastic!

 

[loucamaro91]

Good job!
Sounds good.

 

[wulfman]

Nice tone and playing!

 

[Sunbury les paul man]

Great tone, what amp are you using?

 

[nicolasrivera]

I can't hear them, too early. But shouldn't this be in the pickups section?

 

[57goldie]

great tone...

 

[chinbb]

I can't hear them, too early. But shouldn't this be in the pickups section?

personally, i am glad john had put this in the historic section...if he had put this in the pickup section, i would never have checked them out!

great playing john

 

[goodwater]

that headless guy in the first vid is freaking me out

 

[BSeneca]

Dont knock your playing you sound great and so does the PAF.Great looking pearly BTW>

 

[JPP373]

Sounds Good but almost completely different than what i expected..Sounds so warm that its almost muffled. Like a warm blanket I think if you remove the Bridge cover, which i'm sure you're headed there, porobaly will add a little brightness for the LZ sounds? i dunno just mo. Haha..Just watched Heartbreaker. There we go! Sounds Great! WOuld be cool if you posted a Gibbons original set up TUbe for comparison

 

[nicolasrivera]

Just gave them a good listen and ye they sound great, thank you for making a great sound out of those video, the heartbreaker is my favorite.

The bridge PU is amazing, nothing more to ask for. The neck, well it didn't make tickle.

 

[ryanmichael95]

That was just great! Thanks for doing those videos, that bridge pickup is wonderful!

 

[JimmyAce2006]

Great tone, what amp are you using?

Marshall 4102 2x12 combo

 

[JimmyAce2006]

I can't hear them, too early. But shouldn't this be in the pickups section?

No.

 

[rideski]

Damn she sure does sound good with those pups in her! Awesome tone. What is your signal chain and settings??

Heartbreaker was my favorite as well. Sounded great.

 

[JimmyAce2006]

Too many people knocking the neck pickup. The thing growls like you would not believe. You can hear it on the first two riffs onn Boogie Mama (last video). Also at the end of the Lemon Song

 

[JimmyAce2006]

Damn she sure does sound good with those pups in her! Awesome tone. What is your signal chain and settings??

Heartbreaker was my favorite as well. Sounded great.

Marshall 4102 2x12 combo with a Marshall power brake; amp vol & gain on 9, power brake on 1. no pedals; recorded into my camcorder's stereo mic

 

[nicolasrivera]

Too many people knocking the neck pickup. The thing growls like you would not believe. You can hear it on the first two riffs onn Boogie Mama (last video). Also at the end of the Lemon Song

Maybe just roll the volume down a bit, the overdrive favor the bridge pickup, but does not make the neck shine that much.

 

[RobP]

Sounds awesome! BTW...during the Ocean solo, your smashing of the spider -

You then simply get back into the groove and

Well done and thanks for sharing!