The Strangest Les Paul Ever! | 1974 Gibson LP Signature Semi Hollow Gold Top | Review + Demo

0:22 - Les' Creations
1:52 - Low Impedance
2:50 - Fancy Options
4:16 - Specs
4:39 - How Many Made?
5:46 - Common Issues
6:25 - Conclusion
6:49 - Clean Demo
9:05 - Dirty Demo
10:00 - Issues
11:16 - Condition
16:10 - Blacklight
17:18 - Case

The Les Paul Signature is perhaps the strangest guitar ever built to bear the name "Les Paul." These were technically the first semi-hollow Les Paul Built predating the Florentine and ES LP Models.

The LP Signature was the 4th and final guitar designed by Les Paul, The Man Himself, that featured Low Impedance pickups. The other guitars from this series include the Les Paul Personal, Professional and Recording models. All of these are awesome Clean guitars for Jazz. The Low Z pickups really produce a clean signal great for recording with. I highly suggest check one of these LP Signatures out!

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[Trog]

0:22 - Les' Creations
1:52 - Low Impedance
2:50 - Fancy Options
4:16 - Specs
4:39 - How Many Made?
5:46 - Common Issues
6:25 - Conclusion
6:49 - Clean Demo
9:05 - Dirty Demo
10:00 - Issues
11:16 - Condition
16:10 - Blacklight
17:18 - Case

[Brocko_SD]

The bastard love child of a les paul and es 335, love it

[sila]

Run it trough roland jazz chorus 120 and you will have crystal clear sound

[daveallen]

I bought a tobacco sunburst Les Paul Signature off my guitar teacher in 1977 and i still have it. it toured all over Canada with me. i love it. wonderful neck. great sound. i use it to record now.

[Marzen]

I had this from 1980 - 89 until I traded it & got taken in by Joe Chambers music in N'ville. Robbed me blind and showed up at a guitar show with it listed for 8x what he paid me. Live and learn, and never trust a dealer to give you a fair price.

[willslaughterguitar]

It sounded awesome distorted! Liked for my favorite song...STRANGLEHOLD

[markthespark]

I have one of these - 1975. My favorite guitar. Love it. So easy to play & sounds great.

[rylieriley]

I owned a Gibson Les Paul Signature guitar for years. It was my baby and my go-to guitar until I finally had to sell it because of an urgent need for cash. Back in those days, guitars didn't have a collector value attached to them, so I sold it for what they were going for at the time (which was way too little). I miss my baby to this day, and probably will as long as I live.

[MrGibsn]

If I'm not mistaken, Michael Ward used one of these on the wallflowers bringing down the horse album. It's some of my favorite guitar tones ever.

[nateklug]

Very pretty guitar would buy it if I had the money

[That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

The shape reminds me of the Epiphone Jack Casady signature bass. Pretty cool to know there's a guitar version of it, I've always wondered where the weird uneven horns came from.

[FloodExterminator]

"Daddy, how is a Les Paul Signature made"
"You see son, when a Les Paul and an ES-335 love each other very very much"

[robbyclark]

How cool! My dad has that very same model. His has a lot more wear. The gold top is cracking. It is a fantastic sounding guitar. The amount of tones available through the knob settings are jaw dropping. I had wondered what the numbers on the knob were about? His has a beautiful tobacco burst on the back! It’s also quite heavy.

[Tonetwisters]

Buddy, you can send me that one in a heartbeat. Those things are KILLER sounding. We had one new in my brother's music store. I laughed at the shape. Never touched the thing. Played one 40 years later, and had my mind blown. Yes, these are enormous guitars. Send it to me!!! I cannot afford one, otherwise!!

[patricksommer]

Yesterday i saw one of the les pauls recording model. Really nice

[samiam]

The gold top is the prettier of them, I never knew this one existed. Sounded great.

[comedyandgardeninginflorid]

I owned the 6 string and bass matching set. Awesome pieces....I traded them for a Martin d45 and d28 herringbone. I miss them

[anthonyhunt]

The tonal range is awesome with each impedence change! The overdriven sound was great!

[genekloszewski]

it's not strange, it's georgeous !,

[sigsoup]

Thank you so much for this information I have one I babysit for my dad and he wanted information on it. (he's the original owner but can't remember what everything does). He will be super happy about hearing all he information and history you provided.