'Pick of the Day' - 1953 Gibson Les Paul Custom and Maz 38 Senior

Today we have special one for you, one of the earliest Gibson Les Paul Customs, from very late 1953! This one is in fantastic condition for its age, with a bit of wear and some marks but otherwise fantastic. Starting its life with low frets, these ones have been played even lower but as you'll see in the demo, it still plays great. A combination of P90 in the bridge and Alnico V pickup in the neck, you've got a lot of tones to choose from. This guitar looks so cool with its black finish, gold hardware, and nicely aged binding... it all comes together in its old age. For the demo we're using a Dr Z Maz Senior head with a 1962 Fender Bandmaster cabinet, and putting it all in the hands of our talented friend Nick Mardon!

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(Please give us a call about the Les Paul Custom at 206.382.0231)

Music: The Hollers "Zeb" (Instrumental)

[_RLP]

Killer, killer demo!
Really dig the fact that you've been doing these with cleaner sounds and more melodic playing. Top notch!

[davidkoral]

This guitar's old enough to collect Social Security. I hope I look that good when I'm sixty-six ...

[liveatminkys]

Awesome indeed. When ... when is Gibson or Epiphone going to make a proper reissue of this? With a proper DEEP DISH CARVE! I can't speak for the rest of you, but my whole loins are craving for this to happen. Demo shop guys please! Sneakily set the CNC to deep dish carve for the love of humanity and send us the grail with staple goodness.. triple staple black beauty w bigsby! Big love from Australian Byron Bay band - The Minky's ❤

[matthewcasey]

I wish Gibson stayed with the staple pickup. Maybe offered a les paul with 2 staple pickups. They're the shizzle.

[travishemming]

Very cool. I didn't even know there were Customs made before 1954.

[xpander]

The guitar is obviously great but man, that's nice playing.

[thetoneknob]

these are the coolest les pauls ever made. ide take this over a burst any day! ide be happy with a reissue but they start around 7k. this is my dream guitar right here twu

[cussy]

Love your les paul videos there amazing watched the burst ones many times

[ryansnow]

best playing i've heard on this channel so far

[vernonhoover]

Are you serious?a custom w/o a serial #?this is a nicest guitar I've ever seen!awesome pick!

[popeye]

Bucket list guitar, the look and that staple are too beautiful

[druwk]

Truly is the Black Beauty ! Sounds amazing 🤩 Bucket list

[hkguitar]

Emerald City Guitars, could you please shoot a B-Roll video of the amplifier's controls as set when the player is doing the Demo. It would be nice to see how the amplifier is setup to better judge what we are hearing. Especially so if you are also selling the amplifier that is part of the demo.
Thank You
Great content and fantastic instruments.

[tylerwillison]

Wow what a fabulous player and guitar!

[michaelodria]

Great demo of a great guitar and amp/cab.

[Tonetwisters]

The music in the open, sounds incredible ... crisp (no doubt a Stratocaster or other Fender, bright without being ice picking) ... great reverb, great playing, great recording.

[Tonetwisters]

One of my favorite Gibsons. Nice sounds, nice playing! Love the speed knobs!

[northmanlogging]

had my grubby paws on a '55 custom when I was 19... didn't know then what I know now, couldn't have afforded it anyways, but its been on the list ever since I rediscovered how freckin cool the p90/alinco V pickups are... anyway, Emerald City isn't so far from home... but I really can't afford to even walk by that place, divorces are expensive... not saying your expensive, just I have low impulse control and you folks have some very good looking candy

[glenkepic]

Love the guitar. Great example. Tone choice and playing was nice too. I rewound those 'climbs' at the 8:40 mark about 5 times !

[dimidoul]

what an awesome guitar! that alnico staple and the midle position sound amazing!