The 1952 Gibson Les Paul Destroyed By A Tornado Has Been Restored! | Jared James Nichols 'Dorothy'

🐕 Episode Guide:
0:00 - Intro - Check Links in the Description
0:09 - Back Story
1:23 - The Restoration Results
4:53 - The Restoration Process
8:39 - Playing Demo + Possible Reissue?
10:30 - Guitar Hunting

📚 Description: We talked a few months back about how a fan of Jared James Nichols gifted him the body of a 1952 Gibson Les Paul. JJN set out to restore it and it is finally completed! In today's episode, we will see the results as well as the re-build process!

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[dommadonia]

The team of Murphy labs are now chasing tornadoes to further developing their relic jobs.

[unclefoiley]

I live in tornado alley. It's amazing that anything was left. This has to be the coolest stories I've heard in a long time.

[Bob.W.]

Really like the Goodwill resto he did for Matthew Scott. That guitar was worn out big time.

[porcelainthunder]

Awesome they left all the battle scars, such character, and will gain more with hopefully years ahead of it on the road.

[duanewelsh]

Nice work by J W restorations. Definitely has some mojo and a cool story. Nice of Joe B to donate parts to the project.

[BubblesBubbles]

Matthew Scott's channel is great. Matthew is a very skilled player and the feel is very genuine. Dude rips on guitar.

[Leviathan]

Since Jared only has epiphone signatures, the Gibson Murphy lab should do a limit run of dorthey's, like Jerry Cantrell's new signature.

[Jester-Riddle]

Sad that Trogly didn't want to name Matthew, or give a link to the episodes ... (A bit too 'businesslike' not to have made that connection for viewers, in my opinion !)

[PolaOpposite]

Tornado: "Les Paul, you're going down!"

P90s: "Hold my beer."

[texanfournow]

5:06 To quote Doc Brown, "Great Scott!" Trogly, you could give Matthew a shoutout, ya know...he deserves it!

[ZitherBeast]

"This is such a cool story. And like others on here, I'm really happy they left all of the tornado scars on this beauty. So VERY COOL!

[dvdaltizer]

Hey! Just now seeing this. The shot at 8:47 I filmed in Nashville and sent to Jared! Loved this video putting the whole story together. Such a special guitar!

[AceSeptre]

Wow, this is probably the most impressive resto I have seen given the starting condition. Because the history, the story, and the provenance of the guitar, I don't even think this will take all that much of a hit in value. At least not over time. Tornados are a part of Americana and I think there are collectors who would pay a premium for this guitar. Collectors will always pay more for a good story.

[juanmacaceres]

In some time we will be seeing "DOROTHY AGED AND SIGNED" for 15k a piece

[baggaza]

"Documented on another channel" come on man just shout out Matthew Scott, he's a great guy and it just comes across like you're salty he got so many views out of that guitar.

[TheMrMRsmoke]

Telecaster wouldve survived that tornado intact

[georgemueh]

I remember that storm.... it's only 45 minutes away from me. I actually live 5 minutes away from Dorothy's grave.
Yes L. Frank Baum the author of "The Wizard of Oz" had a niece named Dorothy. Oddly enough a tree near her grave was struck by lightning 🌩.
They carved the trunk into the likeness of Dorothy from the film.

[bufordtjustice]

I was waiting to hear about the original bridge/tailpiece. Dorothy had no visible screw holes for either on the top, yet was restored with a bridge requiring two posts. Was the original bridge just glued on?

[jwv]

Wow! Amazing that anyone would take the time and effort to restore this. A true guitar enthusiast!

[guaranaibiza]

That’s an awesome story!
Great restoration
🔝