Does a $420,000 Vintage Les Paul Sound Better than a NEW Les Paul?

[der_jannik_]

Tyler: “Which of the Gibson’s is better?”

Also Tyler: *puts a telecaster in the thumbnail*

[jonathankvex]

Tyler: "The new one's neck feels truer to the 59' style"
The 1959 Les Paul he just played: "Am I a joke to you?"

[ramjam]

That guitar is a 4 bed 4 bath house with a detached garage.

[shayneswenson]

I bought a $650 partscaster at Emerald City and they treated me like I was buying that $420, 000 Les Paul. The best guitar shop in the PNW hands down. Always a great experience.

[jamestaylor]

The differences in the electric guitars are slight, and it wasn't enough to make me like the older over the newer. But the difference between the new vs vintage Martin guitars is striking. The vintage Martin definitely has a much richer tone. And I could see where someone might drop that much cash to get it.

[bldallas]

If you haven’t yet, please visit Norman’s Rare Guitars. He loves to post videos and the two of you could do a killer joint, long format review, on several of his vintage guitars. He has literally hundreds.

[Chris.]

I don’t think anyone believes you’re paying for the tone when you spend half a million on a guitar. It’s about how iconic the bursts are due to their popularity amongst some of the biggest players of the 20th century, and how rare that particular run was… only around 1200 are known to exist iirc

[CesarCordova]

Me, listening with my cellphone speaker 🤔

[jonnybroomhead]

I think "tonewood" is much more applicable to acoustics than electrics.

[seanoconor]

I like how he just holds the guitars the same way as a $300 guitar

[rockstar]

2019 Cherry Burst is just a regular LP Standard but not an R9, lol

[neverenoughguitars]

That is by far the cleanest vintage 59' Les Paul I've seen if that's what it is. It looks almost new. I didn't know any in that condition even existed! I'm pretty sure the reissue 59' you said you were playing was just a current Les Paul Standard and not a 59' reissue. Also the strat you listed as a 56' Strat was an early ish 60's. 56' strats only had maple boards afaik. Great video and great playing!

[timmotel]

I'm a drummer since 1965. I have a musical love affair with guitars and those who play them. I'm just not, naturally, a guitarist. I've tried. I've owned 2 fine Strats. The Martin vintage has the wonderful, vintage aged sound that is unmistakable. The electrics, not so much, to a drummer's ears. Beautiful, all of them. Excellent video.

[RCSmiths]

I believe you simply get the best of both worlds in each, just the feel of each are unique to their own, and what makes both valuable.

[vintagepipesnightmares]

The acoustic guitar uses an air pump system to project sound dude. An electric guitar uses magnets that don’t hear wood. That’s why you can really hear the difference in acoustic. It really uses the wood to project sound.

[guilherme]

I feel the greatest difference is in people's minds.
If they listened to these guitars while blindfolded, I doubt people would be able to clearly get which one is which, and even if they do, i doubt they would be able to tell how far apart they are in price, cause soundwise they're not that different.

[kristoffersiqveland]

If im not mistaken, that new Les Paul is a USA standard, not a Custom Shop reissue? And the vintage strat can’t be from 1956 with three-ply pickguard and rosewood fingerboard?

[A_Little_Piece_Of_Music]

I don’t know. I feel like there isn’t really that big of a difference. I feel like owning a vintage guitar would just give you anxiety, always wondering if something bad has happened to it.

[iamthelizardking]

Acoustic= I absolutely believe wood matters
Electric=I’ve literally seen a guy make a concrete guitar and it sounded fine, I mean seriously why would wood matter, the sound is derived from electronics and any deviation in sound from today to a vintage guitar relies solely on the hardware they were using at the time.

[ihasaspeedboat]

When you slammed the pickup selector on a $420, 000 burst you don’t own. More than once.