Can you play METAL on a LES PAUL? | SpectreSoundStudios

Checking out the history and questionable future of the legendary Gibson Les Paul!

Will Gibson head into bankruptcy? Will someone save the day? Who knows!
Many thanks to Christian Vegh, Cameron Fleury and Brandon Wright for the hard work on this episode!

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[joeyfarley]

Les paul was a pioneer in many fields, and yes people always listen with their eyes, sad but true.

[jasonv]

If this dude cut his hair he would be Peter Griffin.

[lauscho]

You can't play metal on a Les Paul, because if you play metal, you're not making enough money to afford one.

[andrewdimartino]

Glenn gives Gibson a compliment AND Christian smiling! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON! Somethings gone horribly wrong, I'm scared.

[JaxJordan]

Can you play Metal on the Les Paul? Does Glenn Fricker hate bass players, mic cuppers and Line 6 Spiders?

[RCAvhstape]

Les Paul was like, "Gibson, you like my log after all. You know you do."

[doomguy]

Can you play metal on a les paul ?
**2018**

[majaroczek]

If someone asked me "Can you play metal on a Les Paul?" I would respond "Can you play metal on a Mesa Boogie?"

[AstraVex]

Can a Banjo with modded EMGs play metal?!

[homepunkkk]

If guitar have humbuckers-you can play metal. Easy

[chicktapus]

it may be more difficult, but i think this series would be more interesting with amplifiers. such as, "Can you play METAL on an AC30?"

[DanielCarpenterMusic]

Lot of respect for mentioning ESP there! I'm not an enormous fan of their LTD stuff, but the best Les Paul I've ever played is my ESP Eclipse, absolutely stunning guitars.

[Liad]

next video can you play metal with distortion

[skatterpro]

Again, Fleury and those drum tones, holy shit!

[JPibbs]

Maybe we should ask James Hetfield, Randy Rhoads, Kirk Hammett, Matt Heafy, Jeff Hanneman, and Zakk Wylde if you can play metal with an LP

[igormc]

"Can you play metal on a les paul?"
yes, I can - zakk wylde

[KimiDep]

"Dan from Disturbed"
*shows a PRS singlecut*

[AdamFaulkner]

Agreed. I love playing metal on my 81 ibanez ar50. It feels a lot better than a les Paul, only cost me $700 and its unlikely the headstock will fall off any time soon.

[Linqua]

got much more out of this video than i was expecting based on the title. liked the history a lot keep them coming!

[TheCrimsonIdol]

I'm a huge fan of Les Pauls. I own two Gibson LP's and they're awesome.