Following last weeks 'guitar shop fail' there remained unfinished business and a build up of GAS that could only be dealt with by returning to the source of the problem. Romford. A nice cup of tea and proper look at the '72 Les Paul Custom seem to have fixed things... 🎸😜

00:00 intro & coming up
01:03 guitar shop phobia
05:06 I went back to try again..
07:40 what happened last week?
09:43 a proper look at this guitar
11:12 I'm in complete control
13:36 and I bought it!
13:15 it's a proper Les Paul custom
14:49 and it sounds like this
15:36 some brief history
16:15 so let's have a look at it
18:02 what does it weigh?
18:36 a couple of things are wrong...
20:59 it's a fretless wonder
22:09 original hardware
23:25 inside the control cavity
24:14 the pickup readings
25:03 some more playing
25:27 it sounds great
27:32 it's a proper old relic
29:34 I got a cup of tea at PMT
30:50 I've got a proper Les Paul Custom
31:27 sign up to the TV channel
34:11 play out jam

Signal Chain Info:
TC Polytune
Soul Food / RAT
Boss DD3 / Boss RC5 Looper
Amps: Fender Princeton Reverb '65 Tweed 1 x 12
Mics AKG C414 & SM57
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools

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