Every now and then the planets align and some kind of spooky JuJu brings along a guitar that has my name on it... or in this case it literally does have someone else name on it which somehow made it even more appealing. This is a good week... meet my new squeeze 'Susie' 😁🎸👌

The Les Paul Book By Tony Bacon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Guitar-Book-Complete-History/dp/0879309512/

Les Paul Deluxe A Short History: https://youtu.be/GBWhGc6jxaw?si=kguAKXvRgxNmi1gK

Check out our channel partners Gear 4 Music here: https://tidd.ly/3CSDbdY

Time Stamps:

00:00 intro & coming up spoilers
01:18 I finally got one
03:04 how did this happen
07:19 what does it weigh
07:49 pancake body & mismatched top
09:20 how we can date it
10:59 neck profile & measurements
11:15 frets & more provenance
13:50 headstock, tuners, bridge & tailpiece
17:03 the pickup readings
17:50 under the hood
21:17 let's try the black light
23:30 this guitar is called susie
25:53 let's play something
29:09 let's play something else
30:41 my inspiration this week
32:25 I think old guitars sound better
33:51 I really love this guitar
35:31 the book & headstock dating info
37:25 are we done here?
38:43 play out jam

Signal Chain Info:
TC Polytune
Warm Audio Centavo / Nobels ODR1
Boss DD3 / Boss RC5 Looper
Amps: Fender Princeton 65 1x12
Mics AKG C414 & SENHEISER E906
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools

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