So - this is the most expensive guitar I've bought for the channel - so sorry if I seem a little negative - please let others know if you got one of these that you love?

first kirk, then peter & gary 😂 nice one

This might just be me, but I find some people are just looking to find something negative to say. Complaining about the "Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer" when it's clearly mentioned in the spec's is nitpicking and that's on you. That's what a satin finish is, non-glossy. If she plays great, sounds incredible, and she clearly does, no issues with the neck, body or whatever, I don't see the issue. But comparing a R9 or a custom shop murphy lab at double the price, you can't really compare those to a standard! As for weight, you can always shop around and find one lighter and more to your liking, but I am guessing you picked this one up from the seller, so you got to see it and hold it for the weight, unless it was shipped to you? On a side note, I just got my 2023 Slash November burst and its a perfect beast. Sustain, tone, looks everything! I shopped around for mine and she's 9lbs 3oz. Wide flame top, dark burst... looks like the 2008 slash special edition. Just my two cents... and great playing by the way!

So the pickups are better than a standard, the top is a step above the standard, and it plays really well, and it’s a first run of a guitar that will always hold a premium price over a 2023 standard. I think in the years to come the other stuff is more subjective and you’ll Never go backwards on that guitar.

Hey John, i bought my first real amp 1 week ago and i am doing the 4 method cable in the fx loop using the hx stomp. Can you help me with it? I have seen a lot of your videos on the topic but i have doubts on it. I have sound and the effects works, but already discovered things out of phase that i corrected, or i think i have done it. I just need to show it to you. I was thinking sending an email to you with a video or a link for the video on my youtube channel (I speak english well so i can communicate easly with a video). I just want to know if i am doing it right or wrong and what to do for correct it. I am also using a real wah pedal and i do not know if it is properly connected in the chain. Is frustating not knowing if i am doing the things right or wrong, i have no one that can explain to me or any local store in my city not even a small store selling music material, so i do not know if the things are correct. Can i sent you this email?

Great video! How did you get those amazing amp tones? I sense they arent in My Boss Katana

What stomp preset were you using for the lead sound in the intro?

The guitar sounds beautiful! What could possibly be wrong with it? There are many guitars that I wish sounded this good. It’s as smooth as silk. Tom Sisson

You’re playing around 9:00 is lovely and reminds me a little of Bill Frizell, would be awesome if you felt like doing a Frizell type preset at some stage?

Great playing, tone and sustain Thank for the review. In the end to me it is about the sound and playability. Agree that you probably can get that from a less expensive guitar.

i guess the question is do we go for the Greeny or Slash LP?

Is ther a name for the music that you play at the opening of this video?

That Gary Moore solo tone though. Always keeping it tasteful.

Hey how many KG's was yours? There is now Greenybuckers available did you checked them out? $300. Do you still have this guitar? It's a nice guitar...

Do you know what pickups are in there?

How is the inlay work? There's usually a good amount of "Filler."

Which modeller are you using here? It sounds great! The player and the guitar should also help of course :).

Loved the ‘Empty Rooms’ reference.

That's a really great sounding and looking guitar! I'm not so sure if I would add it to the tones I get from my EPI 1959 Les Paul Reissue or my 1979 Gibson "The Paul" that I put original Tim Shaw PAFs in. Between my 2 Pauls and my Strats I have a great variety of tones already and I only keep 5 guitars out that I actually play a lot. Not a collector. Thanks for the video and great playing!!

Have you make a video on the chords or type of chords and progressions that you go for? Just asking for music theory. I like this music but I don’t know anything. And I’m just getting into producing.

Some of the best playing and tasteful shredding from John Cordy in this video. Wonder what preset/unit he used for this?

As per usual, your playing is the highlight of the video and your comments appear to be warranted. The neck pickup is what made the Peter Green guitar famous, other than Peter Green, of course. I have a very similar looking LP with Duncan Seth Lover pickups and am quite tempted to reverse the magnet of the neck pickup. Another option is the Duncan Green Magic pickup that they sell as a set, or individually at just $149 USD with a nickel cover. Both, the Green Magic and Seth Lover pickups have alnico 2 magnets. That's a heck of a lot cheaper than the cost of a guitar with a dodgy finish, etc. and a COA. Thanks for the video and be well.

I thought we could have Greeny sound in the middle position at every VOL and tone level ? It is true or is there a sweet spot ?Want to do the mod…thanks for your help 🙏😉

Beautiful intro solo! Do you have the tabs?

Stellar playing as always 👌 Any interest in trying out a Heritage? Gibson's have never appealed to me for some reason - although I did play a 335 about 15 years ago that was quite special 🤷‍♂

I played this today and i thought it was incredible. Awesome finish, felt amazing and great tone!

I've a couple of R9's and this thing holds it's own with them. I love mine. It's a rock monster. I don't like hype guitars generally but I played this thing in the store and couldn't put it down. Out it came with me.Totally unexpectedly.

1. it sounds amazing. I agree the top finish seems like a weird choice. 2. can you share the signal chain at 11:03? I need my Les Paul to sound like that

Fantastic playing.. the sound is great.. I’ve have a 70th anniversary tokai love rock, looks exactly the same..

Really nice sounding guitar! Your playing really shines with that guitar

Thanks for the honesty. I HATE bindings that go over the fret ends. Everyone I have seen looks like cheap plastic covering the fret end. This makes the fret end bigger and harder on your fingers. If this was my guitar, the first thing I would do is send it to my local luthier and have him trim the plastic off the fret ends and reshape the frets. I think Gibson has just found a way to keep from having to personally finish a guitar and have them run through machine to put the binding on without having to hand shape the frets. Money saver!

Have you ever done a rundown on the G&L Legacy Indonesia model with maple fingerboard. When set up properly these can sound very nice.

You have play that DGT SE, nothing will reach that level.

If you wanted a similar alternative guitar for less what would people recommend?

Even though I am quite skeptical of nowadays Gibsons but I love sustain on that one and quite an impressive dynamic feedback but it's still quite a pricey guitar. Your playing is on top as always!

Sounds and looks great. Thanks for the review.

7:20 That's the tinted lacquer that they spray over the nut and part of the binding. They don't scrape it and it seems to be a normal feature on their Les Pauls.

Well I played one this past Saturday at the Dallas Guitar Festival. I must say it was awesome! Very fun and comfortable to play, like an old pair of jeans. Now I must say I’d buy it for the previous players not necessarily for Kirk, I’m a blues man lol. But I can definitely respect Kirk for his skill and passion for the instrument. ❤❤

Tried the Adam Jones Les Paul Standard yet?

Mine weighs 8.7 pounds. I expected it to be 10 pounds like my 2019 50s standard so it was a pleasant surprise. It also had a very pronounced flame top

I just bought one of these Yesterday and i must have gotten lucky because mine is outstanding and I am very hard to impress when it comes to guitars and I'm extremely anal about even the most minor flaws and I can't find one thing to complain about with this guitar . The pickups are truly amazing and i am very critical of stock pickups and swap pickups quite often but these Greeny buckers will be staying in the guitar for good. The bridge pickup does the Gary Moore riff sound perfectly. The bridge pickup is very fat and full sounding and has a wide frequency response. It's very balanced from top to bottom and it also has that hollow vintage PAF quality

Sounds great, maybe a high premium but seems like a great LP

Nice smooth buttery playing here. Guitar sounds really good 👍🏻 Based on your review, this Greeny is not worth 3000 pounds b.c the quality is not as good as a regular les paul standard?

Sounds great! I love the middle position tone.

I'm with you on this. Two cheapie but wonderful things back from the 80's and 90's - I bought a cheap Tokai Strat for £175 new (lawsuit model aparently) in Oxford and played lovely for years, got very rusty but regrettably sold (for £500) when I moved to USA. And underrated - some cheapo Zoom pedal - I still remember it sounding awesome, but kept breaking and returned it.

Is it not some kind of tribute guitar, is that why they put that finish on ? Personally I don’t go for “tribute/signature” guitars I just look for something that speaks to me why I try it, it took me 35yrs to find my Les Paul but I love it and I’ve been a Strat player all my life.

John.. Sustain was quite good but maybe that’s mostly the massive weight resonating. It did have the faithful differences between neck and bridge tones as expected and sounded true to Les Pauls. Pick ups do sound great But tone was a little brighter than I’d prefer. Excellent playing as always!

I ordered one of these back when they came out, and it arived a couple days ago finally(im in Canada, more scarce here). I had played one in the shop, and had the same thoughts about the finish on it. Its basically a 50s standard faded, but sounds SO much better. I made the decision to buy it mainly as Im a huge Gary Moore fan and want to get those tones, but also because it's still a cool guitar. Ive smoothed the neck with super smooth 4k, 8k, and 12k micro mesh polishing pads, and it is nearly as slick as my MusicMan BFR now without changing its appearance. Ill definitely be shining up the top a bit, to a semi gloss finish. I really wish they put more effort into the finish here, as the top has many imperfections in the finish. I suspect they are trying to pass it off as a VOS or Fender Journeyman style finish. Great flame on it, though! Overall I'd rather own it than not have one. For the cost, i expected much more. Worst case, im sure these will have great resale value in the future. Edit: i smoothed and polished the top, and it made all the difference. It has the look and feel of a Custom Shop VOS, and it looks much more like the real greeny. Took me about 30mins total, and definitely worth the effort.

Some one said that these pickups will be available at about 375 a set. Well this is like the 6th or 7th time I have watched this video, the SOUND is SO Good!!!!! now watched it about 20 times, love the Sound.

god the Gary Moore tribute in there was so good man he was an incredible player you did that justice

I got mine yesterday and I love it .... the only disappointment is that Gibson should hire esp to do their binding 🤘

To me this sounds like one of the nicest guitats I've heard you play

Sounds killer, Bose in ears, wow sounds awesome. What rig are you playing through?

I have a Gibson Gary Moore Signature which looks exactly the same and has the same pickup set-up (although your one may have a newer design). Cost me £2k second hand a couple of years ago and it's not a satin finish.

Have you ever tried an Eastman SB59v? I think you might be pleasantly surprised.

Nice to see you review it, but it's a shame it seems like so many corners are being cut at such a premium price. Sadly I've felt that way about a couple Gibsons I've tried in the last year or so - I've been looking at a semi hollow and they too just didn't feel up to the price point. Not that I'm anti-Gibson or anything (got an LP Standard and LP studio in my collection atm), it just feels like there's less attention to detail in general on them now, which becomes more apparent when you see how well made far more affordable instruments now are. Did find a couple Epiphones I liked, but considering trying the Sire H7 you mentioned yesterday as that looks promising too.

Are you kidding? That thing screams! Very expressive tones. Some fine guitar work as well

Aside from the issues you mentioned it sounds lush. Some saucy playing as well!

That opening salvo was really nice…I’m stealing it, and writing a song! Cheers.

Great playing!

As for my experience, bought one when they first came out and my initial reaction was similar to yours. I subsequently traded it for a different guitar. Ten months later, I bought a second USA Greeny and find that one fits my needs. IMO....the $20K Murphy Lab version IS out of the question.

Thank you for the review, personally, I've decided to wait for the Epiphone version. They haven't disappointed me over my last 3 purchases.

Have sent 2 Standards back to Sweetwater in the past 5 years. Not looking for perfection - alI I ask is that they meet the build quality of my RevStar.

A nod to Cowboy Song? Iove Thin Iizzy. No doubt the guitar sound good. Been gassing for a Fender Custom shop, whew, high doIIar stuff. Gibson custom shop, again, wow at the prices. Nice review.

Over 10 lbs! Oooof! That’s a deal (and back) breaker for me. Does it have a decent neck profile? PS, I ordered a HX Stomp after seeing so many of your videos - I’m liking the new amps, logical UI and flexibility, and tiny footprint.

Definitely sounds great. Full range and thick.

You can buy the Greeny Buckers separately now - at least that’s what my shop told me. Just buy any LP that you like and feels good, and drop the Greeny Buckers in to get that middle position sound.

What are you playing through here?

I used to have a Les Paul Traditional and a Custom Shop Elegant. Got rid of them because of QC issues. I still keep my ES-335 though.

Gorgeous guitar though and your playing was captivating!

They are expensive but only $200 more than the regular standards now and from what I've seen they have better tops, you get the greeny pickups and the frets are different for those you find them more comfortable. They are $700 more than a faded but if the better top and other features are things you want then they don't seem crazy overpriced. I also imagine that down the line they will have a better collectability factor than a regular standard or faded so possibly better resale. All that said, I like a gloss finish and not interested is something getting a relic look quicker so would go with a regular standard.

I bought a 50s gold top in 2019. I really think the quality and spec is superb except for a very dry fretboard.

Can't help but feel sceptical of this one, as much as I appreciate the Greeny guitar, for £3k this could have been better. I have a set of Matts Bethnal Green pickups, just haven't found 'the one' to put them into but I think maybe a second hand R9, or even a standard faded could be the way to go.

Feeling the grain on a satin is the beauty of it. Definitely dings and ages quicker. It also resonates better and feels way less sticky. That's one of the high points for me anyway.

I love the sound and vibe of the Les Paul. Owned one, 2013 Traditional goldtop! Biggest piece of crap I ever bought. You paid £300 for the guitar and £2,700 for the name on the headstock!

Liked the nod to Empty Rooms round the 1:18 mark of the intro. Have to say I thought the PRS DGT SE was a much better sounding guitar, and I don't like PRS's and thanks to that demo you did I'm now toying with getting one I think for £3k Gibson are taking the pish

My local Guitar Center has had a couple of Greeny LPs that I never even considered picking up because they didn't even look good to me. But yesterday I wad there and they had one with the most beautifully flamed top I've ever seen outside or a Custom Shop. I finally picked one up and I was really impressed with it. If "I" were to buy it, I'd definitely swap that neck pickup around. Haha

Most every time I see a review of a *proper* LP, I am thankful for the [literally] flawless, 100% handmade, SB59-GD I bought last year weighing in at a whopping 7.8lbs - apparently no SB59 can leave the shop at over 8lbs. You could really consider trying one out.

Sounds like you got this going thru the TUcana carol ann?? It has a nice sound. But it will not beat the Lazarus thru that derailed ingrid, that was the BEST!!!!!

I’m guessing you are mostly paying for a AAA top (Standards have a AA) and the pickups. I admit the choice to make it Faded is a surprise. Perhaps they didn’t want to push the price up or there might be plans for a lower priced Custom Shop version? Regardless, that guitar looks and sounds incredible. I’ve been lusting after one. Admittedly, I don’t tend to inspect my new guitars so closely.

I wanna see somebody relic one of these where they look similar to the Murphy Lab versions.

Now the real question is, do it djent?

It looks beautiful and sounds beautiful! Frankly I get the sentiment but I feel like you're nit picking a bit with regards to QC. When you pay a premium you certainly expect to get a perfect instrument but the things that matter (plays great - sounds great - stays in tune, etc) are all good by your account so in the end i would over look the minor blemishes (both my Les Pauls have minor blemishes) and enjoy the guitar! In fact the things that give an instrument some charm come from the human element (as opposed to the automated elements of building one) in my opinion.

It’s less true today than 5 years ago, but I always thought the best Les Paul for the money was a used custom shop r8 or r7. Spend an extra $400-500 over the top of that kirk hammet greenie, and you have the best modern lp you can buy

Your playing makes the guitar sound great. Love the out-of-phase tone! The satin finish is in homage to the real "Greeny".

It got stellar marks from me for Sound. Can't get over how GREAT this Guitar Sounded.

Superb playing, cool!

11:00 - 12:38 best you've ever sounded.

Is it worth 3 times more than the Lazuras?

The tone and playing was smokin man.

Killer playing and tone! Not sure why Gibson didn't use cherry for the back - the real Greenie has a cherry back. Definitely looks like a faded - with Greenie features.

I bought the Epiphone Greeny in early Dec...Love that thing!

Alan Dingwall's Peter Green pickups are the best I've tried

Hi John. Thanks for the video. You might have solved a dilemma I've been having. I'm a PRS guy through and through, but having been on a Tool streak recently, I realized I want to have a dedicated drop D guitar (some of the other bands I play are in drop D as well). I am considering the Adam Jones Standard, the Adam Jones Epiphones and the McCarty 594 SE. After listening to what you had to say about this particular Les Paul (which has always been on my bucket list as well) and your SE 594 review, you might have given me the answer. Either go for the Adam Jones Epiphones or the 594 SE. Thanks!!!

Great coverage - odd ending ;)

I haven't played a Greeny yet, and personally I wouldn't pay £3,000 for it (Gibson prices aren't exactly palatable these days). But, I also do think you've cast the review a bit more negatively than I expected in light of the criticisms you did have. If we ignore the slight price premium over a Standard (and the more significant premium over a Faded), there was actually very little wrong with this guitar. You said the fret work was good, it was a good weight, played really well and the pickups sounded good. Gibson are constantly slammed over QC, but here we have a Gibson where the QC seems to have worked. When I'm looking to buy a guitar, these are the boxes it needs to tick. The only substantive criticisms I remember you going over were the type finish (which Gibson clearly advertise), the binding marks near the nut (which is lacquer overspray, and not great, but does not affect playability) and some visible binding scraping. Nearly every guitar I've played with binding has had some visible scraping, its just a by-product of hand scraping the fingerboard - Gibson would be slammed again if they didn't do this by hand (many people criticise them for CNCing neck and body blanks). I own a good few Gibsons now (including some under the new management), and they are all absolutely excellent - and all either have some overspray, some scraping, or other slight weird quirks from being worked on by hand. I've seen similar levels of "issues" on US Fenders, PRSs, G&Ls, Suhrs, etc. I completely get that these issues do matter to some people, but I have come to learn that they can be a distraction from an otherwise great guitar. I almost sent an SG back for a few of these things, I'm glad I didn't because I absolutely love it. In terms of the price, Gibson charge it because they know people will pay it - and people did, seeing as they've pretty much all sold out. And I wouldn't really say that you get nothing extra for the money (though whether its enough extra is up for debate!), you get a unique set of pickups, a more figured top and the Greeny aesthetic. If those are things you care about, you'll pay the price. I don't mean any of this harshly, I enjoy your videos and I do think you pointed out the good aspects of the guitar. Whether the price is right is completely subjective, but I think it at least seems like a very good guitar!

I know that you are saying that the guitar may be over priced. But that is one of the best recordings of a guitar that I have heard through my computer. That thing sounds amazing. Personally, as a guitar player, I'm not as concerned at the price (usually cheaper) as much as I am how it plays and how it sounds.

I must say I got a Les Paul premium from Peach Guitars in 2015 which was simply incredible. I did however have to go through virtually the whole shop including custom shops before I got THE one good one. I was amazed at how awful even some of the custom shop ones were. If you’d have said they were Chinese Copies I’d have believed you. For that price you expect exceptional not just average. Mine definitely has that mojo so I’m keeping it forever, but good luck to anyone else cutting the wheat from the chaff

Very nice playing.

It's a let down that they are not a gloss finish. I'd assumed they were regular LP standards upgraded to Greeny specs.