I love Dave's enthusiasm for inexpensive gear.

Watching the first five minutes of this I thought Dave had got his hands on a high four figure guitar. But a quick search and these are less than £200! Daves lack of snobbery is an inspiration.

You deserve an EastCoast, Dave Simpson Signature guitar. I'm sure their sales will have increased because of your KZfaq videos, Dave.

Being a relative newbie I diidn't know anything about East coast guitars, just googled them while listening to Dave make that gold top sing, some of the snobby comments on the forums are hilarious, my favourite being "I wouldn't use them to knock tent pegs in" ladies and gentlemen I give you the star witness for the defense 👍

I Love how enthusiastic Dave is about guitars - its infectious.....

Dude that 'Golden Skies' jam was like listening to Comfortably Numb for the first time. NO exaggeration. You deserve the absolute best. PS, get ANY gear snob to listen to that, without knowing if its played on a dead cheap chinese les paul and rather affordable amp and pedals, and sit back while they rave about the quality of tone. ITS ALL IN THE FINGERS AND EARS.

Keeping it real as always Dave. I just love the total lack of brand snobbery coming from one of the best guitar players around

You are quickly becoming the guitar player who inspires me the most. Your depth of ingenuity and feeling expressed in your playing is amazing.

Always love the way you value every guitar that you present. I myself was fortunate to obtain a '78 Ibanez goltop (bolt on) seemed chambered too. It just sings! Every guitar out there, treated right is worth playing!

DAVE YOU GAVE ME THE GAS FOR ONE! That gold top is such a nice shade plus the dark fretboard looks amazing, need one now lol

Dave, once again you prove it's not about the name on the headstock but the person playing the instrument! You are an inspiration 😎

I think we all really enjoy seeing you so happy! A set neck in that price range is a real bargain, don't let that one go! Have a great weekend Mr Dave.👍

Proof that it's not the brand or cash you put into it, it's the hands and feelings that makes a Guitar amazing. Always a joy to watch your videos Dave my friend. Love and respect from 🇹🇷.

so great to hear your love for guitars - makes me appreciate my own all the more

Congrats Dave on your new guitar… sounds immense!🎸

So glad to see you have the guitar of your dreams. It sounds fantastic. Look forward to seeing and hearing more videos with it!

Still the best intro in youtube, always makes happy. You're still getting better too! I've been watching you for years and it's great seeing how you've grown. I really hope you are doing well!!!!

It brings me much joy watching and listening to you Dave……you deserve whatever it is that brings you happiness. I’ve watched your body of work for quite some time and can confidently say you can make any gear sound phenomenal!

Dave once again your playing took me away to another place, you should name this improv ' Bleeding Angels', thats what I saw in my mind angels bleeding to death as they despair and kill themselves over the decline of humanity, just great playing man .

I've watched many of your jams Dave and that one has to be right up there as the best. That guitar has really caught your soul.

Congratulations on finally finding you Goldtop!!! Amazing guitar, brother! Isn't it an amazing feeling when you really connect with a guitar? So awesome. I recently had the same experience with my first ever Les Paul. Never thought i liked Les Pauls and now i play one almost exclusively. The crazy journeys we go on, right? Anyway, you are clearly already making incredible music with it! Congratulations again!

WOW !!!!! WOW !!!!! WOW !!!!! AMAZING ! MOVING ! UNERTHLY ! Your play just makes my soul flying high ... you have an unbelievable gift for giving emotions. AVE !

Sincere congratulations on the gold top!! This has been a great time for you, the Oswalds and now this! Brilliant!

Wow! Dave, you play from the heart and from somewhere just west of heaven… fantastic. It’s funny how you can tell when a guitar deserves to be in the players hands and that gold top was destined to be yours, it’s a beauty, sounds beautiful and you play it beautifully. Much love.

Another hour well spent. Fantastic sounds...Inspiring as always. Keep practicing everyone! Thanks Dave.

Great looking and sounding guitar, and as always… stunning playing. well done Dave, I’m glad you found THE ONE ☘️

It's a beautiful singer. Great stuff Dave.

Lovely, dreamy and to be honest .... another level all together Dave. Thank you for keeping the guitar real and healing.

Incredible playing on Golden Skies and the guitar is beautiful too. Superb stuff.

Wow! The Golden Skies is one of the best Guitar compositions I’ve ever heard. Simply Amazing Dave!!!🔥🔥🔥🤯

Been watching you for a while Dave, and I’m super happy for you man. You seem like a genuinely good man. I wish you all the success in the world. Wicked playing as always. Nice axe, all good!

Congratulations Dave!

Thats great Dave!! Congrats on your new axe!

I really like how you do your pickups! You get the dominance from one of the coils for increased definition. The dewaxing evidently restores detail as well. That guitar is special dude.

Had the same type of experience happen to me at Sam Ash last week with a Squier vintage series Starcaster. Plugged it into an Vox AC10. It sounded glorious. I was like yeah it's coming home with me

Great Dave , really good video. Lovely guitar and I'm chuffed that you're chuffed. Lovely playing too.

Top class as always Dave... legendary in fact

Another budget guitar happy to be adopted by the guitar whisperer himself! Great sounding LP Dave....glad it found you!

Stunning guitar , great tone , Dave ...... you got the Midas touch 🤟

Already got a gold top but bought a Jet JS-300 because of you. Thank you for cutting through the snobbery and just bringing great content with no agenda! 🤘💥🤘

At last!!, Congrats Dave😎👍

This guitar looks amazing I want one! It sounds fantastic as well,but then every guitar Dave picks up he makes sound fantastic!

Awesome mate 👍 well deserved 👍

Awesome playing again Dave, as usual

Bestest one yet Dave . Epic . Had to join in on my piano accordian . 😀

Hi dave, iv been listening to golden skies and the lost on your stunning goldtop for the last 2 nights relaxing, not often I like something straight away, epic 👌

So, it looks as if you've finally struck gold! Grats Dave! And again a new guitar video of yours that isn't about a Strat! Well done!

Outstanding playing and feel. 🤟🤟🎸

Congrats on your new guitar! It's beautiful and sounds awesome as well. I just got a green flame top Les Paul copy and it's becoming one of my favorites. I've had a few high end guitars in the past but a few years ago they were stolen and I can't afford to replace them. I ended up watching a few videos of people playing guitars I'd never heard of and thought they sounded better than a lot of my old guitars did so I decided give one a try. I'm glad I did, it's not like it use to be. They make some great sounding guitars anyone can afford now days. I've got a couple more I wanna get then I'll be checking into the brand you just got. If you bought one they must be really nice guitars. You pretty much just proved it imo. Great video! Thanks for turning everybody on to another guitar to check out. 😊

Dave That goldtop sounds INCREDIBLE!!! So happy you fond the ONE!

I feel the same about my 2021 Standard 60s and it's outstanding as it is so no need to mess with it at all. You don't need to mess with perfection. Like the vid Dave. Sweet tones and playing. 😎🎸 Subbed ages ago 🤙

Congratulations on purchasing the guitar. You sound amazing. Good luck.

Masterpiece on a beautiful guitar Dave

golden skies part 2.....elevating man...love it, many blessings mate

I love my goldtop Eastcoast LP Dave and I'm sure youll appreciate this... It has a Jupiter Mining Corps sticker on it! 😆 After all, it is an "authentic Les Paul copy" 🚀 🤖 🐈 💿

Just bought the same gold top today, and I have to say this is by far the best purchase I made in a long time. The feel of this guitar is amazing. Thanks for uploading this video, this pushed me to go and get it today 👏👏

Looks awesome 👏 congrats on the Gold Top Gibson Lespaul Great video 👍😎🎸🤘

The thumbnail on this video is so awesome haha😂..congrats Dave! Beautiful guitar I must say.

Kin’ell Dave!! Just when I thought I was settled with the guitars I have - you unleash this 😀😀😀 Awesome and awe inspiring.

Your attitude to guitars is spot on Dave. Inexpensive gear these days isn't what inexpensive gear was thirty years ago. I recently bought a Storm Strat for 50 euros on Leboncoin (the French equivalent of Gumtree), set it up and loved it with all my heart as soon as I plugged it in. It's light and the neck is a freeway in the rain. Feels wonderful. Gigged with it though a Boss ME 25 into a Katana and someone videoed it. It's some of the best sounds I've ever got.

It’s a beauty! Sounds awesome, too. Has the spank of singlecoils but the beef of humbuckers. Congrats!

Becoming truly attached to a guitar is a very special thing. And I can see/hear why here. Pleased for you Dave.

Magic Playing as always Dave

very nice Dave congratulations

You did it to me again!!!! I watched your video a few weeks ago and it thrusted me into GOLDTOP hunting mode. East Coast are not here in the US but I did a lot of visits to local shops and big box shops and played a few Les Pauls and I ended up with a used 2021 Epiphone Slash Les Paul, otherwise known as Victoria. AMAZE-BALLS!!!! CTS pots, orange drop capacitors and uncovered CUSTOM Pro buckers that turned out to be the best Epiphone pickups I ever played. Never liked the Probuckers really. ‘59 neck profile is awesome. BUT it doesn’t have a scratchplate. Anyway, your Goldtop is stunning and sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Beautifu playing dear Dave =) Love to you

It's sounds sublime lush tones. What a fantastic gold top. East Coast guitars rock. Most excellent

Great playing 👍🏼❤️

Ahh ma. Glad you found one you love!!! I too had the use your illusion dvd and also coveted a gold top for ages !! I’m playing a 1999 epiphone gold top still and love it! Been rewired and refretted and well played but I wouldn’t swap it

It's been my experience over playing guitar for the last 40yrs that people who are caught up in what name is on the head stock usually can't play worth a damn. Always remember Edward Van Halen built his guitar...out of parts. Sounds fantastic Dave! I love seeing players get excited about finding that "one" guitar.

There's nothing left to say.Dave that was FANTASTIC

Omg simply amazing

Some of the best playing Dave has put out, no doubt. Gear should be a tool for expression and not much else. Magic is inside. And Dave is a testament, especially in this video!

Golden Skies... Both parts... Took my head places it hasn't been since I first heard Hendrix or Cream as a lad, or Gilmour as a young man. I'm floating above my arm chair in my mind here in Catalunya.

I don`t have a LP yet, now I want one :) I've had a beautiful evening with the music your GOLD fingers gave us. And a nice gold top as well 👍

love that gold sir.great playing from the legend.🌷🌷🌷🎵🎵🎵🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍

it proves the point you made in the vid you made this week , it does not matter what the cost off the guitar is or wich brand it is is as long as it sounds great , this one surely does , rock on dave : )

Dave it’s hard for us to take these budget guitars you play serious anymore. Rumor has it, your able to buy a broom from the $1 store and plug it in and sound amaze- balls. I believe that story.

Dave has nailed it again ! Awesome Guitar I Want One ! There's something about a Gold Top I love them.

If someone deserves the guitar of his dreams/quest, it is you. I found you years ago when you did the "How many tones can you get out of the Orange CR120" series and ever since you never miss to amaze me. Same with your Anderton's show, absolutely first class.

New guitar day ! She's a stunner !

Hello my gold top surfer friend I love your Melodies you take us to a trip thru the waves of rock cheers keep your endless Journey to the Infinity of Rock.

Very immense jamarama on this vid. I especially enjoyed Part 1, really majestic playing.

It's nice to find someone who is not dazzled by the name on the headstock. Well done Dave for seeing past that. One of my favorite guitars is a "Gear For Music" Es175 copy. It comes out gigging more than my Fenders. Keep up the good work.

Awesome Dave, So Happy for you, can feel your Excitement/Enjoyment with this guitar. Very Cool. I have recently purchased my first Les Paul Copy (Freedom brand White Custom- Stunning). This guitar is totally amazing, and just makes me WANT TO ROCK. String Bending etc is unlike any guitar I have ever played. I have not been able to walk past this guitar without picking it up and playing. So Very Cool Feeling. Thanks for your awesome videos and awesome playing. Cheers from Australia.

Hi Dave, Love the Tones, Happy for you and your best new wooded friend - 🎸 - You're blessed with the "Muse" of sharing the sounds in your soul. "Give me the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your Rock & Roll and drift away" - 🎼🎶 I raise a pint to you, 🍺 Jim - Arkansas-USA🤘

Damn that middle Jam was some serious dave gilmore vibes ...loved it .always blown away

I really dig that you love cheap stuff! It's an inspiration :)

Love the Goldtop Dave! After your review I am going to check if I can get my hands on one in Ireland👍 Amazing playing as usual!!

Not surprised you love this Dave, it sounds like a Strat

I recently got my dream Les Paul as well! Custom made for me by a luthier, in Tea Burst finish! Just like you, I can’t put it down! I am thinking of putting black scratchplate and pickup rings instead of cream ones…haven’t decided it yet! Anyways, tomorrow I have a gig with my band, so back to practicing! Your Goldtop sounds amazing as well!

My whole playing life has been about Strats and a search for a Les Paul 57 Gold top of some sort, but preferably Snowy White's. Currently I own neither but have a nice tele. Glad you found your nirvana.

Even tho i like tobacco and sunburst more,goldtops definitely have that legendary guitarist vibe to them. I'm so happy for you brother. I hope I can be as lucky as you are to one day get my hands on one .

Dave, so much SOUL! yer quite a genius

Beauty tunes, brother

That's a great looking Les Paul. It works out to about $230 US cash money, which is very inexpensive for something that looks and sounds that good. We can't (easily) get these in the US but I'd love to try one.

Looks and sounds amazing I want one

It's always great when you connect with a guitar, and even better when it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

🤣😂😆 Ahhh Ahhh Ahhhhh🌞👍🏻🤣😆 Love it Dave and Great playing as usual 👍🏻🌞⭐️

The Les Paul custom always looks good but I love a gold top. Good find!