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Gibson Les Paul R6 - Is This The Ultimate All Rounder Guitar?
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2 жыл бұрынIts new guitar day for me at The Studio Rats HQ, and today iveve taken stock of a Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul R6.
If you are a regular on this channel you'll know what a fun I am of single coil guitars but I also love a Gibson Les Paul, Although a dual humbucker guitar is an awesome rock machine I would never use one for any clean guitar work. Enter the Les Paul R6 with P90 pickups, but is this great for driven and clean tones?
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@micwalt 2 жыл бұрын
I've never been a Les Paul guy--I'm much more Strat/Tele/Charvel. But there's something about a gold top LP with P90s that makes me tingle in my naughty places.
@TheStudioRats 2 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with a little tingle.
@Po1itica11yNcorrect 11 ай бұрын
😂
@thomassmith7608 5 ай бұрын
The reason that Gibson places "pick guards" on Les Paul guitars has to do with their name for the device, the "finger rest." I'm one of those weirdos who use the finger rest as a support for fingers as I play. It keeps the oil and finger 'smutz' from eating through the nitrocellulous lacquer of the arched top. Some people are not using the pickguard to keep from touching the lacquer, but it serves that purpose well. BTW, that is a beautful sounding guitar.
@bryancollins6796 2 ай бұрын
P-90 Les Pauls do something PAF ones don't quite do. They're a bit more defined with a slight more chime in their tone. That's partly why Teles are loved.
@NINEWALKING 19 күн бұрын
My only P90 guitar currently is my SG 63 lightning bar reissue. I gave it proper harness as soon it came into my place. That did make a nice difference. Though, once I got a new pickup set from Sunbear, that changed that guitar into a monster. I took staple neck and classic P90. It's just sounding so much richer and refined now. More details and harmonics. It's worth every penny.
@ces69 2 жыл бұрын
We guitarists are a funny bunch, I bought a Les Paul without a pick guard but fitted one as I felt it looked naked without it!
@blomberganders 2 жыл бұрын
Funny you bring this up. I play in a cover band and typically bring a Strat, a 335 and a les Paul style axe to cover a lot of ground. Recently decided I was just sick of lugging it all around and changing guitars mid show and just brought my R6. It really did work very well for most types of sounds.
@sundroppunk1280 Жыл бұрын
“Paul Les Paul” has a nice ring to it 😊 As a subscriber to this page/channel, I appreciate the professionalism, content, authenticity, humor and personality PD and his Rats delivers. 🤙
@hegartyj1 Жыл бұрын
Love this video. Your clean tones are just so wonderful Paul. That reverb!
@jamiebriggs8277 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. I picked up a cheap guitar with P90s in it about 6 months ago, and swapped in some higher quality P90s, and I find myself playing the P90s way more than my other guitars (both single coils and humbuckers). They handle such a wide range of sounds so well. If I had to pick only one pickup style to play forever, it'd have to be a P90
@bigbromiki1 Жыл бұрын
p90’s are they way
@chrisdrake447 2 жыл бұрын
What a pair! Given just the right amount of time, love and use, these two golden siblings are gonna grow old and green beautifully. Happily jealous ...
@joeschlicht Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! I have an '07 R6 and it's probably my best guitar.
@Tonetwisters Жыл бұрын
Yes. You can play everything from blues to rock and roll, to jazz to folk and country riffs on these things. In the early '70s, they made this in a cherry sunburst, and it was a wonderful axe!! My brother had a brand new one in his Tallahassee music store, but even at wholesale, I couldn't afford it back then as an FSU student! Now I have a B&G Little Sister original that I am thinking of putting ThroBak '55-'56's into if I can get over the thought of THAT cost! And I have no problem with that "scratch plate." Needs something to tone down all that green "gold" top!
@robertleslie2467 9 ай бұрын
Sweet video flick, playing, and sound. I must say I prefer my R4 as it just feels and sounds better to me. I don’t know why and can’t really explain it. On another note….I have small hands and was worried about the baseball bat thick neck on it but worry went away after about 10 seconds when playing the guitar through a cranked tweed champ. It absolutely roars through a tweed deluxe. I love it!
@billgreen3629 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. I think this is the guitar I’ve been looking for.
@philippehendrickx1109 2 жыл бұрын
I bought an R6 a few years ago. It became my number one guitar in no time. Top guitar!
@jerrytang9514 Жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful sounding guitar.
@davidwoods358 2 жыл бұрын
No disrespect to anyone but .. I can't imagine anyone wanting to sell that guitar. Seems to be an absolute keeper !! Those P90's sound fantastic.
@etrax7007 4 ай бұрын
I didn't really like them initially... but I have changed my mind. A beautiful versatile guitar... probably the best! I'm getting an Artist LP gold top with P90s.
@Telewest792 2 жыл бұрын
A friend here in Adelaide just bought one of these guitars we are yet to a/b his with my 59 50th anniversary les Paul i have replaced the bust buckers with a set of Monty’s custom paf’s and now it just sounds epic especially the articulation great playing you do a great job in your reviews quite refreshing to see ,must be something in the British air
@otisotis5016 2 жыл бұрын
I’m down in Albury and have Monty’s in a Navigator LP, they’re brilliant!
@Telewest792 2 жыл бұрын
@@otisotis5016 probably the best humbuckers ive ever had he did a custom set especially for my les paul low output just awesome
@CosmicNed 2 жыл бұрын
Very Nice! Proud owner of a ‘57 CS myself, but love those P.90’s - great job!
@fitnesslibrarian9013 10 ай бұрын
Just got a Gibson les Paul 60s with p90s it’s my favorite thing ever.
@lineboss58 2 жыл бұрын
My first LP was a 79 pro deluxe fitted with P90s sold a long time ago, i bought another a few years back same colour same year. I just love the clarity and cut you get from these pickups, not for everyone they do tend to be unforgiving bit like a telecaster so be warned.
@Richard_Lush Жыл бұрын
Just bought a 54 CS. Got a subtler compensated bridge. Mojoaxe I think so won’t have intonation issues with the wraparound bridge. Put one on my 60s CS LP special and makes a big difference. Nice playing and good quality video. Thanks.
@Tonetwisters 2 ай бұрын
What a sound. I still love this video. The articulation and dynamics of this critter just assails my ability to resist lusting! STILL prefer the "scratch plate." You guys got a wrong word for everything. What language IS THAT that you're speaking? Oh yeh ... It's "Les Paul." You can get country sounds with P90s ... good luck trying that on humsuckers.
@frankquinn1296 7 ай бұрын
Finally someone else that removes the guard. I just got a P90 Gold Top, the guard was my"first adjustment", I am not 100 % sold on the hum. But I have a set of Joe Barden P 90's that will likely get installed, despite the look, which I admit makes me uncomfortable with that but, I really cant stand the constant hum of the P 90's.
@chrismundayguitar 2 жыл бұрын
Tasty intro jam Paul... I love the tones, the licks the whole performance piece!!
@NUNUA 2 жыл бұрын
I lean my pinky on the Les Paul pickguard as an anchor. I don’t think I can play without it.
@mikemalone9404 10 ай бұрын
Good comparison. I'm really considering one of these.
@timhopkins3810 2 жыл бұрын
After over 20 years of owning one you’ve finally given me the motivation to remove the scratchplate 😂 LP’s look so much better without! Lovely sounding “new” guitar! Want to grab a P90 guitar myself and looking at the Revstars as a potential 😊
@mraycgz Жыл бұрын
Never!! Lol
@surfboy7 2 жыл бұрын
The custombuckers clean nicely and become thinner once you roll both volume and tone to around 6-8
@DarrylKirby Жыл бұрын
I have a 2011 60s Tribute. the p90s I fitted from Sanford Magnetics are so .. tranparent, airy, firey, bloody awesome! It is the cheapest LP I've ever bought, and the best by a long way.
@neilevans6229 2 жыл бұрын
Nice guitar 🎸🎶 and great playing as always 🎶🎶🎶🎶🍀🍻
@thomasfischerandersen8758 9 ай бұрын
Very good guitar + Very good guitarist = Beautiful sound/ music !
@hollywoodactress 2 жыл бұрын
Great review and the guitar sounds fantastic. I have had a p90 loaded guitar on my bucket list for a while The one thing that will make the guitar better is a darker fretboard. That could be achieved with something like Monty’s Montypresso, but it is a stain wax so when applied got to be sure you like it.
@christopherguzzi1316 Жыл бұрын
Good for you for letting go of some things to get this beauty. Interesting that you took off the pick guard straight away. I prefer having the pickguard on.☺☺☺
@IamMusicNerd 2 жыл бұрын
The only Les Paul humbuckers I have ever found that sound as good as P90s with pristine clean tones, are the Tradbuckers. However, Gibson doesn’t sell them by themselves for some reason. You can only get them on the Traditional series Les Pauls, which they don’t make anymore in their main lineup, but they do still make as special run guitars for some retailers. (The Trad Pro V has them)
@Youngster543210 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see thus. I just picked up a Trad PRO V on Reverb a couple days ago.
@samjonez4854 8 ай бұрын
Beautiful playing and tone!
@josegallegosdds Жыл бұрын
Beautiful guitars, beautiful sounds, beautiful playing!!!! Cheers
@Jabbaerwocky 2 жыл бұрын
A Gibson in a Fender shipping box? Sacrilege!! Love your show, mate. Do darken the fretboard with MusicNomad F-One. Works a treat.
@techlaw997 Жыл бұрын
I have a 59 custom shop but am itching for a 56 to add to the collection. Sounds great.
@Stereostupid 2 жыл бұрын
It does sound a lot clearer and cleaner much more fluid and round than the other Lp with buckers
@dansboutique26 10 ай бұрын
Sounds remarkable
@dannywoody5497 Жыл бұрын
Wow wonderful sounding and great playing tks
@StringTension Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous guitar and great playing, you yank off your pickguard and I'm sitting here waiting a month and a half for one on order 🤣
@johngreen3704 2 жыл бұрын
That’s a true Gem Paul. Great sounding P90s not at all flabby in the bottom mids with drive. Quite different sounding to your PRS. Over all sounds lush liked your nod to man of the world at the start.
@telecasterbear 2 жыл бұрын
I used to be a les paul deluxe man. That started in the late 70s. Now it is just the telecaster for me.
@scarcam 2 жыл бұрын
Big P90 fan too, had SG's LP's Casinos including an R6 which was a mint '99 model bought in 2003, sold it a couple of years later as it just wasn't hitting the mark for some reason. Now have a 2015 LP Deluxe, put a pair of Bare Knuckle Nantuckets in, now at last I have the sound! that brick wall low end bellow that all good Les Paul's should have with the extra treble and grit that only a good P90 can provide, but the biggest suprise, it sustains like clappers!
@cbaten2 2 жыл бұрын
You make a clear case, coinciding with me more and tending towards my prs se, semi soap bar. The semi adds some more warmth to the neck pu while there is still plenty of edge in the bridge. It is also coinciding with me acquiring more control over tone and dynamics (and over ground loops etc).
@hakangokhan8474 4 ай бұрын
Great guitar, great playing! 👍
@Adventuresingearland 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds lovely. Bring it to the gig!
@sroelit 2 жыл бұрын
I was a little amazed at how much I preferred the P90s.
@agusg.t.8950 5 ай бұрын
Rosewood on modern CS is more clear on last year’s Gibsons. I prefer a darker rosewood
@mortenchristensen3607 Жыл бұрын
Wauh - I like your playing. Very emotionel.
@juzzybassgrove4354 2 жыл бұрын
Great playing Paul
@garycoates4987 Жыл бұрын
My Les Paul is an R4 P90s with the wraparound stop bar bridge, it's surprisingly versatile yes but, these p90 Les pauls sing out with high gain like no other guitar, just like Les said you can literally hold a note forever, get it right on the edge of feedback and it's the sound of angels singing
@tomrosa4248 Жыл бұрын
Great choice! I would prefer the R4 over an R6. Something about a wrap-around tailpiece makes it a little more special.
@johnmckenna4256 6 ай бұрын
Such great playing my friend
@TheStudioRats 6 ай бұрын
Many thanks!!
@fretboarder4752 2 жыл бұрын
Nice R6 one of these will be my next guitar to go with my R8.. P90s can be great yours sounds perfect..
@ggp1516 28 күн бұрын
생각보다 개인도 잘 먹고 힘있는 소리가 나네요. 54 골드탑 p90 깁슨 보고 반했는데 단점이 많다고 해서 다음 모델 보고 있는데 참고영상 감사합니다~
@Gerbinger 2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to hear a comparison of the R6 and R7 (your 57 you displayed at 3:21)
@bewusstsein3527 Жыл бұрын
my 2 dream guitar.. i have gibson classic with p90 arriving soon.. next is the goldtop custom shop with humbucker.. and im set.. ❤ oh wait and 1 esp or dean
@mikebarnard2689 2 жыл бұрын
Early Freddie King tone… magnificent!!
@chemo86 2 жыл бұрын
Paul, how does it compare to the PRS McCarty? Better, worse, different? What are the differences? Thanks in advance and thanks for the great video's, keep it up!
@bogarbill6331 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic playing!
@TheStudioRats Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@craigthomson3621 Жыл бұрын
I am lucky enough to own a left-handed Gibson Custom Shop ‘56 Goldtop Les Paul with P90 pickups.
@mikeblue385 2 жыл бұрын
p90s. lovely.
@EternityRecordsUSA 2 жыл бұрын
great video thank you
@ilmisxx2 2 жыл бұрын
A pickguard on a les paul is like a pocket square on a suit, it completes the look and without one they look like any other single cut P.S: Everyone knows that being a goldtop adds another 5-8% to tone and having a pickguard on adds another 5-6%, why would you take that away...🤔
@TheStudioRats 2 жыл бұрын
My lack of strap is compensating for the tone loss.
@ilmisxx2 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheStudioRats no it isn't for that to happen your strap buttons would need to be made of aviation grade aluminum produced before 1973 because mid 1973 the technology changed and they started using a slightly different alloy and the tone preserving capabilities are night and day. Jeeeezzz man... You would thing someone of your caliber would know these things...
@BradRocker 2 жыл бұрын
The perfect all around guitar
@DaveyW6985 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds great. some Montepresso on the fretboard would darken that a treat :-)
@MRxr400 2 жыл бұрын
oh no, the pick guard adds sustain. you can go have a coffee and return to it still sustaining. seriously, love p90's, really find they sit nicely in a band mix. this guitar sound beautiful
@vazon69 Жыл бұрын
What is the reverb you’re using? It just blooms beautifully!
@stratoleft 8 ай бұрын
If I wanted P90's, that's what I would expect from a Les Paul junior. Once the Les Paul standard 's famous upgrade away from these single coils, during this "vintage" point in time, well, .. that's what I want. The humbucker pickup, that other manufacturers also have with their claims of tone. That's what I expect from a Les Paul standard. Not going back to obsolete P90's, unless a LP junior, or some copy of such, is what you settle for. Therefore, WHY on Earth would I want P90's on ANY top-of-the-line Gibson instrument?
@ryleuty 7 ай бұрын
Agreed with Step 1 - remove pickguard!
@johanhasan4707 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds epic!
@robsthedon Жыл бұрын
Liked for the Cameo!
@rockyourrepairedamp9850 Жыл бұрын
Sounds sooooo good! ❤
@TheStudioRats Жыл бұрын
Cheers Shane.
@marcusohlson1816 2 жыл бұрын
@3:24 the lick this guitar deserves. Sweet sweet tone
@MrBossei 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful guitar!! The only Les Paul I want :-) That 56 sounds like a fatter Telecaster 👏
@michaelp8632 Жыл бұрын
'Cache Cache' by The Who on 8:11. Nice.
@TheStudioRats Жыл бұрын
Have I been ripping peoples music off again.
@barriem5318 10 ай бұрын
Sounds wonderful and is a beautiful instrument. But $5000 price tag is truly laughable.
@TheGuitarnut 2 жыл бұрын
sweet Dog, yours or your wife's. Nice playing
@TheStudioRats 2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realise the dog had to have sole ownership 😀. He is the family dog and is a right toe rag.
@joereith7469 9 ай бұрын
FINE...I'll subscribe.
@bpy4073 7 ай бұрын
What reverb/delay did you use it sounds heavenly
@alainmalo3791 2 жыл бұрын
C'est COOL les P90 sa pic un peu plus que les P.A.F , JOLIE.
@robertocadow8634 2 жыл бұрын
Hi,,,,VERY nice sounding Les Paul....by the way, what amp are you using?.....Greetings from Lima, Perú.....
@TheStudioRats 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Roberto, it’s a Matchless Independence
@deanmccaskill5495 Жыл бұрын
I’d love to put that up against my 50s Std of this. That thing sounds Devine. Mine does too but you leave me in the dust as a player. Seriously I’d love to compare mine(21 Gold Top Std 50s P90 Gibson USA) to yours. Mines realllllllllly nice. I think it’s not that nice tho.
@tennesseelondon4623 Жыл бұрын
You really get some great tone from that guitar. When I've saved up, it's my next purchase. May I ask, what are you start playing around 3:24? Really shows off the clean (barely pushed) tone.
@kuradko 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Paul, can you tell me what kind of reverb effect are you using at the end of that clean sound?
@guitarman3968 3 ай бұрын
I just cried and came at the same time.
@garywaddell6309 2 жыл бұрын
Incredible, full sound and yet super crisp tones on that ‘56. Have you ever tried the Sire guitars Paul?
@TheStudioRats 2 жыл бұрын
I haven’t Gary. I really should check them out.
@jakelong7242 3 ай бұрын
I just bought one used and hope mine is as good. What speakers and amp is yours going through?
@andreybrodianski5596 9 ай бұрын
Which gear did you use to get that clean and slight crunch sounds? (pedals, amp, speaker)
@dreamscuba 2 жыл бұрын
This is my dream Les Paul... I love P90s... I think my kidney is in danger! This sounds amazing.
@orion777ben 7 ай бұрын
Do you mind not having a dark fretboard?
@stewartrosser5772 2 жыл бұрын
Looks and sounds great! But how do you choose what has to go?
@cragginshred 11 ай бұрын
Does it stay in tune?? Every Gibby I've had including R9'S are so whack with tuning.
@robertlevasseur8896 3 ай бұрын
man what is the rest of the gear used here?
@iannicholls7476 2 жыл бұрын
Yum yum!
@HammerFang 2 жыл бұрын
Hmm, you had to sell couple guitars to buy one, that is almost the same as your '57 LP just with different pickups? Wouldn't it be easier just to replace pickups? :D Btw, great sounds from those P90s
@jakyl_j 10 ай бұрын
Sounds great! What are you using for the modulated reverb?
@TheStudioRats 10 ай бұрын
That was an Axe Fx 3. Cheers
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