The Difference Between a $4,000 and $6,000 Les Paul (I Played Both Today)

After a long day of guitar shootouts at Wildwood Guitars in Colorado, 20+ instruments deep, including Wildwood Spec '58 Les Pauls and a Murphy Lab aged iteration, your humble correspondent takes to the evening trail for some much-needed fresh air, a philosophical standoff with area livestock, and the kind of guitar talk that only happens when you bring a '54 Strat reissue back to the hotel room. In this dispatch from the Gristle frontier: → Gibson Custom Shop breakdown: Gloss vs VOS vs Murphy Lab aged — what they actually sound like and why it matters → The '58 Les Paul shootout: two Wildwood Spec reissues vs one Murphy Lab distressed (we call it distressed, Gibson does not) → Why VOS is mama bear and why that's the right bear → A 70th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster, two-tone sunburst, and the ghost of Derek & the Dominoes → Upcoming KMT shows: Summerfest (June 26), Minneapolis Dakota (June 28), and a July 12 online improvisation workshop → The resale shop, the record player, and a book called Really the Blues 🎸 Grab the Best of Greg Koch book — transcriptions, insights, and Gristle-approved melodic mayhem: https://www.gregkoch.com/store/p69/Be... 🔐 Join thePatreon for deep-cut content, lessons, and access to the inner sanctum of Gristle wisdom:   / gregkochmusic   📜 8 videos, 4+ hours, and a PDF that ties it all together grab the Gristle Vault FREE: https://www.gregkoch.com/vault.html #GregKoch #LesPaul #GibsonCustomShop #WildwoodGuitars #FenderStratocaster #GuitarTalk #VOS #MurphyLab #GristleVault #BluesTone