I Found Out Who Really Owned This Gibson Les Paul And It's Insane

Subscribe for the rest of this 4-part vintage investigation! 🎸 These Goldtops are incredibly rare, but if you want one for yourself, you can find them listed here.... https://tidd.ly/3SJvpL3 In Part 2, we dig into the shocking history of this alleged 1954 Goldtop. We already discovered what this guitar really is, but the secret behind its history is even more shocking. Seriously, you won't want to miss the secret behind this vintage Gibson Les Paul. I walk through authenticating and testing the pickups and reveal a huge secret after getting a surprise message from the current owner. This message changes everything!This guitar should just be some old, beat up, modified, player-grade Gibson. But with this new information, it is quite honestly a piece of Rock and Roll history. ► WHAT WE COVER IN PART 2: 0:00 — Teaser and Recap 1:00 — Removing Pickups 3:18 — Authenticating Pickups 4:58 — Testing Pickups 7:04 — Explaining the Mods 8:34 — Who Owned this Guitar? ► THE SERIES: Part 1 — External and Electronics Authentication (this video) Part 2 — Pickups & A Story Emerges Part 3 — Full Guitar Setup Part 4 — The End Result (Hear it!) This guitar came through the Ypsi Guitars bench for a full evaluation and setup. We don't just fix guitars — we uncover their stories. Let us know if you have a guitar that deserves for its story to be told! #LesPaul #VintageGuitar #GibsonGoldtop #GuitarAuthentication #Luthier #YpsiGuitars 🎸 Shop My Entire Reverb Shop: https://tidd.ly/44ejsQl The only thing I trust to hold vintage guitars like this. Plus it makes them levitate! Guitar Vise: https://stewmac.sjv.io/E0eQO9 How I tested these vintage pickups. And you can too! Multimeter: https://stewmac.sjv.io/xJzdj5 *Please note that these are affiliate links. They will not cost you any extra, but purchasing items through them will help support this channel. Ypsi Guitars: Where we believe that every guitar has a story and every guitarist deserves the best. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER & FAIR USE NOTICE: This video contains brief historical images of The Walker Brothers and The Yardbirds used for the purposes of critique, commentary, scholarship, and historical research. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright owner of any asset used in this video and have concerns, please contact the channel directly via the 'About' section email. ----------------------------------------------------------------------