REAL BURST 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard - Tone Twins TV tests The Richrath Burst

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In this video Ed and Huw have the pleasure of a stunning 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard for company.
Vintage 1958-1960 Les Pauls are often referred to as Bursts. This particular guitar is known as the “Richrath Burst” as it used to be owned by Gary Richrath of the band REO Speedwagon and it is currently for sale at Lucky Fret Music Co in London.

“The Richrath Burst is well known in the Burst dealer community having been owned by some of the most prolific names in the business; Jacques Mazzoleni who initially acquired the guitar from Gary's girlfriend around 1990, then passing through the hands of Richard Friedman, Kosta Kovachev and Gil Southworth, only to return to Jacques in 1998 from whom Andrew purchased the guitar. It was also given a thorough workout by the one and only Joe Bonamassa during his show at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in 2018, used on the song "Breaking Up Someone's Home." – www.luckyfret.com

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Huw and Ed discuss put the Richrath through its paces demonstrating a wide range of tones using a range of vintage amps and take an in depth look at this heavily flamed, double white PAF loaded Burst!

In this episode:
1959 Les Paul Standard
1964 WEM Custom 15
1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb
1951 Fender 5A3 Deluxe


Amp audio recorded with Beyerdynamic M160 into a Telefunken/Siemens V72 into UA Apollo Quad into Logic - no Compression or EQ.

Room audio recorded with a Neumann CMV563 into Telefunken/Siemens V72 into UA Apollo Quad into Logic.

Key timings:
Intro audio Burst into 1964 WEM Custom 15
Clean finger picking Burst into a 1959 Bassman
Bluesy solo Burst into 1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb
Rocking solo into 1951 Fender 5A3 Tweed Deluxe

For a detailed look at this guitar please check out Huw’s Vintage Bench Test article in The Guitar Magazine also available online at Guitar.com


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