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The capital of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, Yanji City, met festivals, often with fellow Korean musical instruments can be seen singing and dancing scenes. Dozens of people, hundreds of people together with singing and dancing, large-scale, exciting … … Korean song and dance, often inseparable from the instruments around them. My friend Kim Ji-feng is the famous Korean musical instrument masters, state-level intangible cultural heritage of Korean musical instrument skills successors.

   

Kim Ji-feng in 1937 was born in Yanji two east of the river in a small village. House was originally a medical family, my grandfather drove a small clinic, the father will not only see a doctor, or a carpenter, always looking for medicinal herbs, go see a doctor gives. Family travel extensively, are like the singing and dancing. At that time, musical instruments are expensive, generally people can not afford to buy, my father often hand-made instruments to the children. Kim Ji-feng is the youngest at home, childhood habit of following his father learn to musical instruments. Chinese medicine in the main industry is the family, if the school level which amount to “engage in honest work.” Gradually, the father found his son three “heart elsewhere to make.” Every time the mountain herbs, Kim Ji-Feng are ready to book two: one is the father to band dedicated to the collection of medicinal plants; the other is secretly prepared his own, specialized collection of branches, wood chips, record what kind of wood can be what kind of instrument.

One day, his father led him into the Changbai Mountain Lane 14 Erdaogou hillsides where many types of herbs. His father told him while walking said: “The monsoon, which is Acanthopanax … …,” he recorded in his book on the “This is the ‘fat’ (note the 4)!.” My father pointed to a plant, said, “This is Angelica … …,” he recorded in his notebook on the “This is the ‘West’ (note the 7)!.”

Come back later, his father found his little book, a rage, is to beat him up, he was precisely out of the name and role of various types of medicinal herbs. Even more surprising is that, Kim Ji-feng at the same time remember what Changbai wood inside to do the most appropriate instrument. His father is really no way to get him. His mother support the third child, she said to her husband: “You learn life medicine is still a ‘poor’, the son is willing to Gansha, you let him Gansha it.”

With my mother’s support, Kim Ji-Feng began to learn a musical instrument start with ourselves. Brother, Kim Kyung-soo loved the violin since childhood, but no money to buy. He lived for others working to earn money to buy one, let no one touch, but then there is life at home sick older brother, reluctantly forced to sell the violin. Kim Ji-feng to the older brother did a violin, even though look ugly, but the “sound” good. Brother pulled his brother, shed a tear.

Kim Ji-feng to do a variety of musical instruments, large, small, long, flat, hung the walls of his house. Although not a decent, but easy to use, in the village of villagers and students often ask him to be. These instruments do they never too coarse, you get one, he took one. In this way, he will do his reputation for musical instruments are also spread in the village.

Flash graduated from high school, he went to county national high school to the school, and before leaving that day he told his father: “put the drum surface Xiaomao send me.” My father had once done by hand side of snare drum. At that time, my father will not be cooked leather, then with a hair on calfskin also kept in a snare drum on. But his father could not bear to throw, has been used at home. Father knows his son’s mind, touched his head and said: “The monsoon, you have to do bar on Gansha! Abadji (father) to support you! Of all people should have their own musical instrument divisions.” In this way, his embrace of the kept trained on surfaces with a hair snare drum in his father’s look of hope in leaving his home.

Kim Ji-feng in the county of national high school graduation, went to the Han school of Yanbian school after graduation, assigned to Yanji county agricultural school as a teacher. Because of his excellent study, Chinese and good, so the school is preparing to further promote him, but his heart always “want to” the instrument.

That year was 1958, he was 21 years old, when the teacher has a half-year. On this day, he suddenly presented to school leaders: “the teacher had improperly.” Surprise School Leadership, said: “was about to mention you do!” He said: “No.” School Leadership said: “ready to send you to training in Beijing !, “he said:” do not. “” You are such a good treatment or not? Are you crazy? “But Kim Ji Fung” possessed “a camel to go.

   

He went straight Yanji musical instrument. This yard was established in 1953, was only three individuals. In the north-east during the reign of Yanbian Puppet here everywhere in Japan, and Western musical instruments shop, but no one is the local open. Korean Kim Ji-Feng determined to get off his own musical instrument. From then on, he led the workers began the long development of the national long-distance musical instruments.

   

The northeast in winter is very cold. He was the first to come to class every day to work, Yanbian musical instrument of all instruments are his personally designed. He said he will be remembered even in his dreams like a variety of musical instruments.

   

Kim Ji-feng who likes to explore, he transformed the heart of many musical instruments, to make them more in line with the needs of Korean music. For example 12-string gayageum, every chord under a piano to do with the Zaomu code looks like geese toes, so called “goose foot.” However, the former Gayageum the first and 12th a “goose foot” (Qin yards) are sidelined, while a number of Korean folk songs such as “Ping, North Yongbyon Song”, these are often a treble to a sudden “jump” out, which sidelined the qin yards on the bomb not see that this tone. Kim Ji-feng is determined to transform Gayageum.

   

He first conducted a detailed non-governmental survey: Gayageum what it was like in ancient times, and now how has become such. After visits to three provinces in the northeast, and later to find experts, Then he will understand is that the ancients to Gayageum the “goose foot” misplaced, “goose foot” step aside and make the voice of Qin restricted volume not get out. If the “goose foot” does not step aside, pop-up to the sound is not only a wide range, but it nicely, so he Gayageum reformed. He would not let “goose foot” step aside, and the addition of a string. The use of the ancient Gayageum pentameter France, the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, Vietnam are so pentameter law, there is no “4″ (hair) and “7″ (West). Kim Ji-feng with a string, you can pop-up “4″ (hair) and “7″ (West) of the. Later, some experts believe that the volume of Gayageum rich enough, so Kim Ji-feng has created a 21 string gayageum, and later developed into a 25 string. Gayageum the hands of gold monsoon gained magical life.

   Nearly 60 years production of the national musical instrument making career, Kim Ji-feng along the way, feeling deep. He said: make musical instruments, to “song” in mind, “sound” in the hands of “feeling” in the tools. People to do is to musical instruments, musical instruments, is the solidification of the “Song.” In doing, had been “see” into its future: it look like? It will issue What was that? Those who do not love each instrument a good instrument, but also love to do every one “bad” instruments. On one occasion, they have done bad a group of “Haegeum” disciples these Haegeum thrown into the garbage, the garbage truck was transported away. Kim Ji-Feng obstinately chase them back. He said: “bad Qin also useful as reference, we have to refine them.”

   

Kim Ji-feng nurtured by decades of effort the musical instrument, and now is the important production base of Korean musical instruments, mass production of dozens of classes each year a variety of specifications of Korean musical instruments, even the Japanese and the Korean peninsula on a musical instrument specialists, groups, and individuals, are custom-made instruments here. Kim Ji-feng’s apprentice is also up to 100 people. In 2006, he was recognized as China’s Ministry of Culture of Korean musical instruments produced by transmission of the intangible cultural heritage of people.

   

Kim Ji-feng said that for decades he has not done a “satisfactory” musical instruments, he has a higher pursuit and objectives. Now, he and his colleagues determined to make “Little Gong” and “gong” to rescue the production of art excavated. Small gong gong belongs to China and Korean World Heritage Project “Agricultural Dance” in the necessary instruments, and now all imported. Kim Ji-feng over seventy years of age, are constantly trying, determination must take this “craft” back.

The capital of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, Yanji City, met festivals, often with fellow Korean musical instruments can be seen singing and dancing scenes. Dozens of people, hundreds of people together with singing and dancing, large-scale, exciting … … Korean song and dance, often inseparable from the instruments around them. My friend Kim Ji-feng is the famous Korean musical instrument masters, state-level intangible cultural heritage of Korean musical instrument skills successors.

   

Kim Ji-feng in 1937 was born in Yanji two east of the river in a small village. House was originally a medical family, my grandfather drove a small clinic, the father will not only see a doctor, or a carpenter, always looking for medicinal herbs, go see a doctor gives. Family travel extensively, are like the singing and dancing. At that time, musical instruments are expensive, generally people can not afford to buy, my father often hand-made instruments to the children. Kim Ji-feng is the youngest at home, childhood habit of following his father learn to musical instruments. Chinese medicine in the main industry is the family, if the school level which amount to “engage in honest work.” Gradually, the father found his son three “heart elsewhere to make.” Every time the mountain herbs, Kim Ji-Feng are ready to book two: one is the father to band dedicated to the collection of medicinal plants; the other is secretly prepared his own, specialized collection of branches, wood chips, record what kind of wood can be what kind of instrument.

One day, his father led him into the Changbai Mountain Lane 14 Erdaogou hillsides where many types of herbs. His father told him while walking said: “The monsoon, which is Acanthopanax … …,” he recorded in his book on the “This is the ‘fat’ (note the 4)!.” My father pointed to a plant, said, “This is Angelica … …,” he recorded in his notebook on the “This is the ‘West’ (note the 7)!.”

Come back later, his father found his little book, a rage, is to beat him up, he was precisely out of the name and role of various types of medicinal herbs. Even more surprising is that, Kim Ji-feng at the same time remember what Changbai wood inside to do the most appropriate instrument. His father is really no way to get him. His mother support the third child, she said to her husband: “You learn life medicine is still a ‘poor’, the son is willing to Gansha, you let him Gansha it.”

With my mother’s support, Kim Ji-Feng began to learn a musical instrument start with ourselves. Brother, Kim Kyung-soo loved the violin since childhood, but no money to buy. He lived for others working to earn money to buy one, let no one touch, but then there is life at home sick older brother, reluctantly forced to sell the violin. Kim Ji-feng to the older brother did a violin, even though look ugly, but the “sound” good. Brother pulled his brother, shed a tear.

Kim Ji-feng to do a variety of musical instruments, large, small, long, flat, hung the walls of his house. Although not a decent, but easy to use, in the village of villagers and students often ask him to be. These instruments do they never too coarse, you get one, he took one. In this way, he will do his reputation for musical instruments are also spread in the village.

Flash graduated from high school, he went to county national high school to the school, and before leaving that day he told his father: “put the drum surface Xiaomao send me.” My father had once done by hand side of snare drum. At that time, my father will not be cooked leather, then with a hair on calfskin also kept in a snare drum on. But his father could not bear to throw, has been used at home. Father knows his son’s mind, touched his head and said: “The monsoon, you have to do bar on Gansha! Abadji (father) to support you! Of all people should have their own musical instrument divisions.” In this way, his embrace of the kept trained on surfaces with a hair snare drum in his father’s look of hope in leaving his home.

Kim Ji-feng in the county of national high school graduation, went to the Han school of Yanbian school after graduation, assigned to Yanji county agricultural school as a teacher. Because of his excellent study, Chinese and good, so the school is preparing to further promote him, but his heart always “want to” the instrument.

That year was 1958, he was 21 years old, when the teacher has a half-year. On this day, he suddenly presented to school leaders: “the teacher had improperly.” Surprise School Leadership, said: “was about to mention you do!” He said: “No.” School Leadership said: “ready to send you to training in Beijing !, “he said:” do not. “” You are such a good treatment or not? Are you crazy? “But Kim Ji Fung” possessed “a camel to go.

   

He went straight Yanji musical instrument. This yard was established in 1953, was only three individuals. In the north-east during the reign of Yanbian Puppet here everywhere in Japan, and Western musical instruments shop, but no one is the local open. Korean Kim Ji-Feng determined to get off his own musical instrument. From then on, he led the workers began the long development of the national long-distance musical instruments.

   

The northeast in winter is very cold. He was the first to come to class every day to work, Yanbian musical instrument of all instruments are his personally designed. He said he will be remembered even in his dreams like a variety of musical instruments.

   

Kim Ji-feng who likes to explore, he transformed the heart of many musical instruments, to make them more in line with the needs of Korean music. For example 12-string gayageum, every chord under a piano to do with the Zaomu code looks like geese toes, so called “goose foot.” However, the former Gayageum the first and 12th a “goose foot” (Qin yards) are sidelined, while a number of Korean folk songs such as “Ping, North Yongbyon Song”, these are often a treble to a sudden “jump” out, which sidelined the qin yards on the bomb not see that this tone. Kim Ji-feng is determined to transform Gayageum.

   

He first conducted a detailed non-governmental survey: Gayageum what it was like in ancient times, and now how has become such. After visits to three provinces in the northeast, and later to find experts, Then he will understand is that the ancients to Gayageum the “goose foot” misplaced, “goose foot” step aside and make the voice of Qin restricted volume not get out. If the “goose foot” does not step aside, pop-up to the sound is not only a wide range, but it nicely, so he Gayageum reformed. He would not let “goose foot” step aside, and the addition of a string. The use of the ancient Gayageum pentameter France, the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, Vietnam are so pentameter law, there is no “4″ (hair) and “7″ (West). Kim Ji-feng with a string, you can pop-up “4″ (hair) and “7″ (West) of the. Later, some experts believe that the volume of Gayageum rich enough, so Kim Ji-feng has created a 21 string gayageum, and later developed into a 25 string. Gayageum the hands of gold monsoon gained magical life.

   Nearly 60 years production of the national musical instrument making career, Kim Ji-feng along the way, feeling deep. He said: make musical instruments, to “song” in mind, “sound” in the hands of “feeling” in the tools. People to do is to musical instruments, musical instruments, is the solidification of the “Song.” In doing, had been “see” into its future: it look like? It will issue What was that? Those who do not love each instrument a good instrument, but also love to do every one “bad” instruments. On one occasion, they have done bad a group of “Haegeum” disciples these Haegeum thrown into the garbage, the garbage truck was transported away. Kim Ji-Feng obstinately chase them back. He said: “bad Qin also useful as reference, we have to refine them.”

   

Kim Ji-feng nurtured by decades of effort the musical instrument, and now is the important production base of Korean musical instruments, mass production of dozens of classes each year a variety of specifications of Korean musical instruments, even the Japanese and the Korean peninsula on a musical instrument specialists, groups, and individuals, are custom-made instruments here. Kim Ji-feng’s apprentice is also up to 100 people. In 2006, he was recognized as China’s Ministry of Culture of Korean musical instruments produced by transmission of the intangible cultural heritage of people.

   

Kim Ji-feng said that for decades he has not done a “satisfactory” musical instruments, he has a higher pursuit and objectives. Now, he and his colleagues determined to make “Little Gong” and “gong” to rescue the production of art excavated. Small gong gong belongs to China and Korean World Heritage Project “Agricultural Dance” in the necessary instruments, and now all imported. Kim Ji-feng over seventy years of age, are constantly trying, determination must take this “craft” back.

The capital of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province, Yanji City, met festivals, often with fellow Korean musical instruments can be seen singing and dancing scenes. Dozens of people, hundreds of people together with singing and dancing, large-scale, exciting … … Korean song and dance, often inseparable from the instruments around them. My friend Kim Ji-feng is the famous Korean musical instrument masters, state-level intangible cultural heritage of Korean musical instrument skills successors.

   

Kim Ji-feng in 1937 was born in Yanji two east of the river in a small village. House was originally a medical family, my grandfather drove a small clinic, the father will not only see a doctor, or a carpenter, always looking for medicinal herbs, go see a doctor gives. Family travel extensively, are like the singing and dancing. At that time, musical instruments are expensive, generally people can not afford to buy, my father often hand-made instruments to the children. Kim Ji-feng is the youngest at home, childhood habit of following his father learn to musical instruments. Chinese medicine in the main industry is the family, if the school level which amount to “engage in honest work.” Gradually, the father found his son three “heart elsewhere to make.” Every time the mountain herbs, Kim Ji-Feng are ready to book two: one is the father to band dedicated to the collection of medicinal plants; the other is secretly prepared his own, specialized collection of branches, wood chips, record what kind of wood can be what kind of instrument.

One day, his father led him into the Changbai Mountain Lane 14 Erdaogou hillsides where many types of herbs. His father told him while walking said: “The monsoon, which is Acanthopanax … …,” he recorded in his book on the “This is the ‘fat’ (note the 4)!.” My father pointed to a plant, said, “This is Angelica … …,” he recorded in his notebook on the “This is the ‘West’ (note the 7)!.”

Come back later, his father found his little book, a rage, is to beat him up, he was precisely out of the name and role of various types of medicinal herbs. Even more surprising is that, Kim Ji-feng at the same time remember what Changbai wood inside to do the most appropriate instrument. His father is really no way to get him. His mother support the third child, she said to her husband: “You learn life medicine is still a ‘poor’, the son is willing to Gansha, you let him Gansha it.”

With my mother’s support, Kim Ji-Feng began to learn a musical instrument start with ourselves. Brother, Kim Kyung-soo loved the violin since childhood, but no money to buy. He lived for others working to earn money to buy one, let no one touch, but then there is life at home sick older brother, reluctantly forced to sell the violin. Kim Ji-feng to the older brother did a violin, even though look ugly, but the “sound” good. Brother pulled his brother, shed a tear.

Kim Ji-feng to do a variety of musical instruments, large, small, long, flat, hung the walls of his house. Although not a decent, but easy to use, in the village of villagers and students often ask him to be. These instruments do they never too coarse, you get one, he took one. In this way, he will do his reputation for musical instruments are also spread in the village.

Flash graduated from high school, he went to county national high school to the school, and before leaving that day he told his father: “put the drum surface Xiaomao send me.” My father had once done by hand side of snare drum. At that time, my father will not be cooked leather, then with a hair on calfskin also kept in a snare drum on. But his father could not bear to throw, has been used at home. Father knows his son’s mind, touched his head and said: “The monsoon, you have to do bar on Gansha! Abadji (father) to support you! Of all people should have their own musical instrument divisions.” In this way, his embrace of the kept trained on surfaces with a hair snare drum in his father’s look of hope in leaving his home.

Kim Ji-feng in the county of national high school graduation, went to the Han school of Yanbian school after graduation, assigned to Yanji county agricultural school as a teacher. Because of his excellent study, Chinese and good, so the school is preparing to further promote him, but his heart always “want to” the instrument.

That year was 1958, he was 21 years old, when the teacher has a half-year. On this day, he suddenly presented to school leaders: “the teacher had improperly.” Surprise School Leadership, said: “was about to mention you do!” He said: “No.” School Leadership said: “ready to send you to training in Beijing !, “he said:” do not. “” You are such a good treatment or not? Are you crazy? “But Kim Ji Fung” possessed “a camel to go.

   

He went straight Yanji musical instrument. This yard was established in 1953, was only three individuals. In the north-east during the reign of Yanbian Puppet here everywhere in Japan, and Western musical instruments shop, but no one is the local open. Korean Kim Ji-Feng determined to get off his own musical instrument. From then on, he led the workers began the long development of the national long-distance musical instruments.

   

The northeast in winter is very cold. He was the first to come to class every day to work, Yanbian musical instrument of all instruments are his personally designed. He said he will be remembered even in his dreams like a variety of musical instruments.

   

Kim Ji-feng who likes to explore, he transformed the heart of many musical instruments, to make them more in line with the needs of Korean music. For example 12-string gayageum, every chord under a piano to do with the Zaomu code looks like geese toes, so called “goose foot.” However, the former Gayageum the first and 12th a “goose foot” (Qin yards) are sidelined, while a number of Korean folk songs such as “Ping, North Yongbyon Song”, these are often a treble to a sudden “jump” out, which sidelined the qin yards on the bomb not see that this tone. Kim Ji-feng is determined to transform Gayageum.

   

He first conducted a detailed non-governmental survey: Gayageum what it was like in ancient times, and now how has become such. After visits to three provinces in the northeast, and later to find experts, Then he will understand is that the ancients to Gayageum the “goose foot” misplaced, “goose foot” step aside and make the voice of Qin restricted volume not get out. If the “goose foot” does not step aside, pop-up to the sound is not only a wide range, but it nicely, so he Gayageum reformed. He would not let “goose foot” step aside, and the addition of a string. The use of the ancient Gayageum pentameter France, the Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, Vietnam are so pentameter law, there is no “4″ (hair) and “7″ (West). Kim Ji-feng with a string, you can pop-up “4″ (hair) and “7″ (West) of the. Later, some experts believe that the volume of Gayageum rich enough, so Kim Ji-feng has created a 21 string gayageum, and later developed into a 25 string. Gayageum the hands of gold monsoon gained magical life.

   Nearly 60 years production of the national musical instrument making career, Kim Ji-feng along the way, feeling deep. He said: make musical instruments, to “song” in mind, “sound” in the hands of “feeling” in the tools. People to do is to musical instruments, musical instruments, is the solidification of the “Song.” In doing, had been “see” into its future: it look like? It will issue What was that? Those who do not love each instrument a good instrument, but also love to do every one “bad” instruments. On one occasion, they have done bad a group of “Haegeum” disciples these Haegeum thrown into the garbage, the garbage truck was transported away. Kim Ji-Feng obstinately chase them back. He said: “bad Qin also useful as reference, we have to refine them.”

   

Kim Ji-feng nurtured by decades of effort the musical instrument, and now is the important production base of Korean musical instruments, mass production of dozens of classes each year a variety of specifications of Korean musical instruments, even the Japanese and the Korean peninsula on a musical instrument specialists, groups, and individuals, are custom-made instruments here. Kim Ji-feng’s apprentice is also up to 100 people. In 2006, he was recognized as China’s Ministry of Culture of Korean musical instruments produced by transmission of the intangible cultural heritage of people.

   

Kim Ji-feng said that for decades he has not done a “satisfactory” musical instruments, he has a higher pursuit and objectives. Now, he and his colleagues determined to make “Little Gong” and “gong” to rescue the production of art excavated. Small gong gong belongs to China and Korean World Heritage Project “Agricultural Dance” in the necessary instruments, and now all imported. Kim Ji-feng over seventy years of age, are constantly trying, determination must take this “craft” back.

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Do you know what makes hot and sensational rap music instrumental? Yeah, it’s all about the sound when it hit the ears. Let me just share 3 hot tips with you that will make amazing rap music instrumentals that get people groove and hit the dance floor each and every time.

1) The Instruments Selection

Well, you will need to mix and match the right rhythm of all instruments that compliment among themselves. Focusing on basic hi hat, kick and snare alone is not enough. While they may be the foundation but your must add more variety of music instruments like cymbal, ride and shaker to make your rap music special.

2) Instrumental Style and Pattern

This could the missing puzzle of great rap music beats. You see, it’s normal to see that a high bpm will have an aggressive beat pattern and vice versa. The problem with rap beats over the years is that it has been repeatedly duplicated and reused. So, it’s quite uncommon to hear some fresh, unique and original rap beats. What I suggest you to do is to borrow pattern from other music genre and blend them into your rap beats. If you like a certain kicks and snares, try to avoid using it too often or it could kill your creativity and uniqueness.

3) Learning How to Use the Bassline

Okay, it’s kind of a fanatic when I hear my song and beats banging hard in clubs or rattling someone’s car speaker and woofer. This can be done by creating basslines for your instrumentals. The bassline must not be too soft or too hard that it overlaps the other sounds in your song at the same time. You can also try adding different music instrumentals to play together with your bassline pattern.

Now, once you have mastered all these 3 tips, you are going to tweak your rap beats by adding some sound effect to enhance your instruments. This can be easily done with a good beat maker as the beat maker will allow you full control on the tempo, the meter etc. and a large sound bank of various music genres that you can mix into your beats.

One of the best rap beat maker to make rap music instrumentals is THIS. Click Here to see how quick you can make professional rap beats with this beat maker and listen to its studio quality sound it produces.

The Les Paul model electric guitar is a legend. It is the second most popular and most recognizable shaped guitar in the world, second only to the Stratocaster shape by Fender.

The Les Paul guitar was designed by Ted McCarty, the President of Gibson Guitars in the early 1950′s with contributions (depending on whose side of the story you hear) by Les Paul, a popular Jazz guitarist at that time.    

The Les Paul guitar has continued to be made, pretty much unchanged from the original eversince. Now that is a winner of a design!

Les Paul guitars are also made by Gibson’s “budget” brand Epiphone, which look the same but are made with cheaper materials, and mass produced in Gibson’s Epiphone factory in Qingdao, China. Nothing wrong with Epiphone guitars, for the price, but they are not Gibsons, which are 100% made in USA.

In 2008, per information given to me, Gibson stopped making left handed guitars. Period. Citing “lack of demand” as the reason, it would appear, they simply canned that whole side of their operation, including Custom Shop option.

That was a good slap in the face for left handed guitarists around the world, and considering that there are still very many left handed players in the world today, admittedly nowhere near as many right handed guitarists, there is now a little bit of a “void” created for lefty guitarists who love the Les Paul style guitar.

Left handed guitarists tend to also keep the guitars they have, rather than sell them all over the place, like you see happening with right handed guitars all the time (More people give up learning than staying with it so there are always tons of guitars going cheap on ebay and elsewhere.) The point is this: the second hand market is not that lucrative for left handed guitarists and now that Gibson has stopped making left handed guitars, those with their trusty Les Pauls are probably going to keep hold of them, not sell them!  

So what do you do if you want a new Les Paul style guitar these days?

Like Stratocasters and Telecasters, Les Pauls and SGs have been copied by many, many, many guitar brands. Some have become very famous for this, and some of them have become popular guitar brands in their own right for it. 

Here is where you go if you want a left handed Les Paul today.

First, wave goodbye to Gibson, say “thanks for the memories. You lost me as a customer by YOUR own doing.”

TOKAI. This is a Japanese brand that has been around since the 1960s. They started out making knock-offs of Fenders and Gibsons and over the years, gained such a great reputation for quality and affordability, that in the last few years, Gibson got wind (or finally took notice) of the fact that a lot of people were opting for the Tokai versions instead of their guitars. Apparently Gibson woke up to it, turned nasty and tried to take Tokai to court for “copyright infringement” and somewhere in all of that they went off and hurriedly got their headstock design re patented (patents only last 25 years) so they could have something to stick to Tokai! How’s that for bad sportsmanship! Per what people have told me, Tokai’s are not allowed to be sold in the USA any more (home of Gibson.)

Nevertheless, Tokai’s “Love Rock” guitars are incredibly well made and incredible sounding Les Paul style guitars, easily available in Europe, Asia and New Zealand (but for some reason, not Australia! Perhaps not surprising considering how behind the times Australia is compared to Europe, Asia and New Zealand?)

I thoroughly recommend any left handed guitarist wanting a left handed Les Paul style guitar to consider Tokai as their first alternative option. And no, I am not in any way affiliated with or on the payroll of Tokai Guitars. Tokai Love Rock guitars are awesome to play and some say are better than Gibson Les Pauls originals!

GREG BENNETT. For a budget Les Paul that looks pretty damned cool, the “AVION” series guitars are a mighty fine looking Les Paul style guitar. Greg Bennet does one left handed model. Unfortunately boring old sunburst, but even in that colour, it’s a damned sexy guitar, a little different from a Gibson (the cutaway is a bit more pointy) but still looking pretty Les Paul-ish! With the Avion you only need to swap out out the pickups for some Seymour Duncans, DiMarzio, or EMGs, or Wilkinsons (for the budget conscious) and maybe the replace the tuners, to get this guitar up to full pro level.

Stock standard, they are well under $500!

HAMER. Not cheap, but Hamer’s “Monaco Elite” model is available in left hand and looks pretty similar to a Les Paul. Retailing for around USD 3500, it comes with Seymour Duncans stock standard. So you know that is going to be one sweet sounding guitar!  Seems to be only in sunburst, it would appear.

STAGG. Are actually a European company, from Belgium. They have since branched out into other instruments other than guitars, such as pianos, drums and wind instruments. Many people think of Stagg as a knock-off company since they are like most every other European or Asian guitar brand whose products are Gibson and Fender copies. Their Les Paul model (L320LH) is damned close to being a Les Paul clone. But oh no! They are another brand that makes a dreck sunburst colour! Fortunately they also make the LH ones in black too. Uber-boring. But at least they have something for lefties! They are pretty cheap too, around USD 300.

GORDON-SMITH GUITARS. This is a UK company that is supposedly to the UK “what Gibson is to USA.” They have been going since 1979 and they don’t charge extra for left handed guitars. Their “Gypsy” and “Graduate” series guitars resemble Les Paul guitars very closely and are around the USD 1000 – 1500 mark. I have heard that the waiting time can be a while. Not sure if that is true or not. Best to ask!

These are just a few major guitar companies that make single cut guitars like the famous Les Paul shape.

There are many, many other guitar brands that make this style of guitar and this article is not meant to lean towards any one brand over another. Using budget as a guideline opens the door to many many other possibilities too.

There are many excellent boutique luthiers in Australia, Europe and USA as well as many mass-producing factories in China, Korea, and more recently Indonesia and India. Although generally speaking the Asian factories are not equipped to make left handed guitars, there is always the possibility that some factory somewhere might make something like a Les Paul under an Asian brand name. And with technology and know-how the way it is today, they may even make them as good as if not better than other “known” brands available in the Western world. Today is not 10 , 5 or even 2 years ago! Wake up and arrive in the present if you still think “Made in China” means something bad.

In any case, here are some tips on finding that new and now elusive Les Paul style guitar today, since Gibson no longer makes left handed guitars for us.

Why support the mouth that bites the hand that feeds?

If you want a high quality affrodable left handed guitar that is NOT a Les Paul or a Stratocaster/Telecaster then you should get a GASKELL guitar. Gaskell is the only guitar brnad in the world that is 100% dedicated to production and custom left handed guitars only.

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