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Video: Lou Pallo of The Les Paul Trio Discusses His Signature Les Paul, New Album and Transposing on the Fly

Posted 08/09/2011 at 10:50pm | by Damian Fanelli

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In this series of videos, guitarist Lou Pallo of The Les Paul Trio discusses playing with Les Paul, plus his signature model guitar, new album and improving your playing by challenging yourself.

In this video, Pallo discusses his band, The Les Paul Trio, which performs regularly at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City.

He also gets into detail about the Gibson Lou Pallo Signature Les Paul — only 400 of which were produced and hand-numbered. It features an Ebony Black finish with natural back and sides and pearloid block inlays (including a "Lou Pallo" signature inlay at the 12th fret). It has a carved maple top on its mahogany body, a rosewood fingerboard and chrome-plated hardware.

There's a P90 single-coil pickup in the neck position and a Gibson Dirty Fingers humbucker in the bridge position, routed through the traditional controls.

Below, Pallo discusses becoming a better guitarist through adversity, including knowing several other chord positions in the event of a broken string (or two). He also mentions the importance of knowing how to transpose on the fly — and how you'll only improve as a player if you play with superior guitarists.