Looks and Sounds fantastic brother. After receiving a few bad new Gibsons. (The most recent a New SG standard) Then comparing it to my 2023 Angus Chibson SG, I have found that I have been duped for a long time. The quality control on the Gibson was non existent. You are 100% correct. Gibson is not losing a dime. I posted a Video unboxing the Gibson & comparing it to the Chibson. Times they are a changing. New sub here... Thanks for sharing!
I rolled the dice and got one, im also floored how well it is. I actually like the thicker neck compared to my real standard. Totally blown away for how little it costs.
The guitar has veneer on the top and back. The binding hides any traces, and it's pretty much why they bind both sides. Also that fretboard is clearly rosewood. Ebony is usually black or almost black
I really don't understand why? I just purchased a Les Paul Bourbon Burst Standard for my youngest son, because he's earned it by showing talent and an honest desire to play. He started on a budget Peavy acoustic that his older brother got one year for Christmas and he didn't have time or inclination to get into it at the time, so it turned into a handmedown. The Les Paul is simply amazing to hear and to look at with obvious craftsmanship and quality. As any caring parent can attest to, there is something magical in making your child SMILE 😃, honestly smile! And I thank God above for such a Blessing. When he opened up that case and laid eyes on it, magical. Thanks to everyone at Gibson for all they do in their work, it is greatly appreciated 🙏. My long story/short, buy the original, no matter how long you have to scrimp and save. It is worth the wait.
I don't mean to burst a bubble, just going to explain. At one point I decided to order a few of them awhile back. When arrived, I took a good look and thought wow these are amazing for the price. One piece mahogany, so on. Then I started to do some further inspections and realized they were not one piece mahogany but 3 pieces. They literally took a veneer and glued it on the back to hide the amount of pieces used to build the body. There were also some other things but I won't get into detail. If you actually got a 1 piece body you sir, got lucky on that one!
The fake Les Paul I got from Aliexpress last year had a two piece mahogany body for $243 dollars with tax and shipping included. The guitar had damage, it was dropped before it was put in the shipping container. Sometimes those Chinese guitar sellers are shifty and dishonest. That is a fact.
I own 2 Chibsons; a Custom and a Standard, and I was going along with Steve until he claimed- with a straight face, JK, you could tell even he didn't believe what he was saying- that these things rival Epiphones in quality. 😂🤣😂🤣 I own an Epiphone 1959 and a Standard. They are light years better quality than my knock-offs. The 59 has Gibson pickups, CTS pots, and Switchcraft switching and jack. The Standard has Epi Burstbuckers, a beautiful finish and great playability. I like my black Chibson Custom, and it had good intonation and action when it arrived. I also put on new strings, which made a big difference. The finish is surprisingly good, and it sounds pretty good, but let's not get carried away. They're $250 guitars and you can tell. 🤘🏼
Eh, I've played those Inspired by Gibson 59's. You're way over selling them. The husk of the guitar in general isn't in any way superior to the typical shitty Chibson. Hardware and Electronics, sure. The rest? Nope. I'd never buy an Epiphone IBG when Gibson Tributes are selling for $8-900.
Follow Up: Mine arrived. Guitar is great! Only issue is a big cosmetic problem area above the switch tip (Black splotchy area near the binding). Seller says it’s the grain but it appears they didn’t wipe the stain from the area prior to spraying the clear. Apart for the cosmetic problem, the guitar has almost perfect fit and action.
Better get the solid color, the LP standard jimmy page I got from Sunny Guitar Store is a 5 piece body and has a shim on the neck tenon. It gets the job done anyway, not bad for a $CAD 265 guitar. Neck is straight, frets are medium size and no buzz, pick ups are microphonic(given), pots are not bad, tuners are better than most Epiphone, top is maple with veneer, back is 5 piece with veneer. I'll give it 7.5/10 right out of the box.
Rock On Bro, love the licks you played! Thats a nice sounding Les Paul. I have a real Gibson Les Paul Studio and bought a Chibson just out of curiosity, wanted something cheap so i dont worry about wear and tear but the Chibson is so nice that I think i Love it more than the studio. Fair play, China...Great instruments and affordable
Many of the Chinese guitar shops rival western run ones.... with the exception that usually the electronics aren 't always very good. But often just having the basic piece of wood is a great beginning point to having the guitar that you've always wanted but can't afford.
I received the blue burst chibson finally from same seller. Initial impressions? It’s a pretty good guitar, holds tune. It’s intonation is spot on right out of the box. Needed a truss adjustment and most everything is surprisingly nice on it. The truss rod cover is hokey so that got swapped for a real one. The nut needs some attention. I’ll just file it for now, so it isn’t sharp and square and it’s a little high but not bad. So out of the box, after tuning it and three minutes for a truss rod adjustment it plays well! Surprisingly so, worth it? Yeah, if you don’t mind the risk of not getting it, or getting one that needs more work. They seem pretty legit though. One is still lost in the mail though, hopefully that one shows up but I did get refunded on that one so I’m still happy. Oh and the tuners are ok, the plating isn’t great on them but they work fine.
Thanks for the honest review. Personally I think at this point in time the logo and knockoff thing is silly, the makers should leave it blank or have an alternative. I think they sound great and are better than most of the sub $500 guitars that you can buy elsewhere.
Nothing wrong with Chinese made, from motorcycles to guitars, they are getting better and better by the year. But !, I have two Gibson Les paul guitars, one was cheap, one was expensive. But my epiphone less Paul with American pick up just don’t compare to even my low end Hinson less Paul. Nobody can emulate the sound of an actual USA Gibson Les Paul.
I came across your channel today and it’s very fun. I saw both the unboxing and you playing guitar very beautiful and sounds good. I’m very fortunate to own two very beautiful Gibsons one 1977 standard Les Paul and a custom shop 61SG/Les Paul and both of these are magnificent. I might have a little issue, I’m not buying anything from China right now, that’s on me, but this guitar would be fantastic for somebody that doesn’t care about pretending that they are real Gibsons. Your idea of putting fake by. The Gibson decal is pretty funny. If they sound good in this case look great and you’re on the fence, maybe take the gamble. Again I love the channel I look forward to many more viewings. Thanks.
At the very least, everyone who buys one should put fake on the inside, or in a discreet place. Just to make sure that it doesn't make its way into the natural wild unchecked!
Thanks for your honesty opinion! I personally buy American products when I can, but someone that just can't afford a new, or used real Gibson, I don't blame them for purchasing an off brand! A guitar and music lover is a happy person when he has one in his hands!😊😊😊😊😊
@@boogiemorgan I'd definitely feel better about it if they didn't actually say "Gibson" on the headstock, and I buy USA made products when I can afford them myself. But I fully realize that this isn't possible for a lot of people.
@@boogiemorgan They shouldn't be allowed to import fake ones that say gibson. If someone wants to get a 150 dollar chinese guitar, fine, but they should have to have another logo on it. And not say Made in USA. Otherwise customs should just take them about 2 miles offshore n let m go. Ya no one of the reasons 59 Les Pauls bring so much is They're still around!!! I'd like to see a china one in about 40 yrs.
Cool, I ordered a blue burst custom from the same Ali Express store two weeks ago. I got it for my kid, because even though I love her, I don’t trust her with my real Gibsons and she can’t even reach around an l-7 and let alone play it with 13 flatwounds!
I have two Chibsons, a '59 re-issue LP Standard ("custom shop" lol) and an ES-345. After I set them up to my taste and changed the horrible strings that came with them, I would put them at a level of Epiphone quality at half the price. Not so surprising that they had Epiphone parts on them since Epiphone makes guitars in China (not so big secret, the Chinese Epiphone factory makes Gibsons that are then shipped to the USA for final inspection). I've let very experienced guitar players play them (without telling them they're Chibsons) and one guy actually said about the "custom shop" LP, "So that's what a $4000 guitar looks like".
Great review 👏. l purchased a "Artist" Chinese made Les Paul ' 59 reproduction in a beautiful honey burst finish locking tuners P U's are great the neck n frets are all good 👍. I have owned many Gibson's over the years norlin era too and with the exception of my '79 gold top deluxe.... The guitar I bought after I had done some minor adjustments and complete re string the guitar plays n sounds just as good as any of the other guitars I've owned......So, until you have owned and played one.....Dont be narrow minded in having an opinion if you have no genuine knowledge about these fantastic budget guitars.
Yahoo the one I ordered a few weeks back passed customs🤭 and on top of that the one that was lost and I got a refund on just popped up and is going through customs now! Fingers crossed on that one. Two for the price of one, and I used the credit card rewards points so kinda free🤷🏻♂️
I admit- I bought a faker- a Byrdland. Only because I’ll never afford a Gibson new or used, and Epiphone refuses to acknowledge my repeated requests to make one It’s a piece of crap. Truly something to put on your wall. A learning experience.
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199 Yep! I wanted a Nugent style cutaway (Florentine?) Only time Epi ever did a Byrdland was during their Elite or Elitist series years ago and it was the soft cutaway
I appreciate that you acknowledge the morality issue with buying counterfeits. I am glad you got a decent guitar and that you will mark it as being fake.
A one-piece mahogany neck with a severe heastock angle and a large truss rod cavity is a BAD idea. That's why Gibson headstocks are notorious for breaking, and that's why no one else makes them that way. Scarf-joints are an improvement.
Fortunately, this guitar has a shallower headstock angle than a Gibson. I believe it is 14 degrees (like an Epiphone) rather than 17 (like a Gibson). It feels very solid.
They're not notorious for breaking because of being one piece, they're notorious for breaking because they fall or are dropped. Been an owner/collector for 30 years and have yet for one to break on its own.
@@vladimirpoutine7522 So you're saying Gibsons fall or are dropped more than any other guitar out there? Wrong. Fenders fall or are dropped just as much but their headstocks rarely break...for a reason. Ask any luthier which broken headstocks they repair the most and they'll tell you it's Gibson by far. Their neck design is flawed. There's a definite weak spot right behind that huge truss rod cavity.
After I bought my first Ibanez, I eventually realized it had the raked headstock and a deep rod access... PLUS two holes for the Floyd Rose nut -- thank god it's a maple neck! 😁 But I started treating it a little less like a Strat and more like my LP: it'll NEVER be hung up AND it rests in my most stable stand.
Have you played a Shijie yet? I would argue they are the best electric guitars made in China (even better than Eastman), as good as anything MIA. A lot more expensive than a Chibson lol
I haven't had the opportunity to play one, but I have watched a few review videos. They appear to be as good or better than anything Fender has to offer.
Based on my personal lone experience, I got a supposed "50s LP standard" from China, it was the biggest p.o.s. guitar I'd ever seen. It wasn't even close to the quality of the worst made Epiphone, why it was labeled as a "50s" I have no clue, the neck was 42mm wide at the nut, the neck profile was a standard 60s thin, the fret board looked like it was attacked by a high speed grinder, going from a 12" radius to a 6" radius at the upper register of the frets to the point where four frets were sticking out of the fret board, the truss rod was off center of the neck, two of the bridge posts were oblong and filled with wood chips to keep them from moving. The guitar ended up in the trash, it wasn't worth fixing. Buyer beware, you might buy a gem or might get total trash like I did.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I had a similar situation with a "Chickenbacker" I bought awhile back. Totally worthless. It's definitely a crap shoot.
There are thousands of guitar factories in china . If you do some research you will more than likely find a good guitar . It’s not a crap shoot I can recommend 3 decent sellers from whom I bought guitars
@@abulayla1000 thanks, but I went ahead and bought the real thing. Hopefully someone looking for some good advice will read your post and take you up on your offer.
Most importantly, can it be properly intonated? I've seriously been considering ordering an ibanez iceman replica, the real ones are next to impossible to find, especially a white one.
As a former 'high end only' guitar guy, i can tell you with total confidence some of these Chibsons will make you realize all that money you spent on so called high end guitars was mostly wasted. The last three Chibsons i bought were either perfectly intonated at the factory or were very very easy to intonate myself. In fact i sold all my Gibsons including a 1972 Gold Top and now only buy and use Chibsons. I am 71 years old, been playing over half a century and wasted hundreds of thousands believing only the pricey guitars were worth having. They are also getting better every year. It is not illegal to buy them. It is not illegal to sell them. It is illegal to try and pass them off as a real Gibson, but i don't think anyone i know buys them to scam anyone.
I bought a Chibson Goldtop with the combination of a Humbucker in the bridge and a P90 in the neck, terrific guitar, it's not a house ornament , but it can turn into one over the years, it's a solid instrument and plays fantastic, but... the truss rod doesn't work, i can feel tension when i turn it clockwise but does nothing, (thank god it's flat) 2 years ago i bought a chinese Tele neck, same thing, the truss rod doesn't work, but it's holding pretty well, no adjustments so far, it's still flat as the first day, even with the string tension, so, hopefully my little chinese guitar holds over the years.
I have a couple and from more reputable makers such as Kevin Shi. The body is generally multiple pieces, the neck has a scarf joint or something else down at the heel, the nut, pickguard and back covers are cheap plastic. Bridge and tailpiece are cheap pot metal, you'll actually notice the strings ripping into the tailpiece after some time, the tuners are passable and so are the pickups, although the neck pickups is very sketchy on both of mine. The wiring is where it really goes south, tiny cheap pots, a horrible switch and very poor wire and components. All that being said, they make a great project and if you're not a "player" and more of a hobbyist or beginner, you may not even notice a lot of those things and if you do, most of them are easily fixable, although if you're going to go out and buy Seymour Duncan pickups and Gotoh tuners etc, I'd probably just buy a good quality Epiphone or something to begin with.
The one thing that has kept me from purchasing a chibson was the scarf joint at the neck and headstock meet, I personally hate that on any guitar,that being said I'm so impressed with this guitar it makes me sick how much I paid for the gibsons I have,let's face it all the things that make a electric guitar besides the wood, glue, tuners,steel frets ,where the rubber meets the road is the pickups,this guitar looks to be a 10 out of 10,the owner of this gem is a lucky man,better play the lottery lucky 😂
I paid 500 euro for a Chibson les paul with real flame top, fret edge binding, long neck tenon, nitro lacquer, ebony fingerboard, bone nut, one piece mahogany body and neck it even had the headstock wings ! Tuners were utter junk but the bridge and tailpiece were as good as Gotoh quality, so they are still on the guitar. I swapped out the pots and humbuckers but the original ones sounded just like how a les paul should sound ! I've had it now almost 5 years and its perfect. After giving it fret job and rounding off the binding it plays as good as any decent guitar should !
@@malcolmhardwick4258 paying 500 euro for the guitar is not bad ,the price for a gibson with binding would start at least 2250 euro,and probably 2 to 3 times that if yours is a custom les paul chibson. I think gibson guitars are way over priced, and that keeps young players from being able to afford one ,at the end of the day we all want a nice guitar we can have fun with ,and it's not much fun breaking the bank to just have a guitar, the big money really takes some of the fun out of just wanting to make music, in my opinion 😉 have a great day Malcolm.
Thanks,... Enjoyed the video. Please describe what oil, and technique used to oil fingerboard.... As u know,... Much controversy over this maintence job,... When and how to do it. Thanks
Regarding string height- I can’t play guitars with strings low. Seems to be what everyone wants, but from a playability and even physics standpoint, it’s not really ideal. The strings want to oscillate. Even with the oft-requested “low as possible without buzz”- you’re likely compromising tone and not even know it. I do tech work, and have had players wanting pickups replaced- in a guitar with nice ones (Epi Probuckers-best they’ve ever done). Turns out all they need is a setup to allow the guitar itself to sound better Guaranteed your favorite famous player does not have string action to the deck either, in most cases. Especially in a live environment, where energy causes you to typically play harder
I guess the crazy low action works for the "shredder" type of players, who generally seem more concerned with speed and acrobatics than tone. Not unlike the Floyd Rose vibrato, which is also known to be a "tone-suck"... but those guys love them.
Hi, I think you said at the beginning, you were gonna share the seller? What's blowing my mind is, no scarf joint?!! Is the finish translucent on the back of the neck? Either way, nice review, thank you! (Seller, please?)
This should be both hilarious and interesting...and it was! They even sell a Black Beauty, lol. Talk about giving zero shits, all mahogany and legit ebony fingerboard... I suspect these "cleared customs" by being in the back of the container, buried under five thousand units of the hair growth formula that the vendor also sells. What a hoot.
hey excuse me, but your link is not working anymore, i can't find one for this exact guitar, because she is really beautiful, do you know where the shop moved ? (and you played thin lizzy omg)
If you buy a hammer to hit nails and it's called a les Paul and I have another hammer that is a copy is the copy a fake As long as it hits the nail and does the same thing as the genuine it's the same tool
Gibson did “Chibson” to themselves, via their greed and price-gouging. And what’s beautiful is Chibson, Harley Benton etc have objectively proven that a plank with strings stapled to it doesn’t need to cost $20,000.
Thanks for the cool review. That is one of nicest Ive seen regardless of the super cheap price. I thought I had a lot of guitars, but I think you have tripled me. How many guitars do you own?
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the review. It really is a great guitar; internet trolls be damned! As far as my guitars... If I include the stack of "projects" and the dozen or so items I bought specifically to "flip," there's around 80 here right now. But I am actively trying to downsize the accumulation.
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199 Das ist das Problem mit diesen Dingern. Diese Gitarren landen auf dem Gebraucht-Markt und nicht jeder Verkäufer wird mit offenen Karten spielen.
I get a chibson now and then, when i see a kid that family doesn't have money and there kid likes to play guitar ,i will donate it to them. I do make sure they know its not the real thing.
Shit. I can't believe I just absolutely can not believe. That I hadn't bought one or two by now. I've been seeing from many different youtubers that they are getting really good at making them. I don't know that I've ever regardless of price or company name ever received a "perfect" Guitar. But I may have to pull the trigger. Seems even the off the rack cheapest lp style they have are ok to mod out. How has your experience been buying overseas if I may ask.
If the original is $2,000 and the fake is $200, but it looks as good as the original, by all means, I choose the fake. It may sound worse by 5-10%, but it doesn't sound worse by 10 times, so the price of the original does not justify itself at all. As a last resort, I will replace the sensors. The value of the guitar is mainly in the wood and you got it
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199 The Chinese fake even has some advantages over the original. For example, a good lacquer: even after 10 years, the Chinese lacquer will be as shiny as on a new guitar, while Gibson uses a completely crappy finish, which usually becomes covered with cracks and muddy spots after 2-3 years. I'm surprised a $2,000 guitar can have such a terrible finish, it ruins the whole look, but the company's management doesn't give a damn about it. Also Chinese Gibson knockoffs usually have a stronger head mount, it doesn't fly off when dropped, and they provide a more practical strap mount: the guitar won't fall on your foot the first time you use it. All this will please you no less than the price
I think that one should save up for a Gibson before buying a Chibson. Once upgraded, a Chibson could be something to take out and bang around. There's nothing like the real deal though. Well who cares what I think. Probably nobody.
Gibson needs to come down on their prices. A lot. If they really want to keep people from buying Chibsons they'll stop charging thousands of dollars on guitars. Until then buy all the fake ones out there and mod it the way you want it. If it says Gibson on it and it isn't so fucking what.
Murky morality? 🤣 This is 'murika, where such concepts are dictated by dollar $'s to begin with...companies like the Gibsters are going to price themnselves OUT of exhistene with their arrogance and greed. I'll buy Chibby's ALL day long. Nice score!
If you want a guitar with Gibson on the headstock just buy a real Gibson, if you don't care about it being Gibson then just buy any number of affordable Chinese made guitars. Counterfeiting is bad for many reasons, Gibson has built there brand for over 100 years and they deserve the reputation, and value their guitars come with.
@@abulayla1000 I have bought and owned numerous gibsons over the lest 20 years, so maybe it's you who havn't owned any gibson guitars. if you can't afford thats fine, but most people are just to cheap.
@@davepark1827 if you have bought Gibson guitars over the past 20 years then you must surely be aware of the poor quality of their instruments produced im many periods of the last two decades, or maybe you have no clue what makes a quality guitar...... guitars made outside rhe usa are consistently better .... squiers are better than fenders . Epihones are better than gibsons . Tokais are better than both gibson and epi. Even harley bentons are better than fender and gibson in most models in quality ; and value for money, guitars like all "made in america" products, from cars to aircraft to weapons of war are trash. himars and patriots m777 set ablaze in Europe by the Russian armed forces ,proves my point,
@@abulayla1000hahaha cheaper built, cheaper woods, cheaper finishing, less actual hands on in production.. You should REALLY go apprentice with a luthier
A lery low action is what everyone is showing off but it is kind of bullshit cause each guitar got its sweetspots. Some guitars plays or feels just as fine on a high action and will sound better in that way. But the sound of yours no! Those pups are bad and there no grunt as it should from a heavy mahogany body, that one slatters like an cheap copy strat.
Saying it's fine for the money would be ok. But you lost credibility saying it's better then the Epiphone 59, give me a break. That guitars have amazing electronics with burstbuckers, this one sounds awefull. 1st thing u would do is swap those pickups out.
The fingerboard could be the material known as richlite which looks and feels very much like ebony. And that is not bad really. Even some expensive US made Gibsons like the Les Paul Supreme have richlite fingerboards. On the whole, it seems to be a fine guitar and excellent value for very little money. The only problem is that it could be one in a thousand of its kind, Very well made, but a rarity.
I dont know he's not my uncle best friend or my neighbor but i did see a whole lot of cases and guitar memorabilia in his room i would almost be willing to bet that man knows the difference between burnt plastic and real wood. Maybe not but im just saying 😮
You got lucky it made it thru customs - most of time they grab them and throw them in the ocean lol and your out your money - I know been there done that - never again - its a crap soot with customs - if it goes thru New York forget it - you will never see it
Looks and Sounds fantastic brother. After receiving a few bad new Gibsons. (The most recent a New SG standard) Then comparing it to my 2023 Angus Chibson SG, I have found that I have been duped for a long time. The quality control on the Gibson was non existent. You are 100% correct. Gibson is not losing a dime. I posted a Video unboxing the Gibson & comparing it to the Chibson. Times they are a changing. New sub here... Thanks for sharing!
Hey, I love your channel! Welcome aboard.
And yes, our Chinese friends keep moving up, while Gibson seems to keep sliding downward.
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199 💯. Thanks brother 🙏
I'm just a random guy .... but I seen ur video in that .... awesome to say the least ... thnx
I rolled the dice and got one, im also floored how well it is. I actually like the thicker neck compared to my real standard. Totally blown away for how little it costs.
Congrats! I'm thrilled to hear that it worked out for you. Maybe the consistency and overall quality isn't just a fluke after all.
The guitar has veneer on the top and back. The binding hides any traces, and it's pretty much why they bind both sides. Also that fretboard is clearly rosewood. Ebony is usually black or almost black
I really don't understand why? I just purchased a Les Paul Bourbon Burst Standard for my youngest son, because he's earned it by showing talent and an honest desire to play. He started on a budget Peavy acoustic that his older brother got one year for Christmas and he didn't have time or inclination to get into it at the time, so it turned into a handmedown. The Les Paul is simply amazing to hear and to look at with obvious craftsmanship and quality. As any caring parent can attest to, there is something magical in making your child SMILE 😃, honestly smile! And I thank God above for such a Blessing. When he opened up that case and laid eyes on it, magical. Thanks to everyone at Gibson for all they do in their work, it is greatly appreciated 🙏. My long story/short, buy the original, no matter how long you have to scrimp and save. It is worth the wait.
I don't mean to burst a bubble, just going to explain. At one point I decided to order a few of them awhile back. When arrived, I took a good look and thought wow these are amazing for the price. One piece mahogany, so on. Then I started to do some further inspections and realized they were not one piece mahogany but 3 pieces. They literally took a veneer and glued it on the back to hide the amount of pieces used to build the body. There were also some other things but I won't get into detail. If you actually got a 1 piece body you sir, got lucky on that one!
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Yeah that’s how lots of guitars are made even some Gibsons😂
Not necessarily, Gibson doesn't hide if they use 2 pieces lol I've owned enough les Paul's to know that much
The fake Les Paul I got from Aliexpress last year had a two piece mahogany body for $243 dollars with tax and shipping included. The guitar had damage, it was dropped before it was put in the shipping container. Sometimes those Chinese guitar sellers are shifty and dishonest. That is a fact.
Now it's reliced.
@@erikkibler3466 Not a single Gibson is made like that....honestly you chibson trolls are brain dead...
I own 2 Chibsons; a Custom and a Standard, and I was going along with Steve until he claimed- with a straight face, JK, you could tell even he didn't believe what he was saying- that these things rival Epiphones in quality. 😂🤣😂🤣
I own an Epiphone 1959 and a Standard. They are light years better quality than my knock-offs. The 59 has Gibson pickups, CTS pots, and Switchcraft switching and jack. The Standard has Epi Burstbuckers, a beautiful finish and great playability.
I like my black Chibson Custom, and it had good intonation and action when it arrived. I also put on new strings, which made a big difference. The finish is surprisingly good, and it sounds pretty good, but let's not get carried away. They're $250 guitars and you can tell.
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Eh, I've played those Inspired by Gibson 59's. You're way over selling them. The husk of the guitar in general isn't in any way superior to the typical shitty Chibson. Hardware and Electronics, sure. The rest? Nope. I'd never buy an Epiphone IBG when Gibson Tributes are selling for $8-900.
Follow Up: Mine arrived. Guitar is great! Only issue is a big cosmetic problem area above the switch tip (Black splotchy area near the binding). Seller says it’s the grain but it appears they didn’t wipe the stain from the area prior to spraying the clear.
Apart for the cosmetic problem, the guitar has almost perfect fit and action.
Better get the solid color, the LP standard jimmy page I got from Sunny Guitar Store is a 5 piece body and has a shim on the neck tenon. It gets the job done anyway, not bad for a $CAD 265 guitar. Neck is straight, frets are medium size and no buzz, pick ups are microphonic(given), pots are not bad, tuners are better than most Epiphone, top is maple with veneer, back is 5 piece with veneer. I'll give it 7.5/10 right out of the box.
I've never been much of an LP fan but I do like this one. I think even I would be hard pressed to turn this one down.
Yeah, there's a reason I've yet to own a "real" one myself. But I'm digging this.
Great find! Solid mahogany is unreal!!!! 👍🏻🤟🏻🎸
Pretty cool, says I. 😊
Rock On Bro, love the licks you played! Thats a nice sounding Les Paul.
I have a real Gibson Les Paul Studio and bought a Chibson just out of curiosity, wanted something cheap so i dont worry about wear and tear but the Chibson is so nice that I think i Love it more than the studio. Fair play, China...Great instruments and affordable
Many of the Chinese guitar shops rival western run ones.... with the exception that usually the electronics aren 't always very good. But often just having the basic piece of wood is a great beginning point to having the guitar that you've always wanted but can't afford.
Absolutely true. "Good bones," as they say.
No there not stop it lol chinese are not even close to Korean and sure isn't as good as the U.S or Japan or Mexico....
Nice Halloween Trick or Treat Special finish!
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I would bought one if it will come exactly like yours : one piece mahogany body, one piece neck.
We can always swap the tuners and pups + electronic
Exactly. We almost expect to swap the electronics and tuners most of the time.
I received the blue burst chibson finally from same seller. Initial impressions? It’s a pretty good guitar, holds tune. It’s intonation is spot on right out of the box. Needed a truss adjustment and most everything is surprisingly nice on it. The truss rod cover is hokey so that got swapped for a real one. The nut needs some attention. I’ll just file it for now, so it isn’t sharp and square and it’s a little high but not bad. So out of the box, after tuning it and three minutes for a truss rod adjustment it plays well! Surprisingly so, worth it? Yeah, if you don’t mind the risk of not getting it, or getting one that needs more work. They seem pretty legit though. One is still lost in the mail though, hopefully that one shows up but I did get refunded on that one so I’m still happy. Oh and the tuners are ok, the plating isn’t great on them but they work fine.
Glad to hear it worked out for you. Seems to me that as long as one's expectations are realistic, these knockoffs can be a good value.
Thanks for the honest review. Personally I think at this point in time the logo and knockoff thing is silly, the makers should leave it blank or have an alternative. I think they sound great and are better than most of the sub $500 guitars that you can buy elsewhere.
Nothing wrong with Chinese made, from motorcycles to guitars, they are getting better and better by the year. But !, I have two Gibson Les paul guitars, one was cheap, one was expensive. But my epiphone less Paul with American pick up just don’t compare to even my low end Hinson less Paul. Nobody can emulate the sound of an actual USA Gibson Les Paul.
I came across your channel today and it’s very fun. I saw both the unboxing and you playing guitar very beautiful and sounds good. I’m very fortunate to own two very beautiful Gibsons one 1977 standard Les Paul and a custom shop 61SG/Les Paul and both of these are magnificent. I might have a little issue, I’m not buying anything from China right now, that’s on me, but this guitar would be fantastic for somebody that doesn’t care about pretending that they are real Gibsons. Your idea of putting fake by. The Gibson decal is pretty funny. If they sound good in this case look great and you’re on the fence, maybe take the gamble. Again I love the channel I look forward to many more viewings. Thanks.
At the very least, everyone who buys one should put fake on the inside, or in a discreet place. Just to make sure that it doesn't make its way into the natural wild unchecked!
Yeah, I agree. I like the back of the headstock, myself.
Thanks for your honesty opinion! I personally buy American products when I can, but someone that just can't afford a new, or used real Gibson, I don't blame them for purchasing an off brand! A guitar and music lover is a happy person when he has one in his hands!😊😊😊😊😊
@@boogiemorgan I'd definitely feel better about it if they didn't actually say "Gibson" on the headstock, and I buy USA made products when I can afford them myself. But I fully realize that this isn't possible for a lot of people.
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199 Right on, honesty and affordability means a lot to a guitar player! Thank you my friend!
@@boogiemorgan They shouldn't be allowed to import fake ones that say gibson. If someone wants to get a 150 dollar chinese guitar, fine, but they should have to have another logo on it. And not say Made in USA. Otherwise customs should just take them about 2 miles offshore n let m go. Ya no one of the reasons 59 Les Pauls bring so much is They're still around!!! I'd like to see a china one in about 40 yrs.
Cool, I ordered a blue burst custom from the same Ali Express store two weeks ago. I got it for my kid, because even though I love her, I don’t trust her with my real Gibsons and she can’t even reach around an l-7 and let alone play it with 13 flatwounds!
Here's to hoping your experience is as positive as mine was. And congrats to your daughter!
it sounds like a toy. Definitely buy yourself a pair of 490/498 pickups from Gibson Custom Shop. About $450.
I have two Chibsons, a '59 re-issue LP Standard ("custom shop" lol) and an ES-345. After I set them up to my taste and changed the horrible strings that came with them, I would put them at a level of Epiphone quality at half the price. Not so surprising that they had Epiphone parts on them since Epiphone makes guitars in China (not so big secret, the Chinese Epiphone factory makes Gibsons that are then shipped to the USA for final inspection). I've let very experienced guitar players play them (without telling them they're Chibsons) and one guy actually said about the "custom shop" LP, "So that's what a $4000 guitar looks like".
Nice! Sounds like you got lucky! I love 58 necks!
Great review 👏. l purchased a "Artist" Chinese made Les Paul ' 59 reproduction in a beautiful honey burst finish locking tuners P U's are great the neck n frets are all good 👍. I have owned many Gibson's over the years norlin era too and with the exception of my '79 gold top deluxe.... The guitar I bought after I had done some minor adjustments and complete re string the guitar plays n sounds just as good as any of the other guitars I've owned......So, until you have owned and played one.....Dont be narrow minded in having an opinion if you have no genuine knowledge about these fantastic budget guitars.
Yahoo the one I ordered a few weeks back passed customs🤭 and on top of that the one that was lost and I got a refund on just popped up and is going through customs now! Fingers crossed on that one. Two for the price of one, and I used the credit card rewards points so kinda free🤷🏻♂️
SCORE!!! Be sure to send me some photos of yourself with your new axes, and I'll share them in a future episode.
Man, this is like thew 4th link to a GUITAR SHOP on Aliexpress that doesn't work. But your guitar sounds great!
I admit- I bought a faker- a Byrdland. Only because I’ll never afford a Gibson new or used, and Epiphone refuses to acknowledge my repeated requests to make one
It’s a piece of crap. Truly something to put on your wall. A learning experience.
Funny you should mention an Epiphone Byrdland. I actually sent an email request/suggestion once for the same thing! If it ever happens, I'm onboard.
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199 Yep! I wanted a Nugent style cutaway (Florentine?)
Only time Epi ever did a Byrdland was during their Elite or Elitist series years ago and it was the soft cutaway
@@dmmedic34 Same! The "Venetian" cutaway version doesn't excite me at all.
I appreciate that you acknowledge the morality issue with buying counterfeits. I am glad you got a decent guitar and that you will mark it as being fake.
A one-piece mahogany neck with a severe heastock angle and a large truss rod cavity is a BAD idea. That's why Gibson headstocks are notorious for breaking, and that's why no one else makes them that way. Scarf-joints are an improvement.
Fortunately, this guitar has a shallower headstock angle than a Gibson. I believe it is 14 degrees (like an Epiphone) rather than 17 (like a Gibson). It feels very solid.
They're not notorious for breaking because of being one piece, they're notorious for breaking because they fall or are dropped. Been an owner/collector for 30 years and have yet for one to break on its own.
@@vladimirpoutine7522 So you're saying Gibsons fall or are dropped more than any other guitar out there? Wrong. Fenders fall or are dropped just as much but their headstocks rarely break...for a reason. Ask any luthier which broken headstocks they repair the most and they'll tell you it's Gibson by far. Their neck design is flawed. There's a definite weak spot right behind that huge truss rod cavity.
@@OddTimeMan Lol my man!!
After I bought my first Ibanez, I eventually realized it had the raked headstock and a deep rod access... PLUS two holes for the Floyd Rose nut -- thank god it's a maple neck! 😁 But I started treating it a little less like a Strat and more like my LP: it'll NEVER be hung up AND it rests in my most stable stand.
Have you played a Shijie yet? I would argue they are the best electric guitars made in China (even better than Eastman), as good as anything MIA. A lot more expensive than a Chibson lol
Although I have to say I'm not a fan of promoting these Chibsons that violate Gibson's trademarks
I haven't had the opportunity to play one, but I have watched a few review videos. They appear to be as good or better than anything Fender has to offer.
Shijie and Eastman make some incredible guitars.
Based on my personal lone experience, I got a supposed "50s LP standard" from China, it was the biggest p.o.s. guitar I'd ever seen. It wasn't even close to the quality of the worst made Epiphone, why it was labeled as a "50s" I have no clue, the neck was 42mm wide at the nut, the neck profile was a standard 60s thin, the fret board looked like it was attacked by a high speed grinder, going from a 12" radius to a 6" radius at the upper register of the frets to the point where four frets were sticking out of the fret board, the truss rod was off center of the neck, two of the bridge posts were oblong and filled with wood chips to keep them from moving. The guitar ended up in the trash, it wasn't worth fixing. Buyer beware, you might buy a gem or might get total trash like I did.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I had a similar situation with a "Chickenbacker" I bought awhile back. Totally worthless. It's definitely a crap shoot.
There are thousands of guitar factories in china . If you do some research you will more than likely find a good guitar . It’s not a crap shoot I can recommend 3 decent sellers from whom I bought guitars
@@abulayla1000 thanks, but I went ahead and bought the real thing. Hopefully someone looking for some good advice will read your post and take you up on your offer.
@@abulayla1000can you send the link to those sellers, please?
Most importantly, can it be properly intonated? I've seriously been considering ordering an ibanez iceman replica, the real ones are next to impossible to find, especially a white one.
As a former 'high end only' guitar guy, i can tell you with total confidence some of these Chibsons will make you realize all that money you spent on so called high end guitars was mostly wasted. The last three Chibsons i bought were either perfectly intonated at the factory or were very very easy to intonate myself. In fact i sold all my Gibsons including a 1972 Gold Top and now only buy and use Chibsons. I am 71 years old, been playing over half a century and wasted hundreds of thousands believing only the pricey guitars were worth having. They are also getting better every year. It is not illegal to buy them. It is not illegal to sell them. It is illegal to try and pass them off as a real Gibson, but i don't think anyone i know buys them to scam anyone.
That should be a message to gibson to stop sitting on their laurals and step up their game
Your buddy got lucky just 3 weeks. It took all my 3 fakes all ordered different years at least 2 months to get.
i like the correct size diamond inlay, usually they have the small one
I bought a Chibson Goldtop with the combination of a Humbucker in the bridge and a P90 in the neck, terrific guitar, it's not a house ornament , but it can turn into one over the years, it's a solid instrument and plays fantastic, but... the truss rod doesn't work, i can feel tension when i turn it clockwise but does nothing, (thank god it's flat) 2 years ago i bought a chinese Tele neck, same thing, the truss rod doesn't work, but it's holding pretty well, no adjustments so far, it's still flat as the first day, even with the string tension, so, hopefully my little chinese guitar holds over the years.
I have a couple and from more reputable makers such as Kevin Shi. The body is generally multiple pieces, the neck has a scarf joint or something else down at the heel, the nut, pickguard and back covers are cheap plastic. Bridge and tailpiece are cheap pot metal, you'll actually notice the strings ripping into the tailpiece after some time, the tuners are passable and so are the pickups, although the neck pickups is very sketchy on both of mine. The wiring is where it really goes south, tiny cheap pots, a horrible switch and very poor wire and components.
All that being said, they make a great project and if you're not a "player" and more of a hobbyist or beginner, you may not even notice a lot of those things and if you do, most of them are easily fixable, although if you're going to go out and buy Seymour Duncan pickups and Gotoh tuners etc, I'd probably just buy a good quality Epiphone or something to begin with.
The one thing that has kept me from purchasing a chibson was the scarf joint at the neck and headstock meet, I personally hate that on any guitar,that being said I'm so impressed with this guitar it makes me sick how much I paid for the gibsons I have,let's face it all the things that make a electric guitar besides the wood, glue, tuners,steel frets ,where the rubber meets the road is the pickups,this guitar looks to be a 10 out of 10,the owner of this gem is a lucky man,better play the lottery lucky 😂
I paid 500 euro for a Chibson les paul with real flame top, fret edge binding, long neck tenon, nitro lacquer, ebony fingerboard, bone nut, one piece mahogany body and neck it even had the headstock wings ! Tuners were utter junk but the bridge and tailpiece were as good as Gotoh quality, so they are still on the guitar. I swapped out the pots and humbuckers but the original ones sounded just like how a les paul should sound ! I've had it now almost 5 years and its perfect. After giving it fret job and rounding off the binding it plays as good as any decent guitar should !
@@malcolmhardwick4258 paying 500 euro for the guitar is not bad ,the price for a gibson with binding would start at least 2250 euro,and probably 2 to 3 times that if yours is a custom les paul chibson. I think gibson guitars are way over priced, and that keeps young players from being able to afford one ,at the end of the day we all want a nice guitar we can have fun with ,and it's not much fun breaking the bank to just have a guitar, the big money really takes some of the fun out of just wanting to make music, in my opinion 😉 have a great day Malcolm.
A scarf joint is much stronger though
And better use of wood.@@Drew.Parry-Guitars
@@Drew.Parry-Guitars my personal preference is not to have a scarf joint on my instruments ,that's all.
Thanks,... Enjoyed the video. Please describe what oil, and technique used to oil fingerboard.... As u know,... Much controversy over this maintence job,... When and how to do it. Thanks
Regarding string height- I can’t play guitars with strings low. Seems to be what everyone wants, but from a playability and even physics standpoint, it’s not really ideal. The strings want to oscillate. Even with the oft-requested “low as possible without buzz”- you’re likely compromising tone and not even know it. I do tech work, and have had players wanting pickups replaced- in a guitar with nice ones (Epi Probuckers-best they’ve ever done). Turns out all they need is a setup to allow the guitar itself to sound better
Guaranteed your favorite famous player does not have string action to the deck either, in most cases. Especially in a live environment, where energy causes you to typically play harder
I guess the crazy low action works for the "shredder" type of players, who generally seem more concerned with speed and acrobatics than tone. Not unlike the Floyd Rose vibrato, which is also known to be a "tone-suck"... but those guys love them.
Hi, I think you said at the beginning, you were gonna share the seller? What's blowing my mind is, no scarf joint?!! Is the finish translucent on the back of the neck? Either way, nice review, thank you! (Seller, please?)
Thanks for sharing... great vid!
If it's not the real deals Gibson or Epiphone I don't want it
I bought a real Gibson lespaul tribute and it had sharp fretts all up and down the neck.
new sub, great videos buddy! keep at it!
Love the way you guys a promoting copyright infringement!
Trademark, not Copyright.
Unethical and illegal is still unethical and illegal
Hi. I bought in 2019, a red ES335, made by STARSHINE China. Perfect!
Right on! It CAN happen.
This should be both hilarious and interesting...and it was! They even sell a Black Beauty, lol. Talk about giving zero shits, all mahogany and legit ebony fingerboard... I suspect these "cleared customs" by being in the back of the container, buried under five thousand units of the hair growth formula that the vendor also sells. What a hoot.
Yeah, it's all a mystery to me... but I'm happy to benefit from it! Cheers.
what about the murky morality of charging $5000 for an off the shelf Les Paul by Gibson?
@@johnashley646 Touche! Especially when Gibson factory workers here in Nashville don't earn enough to live in the city where they're employed.
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199 I personally have 3 Chibsons with a 4th on the way. the quality on the 3 I have I would put up against any Gibson...
Hi. Thanks for the video. Regarding your chinese guitar, what about the smell of the painting? Have you felt something weird?
hey excuse me, but your link is not working anymore, i can't find one for this exact guitar, because she is really beautiful, do you know where the shop moved ? (and you played thin lizzy omg)
Some good playing, as you say, not bad for the money
Well thank you, kind sir!
Sounds very BRIGHT!!!
Sounds horrible
If you buy a hammer to hit nails and it's called a les Paul and I have another hammer that is a copy is the copy a fake
As long as it hits the nail and does the same thing as the genuine it's the same tool
I want to hear it with a clean sound.
Gibson did “Chibson” to themselves, via their greed and price-gouging. And what’s beautiful is Chibson, Harley Benton etc have objectively proven that a plank with strings stapled to it doesn’t need to cost $20,000.
love this guitar!
koool!!
i found the sounders!
it sounds great bro! possibly waxpot them pups if ya ever put it on a stage and perform with it....
I intend to use it at my next gig. I'll keep you posted on how it works out!
Gibson has a Chinese line?
Thanks for the cool review. That is one of nicest Ive seen regardless of the super cheap price. I thought I had a lot of guitars, but I think you have tripled me. How many guitars do you own?
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the review. It really is a great guitar; internet trolls be damned!
As far as my guitars...
If I include the stack of "projects" and the dozen or so items I bought specifically to "flip," there's around 80 here right now. But I am actively trying to downsize the accumulation.
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199
Das ist das Problem mit diesen Dingern. Diese Gitarren landen auf dem Gebraucht-Markt und nicht jeder Verkäufer wird mit offenen Karten spielen.
I want one 🙌🏼🎸
I get a chibson now and then, when i see a kid that family doesn't have money and there kid likes to play guitar ,i will donate it to them. I do make sure they know its not the real thing.
Nice review
Most guitars, except the top lines, are made in Asia anyway...so what is the big deal?
What's even more ironic is that Gibson approach Slash about mass producing copies from his copy.
‘Don’t buy cheap Chinese’ proceeds to buy a modern epiphone 😂😂🤦♂️
I'd love one but what is the likelihood of getting one that's as good as that?
There are no guarantees, of course; but I'd say the chances are better than ever. The overall quality really seems to be ramping up.
Yep it's a gamble of up to $300.00
Shit. I can't believe I just absolutely can not believe.
That I hadn't bought one or two by now. I've been seeing from many different youtubers that they are getting really good at making them. I don't know that I've ever regardless of price or company name ever received a "perfect" Guitar. But I may have to pull the trigger. Seems even the off the rack cheapest lp style they have are ok to mod out. How has your experience been buying overseas if I may ask.
The quality is definitely getting better- but it's still a gamble.
If the original is $2,000 and the fake is $200, but it looks as good as the original, by all means, I choose the fake. It may sound worse by 5-10%, but it doesn't sound worse by 10 times, so the price of the original does not justify itself at all. As a last resort, I will replace the sensors. The value of the guitar is mainly in the wood and you got it
Yes, ultimately it's just a piece of wood with some easily-replaced components. If it has solid "bones," you're doing well. Cheers!
@@guitarnutsanonymous7199 The Chinese fake even has some advantages over the original. For example, a good lacquer: even after 10 years, the Chinese lacquer will be as shiny as on a new guitar, while Gibson uses a completely crappy finish, which usually becomes covered with cracks and muddy spots after 2-3 years. I'm surprised a $2,000 guitar can have such a terrible finish, it ruins the whole look, but the company's management doesn't give a damn about it. Also Chinese Gibson knockoffs usually have a stronger head mount, it doesn't fly off when dropped, and they provide a more practical strap mount: the guitar won't fall on your foot the first time you use it. All this will please you no less than the price
The "sensors" huh....You've never even tried a guitar have you comrade???
Found the deadbeat ali express shill. Get a real job, Boris. 🥴
....and the store is gone.
Looks good but those pickups leave a lot to be desired.
Plz send me the link ..... i have a few chibbys. .. they r not bad really ...
Thnk u ..
It's not a piece of Art it's a tool
8:25 - Speak for yourself; I use my Flying V to play in my Lawrence Welk cover band. KIDDING, Kidding. 😛
200 for a painted turd
you can put lipstick on a turd, but...
I think that one should save up for a Gibson before buying a Chibson. Once upgraded, a Chibson could be something to take out and bang around. There's nothing like the real deal though. Well who cares what I think. Probably nobody.
USUALLY GUITARS LIKE THIS ARE A SPECIALLY MADE ONE OF FOR SALES PROMOTIONS. THIS SELLER HAS AN APPROVAL RATING OF ONLY 80%. 😂 🤣 😂
I have 3 with a 4th on the way... all 3 have surpassed my expectations. I expect the 4th will join that group... none were one offs
I suppose it's possible. I know he ordered it right "off the rack," so to speak.
Why would spend thousands & thousands for a tool that can do the same thing as a few $100
Gibson needs to come down on their prices. A lot. If they really want to keep people from buying Chibsons they'll stop charging thousands of dollars on guitars. Until then buy all the fake ones out there and mod it the way you want it. If it says Gibson on it and it isn't so fucking what.
One of my favorite leads
Spooky little Girl
S P O O K A A Y
Do you have the link to get one?
Email me at rickenbackeranonymous@gmail.com
I’m not able to spend $2,999 on a Gibson 🤦🏻♂️
It gets the good raw rock sound one needs, so what’s so “horrible” about it, besides nothing.
Murky morality? 🤣 This is 'murika, where such concepts are dictated by dollar $'s to begin with...companies like the Gibsters are going to price themnselves OUT of exhistene with their arrogance and greed. I'll buy Chibby's ALL day long. Nice score!
S P O O K Y
If you want a guitar with Gibson on the headstock just buy a real Gibson, if you don't care about it being Gibson then just buy any number of affordable Chinese made guitars. Counterfeiting is bad for many reasons, Gibson has built there brand for over 100 years and they deserve the reputation, and value their guitars come with.
No but he wants a guitar that looks like and sounds like a Gibson with Gibson on it that doesn’t cost 3k so he wants the Chibson he got what he wanted
These chibsons are better than usa gibsons , you obviously never bought a gibson in tgr last 20years
@@abulayla1000 I have bought and owned numerous gibsons over the lest 20 years, so maybe it's you who havn't owned any gibson guitars. if you can't afford thats fine, but most people are just to cheap.
@@davepark1827 if you have bought Gibson guitars over the past 20 years then you must surely be aware of the poor quality of their instruments produced im many periods of the last two decades, or maybe you have no clue what makes a quality guitar...... guitars made outside rhe usa are consistently better .... squiers are better than fenders . Epihones are better than gibsons . Tokais are better than both gibson and epi. Even harley bentons are better than fender and gibson in most models in quality ; and value for money, guitars like all "made in america" products, from cars to aircraft to weapons of war
are trash. himars and patriots m777 set ablaze in Europe by the Russian armed forces ,proves my point,
@@abulayla1000hahaha cheaper built, cheaper woods, cheaper finishing, less actual hands on in production.. You should REALLY go apprentice with a luthier
You sound exactly like Norm Macdonald.
I used to hear that from people all the time! It's been awhile...
It was so good that the seller is gone.
Dang Dude, cut back on your highs, bring up your mid and bass so it wont make my skull crack!!
I don't understand why people feel compelled to show the world that they paid some guy in China 360bucks for his garbage
A lery low action is what everyone is showing off but it is kind of bullshit cause each guitar got its sweetspots. Some guitars plays or feels just as fine on a high action and will sound better in that way. But the sound of yours no! Those pups are bad and there no grunt as it should from a heavy mahogany body, that one slatters like an cheap copy strat.
Ted Nugent and Trump won't be impressed and will question your loyalty to the US&A😅 nice guitar enjoy in good health
LOL
Saying it's fine for the money would be ok. But you lost credibility saying it's better then the Epiphone 59, give me a break. That guitars have amazing electronics with burstbuckers, this one sounds awefull. 1st thing u would do is swap those pickups out.
Has to be your speakers cause mine sounds like the old days of the les paul. Aka great.
The fingerboard could be the material known as richlite which looks and feels very much like ebony. And that is not bad really. Even some expensive US made Gibsons like the Les Paul Supreme have richlite fingerboards. On the whole, it seems to be a fine guitar and excellent value for very little money. The only problem is that it could be one in a thousand of its kind, Very well made, but a rarity.
I dont know he's not my uncle best friend or my neighbor but i did see a whole lot of cases and guitar memorabilia in his room i would almost be willing to bet that man knows the difference between burnt plastic and real wood. Maybe not but im just saying 😮
You got lucky it made it thru customs - most of time they grab them and throw them in the ocean lol and your out your money - I know been there done that - never again - its a crap soot with customs - if it goes thru New York forget it - you will never see it
Yeah, I was surprised when I opened the container and saw the Gibson logo not covered over. Dumb luck...
Have fun with it my Friend :)
Goodbye Gibson 👋
the pick-ups sounds bloody awful! no matter how cheap they are I won't be buying one!😉
Pickups are cheap and easy to replace. If the wood is good (as it is in this case), then the rest is no great shakes for me.
It looks bad, and sounds worse. 😂
"who really uses the middle position?"?? Tells me all I care to know about you and your, clear, lack of guitar knowledge.
That sounds fucking horrible!!! Not sure if it the pickups or the dam amp !