My Samick Greg Bennett LP is white on the back, but Marlboro on the front. Funny thing is, it's barely been used, with mouldy frets and gold stuff not-so-glamorous looking, but you can see that it's hardly been touched. I love it, though, and while cleaning frets was easy, i don't think it'll ever be white again. What sustain, though!
HAS be the same people that made my Chibson. Replaced pickups and pots, replaced bridge, replaced tuners, took off the butcher job pickguard, leveled the frets. Now it's a neat Epiphone!!
Solomon Williams, You got that right. As soon as I picked up my Chinese Epiphone LP100 at the pawn shop, I KNEW I had to have her. She was marked $99, but I talked em down to 90, put on a set of 1:18 Grovers and she plays better than ANY guitar, even the multi- thousand dollar jobs. If the frets were as crappy as this "Randy Rhoads" fiasco, the first owner did a masterful job of fixing them. I also copper-lined the cavities, replaced coax wiring, switch, pots and capacitor/resistor tone circuits. Next, I'm gonna upgrade to vintage pups, and for under $200, I'll have a much better LP than any Gibson made in China or Nashville.
Ashley Johansson haha, that comment made me Lol. You're not far off either; I've seen some RR Les Paul models that were that gross banana color too, and these retailed for about $5-6k. Gibson has been a shitshow for years.
Not Gibson 2020. Currently have 3 and they are a massive step up in comparison with my mid-2000's models. Although nothing really wrong with my 1996, 2006, 2013 and 2017 models. Gibson to this day is still the least expensive made in the USA big brand guitar. No other brand can you buy one for under $1500 consistently.
@@wiseguy9202 Wayne Charvel and Grover Jackson would like a word with you. Just kidding, in all seriousness Gibson did take a massive decline in the mid to late 90’s, I’ve owned multiple early and mid 2000’s Les Paul’s and they weren’t very good instruments. Nothing has compared to my fathers 1970, 1987 and 1981 Les Paul customs which those are far superior instruments that are worth their price tags, especially compared to mine. Really anything after the 80’s for Gibson is sub par at best in my opinion, now granted I haven’t tried any 2020 Les Paul customs out, only a few standards and traditionals and they do feel slightly better than those before but I feel they still aren’t up to that punch Gibson once provided.
I'm surprised you only made a 10 minute video of all the work on a Chibson, Dave...When you announced it was a Chibson, I had to check the time, as I was certain this would be an hour long epic!
Glad to see this vid. I have a Chibson Les Paul custom that looks almost just like this (not the same finish). The fret work is terrible and the nut looks exactly like the one you changed here. I already had some of the tools like a level and I have a basic understanding of working on one. I did throw in a set of good pickups. Thank you for demonstrating the nut replacement. I will do that along with a fret job. My nut looked exactly like that. I assumed they had filed or sawed the slots and just didn't deburr, but it could have been the strings filing it like you said. I was not aware of the frets lifting though., I will definitely look for that on mine.
Hey Ronald... Thumbs up to you! These arrogant jerks have me so stirred up against Gibson that I want to buy one of the chibsons. Where can I get one And I will still put electrical tape over the logo.
@@normanclature9819 Hey man, Im from the seventies where beginner guitars we junk. I got mine from AliExpress. I'm not a guitar snob. I say if it looks good, sounds good and plays good, buy it.
They look like good modding platforms. FOr me the label on the guitars does not matter, wood is wood regardless where it was made. Just make sure everything is lined up. I can do my own fret leveling, wiring, etc. so the issues on this video isnt really huge for me and I would even love to work on guitars like this. I dont however like to pass a guitar when it really isnt so i would probably paint over that logo and make it my custom.
Yep chibson's are fun I have 2 that played better than most Gibson's I played then I switched to all Gibson electronics and pickup's and put stainless frets in them I now would not trade for the real thing
Tim Russell exactly! I just dont like people saying it isn’t Gibson wood or tonewood and stuff. Majority of the tone is on the scale length and electronics. The base is simply wood.
I don't have a guitar made in the USA all my guitars are from, hell who cares long as you have fun playing them. It's not a $30.000 guitar made in the USA that makes a good musician it's a musician that can turn a low budget guitar into a great one and play the hell out of it.
Ted Pedraza but this isn’t a budget guitar, it’s an illegal counterfeit good and it doesn’t matter how good of a musician you are when you’re arrested for breaking the law.
C'mon Dave, lot's of people like you.You have more than 100,000 fans on you tube. Oh BTW,I just bought 6 Chibson Rickenbacker's that need a set up, I'll bring'em right over LOL.
@@jonesfactor9 neither were worth a crap especially Rhoads a joke doesn't even make the Top ten of guitar greats and hes been passed up 13 times already for the Rock n Roll hall of fame
@Joseph Richetti please give us a link to your guitar playing accomplishments so that we can better appreciate your total lack of experience in the judgement of guitarists. Anyone who would say that RR wasn’t worth a crap must be a very accomplished guitarist themselves OR has their head so far up their own ass that they could French kiss themselves. I’m betting it’s the latter for you. What an absolute moron you must be. I bet your boyfriend cheats on you too.ffs
When a person hates something right from the start, no matter how good it might end up being, they won't acknowledge it and they'll find something else to criticize.
Wow that is yellow.... Mine is a creamy color, not a Gibson (definatly not a Chibson) but a Japanese Burny lc70rr great guitar on par with the Gibsons of those days.
It would be an interesting project to see if one can turn the Chibson into a really playable guitar, and then add up the cost of the guitar plus parts plus labor and compare to decent guitars sold at that price.
It can be done because I've done it. The money I spent on pickups tuners...bridge..and hardware was around 400. Plus I level the Frets myself plus intonation...far less than what I paid for my Gibson. 3000$.
@@calebproductions5970 It can be done, but becomes cost prohibitive! I just did one recently and instead of paying $10,000+ for a real Gibson Rhoads tribute guitar, got one from China. When I was done, I was in it $1,100! Still only a 10th of the cost, but the shortfalls after everything I did is that the neck profile is all wrong and thick as a baseball bat, so you'd have to do additional work to shave and repaint it to get it right and the Gibson logo and split diamond are not right if you know what to look for. Finally, they are VERY light weighing 8# 2oz when received and 8# 11oz when done and adding all of the new parts and bronze plates. If it were real, it would weight about 10# or more. I figured out part of the problem is the body is thinner, the body width as well as headstock are likewise smaller....soo, when you are all set and done, it will never be like a real Gibson and you're left with something with sub Quality, made and supported by China, and legally, you're not supposed to sell!!! Soo, except for very specific situations, really not worth it and my advice would be....do NOT buy from China!
Please tell me that this wasn't an "Out of a box" guitar rather than one that's been used or played for a while. I will at least feel a little better about that. 3:25 What the heck is going on on the neck heal on the high E side around the 17th fret? Looks like a rectangular piece of the finish came off. I guess it is a used guitar.
And that nut looks like it was done with a cutting wheel on a Dremel. I'm afraid to admit why I know what that looks like. Mistakes were made. I was younger.
Ya i was gifted with a similar imposter 45 yrs. ago by well-intentioned but frugal parents. Made a nut from a toothbrush handle and made it work, twisted neck, wavy fret-like things banged in and non-functioning truss rod. Hung in there and learned much. Try before you buy being foremost lesson
The nuts on Chibsons are horrible. Which is odd in itself because 50% of the time the frets need replaced as well. So half the time they know what they're doing on those but 100% of the time the nut job is real shit workmanship.
Caveat Emptor, baby! I bought an old (2007) Epiphone LP Custom that was already changing color to a creamy white. I installed gold knobs, Seymour Duncan Hot-Rod pups, CTS pots and a Switchcraft switch and the thing freakin' wails. But this thing. I looked at the Chibson Rhoads models on several websites (DH Gate, AliBaba, et al) and they all had the same serial number! 😂 And shouldn't this guitar have gold knobs?!
Myself included. Spent about $650 replacing everything and now it plays (and sounds) like a good post 2000 Gibson! Not a dressed up Epiphone. All for about 4 grand cheaper.
How did they get that nicotine yellow color when Randy's was white. His was bar stained and a little off white but that chibson is as yellow as Tweety bird!
I just started watching these videos. I love his Canadian accent. Love watching the ins and outs of guitar specs and how things work and should not work. I've learned a lot from Dave. I love how much he shits on the Les Pauls. I want to see him rip!
At the end Dave says this guitar needs some love (to be playable). What this guitar needs is an eight ounce chunk of C-4 installed beneath the neck pickup. Set up the video camera and press the detonator.
Anyone bitching about Gibson’s video about protecting their intellectual property should watch this video. I’d be willing to bet that Gibson was speaking directly to China
Because plywood is cheap and a thicker body appeals to the simple-minded concept, "bigger is better" Honestly, Les Pauls have always had "thicker bodies" whereas guitars such as the SG are significantly thinner. I have a 70's Epiphone ET-290, (Epiphone's answer to the SG back in those days) - and it's body is remarkably thin like an SG. The guitars that have a thicker body also tend to have stronger neck pockets. Personally, I'm incredibly apprehensive about any neck pocket that extends to being under the neck-pickup.
I’m surprised to see the spacing of the tailpiece and bridge looking fairly accurate compared to a great many other Chibsons I’ve seen. More often than not the tail piece is a football field away from the bridge.
I heard that the frets on a lot of the chips are in the wrong position that they're just slightly off and with that you can never get proper intonation.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but when the imitation is a "gooched" mess, the only person flattered is the chibson maker who found someone to actually buy it. LOL
@@normanclature9819 Sounds tempting. Hay is for horses, hey? I would not walk across the street if a Chibson was $50 at a yard sale.I am completely satisfied with my Gibson Les Paul Teaburst Standard. Really, thanks for the offer!
How should a guitar be set up? Every company has a certain "set up" that is consistent. That's just the way they leave the factory. If you like the strings buzzing on your guitar playing open strings and the amp doesn't pick it up it's right for you. If you like acoustic action on an electric it's right for you.
I had this exact yellow RR LP model from Ali Express on my bench a few weeks ago. I did a fret dressing, bone nut, Switchcraft jack and a good set-up and it was fine. They have 2-way rods, so you can get the neck to anywhere you need it to be. Pop in some decent pups, and it can be a decent player. It was definitely gigable, but shamefull to say the least.
I know, musical instruments look good on the wall. But what if you get confused and put the real Gibson on the wall because the chibson plays better. Buy a new Gibson and have it set up by a good luthier. Buy a new knockoff and have it set up by a good luthier. Is it worth paying $3,000 more just to have your headstock snap.
Probably $250 or something including shipping. You'd probably not want to see the wood under the paint, but if anyone has ever tried to make a guitar from scratch, not bad for the price. if you can make a guitar from scratch, then you have a good chance of being able to make these things usable.
@@Nomadicsage1 thanks for the feedback. All the ones I've seen reviewed have been solid. I haven't investigated Thomann's return/exchange policy. Did they sort you out?
@@Nomadicsage1 That sucks. I'll admit I've only seen the reviews of the SC's and the Pete Thorn knockoff, as those were the ones that interested me. Like anything mass produced, there will be bad ones. Shame they weren't more accommodating.
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I heard of a white Les Paul aging yellow but that's a yellow guitar. Maybe it will age white lol
Agree, it's banana yellow! Randy's was white that may have gone a bit yellow but that....jeez!
Like Mac n cheese lol
My Samick Greg Bennett LP is white on the back, but Marlboro on the front. Funny thing is, it's barely been used, with mouldy frets and gold stuff not-so-glamorous looking, but you can see that it's hardly been touched. I love it, though, and while cleaning frets was easy, i don't think it'll ever be white again. What sustain, though!
it's white, look at the binding on the fretboard plane vs the side of the neck, white guitar with some yellow ass clear over it.
@@31186dan love mac n cheese jus like mama used to make xD
It is literally a Chibson Randy Rhodes Costume.
Who cares
Its clown shoes
Chibson LOL
It's amazing how good these looks. The binding. All the work still has to go into it.
Despite all that's awful about the guitar itself I really like that mustard yellow finish.
Who cares how good they look if you can't play them???
HAS be the same people that made my Chibson. Replaced pickups and pots, replaced bridge, replaced tuners, took off the butcher job pickguard, leveled the frets. Now it's a neat Epiphone!!
Solomon Williams,
You got that right. As soon as I picked up my Chinese Epiphone LP100 at the pawn shop, I KNEW I had to have her. She was marked $99, but I talked em down to 90, put on a set of 1:18 Grovers and she plays better than ANY guitar, even the multi- thousand dollar jobs. If the frets were as crappy as this "Randy Rhoads" fiasco, the first owner did a masterful job of fixing them. I also copper-lined the cavities, replaced coax wiring, switch, pots and capacitor/resistor tone circuits. Next, I'm gonna upgrade to vintage pups, and for under $200, I'll have a much better LP than any Gibson made in China or Nashville.
This would probably still pass Gibson's quality control HA
Scram Jam any Gibson after 1996 isn’t a good Gibson, I should know I’ve wasted so much money on them. 😂
Ashley Johansson haha, that comment made me Lol. You're not far off either; I've seen some RR Les Paul models that were that gross banana color too, and these retailed for about $5-6k. Gibson has been a shitshow for years.
Not Gibson 2020. Currently have 3 and they are a massive step up in comparison with my mid-2000's models. Although nothing really wrong with my 1996, 2006, 2013 and 2017 models. Gibson to this day is still the least expensive made in the USA big brand guitar. No other brand can you buy one for under $1500 consistently.
@@wiseguy9202 Wayne Charvel and Grover Jackson would like a word with you. Just kidding, in all seriousness Gibson did take a massive decline in the mid to late 90’s, I’ve owned multiple early and mid 2000’s Les Paul’s and they weren’t very good instruments. Nothing has compared to my fathers 1970, 1987 and 1981 Les Paul customs which those are far superior instruments that are worth their price tags, especially compared to mine. Really anything after the 80’s for Gibson is sub par at best in my opinion, now granted I haven’t tried any 2020 Les Paul customs out, only a few standards and traditionals and they do feel slightly better than those before but I feel they still aren’t up to that punch Gibson once provided.
@@gameroftheyear1000 Yeah I agree with everything you've said.
I'm surprised you only made a 10 minute video of all the work on a Chibson, Dave...When you announced it was a Chibson, I had to check the time, as I was certain this would be an hour long epic!
I love Dave's Chibson videos! Quack quack quack!!! 😂🤟🎸
"The fretwork is all, ZZzzzZZZzzzzZZZzzzZZZ...." LOL! Perfect!
😂
How would randy handle it should be in the rock n roll hall of fame. 🎸 r.i.p randy you rock 🤘
Glad to see this vid. I have a Chibson Les Paul custom that looks almost just like this (not the same finish). The fret work is terrible and the nut looks exactly like the one you changed here. I already had some of the tools like a level and I have a basic understanding of working on one. I did throw in a set of good pickups. Thank you for demonstrating the nut replacement. I will do that along with a fret job. My nut looked exactly like that. I assumed they had filed or sawed the slots and just didn't deburr, but it could have been the strings filing it like you said. I was not aware of the frets lifting though., I will definitely look for that on mine.
Dave loved your charity video. The world would be a better place if we honestly give peace!!!PEACE
I watch a lot of guitar videos, but yours are the only ones that make me laugh out loud. Keep 'em coming.....
That nut looks like it was originally a U.k 3 pin plug
Chris Hopkins that's a real insults! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have six Chibsons and they all work great. And I have a Gibson Les paul studio that's in the shop for a third time.
Hey Ronald... Thumbs up to you! These arrogant jerks have me so stirred up against Gibson that I want to buy one of the chibsons. Where can I get one
And I will still put electrical tape over the logo.
@@normanclature9819 Hey man, Im from the seventies where beginner guitars we junk. I got mine from AliExpress. I'm not a guitar snob. I say if it looks good, sounds good and plays good, buy it.
They look like good modding platforms. FOr me the label on the guitars does not matter, wood is wood regardless where it was made. Just make sure everything is lined up. I can do my own fret leveling, wiring, etc. so the issues on this video isnt really huge for me and I would even love to work on guitars like this. I dont however like to pass a guitar when it really isnt so i would probably paint over that logo and make it my custom.
Yep chibson's are fun I have 2 that played better than most Gibson's I played then I switched to all Gibson electronics and pickup's and put stainless frets in them I now would not trade for the real thing
Tim Russell exactly! I just dont like people saying it isn’t Gibson wood or tonewood and stuff. Majority of the tone is on the scale length and electronics. The base is simply wood.
I don't have a guitar made in the USA all my guitars are from, hell who cares long as you have fun playing them. It's not a $30.000 guitar made in the USA that makes a good musician it's a musician that can turn a low budget guitar into a great one and play the hell out of it.
Ted Pedraza but this isn’t a budget guitar, it’s an illegal counterfeit good and it doesn’t matter how good of a musician you are when you’re arrested for breaking the law.
@@wilson4180 Yep, and Squier and Epiphone are putting out nicer guitars than this for not much more.
Exactly!....✌...
Thought the phone was the sound of the truss rod snapping.
C'mon Dave, lot's of people like you.You have more than 100,000 fans on you tube.
Oh BTW,I just bought 6 Chibson Rickenbacker's that need a set up, I'll bring'em right over LOL.
Love your videos keep up the great work
In the end is it really worth buying these chibsons? At least they keep the repairers in a job.
"It's a good thing he's passed away" is it?
I'd still trade Sharon personally.
Same here man. Hell, I'd trade Sharon for that Chibson.
I'd trade Randy for ozzy
@@jonesfactor9 neither were worth a crap especially Rhoads a joke doesn't even make the Top ten of guitar greats and hes been passed up 13 times already for the Rock n Roll hall of fame
@Joseph Richetti please give us a link to your guitar playing accomplishments so that we can better appreciate your total lack of experience in the judgement of guitarists. Anyone who would say that RR wasn’t worth a crap must be a very accomplished guitarist themselves OR has their head so far up their own ass that they could French kiss themselves. I’m betting it’s the latter for you. What an absolute moron you must be. I bet your boyfriend cheats on you too.ffs
@@caseybrown4360 what the fuck are you babbling about asswipe...haul ass idiot
When a person hates something right from the start, no matter how good it might end up being, they won't acknowledge it and they'll find something else to criticize.
Well, it’s a Chinese copy of a Les Paul. What’s not to hate?
That was my ex-wife's very same attitude right from the moment she first saw me naked 🤦
@@montag4516 Well she sounds lovely
Rome wasn't built in a day. Sometimes, the hardest work produces the greatest reward.
A good house requires a good foundation however
Of course!
Wow that is yellow.... Mine is a creamy color, not a Gibson (definatly not a Chibson) but a Japanese Burny lc70rr great guitar on par with the Gibsons of those days.
* definitely
You got that right pal....I would love to have a lawsuit era Burny LP.
Burny, quality stuff . It's ESP owned I think.
@@BaronQ Burny is by Fernandes.
@@anpunefru ah yes you're dead right, thanks, I was confusing it with Edwards 😊
A chibson les Paul costume, huh? Wow. Never heard of the lp costume before. Must be super rare ;)
nice color fishing rod
It would be an interesting project to see if one can turn the Chibson into a really playable guitar, and then add up the cost of the guitar plus parts plus labor and compare to decent guitars sold at that price.
It can be done because I've done it. The money I spent on pickups tuners...bridge..and hardware was around 400. Plus I level the Frets myself plus intonation...far less than what I paid for my Gibson. 3000$.
@@calebproductions5970 It can be done, but becomes cost prohibitive! I just did one recently and instead of paying $10,000+ for a real Gibson Rhoads tribute guitar, got one from China. When I was done, I was in it $1,100! Still only a 10th of the cost, but the shortfalls after everything I did is that the neck profile is all wrong and thick as a baseball bat, so you'd have to do additional work to shave and repaint it to get it right and the Gibson logo and split diamond are not right if you know what to look for. Finally, they are VERY light weighing 8# 2oz when received and 8# 11oz when done and adding all of the new parts and bronze plates. If it were real, it would weight about 10# or more. I figured out part of the problem is the body is thinner, the body width as well as headstock are likewise smaller....soo, when you are all set and done, it will never be like a real Gibson and you're left with something with sub Quality, made and supported by China, and legally, you're not supposed to sell!!! Soo, except for very specific situations, really not worth it and my advice would be....do NOT buy from China!
Yes cost me 450 gbp to fully modify a Chib Es335 to play and sound phenomenally
Please tell me that this wasn't an "Out of a box" guitar rather than one that's been used or played for a while. I will at least feel a little better about that. 3:25 What the heck is going on on the neck heal on the high E side around the 17th fret? Looks like a rectangular piece of the finish came off. I guess it is a used guitar.
We all like you, Dave!✌️
And that nut looks like it was done with a cutting wheel on a Dremel. I'm afraid to admit why I know what that looks like. Mistakes were made. I was younger.
Ya i was gifted with a similar imposter 45 yrs. ago by well-intentioned but frugal parents. Made a nut from a toothbrush handle and made it work, twisted neck, wavy fret-like things banged in and non-functioning truss rod. Hung in there and learned much. Try before you buy being foremost lesson
The nuts on Chibsons are horrible.
Which is odd in itself because 50% of the time the frets need replaced as well. So half the time they know what they're doing on those but 100% of the time the nut job is real shit workmanship.
That being said, how do people get these in the first place?
Taobao and alibaba, they are chinese wholesale websites
David can’t believe they buy these on purpose
When I bought mine it was advertised as a "Guitar Model" on Ebay.
Caveat Emptor, baby! I bought an old (2007) Epiphone LP Custom that was already changing color to a creamy white. I installed gold knobs, Seymour Duncan Hot-Rod pups, CTS pots and a Switchcraft switch and the thing freakin' wails. But this thing. I looked at the Chibson Rhoads models on several websites (DH Gate, AliBaba, et al) and they all had the same serial number! 😂
And shouldn't this guitar have gold knobs?!
I love my Chibson LP. It's plays fantastic once it got set up.
Myself included.
Spent about $650 replacing everything and now it plays (and sounds) like a good post 2000 Gibson! Not a dressed up Epiphone.
All for about 4 grand cheaper.
good looking guitar
How did they get that nicotine yellow color when Randy's was white. His was bar stained and a little off white but that chibson is as yellow as Tweety bird!
Nice guitar! Good luthier job!
That is one 'Buggered Banana'.
Where to start and where to begin are 2 different things?
It's got to have feeling, otherwise it's just a gauge. You're the best Dave.
costume??
This one look like a multi parter. How many installments to unmake the gooches?
You can fool some of the people some of the time but trying to fool yourself is not going to get you anywhere. Your demeanour says it all.
Good from far and far from good!
Where did Randy have the original made?
He didn't have it made. As I understand it his band mates in Quiet Riot bought it for him from Gibson.
Thank you John
@@dalethedude68pipasdad6 no problem
I want a banana yellow Les Paul now thanks to this Chibson
3:41
Hooflung Dung?
Repeat as often as required.
Good one Dave! Les Paul Custume lol. Xheers!
You seem like a fun guy to have a beer with.
He's a riot when you hit the stem with him. Good times.....
Ive got a chibson RR copy that needs a fret job... What state are you in... Im near Raleigh NC
I think Dave is up in Canada, near Toronto
Hi just curious where the guitar was bought from?
What's price point on that ?
I'm Interested Just How much That Set up Cost in the end against the Price of the So called Guitar ?
I just started watching these videos. I love his Canadian accent. Love watching the ins and outs of guitar specs and how things work and should not work. I've learned a lot from Dave. I love how much he shits on the Les Pauls. I want to see him rip!
Guitar is great for cowboy-chords... on a Randy Rhodes. God Bless! : )
Thank you for stopping there Dave! This one was getting painful
Dang the scariest truss rod I’ve ever seen looks liked black hole of old Calcutta !
You the man 👨 Dave !
Winters coming save it for your first fire of winter
long tenon neck ?
At the end Dave says this guitar needs some love (to be playable).
What this guitar needs is an eight ounce chunk of C-4 installed beneath the neck pickup. Set up the video camera and press the detonator.
Anyone bitching about Gibson’s video about protecting their intellectual property should watch this video. I’d be willing to bet that Gibson was speaking directly to China
No you are wrong they were speaking to Dean in the American companies there isn't s*** they can do about China
I have a bottle of mustard in my fridge that is a dead match for that guitar. And I think the mustard has gone bad...
I HAVE NO WORDS LOL.😊
How's the eyes dave?
Ya! He needs a DEEP TOOL folks!!!
Run for the hills!!
I like the color. Still would not buy a Chibson. Why is the body of the guitar so thick?
Because plywood is cheap and a thicker body appeals to the simple-minded concept, "bigger is better"
Honestly, Les Pauls have always had "thicker bodies" whereas guitars such as the SG are significantly thinner.
I have a 70's Epiphone ET-290, (Epiphone's answer to the SG back in those days) - and it's body is remarkably thin like an SG.
The guitars that have a thicker body also tend to have stronger neck pockets.
Personally, I'm incredibly apprehensive about any neck pocket that extends to being under the neck-pickup.
Oh my....Hide the women and children.
Dave said "Fuck" @ 2:56. lol
Ah! The crunch of the glue breaking away from the rod in the channel.
I’m surprised to see the spacing of the tailpiece and bridge looking fairly accurate compared to a great many other Chibsons I’ve seen. More often than not the tail piece is a football field away from the bridge.
That the Special Edition Randy Rhoads Sitar Les Paul
I heard that the frets on a lot of the chips are in the wrong position that they're just slightly off and with that you can never get proper intonation.
Yeah i heard that too. I think chinaguitarsceptic did a video on it.
That's got to be the most... dubious truss rod cavity I've ever seen. How is it so hard to get a truss rod hole right?
That nut is Les Appalling
Canadian winters.
Wood burner.
Chibson.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but when the imitation is a "gooched" mess, the only person flattered is the chibson maker who found someone to actually buy it. LOL
Chibson , a quality canoe paddle. If I had one, I would use it to smack the gophers in my yard.
Hay Pat Marcy... How about if you buy me a chibson and I come over to your place and slap you in front of the gophers?
@@normanclature9819 Sounds tempting. Hay is for horses, hey? I would not walk across the
street if a Chibson was $50 at a yard sale.I am completely satisfied with my Gibson
Les Paul Teaburst Standard. Really, thanks for the offer!
Thanks dude, you show|'ed what was wrong xx
it comes without a trussrod to allow for neck bends to infinity, just like Randy did ;)
Ahh...you're killin' me! Nearly pissed myself.
Pretty gitar
Gibson seems to be more worried about Dean making a clearly not Gibson, cleared marked Dean "V" shaped guitar.
I think he’d be very happy if he was still alive.
Are you serious the guitars a giant piece of SHIT
5:44 Dave does his best Ace Frehley on a Randy Rhoads Chibson.........
why does he sound like evh
How should a guitar be set up? Every company has a certain "set up" that is consistent. That's just the way they leave the factory. If you like the strings buzzing on your guitar playing open strings and the amp doesn't pick it up it's right for you. If you like acoustic action on an electric it's right for you.
The cost of a setup will be the base price of the guitar. Better buy reputable brands with actual QC
I had this exact yellow RR LP model from Ali Express on my bench a few weeks ago. I did a fret dressing, bone nut, Switchcraft jack and a good set-up and it was fine. They have 2-way rods, so you can get the neck to anywhere you need it to be. Pop in some decent pups, and it can be a decent player. It was definitely gigable, but shamefull to say the least.
Didn't know Randy Rhodes was chinese. I think the tool needed to fix that guitar is a sawzall.
"Rhoads"
@@robbyv101 Yes of course.
Sawszall!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 got that right👍
Ha ha ha ha
THE HARBOR FREIGHT MUSTARD EDITION...IN THE FIRE WOOD DEPARTMENT!!
A $500 Les Paul Custom that isnt perfectly playable? WHAT? Curious how much you charged to fix this thing? I was thinking about buying one...
Man , the nut nasty looking.
Hang Chow’s version of Landy Loads guitar
ABMO Rose I think in Chinese it would be “ROR”
Guiseppe's_Bass 😆
That’s what she said.
Landy Loads Res Paur
Well ... it LOOKS pretty cool. Hang it on the wall 😃
I know, musical instruments look good on the wall. But what if you get confused and put the real Gibson on the wall because the chibson plays better.
Buy a new Gibson and have it set up by a good luthier.
Buy a new knockoff and have it set up by a good luthier.
Is it worth paying $3,000 more just to have your headstock snap.
“ I’m gonna need a deep tool”
50 years from now, that will be a collector 😂. Vintage Chibson $50.00
I’d buy it if im still alive lol.
Les Paul costume 😂
Dave says *RANNY ROSE* the way they do in China, later in the video as he is losing hope. 6:35
Probably $250 or something including shipping. You'd probably not want to see the wood under the paint, but if anyone has ever tried to make a guitar from scratch, not bad for the price.
if you can make a guitar from scratch, then you have a good chance of being able to make these things usable.
If a buyer is looking to get something of actually quality that is priced below Epiphone, they should be looking in the direction of Harley Benton.
I bought the Harley Benton standard strat and it was a friggin' turd. Shorted out pickup,misaligned bridge,super sharp fret ends,etc.
@@Nomadicsage1 thanks for the feedback. All the ones I've seen reviewed have been solid. I haven't investigated Thomann's return/exchange policy. Did they sort you out?
@@rcoveyduc They were telling me to fix it myself and they'd refund me $25 lol.
@@Nomadicsage1 That sucks. I'll admit I've only seen the reviews of the SC's and the Pete Thorn knockoff, as those were the ones that interested me. Like anything mass produced, there will be bad ones. Shame they weren't more accommodating.
You get what you pay for. When you factor in the cost of setup and replacing the crappy parts, there is no bargain to be had here.
Theses things are just good for wall hangers😜
Makes for better firewood!