EPIPHONE RELEASES THEIR BEST GUITAR EVER! MY REACTION
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
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In this video we talk about the new Adam Jones Les Paul from Epiphone!
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You can't can't get a true 70s spec Les Paul Custom from Gibson, not even from the Custom shop. This is on my list.
74’ reissue custom rarely imported to japan. I saw the silverburst one too.
M2M prob wiould make it or find a real one.
@@Siggy_Sour yeah, all I'd have to do is sell my house to get it.
@@BenjaminRoethig its really not that much more than the full priced chinese Epi tho.
@@BenjaminRoethig watch GC used online and check often maybe u catch em slippin.
Great looking axe. Glad Epiphone finally got the head stock correct. Also, if haven’t done so already, check out the early eighties made in Japan GRECO Les Pauls customs. My ‘84 Greco Les Paul Custom plays just good as any Gibson Les Paul Custom.
Get both. I bought this Epiphone when it first dropped. It’s a fantastic guitar. I now have a Gibson Custom silverburst on the way. I’m proud to own both. Both serve different purposes. Both are great guitars.
It’s cool if you don’t want a Chinese made Les Paul. The fact that these are constantly out of stock shows that many people are willing to pay this much for a fantastic guitar, with great specs, at a decent price.
Praying to God for a Jerry Cantrell Wino like this one.
happy belated birthday rayman!!! you've been a huge inspiration in my musical journey 😈 wish you nothing but success and happiness in the years to come brotha
Happy Birthday! late 70's neck profile is the best LP neck IMO if they got that right I will be getting one of these my 80 standard is irreplacable and priceless to me so this is really good news thanks!
Coming from a non-Gibson/Epiphone fan (don’t hate them, don’t love them). This is huge. If I still had a desire to own a Les Paul this would IMMEDIATELY make it to my list; I’m not even an Adam Jones or Tool fan either. I’m a fellow Silverburst fanboy. I know not all from the same era, but I was exposed to them within a short period of time from each other - Matt Heafy 2009/2010-ish era with his silverburst LP custom, Brendon Small/Dethklok Thunderhorse; and Josh Middleton silverburst SG/Eclipse - are all the reasons why I got into silverburst and it becoming my favorite finish. At the time I wanted the LP custom but knew I wouldn’t be able to afford it. I didn’t like the Epiphones at the time cause of the rosewood fretboard and the older headstock (I prefer the new ones). Let’s face it, Epiphone prices creeping up or not, those who can get the Gibsons now are going to continue to get the Gibsons. Epiphone coming close to Gibson specs I don’t think is enough to pull existing Gibson customers - they’ll just buy both. Those who can’t get the Gibson have the alternative of getting this, something which is almost all Gibson in appearance with the exception of name and country of origin. Epiphone is getting more expensive, but it’s still cheaper than getting Gibson. You can compare this Epi LP Custom to some of the more affordable Gibson LP Studio’s, Classics, and even some Standards. But none of them have the same appeal as a Custom. And comparing Custom to Custom, this is still way less expensive. This Adam Jones release is easily my favorite Epiphone release, and I’m with you on preferring it over the Standard. I’m a V guy through and through, but I would take this new Epi LP over his reverse-silverburst V.
Bought a top shelf Epiphone sg, had sent off to my guitar guy, new bone nut, semore Duncan pickups “thrash factor”, semore Duncan pots, switch craft jack and switch- 50’s wiring. I love that guitar, it’s perfect now and worth the investment
Happy Birthday, X-Ray!🎉 May you have many more -- and guitars to go with them!
best looking new epiphone i've seen
I just got mine yesterday. It's an amazing guitar, super well made, absolutely in love with it
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO!!! I hope today is filled with LOVE, PASSION, JOY, SOLACE, ECSTASY, HAPPINESS!!!
Happy birthday man , I hope you had the chance to enjoy your day! I’m hoping to get up to your show when you go to Quebec Canada on your tour. I live in New Brunswick the next province beside and I might take the nine hour drive. I hope I get a chance to see you live man !
Happy B Day man. Glad you're still here, and keep up with the awesome content!!! \m/
This are the 1959 epiphone. The 1959 comes with Gibson burst bucker pickups.
Happy Birthday, go birds!
Here's the specs for the 2021 epiphone modern figured Sg recently discontinued and on sale what's left....as you can see very high end specs the build the electronics the hardware all high end and once they are gone they will go way up in value....The SG Modern Figured from Epiphone's Inspired by Gibson™ Collection has the classic SG™ body profile made from mahogany and a maple cap with an AAA-figured maple veneer. Powered by a pair of Epiphone's ProBucker™ humbucker™ pickups with coil-splitting, phase switching, and a treble bleed circuit for a multitude of tones. It also features an ebony fingerboard, asymmetrical SlimTaper™ neck profile with contoured heel, world-class Grover® Locking Rotomatic® 18:1 ratio tuners, and a Graph Tech NuBone™ nut.Body Style
SG
Body Shape
SG
Body Material
Mahogany
Top
3/4" Maple with AAA Flame Maple Veneer
Body Finish
GlossProfile
Asymmetrical Slim Taper
Scale Length
628.65 mm / 24.75 in
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Fingerboard Radius
304.8 mm / 12 in
Fret Count
24
Frets
Medium Jumbo
Nut Material
Graph Tech®
Nut Width
43.0 mm / 1.692 in
Inlays
Trapezoid
Joint
Glued in, Set NeckFinish
Nickel
Bridge
LockTone Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece
LockTone Stop Bar
Tuning Machines
Grover locking Rotomatic; 18:1
Truss Rod
Adjustable
Control Knobs
Clear Top Hats with Ridge
Switch Tip
Black
Strap Buttons
2 - bottom and shoulder
Pickup Covers
NickelNeck Pickup
ProBucker 2™ humbucker w/coil-splitting
Bridge Pickup
ProBucker-3™ humbucker w/coil-splitting
Controls
2 Volume (2 Push/Pull coil-splits); 2 Tone (1 Push/Pull Phase)
Pickup Selector
3-way Epiphone toggle
Output Jack
Epiphone Heavy Duty 1/4"
Happy Birthday!
Dude ya need to get on it a little more.....this Adam Jones Custom isn't jack in March Gibson are releasing the Custom, 59', Firebirds, 61 SG, and a pretty awesome 335 all with the open book!
Happy birthday! My sister is the 10th!
Love a maple neck. Even better, with a scarf joint.
happy birthday ya old geezer
Happy birthday!
I think it’s a great move some players prefer the maple necks but also let’s be honest the Gibson standard is twice the amount but to get a Custom Gibson is at least 5,000 . 1500 , 3000, and 5000 plus are three distinctly different customers the people who buy this epiphone were never going to buy a new Gibson they were more than likely looking towards LTD EC 1000 and Tokais and other import single cuts so in my opinion this will only sell more epiphone and not less Gibsons it’s the best move I’ve seen Gibson make in my lifetime.
I think it DOES make sense, given that even pro level artists nowadays are getting super high specs with guitars in the 1,500 dollar price range. Maybe 20 or 30 years ago it did make a difference construction wise and tone wise and what not, but Gibson has to compete with all the other brands offering amazing guitars at much lower prices than a Gibson just "because the name".
HAAAAAPPPPPPPY BIRTHDAY RAYMAN!!!!! Cheers and Blessings Brother! Thanks for all you do! I want one of these. The price is bugging me. Beyond reach to me for an Epi...
scoop it up for 700 used with a micro ding. Still would rather grab a Studio Gibby when im getting near 7 tho
Happy bday
Happy birthday Ray! Love your channel and wishing you continued success 😀
Happy birthday!!!
Happy birthday brother
The best epiphones were the Fuji Gen made ones for the Japanese market. They were so good, they killed them.
My birthday too! Cool! Happy birthday dude!
Happy birthday buddy!
This new Epiphone has a Custombucker in the neck. That is same pickup that is my $7K Gibson Custom R9 and my $5K Gibson Custom SG.
Happy B-day!
Happy birthday Ray. This is sick gibson/Epiphone need a volute which is why I never want any but love the Adam Jones silverburst.
Great video.
FYI, the volute is on all the Adam Jones models (Epiphone art series to the Gibson standard and custom models)
Happy birthday broski 💪
first off happy birthday awesome review i am definitely getting one of these Gibson/epiphone finally got it right after all these years lol they should have done this in the first place with the Gibson headstock lol
HBD my dude. In the Andertons videos from their visits to Nashville it was openly discussed how the Gibson / Epiphone brand overlap will change. The new strategy appears to be that Epiphone will now expand to include more $1-2000 guitars by leveraging the 'inspired by custom shop' branding and higher spec guitars (USA pickups, Gibson headstock, etc). To make way for this, we can expect that Gibson will move away from producing their lower price-point guitars such as the stripped back satin finish 'specials' etc so there is less competition in this price bracket. Right now, we're in the transition period it seems.
Happy birthday Ray. Have a great fucking day today
Happy birthday brother!
Happy Birthday
The way I see it, the people that can afford a custom shop signature guitar are not going to be interested in an Epiphone. If they can afford the 'real thing', that's what they'll get. And if they can't get the Gibson version, Epiphone isn't cutting into Gibson sales because there was no sale in the first place. Gibson are so expensive that you can either afford it or you can't. It's not like PRS SE vs S2 or Yamaha Revstar Indonesia vs Japan. Those are not far off in price, and the SE stuff hurt S2 sales I'd say. I think PRS are fine with that as it's all bank, but still.
Happy Birthday Ray! Hope ya have a great year making and playing kick ass metal music! Cheers brother!
Happy birthday!
Also I listened to your Spotify! Would you consider playing some of your songs ? It would be sick to watch and learn
Happy Birthday Xander!
Great video, Happy Birthday! This is fascinating... one way or another, these high price Epiphones must be selling for them to keep being produced... and the QC standards of the Epiphone factory are just getting higher and higher. It's awesome for all of us guitarists. Obviously, we need a new Adam Jones sig too lol. Chinese manufacture often gets a lot of hate, but these guys at the Epi factory are clearly masters in their craft and produce some amazing gear. Not all factories operate to the same standards - and it seems some other bad factories taint the reputation of all the rest. I just got myself a new Epi Studio Smokehouse Burst and that's so close to the Gibson for quite a lot less money and it feels/sounds amazing. It just means we can all access great guitars, no matter the budget. As far as cannibalizing the lines goes, Gibson seem to be pretty smart about it - there's still enough value in the Gibson brand for it to be highly desirable and there's a high price on that name. My latest purchase is a prime example - I love my Epi, but I'm still going to very likely go and get the Gibson version at some point, or at least some form of Gibson (custom etc). I'm loving this Epiphone/Gibson era right now, let alone discussion around the Norlin years (yes the volute is great). Keep rockin' 🤘
Have fun paying 1500 for a chinese copy of a les paul that would have set you back 400 before
Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday my dude! Are you on TIDAL ? wanted to listen to your stuff but i dont have spotify
Happy one 🎉
Happy Birthday! my dream is a norlin era les paul. if it was $1000 I'd totally buy it. That's a steep price for a Epiphone
happy bday :)
HBD XRC!!! 🎉🎉🎉 🎂🎂🎂
Happy Birthday Ray. Being a former Gibson employee of the Henry Juszkiewicz Era the USA factory then put more of a emphasis on how many they had going out the door than on quality. Not sure what it is like now under KKR ownership but I am willing to bet it's still the same. Epiphone on the other hand they can not afford to make those mistakes as more Epiphone's are sold than Gibson's. Cause if Epiphone did what Gibson does it would not be good for their business for the factory in China cause Gibson/Epiphone would just find another factory if it came to that. So yeah the factory in China puts more attention to quality.
Happy birthday!
I think you’re right about the LP Standard if you want a LP Custom like Adam Jones. But if you take away the Adam Jones influence… mahogany neck, no weight relief, ebony board, nitro finish, and real MOP makes it a worth buy (especially the used ones are going under $2K).
The Epiphone is a better buy again if you’re going for a LP Custom. Some details I love is the pozi strap buttons, Schiller style tuners, and Gibson/SD pick. It also sounds like the neck profile may match the Norlin era shape vs the Standard having a 70s shape.
I think both are good options but depends what you’re looking for. I know lots of people who don’t like LP customs in general and prefer Standards.
I just bought one and it’s the best guitar I’ve payed. I’m usually a ESP player, but this guitar is killer in every way. Pickups are excellent and right out of the box, it was ready to go. It was close to being in tune. Beautiful guitar and I’m glad I went for it
Happy birthday Ray, it's been awesome watching you evolve as an artist and youtuber. hope it's a great birthday brother!
Happy birthday, Ray.
I like that Gibson and Epiphone are doing this. We have more variety now and that's a good thing. Gibson was never about making an inexpensive guitar. Hell, even an original 1959 Gibson Les Paul would run you $450 with its case. That was a lot of money back in 1959. Epiphone can make the signatures anywhere from $1299 and up having the Gibson headstock at $1499 or maybe you're just fine with the Kalamazoo headstock. You can also buy an even cheaper one and put in your own electronics. I think Epiphone will eventually have a full USA line making their own classics. People don't know or have forgotten that
Epiphone also have their history, older than Gibson, and used to be even more expensive until Gibson bought them out. Les Paul himself went to Epiphone before Gibson to have his signature made, they turned him down and Gibson worked with him, the rest is history.
Dude, I’m definitely buying that. I’m wondering when is it coming out?😎👏🏽❤️
Happy birthday! 🎉\m/🎉
As a matter of principle, no way in hell I'd ever spend $1500 on an Epiphone. Having said that, that guitar looks amazing and I must have it. Also, HBD!
Great there's 100 people behind you that will including me
You got some balls on you using a screen name like that. You know what they say about a fool and his money. @@Myfingersstinklikefish
@@Myfingersstinklikefish That's funny Moe. you wrote in a different comment that you're staying with the Epiphone kalamazoo headstocks 🥴
@@trevor4533 it's all facts doesn't matter who wrote it you failed again stop your friggin lying through your teeth and you won't have to be corrected take you garbage GIBSON and go GIBSON is a complete joke compared to Epiphone end of story
@@trevor4533 and stop following us around
Happy birthday, you kind awesome man! Much love brother!❤🎉
Happy birthday
I got mine today. I pre ordered it from Sweetwater last week. I love it
Happy B-day dude....Keep on rockin'!!!
Happy birthday dude! Your riffs and video always keep my day going!🎉
Happy Birthday brother- God bless you always
Happy bday :)🎉
Happy Birthday 🤟🤟🤟
Happy Birthday Bro!!
Wishing you many more with alot guitar jamming involved 💯🤘😆
Happy birthday xander
Happy Birthday and also keep up with the good work! Stay alive and kicking!!
For folks not into the silver burst, there is also a new Black Beauty coming soon also with the Gibson open book headstock.
Happy birthday bro man
As soon as I saw in an Epiphone group that this was finally coming out I said "Xander is going to be all over this."
Happy birthday man!! Have a great day~ here's to many other days to come!
Eyyyy happy birthday man, mine was on the 12th. Love your content, keep it up
Happy birthday dude stay true!
Happy birthday man. Dig the guitar, don’t love the price. Gonna wait and try to pick up a used one.
Happy Birthday 🎂
Happy birthday mr Charles, wonderful topic for a wonderful day
That headstock makes all the difference. If they release a white version, I'm buying it lol
Happy Birthday dude and many more
Happy birthday dude!
you can buy a new gibson les paul tribute for 1300 euros? epiphone lp that costs more than gibson
I love that it comes with a Seymour Duncan JB, no need to swap it out.
So apart from there being no art, a different headstock shape (that doeant effect playability) and different pick ups (that you can swap out anyway) - whats the difference between the other epiphones and this one?
Happy birthday🎉
It's the same guitar as the art series, except for the headstock and neck pickup. Happy Birthday dude!
I actually went for the Gibson and to be fair, imho, it is perfect.
I've had my fair amount of run ins with Gibson, as I had to send two different Flying V's back as they weren't fit for purpose.
But my Adam Jones Signature Gibson, the quality is beyond all expectations.
Now to wait for the standard AJ Flying V I guess. It must be in the pipeline.
Happy Birthday dude! Love your channel and content
If they made a reverse silver burst LP, with these specs, I'd buy one honestly. I prefer the reverse over standard burst.
Happy Birthday man!
I'm sure the people that bought the regular version with the old Epiphone headstock feel pretty effed over by Gibson 😅
2045: Just the 237 Version of The Silverburst
Have you seen that new silverburst Dunable R2 DE they have at Guitar Center?
Happy birthday, brother. I hope you get to experience many, many more. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I would say that the Gibson will be superior quality because they put more tine into it. The wood is aged longer, more time spent sanding, etc. I believe China has come a long way, but at that price I’m going to go with a Japanese made LP copy
Man , hello, I used to work for gibson, ( not the custom shop branch, but the USA Montana acoustic ), sorry to break to you but Gibson USA doesn’t put more time into it, the wood also isn’t aged longer either, as a matter of fact, they don’t allow the wood to dry as much as they should like the folks at PRS for example.
Gibson can do great things, but specially during Henry era, they didn’t give a shit.
If you guitar was made on a Friday, good luck, majority of workers are alcoholics or drinkers, and Friday people don’t give a shit, they want the 5pm to come to start the weekend. Gibson is a great manufacturer, but they rely on reputation from the past rather the really having the customer in mind.
Little info that might even get me in trouble.
There was an order once, made by the Japanese sellers that comes to the factory, a full bus of sellers that are allowed to visit , take photos, ask questions about the building process, Gibson takes them for lavish dinners, lunches etc
So one seller, had ordered 50 guitars, with some old specs they had from Gibson, a particular 70s model they want to reissue for the Japanese market.
So , one of the important specs were the they were glued with hide glue (animal source) which added a hefty price tag to each guitar ordered, Gibson argues that it cost more ( 2 k more actually)because this process takes longer to cure.
So we started building them.
The first ones, in order to dry the glue properly, it had to be left for the next day, ( I used to build the guitar tops, and I had only 3 vacuum presses, which meant I had to do all the tops of all the regular models ( j45, hummingbird, loo, keb mo, j35, j200,etc) alongside with that Japanese special order but Gibson had a deadline and following correct protocol meant reaching out to the Japanese and say, hey we apologize but to dry these properly we gonna need more time.
Instead, what happen was, because the hide glue ones were made at the same time with the other models and with only 3 presses (each top stays on the press for about 10 min), I did what they instructed me, do it as the others just use hide glue for the Japanese ones.
The problem was that because they didn’t allow enough time to dry properly, when the guitars were in the process of painting or buffing, the bracing on the tops start to come unglued. They were upset , they quickly brain stormed and said “ glue all the tops the same, as in use wood glue for it, then once they dry, use a syringe to put ride glue around the top bracing to give the impression that the hide glue was being squeezed out when it happens when you put in the vacuum press.
So don’t have the illusion that Gibson select, treats, dries, or anything for that matter. Guitars that had visual flaws becomes black or dark solid guitars, some guitars that even should be not accept for sale are dispatched, and they joke, heard many time things like, well if they had a problem, they can call,they have a lifetime warranty, just good luck having someone picking up the phone.
If you want a brand that still cares for the customer go with heritage, PRS or musicman in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, I love Gibson guitars, have a few, what I’m saying is the integrity of the people behind that name is not there, hope this share some light, rock on
Happy Belated Brother. Great guitar and video.
Happy Birthday Dude 🤘
It would want to be good - it’s nearly €2k - for a Chinese Epiphone 🤦♂️