buy an ESP Les Paul or sg $1000 rip off. save money and it's better! faster action neck, better pickups, better bridge, better tuners and made from better wood
Anything over 1200. Is either custom or yours paying for prestige and brand. The best guitars top out 1200. And by best i mean quality built, with good hardware. 800-1200. Anything more and you're getting into vintage garbage. I dont get the vintage craze.. yyou. Have to. Put a grand of work into them to make them sound like a stock 1200$ modern guitar.
It might not be the case because the scale of the Les Paul is short, being 24.5, and tuning stability on shorter models is unstable, among other hardware quality factors. That is why Fender makes longer scale guitars because 25 scale is the sweet spot for tuning stability, but sacrifices playability.
@@Chris-sv8tyagreed. I used to own a Les Paul Studio (which is most likely the $1200 one based on the lack of neck binding and no mother of pearl on the “Gibson” logo on the headstock) and what made a gigantic difference was the pickups. I put 57 classics in and they sounded perfect. Sold it because I was tired of repairing the neck. But not before taking out the pickups.
@@kgunitkeese17 You just proved the point of the vid. It's more than the sound, It's the quality as well. You can make a $1200 guitar as good as a $3200 one by adding high end upgrades. OR, Buy the $3200 guitar in the first place.. In reality, Adding the parts that the $3200 guitar comes with to your $1200 guitar would probably cost more than the extra $2000 you'd spend in the first place.
The one benefit I have found to the Gibsons over the $1000 mark is that unless you damage them somehow the resell value is really good. I’ve never gotten less than probably 85% of MSRP and usually get offers higher than what I paid for sought after models.
the fact someone finally understanding what I've been saying on all these comparison videos lmao. on top of that the recording becomes a compressed rip file which messes with the audio even more. to many people actually believe a 300 dollar guitar sounds the same as a 9000 dollar guitar based on a short is crazy to me
@@stephensarmento3529to be fair the hardware and maaaayyybbe neck are going to be the two things that cause a major difference aside from the person playing it, at least with electric guitars.
@@stephensarmento3529 idk, I play piano, and learned on a 1918 Steinway. The feel and how you interact with the instrument is just totally different...so it affects the player, which will affect the listener. Guitar: I sound the same on a squire Jr or Steve Vai's set up...after 40 years of trying,
Diminishing returns. Massive difference between $330 & $1200 but you would need to play the next two back to back or have a better ear than mine to find a difference.
I would be 120293039 dollar on the fact that this is a fake video. This sound is from one of the guitars and repted for all the others. And the sound is dreadful. Maybe tune the guitar and it would sound ok
@@AnjektusStudio i mean there really isn't going to be that much of a difference between them all in terms of sound so it's likely you're just hearing the reality
Most pros play live and practice daily with 1-2k range guitar. That’s the sweet spot you should expect for an all around good guitar. Anything more and it’s either an antique or made out of wood grown on mars.
they are lmfao (except probably the 3.2k one) the other guitars are just intonated worse than the 9k and theyre playing around the octive and higher so being poorly intonated is super easy to hear. gibson has sh*t quality control theyre known for it so i wouldnt be suprised on a a 3.2k guitar having a bad setup out of the box. this guy might be pressing too hard on the frets so hes squeezing his notes out of tune or the intonation is sh*tty on his guitars and he needs to take them to a guitar tech to have his set-up adjusted lol. (intonation can be roughly described as how well a guitar stays in tune as you go up the neck, the rule for intonating is that you want the 12th fret [aka the octive] to make the **exact** same note as the open string [intonation also will literally never be perfect on a traditionally designed guitar neck/fretboard]
Quanto mais caro a guitarra 🎸 maior ficam os harmônicos! Será se realmente vale a pena pagar tão caro, pra ter tão pouco 😮 Talvez o som somado com outras guitarras do mesmo valor, possa realmente ter uma diferença, tão absurda...
If you think the 3200 to 9000 is indistinguishable, you need to have your ears checked. Don't get me wrong, I ain't saying it's worth the money, but there was a very noticeable difference between the two.
Its called the law of diminishing returns. Basically, first you go from 330 to 1200 which is lets say a 50% improvement and a 870 difference then you go from 1200 to 3200 which is lets say a 35% improvement and a 2000 dollar difference then from 3200 to 9000 which is a 20% improvement and 5800 dollar difference, then so on and so forth. Basically the higher and higher up you pay more and more for less and less.
Depending on the string tune equals tone. The equipment used, raise or lower the stereo effect. No two identical things are identical. Truth and facts you take two speakers hook one up then the other back to back. Listen to one then unhook it the Listen to the second one the tone isnot the same. I know that for fact. This is critical. I'm not putting my 10 cent's in this anywhere. It's equalizer n all. Few people should think before hand.
For those who say they can't tell the difference from $1200 and up, that is a good thing because it saves you money lol However, I do hear the subtle difference. Whether it's worth the extra money is up to you to decide. But try this... if you're any good at soldering, look up what pick-ups are in the $9000 guitar and put them in the guitar you can afford. Soldering pick-ups is quite easy. Great pick-ups aren't cheap, but they are much cheaper than upgrading your guitar if your guitar feels good to play... ie., nice action, stays in tune, the right size neck, for your comfort, etc. I bought bass pick-ups for the same price as I paid for my cheap practice bass, and after installing them, it just improved the sound for a fraction of the price of upgrading to a higher priced brand. Remember, pick-ups can make a world of difference for a fraction of the guitar upgrade costs!
Not gonna lie. I listened with my eyes closed and the $330 was my fav each time. Reminds me of 1999 and brought back pure nostalgia of a true garage band.
@paulgilbert3139 agreed! There was something about the tone that just brought back old memories! You can have all of the fancy equipment in the world and sometimes a sound, and how it is played brings more value and creates a larger impact. Music is about connection, not a price tag. (Not knocking expensive sound, just pointing out it isn't always necessary) Rock on! 🤘
$330 a $1200 um salto gigantesco. As demais foram algo sutil, mas que no ouvido de qualquer bom músico, faz sim muita diferença. Madeira nobilíssima envelhicida, ferragens top, nut de marfim, captação e etc...
@@wp4297 lol of course they have difference in sound quality. For the prices, they better. But, if you are making music, learning, or just enjoy playing, you don’t need some obnoxiously expensive instrument
Only difference I can really see with that is maybe more sustain or slightly louder unplugged if it’s made out of a really dense wood, I have an ovation magnum bass and it’s not very thick but it’s really dense and quite loud on its own for a solid body
I put a pair of Di Marzio anniversary Pick ups in my 700Euros Gibson , ( a Thomann special run years ago) this “cheap” GIBSON sounds now like a high priced one. It’s mostly about the right pick ups.
I'm sharing my opinion NOT to be a jerk, but to provide constructive criticism. First and foremost, please tune / intonate all of the guitars. It's difficult to listen for tonal differences when some notes sound "cringy". Secondly, You can't possibly have a fair comparison when 3 of the samples are in a mix and the first one isn't. You can hear at the end of the "$1,200" clip, when the song kicks in, the high notes (F# and F) they become compressed (smoothed out) by the mix. Again, I'm not trying to be a jerk; you obviously spent a good deal of time putting this video together and I appreciate it. I hope my observations can help for future videos.
Agree. because 330 is the market for us that's why they made a cheap one. Tell the $9k one to a rich guitar enthusiast and it's a no brainer for them and they still have 991000 to spend.
When I get an Epiphone. I always replace the caps, pots, wiring and pickups. Also new paint in the cavities along with copper tape. Sounds much sweeter after that.
100% agree. Also, polish the frets and take it to a guitar shop and have them set the action. Possibly replace the tuners, too. After all of that you've still spent less than $1200. @godsmackssa
It has to say Gibson on the headstock for me so I purchase inexpensive SG's and modify them to my tastes for $500-$800 because it would cost me $9,000.00 to have Gibson do it.
This is an unfair comparison because of the background music hides the subtleties and the differences of the tone. And also the EQs of the pickups are different so the impact the distortion in different ways. The Epiphone has too much treble and sounds fizzy. That's not the guitar that's just the way the guitar is distorted in the amplifier. The most expensive guitar is much darker, and cleaner. The third guitar is mid-range. But you could take any great pickups and throw them in that cheap guitar and it would sound the same.
@@SteamHammer7changing the nut would only marginally affect the tone of open string notes. All guitar tone only comes from pickup, strings and pickup height.
Don't see the unfairness really, it's a controlled comparison. Gotta pay the premium to get the lazy build (less tweaking of EQ), I reckon a good EQ pedal at the start of the Epiphone chain can make it sound 90% close. But who has time for that effort, we just pay 2 grand :D
honestly the cheap epi doesn't have enough treble and its really muddy. the 1200 dollar gibson is the clearest sounding one because it doesn't have the nasty muddy lower mids of the epi.
I had a rip off fender from a store called “Argos” back in 2004, still to this day the BEST electric guitar I’ve ever owned, sounded better than anything I bought after it 😂
My favorite guitar is a 200 dollar Turbo electric original rich B from 1976. 24 fret with 2 Seymor Duncan bridge pickups, with 500K pots. Rf shielding and 9 tonal caps. Thats through a Marshall 210H JVM. I can make all 5 of those sounds. It can play like a Fender and Gibson or a Jackson. Humbucker splitter 6 way switch adds to the tonal caps.
@@bartbart4702So you havent heard how stupidly bad the take on the 3200 one sounds, CONGRATS YOUR EARS ARE CORRUPTED that or you simply havent listened carefully enough
As I heard from the professor of audio engineering, the more expensive a guitar is, the thinner coil is wound in the pickup of the guitar, which means more handwork and expensive material. Soundwise, the more expensive, the softer or well-rounded sound which is getting along with the other instruments. That subtle difference is huge when it comes to the recording and mixing the songs.
You have to remember it’s the pickups and wood that make the biggest difference. After a certain price point you’re just paying for bells and whistles and aesthetics.
Il filo più sottile non è molto più costoso, in oltre non viene avvolto manualmente ma da una macchina che in pochi secondi svolge il lavoro. Quindi non può essere riconducibile al prezzo elevato. Le gibson hanno un prezzo sproporzionato modellato dalla fama che si è guadagnata con i musicisti appassionati del suo design
I've been playing with the 1.2k with a VOX AC30 for a few years now and it just sounds amazing. With no intent of being professional I think it does the job perfectly.
I noticed a difference between $330 and $1200, but then the next two almost the same as $1200. However, I have mild hearing loss in mid ranges and significant loss in upper frequencies. 🤘
The $1200 Gibson USA wins. Great tone. The Artist and Custom are great guitars too. But the USA sounds just as good. Love the finishes and bling on the more expensive ones though.
The 330 sounds ok for the price, the 1200 sounds clear and way better and anything above this price sounds almost equal to the 1200...I will get the 330 if I'm a bigger then later on I will move to the 1200 and I will stay there no reason to go higher than the 2nd less paul.
As others pointed out, though, it's the only one played in isolation and not as part of a mix. Not a true comparison. That said, the $1200 version does seem to sound better.
@@TheDevignthe 1.2k one has a lot more high frequencies which I think are too much anyway but also is something i could easily fix with an eq pedal Nonseriously, why nobody uses eq pedals in the guitar world is beyond me, they are stupidly usefull but guitarists rather buy 5 different guitars of the same build types that all sound a bit different GAS
It's not only about sound difference. An expensive guitar has his owns, the neck, pickups, a smoother experience by hands, the feeling are in general to pick a way better instrument. A 1200€ priced guitar is a lot better investiment for the future than a 300€ cheap guitar, even on the materials and woods aging.
Sinto uma desafinação nas três primeiras guitarras, pode ser apenas oitavas desreguladas, ponte fora do lugar ou na pior das hipóteses; trastes fora do lugar. Na primeira guitarra é bem nítida essa desafinação
@@Thato939 Captadores e capacitores em nada tem haver com afinação. O que define afinação é uma ponte boa e bem regulada, nut bom, tarraxas boas, cordas de qualidade, e principalmente trastes bem posicionados, isso é inquestionável
I've never been able to notice massive differences at crazy price points. But I must say the $9,000 guitar by far sounded the best and most authentic to the actual song recording.
I can hear the small difference between the last 3. Actually the difference between 1200 and 3000 is significant. It’s like the smoothness of the tone resonates more evenly as you get more expensive. Hard to describe but whether it’s worth $2000 more dollars is not for me to decide.
A good way to do a comparison video would be to play clean and low overdrive with open chords and the same progression with the same amp settings on all the guitars to hear the difference
Even if you're a guitarist, you barely can hear the difference between those guitars. If you're not a musician, 95% of the regular people, can't even know is an epiphone! 😊
Its also about the feel and the ease to move between notes. My first guitar is a Yamaha acoustic $80, but its a lot of a hell harder to play than my Martin D41 acoustic. 😅
Wow, okay I hear it now. With that being said 1200 is not bad for the price. That jump in tone from the $300-1200 was most remarkable. 12-33 and 33-90k had smaller changes. One that only matters if you’re a famous musician.
So 1200 is where we get some quality pickups or whatever to give us that higher clarity tone, unfortunately tuning amd intonation aren't built into the pricetag
9k sounds full and crisp hits everything perfect. The biggest jump is from 330 to 1200. The 1200 has some weird electronic static on a couple notes at the end of the riff I can’t get out of my head
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What a difference! Now I understand!The more expensive the guitar, the louder the drums get. Brilliant! I’d better save my money.
Was looking for that comment!
Yea no kidding 😂
Being playing guitar for 20 years now... glad my 200$ guitar is as good as the 9000$ one😅
@blue😂😂
Fuk'n funny.....
Smoke cigrits ....
$1200 is the best deal. It comes with the drums! 😎
3200 sound bit detuned
Ok ditambah vocal akan lebih mahal lagi 😂
2 ,3,4 good
1 fatality
wait for 100,000 it comes with a singer...
@@maynarddaguio1093 😂 accurate
The best is 9000. It comes with louder drums, bass, rhythm guitar, and a keyboard.
100%
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Ha
Still doesn’t come in tune though 😂
You figured out a way to make this riff sound terrible at every price point. Amazing!
$1200 was the most bang for your buck for me
330 bro
SAME
Yes, I thought same thing.
Gibson Les Paul Tribute in Honeyburst.
My first guitar was the 2018 model of that line.
Same
The jump from 330 to 1200 is significant
nahh, use headphones and you will notice the difference, it is huuuugeee
@@dantsu1616that’s exactly what he said
@@DwayneHicksCpl oh sorry, for some reason I read "insignificant" instead of significant
It seems that way to me too BUT the 330 model was the only one played in total isolation. It might have sounded better in context.
due to the backing music imo
330 = firewood
1200 = buy it now!!
3200 = no point
9000 = buy a watch, if you were any good Gibson would give you a free one.
My thoughts exactly
buy an ESP Les Paul or sg $1000 rip off. save money and it's better! faster action neck, better pickups, better bridge, better tuners and made from better wood
Strongly disagree. Take the Epipi over the last two unless they were given to me. AHHAHA
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Exactly
This proves that it doesn't matter what guitar, it's the player. Just play, just rock, be unique.
Anything over 1200. Is either custom or yours paying for prestige and brand. The best guitars top out 1200. And by best i mean quality built, with good hardware. 800-1200. Anything more and you're getting into vintage garbage. I dont get the vintage craze.. yyou. Have to. Put a grand of work into them to make them sound like a stock 1200$ modern guitar.
Only time a guitar is worth 10k is if it's a beautiful handmade piece of art acoustic.
The more expensive ones sounded better. Get your ears checked.
It ain't worth no 9 fucking grand, but the tone got better with each one
what? Do you not hear how different they sound? You can shred all day on a starter guitar, when it sounds bad anyway no one wants to listen
It is very important to tune the instruments before playing.
this song is in not standard tunning
Yeah it's tuned in E flat
@@River_Deansonhes playing it a step back, but each guitar is so awfully out of tune its very noticeable
Nah the 3200 is flat
@@bastianmartingarcia9841that's not what he's saying
So… no matter how much a guitar costs …. Just remember to tune it😂😂😂😂
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It might not be the case because the scale of the Les Paul is short, being 24.5, and tuning stability on shorter models is unstable, among other hardware quality factors. That is why Fender makes longer scale guitars because 25 scale is the sweet spot for tuning stability, but sacrifices playability.
@@AlvaroArriazaPolanco whatever… just tune it before recording a video…. I hope stability will last for a couple of minutes playing 👍🏻👍🏻
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The amp is what really makes the difference.
The pickups too, buy a cheap guitar and expensive pickups
@@Chris-sv8tyagreed. I used to own a Les Paul Studio (which is most likely the $1200 one based on the lack of neck binding and no mother of pearl on the “Gibson” logo on the headstock) and what made a gigantic difference was the pickups. I put 57 classics in and they sounded perfect. Sold it because I was tired of repairing the neck. But not before taking out the pickups.
@@Chris-sv8tyexactly
@@kgunitkeese17 You just proved the point of the vid. It's more than the sound, It's the quality as well. You can make a $1200 guitar as good as a $3200 one by adding high end upgrades. OR, Buy the $3200 guitar in the first place.. In reality, Adding the parts that the $3200 guitar comes with to your $1200 guitar would probably cost more than the extra $2000 you'd spend in the first place.
Different hardness.
The one benefit I have found to the Gibsons over the $1000 mark is that unless you damage them somehow the resell value is really good. I’ve never gotten less than probably 85% of MSRP and usually get offers higher than what I paid for sought after models.
*Lets play the cheapest one on its own and add the rest of the instrumental on the background while using the expensive ones so they'll sound better.*
I do not think the cheapest one sounds bad at all especially it is literally playing alone
@@roguemothat's the point dude was trying to make
Dude I thought that exact same thing
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Also he it is out of tune
They all sound like the $120 mic and my $70 earbuds
the fact someone finally understanding what I've been saying on all these comparison videos lmao. on top of that the recording becomes a compressed rip file which messes with the audio even more. to many people actually believe a 300 dollar guitar sounds the same as a 9000 dollar guitar based on a short is crazy to me
It doesn't even matter..
Ni una puta diferencia... y no creo que sean mis fonos de 2 doláres ..
@@stephensarmento3529to be fair the hardware and maaaayyybbe neck are going to be the two things that cause a major difference aside from the person playing it, at least with electric guitars.
@@stephensarmento3529 idk, I play piano, and learned on a 1918 Steinway. The feel and how you interact with the instrument is just totally different...so it affects the player, which will affect the listener. Guitar: I sound the same on a squire Jr or Steve Vai's set up...after 40 years of trying,
It's amazing how different a guitar can sound when it's by itself vs in a mix. This just saved me almost 9k dollars!
So you are going to buy a 300 instead of a 9000 dollar guitar now?
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1200-3200 are good and different from the 300, anything else is hard to tell
Every time someone likes my comment, I'll come back and listen to this masterpiece...
Diminishing returns. Massive difference between $330 & $1200 but you would need to play the next two back to back or have a better ear than mine to find a difference.
i think the difference is because que still has the plastic on the pickups haha
If the $330 one was the played with the mix going you would not have noticed a difference, methinks...
@@maxwellblakely7952also if it was in tune... The only one in is the last one
I would be 120293039 dollar on the fact that this is a fake video. This sound is from one of the guitars and repted for all the others. And the sound is dreadful. Maybe tune the guitar and it would sound ok
@@AnjektusStudio i mean there really isn't going to be that much of a difference between them all in terms of sound so it's likely you're just hearing the reality
Honestly the $1200 axe sounded the best
Its not just about the the sound quality that improves, but the feel when you shread. 😊
I agree!
Definitely yes
both 1200 and 9k sounded better.. 3200 is the sneaky one😂
You high AF
$330 to $1,200 was a huge difference.
$1,200 to 3,200 practically identical.
$3,200 to $9,000 noticible (not much) difference.
UffffI thought my musical hearing was fucked up😂
100% agree! The 1200 model perfect!
Yes sir .. nailed it
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That's what I thought too.
Most pros play live and practice daily with 1-2k range guitar. That’s the sweet spot you should expect for an all around good guitar. Anything more and it’s either an antique or made out of wood grown on mars.
If only they were in tune
Edit: And holy shit that’s a lot of likes to come back to
Nailed it. They all sound like shit to me.
Ugh everything is just slightly flat enough to make me frustrated
All except 4th guitar is out of tune
@@endenverted9237
With the $3,200 being the MOST out of tune. Good ear.
they are lmfao (except probably the 3.2k one) the other guitars are just intonated worse than the 9k and theyre playing around the octive and higher so being poorly intonated is super easy to hear. gibson has sh*t quality control theyre known for it so i wouldnt be suprised on a a 3.2k guitar having a bad setup out of the box. this guy might be pressing too hard on the frets so hes squeezing his notes out of tune or the intonation is sh*tty on his guitars and he needs to take them to a guitar tech to have his set-up adjusted lol.
(intonation can be roughly described as how well a guitar stays in tune as you go up the neck, the rule for intonating is that you want the 12th fret [aka the octive] to make the **exact** same note as the open string [intonation also will literally never be perfect on a traditionally designed guitar neck/fretboard]
I gotta go with the $1200. That one sounds great!
$1200 is the most practical guitar to purchase money wise but I'll still buy the $9000 if I have the money. 😂
1. sounds like guitar
2. Comes with drums and extra rhythm backing track
3. Like 2 But + bass
4. 3 but louder
3.4.
I hate to say it but the one for 9000 is by far the best tone. 3200 is good too.
Yes. Also, some are significantly more out of tune than others. That didn't help the comparison.
@@slugtoenail True 😂
Yes it's smooth and even.
agree
The custom is the best sounding, but also the only one halfway in tune, so that helps
Biggest bang for the buck and great sound at 1200
Nigga the 1200 is louder than the 330 thats why it sounds better
La tribute ❤
Could say this for almost any brand 👍
Deveria ter usado todas com a música de fundo, a mais barata já começa sem música aí fica fácil
Have to agree actually 🤘🎸
$9000 has a smoother richer more complex tone than the rest. The most pleasant to listen to. $1200 is best sound for money.
There was less bass and more midrange in the $1,200 guitar
The 3k one was slightly out of tune, the 9k sounded best, can hear the hide glue, long tendon and braz. Kidding, but it did sound the best.
Quanto mais caro a guitarra 🎸 maior ficam os harmônicos!
Será se realmente vale a pena pagar tão caro, pra ter tão pouco 😮
Talvez o som somado com outras guitarras do mesmo valor, possa realmente ter uma diferença, tão absurda...
3200 and 9000 are indistinguishable, 1200 to 3200 is noticeable and 330 to 1200 is a massive improvement
9000 gives off a much cleaner sound
If you think the 3200 to 9000 is indistinguishable, you need to have your ears checked. Don't get me wrong, I ain't saying it's worth the money, but there was a very noticeable difference between the two.
Its called the law of diminishing returns. Basically, first you go from 330 to 1200 which is lets say a 50% improvement and a 870 difference then you go from 1200 to 3200 which is lets say a 35% improvement and a 2000 dollar difference then from 3200 to 9000 which is a 20% improvement and 5800 dollar difference, then so on and so forth. Basically the higher and higher up you pay more and more for less and less.
$3200 kinda sounds like is off tune
@@hermittanuki556the Intonation of the 3200 was awful
$1200 sounds great, but the $300 one can totally get the job done. I wish we had cheap guitars this good in the 70's and 80's.
They did. In the 60s you could buy a Fender strat usa for $300 (roughly $2k today) and those can go upward to $150k with collectors
Plenty of Fenders and Gibsons used where I grew up in the 70's for $300.
Who created it's own sound was the artist...
They all sound great when you know how to play
the $1200 guitar sounds super clean, and you can't get that sounds in the $330 guitar
@@NicolasSilvaVasaultWhen it compares to that 9000 one, I prefer 1200, which sounds more rocked.😂 And 330 sounds not so fluent
Depending on the string tune equals tone. The equipment used, raise or lower the stereo effect. No two identical things are identical. Truth and facts you take two speakers hook one up then the other back to back. Listen to one then unhook it the Listen to the second one the tone isnot the same. I know that for fact. This is critical. I'm not putting my 10 cent's in this anywhere. It's equalizer n all. Few people should think before hand.
For those who say they can't tell the difference from $1200 and up, that is a good thing because it saves you money lol However, I do hear the subtle difference. Whether it's worth the extra money is up to you to decide. But try this... if you're any good at soldering, look up what pick-ups are in the $9000 guitar and put them in the guitar you can afford. Soldering pick-ups is quite easy. Great pick-ups aren't cheap, but they are much cheaper than upgrading your guitar if your guitar feels good to play... ie., nice action, stays in tune, the right size neck, for your comfort, etc. I bought bass pick-ups for the same price as I paid for my cheap practice bass, and after installing them, it just improved the sound for a fraction of the price of upgrading to a higher priced brand. Remember, pick-ups can make a world of difference for a fraction of the guitar upgrade costs!
pick up upgrades make practically ZERO difference. Upgrade your speaker :)
@segueoyuri sorry to hear you can't tell the difference, lol
Agreed. Pups are 90% of the guitar's sound.
@@dw1784 the difference you're imagining in your head when you see a price tag? That's very hard to hear for outsiders... lol
@@john564holloway are you sure it isn't the wood? Or the finish? Or the neck setup? Or the frets? hahahah
The 1200 sounded the best!
Spiky
I have the same thought!! 🤔
Yas
In my opinion it's the 3200$
@@dhkridanagrupyes sir!
Be good to hear them all in isolation like the first one.
$1,200 - $9,000 they basically all sound the same with very minor differences but the $300 is a good beginner guitar.
That and are they using same amp with same settings
I was thinking same thing
You could make the $300 one sound better with a different pickup
This.....
Not gonna lie. I listened with my eyes closed and the $330 was my fav each time. Reminds me of 1999 and brought back pure nostalgia of a true garage band.
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Idem,anche per me la prima resta la migliore,ma...io non suono una musicista e nel primo pezzo,si sente solo lei,senza il resto della band😅
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Yeah what we need is tweak the amp a little bit and we can make 300 dollars guitar sounds like 3000 dollars guitar
@paulgilbert3139 agreed! There was something about the tone that just brought back old memories! You can have all of the fancy equipment in the world and sometimes a sound, and how it is played brings more value and creates a larger impact. Music is about connection, not a price tag. (Not knocking expensive sound, just pointing out it isn't always necessary) Rock on! 🤘
La Gibson les paul tribute en 2024 está descontinuada... Sin duda la mejor opción por 1200$ obtienes el tono legendario Les Paul. 😊
How about tuning the third one. That might help.
Bro😂 right?!?@
That's all I could think of, tuning seems off in the whole video to me.
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This
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$300 plus equalizer does the trick to manage the tone you really really want.
for 300 you got an axe without sustain. the good wood comes with more money. and it will create harmonics which dont exist on cheap wood.
Nothing is good when you’re out of tune😢
Yeah like jesus christ the $3200 was so badly out of tune..
Corrigindo... Nada é tão bom sozinho
I know, my ears were bleeding 😏
Intonation😂
Bener 😅
$330 a $1200 um salto gigantesco.
As demais foram algo sutil, mas que no ouvido de qualquer bom músico, faz sim muita diferença. Madeira nobilíssima envelhicida, ferragens top, nut de marfim, captação e etc...
This proves you don’t need anything more than $330 guitar to sound like a pro
Except the cheap one sucked.
@@Invictus13666Compared to the $1200 guitar, hearing them back to back.
this proves you need a hearing test
@@kjmdrumz3 nah. The cheap one sucked. It was harsh and discordant.
@@wp4297 lol of course they have difference in sound quality. For the prices, they better. But, if you are making music, learning, or just enjoy playing, you don’t need some obnoxiously expensive instrument
Definitely some difference in build. Materials. But would like to see the difference with the same pickup in all
They will sound extremely similar
They would sound the same.
Only difference I can really see with that is maybe more sustain or slightly louder unplugged if it’s made out of a really dense wood, I have an ovation magnum bass and it’s not very thick but it’s really dense and quite loud on its own for a solid body
Tone wood ain’t real brother stop believing this garbage
I put a pair of Di Marzio anniversary Pick ups in my 700Euros Gibson , ( a Thomann special run years ago) this “cheap” GIBSON sounds now like a high priced one. It’s mostly about the right pick ups.
I'm sharing my opinion NOT to be a jerk, but to provide constructive criticism. First and foremost, please tune / intonate all of the guitars. It's difficult to listen for tonal differences when some notes sound "cringy". Secondly, You can't possibly have a fair comparison when 3 of the samples are in a mix and the first one isn't. You can hear at the end of the "$1,200" clip, when the song kicks in, the high notes (F# and F) they become compressed (smoothed out) by the mix. Again, I'm not trying to be a jerk; you obviously spent a good deal of time putting this video together and I appreciate it. I hope my observations can help for future videos.
Very helpful advice 👌 👍
most don't usually hear the difference, you feel it as you play it.
$300 for me .. an amazing tone, vibrant and nailed it. Now I've got $8700 to spend
Agree. because 330 is the market for us that's why they made a cheap one. Tell the $9k one to a rich guitar enthusiast and it's a no brainer for them and they still have 991000 to spend.
Dump them on a good amp and a shit ton of pedals XD
Why? Just get a 4500 guitar and a kick ass amp and pedals and you’ll be so happy.
And the added brightness - adjust the EQ/tone a hair! $300 all the way!
There is no $300 guitar
When I get an Epiphone. I always replace the caps, pots, wiring and pickups. Also new paint in the cavities along with copper tape. Sounds much sweeter after that.
Exactly...and the amount of money spent to customize it is nothing compared to the price of the other guitars on the comparison.
100% agree. Also, polish the frets and take it to a guitar shop and have them set the action. Possibly replace the tuners, too. After all of that you've still spent less than $1200. @godsmackssa
It has to say Gibson on the headstock for me so I purchase inexpensive SG's and modify them to my tastes for $500-$800 because it would cost me $9,000.00 to have Gibson do it.
if you can't figure out how to set the action on an electric guitar you shouldn't be allowed to drive a car or use a toaster@@jamesf.ryaniii7918
I'm all in on the $1200 gibson usa
I'm with you . The expensive ones sound too smooth and polished for my ears
My poor dumbass cant handle the smoothness and refined sound
The reason we remember Mozart and Beethoven is not because the piano he played was great.
This is an unfair comparison because of the background music hides the subtleties and the differences of the tone.
And also the EQs of the pickups are different so the impact the distortion in different ways. The Epiphone has too much treble and sounds fizzy. That's not the guitar that's just the way the guitar is distorted in the amplifier.
The most expensive guitar is much darker, and cleaner. The third guitar is mid-range.
But you could take any great pickups and throw them in that cheap guitar and it would sound the same.
That would be treble....
I'd imagine changing the pick ups & nut would make a difference and you would hardly tell a difference
@@SteamHammer7changing the nut would only marginally affect the tone of open string notes. All guitar tone only comes from pickup, strings and pickup height.
Don't see the unfairness really, it's a controlled comparison.
Gotta pay the premium to get the lazy build (less tweaking of EQ), I reckon a good EQ pedal at the start of the Epiphone chain can make it sound 90% close.
But who has time for that effort, we just pay 2 grand :D
honestly the cheap epi doesn't have enough treble and its really muddy. the 1200 dollar gibson is the clearest sounding one because it doesn't have the nasty muddy lower mids of the epi.
I had a rip off fender from a store called “Argos” back in 2004, still to this day the BEST electric guitar I’ve ever owned, sounded better than anything I bought after it 😂
Yeah, some of those guitars are the sleepers. Look like shit, yet sound better then the new gen usa strats. 😂
I have the 330 one and don’t underestimate it ! It’s absolutely lovely
Love this comparison. Thank you
Put the pickups from the $1200 in the $300. That's where the tone really comes from.
THIS. Plus you'll save some money lol
So the type of wood does not influence the sound? I'm a guitar beginner..
@@erikleffi3911 not that much indeed on a elec guitar. Mics and the way you play are a huge part of the sound
That is so not true tone comes from the material and the design of the neck and body.
@@erikleffi3911Yes it does do not listen to these coping idiots
Me with our broom in the living room busting this banger on full volume:
To my ear, the Gibson USA at $1200 sounded far better than the other three. Clearer and more articulate. It’s actually $1750 here in Canada.
And here you see ladies and gentlemen… That there’s NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL
The 9K is super crisp sounding
Quality pickups
@@darkshaman7087 I mean, that's 90% of what's going on here in general, is build quality of the pickups/wiring
A blind test is the only way to know - also, without the added instrumentation that came in for the latter models
This is a good example of the law of diminishing returns. The difference between the first two was quite significant. The rest, not so much.
Actually there's considerable difference between each other. Less from 3k to 9k, but most probably because of the pickups.
You are right 330 is the best sound to price comparison...
My favorite guitar is a 200 dollar Turbo electric original rich B from 1976. 24 fret with 2 Seymor Duncan bridge pickups, with 500K pots. Rf shielding and 9 tonal caps. Thats through a Marshall 210H JVM. I can make all 5 of those sounds. It can play like a Fender and Gibson or a Jackson. Humbucker splitter 6 way switch adds to the tonal caps.
2023 and still people don't know how to properly tune their guitars
Hendrix had his guitar out of tune on half the songs he recorded, nobody cares
@@bartbart4702So you havent heard how stupidly bad the take on the 3200 one sounds, CONGRATS YOUR EARS ARE CORRUPTED
that or you simply havent listened carefully enough
@robotmodeactivatedmusic7716 I mean he did not even bother to tune it
Yeah this was a hard listen. How are all four guitars so out of tune
I did not know sweet child of mine could be played with such little soul
It did sound lacking.
It's just a simple scale really.
Friggin sounds terrible
"Soul" does not exist. Guitar players must be looked at as fing insane. The guitar is just out of tune.
As I heard from the professor of audio engineering, the more expensive a guitar is, the thinner coil is wound in the pickup of the guitar, which means more handwork and expensive material. Soundwise, the more expensive, the softer or well-rounded sound which is getting along with the other instruments. That subtle difference is huge when it comes to the recording and mixing the songs.
You have to remember it’s the pickups and wood that make the biggest difference. After a certain price point you’re just paying for bells and whistles and aesthetics.
Il filo più sottile non è molto più costoso, in oltre non viene avvolto manualmente ma da una macchina che in pochi secondi svolge il lavoro. Quindi non può essere riconducibile al prezzo elevato. Le gibson hanno un prezzo sproporzionato modellato dalla fama che si è guadagnata con i musicisti appassionati del suo design
The subtle difference is huge? Talk about an oxymoron. Makes no sense whatsoever.
Yah the last one gets it
목재와 수공 차이가 더 큼
I've been playing with the 1.2k with a VOX AC30 for a few years now and it just sounds amazing. With no intent of being professional I think it does the job perfectly.
(Mine is the Gibson Les Paul tribute 2019 to be precise, not quite the same)
I noticed a difference between $330 and $1200, but then the next two almost the same as $1200. However, I have mild hearing loss in mid ranges and significant loss in upper frequencies. 🤘
I noticed it when it went up to £3K.
The $1200 Gibson USA wins. Great tone. The Artist and Custom are great guitars too. But the USA sounds just as good. Love the finishes and bling on the more expensive ones though.
The Gibson usa are made in México lol😂😂😂
The 330 sounds ok for the price, the 1200 sounds clear and way better and anything above this price sounds almost equal to the 1200...I will get the 330 if I'm a bigger then later on I will move to the 1200 and I will stay there no reason to go higher than the 2nd less paul.
Very good breakdown. Thank you!
It makes you know that skill is important.
I can feel the difference, amazing the abyss between 330 and 1200
As others pointed out, though, it's the only one played in isolation and not as part of a mix. Not a true comparison. That said, the $1200 version does seem to sound better.
I feel the intonation on the first one was off. Not exactly something that is hard to fix
@@FalseNomenno the 1200 is louder. Simple as that. Nobody caught that 😂
@@TheDevignthe 1.2k one has a lot more high frequencies which I think are too much anyway but also is something i could easily fix with an eq pedal
Nonseriously, why nobody uses eq pedals in the guitar world is beyond me, they are stupidly usefull but guitarists rather buy 5 different guitars of the same build types that all sound a bit different
GAS
I'll just listen to it in my car and keep 9 grand in my pocket.
wise
Exactly..😂
Hahaha😂
Haha.. nice move!
I feel like the first one was unfairly positioned without background music probably would have been fair closer
It's not only about sound difference. An expensive guitar has his owns, the neck, pickups, a smoother experience by hands, the feeling are in general to pick a way better instrument. A 1200€ priced guitar is a lot better investiment for the future than a 300€ cheap guitar, even on the materials and woods aging.
being a gibson it doesnt matter when that crappy headstock design gives you tuning stability issues or break only by watching it haha
Thanks! You're rally right...
The change of the price isn't only for the sound, is also for the details, wood, frets, color etc
Sinto uma desafinação nas três primeiras guitarras, pode ser apenas oitavas desreguladas, ponte fora do lugar ou na pior das hipóteses; trastes fora do lugar. Na primeira guitarra é bem nítida essa desafinação
Também senti a mesma coisa
Sua cara ali se trata de capacitores, a afinação responde a qualidade dos captadores e pedais
@@samuelsousa1202sua cara, a única diferença é de captação, um mas grave outro Mas agudo outro nas leve mó caso a 3200 mas leve bia pra gospel
@@Thato939 Captadores e capacitores em nada tem haver com afinação. O que define afinação é uma ponte boa e bem regulada, nut bom, tarraxas boas, cordas de qualidade, e principalmente trastes bem posicionados, isso é inquestionável
@@Thato939 tem o ouvido bom ein você 🤭
Equipment is everything. On a guitar pickups are all that truly matter. Everything else is your amps, pedals/plug-ins.
I've never been able to notice massive differences at crazy price points. But I must say the $9,000 guitar by far sounded the best and most authentic to the actual song recording.
🎉I love the rawness of the first one
A skilled musician can make an Amazon guitar sound awesome.
We can’t all be Esteban! 😂
I can hear the small difference between the last 3. Actually the difference between 1200 and 3000 is significant. It’s like the smoothness of the tone resonates more evenly as you get more expensive. Hard to describe but whether it’s worth $2000 more dollars is not for me to decide.
A good way to do a comparison video would be to play clean and low overdrive with open chords and the same progression with the same amp settings on all the guitars to hear the difference
Better indeed
its not just a sound. Its also about how easy to play. stability of thesounds
Yes, its about the feel. My first guitar a $80 Yamaha is much harder to play than my $4k Martin D41
in short, if u bought the $1200 - 9000 you simply bought a whole band.
330$ cheap, still sounded good
1200$ Best sounding, worth the price
And the rest just a brand name
Even if you're a guitarist, you barely can hear the difference between those guitars. If you're not a musician, 95% of the regular people, can't even know is an epiphone! 😊
Its also about the feel and the ease to move between notes. My first guitar is a Yamaha acoustic $80, but its a lot of a hell harder to play than my Martin D41 acoustic. 😅
@@stevefg3067I think the people is already burdened by a lot to notice such differences... 😁
90% depends on the pickups
In this case at least, otherwise the guitars are pretty similar
True not mention intonation, I always find that sometimes even the strings what brand and gauge
Definitivamente compraría la batería, que es la que mejor suena cuando suben el precio de la guitarra.
A huevo jajajaja 😂
Wow, okay I hear it now. With that being said 1200 is not bad for the price. That jump in tone from the $300-1200 was most remarkable. 12-33 and 33-90k had smaller changes. One that only matters if you’re a famous musician.
The only real jump is from the Epi to the first Gibson. That can be fixed with a inexpensive pickup change. The Epi wins.
not to mention that the Epi AFD is one of the cheaper models, after 2020 the Inspired by Gibson line is quite the bang for your buck
これはすげえ、最後に向けて視界が晴れるようだ
いい表現
$330 one sounds like a police siren in Paris. 😂
The first one is awesome, since I'm a budget guitarist! 😅
점점 갈수록 레코딩 버젼이 되어가네...
So they add drums at the higher price points?
확실히 비싼게 소리도 깔끔하고 웅장하네요 드럼소리도 나는거같고 멋진 비교 감사합니다😊
So 1200 is where we get some quality pickups or whatever to give us that higher clarity tone, unfortunately tuning amd intonation aren't built into the pricetag
That first one was brutal
9k sounds full and crisp hits everything perfect. The biggest jump is from 330 to 1200. The 1200 has some weird electronic static on a couple notes at the end of the riff I can’t get out of my head
The jump from $330 to $1200 is the biggest because the $330 was isolated while the more expensive ones were played with backtracks (all instruments).
If I play with the $9k will sound as the $300 🤣
I think the 330 $ one sounds mostly like the real deal. They all sound good but in a concert hall the right one, is the one played. 🤩🤩🤩