The dead giveaway on a chibson is no Binding Nibs. However, if you are a luthier and can put binding nibs, you basically have a clone gibson and NO ONE would be able to tell a diference.
apart from the epiphone sized pickup rings , knob positions are not identicle to a real gibson, the headstock wings will be symetrical where as on a real gibson there is a very subtle height difference on the wing tips at the end of the headstock. the logo is never exactly correct position on the headstock, also the headstocks on the chibbys are usually a bit narrower than a real one. i have been down the rabbit hole...dealt with p4m and jason jia, and cathy zhong...the 2 most known "brokers" of the chibson racket. No they are not clones....some of them do have fret nibs though...but again...i can spot them from a mile away as fakes People buy these because it says Gibson on the headstock and then mod them up, they clearly have never played or held a real Les Paul up close in their lives.
The only "Chibson" I own is a Les Paul Junior DC in TV Yellow w/a P90 and it's actually a fine guitar. I can't comment on how it compares to a real Gibson model but it's just as good anything made by Epiphone. Even with the wrap around bridge it's intonation is perfect and the P90 sounds great and not very noisy. That being said I bought it from a local seller and had the chance to see and try it out before I bought it.
Thats actually the only guitar i'd ever consider buying a knockoff for. Epiphone doesn't make a version of it, and Gibsons prices on it are insane for what is essentially a stripped down student model. Big Johnny Thunders fan.
There's so many great old Japanese guitars out there from the 70's/80's/90's that can still be bought cheap and at least you know what ya getting! Plus you can get your money back if you grow tired of it. The biggest problem when buying a "Crapson" is re-sale value. It has none! So It may only cost you $250 to buy, but what's it worth if you want to sell it? $50? 😂 All you buyers of "Crapsons" are having trees chopped down for your own indulgence, only to end up with something that has no re-sale value! Yeah, smart move! 😬
i have a Gibson 60's Tribute, several Epiphone LPs (STD and a Classic)and an Edwards I had a Harley BentonSC450 which I refinished to a dirty lemon burst.played great felt great.. Also had a 2010 Gibson Classic i never bonded with. My Edwards is the closest thing I have to a 59...plays great, sustains for days...but not my favorite feel...the Tribute plays great, sounds great(SD 59 pups installed).. the Epi Classic i refinished to dirty lemon burst, sounds good but lacks the feel....my 2008 50's Epi Honey burst Std. with stock pups is my favorite.. the neck is large but not overly so..out of all my Lps...the 08 Std is my favorite especially after I modded the headstock to match the Gibson open book style.
I'm a die hard Strat guy and have many Fenders (USA and MIM) and some tricked out Squiers. But no LP - I just can't play it. But I scored a C-Gibson recently for a very good deal. It is good enough and after some new pots/pickups, it will be sweet. I wish you did an A/B sound test here as I want to see how the 490 pu's sound....bummer!!!
Funny you mention not being able to get along with an L.P. or I guess "Gibson style" guitar... I usually play my Teles, but I also have a couple big old archtop electrics... But I CAN'T play a Strat. The volume knob just sits exactly where my fingers land on the body, and the middle pickup is EXACTLY where my pick lands on the guitar. Ain't it funny how we learn a certain pattern and find it hard to differentiate from them? Cheers
Great video, and awesome guitars! I like to work on guitars. Been wanting to get a Chibson for a while to do a little Jimmy Page project. I'm of a mind that the rest of the hardware you can replace somehow with better quality parts, even on a budget, so no biggie there :) My only concern is if the scale is correct on these replicas, as I've read stories where it's not and it's virtually impossible to intonate the guitar. How was yours in this regard?
The workmanship in quality of construction on my Gibson exceeds the construction quality of most Gibson's I have compared it to for $242 you get a starting point that you can upgrade every part on the guitar to increase the performance not unlike any Fender or Epiphone on the market which you have to upgrade out of the box
@@ThomasKochNielsen Switch out the bridge if it has the springs. You can get cheap Korean or Chinese bridges cheap. For pickups I recommend the Feleor A5s
I plan on buying one soon! The thing people don't talk about is that some of us cant afford to buy or justify buying a Gibson, but I can a Chibson. Afterwards I can change pots, pickup, and tuners when my wallet recharges to full strength. I have heard people say you should go buy a Gibson first so you can have that experience, I would love to, but honestly Chibson is as close as I will probably ever get. do you have any suggestions on how, or where to buy one? I have been looking on eBay and have 2 that I can't decide between?
Hello, is the body of the Chibson exactly the same as that of a real Les Paul? the body of the chibson seems different in video, it looks like the bottom part is wider.. have you measured the two to compare?
I had a few chibsons but the neck felt too flat and the frets were rough. Completely agree, the feel is soooo much better on any Gibson. Even my 2004 faded Gibson sg is just a bit more than the chibson and light years better.
Hello Thomas! Can you compare the two by playing them? The only problem I have with Chibson guitars is that they put Gibson on the headstock. In my opinion people waste money on a Chibson when they start changing pups, tuners, switch etc because you can buy a real Gibson (used) for what they spend on the Cheapson 😂. Thanks for sharing!
Compared to an Epiphone, this is absolutely true. I have a $260 Jimmy Page model. After replacing pups and the entire harness, and a few other mods, I ended up with around $800 total in the guitar, but I will compare it to any Epiphone any day of the week. I swapped the nut for a tonemasters brass nut and did a full setup, e.g., minor fretwork, action, intonation etc. Shopwork & misc maybe another $200, but mostly free because I do the work myself. So you are right, compared to an Epiphone, there isn't any reason to go this route. The real reason though is that I can't get that iconic JP #2 look, and JP harness in an Epiphone for $1k can I? And I'm never going to be able to afford a real JP at $4,000+ so... I don't feel like I'm costing Gibson a sale, because I'm never going to have the money for the real thing anyway. And if I did have that kind of money, I would definitely buy the real thing, regardless I have a chibson or not. that being said, I do have a genuine Gibson LP (1960 VOS), don't ask how long I saved for it.
@dancurtis461 I understand your point of view However used Gibsons are available under $1000. Even in Canada used Gibsons are selling for $800 for a Studio model.
Well the chibson will never be as good as gibson BUT , for 400 dollars - actually you can get it for 340 on the sales- this is a guitar that plays as good as an epiphone standard that costs 400-500 and looks almost as good as a high end gibson. So to me its a good deal. I ve got 4 real Gibsons at the moment , and had 4-5 more in the past . And i had 3 chibsons over the years and still have one. They are not replacements for the real deal, but looks wise they are great and the quality is not that bad. If you change the pickups it even plays great
Funny... I had a Chibson, just to test them. And I also have a Tribute, exact same model as seen here. There's no comparison possible. The Chibson is so poorly made, it's sad. Dot markers on the side weren't aligned, frets were too much filed at place to compensate the fret level, neck was a bit warped, pickups were a joke. Go with the Tribute, it's a great value! I sold back the Chibson as a project opportunity, and I play the Tribute!
Take that Chibson & put the 490's in it with a "Gibson" wiring harness & see where that gets you! Instead of comparing inexpensive, ceramic, high output humbuckers to 490's? (Most certainly not my favorite Gibson pickups)
everyone's quality control is questionable today, not just Gibson. The bulk of guitar sales today is shifting to quick online sales, and has resulted in a degree of manufacturing and shipping laziness. Before internet, finish and detail work on all showroom products needed to be spot on if they wanted to be sold in person. I only buy locally in small music shops where I can see and sit to test a guitar to decide if it's worth the purchase
Gibson qc has always been terrible, I have returned multiple LP's for various reasons, bad setups, scratches, bridges set so low that the strings were touching the pups, never had any of those issues when buying an Epi
@@smb7647 WOW! Finally, somebody who will actually acknowledge the truth, about The Big G. Are there really people who will pay thousands of dollars for a NEW guitar, without playing it? There truly is a difference between paying two or three hundred & two or three thousand dollars for a guitar that shows up at your door, in a box!
Weird. Not the observations I was expecting. Especially about the Gibson Les Paul tribute. I own one. Its easily the worst guitar I own. And I own a couple of Squiers. Cheers!
Gotta agree. I own a Les Paul Tribute as well and it's the least played guitar I have. Never sold it as I always wanted a Gibson, but this one just left me disenfranchised.
But you cant really make a comparison demo without playing them both through same amp tones to compare sound and how the guitar plays????...Can you????🤪
Hardly a useful comparison. You wave the guitars around so much I can't see them clearly nor see any detail, and why play only one.. and only briefly... and not plugged in?!
Yeah man, for well over double the money, (not to mention, American made vs. Chinese) one sure would like to think, you're getting "Much better quality."
Man I used to work at Guitar Guitar in LA. Sherman Oaks to be more specific. While working there we got these brand new Epiphone LPJRDC's. So I got one at cost in a TV Yellow-ish finish. The bridge was misplaced & the guitar WOULD NOT intonate. We tried flipping the saddles to get more room, & the whole bit. I've been playing since I was ten & know there are plenty of Chinese made Les Pauls that didn't just slide on past, "Quality Control," sticker & all. I've also owned a 98 Gibson Les Paul Standard Heritage Cherry Sunburst with a AAA top. That, was a beautiful guitar! I've owned everything from a Studio, TV Special & I presently have an SG, that I dig very much. But I still have picked up a brand new Gibson ES-335 (as an example) bend the G string, & it pops out of the saddle! So, whether you spend 300, or 3000, you may end up doing, some "Adjustments." There most certainly are those who will go through this, yet STILL wave their Gibson flag. So yeah man, much better quality, my ass. There's a guy on RUclips who does very lengthy reviews of Chibsons & he did a review of a brand new black Gibson SG he paid 2900 dollars for & the finish alone, was a joke! There were pieces of the nut left from where it was filed! So, much like the "Norlin era" (since you're apparently such a Gibson specialist) they, continue to be, questionable at best. "You are." Yeah, uh huh.
Guitar centre? I hope you're a better guitar player, than reader. It reads, Guitar Guitar, not Guitar Center. & Guitar Guitar is where we did the work trying, to get it to intonate. Do you know how to intonate? Are you actually implying that when you buy a new guitar, before you take it home, you take a tuner & check each string at the twelfth fret harmonic & then fretted? Because how I found out it wouldn't intonate, was taking it home & doing this funny thing known as playing a guitar. And in even playing a bar chord, the octave would be out of tune. So THEN, I actually started checking the intonation, properly. & then I took it back to Guitar Guitar, not Guitar Centre & began the annoying process of finding out, it would not intonate properly. This is something that actually happened.
this is silly to anyone who actually needs to use a dependable instrument. The only thing a knockoff has in common with an actual LP is appearance. In no other way are they similar in materials, components, build or finish. If knockoffs had any merit they wouldn't need to use fake branding. A more honest and intelligent comparison would be between a cheap knockoff and some other guitar within the same price range.....don't you think?
Man you are all over these videos, for someone who hates these you sure watch a lot of chibson videos It's almost like you are tryna justify an overpriced guitar that the only reason is that expensive is because it's there to create its own false value Gibson is a brand like Taylor swift is a brand just let that sink in Chinese knock off's give you 99 percent of what we want in a les paul the rest of the 1 percent we can change and mod ourselves
@@Notinserviceij Never said I hate anything. I just call things for what they actually are. It's almost like you're trying to convince yourself that you know anything about me
@@rodnyg7952 It's a Fujigen, and the point is that not every unauthorized copy is junk. I don't think the Chinese knockoff's are stealer, but I've seen upgrade options, like solid maple tops, etc... I doubt I would purchase one, but they may be better than Epiphone, which can be a dependable instrument.
American youtubers would make a video telling people to use the Gibson as firewood, and keep the Chibson.. because the Chibson is "just as good", if not better than the Gibson. Of course, they will say anything just to defend the $300 they spent. I appreciate your honest video.. that Gibson is a beauty!!
Gibson makes a vastly superior guitar, but returns diminish with price. I have both, a used $1800 Les Paul can be had by just about anyone and is astonishingly better than the chibsons I have owned. I don't understand the counterfeit guitar zealots lol
@@GillyBibbons11I have a few Les Paul's and I recently bought a Firefly just to know what the hype was about. Spent a few hours setting it up, changed the pickups and it's a decent guitar for 200$. Is it better than a Gibson? Of course not. But does the Gibson sound and feel 10 x the price better? I honestly don't think so.
Play the goddamn thing
Exactly smh
The dead giveaway on a chibson is no Binding Nibs. However, if you are a luthier and can put binding nibs, you basically have a clone gibson and NO ONE would be able to tell a diference.
apart from the epiphone sized pickup rings , knob positions are not identicle to a real gibson, the headstock wings will be symetrical where as on a real gibson there is a very subtle height difference on the wing tips at the end of the headstock.
the logo is never exactly correct position on the headstock, also the headstocks on the chibbys are usually a bit narrower than a real one.
i have been down the rabbit hole...dealt with p4m and jason jia, and cathy zhong...the 2 most known "brokers" of the chibson racket.
No they are not clones....some of them do have fret nibs though...but again...i can spot them from a mile away as fakes
People buy these because it says Gibson on the headstock and then mod them up, they clearly have never played or held a real Les Paul up close in their lives.
The only "Chibson" I own is a Les Paul Junior DC in TV Yellow w/a P90 and it's actually a fine guitar. I can't comment on how it compares to a real Gibson model but it's just as good anything made by Epiphone. Even with the wrap around bridge it's intonation is perfect and the P90 sounds great and not very noisy. That being said I bought it from a local seller and had the chance to see and try it out before I bought it.
Thats actually the only guitar i'd ever consider buying a knockoff for. Epiphone doesn't make a version of it, and Gibsons prices on it are insane for what is essentially a stripped down student model. Big Johnny Thunders fan.
There's so many great old Japanese guitars out there from the 70's/80's/90's that can still be bought cheap and at least you know what ya getting! Plus you can get your money back if you grow tired of it. The biggest problem when buying a "Crapson" is re-sale value. It has none! So It may only cost you $250 to buy, but what's it worth if you want to sell it? $50? 😂 All you buyers of "Crapsons" are having trees chopped down for your own indulgence, only to end up with something that has no re-sale value! Yeah, smart move! 😬
i have a Gibson 60's Tribute, several Epiphone LPs (STD and a Classic)and an Edwards I had a Harley BentonSC450 which I refinished to a dirty lemon burst.played great felt great.. Also had a 2010 Gibson Classic i never bonded with. My Edwards is the closest thing I have to a 59...plays great, sustains for days...but not my favorite feel...the Tribute plays great, sounds great(SD 59 pups installed).. the Epi Classic i refinished to dirty lemon burst, sounds good but lacks the feel....my 2008 50's Epi Honey burst Std. with stock pups is my favorite.. the neck is large but not overly so..out of all my Lps...the 08 Std is my favorite especially after I modded the headstock to match the Gibson open book style.
I'm a die hard Strat guy and have many Fenders (USA and MIM) and some tricked out Squiers. But no LP - I just can't play it. But I scored a C-Gibson recently for a very good deal. It is good enough and after some new pots/pickups, it will be sweet. I wish you did an A/B sound test here as I want to see how the 490 pu's sound....bummer!!!
Funny you mention not being able to get along with an L.P. or I guess "Gibson style" guitar...
I usually play my Teles, but I also have a couple big old archtop electrics... But I CAN'T play a Strat.
The volume knob just sits exactly where my fingers land on the body, and the middle pickup is EXACTLY where my pick lands on the guitar.
Ain't it funny how we learn a certain pattern and find it hard to differentiate from them?
Cheers
Please do a sound comparison of the two guitars and their pickups. I am very surprised that Gibson did not install a 498t pickup in the bridge.
Hi.. You can find a comparison on this link, where I made a video.. ruclips.net/video/rP-9D9LQEaw/видео.html
Great video, and awesome guitars! I like to work on guitars. Been wanting to get a Chibson for a while to do a little Jimmy Page project. I'm of a mind that the rest of the hardware you can replace somehow with better quality parts, even on a budget, so no biggie there :) My only concern is if the scale is correct on these replicas, as I've read stories where it's not and it's virtually impossible to intonate the guitar. How was yours in this regard?
Hi.. thanks for the comment. I did manage to intonate my chipson. But if often falls back for some reason. So I don't use the guitar :)
The workmanship in quality of construction on my Gibson exceeds the construction quality of most Gibson's I have compared it to for $242 you get a starting point that you can upgrade every part on the guitar to increase the performance not unlike any Fender or Epiphone on the market which you have to upgrade out of the box
@@ThomasKochNielsen Switch out the bridge if it has the springs. You can get cheap Korean or Chinese bridges cheap. For pickups I recommend the Feleor A5s
I have both . Chibson is just as good and in some cases better . Period . You have to pot the pups or take caps off
I plan on buying one soon! The thing people don't talk about is that some of us cant afford to buy or justify buying a Gibson, but I can a Chibson. Afterwards I can change pots, pickup, and tuners when my wallet recharges to full strength. I have heard people say you should go buy a Gibson first so you can have that experience, I would love to, but honestly Chibson is as close as I will probably ever get. do you have any suggestions on how, or where to buy one? I have been looking on eBay and have 2 that I can't decide between?
That Greeny model looks great! Can you share the aliexpress link?
Hi.. sadly I dont have the link.. but just do a search :)
send the seller name, u can do it lol@@ThomasKochNielsen
Hello, is the body of the Chibson exactly the same as that of a real Les Paul? the body of the chibson seems different in video, it looks like the bottom part is wider.. have you measured the two to compare?
I haven't measured it.. but at the looks of it.. it seems like the chipson is a bit thinner.. but not much
I had a few chibsons but the neck felt too flat and the frets were rough. Completely agree, the feel is soooo much better on any Gibson. Even my 2004 faded Gibson sg is just a bit more than the chibson and light years better.
Hello Thomas! Can you compare the two by playing them? The only problem I have with Chibson guitars is that they put Gibson on the headstock. In my opinion people waste money on a Chibson when they start changing pups, tuners, switch etc because you can buy a real Gibson (used) for what they spend on the Cheapson 😂. Thanks for sharing!
Compared to an Epiphone, this is absolutely true. I have a $260 Jimmy Page model. After replacing pups and the entire harness, and a few other mods, I ended up with around $800 total in the guitar, but I will compare it to any Epiphone any day of the week. I swapped the nut for a tonemasters brass nut and did a full setup, e.g., minor fretwork, action, intonation etc. Shopwork & misc maybe another $200, but mostly free because I do the work myself.
So you are right, compared to an Epiphone, there isn't any reason to go this route. The real reason though is that I can't get that iconic JP #2 look, and JP harness in an Epiphone for $1k can I? And I'm never going to be able to afford a real JP at $4,000+ so... I don't feel like I'm costing Gibson a sale, because I'm never going to have the money for the real thing anyway. And if I did have that kind of money, I would definitely buy the real thing, regardless I have a chibson or not. that being said, I do have a genuine Gibson LP (1960 VOS), don't ask how long I saved for it.
@dancurtis461 I understand your point of view However used Gibsons are available under $1000. Even in Canada used Gibsons are selling for $800 for a Studio model.
@@dragan4658 imho Les Paul Studio is a ugly guitar.
@Juno58 I used to think the same but some look good and taste like opinions vary. And there's always the Tribute.
@@dragan4658 a genuine LP JP is $4k to start. JP is not a typo for LP, it is JP for Jimmy Page signature. so... 4k to 7k or more.
Google used to give great results but it feels different these days
Well the chibson will never be as good as gibson BUT , for 400 dollars - actually you can get it for 340 on the sales- this is a guitar that plays as good as an epiphone standard that costs 400-500 and looks almost as good as a high end gibson. So to me its a good deal. I ve got 4 real Gibsons at the moment , and had 4-5 more in the past . And i had 3 chibsons over the years and still have one. They are not replacements for the real deal, but looks wise they are great and the quality is not that bad. If you change the pickups it even plays great
These mods will turn your Chibson into a contender if the frets are good and not break the bank. You'll be shocked.
Wait, Cheapson? I like that!
If you don't mind me asking, who is the seller of the Chibson? Thx
There are different sellers on alixpress :)
Funny... I had a Chibson, just to test them. And I also have a Tribute, exact same model as seen here. There's no comparison possible. The Chibson is so poorly made, it's sad. Dot markers on the side weren't aligned, frets were too much filed at place to compensate the fret level, neck was a bit warped, pickups were a joke. Go with the Tribute, it's a great value! I sold back the Chibson as a project opportunity, and I play the Tribute!
Take that Chibson & put the 490's in it with a "Gibson" wiring harness & see where that gets you! Instead of comparing inexpensive, ceramic, high output humbuckers to 490's? (Most certainly not my favorite Gibson pickups)
Gibson has lost their minds when it comes to pricing, give me an Epi or a chibson anytime 👍🏻
Gibson's QC is questionable, at best. Denmark, Newark, doesn't matter much where.
everyone's quality control is questionable today, not just Gibson. The bulk of guitar sales today is shifting to quick online sales, and has resulted in a degree of manufacturing and shipping laziness. Before internet, finish and detail work on all showroom products needed to be spot on if they wanted to be sold in person. I only buy locally in small music shops where I can see and sit to test a guitar to decide if it's worth the purchase
Gibson qc has always been terrible, I have returned multiple LP's for various reasons, bad setups, scratches, bridges set so low that the strings were touching the pups, never had any of those issues when buying an Epi
@@smb7647 WOW! Finally, somebody who will actually acknowledge the truth, about The Big G.
Are there really people who will pay thousands of dollars for a NEW guitar, without playing it? There truly is a difference between paying two or three hundred & two or three thousand dollars for a guitar that shows up at your door, in a box!
Yeah man seemingly, Asian people are a little more particular about how they do things, than the entitled people who work for Gibson.
Weird. Not the observations I was expecting.
Especially about the Gibson Les Paul tribute.
I own one.
Its easily the worst guitar I own.
And I own a couple of Squiers.
Cheers!
Gotta agree. I own a Les Paul Tribute as well and it's the least played guitar I have. Never sold it as I always wanted a Gibson, but this one just left me disenfranchised.
There are better alternatives to the Chibson, Blitz by Aria without Gibson on the headstock.
But you cant really make a comparison demo without playing them both through same amp tones to compare sound and how the guitar plays????...Can you????🤪
doesnt look like a copy, good video tho!!
How are these getting into the country? I thought Customs nabbed them at the border?
Hello, does that chbson has a mahogany back? 😮
I don't think it is.. but if it is.. its a very thin piece of mahogany :)
Hardly a useful comparison. You wave the guitars around so much I can't see them clearly nor see any detail, and why play only one.. and only briefly... and not plugged in?!
Play something on em mate cant hear nuthing
why on earth would one buy one of these? at least order without the "gibson" logo... shameless.
Get a studio model. If you don't like it sell it on. Simple
Yeah man, for well over double the money, (not to mention, American made vs. Chinese) one sure would like to think, you're getting "Much better quality."
You are
Man I used to work at Guitar Guitar in LA. Sherman Oaks to be more specific. While working there we got these brand new Epiphone LPJRDC's. So I got one at cost in a TV Yellow-ish finish. The bridge was misplaced & the guitar WOULD NOT intonate. We tried flipping the saddles to get more room, & the whole bit. I've been playing since I was ten & know there are plenty of Chinese made Les Pauls that didn't just slide on past, "Quality Control," sticker & all. I've also owned a 98 Gibson Les Paul Standard Heritage Cherry Sunburst with a AAA top. That, was a beautiful guitar! I've owned everything from a Studio, TV Special & I presently have an SG, that I dig very much. But I still have picked up a brand new Gibson ES-335 (as an example) bend the G string, & it pops out of the saddle! So, whether you spend 300, or 3000, you may end up doing, some "Adjustments." There most certainly are those who will go through this, yet STILL wave their Gibson flag. So yeah man, much better quality, my ass. There's a guy on RUclips who does very lengthy reviews of Chibsons & he did a review of a brand new black Gibson SG he paid 2900 dollars for & the finish alone, was a joke! There were pieces of the nut left from where it was filed! So, much like the "Norlin era" (since you're apparently such a Gibson specialist) they, continue to be, questionable at best. "You are." Yeah, uh huh.
If you worked at guitar centre why take a guitar home that didn't intonate .No better place to find that out uh huh
Guitar centre? I hope you're a better guitar player, than reader. It reads, Guitar Guitar, not Guitar Center. & Guitar Guitar is where we did the work trying, to get it to intonate. Do you know how to intonate? Are you actually implying that when you buy a new guitar, before you take it home, you take a tuner & check each string at the twelfth fret harmonic & then fretted? Because how I found out it wouldn't intonate, was taking it home & doing this funny thing known as playing a guitar. And in even playing a bar chord, the octave would be out of tune. So THEN, I actually started checking the intonation, properly. & then I took it back to Guitar Guitar, not Guitar Centre & began the annoying process of finding out, it would not intonate properly. This is something that actually happened.
this is silly to anyone who actually needs to use a dependable instrument. The only thing a knockoff has in common with an actual LP is appearance. In no other way are they similar in materials, components, build or finish. If knockoffs had any merit they wouldn't need to use fake branding. A more honest and intelligent comparison would be between a cheap knockoff and some other guitar within the same price range.....don't you think?
Man you are all over these videos, for someone who hates these you sure watch a lot of chibson videos
It's almost like you are tryna justify an overpriced guitar that the only reason is that expensive is because it's there to create its own false value
Gibson is a brand like Taylor swift is a brand just let that sink in
Chinese knock off's give you 99 percent of what we want in a les paul the rest of the 1 percent we can change and mod ourselves
@@Notinserviceij Never said I hate anything. I just call things for what they actually are. It's almost like you're trying to convince yourself that you know anything about me
My Greco is made better than my old Gibson traditional pro. It even has a Brazilian board.
@@qua7771 sure, some Kanda Shokai guitars are excellent. What's your point?
@@rodnyg7952 It's a Fujigen, and the point is that not every unauthorized copy is junk. I don't think the Chinese knockoff's are stealer, but I've seen upgrade options, like solid maple tops, etc... I doubt I would purchase one, but they may be better than Epiphone, which can be a dependable instrument.
American youtubers would make a video telling people to use the Gibson as firewood, and keep the Chibson.. because the Chibson is "just as good", if not better than the Gibson. Of course, they will say anything just to defend the $300 they spent. I appreciate your honest video.. that Gibson is a beauty!!
yeah its refreshing when you finally manage to find the one video that validates the $10k you spent on a guitar that's mediocre at best.
Gibson makes a vastly superior guitar, but returns diminish with price. I have both, a used $1800 Les Paul can be had by just about anyone and is astonishingly better than the chibsons I have owned. I don't understand the counterfeit guitar zealots lol
@@GillyBibbons11I have a few Les Paul's and I recently bought a Firefly just to know what the hype was about. Spent a few hours setting it up, changed the pickups and it's a decent guitar for 200$. Is it better than a Gibson? Of course not. But does the Gibson sound and feel 10 x the price better? I honestly don't think so.
Tell me you overpaid for a poorly QC’d Gibson without actually saying it…
@@dcamp671 what if he got the $$$?
Dejlig video, cool at se en uafhængig sammenligning... men du må gerne lave nogle side by side lydtest ;-)
Hej. Yep. Det skal jeg prøve :)
Og tak for kommentaren :)
Epiphone!
Less talking more playing all your doing is talking id rather hear the sound of the guitars than hear you rabbit on n on n on boring
I have also done a sound comparison video. But thanks for the feedback - next time more playing :)
It looks like you play the chibson more.
Just sayin