Epiphone custom shop R9 review!
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- todays video im reviewing the new Epiphone inspired by Gibson Custom shop R9. this Epiphone custom shop is pretty much a cone to the gibson Les Paul r9 custom shop and with the new improvements Epiphone did with the collaboration with Gibson Custom shop this is another level from Epiphone. hope you guys enjoy and remember to like and sub.
This guitar is not a custom shop and only inspirired by. No part of this guitar was made by the custom shop.
There's no difference other than the location it was manufactured. Same materials, same design, the Epiphone is only cheaper because a bunch of Chinese in a sweat shop made it as opposed to rednecks in Tennessee. Let's seriously stop the bs elitism with guitars, to anyone half-educated it's all marketing gimmicks.
Glad you said that. So right. No triple A either. You can hardly see it.
Your comment on soft strings is interesting. Epiphone Les Paul and Gibson Les Paul guitars both come with the same 010-046 diameter strings. What do you mean by soft?? Are you talking about your ability to bend the strings?? If so, smaller diameter strings offer less resistance and bends are easier. If you want "harder" strings, go up a string size to 011's or even 12's. You'll get plenty of resistance!! FYI, that Epiphone isn't a clone of a CS R-9. There are several key differences between the two guitars. 1, Epi is a figured veneer over a maple cap while the R-9 is a full thickness maple cap. 2. The body of a R-9 is a single piece of mahogany, the Epi is a two piece, at least they stopped putting a veneer on the back to make it look nicer. 3, the R-9 is nitrocellulose finished while the Epi is a cheaper satin finish and lastly, all custom shop Les Paul guitars go through Gibson's PLEK machine which levels all the frets for a very playable guitar. For the money, both editions of the Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop 59 Les Pauls are great guitars. But the Custom Shop Reissue Les Paul be it a R6,R7,R8,R9 or R 0 are a superior guitar in every way but price.
Can’t even tune it.
Its a shame you guys cant buy Chinese made Burny or Tokai Les Paul's from retailers in the States. Similar quality to this Epiphone but significantly cheaper. The Gibson R9 has a solid top the Epiphone here has a veneer. The other thing to note is that like most Epiphone's the guitar is likely to tank by around 30% as soon as it goes on the used market. And finally you might have liked the feedback I certainly didnt appreciate it
@@Edward1312 overall this Epiphone R9 custom shop reissue is awesome! Would I prefer a Gibson custom shop R9 of course but wasn’t able to get my hands on it sadly due to $$$$. I appreciate your feedback and thank you.
Actually the epiphone has a solid maple top, but it’s plane maple and then they put a flamed maple veneer on top of the maple cap
@@emanuelesanzone8212 You are splitting hairs. Because Epiphone use a veneer the depth of the flame is piss poor in comparison with a proper Gibson standard flamed maple solid top.
@@Edward1312 yes they use veneers for the flame, but there’s a multipiece plain maple top underneath the veneer
If you take the pickups out you can clearly see it I have a standard 50s epiphone and it has a veneer and a plain maple top
Learn to play mate. That guitar suit you. Hahahahahahahahaha what a row!!!!!
@@aliengrey6052 I know how to play
Let’s keep the comments respectful
@@irageguitars you don’t trust me.
The finish is terrible. It sucks.
Emmm no, dont like plasric coated guitars made in Norrgern Taiwan.
wait so this is a Made in China version of the Customshop R9? Or Does Epiphone have a custom shop?
@@Sams911 I believe that the Gibson custom shop does do some work on this guitar but it is made in china but inspected by the custom shop in Nashville
@@irageguitarsthat’s not true man. I owned these new Epiphone they are inspired by however they get their custombuckers from Gibson Gibson sends them to China. Also the tailpiece and bridge is an abr 1 inspired. The guitar is a good guitar (two piece body one piece neck) finish is not the same as a true r9. (Poly vs nitro) red dye on the r9.
Again killer guitar however your specs you are claiming is not true.
Again cool guitar and I owned both the custom and the es 355 custom loved em both
@@Tonskiislegit thank your for your feedback and for correcting me about certain details. That’s why I’m sticking with Gibson from now on cuz I know more about Gibson guitars than Epiphone clearly lol.
@@irageguitars No they do not go read the Epiphone website stop lying to people man this guitar is made in china only the pickups are Gibson...
I find hilarious how people whove never played or cant afford one the new Epi's, lie about it just bc they're bitter. Quite sad
@@sydguitar99 I’ve played al kinds of custom shop Les Paul’s but their expensive in cad$ example
I went to guitar center in Portland saw played a light aged Murphy lab Les Paul 5799$ plus 5.5% tax 6117$usd but in cad$ comes to 8500$ cad so you see why it’s not easy to get a custom shop.
@@irageguitars exactly why I don't get understand the hate against the Epiphone versions, for the price, id say you're getting a solid guitar with 95% of the custom shop experience
@@sydguitar99 I just find that Epiphone guitars are missing out on a lot of stuff. Plus I’m more of a Gibson guy cuz they hold their values for resell in the future but Epiphone guitars don’t really
@@irageguitars that's fair it's kind of expected that it won't hold it's value for things in that price range but so far a lot of the inspired by Gibson stuff has held 80% of its value decently on reverb
@@sydguitar99 ya I sell locally cuz international I had issues
Chinese crap mate, sell it and get a second hand Studio or Tribute. The only nice thing about this is the Pickups.
@@TheVoosters might be made in china but just think how close this is to the 1959 Les Paul custom shop R9 right. This Epiphone is the closest you would ever get to a real R9 and this guitar is inspected by the custom shop in Nashville. Unless you got $10,000 to spend on a real R9 then ya this guitar is great
You have NO idea what you're talking about.
@@irageguitarsi don’t think it’s inspected in the custom shop, you can watch an interview and they say that the custom shop just tells epiphone what they do for that guitar and then epiphone does it on a budget
And this is probably better than a gibson les paul standard
@@emanuelesanzone8212 You are right buddy, Custom shop luthiers are experts working on very special guitars. They haven't got the time to inspect 1000's of guitars coming out of China.