The Epiphone Greeny Les Paul Has A Gibson Headstock?! Do You Care?
The Epiphone version of Gibson’s iconic “Greeny” Les Paul was just announced and it has a Gibson headstock! This is a first in the Epiphone world. You can be just like Kirk Hammett of Metallica for a fraction of the price…and not have to play a guitar with the Epiphone headstock. That’s good, right? You let me know in the comments.
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Even if epiphone just made a whole new headstock that isn’t the traditional epiphone one they’d boost sales. They’ve made great strides but it’s still a goofy headstock. Doesn’t matter how you dress it up. ????
I bought a es335 pro with the newer headstock and it’s a great guitar, and the headstock looks way better.
I have a SG special Epiphone that is a total chopper and love it to death! I moded everything on/ in it
They're selling a Chinese Epiphone for more than the lowest priced US Gibson, and you're suggesting that 'headstock snobs' are more interested in the shape of it rather than the name on it or the price tag? Ultimately, it's time for people to grow up. I hear people talk about 'gigable guitars', when what they mean is 'guitars I wish to be seen playing on stage'. Either learn to play a good guitar well, or don't, but don't pretend to yourself that the name on the headstock, its shape, it's colour, the country of manufacture or any other marketing BS you've been sold, determines its playability, tonal capabilities or your chances of being regarded favourably for playing it. Vacuous materialism abounds!
Whats a headstock? ????
I yam who I yam. I prefer the old headstock
Fender and Squier use the same headstock. Gibson and Epiphone should too
If it doesn't say Gibson on the headstock it is not worth $1500. Been shopping for used Gibson Les Paul 60's standard and for a few hundred dollars more you can grab a mint Gibson standard. By the way I have the Epi '59 standard lemon burst basically the same guitar for half the price.
I'm such a snob in fact that the shape alone isn't enough. I also need the Gibson logo if I am to buy a Les Paul.
Little do people know but Les Paul himself originally was an Epiphone guy
I've been wishing for this for years. I've always felt the epiphone headstock was far uglier than the gibson ones. This is great! I do think certain guitars should have the old epiphone headstock though, like their casinos and such. But on a les paul it SHOULD be the gibson shape.
YES I ALWAYS CARED
not about this guitar despite me liking Kirk hammett
but cos i always preferred and loved the open book Gibson style headstock inifinite times much more than the abortion of ugliness that epiphone used to do
thanks to the SKYGODS they are changing that
since 2 years ago i start developing huge appreciation for some Epis such Black custom SG and Black Beauty custom Les paul etc
I’m unfortunately a headstock snob, and I can’t really help it. I wasn’t always this way. I think it changed when I got to a place where I could start buying higher end guitars. However I still recommend tons of guitars to beginners or people on budgets that I would pass on solely based on the headstock.
New to the channel- im more an amp snob, and by that i mean – please dont bring a full stack… imma judge you hard. You’re not evh.
according to Mat Koehler (Gibson Brands VP) The Gibson open-book headstock will be featured only on Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom Shop models going forward while Epiphone standard models will continue to use the current Kalmazoo headstock ????????????
Yes, I do !
Imo it will only increase the desirability of the brand. Headstock shape is important to me. There are some beautifully spec's guitars with absolutely shocking Headstock designs. Take Sire for example. The headstock looks like it's been cut by an 11 year old in woodworking class!
I play Epiphone Wildkat and a Sheraton. Epiphone headstock on the Wildkat looks really cool tho, not so sure about the Sheraton. I might prefer Gibson 335's headstock over sheraton, but it's purely aesthetic reasons. Sheraton's headstock feels like it's too big, heavy and overdone. The name on the headstock doesn't concern me much
Insane.
This "Greeny" is a marketing scam.
The Epi 1959 Les Paul Standard Outfit for $750.00 was a screaming deal – and came with a plush hardshell case!
Most people you are playing for wouldn't know one headstock from another. It's in YOUR head.
I love my old style headstock Epiphone Les Paul guitars. I feel there's something more punk about them. Noel Gallagher used one on his first album Definitely Maybe.
Yes I am, and I'm o.k. with it.
I think most people hate the old Epiphone headstock not because it was different from the Gibson headstock but because it just wan't a good design. It was ugly. The new E. headstock is what they always should have : Gibson-is but not the same. Now, with the G. headstock on the Epiphone Greeny I wonder if Epiphone is gonna Disney it and start alienate buyers by going down a rabbit hole of ever changing headstocks.
It's the unfortunate truth that the logo/headstock plays a big role in the image of a professional guitar player because of subconscious cultural associations. A lot of people think being a headstock snob is a status thing (which it may be) but it's actually genuinely important for a guitarist's personal brand to be associated with the community of other name-brand players rather than amateurs or hobbyists. Being talented doesn't hurt, but it's branding/marketability/image that actually makes or breaks a career, and presenting a certain level of professionalism can absolutely play a huge part in that. Thats why as a professional, when I play cheap guitars, I try to go for guitars that aren't perceived as the cheaper alternative to something else like epi/squire type brands, clones with a different headstock, etc. There are a ton of brands and models that are smaller and unique to themselves without any negative subconscious biases attached and they are just as good!
I'm more concerned with how much they want to charge for the thing.
Who cares about the headstock? It’s the price tag that is of more concern. It’s preposterous.
People keep saying Squier uses the Fender headstock but Epiphone was it's own brand before the modern import versions and never used a Gibson headstock. So the "newer" old Kalamazoo shapes would be more appropriate . Squier was started as a cheaper version of Fender company. Gibson bought Epiphone back then because they were competition .
$1,500 for a Chinese made Epiphone? I'll pass or save up for the Gibson one. As far as the headstock, I like that Epiphone is using the Gibson "book" headstock.
I am not a headstock snob. I'm a man that appreciates beauty, gaudiness, and horrific taste.
Epiphone Les Paul headstocks are the ugliest of any mass produced guitar from any of the big brands.
It didn't stop me from buying one, but it is ugly.
I love the open book headstock that Gibson has. The only guitar I would pay for the Gibson moniker tho is the SG. I just love SGs, and I think they look so good with the Gibson headstock. But I love epiphone. I don’t care about the headstock tho I like the newer Epi ones. I have a 60s epi LP. And besides, the Beatles used Epiphone haha. The reason I would buy this epi greeny is because it has that great shape but without the “Les Paul” silk screen. It looks so good just plain black. Great video btw ????????????
could you make an epiphone sound like a 59 les paul, i believe you could givin the right type of make over, yk pickups and pots and caps, all that jazz. can you make an epi look like a 59 lp, not a chance. this is a good middle ground