The Chibson Les Paul – Are They Worth It? Chinese Gibson Les Paul Clone Guitar Review.
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I found a US distributor on Ebay. $210. Free shipping. Should have it in about 4 days. At that price I don't mind putting a little bit more money into it to make it a sweet little knock around guitar.
Hey guys whats a decent price used for one of these? I got a chib Iommi w EMGs in it for 225
Who cares. To each their own.
Fake Chinese Gibsons are great, especially if made by uighur prisoners, huh……
If you are going to review a guitar, I would suggest saying something about the neck profile. You can change pretty much everything else. Does it have a true '59 profile (big but not baseball bat) and if not, what does it feel like? Maybe it's just me but neck feel/profile is a go no-go factor on purchasing any guitar…
Gibson certainly cares. They're constantly having customs intercept these by the container full. I don't have a problem with them, but I'd be the first point out the maga made in merka folks buying these up by the thousands????. I bought a tele version and put about 10 hours of my fret work into it to get it playable, which puts the price right back at Epiphone price territory. Luckily the bridge actually sounded good so I left it. My friend buys a bunch of these because if he ever spends 2k at once his wife starts to get pissy, and I don't think any or playable, so I sent him a fret filing kit.
I think it’s worth it on the mega rare expensive guitars that you can’t find for sale like id buy one custom fix it and play the hell out of it. But if i owned a $30k plus guitar id probably shouldn’t want to play it much
I want a chibson
THese are great alternative to poorly made guitars that need a lot of work that should have been completed in the factory. I have gigged with mine after I adjusted the action and that is all I had to do not re crown the frets and edges ohhh gibson what an embaresement on your part
Comparing a Chibson to a Gibson is just a silly endeavour. Of course the Chibson is not the quality of a Custom Shop Gibson, but the Chinese turning a log and some electronics into a Chibson guitar for under $300 dollars and still making a profit is an amazing feat. Not everyone who enjoys playing a guitar is a professional who gigs in a bar, or a stadium, but play for their personal enjoyment and might entertain family and friends on an occasion. Many hundreds of thousands of teenagers think the guitar is the coolest and they want to learn to play to become a rock star. Unless your a parent with money to burn, purchasing a Gibson for your teen is probably not a very wise investment. If your teen is hammering out tunes a year after you provided them with a Chibson and it hasn't been relegated to a closet to gather dust, then you can think about an upgrade to a better instrument. I took guitar lessons from age 12 to 17 , but by the time I married at age 24, bought a house and focused on my career and building a family, the time spent making music slowly dwindled away. As I approach retirement, I can still play about a dozen songs from memory with some confidence and I'm hoping retirement will provide the time to become re-acquainted with a guitar. I think it is a great hobby to rekindle and playing music keeps an old brain sharp. I've just ordered a Chibson and expecting delivery in February 2025.
I think it's worth having custom guitars built it's in my budget I really can't afford to spend over $2000.00 or more I do want to buy the epiphone grabber in 2025 I had 2 gibson grabbers built and the gene simmons axe and the gene simmons punisher
If it looks good and it sounds good, who cares if its not the real makoi and 99% of people wouldnt be able to tell the difference. If you a collector thats another story but Joe average Buy it for 100$ or Pounds and dont waste thousand of dollars pounds worrying if its real.Report them to who, Free enterprise buddy. Who's who going to charge them and for what.
I have a chibson black n gold custom and the same gibson .lets face it for the money they are a bargain .p.s. had a 58 vos gibson it was shite????
Let’s face it, what are we paying for with a real Gibson? The name. Ok the construction of the “real” Gibson is in reality, no better than a good copy, the finish can be a little dubious even on a real Gibson, I know, I had to send mine back to justify the money I spent. But let’s cut to chase.
The guitar is usually crammed into a Marshall, that has the gain turned way up. What are we actually hearing? We are not hearing the subtlety of the guitar, because it is the pickups that deliver an “honest” sound and the amp that decides the final output.
You can buy “Gibson” pickups that are way cheaper than real Gibson pickups, you cannot tell the difference between them and all the bollocks about copyright and patents – long gone out the window. The patents finished years ago.
No, Gibson are relying on their somewhat tarnished name, which over the years has not ultimately lived up to a true accounting of the sound of their guitars. I am not talking Epiphone, or any other guitar make. What makes a good guitar sound like a Les Paul is quality of wood, construction and PICKUP’S. period. Beyond that I don’t care if it is made on mars if it sounds reasonable and DOESN’T COST THE EARTH.
I think Gibson’s day is done because I haven’t seen anything new that justifies the extortionate price they charge for a bit of timber, metal and wire that ultimately goes through an amp to be definitively altered by gain and tone controls. And the same applies to Fender.
Worth every penny ???? we can’t say that about a$2,995 Gibson ????
Id buy 2 as a middle finger to Gibson.
Greedy devils..
Well, if you swap out the pickups, pots and wires it will be very close to the real thing. I'd say, do it.
My bro has a couple real Pauls, and has bought a couple "Chibsons".
He replaced the pickups and tuners….very bit as good as a real Paul.
In his and my 30 years experience…FAR more worth it, than the price tag on an actual Paul.
They look, and sound, like a Gibson from 10 feet away ????????????
Personally I wanna buy a cibson Flying V James hetfield replica I’ll prob just replace the pickups cus 300 dollars is pretty good for a guitarist replica guitar body
I have an ESP LTD, kirk Hammett signature model. I don't like Gibson, and counterfeit guitars make me sick. The fakes need work, and you're supporting criminal activity ????????
Junk! I know I have two. An EVH Frankenstrat that is unplayable and a Frampton that has a poor finish and needs everything you said. For whatever reason the EVH fret edges have become super sharp. It wasn't like that at first. Maybe the neck dried out and exposed the sharp edges. Not sure but it will cut my hands. Frampton has all kinds of finish flaws. When I contacted the seller they said to polish it. Didn't work. Beware these guitars are not playable out of the box. Don't believe the shills that are saying they are better than their Gibson's. They are lying and either never had a Gibson or are pissed off that they can't afford one. I mean recently a guy bought an acoustic copy of a Martin and posted that it even sounded like a Martin. Do you really think a $400 guitar is going to sound like a $4000 guitar from a world renowned maker of guitars? Wall hangers are really what these guitars are unless you are going to put $500 into them.
I guess you are not playing with the crap pickups
Easy enough to use as a platform, replace parts and have a clone for half the price of the real deal… but you can’t sell it.. and I’ve sold virtually every guitar I’ve owned at some point… so, if you plan on keeping it..go for it… otherwise, pass
Mine is not the sunburst model seen here. It has a brown burst type finish, and Seymour Duncan pickups. I'll have to pull them out next time I change the strings to see if they say what model(s) they are. If I determine that they need to go, I'll most likely replace them with PAFS or Burst Buckers or something similar that will make her sing the blues and rock the house down!
I'm just curious. Neil said that he wouldn't use one of these for gigging. I wonder why. If you've changed the hardware and electronics and they are sturdily built, why wouldn't you use one for gigging rather than possibly subjecting one of your real Les Pauls to getting knocked over on stage and acquiring dents and dings. I like the see the natural play wear on guitars like SRV's number one Strat, but to me, dents, dings and chunks taken out of the guitar due to just plain old careless handling are a huge turn off to me.
If you've ever wanted to own a high-end guitar because you've always liked the style or the concept of owning one, but don't want to pay the high-end price, why not? Who cares if it's not authentic, and as long as you aren't trying to resell one as an authentic Gibson, I say go for it. Maybe we can get Gibson to do better for less?
Gibson is great guitar. Why than Chinese replica? I don't want to over pay my guitar. Why? I'm not a gig player. I'm just garage player. I play for myself and I don't get paid for it. That's the reason and I'm ok with it…enjoy!
I live in Nashville. I can’t fathom the thought of buying a Chinese knock off of a guitar that was made in my city. I support my local businesses .