OK review but....here's a note for the future. It took more than 9 minutes before you get to the guitar. We don't need the first 9 minutes about where you work or other guitars you have owned. I played this video to see a review of the Ace guitar. I was just about to tune out when you finally got to the guitar itself.
I bought the same guitar this past June. It was like you were reviewing my guitar. I had (have) the same problems on my guitar that you do. The finish on mine has orange peel in pretty much the same places that yours does. Most people never see them unless I point them out. I don't give two flips what is or isn't on the headstock. It's a fun guitar to play and being a huge KISS fan, especially Ace, it just hits right for me. Good luck with your channel. Please keep reviewing budget friendly guitars.
They’re great as of late! But it’s bummer if they dry out after getting them and then they’re all out of whack. Not the case for all of them though! Mine is a 57’ futura and it’s incredible. Plays better than my two Gibson explorers which was kinda annoying! They’re all setup beautifully too so it’s a fair comparison
Yeah it’s hit or miss I know people that have got beautiful ones and others that have got junk. But the quality certainly has improved dramatically as of late. I’m glad you had a good experience. I know my Harley Benton SC550III blows away my Les Paul Custom.
Thanks for the opinion I have seen this chib a couple of times but no one has said a bad thing about it everything was great and perfect, I don't believe that, if everything is perfect which sometimes is the case as you have pointed out, but I find it a rare thing when 2 strangers give a glowing review and have the guitar in this case given to them, one of the others said they bought it. However if you got the time you can run down a name and see what their online life is, especially if you have a large ordering history with a company, now I don't have a clue with this guitar reviews but I still get cautious when it's just seems to good to be true, so thanks for doing a run down of the outside, I myself like to see the inside as well have not seen it yet on this model but have to say that I'll take your word for now. At least till I or a friend buys one, then I'm cracking it open. Lol
Thanks for the comment I really appreciate the input. Yeah I was crunched for time on this one. I had to do a ton of work on this to make it a good solid playable guitar. Out of the box it straight up sucked. I can only tell you what mine has in it. It did come with full sized pots and they are nice. The wiring is typical chinese factory crap. The Pickups are decent i have found no urgent need to replace them.
I managed to watch the whole video. But there is a couple of things that you talk about that is not right, you say that they have to make things different compared to a Gibson, well, that's not true at all, there is many many things on that guitar right now that is a legit case of the rules about counterfeit guitars, the open book headstock for example, and the Gibson logo, I mean even if it had a Chibson logo but in the same type of font as the Gibson used it is most likely not legal at all for them to use. You dont know about this, but the thing is that Gibson can not start a case about this, because there is no one to blame, most sellers that sell these guitars are not legit companies, they are just random people like you and me that happens to sell things online, they take the order of a specific guitar or even a custom order and write it down on paper and walk to the factory like any person and make the order, they visit the factory from time to time to take some pics and to get updates for the customer. Second, some things the Chinese people can not do like put in a Gibson trussrod and make a Gibson trussrod axess cavity is because 1: they dont have the knowledge to do it and 2: They dont have the proper tools to do it right. But, yes some of them are made in the same factories as the Epiphone´s are made, but these are made after hours so to speak. But there is many small unknown factories that build these guitars that can not be in the radar of making counterfeth guitars. They solved the problem with the customs by just applying a piece of tape over the logo so now days most of them get through the customs. So.. the way these guitars are built with different things slightly or very much off from the real Gibson guitars are because they dont know better and not because they have to do it that way. I see you are trying to build up a TH-cam channel and some day live of it, then you should replay to comments even I they are critic about your content. a little side tip of the day is that you should raise the tailpiece, the angle of the strings from the tailpiece is way to steep which will end up with a collapsed bridge and/or some serious tuning instability problems. Cheers.. :D
customs lets it in...its for sale publlicly...hes fine....I have a wolfgang on my page you can check out..i dont buy Gibson when i buy chinese guitars...everyone knows theyre jacked
First of all Smurfs are Blue! Second, I have four granddaughters that all begged me to dye my beard purple, so because I love my grandchildren and would do pretty much anything for them my beard is purple.
I have a Les Paul Custom, great guitar, I just don't hang it because the hangers give the nitro finish a neck rash. I only hang guitars with poly finishes, careful hanging your gibsons bro that rubber will eat that nitro.
I bought this exact guitar about 4 months ago. Had a small chip in the fretboard right out of the box. The fretboard is NOT ebony. It's some sort of cheap composite material (not a tone wood) sustain is terrible. I changed the cheap pickups out with real alnico 5 saphue brand pickups from amazon. I also had to do a complete level recrown of the frets due to so many being high. You get what you pay for. Don't believe the hype.
Without question! I had to do a ton of work to this to make it a playable guitar. These things are coming out of about 4 different factories, maybe more. Its like I said in the video, there are other brands that are much higher quality for the same or even less money. Great comment though thank you for your response.
theres a million sellers..just because yours sucked...thats like buying a bad american guitar and saying all american guitars suck...just because it looks like it doesnt mean its the same one or the same builder
Thanks for the comment I really appreciate it. It is a cool guitar, that's the reason I bought it. I don't recommend getting one though unless you really know how to do all the work you're going to have to do to get it to play well.
have a new sub dude. I have been down the chibson rabbit hole myself....they never get it right. knobs are always in the wrong positions on the body in relation to the tail peice pickup rings are epiphone sized (screw placements not the same as a gibson pickup ring) headstock is symetrical on the wings ,where as on a real gibby there is actually a very slight difference in wing height the gibson logo is never correct position wise truss rod cover is not correct / or the headstock isnt cut the same a real gibby some of the chibbys even have fret nibs too these days (poorly done though) they have either fake klusons or grovers (the grovers are fake because the stamp on them is bigger than the real thing) also the fact that put gibson on the headstock is what will get them in the doo doo...they could easily get the body specs and sizes of things correct...tokai and other les paul copies get it right. my tokai love rock is identicle to a real les paul except the bookend on the headstock. and they still produce them. but great mod platform to work on (take off the gibson logo obviously) for anyone looking to buy one of these from p4m/jason jia or cathy zhong....simply dont waste your money if you think you are going to get a exact replica. buy the real thing instead(used) or check out the Japanese lawsuit les pauls like tokai,burny,greco,hondo ect...made in the famous Fujigen factory by the time one had bought one of these and modded it up, you may aswell could have bought a used les paul studio imho. hope this helps anyone thinking if they buy a chibson they will fool others into thinking they have one ect. obviously some drunken bar attendees wouldnt notice the difference from 20 ft away, but any decent guitar player should be able to spot the obvious give aways, as lets be real here , people only buy these because it says gibson on the headstock.
I have four granddaughters that all begged me to dye my beard purple, so because I love my grandchildren and would do pretty much anything for them so my beard is purple.
I came just to leave a comment. I did not even watch. I don't care if it is made twice as good as a Gibson, ITS NOT A GIBSON, I hate fake replicas trying to pawn them off as something it is not.
@@JayBirdGuitars its the spelling police. Always on the look out to correct others. Its makes them feel better about themselves, themselves. Go and play Scrable or something!
OK review but....here's a note for the future. It took more than 9 minutes before you get to the guitar. We don't need the first 9 minutes about where you work or other guitars you have owned. I played this video to see a review of the Ace guitar. I was just about to tune out when you finally got to the guitar itself.
Thank you so much for the advice I will definitely take that into consideration!
Skip ahead, Fred.
I bought the same guitar this past June. It was like you were reviewing my guitar. I had (have) the same problems on my guitar that you do. The finish on mine has orange peel in pretty much the same places that yours does. Most people never see them unless I point them out. I don't give two flips what is or isn't on the headstock. It's a fun guitar to play and being a huge KISS fan, especially Ace, it just hits right for me.
Good luck with your channel. Please keep reviewing budget friendly guitars.
Thanks for the comment I really appreciate the response. I will definitely keep reviewing budget friendly guitars.
They’re great as of late! But it’s bummer if they dry out after getting them and then they’re all out of whack. Not the case for all of them though! Mine is a 57’ futura and it’s incredible. Plays better than my two Gibson explorers which was kinda annoying! They’re all setup beautifully too so it’s a fair comparison
Yeah it’s hit or miss I know people that have got beautiful ones and others that have got junk. But the quality certainly has improved dramatically as of late. I’m glad you had a good experience. I know my Harley Benton SC550III blows away my Les Paul Custom.
Thanks for the opinion I have seen this chib a couple of times but no one has said a bad thing about it everything was great and perfect, I don't believe that, if everything is perfect which sometimes is the case as you have pointed out, but I find it a rare thing when 2 strangers give a glowing review and have the guitar in this case given to them, one of the others said they bought it. However if you got the time you can run down a name and see what their online life is, especially if you have a large ordering history with a company, now I don't have a clue with this guitar reviews but I still get cautious when it's just seems to good to be true, so thanks for doing a run down of the outside, I myself like to see the inside as well have not seen it yet on this model but have to say that I'll take your word for now. At least till I or a friend buys one, then I'm cracking it open. Lol
Thanks for the comment I really appreciate the input. Yeah I was crunched for time on this one. I had to do a ton of work on this to make it a good solid playable guitar. Out of the box it straight up sucked. I can only tell you what mine has in it. It did come with full sized pots and they are nice. The wiring is typical chinese factory crap. The Pickups are decent i have found no urgent need to replace them.
I managed to watch the whole video. But there is a couple of things that you talk about that is not right, you say that they have to make things different compared to a Gibson, well, that's not true at all, there is many many things on that guitar right now that is a legit case of the rules about counterfeit guitars, the open book headstock for example, and the Gibson logo, I mean even if it had a Chibson logo but in the same type of font as the Gibson used it is most likely not legal at all for them to use. You dont know about this, but the thing is that Gibson can not start a case about this, because there is no one to blame, most sellers that sell these guitars are not legit companies, they are just random people like you and me that happens to sell things online, they take the order of a specific guitar or even a custom order and write it down on paper and walk to the factory like any person and make the order, they visit the factory from time to time to take some pics and to get updates for the customer. Second, some things the Chinese people can not do like put in a Gibson trussrod and make a Gibson trussrod axess cavity is because 1: they dont have the knowledge to do it and 2: They dont have the proper tools to do it right. But, yes some of them are made in the same factories as the Epiphone´s are made, but these are made after hours so to speak. But there is many small unknown factories that build these guitars that can not be in the radar of making counterfeth guitars. They solved the problem with the customs by just applying a piece of tape over the logo so now days most of them get through the customs. So.. the way these guitars are built with different things slightly or very much off from the real Gibson guitars are because they dont know better and not because they have to do it that way. I see you are trying to build up a TH-cam channel and some day live of it, then you should replay to comments even I they are critic about your content. a little side tip of the day is that you should raise the tailpiece, the angle of the strings from the tailpiece is way to steep which will end up with a collapsed bridge and/or some serious tuning instability problems. Cheers.. :D
Awesome comment, thank you for the information I really appreciate it!
customs lets it in...its for sale publlicly...hes fine....I have a wolfgang on my page you can check out..i dont buy Gibson when i buy chinese guitars...everyone knows theyre jacked
Definitely a glam guitar! Marc Bolan would have looked good with one of these.
Totally!
The only thin they have to do is put tape over the Gibson logo so that it's not immediately obvious. customs usually doesn't look very close
Yeah I was just going off what the seller told me. But yes mine came with the logo covered.
poor customs
He looks like he tosses a Smurf's salad!
First of all Smurfs are Blue! Second, I have four granddaughters that all begged me to dye my beard purple, so because I love my grandchildren and would do pretty much anything for them my beard is purple.
Purple bearded one,
Can't convince me that you couldn't afford a real guitar.
Sell all that wall art and find a LP for $1500.
I have a Les Paul Custom, great guitar, I just don't hang it because the hangers give the nitro finish a neck rash. I only hang guitars with poly finishes, careful hanging your gibsons bro that rubber will eat that nitro.
so whats it to you bro?
I bought this exact guitar about 4 months ago. Had a small chip in the fretboard right out of the box. The fretboard is NOT ebony. It's some sort of cheap composite material (not a tone wood) sustain is terrible. I changed the cheap pickups out with real alnico 5 saphue brand pickups from amazon. I also had to do a complete level recrown of the frets due to so many being high. You get what you pay for. Don't believe the hype.
Without question! I had to do a ton of work to this to make it a playable guitar. These things are coming out of about 4 different factories, maybe more. Its like I said in the video, there are other brands that are much higher quality for the same or even less money. Great comment though thank you for your response.
theres a million sellers..just because yours sucked...thats like buying a bad american guitar and saying all american guitars suck...just because it looks like it doesnt mean its the same one or the same builder
Someone really like to ear themselves talk.
Almost 30m of bla bla bla and 2m of playing.
Good job 😬
Awesome comment thanks for the response!
dood thats a cool guitar...its fine...if someone doesnt like it oh well...im new too ill sub
Thanks for the comment I really appreciate it. It is a cool guitar, that's the reason I bought it. I don't recommend getting one though unless you really know how to do all the work you're going to have to do to get it to play well.
have a new sub dude.
I have been down the chibson rabbit hole myself....they never get it right.
knobs are always in the wrong positions on the body in relation to the tail peice
pickup rings are epiphone sized (screw placements not the same as a gibson pickup ring)
headstock is symetrical on the wings ,where as on a real gibby there is actually a very slight difference in wing height
the gibson logo is never correct position wise
truss rod cover is not correct / or the headstock isnt cut the same a real gibby
some of the chibbys even have fret nibs too these days (poorly done though)
they have either fake klusons or grovers (the grovers are fake because the stamp on them is bigger than the real thing)
also the fact that put gibson on the headstock is what will get them in the doo doo...they could easily get the body specs and sizes of things correct...tokai and other les paul copies get it right.
my tokai love rock is identicle to a real les paul except the bookend on the headstock.
and they still produce them.
but great mod platform to work on (take off the gibson logo obviously)
for anyone looking to buy one of these from p4m/jason jia or cathy zhong....simply dont waste your money if you think you are going to get a exact replica.
buy the real thing instead(used)
or check out the Japanese lawsuit les pauls like tokai,burny,greco,hondo ect...made in the famous Fujigen factory
by the time one had bought one of these and modded it up, you may aswell could have bought a used les paul studio imho.
hope this helps anyone thinking if they buy a chibson they will fool others into thinking they have one ect.
obviously some drunken bar attendees wouldnt notice the difference from 20 ft away, but any decent guitar player should be able to spot the obvious give aways, as lets be real here , people only buy these because it says gibson on the headstock.
I have a chibson lp supreme,,,,
40 years of service rep,and repairs tell me Gibson's in trouble !!!
@@americanjoe5486 they may well be once a certain era are all dead, but chibsons ain’t the ones to do it.
Awesome comment, I really appreciate the info. When I compare it to my les paul custom, well lets just say there is NO comparison.
For sure! If you want what gibson was get yourself a Heritage Single Cut.
@@GuitarYourself1 i have looked into them mate, but i cant get my head round that headstock shape....us guitarists are a strange fussy breed eh? lol
That was a lot of minutes of ripples and finish bla bla on a cheap knock off.
Who cares...
Thanks for the comment I really appreciate it!
Excuse me im having a hard time focusing on what the video is because of that beard 😂😂😂
I have four granddaughters that all begged me to dye my beard purple, so because I love my grandchildren and would do pretty much anything for them so my beard is purple.
I have 2. Had to gut.all the electronics. The wood work seems fine tho.
just buy a gibson
The wood is great, no issues there. But I did have to put in hours of labor to get this this to play well.
@@Jaxn089 i did and the neck snapped
@@JayBirdGuitars mine hasnt, had it 6 years
@@Jaxn089 thats good bro
Firefly has the same thing with out the Gibson name
Absolutely, except firefly’s is a much better guitar! I’ve had several firefly’s and loved all of them.
i have one...i stay away from the gibson guitars tho if i buy from china
Understandable! Thanks for the comment I really appreciate it!
you have a good taste kkkkk
Thank for the comment I really appreciate it!
I came just to leave a comment. I did not even watch. I don't care if it is made twice as good as a Gibson, ITS NOT A GIBSON, I hate fake replicas trying to pawn them off as something it is not.
Awesome comment thank you for the response!
like epiphone?
@@JayBirdGuitars Who owns Epiphone? When they make an Epiphone and put a Gibson badge on it I would have a problem with that.
@@glencooper1091 but noone cares...i mean i dont...people can do whatever they want..its a free country..
@@glencooper1091 check out my chinese wolfgang..lmao
wow people are jerks...
That's just part of the business. But yes they certainly can be!
Can you say: C O U N T E R F E I T ...........................STOP BUYING THESE CHINESE PIECES OF CRAP!!!
Awesome comment thanks for the response!
chinese make great guitars...
What hype. There shit!
Truth
theyre*
@@JayBirdGuitars its the spelling police. Always on the look out to correct others. Its makes them feel better about themselves, themselves. Go and play Scrable or something!
@@marccarter1350 you typed "themselves" twice...and scrabble*
@@JayBirdGuitars C U Next Time