nice demo, nice playing, some videos suck because they can't play and they play with disgusting dirty sound. This is refreshing to see and hear. Thank you
Excellent comparison, thanks! The Gibson had a very slight edge for me (literally and figuratively - touch brighter in the middle position) but both quality instruments.
i was play and using over 20 year for epiphone, it brought from europe back to here,after i saw the greeny les paul standard model was here i had trade in for gibson greeny standard, i've using for over 6 month ago, so amazing guitar🙏🏻😍💪
I ended up playing one of these in store and my god the pickups are so sick. I have a Lemon Burst 50s epiphone and I am going to upgrade the pickups to these Greeny ones. They're so good
Yeah, obviously both have quality tones. Professional players will go with Gibson and Bedroom Rock stars go with Epiphone, win win situation and btw, Carnauba wax will polish up the Epiphone very nicely. Great video and great playing Man. Thanks for sharing.
No matter what paste wax you use, it will take 20 plus applications to fill in the pours from the spray that Epiphone put on the finish. After the pours fill in then the guitar will shine up like a Gibson.
Great demo/review. Decent tones. I also owned the Grandmeister 40 for a good while. Haven't been happier since I was able to replace it with a Rivera Clubster Royale recording.
great content im amazed at when on my Epi Greeny i turn the vol up to 9 or 10 the phase knocks the walls down such a masterful tone , i even put geenybuckers in my Epi Lazarus and wow i felt bad for my burstbuckers lol
I ended up buying the Epiphone Slash goldtop at my local store.$799.two piece body, no veneer. It is the best les paul I ever played. Might put the Slash SD's in it but it wails as is.
Many times it's not the pickup height, but the actual position where the pickups are mounted. If you measure them carefully you'll see that Gibson pickups are spaced further apart. The bridge is closer to that pickup, and the ring of the neck pickup is thinner which allows it to be mounted further up the scale.
The comparison between the two is really entry level vs custom.. A better comparison would be the Epiphone Greeny vs the Vintage V100 Lemon Drop greeny.
$1500 is not an entry level Epiphone. There is another review video where the fella compares the Gibson, an older Epiphone and a less than $300 Chibson. He seemed to have the most complaints on the Gibson!
What you said about the long neck tenon only being found on Custom Shop is not true at all. It's not even new to Epiphone. The original Epiphone Slash AFD from more than a decade ago even had it.
that's interesting ,I just bought a 2023 Epi Slash AFD w/case from Sweetwater just 3 months ago, no long neck tenon, I also have 4 Epi '59's, I hot rod all my guitars so I take pickups out all the time. I sold the Slash AFD and put a deposit on a Greeny, I will pay the rest tomorrow and it will ship.
Thanks for demonstrating. The Epiphone sounded way better to be honest. More bite and clarity than the Gibson. But the Gibson did have more edge in the middle position though.
I couldn't hear much difference in sound..not enough to ever matter to a hack like me. The Gibson is beautiful though. Here in Australia, the Gibson is quite a bit more than double the price. I will probably by the Epiphone, maybe polish the finish a bit...and with what I save by not buying the Gibson, I could buy a Fender USA Stevie Ray Vaughn Strat that I really want.. I wonder if Epiphone is taking a lot of sales away from Gibson? Some of these Epiphones are really amazing for the money..
Taking sales away ? No, Epiphone = Gibson Epiphone guitars are Gibson products. An Epiphone guitar sale goes to Gibson's bank. All manufacturing equipment and processing are operated and owned by Gibson. It has been this way since 1957.
Cort CR250 Antique Amber looks exactly like Epiphone Greeny. It sounds better than both Epiphone Greeny and Gibson Greeny. And it costs 1/4th of Epiphone Greeny.
Got my Epiphone Greeny yesterday... just can't justify that money for the Gibson when the Epiphone is that much less money. The QC on the Epiphone is BETTER than most of my Gibsons. A LOT better.
Differeneces are very, very, very small. Next time, compare the vid sound-by-sound wise. Using a split pedal to swap guitars swiftly, without the cumbersome and hindring cable switches. In any true band, podium, live or jam setting nobody wille be able to tell the difference.
Every once and awhile the algorithm pays off. Dig your personality, review and playing. Great job. Subbed.
nice demo, nice playing, some videos suck because they can't play and they play with disgusting dirty sound. This is refreshing to see and hear. Thank you
Another fantastic video!! Keep up the great work guys! Quality reviews, quality production, and quality personality and playing; love it!!
indeed, such a sick review! thanks for sharing.
The Gibson def sounded better. And dude…..first time seeing one of your vids. Love your playing style!
Excellent comparison, thanks! The Gibson had a very slight edge for me (literally and figuratively - touch brighter in the middle position) but both quality instruments.
i was play and using over 20 year for epiphone, it brought from europe back to here,after i saw the greeny les paul standard model was here i had trade in for gibson greeny standard, i've using for over 6 month ago, so amazing guitar🙏🏻😍💪
I ended up playing one of these in store and my god the pickups are so sick. I have a Lemon Burst 50s epiphone and I am going to upgrade the pickups to these Greeny ones. They're so good
Cracking demo, great to hear chords that us normal players use for a change. Excellent, nice one!! 🙏
That Epiphone neck pickup sounds heavenly (ok, they both do). My Epiphone Greeny is in the mail.
I got one. I love it.
the Gibson sounded better to me. the neck on the epi was kinda dark. lovely pickups on them.
loving this review thanks
Fantastic information that we need 🎉❤
Wonderful comparison
Yeah, obviously both have quality tones. Professional players will go with Gibson and Bedroom Rock stars go with Epiphone, win win situation and btw, Carnauba wax will polish up the Epiphone very nicely. Great video and great playing Man. Thanks for sharing.
Where can I get carnuba wax from ? It will make the epiphone finish shine like a gloss?
@@TheEvdavis7 Walmart
Yes
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No matter what paste wax you use, it will take 20 plus applications to fill in the pours from the spray that Epiphone put on the finish. After the pours fill in then the guitar will shine up like a Gibson.
Great demo/review. Decent tones. I also owned the Grandmeister 40 for a good while. Haven't been happier since I was able to replace it with a Rivera Clubster Royale recording.
Just bought this lovely guitar at musicbliss, thanks khairul 👍
Such a high-quality video! As a Strat and Ibanez RG owner, I'm definitely considering the Epiphone for my first singlecut guitar.
great content im amazed at when on my Epi Greeny i turn the vol up to 9 or 10 the phase knocks the walls down such a masterful tone , i even put geenybuckers in my Epi Lazarus
and wow i felt bad for my burstbuckers lol
The Gibson looks a lot better and has a better out of phase sound but sound wise I was very surprised with how close the epi was. Awesome playing btw!
Nice video. What neck profile is there on Greeny? 50s profile neck? 60s profile? Thanx
59 profile. Not as chunky as the 50’s neck.
Great review brother I love both guitars but can only afford the epiphone the Gibson does sound a little clearer though
I ended up buying the Epiphone Slash goldtop at my local store.$799.two piece body, no veneer. It is the best les paul I ever played. Might put the Slash SD's in it but it wails as is.
Glad I found this channel, That was a great review
My thought is a simple swap to orange drop caps on the Epi may pull it more in line with this Gibson, if you like the Gibson tone. Cheap & easy to do.
seems like gibson's pickups are higher and closer to the strings, more volume and compression for me
Many times it's not the pickup height, but the actual position where the pickups are mounted. If you measure them carefully you'll see that Gibson pickups are spaced further apart. The bridge is closer to that pickup, and the ring of the neck pickup is thinner which allows it to be mounted further up the scale.
@@andrewbecker3700 So can that be done with the epiphone or what ?
The comparison between the two is really entry level vs custom.. A better comparison would be the Epiphone Greeny vs the Vintage V100 Lemon Drop greeny.
$1500 is not an entry level Epiphone. There is another review video where the fella compares the Gibson, an older Epiphone and a less than $300 Chibson. He seemed to have the most complaints on the Gibson!
😂 yyyeah. That’s right. Back in your box.
What you said about the long neck tenon only being found on Custom Shop is not true at all. It's not even new to Epiphone. The original Epiphone Slash AFD from more than a decade ago even had it.
that's interesting ,I just bought a 2023 Epi Slash AFD w/case from Sweetwater just 3 months ago, no long neck tenon, I also have 4 Epi '59's, I hot rod all my guitars so I take pickups out all the time. I sold the Slash AFD and put a deposit on a Greeny, I will pay the rest tomorrow and it will ship.
This is off topic but what head unit/cabinet are you using and what if any effects pedals? thanks
Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister Deluxe 20 > Orange PPC212V > an Alesis rack effects unit for reverb
The tone coming from your setup and the Greeny is Legendary! Thanks for the info.
@@cujo8762 Cheers man! 🍻
I don’t like the finish on the epiphone. It’s too plastic looking
Agree it looks cheap
Agreed 💯
Great review. This time Epiphone wins not only for the price 😊
Thanks for demonstrating. The Epiphone sounded way better to be honest. More bite and clarity than the Gibson. But the Gibson did have more edge in the middle position though.
Proof that wood matters... okoume is darker and mid heavy unplugged and plugged.
I couldn't hear much difference in sound..not enough to ever matter to a hack like me. The Gibson is beautiful though. Here in Australia, the Gibson is quite a bit more than double the price. I will probably by the Epiphone, maybe polish the finish a bit...and with what I save by not buying the Gibson, I could buy a Fender USA Stevie Ray Vaughn Strat that I really want..
I wonder if Epiphone is taking a lot of sales away from Gibson? Some of these Epiphones are really amazing for the money..
Taking sales away ? No, Epiphone = Gibson
Epiphone guitars are Gibson products.
An Epiphone guitar sale goes to Gibson's bank. All manufacturing equipment and processing are operated and owned by Gibson. It has been this way since 1957.
Cort CR250 Antique Amber looks exactly like Epiphone Greeny. It sounds better than both Epiphone Greeny and Gibson Greeny. And it costs 1/4th of Epiphone Greeny.
The Gibson is more organic sound and have more frecuancys
Got my Epiphone Greeny yesterday... just can't justify that money for the Gibson when the Epiphone is that much less money. The QC on the Epiphone is BETTER than most of my Gibsons. A LOT better.
isnt that gibson pretty dark?
Or perhaps that Epiphone is rather light? 😆
Guitar Greeny, but the song is Slashy and Myles. lol
epiphone looks better
Gibson all the way
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Epiphone color is more accurate
Differeneces are very, very, very small. Next time, compare the vid sound-by-sound wise. Using a split pedal to swap guitars swiftly, without the cumbersome and hindring cable switches. In any true band, podium, live or jam setting nobody wille be able to tell the difference.
7k for china made epiphone.. save some more get real gibson, or premium japan made les paul.