I did report the bugger, I knew it wasn't you, over the years we dealt with that same crap on our channel, just wanted to give you a heads up, someone was in your comment section trying to sucker ppl, thanks for the awesome content as usual!!
The biggest problem I see with the whole Chibson thing is, not whether you want one for yourself. If you want one, buy one. My problem is with that guy who passes a Chibson off as the real thing and rips somebody off. I don't think a real guitar lover would do it, but we all know those people are out there, just waiting to take advantage of somebody.
I just got a custom one made and told them to put their name on the back of the headstock so you’ll never be able to do that. This way, the maker is also putting their name on the work.
You took the words right out of my mouth when you was talking about the relic finish. When I buy a new guitar I want it to look new . I can do enough damage to the finish trying to baby it.
Dang, man. First time viewer, love your work. Couldn't agree more about the stolen Valor stuff. But I gotta say, I'm an old guy, 67 and change. My social security would NEVER cover even an entry level Gibson. But for $308 to my door, I got a chibby 3 pickup SG that absolutely smokes! SINCE I bought it under no illusions, and tell everyone who admires it what it is, and would NEVER sell it, no not never, I think no one is hurt (no even Gibson, since I wasn't gonna buy one anyway). Had 2 years of joy from that guitar, and I ain't sorry for a bit of it. Peace.
I'm an Army vet. I don't think it's at all like stolen valor. It's just business. Gibson are merely too greedy. If their instruments were worth the money, I wouldn't complain. If Gibson weren't so blatantly cash grabbing, (making so many substandard "limited editions"), I would never consider buying a Chibson. However, Gibson are, and I am.
Very informative video. What type of paint did you use on the back and sides. Did you have to use a primer and did you spray the clear coat on it afterwards?
The “Gibsons” used on Guns and Roses Appetite For Destruction” were Counterfeit guitar made by LA Luthiers. Ironically Gibson sells several Slash signature LP marketed as Gibsons were the originals weren’t Gibsons for $3.2k!! Each…Although Henry is gone, the BS goes on. Gibson guitars deserve the Chibsons for overcharging, raising prices, gouging the consumer, and alienating the Mom and Pop guitar shops. And yes there are top of the line Gibsons that need to be Scarred Guitar (sent out in need of a set up) yes Guitar Center I am referring to you…
they should just leave the damn logos off and sell them as no names at least. but then the headstock shape would be the only complaint??!! you are a great repairman!!!! peace
If it were only the headstock shape, they'd be no different than Japanese brands make for markets outside the US. I mean, not the quality, but you know what I mean.
Im about to put a tone pros bridge on a firefly like that. The post holes are too small. If i take the right size drill bit, will it be easy to drill them out bigger? Or will it tear out like hell?
Um, why would they put the saddle width on the pickup? Two completely different companies making the products...you're saying the pickup company sent a Chinese email to another Chinese company and asked them to stamp the saddle width on their pickups?
I love my Gibson SG ,but I feel like Gibson has gone way to expensive! That's why I probably never buy another one. I'd rather buy a Chibson or any other type guitar that's affordable and rebuild it myself, Shawn! You did an excellent rebuild on that Greeny! If I wouldn't have this Cancer and now really can't afford to purchase even a cheap Chibson or any other type guitar right now , but I'm winning the battle so far, soon I will be able to purchase one and get you to rebuild it! Keep up the great work! 👍
I bought a Chibson to use on stage and not take my expensive Les Paul and get it stolen or broken. Mine looks fabulous and plays very well. Replaced the pickups with PAF pickups from GFS. AND...I replaced the nut and tuners. Other than that, it plays like my real Gibson and sounds just the same for $480, total including the extra parts. Now, if someone knocks my LP over, I will not go mental....as my real LP is safely at home on the wall.
Good video man, that took a lot of work and patience. I recently bought a Chibson double cut Junior from a guy who had ordered it direct from one of those Chinese sites. I bought it to get it off the market and make a project guitar out of it. What got my goat was when I was taking it apart that it had Epiphone parts on it. Epiphone was engraved on the bridge. The keys were definitely the same keys that Epiphone uses. Pickup from Japan and pots from South Korea. Makes me wonder if someone from Epiphone isn't behind some of these Chibsons. Have a good one and Merry Christmas to you, your wife and family.
My nephew worked in Asia for one of the Chibson sellers. It's the Wild West (East). Until their governments crack down sadly there's not much the manufacturers can do.
He was going extra hard here which makes sense for this guitar. Razor blade with light even pressure is a great way to clean up actual dark wood fretboards. Follow that with a proper oil treatment and it will be tip top
I could really use that tool that you used to remove the volume & tone knob nuts/ hardware. Looking for the correct size socket or box end wrench gets old. I like that tool you used! Where can I obtain one?
I'm with you on the relic thing - it's another stolen valor issue. But the counterfeiting is a worse sin. I'm glad you sanded it out - the grain is rather spectacular on that one!
I’m with you on the relic weirdness that’s all the rage these days. When I build a guitar, I spend a lot of time on the finish. I’m not going to take a hammer to it so someone can fake old. There’s too much fake going on; I’m not going to add to it.
It's only counterfeit if you try to sell it as a genuine Gibson. I have a copy 335 - I swapped out the tuners with Grovers, Epiphone pickups with Golden Age, mickey mouse pots and switch with CTS and switchcraft. It plays and sounds great - and it didn't cost me 3500 bucks and I'm not worried about scratches or it getting lifted as much as if it were a genuine one. When people ask about it, I tell them it is a Chinese copy. A quick way to tell the difference is to look at the truss rod adjuster - Chinese use Allen sockets , Gibson use acorn nuts. I also have a genuine 57 Les Paul Custom - with an acorn nut - but it cost me a fortune and I never take it out of the house - now that was a waste of 7500.
That looks sooo much better, I agree Sean, I've never understood the relic look, I prefer to relic mine the natural way TIME and playing. Great video, looking forward to the next, have a great week
@@davidmarkham4391 If this is the dumbest comment ever you need to watch more videos. I'm just saying are you going to spend 4,000 dollars on a guitar or just spend 200 on pretty much the same thing? I will take the 200 any day. And if chibson can make them inexpensive gibson can too.
Watching you work is like watching Bob Ross paint. Hypnotizing. I guess there IS value in a relic'd guitar: It's SO NICE to the dopamine receptors when someone FIXES them. Hopefully I can get my Chibson "Phony Iommi" SG playing as well. . .
Do Any Of You Know Why Gibson Stopped Making Les Pauls In 1961/62 ?, Well Here's Why The Sales Of Both Gold Top And The Sunburst, Plain And Flame Tops Just became So Poor They Decided To Stop Making Them, The Were A $200.00 Dollar Guitar, The Custom Les Paul In Black With Three Pickups As Opposed To The P90 In The Bridge Position And Rectangular/Staple Pole Piece Pick Up In The Neck Position, P90 Size Footprint Was Known As The Fretless Wonder Also In Black, The Custom Models Were All Mahogany NO MAPLE CAP And Were $300.00 Guitars, Chicao Musical Instrument Company Part Of Baldwin Piano Company Owned Them At That Point And To Mid Sixties Ish. These Les Pauls Sunbursts Some Flame Top And Some Plain Top Had The Mythical Tone, NOT ALL OF EITHER OF THEM THOUGH, Then Mike Bloomfield Was Using Les Pauls To Play Blues, This Apparently Inspired Clapton, Page, Beck, To use Les Pauls, Then They Became Sought After, The SG Introduced To Replace Them, To Hopefully Boost Sales, Les Paul Did Not Like Because He Found The Neck Joint Moved To Easily It Was Not Stable, It Flexed Easily, So Asked guison To Remove His Name From The Under His Royalty Deal,. Meanwhile A Company Produced A Bolt On Neck COPY, LP With A Headstock Style That Was Like The Gibson Headstock, This Was The LAW SUIT GUITAR, THE ONLY LAW SUIT GUITAR IN FACT AND JAPANESE And that Head Stock was The Trade Mark Design, That Company Was Ibanez They And Gibson Settled Out Of Court, So Ibanez Created A Different Profile Headstock, Sometime Around 1966/1967, Gibson Reintroduced The Les Paul, And Called It Special which Being A Carved Top It was Not, It Had P90 single Coils Again, These Gave way To Epiphone Mini Humbuckers In Cream And Also Eventually Black P90 Plastic Surrounds With a Rectangle Cutout In ThemTo Accomodate The Mini Humbucker And Their Mounting in The P90 Size Routings, This version Was Named The Les Paul Deluxe, Was In Gold Top Or Sunbursts Of Cherry Or Tobbaco, NONE OF THE EARLIER DISCONTINUED LES PAULS WERE EVER KNOWN AS STANDARDS, Norlin Corporation, Purchased Gibson Somewhere Along The Sixities/Seventies As An Aquisition, It Is Said , Norlin's Business Was Far Removed From Guitar Manufacturing, Cost Cutting was Levelled At Norlin As The Dishededge To All Les Pauls Dissapeared And Headstock Angles On Les Pauls Stopped Being 17 Degrees, Becoming 14 Degrees, The Low E Bridge Pin On Tunamatics Was Too close To The Bridge Pickup On The Bass Side Of The Bridge Preventing Setting Correct Intonation Of That String And Other Quality Issues, Three Piece Mahogany Maple Mahogany Necks Etc. The Les Paul Standard Was Introduced In The Norlin Owned Gibson Catalogue/Catalog In 1974, With Humbucking Pick Ups , With Pickup Mounting Rings, Which Were Too Shallow In Height, Unlike The 50s/60s Les Pauls With Carved Tops And Dished Upturned Edges To The Tops, Bridge Pickup Ring, 1/2 Inch High On Bridge, (Pick Up), Long Side And Fret Board,(Pick Up), Mounting Ring 1/4 Inch High On Opposite Longside Side To Fretboard Long Side Of The Ring, The 1974 and To Later In To The 1980s Pickup Mounting Rings Were Both On Customs And The Standard ?, (Nothing Like The Originals, So Standard ?), Were 3/8th Inch On Long Side Next To Bridge, Mounting Ring, With A 3/16th Inch Long Side Opposite The Fretboard, (Rythm Pickup) Side Of The Mounting Ring, The Late 50s Les Paul Custom, Used three Humbucking Pickups 1/2 Inch Height, Bridge Pick Up, Mounting Ring 3/8th Inch Middle Pickup, Mounting Ring, And 3/16th Inch Fret Board Pick Up, Mounting Ring, This Allows The Correct Angle Of The Three Rings Line From Bridge To Fret Board Edge, With Regards To The Neck Angle, Which Was Slightly Greater On Those 50s/60s Les Pauls Gibson Owned Norlin Made their FirstTry At a Reissue Flame And Quilt Top Les Paul Two Full Size Humbuckers 50s/60s Les Paul, Notice I Do Not Call It A Standard, With The Gibson Heritage 80 And Heritage 80 Elite Models, Flame Or Figured Top Rosewood Fretboard And Elite Quilted Maple, Ebony Fretboard, Using Grover Tuning Machines, Instead Of The Correct, Tulip Button Twin Screw Mounting Kluson Style Tuning Machines. Eventually Henry Jusewicki And Business Partners Purchased The Gibson Guitar Company By Late Eighties Early Ninties, And Started To Try To ge Correct Style Reissues In To Production., New Owners I Have Not Caught Up With Yet Who is Current. Tokai, Les P Love Rock, Japanese Made, Early Eighties To Late Eighties, Fenandes/Burny Les P RLC AND RLG Series Japanese, Made In Same Factory Apparently As Tokai, Not Fenandes/Burny, Fender Replicas Though, That Factory Was The Fujigen Gakki/ Greco Factory Same As Tokai Time Frame Years, The Fujigen Gakki/ Greco Factory Who Also Made Some Bolt On Neck Les Pls And Seventies Style Glued Neck Les Pls And Then Got In To Making The 50s/60s Les Pls Glued Neck Also, These Three brands Produced Some Very Accurate Replicas Even To The Correct Headstock Angles And Shape, Correct ABR1 Nickel Plated Bridge, Mounting Pins And Wheel Nuts For Same And Nickel Plated Lightweight Stop Bar Tailpiece, Tokai And Fenandes/Burny Had Correct Toggle Switch Nuts On Japanese Production, Fujigen Gakki Also Produced Various Other Seventies/Eighties Bolt On Neck Branded Copies Of Les Pls My Personal Thought Is Get The Bridges Etc Correct In Plating And Style For The Years These Companies Are Replicating, As Those I Mention Above Did And They Got Carving Headstock Angles And Details Correct Too They Produced A Good £ 350.00 Pound UK Sold Guitar Made In Japan 1985, Flame Top Or Gold Top And Other Sunbursts Or Colours/ColorsThat Were Accurate, Set Up Correctly, NO Nibs ON Binding Though At The Low end Of Their Ranges The Top Line Were Triple AAA Flame Tops And £1200.00 Pounds UK Then. Also 1985, Gibson Under Norlin Had Les Pauls In The UK Standards ? See Above Comment For £700.00 Pounds UK 1985 And Les Paul Customs For £899.00 To £1000.00 Pounds UK Incorrect Carving, No Dished Edges 14 Degree Headstocks, Three piece Mahogany Maple Mahogany Necks Etc. Last Words Are The Chinese Do Use Quality Woods Dried Properly And Correct Construction Mahogany Bodies/ Maple Caps Many Are Not Veneers, The Wrong Bridges Or Schaller Wide Travel Tunamatics With Bridge Insert Bushes In Stead Of Correct ABR1 Style, Wrong Toggle Switch Nut, Pots Can Be Full Size And Correct Log Audio Taper Law 500K Ohms For Both Tones and Volumes Correct Cream Plastic Jack Socket Plate But All These And The Tokais/Fenendes Burny Above Use Larger No 2 Philips Headed Raised Countersink Nickel Plated Back Plate Control Cover Jack Socket Plate Screws Unlike Gibson's No 1 Phillips Raised Head Countersunk UK Size No 6 Wood Screws, Dont Know The American Size Number For These, Just About 3/16 Of An Inch Thread Diameter. Gibson In Japan Has Their ORVILLE brand With Open Book Headstock, Les Pauls, SGs, 335s/355s, ESP Has Their Very Accurate Replicas In Japan, Also Edwards Branded Japan Accurate Again, Japanese 70s /80s Made Aria Les Pauls/Pro II Les Pls, Fixed Neck, Correct Headstocks Too, Though The Wider 70 Gbs Headstocks As Fitted To Norlin Produced Gbs, Plus Jedsons Made japan 70s/80s Bolt Neck, Possibly at Fujigen Gakki. Any Name Can Be On The Headstocks No MADE IN USA Or Serial Numbers Stamped as Gbs Need To Be Placed To Con On Back Of The Headstock, Use Correct Truss Rod Though As Tokai/ Fenandes/Burny Did In The Eighties With A Two Screw Hole Truss Rod Cover, Can Be Any Shape As Oppossed To a Bell, It Makes The Headstock Slightly Stronger Too, Less Cavity To Weaken That Area, Better Still Gibson Could Contract These Brands To Manufacture Accurate Budget Models For Those Can Not Afford Mega Bucks/Pounds. Gibson Have Started Putting Open Book Headstock On Epiphone Les Pauls Now. Good. Gibson's Main Rivals In The 1920s To 1950s Were Epiphone and Stromberg For Jazz Bodied Guitars, Epiphone's Emperor Was The Largest Jazz Body Guitar Of Those Years As Both Acoustic And Electrified, With Pick Ups, Les Paul's Log ws Conceived By Les paul In Epiphone's Factory, In Evenings And Weekends As He was Both A Customer and Friends With Epi. The Log Was a Piece Of Railway Sleeper With The Neck, Pick Ups And Bridge All Mounted To It With Emperor Wing Body Sections Toggle Latched To Bass And Treble Sides Of The Solid Centre To Present It as Guitar Like Jazz Bodied Instrument, Les Paul Originally Played It Sans These Refinements, As Apparently, It Caused An Odd Reaction From Audiences, Distracting Them Somehow, Fitted the Wings and That Solved The Reactions. Anyone Notice The Similarity To The, ES 335/345/355, Solid Centre block, The Log Is The Definite Fore Runner Of The Gibson ES/Electric Spanish Semi Solid Guitars Centre Block By At least Ten To Fifteen Years. Paul Bigsby's Made For Merle Travis Guitar Had A LP Style Solid Flat Top Body Way Before Gibson's Les Pauls And That Bigsby Guitar Also Predates Both Leo's And CBS Fender's Treble Clef Based Single Sided Six Tuner Headstock By A Good Number Of Years Too, Upwards Of Ten Also Years, There's Also Only So Many Chord Progressions Or Note Scales/Sequences And Time Signatures, Speeds Before Someone Shouts You Copied My Music/Song Etc. Wizdom Of The Wise, Inspires Designs Of Many, If The Names Not Included What's The Sincerest Form Of Flattery, Every One Uses Jeans And T Shirts As Leisure Ware, Levis, Mr Wrangler, Gloria Vanderbelt By Murjani, Chinos Etc, How Many In Fashion Are Inspired By Iconic Designs/ Cars Buildings Tools, Woodworking/ Automotive, Kitchen Equipment, Washing Machines, Hoover Generic, Vaccum Cleaner The Function Etc. Tell Us In Comments What's Not Copied Or Replicated Would Be Easier ! .
@@stephanguitar9778PRS at every price tier beats pretty much everything. I own several Gibsons and several PRS ..if I had to pick one out of all of them as “best” it be the PRS CE-24. It actually splits and sounds like a true single coil .. I had to replicate the “TCI” thing for pickups as it didn’t have that . But , I figured out the ‘recipe’ for the TCI for the 85/15 pickups . It will probably work in yours to if they have 85/15s .. cost about 40-45 bucks to do
Can a Chibson be as good or better than a Gibson - with modifications and pro set up - ABSOLUTELY YES! AND, I want my guitar relic'ed - BY YEARS OF GIGGING AND NATURAL WEAR AND TEAR - nothing else.
Your allusion of the medals made so much sense to me… you know I’ve seen on eBay a knock of of Mike ness 1976 Les Paul gold top reliced and it looks good . 330$ but , if I’d get it I’d ask them to put 1945 on the headstock ( one of his song title) instead of Gibson. ❤
I got a great Epi LP Standard for $550 with Whole Lotta Humbuckers. A 2016. Wanted those original pickups. but the guy who changed them put in a boost into the guitar with a battery compartment well done in the back. Absolutely visceral!
Now me, I wanna get some CHIBSON and CHENDER waterslides made just for guitars like these as I agree with you in not putting someone else's name on guitars they never made.
Another fantastic scar Sean. I should have you scar the one I'm playing in my profile pic. It's a 1975 (pre-lawsuit) Ibanez Deluxe '59er (2351M). I messed up the finish years ago. I also wore out the original neck. The replacement is awesome. Just need it refinished. Maybe could be buffed out but if I were to do it I thing I'd want fresh pickups put in. Seymour Duncan SH-6s in there now. Plays like butta.
Hi Shawn, I love watching your channel and learning how to work on my own guitars! I have a question tho, and its off topic (I hope you don't mind). What tools do I need and should I just buy a 'luthiers kit' to begin with? Being I'm just learning how to work on guitars, I really cant afford to invest in quality tools atm. 🤔
As long as it is sold without the Gibson or whatever brand they are knocking off's logo, then im okay with Chibsons, particularly when some of them are as good or better (or can be) than the flagship brand for a weeks worth of Mcdonalds meals money. Then do exactly what Sean did and drop in a couple SH18 whole lotta humbuckers for 100-200 used/new, change the tuners, oil the nut, and wala!
A replica is one thing but my biggest issue with Chibsons is that they could easily be set with after market pickups and passed off as 'real' not saying on a large scale but why spend your money on something like a Chibson in stead of a Harley Benton or Firefly guitar
@@_Yep_Yep_ They are all made in the same region but HB is its own brand no desire to rip off other names. Firefly does some questionable stuff like with their EVH 'tribute' but also makes good entry level guitars that don't direct copy others
I agree with you , I don't get the relic crap. I buy new guitars for a reason and I try to keep them in perfect condition , I don't want something I spent money on to look like shit. SMH!!!
I hope you don’t have as much shit to worry about in your life as me bc trying to keep my guitars in perfect condition sounds like a good way to ruin every playing sesh with hypervigalance and anxiety 🤯
@@terrorbirds9835 Sounds to me like you're the one with anxiety , just because I take care of my guitar's doesn't mean I don't enjoy playing them. I just don't beat on them or bang them around , I play at home and put my guitars in the racks when done , it's actually pretty simple. There's no reason any guitar should be all dented and scratched up if you're playing it normally , of course you'll get some scratches around the pickguard and wear on the fretboard. That's different from your guitar looking like it fell off a roof...
Not gonna lie, I was thinking "here we go again, another Chibson upgrade guy" but I was loving it man! You're not only a very knowledgeable and skillfull Luthier but also an entertainer.... good combo for these types of videos. You got yourself another subscriber.
I bought a pearly gates a looonnnggg time ago, and it still is an amazing guitar. It was light, the neck was nice. I put real Gibson parts on it, kluson tuners , CTS, sprague orange drops, bone nut, tweaked the action and intonation …A set of Duncan JB 6 and 8….and it’s a monster. I have $700 in it, and I’m not afraid to have a beer thrown at me anymore.
You nailed it with this one Sean. Guess your neck ain't as red as I sometimes thought🤣 Really important message for everyone to keep in mind and not just about guitars. Good on ya mate.
Play with you 100% fella I don't know what a girl I don't understand it either I don't understand what anyone would pay $5 to take a brand new guitar and have it turned into something that looks old it's it's the craziness of the the Gen z is the craziness of woke it's all that crap it's all falls into the same category when the lump it all together it's Insanity I always tried the hardest to keep my guitars looking as nice as possible polishing them cleaning them after using them since I've gone blind slowly over the years and I can't see anything going on with the finish of my guitar as much anymore anyway unless I hold them underneath a bright light and I can see that they shine LOL that's about it hopefully right that they shine That's the whole idea of a new guitar and a nice guitar but yeah so I've given up on worrying about if they get dinged or banged I don't like that feel it anymore its just accept it but that's a far cry from buying or having someone take my car and make it look like a piece of s***so I guess in a long, I agree with you 110% sincerely Bob the blind bags on guitar
Any guitar that inspires you to play music is ok with me. My MIC Wolfgang Signature is a beast after some fret work. It didn’t come perfect but it is now. And $289.00 beats $5,000.00 in my opinion.
Why did you put the neck pick up back backwards, part of the greeny was it was out of phase from the factory!!! Put it back quick before he sees it!!! Love you all and have a blessed day!! The greeny wasalways outofphase!!!!
Got a chibby, painted the headstock matt black. Replaced the truss rod with a blank one. Did a fret job and polish. Replaced all the electronics with EMG Revelation pickups and EMG solderless electronics. Replaced the tuners with Wilkinson locking tuners, bridge and tailpiece are Wilkinson now. Replaced the nut with a bone nut. She’s a monster now. I hate that they put the Gibson Logo on these. I think chibby’s would sell better if the headstocks were straight blank.
They DO sell with many headstocks: "10s" "Harley Benton" "Firefly" "Glarry" etc. The people ordering chibsons want a "facsimile" or "replica'. You could start a guitar company just ordering chibsons with your logo and reselling them. (like Harley Benton etc).
It is an odd world. I play for a livin'. Have for 40+ years. Honestly, I want folks to see that I only need a Grote guitar and a solid state amp and a few fx to pull off a gig. I would feel goofy showing up to a gig that paid 100$ per man with a 3000$ guitar and a boutique amp. If I needed 5000$ worth of gear to play a bar gig, then I probably should choose another occupation.🤔 If it takes a 1000$ rifle with a 300$ scope to bag a deer at 40 yds......well I ain't impressed.
I have to politely CONCUR, I do not know if Gibson has a quiet side window agreement with China Manufactures or Not, I do find the logos distasteful, if if going to be faked or forced patina it should reflect playing, I don`t get the tweekers tact on the back that don`t even look like any buckle rash I ever saw. If Gibson is Greenlighting the forgeries the logo then SHOULD reflect that call it a Chibson so some new collector is not taken for the ride.
I like the way you make it look like it takes just a few minutes to do all the stuff. Ha! You and I know it takes a lot of time.😵💫 I disagree with your soldier analogy, but that’s just my opinion. Those guys that fight in a war, are in a whole other degree of balls/guts and everything!!!! Can’t compare guitar things to that! Nope!! Not even close… Anywaaaaaay… I enjoy ya. It’s a lot of fun watching you have fun with what you Love to do. Thanks for the videos! I saw your guitars on Amazon… and that’s very Cool! Great job getting out there and doing it. Getting a business going is no joke, so props.
I have no issues with them making Les Paul-style guitars its the fact that they are putting the Gibson and Les Paul names on it. But worse are all these people that think its okay to buy them because "Gibson costs more than it should."
I don't use Telegram and no I won't ask you to message me for free stuff.
They tried me
I did report the bugger, I knew it wasn't you, over the years we dealt with that same crap on our channel, just wanted to give you a heads up, someone was in your comment section trying to sucker ppl, thanks for the awesome content as usual!!
I got one too. Knew it was a scam!
Ya mean, Sean doesn't wanna make me a _Scared Guitar?!!?_ 🎸
Me too, I don’t know what it is even about. Stupid people with nothing better to do.
The biggest problem I see with the whole Chibson thing is, not whether you want one for yourself. If you want one, buy one. My problem is with that guy who passes a Chibson off as the real thing and rips somebody off. I don't think a real guitar lover would do it, but we all know those people are out there, just waiting to take advantage of somebody.
I just got a custom one made and told them to put their name on the back of the headstock so you’ll never be able to do that. This way, the maker is also putting their name on the work.
You took the words right out of my mouth when you was talking about the relic finish. When I buy a new guitar I want it to look new . I can do enough damage to the finish trying to baby it.
Dang, man. First time viewer, love your work. Couldn't agree more about the stolen Valor stuff. But I gotta say, I'm an old guy, 67 and change. My social security would NEVER cover even an entry level Gibson. But for $308 to my door, I got a chibby 3 pickup SG that absolutely smokes! SINCE I bought it under no illusions, and tell everyone who admires it what it is, and would NEVER sell it, no not never, I think no one is hurt (no even Gibson, since I wasn't gonna buy one anyway). Had 2 years of joy from that guitar, and I ain't sorry for a bit of it. Peace.
I'm an Army vet. I don't think it's at all like stolen valor. It's just business. Gibson are merely too greedy. If their instruments were worth the money, I wouldn't complain.
If Gibson weren't so blatantly cash grabbing, (making so many substandard "limited editions"), I would never consider buying a Chibson. However, Gibson are, and I am.
Very informative video. What type of paint did you use on the back and sides. Did you have to use a primer and did you spray the clear coat on it afterwards?
The “Gibsons” used on Guns and Roses Appetite For Destruction” were Counterfeit guitar made by LA Luthiers. Ironically Gibson sells several Slash signature LP marketed as Gibsons were the originals weren’t Gibsons for $3.2k!! Each…Although Henry is gone, the BS goes on. Gibson guitars deserve the Chibsons for overcharging, raising prices, gouging the consumer, and alienating the Mom and Pop guitar shops. And yes there are top of the line Gibsons that need to be Scarred Guitar (sent out in need of a set up) yes Guitar Center I am referring to you…
they should just leave the damn logos off and sell them as no names at least. but then the headstock shape would be the only complaint??!! you are a great repairman!!!! peace
If it were only the headstock shape, they'd be no different than Japanese brands make for markets outside the US. I mean, not the quality, but you know what I mean.
Im about to put a tone pros bridge on a firefly like that. The post holes are too small.
If i take the right size drill bit, will it be easy to drill them out bigger? Or will it tear out like hell?
Yo Sean the 10.4 is the saddle width or like we associate 52mm at the bridge and 50 at the neck.
Um, why would they put the saddle width on the pickup? Two completely different companies making the products...you're saying the pickup company sent a Chinese email to another Chinese company and asked them to stamp the saddle width on their pickups?
@@jritechnology String spacing?
I love my Gibson SG ,but I feel like Gibson has gone way to expensive! That's why I probably never buy another one. I'd rather buy a Chibson or any other type guitar that's affordable and rebuild it myself, Shawn! You did an excellent rebuild on that Greeny! If I wouldn't have this Cancer and now really can't afford to purchase even a cheap Chibson or any other type guitar right now , but I'm winning the battle so far, soon I will be able to purchase one and get you to rebuild it!
Keep up the great work! 👍
I bought a Chibson to use on stage and not take my expensive Les Paul and get it stolen or broken.
Mine looks fabulous and plays very well. Replaced the pickups with PAF pickups from GFS.
AND...I replaced the nut and tuners.
Other than that, it plays like my real Gibson and sounds just the same for $480, total including the extra parts.
Now, if someone knocks my LP over, I will not go mental....as my real LP is safely at home on the wall.
Good video man, that took a lot of work and patience. I recently bought a Chibson double cut Junior from a guy who had ordered it direct from one of those Chinese sites. I bought it to get it off the market and make a project guitar out of it. What got my goat was when I was taking it apart that it had Epiphone parts on it. Epiphone was engraved on the bridge. The keys were definitely the same keys that Epiphone uses. Pickup from Japan and pots from South Korea. Makes me wonder if someone from Epiphone isn't behind some of these Chibsons. Have a good one and Merry Christmas to you, your wife and family.
I have a kit guitar coming next month with a flame top, what type of dye do you use to make the flame pop like that?
This is becoming one of my favorite channels!
This is my favorite channel!
My nephew worked in Asia for one of the Chibson sellers. It's the Wild West (East). Until their governments crack down sadly there's not much the manufacturers can do.
Glad someone else said it too. I don’t understand relicing, but I didn’t understand preworn jeans either
Absolutely correct. Don't support sellers who are stealing another brand's identity. Outright theft.
One of your best episodes ever, so much info. Great camera work today! I'm loving this channel!
IMHO, the greatest Gibson that never was is Slash's Glodie. The guitar that saved Gibson and even they couldn't make a good replica.
Can you @16:34 use like 1000 grit sandpaper or something besides a razor blade on the frets to "clean" them up??
He was going extra hard here which makes sense for this guitar. Razor blade with light even pressure is a great way to clean up actual dark wood fretboards. Follow that with a proper oil treatment and it will be tip top
The razor blade is much faster and way more efficient than 1000 grit sandpaper. The sand paper would get clogged up every minute or two.
Thanks for the responses
He was using the razor on the fretboard not the frets
MAN you're like the Bob Ross of guitar repair!
Sean and Cathy are putting in the work!
Can you send the link where I can get this exact guitar?
It's not as easy to find Gibson marked. Ali express used to have them.
I could really use that tool that you used to remove the volume & tone knob nuts/ hardware. Looking for the correct size socket or box end wrench gets old. I like that tool you used! Where can I obtain one?
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I finally made it to the end of the internet, thought I had seen it all, but now I see a relict guitar turned into a new guitar...
I’m totally with you on the stupidity of relic finishes
Could you give us a parts list of some of the hardware and pickups that you used on the Chibson guitar??
Thanks! 😊
Wow, that relic’ing is quite exquisite. You can really see the Bamboo showing through the paint work.
😂😂😂
I'm with you on the relic thing - it's another stolen valor issue. But the counterfeiting is a worse sin. I'm glad you sanded it out - the grain is rather spectacular on that one!
I’m with you on the relic weirdness that’s all the rage these days. When I build a guitar, I spend a lot of time on the finish. I’m not going to take a hammer to it so someone can fake old. There’s too much fake going on; I’m not going to add to it.
The man worked his magic and turned a lemon into a cherry.
Great job, Sean !!!!
It's only counterfeit if you try to sell it as a genuine Gibson. I have a copy 335 - I swapped out the tuners with Grovers, Epiphone pickups with Golden Age, mickey mouse pots and switch with CTS and switchcraft. It plays and sounds great - and it didn't cost me 3500 bucks and I'm not worried about scratches or it getting lifted as much as if it were a genuine one. When people ask about it, I tell them it is a Chinese copy. A quick way to tell the difference is to look at the truss rod adjuster - Chinese use Allen sockets , Gibson use acorn nuts. I also have a genuine 57 Les Paul Custom - with an acorn nut - but it cost me a fortune and I never take it out of the house - now that was a waste of 7500.
There are chibson's out there now with acorn nut adjuster truss rod nut.. just sayin'
That looks sooo much better, I agree Sean, I've never understood the relic look, I prefer to relic mine the natural way TIME and playing. Great video, looking forward to the next, have a great week
If Gibson just lowered their prices then chibsons wouldn't exist.
@@johnnysix7162 True, great point.
I’m sorry but this is the dumbest comment ever. Chibson’s existence is because Gibson makes them.
@@davidmarkham4391 If this is the dumbest comment ever you need to watch more videos. I'm just saying are you going to spend 4,000 dollars on a guitar or just spend 200 on pretty much the same thing? I will take the 200 any day. And if chibson can make them inexpensive gibson can too.
@@davidmarkham4391 And if gibson would lower their prices nobody would look elsewhere.
Gibson increases their prices because of Chibsons. It’s basic economics because Gibson does not compete with chibsons
AS usual great work, Sean! I would like to hear it with Cathy's pickups...
I want to hear some of kathys pick ups with push pull pots. Great job sounds great
Watching you work is like watching Bob Ross paint. Hypnotizing. I guess there IS value in a relic'd guitar: It's SO NICE to the dopamine receptors when someone FIXES them. Hopefully I can get my Chibson "Phony Iommi" SG playing as well. . .
What did you use to bring out the grain? What color name was the final stain color used over the tiger stripes? You do beautiful work man!
If you make these I will buy one. Love that tone.
When you were buffing that lacquer, I could almost smell it. I guess I've done that before lol
Do Any Of You Know Why Gibson Stopped Making Les Pauls In 1961/62 ?, Well Here's Why The Sales Of Both Gold Top And The Sunburst, Plain And Flame Tops Just became So Poor They Decided To Stop Making Them, The Were A $200.00 Dollar Guitar, The Custom Les Paul In Black With Three Pickups As Opposed To The P90 In The Bridge Position And Rectangular/Staple Pole Piece Pick Up In The Neck Position, P90 Size Footprint Was Known As The Fretless Wonder Also In Black, The Custom Models Were All Mahogany NO MAPLE CAP And Were $300.00 Guitars, Chicao Musical Instrument Company Part Of Baldwin Piano Company Owned Them At That Point And To Mid Sixties Ish.
These Les Pauls Sunbursts Some Flame Top And Some Plain Top Had The Mythical Tone, NOT ALL OF EITHER OF THEM THOUGH, Then Mike Bloomfield Was Using Les Pauls To Play Blues, This Apparently Inspired Clapton, Page, Beck, To use Les Pauls, Then They Became Sought After, The SG Introduced To Replace Them, To Hopefully Boost Sales, Les Paul Did Not Like Because He Found The Neck Joint Moved To Easily It Was Not Stable, It Flexed Easily, So Asked guison To Remove His Name From The Under His Royalty Deal,.
Meanwhile A Company Produced A Bolt On Neck COPY, LP With A Headstock Style That Was Like The Gibson Headstock, This Was The LAW SUIT GUITAR, THE ONLY LAW SUIT GUITAR IN FACT AND JAPANESE And that Head Stock was The Trade Mark Design, That Company Was Ibanez They And Gibson Settled Out Of Court, So Ibanez Created A Different Profile Headstock, Sometime Around 1966/1967, Gibson Reintroduced The Les Paul, And Called It Special which Being A Carved Top It was Not, It Had P90 single Coils Again, These Gave way To Epiphone Mini Humbuckers In Cream And Also Eventually Black P90 Plastic Surrounds With a Rectangle Cutout In ThemTo Accomodate The Mini Humbucker And Their Mounting in The P90 Size Routings, This version Was Named The Les Paul Deluxe, Was In Gold Top Or Sunbursts Of Cherry Or Tobbaco, NONE OF THE EARLIER DISCONTINUED LES PAULS WERE EVER KNOWN AS STANDARDS, Norlin Corporation, Purchased Gibson Somewhere Along The Sixities/Seventies As An Aquisition, It Is Said , Norlin's Business Was Far Removed From Guitar Manufacturing, Cost Cutting was Levelled At Norlin As The Dishededge To All Les Pauls Dissapeared And Headstock Angles On Les Pauls Stopped Being 17 Degrees, Becoming 14 Degrees, The Low E Bridge Pin On Tunamatics Was Too close To The Bridge Pickup On The Bass Side Of The Bridge Preventing Setting Correct Intonation Of That String And Other Quality Issues, Three Piece Mahogany Maple Mahogany Necks Etc.
The Les Paul Standard Was Introduced In The Norlin Owned Gibson Catalogue/Catalog In 1974, With Humbucking Pick Ups , With Pickup Mounting Rings, Which Were Too Shallow In Height, Unlike The 50s/60s Les Pauls With Carved Tops And Dished Upturned Edges To The Tops, Bridge Pickup Ring, 1/2 Inch High On Bridge, (Pick Up), Long Side And Fret Board,(Pick Up), Mounting Ring 1/4 Inch High On Opposite Longside Side To Fretboard Long Side Of The Ring, The 1974 and To Later In To The 1980s Pickup Mounting Rings Were Both On Customs And The Standard ?, (Nothing Like The Originals, So Standard ?), Were 3/8th Inch On Long Side Next To Bridge, Mounting Ring, With A 3/16th Inch Long Side Opposite The Fretboard, (Rythm Pickup) Side Of The Mounting Ring, The Late 50s Les Paul Custom, Used three Humbucking Pickups 1/2 Inch Height, Bridge Pick Up, Mounting Ring 3/8th Inch Middle Pickup, Mounting Ring, And 3/16th Inch Fret Board Pick Up, Mounting Ring, This Allows The Correct Angle Of The Three Rings Line From Bridge To Fret Board Edge, With Regards To The Neck Angle, Which Was Slightly Greater On Those 50s/60s Les Pauls
Gibson Owned Norlin Made their FirstTry At a Reissue Flame And Quilt Top Les Paul Two Full Size Humbuckers 50s/60s Les Paul, Notice I Do Not Call It A Standard, With The Gibson Heritage 80 And Heritage 80 Elite Models, Flame Or Figured Top Rosewood Fretboard And Elite Quilted Maple, Ebony Fretboard, Using Grover Tuning Machines, Instead Of The Correct, Tulip Button Twin Screw Mounting Kluson Style Tuning Machines.
Eventually Henry Jusewicki And Business Partners Purchased The Gibson Guitar Company By Late Eighties Early Ninties, And Started To Try To ge Correct Style Reissues In To Production., New Owners I Have Not Caught Up With Yet Who is Current.
Tokai, Les P Love Rock, Japanese Made, Early Eighties To Late Eighties, Fenandes/Burny Les P RLC AND RLG Series Japanese, Made In Same Factory Apparently As Tokai, Not Fenandes/Burny, Fender Replicas Though,
That Factory Was The Fujigen Gakki/ Greco Factory Same As Tokai Time Frame Years, The Fujigen Gakki/ Greco Factory Who Also Made Some Bolt On Neck Les Pls And Seventies Style Glued Neck Les Pls And Then Got In To Making The 50s/60s Les Pls Glued Neck Also, These Three brands Produced Some Very Accurate Replicas Even To The Correct Headstock Angles And Shape, Correct ABR1 Nickel Plated Bridge, Mounting Pins And Wheel Nuts For Same And Nickel Plated Lightweight Stop Bar Tailpiece, Tokai And Fenandes/Burny Had Correct Toggle Switch Nuts On Japanese Production, Fujigen Gakki Also Produced Various Other Seventies/Eighties Bolt On Neck Branded Copies Of Les Pls My Personal Thought Is Get The Bridges Etc Correct In Plating And Style For The Years These Companies Are Replicating, As Those I Mention Above Did And They Got Carving Headstock Angles And Details Correct Too They Produced A Good £ 350.00 Pound UK Sold Guitar Made In Japan 1985, Flame Top Or Gold Top And Other Sunbursts Or Colours/ColorsThat Were Accurate, Set Up Correctly, NO Nibs ON Binding Though At The Low end Of Their Ranges The Top Line Were Triple AAA Flame Tops And £1200.00 Pounds UK Then. Also 1985, Gibson Under Norlin Had Les Pauls In The UK Standards ? See Above Comment For £700.00 Pounds UK 1985 And Les Paul Customs For £899.00 To £1000.00 Pounds UK Incorrect Carving, No Dished Edges 14 Degree Headstocks, Three piece Mahogany Maple Mahogany Necks Etc.
Last Words Are The Chinese Do Use Quality Woods Dried Properly And Correct Construction Mahogany Bodies/ Maple Caps Many Are Not Veneers, The Wrong Bridges Or Schaller Wide Travel Tunamatics With Bridge Insert Bushes In Stead Of Correct ABR1 Style, Wrong Toggle Switch Nut, Pots Can Be Full Size And Correct Log Audio Taper Law 500K Ohms For Both Tones and Volumes Correct Cream Plastic Jack Socket Plate But All These And The Tokais/Fenendes Burny Above Use Larger No 2 Philips Headed Raised Countersink Nickel Plated Back Plate Control Cover Jack Socket Plate Screws Unlike Gibson's No 1 Phillips Raised Head Countersunk UK Size No 6 Wood Screws, Dont Know The American Size Number For These, Just About 3/16 Of An Inch Thread Diameter.
Gibson In Japan Has Their ORVILLE brand With Open Book Headstock, Les Pauls, SGs, 335s/355s, ESP Has Their Very Accurate Replicas In Japan, Also Edwards Branded Japan Accurate Again, Japanese 70s /80s Made Aria Les Pauls/Pro II Les Pls, Fixed Neck, Correct Headstocks Too, Though The Wider 70 Gbs Headstocks As Fitted To Norlin Produced Gbs, Plus Jedsons Made japan 70s/80s Bolt Neck, Possibly at Fujigen Gakki.
Any Name Can Be On The Headstocks No MADE IN USA Or Serial Numbers Stamped as Gbs Need To Be Placed To Con On Back Of The Headstock, Use Correct Truss Rod Though As Tokai/ Fenandes/Burny Did In The Eighties With A Two Screw Hole Truss Rod Cover, Can Be Any Shape As Oppossed To a Bell, It Makes The Headstock Slightly Stronger Too, Less Cavity To Weaken That Area, Better Still Gibson Could Contract These Brands To Manufacture Accurate Budget Models For Those Can Not Afford Mega Bucks/Pounds.
Gibson Have Started Putting Open Book Headstock On Epiphone Les Pauls Now. Good.
Gibson's Main Rivals In The 1920s To 1950s Were Epiphone and Stromberg For Jazz Bodied Guitars, Epiphone's Emperor Was The Largest Jazz Body Guitar Of Those Years As Both Acoustic And Electrified, With Pick Ups, Les Paul's Log ws Conceived By Les paul In Epiphone's Factory, In Evenings And Weekends As He was Both A Customer and Friends With Epi.
The Log Was a Piece Of Railway Sleeper With The Neck, Pick Ups And Bridge All Mounted To It With Emperor Wing Body Sections Toggle Latched To Bass And Treble Sides Of The Solid Centre To Present It as Guitar Like Jazz Bodied Instrument,
Les Paul Originally Played It Sans These Refinements, As Apparently, It Caused An Odd Reaction From Audiences, Distracting Them Somehow, Fitted the Wings and That Solved The Reactions.
Anyone Notice The Similarity To The, ES 335/345/355, Solid Centre block, The Log Is The Definite Fore Runner Of The Gibson ES/Electric Spanish Semi Solid Guitars Centre Block By At least Ten To Fifteen Years. Paul Bigsby's Made For Merle Travis Guitar Had A LP Style Solid Flat Top Body Way Before Gibson's Les Pauls And That Bigsby Guitar Also Predates Both Leo's And CBS Fender's Treble Clef Based Single Sided Six Tuner Headstock By A Good Number Of Years Too, Upwards Of Ten Also Years, There's Also Only So Many Chord Progressions Or Note Scales/Sequences And Time Signatures, Speeds Before Someone Shouts You Copied My Music/Song Etc.
Wizdom Of The Wise, Inspires Designs Of Many, If The Names Not Included What's The Sincerest Form Of Flattery,
Every One Uses Jeans And T Shirts As Leisure Ware, Levis, Mr Wrangler, Gloria Vanderbelt By Murjani, Chinos Etc, How Many In Fashion Are Inspired By Iconic Designs/ Cars Buildings Tools, Woodworking/ Automotive, Kitchen Equipment, Washing Machines, Hoover Generic, Vaccum Cleaner The Function Etc.
Tell Us In Comments What's Not Copied Or Replicated Would Be Easier ! .
Sean, you've come a long way since we first met back in the day! I guess we both have! Kudos to us! Survivors, and thrivers!
The problem with Gibson is, not everyone has $3000.00 plus for a guitar to sit in their living room playing the three cords to sweet home Alabama.
I solved that problem with a Made in Indonesia PRS SE single cut twin humbucker. Excellent quality and setup. Puts Gibsons own Eppiphones to shame.
@@stephanguitar9778PRS at every price tier beats pretty much everything. I own several Gibsons and several PRS ..if I had to pick one out of all of them as “best” it be the PRS CE-24. It actually splits and sounds like a true single coil .. I had to replicate the “TCI” thing for pickups as it didn’t have that . But , I figured out the ‘recipe’ for the TCI for the 85/15 pickups . It will probably work in yours to if they have 85/15s .. cost about 40-45 bucks to do
Can a Chibson be as good or better than a Gibson - with modifications and pro set up - ABSOLUTELY YES! AND, I want my guitar relic'ed - BY YEARS OF GIGGING AND NATURAL WEAR AND TEAR - nothing else.
Your allusion of the medals made so much sense to me… you know I’ve seen on eBay a knock of of Mike ness 1976 Les Paul gold top reliced and it looks good . 330$ but , if I’d get it I’d ask them to put 1945 on the headstock ( one of his song title) instead of Gibson. ❤
Isn't the neck supposed to facing the bridge on the Green model?
Yup, Peter Green flipped the neck pup (according to legend)
I got a great Epi LP Standard for $550 with Whole Lotta Humbuckers. A 2016. Wanted those original pickups. but the guy who changed them put in a boost into the guitar with a battery compartment well done in the back. Absolutely visceral!
Another awesome makeover. Excellent skills at work. Hard to believe that’s the instrument from the beginning of the video. Big kudos.
I got a first act ME480 that I bought 18 years ago and the neck is still straight as an arrow and the g-string does stay in tune
Now me, I wanna get some CHIBSON and CHENDER waterslides made just for guitars like these as I agree with you in not putting someone else's name on guitars they never made.
Loving these daily videos!
Another fantastic scar Sean. I should have you scar the one I'm playing in my profile pic. It's a 1975 (pre-lawsuit) Ibanez Deluxe '59er (2351M). I messed up the finish years ago. I also wore out the original neck. The replacement is awesome. Just need it refinished. Maybe could be buffed out but if I were to do it I thing I'd want fresh pickups put in. Seymour Duncan SH-6s in there now. Plays like butta.
I dig the SD-Distortion SH-6 pickups what you want for them?
Hi Shawn, I love watching your channel and learning how to work on my own guitars! I have a question tho, and its off topic (I hope you don't mind). What tools do I need and should I just buy a 'luthiers kit' to begin with? Being I'm just learning how to work on guitars, I really cant afford to invest in quality tools atm. 🤔
Hey love your show, what's the ruby red guitar hanging in the background? Looks really nice.
Killer tones...what amp or modeler? Maybe you said but I didn't catch it. Very cool.
Thanks Sean for the push/pull tutorial. Makes more sense now.
a strat headstock with no logo looks KILLER. not sure why people want to represent something false.
0:30 is the best point any guitar guy (or gal) can make. "Be proud of what you do and screw anybody that don't like it."
I think relicing should be earned by time and playing normal wear.
All of my relics earned their marks lol. I don’t understand doing it to new ones either.
As long as it is sold without the Gibson or whatever brand they are knocking off's logo, then im okay with Chibsons, particularly when some of them are as good or better (or can be) than the flagship brand for a weeks worth of Mcdonalds meals money. Then do exactly what Sean did and drop in a couple SH18 whole lotta humbuckers for 100-200 used/new, change the tuners, oil the nut, and wala!
A replica is one thing but my biggest issue with Chibsons is that they could easily be set with after market pickups and passed off as 'real' not saying on a large scale but why spend your money on something like a Chibson in stead of a Harley Benton or Firefly guitar
@@I.am_Groot I believe HB and Firefly are of the Chibson Ilk, arent they? Youre right to be concerned about authenticating a guitar, also.
@@_Yep_Yep_ They are all made in the same region but HB is its own brand no desire to rip off other names. Firefly does some questionable stuff like with their EVH 'tribute' but also makes good entry level guitars that don't direct copy others
I agree with you , I don't get the relic crap. I buy new guitars for a reason and I try to keep them in perfect condition , I don't want something I spent money on to look like shit. SMH!!!
I hope you don’t have as much shit to worry about in your life as me bc trying to keep my guitars in perfect condition sounds like a good way to ruin every playing sesh with hypervigalance and anxiety 🤯
@@terrorbirds9835 Sounds to me like you're the one with anxiety , just because I take care of my guitar's doesn't mean I don't enjoy playing them. I just don't beat on them or bang them around , I play at home and put my guitars in the racks when done , it's actually pretty simple. There's no reason any guitar should be all dented and scratched up if you're playing it normally , of course you'll get some scratches around the pickguard and wear on the fretboard. That's different from your guitar looking like it fell off a roof...
Not gonna lie, I was thinking "here we go again, another Chibson upgrade guy" but I was loving it man!
You're not only a very knowledgeable and skillfull Luthier but also an entertainer.... good combo for these types of videos.
You got yourself another subscriber.
thanks Fraja!
I bought a pearly gates a looonnnggg time ago, and it still is an amazing guitar. It was light, the neck was nice. I put real Gibson parts on it, kluson tuners , CTS, sprague orange drops, bone nut, tweaked the action and intonation …A set of Duncan JB 6 and 8….and it’s a monster. I have $700 in it, and I’m not afraid to have a beer thrown at me anymore.
You nailed it with this one Sean. Guess your neck ain't as red as I sometimes thought🤣 Really important message for everyone to keep in mind and not just about guitars. Good on ya mate.
I'm pretty sure it's just as red as you thought it was lol
Relic should be natural wear from the player, nothing else 🫡
I'm with you 100% on the reliced guitar thing . I mean......why??
I've seen three Chibbies in the last year with the large CTS clone pots. They work fine and aren't noisy or hard to turn.
Did you have to level the frets?
Pretty amazing what some quality hardware and pickups can do for a guitty!
What are the two things going on there before the clear coat? Looks REAL nice!!
I wonder if you can order this guitar minus the junk hardware????? ie no pickups, tuners , switch etc
Gr8 work on making this guitar better than it was Sean, especially the top!
What finish is on the back?
That's their famous red chinese communist color they spray on these fake crap axes
I don’t get why people are paying $50k for a Murphy Lab Gibson LP Custom Shop guitar? If I’m buying a new guitar I want it to look new!
They're collector items. The Gibson and Epiphone production models don't have that.
Play with you 100% fella I don't know what a girl I don't understand it either I don't understand what anyone would pay $5 to take a brand new guitar and have it turned into something that looks old it's it's the craziness of the the Gen z is the craziness of woke it's all that crap it's all falls into the same category when the lump it all together it's Insanity I always tried the hardest to keep my guitars looking as nice as possible polishing them cleaning them after using them since I've gone blind slowly over the years and I can't see anything going on with the finish of my guitar as much anymore anyway unless I hold them underneath a bright light and I can see that they shine LOL that's about it hopefully right that they shine That's the whole idea of a new guitar and a nice guitar but yeah so I've given up on worrying about if they get dinged or banged I don't like that feel it anymore its just accept it but that's a far cry from buying or having someone take my car and make it look like a piece of s***so I guess in a long, I agree with you 110% sincerely Bob the blind bags on guitar
Have to agree about the relic thing. I’ll do it myself over time.
When I grow up, I wanna be like Sean.
Really liked this transformation. This was a great video.
Any guitar that inspires you to play music is ok with me. My MIC Wolfgang Signature is a beast after some fret work. It didn’t come perfect but it is now. And $289.00 beats $5,000.00 in my opinion.
One of my favorite videos you’ve done. Great refit job !
I have a 2021 firefly blue bat,done no mods other than polishing the frets and it plays and sounds as good as any Gibson I’ve ever played.
Why did you put the neck pick up back backwards, part of the greeny was it was out of phase from the factory!!! Put it back quick before he sees it!!! Love you all and have a blessed day!! The greeny wasalways outofphase!!!!
Just to let you know.... the 2 ebay links do not work.
Got a chibby, painted the headstock matt black. Replaced the truss rod with a blank one. Did a fret job and polish. Replaced all the electronics with EMG Revelation pickups and EMG solderless electronics. Replaced the tuners with Wilkinson locking tuners, bridge and tailpiece are Wilkinson now. Replaced the nut with a bone nut. She’s a monster now. I hate that they put the Gibson Logo on these. I think chibby’s would sell better if the headstocks were straight blank.
They DO sell with many headstocks: "10s" "Harley Benton" "Firefly" "Glarry" etc. The people ordering chibsons want a "facsimile" or "replica'. You could start a guitar company just ordering chibsons with your logo and reselling them. (like Harley Benton etc).
Ask anyone that would pay extra for a brand new scratched up guitar if they would pay more for a reliced brand new car.
It is an odd world. I play for a livin'. Have for 40+ years.
Honestly, I want folks to see that I only need a Grote guitar and a solid state amp and a few fx to pull off a gig.
I would feel goofy showing up to a gig that paid 100$ per man with a 3000$ guitar and a boutique amp.
If I needed 5000$ worth of gear to play a bar gig, then I probably should choose another occupation.🤔
If it takes a 1000$ rifle with a 300$ scope to bag a deer at 40 yds......well I ain't impressed.
Dude you are the man keep up the great job.and one more thing you area better guitar player than u think dude 👍
I love Sean's playing he has like a Southern Rock style in my opinion but then I'm a Brit wtf do I know lol!
@batphink2655 yeah he does kick ass.
Wete the frets level and are they made of quality metal?
Baseball shirt. If you played baseball growing up, you were either a catcher or first base. I would say catcher. 😂
I have to politely CONCUR, I do not know if Gibson has a quiet side window agreement with China Manufactures or Not, I do find the logos distasteful, if if going to be faked or forced patina it should reflect playing, I don`t get the tweekers tact on the back that don`t even look like any buckle rash I ever saw. If Gibson is Greenlighting the forgeries the logo then SHOULD reflect that call it a Chibson so some new collector is not taken for the ride.
Isnt an Epiphone a Chibson, technically?
Man you have a true gift. That thing looks amazing and sounds great
When you play that A chord I am hearing "Gimme Three Steps." Dang Dremel tool sounds like a giant mosquito on a hot August night. 😆
Double Comment,your out look on RELIC GUITARS is spot on .
I don't mean to question your reputability, but how do you know the Grovers on the Epiphone are fake?
Holy smokes!!!! You made that guitar waaaaayyy better!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I hate relicking. If it happens after years, fine. But not brand new.
I like the way you make it look like it takes just a few minutes to do all the stuff. Ha! You and I know it takes a lot of time.😵💫
I disagree with your soldier analogy, but that’s just my opinion. Those guys that fight in a war, are in a whole other degree of balls/guts and everything!!!! Can’t compare guitar things to that! Nope!! Not even close…
Anywaaaaaay… I enjoy ya. It’s a lot of fun watching you have fun with what you Love to do.
Thanks for the videos! I saw your guitars on Amazon… and that’s very Cool! Great job getting out there and doing it. Getting a business going is no joke, so props.
I have a 1970's Jedson LP Custom... and it's amazing.
I have no issues with them making Les Paul-style guitars its the fact that they are putting the Gibson and Les Paul names on it. But worse are all these people that think its okay to buy them because "Gibson costs more than it should."