:) LOL the old ones are the best. Gibson largely sorted that out years ago. The angle remains but the area around the headstock is stronger. Unless you drop or abuse the guitar, you wont have a problem.
@@Spartanm333 i dropped my 1st gibson les paul i got it this christmas it bounced off the floor a tiny little chip in the wood luckily i didnt break it i nearly died, fking strap came off when i was playing xD
@@ms2k7 - :) which is exactly why I put a heavy duty suede strap on mine out of the box with rubber grommet locks. For £30 it's not worth messing about. Pic: bit.ly/3aVd97g Suede on the inside of the strap also helps stop the guitar moving about as they are not light as you will know. This will help with neck dive on an SG as well. I've recently bought some German Schaller locking pegs to try, but probably on a less expensive guitar first :) and be careful with the screw depth on these - tell them its for a LP. You can get a grommet for free from a Groltsch beer bottle cap (apparently) although I bought a pack with mixed sizes and depths on Amazon. On all my guitars now. Pic: bit.ly/38TFYza
You know, the oddest thing is they play really really well, at least the ones I have played. Local shop had an orange two humbucker one in for $350 a few years ago, still kicking myself for not pulling the trigger despite the fact they are bug fugly.
It's not saying much, but I think the Corvus would have looked better as a headless guitar. The body has all the goofy elements that just seem like it would work and look better as a headless. Better still means better, even if it's only by a fraction.
@@Peter-ff1tp I understand the problem with China undercutting the American brands. I agree with you on that, but I also believe guitars are for playing. I lost a lot of sympathy for Gibson when they destroyed all those Firebird X guitars that could have been given to schools, or they could have done anything other than making that egocentric video of someone driving a machine over perfectly useable guitars. They didn’t even take the parts off before destroying them. Certainly at the very least they could have salvaged the bridges and tuners. Waste not want not.
@@Peter-ff1tp not to beat a dead horse, but another nuanced point is that Gibson has agreements with Chinese factories to make those same guitars for Epiphone in those very same factories. The real businesses getting hurt are the guitar stores because they can’t legally sell Chibsons and no one wants to buy an Epiphone double neck for $1250 when they can buy an Epiphone double neck that says Gibson for 400. It probably helped Gibson by bringing a lot of new people into the market to eventually buy the real thing when they get sick of the Chibson.
Gibson is a bit odd sometimes. They’ve always seemed to come out with models that are either ultra traditional or completely out there and just radically weird lol In 1959 you could get a burst Les Paul or a Explorer and not a lot of middle ground.
How could you never hear about Schecter guitars? They have very high quality guitars without the huge sticker prices! They have become very popular over the last 10 years!
this video made me realize how much unboxing videos are SO much more enjoyable when they're about something that you're interested in. thank you sir :)
Some fakes are better than the originals sometimes, the neck body a quality finish, .most just need a bit of tweeking and some good pickups bridge and tuners. Cheers
Always enjoy your unboxing videos but I was surprised to see a Squier, not that I wouldn't rock it though. Edit: Last unboxing, not this one... Also we used to call the old Epiphone headstock the "Bikini Bottom"
Trogly, did you see the alex lifeson epiphone artist model that andertons accidentally leaked? if so whats your opinion! Also love your unboxing videos!!
FWIW, I have a Chibaon Les Paul Gold Top that I love. When I got it brand new ($320 incl a nice solid case), I spent time leveling and polishing frets, adjusting neck, action, intonation, pup height etc. It now plays fantastic. I’m not a Gibson guy, but I’ve played a few. That said, my clone feels pretty real…
@@moonchild4806 I think it's only illegal if he charges for it. He can do a giveaway with paid shipping. Defacing it would be excessive but I understand what you mean. There is a risk someone might try to pass it off as real down the road, but I'm sure that most Trogly fans and subscribers to his channel are good guys and would never take advantage of anyone like that.
Factory Bear everyone says this that they will do no evil, but then you see fake Gibson guitars in stores, posted online, and read stories of people who got ripped off. If you really want the guitar because it’s a cool guitar, cutting the top of the headstock off shouldn’t matter to you.
the general consensus is without replacing a few things they really aren't, you take a chance when you get them, sometimes you get something totally unplayable and other times you get a guitar that is playable but of course with shitty hardware. I bought a blank sg last year from china (no logo!) and after receiving it and fixing/replacing hardware its really nice! though like i said half of the time you'll get something that is so totally fucked its impossible to fix. I like mine though.
every time I see an Epiphone i just get so happy knowing they're about to start making american guitars again, one day I hope they get back to new york
ZapRockSkull Try to find a limited edition Gibson Custom Shop made one like the ‘93 Rivieras. I wish you good luck on these ones : only 300 were made (299 six strings and a single 12). Or wait for another model in the future.
Schecters are my favorite, being a lefty. I have four of them and my C-1 Hellraiser Passive FR (Floyd Rose) is my favorite instrument even over my lefty 2018 Gibson Explorer. I love my Explorer but my C-1 Hellraiser is pure bliss to play.
I would get rid of the Gibson logos and then buy some Chibson decals to replace them. Maybe have the headstocks re-contoured to change them up from the Gibson trademark. Personally, as someone who doesn't run a youtube channel about guitars I would leave it as it is and just stamp a honking great FAKE on the back over the "serial numbers", nice and deep and possibly with heat so it chars the area a little so its really difficult to remove. And the only reason I would do that is to prevent puke buckets from trying to sell it off as genuine if I ever gave it away.
Too much talk about Gibson and its "high status" standing. A few months back we bought a 2019 Gibson LP Tribute. It was great for a couple of months and then a few weeks back every fret end on both sides of the neck became razor blade sharp. I contacted Gibson to see if their "life time" guarantee would remedy this and thus far I have been ignored. That makes the second big company that has denied warranty service to me. The other company is Martin. They will not accept my 000-X1 for Wty. repair of the frets from 10-14 on strings Hi-E, B and G. They are all fretting out and buzzing beginning a week back. They said it was due to the "WEATHER". The only Whether issue is WHETHER or not I should have bought a Martin.
@@Trog humidity in a house is key. If you own guitars set it at 50%. I don't have a humidifier on my furnace and in michigan it gets real dry in the winter. Makes all my guitars almost unplayable for a couple months. The only one that doesnt seem to suffer from it much is my old American peavey predator. Guess they did better fret jobs then.
Mister Knight Owl & Co. My first guitar was a brand new Peavey T-15 back in 1986. I didn’t appreciate it as much as I should have because I really wanted a Fender Strat, but it was a very well made guitar. Peavey gets almost as much hate as Gibson does, but their American made guitars and amps are workhorses. That one T-15 was the only Peavey product I’ve ever owned, and unfortunately I traded it for the worst guitar I’ve ever owned. The last few years I have been seriously thinking about buying some old Peavey guitars and amps.
@@charlesbolton8471 same here man. In the early 90s after your generation traded those into the pawn shops en masse they had 2 or 3 of those t guitars hanging on the wall of a local shop. I asked my dad to get me a guitar for my birthday and he got one of those t-26's. The 3 single coil pickup t series. I was like wtf is this. He said it was the only american made one they had. I played it to death.
Had same problem with sharp fret ends on my Sg. Gibson told me to take it to closest authorized repair facility . It turned out to be Guitar Center. I dropped it off with the Luthier there and they fixed it under warranty. You might want to try that route...
I have no idea why I wasted 15 minutes listening to this. waiting to hear whimpering and panting at the excitement of opening a case without a guitar. ohhh..I was so worried.
Out of all the Chibson reviews I've watched, I'm looking forward to seeing yours the most. I trust you and value your opinion. If someone orders them for a ridiculously cheap price someplace, then fine. No harm, no foul. But, when a high end collector gets one, it becomes crime of the century. You can sit around and complain in videos showing that the pickups aren't great, or the bridge isn't the exact issue that should be on it, but, the bottom line is that it says "Gibson" on it. If it fits the gig you're doing (and again, if you got it cheap), I doubt someone's going to come up to you while you're playing and say; "Hey, my friends and I don't think your Les Paul is real."
Hey Troggie! note the wad o wire viewed through your lower f-hole of that Epi. Rockcats got a problem of too much wire soakin up the tone. They benefit from a professional rewiring. Tone comes back and they're great guits.
A cheap Mosrite knockoff with really hot pickups. You're welcome! Seriously though if Kurt Cobain hadn't used them they'd just be another forgotten knockoff.
Bellocks1 Yes, in 1990 he used one. Near the end of his career, his guitar tech was going to make him one since he liked it so much, but for obvious reasons it wasn’t made. More than 2 were made, but it is still a very rare guitar
Aneurysm thanks for the clarification. I heard many tales about the Gospel, such as only the owner and Cobain ever had one of them, while it was never explained how it got into Kurt’s hands. Never trust the internet lol
YES! I can’t wait to see your review on the uptown Kat! I’ve been ES shopping for a while and was really interested from NAMM videos but I want to hear those pickups or know if I can easily replace with p90’s before I dove off into it and there’s not much info on these out yet. Love the show man
Honestly I was expecting a heart cause I was disappointed with the guitars you unboxed this episode... But that epiphone knocked it out of the park! They are killing it this year! Great video anyway thanks for the hard work.
the guitars with a sentimental value are the best, my mother bought me a 1987 marlin k34t sidewinder when i was 17 years old (it was £150 which was way way over my budget at the time haha). It started when i saw it hung up in my favourite guitar shop, somehow it stood out from the rest to me, for months I'd go in that shop just to look at it and see it was still there, i spoke about it lots until one day it wasn't hung up there anymore, but i didn't let it get me down because i knew i was broke, however little did i know my mum got it for me for that christmas, i was shocked and amazed as i had only spoken about it, never showed a picture but she knew exactly which one! and since then it has been my go-to gigging guitar!
When i was a kid my father got me a tokai les paul he promised me he will get me a real gibson lespaul 11 years later he got me it and i dropped it 5 minutes later a chipped the wood on the body xD luckily no neck break or anything but i will keep this guitar forever its priceless
I don’t know if you will see this but if you do , I bought a jimmy page les Paul in 1996 from guitar center and when I bought it I didn’t know any better and neither did the guy selling it but they gave me the regular brown les Paul case. Not till years later did I realize I should have gotten a special black page case. I have the guitar center hangtags and stuff but it kind of makes me mad now lol. If you ever come across that case can you let me know ? Thanks a bunch.
The American pronounciation of Jaguar is correct, as Jaguar is a Spanish word, and "ua" is said "Aah" in Spanish, not "yew-ah" For instance the Spanish named Juan.
Yes Mr. Trogly, I have been an Epiphone man for many many years. I have a WildKat 2016 model. but that uptown Kat is a beautiful thing. the wildkat has a bigsby. I'm glad epiphone has got your attention..AT LAST.
Weird with that first guitar they didn't also abandon the body shape with the decision not to go headless. I imagine it is a bit neck heavy and there would be less surface area to finish by filling in that vee part of the body for a starters. Even if the headless design was not appealing, just to put a headed neck on a strange body is even less appealing.
IF you ever sell that chibson, I wanna buy it off ya :P Been wanting a double neck SG of ANY kind for a while, but dont have the budget for a real gibson/ even the epiphone ones for 1 grand are abit much atm.
Try a Harley Benton. You can get them on the Thomann website for around 500 bucks they usually need a fretjob and better electronics, but the wood is a solid base from my experience. Ships from Germany tho, so maybe a little tax on it.
@@freshtea228 yeah I've seen em before, the import shipping n such just doesn't seem to be up my alley. Thanks for the tip though! Who knows maybe I'll end up with one anyway haha
hey, if you aren't planning to destroy the chibson or anything, i'm ok with having it, half my fun with a guitar is working on them and learning about it, I can also say the thing would stick with my till either I did or it kills itself.
If I were to ever buy a Gibson USA guitar (unlikely) I would get an Epiphone case for it. That way if you’re walking around, it’s way less likely to get stolen.
How much would you possibly sell that Chibson for, or how much do they normally sell for? As long as it plays well, I would LOVE to have a guitar like that!
I enjoy your demos and would love to see some Epiphone demos. What they compare might to on the Gibson side, how they sound and how they are assembled, pickups, weight, just like you do with the Gibson guitars. I'm not looking for an Epiphone but I watched your Glarry demos and I wasn't looking for a Glarry either. It is all good solid information and far better than anything on TV. Rock on!!!
gold is made with adding brass flakes to the laquer. that neck is going to flake and look horendous if you sweat, and if they made the gold color as gibson used to. it turns green
I might be gunning for that Corvus. I wanted the futura bad but couldn’t afford it at the time. I love weird Gibson. My current bass is the parts bin that is the Q80
I got a 1982 Schecter Strat, i've played others and they feel great but i just couldn't bring myself to buy a modern one. The Omen, The Damian ect,. Not my cup of tea but the strat is something else and the maple neck on it is stunning, anodised pick guard Seymore Duncan singles 2 x A5's and an A 4.1 in the neck and phase switching , it's a bit special.
If you're looking at the Corvus as a player, as seen in the video at exactly 2:14, it looks like a Goldfish Cracker. You know, the snack that smiles back! Even the jack hole is perfectly placed for the eye. You won't unsee it. Apologies. Now, if I only had a grand lying around...
No, what he has is the best overall attitude and presentation manner in the business. Speaking of business, I'm willing to bet the Trogster is on the pharmaceutical industry's hit-list. If allowed to continue, he's gonna put the whole Xanax wing of the industry out of business. The laugh works, Trog. I wouldn't change a thing.
Along with my Gibsons, Fenders and other makes I own a fake Strat and a fake Rickenbacker 4003 bass - and tho not exact, are perfectly serviceable and fun to play - if you want to replace parts - they are great guinea pigs - the snob appeal you rely on to pay your mortgage is the thing they leverage and headstock candy is what we are really talking about. That double neck was still likely 7-800 bucks all in so ya, it's ok for the to make your copy if the logo says Squier - just not Fender......
I don't even play guitar and I find this channel entertaining. You just have such interesting guitar. And I used to play guitar as a teen. I just never got better and gave up.
I have a buddy that was selling me a “real Gibson Firebird” but it turned out to be a fake CHIBSON! Haha... I felt so dumb and really disappointed...:( Anyhow If you’re interested in a video of it let me know....it is a one piece and looks “real” at a first glance but the poor decal was a dead giveaway. Anyway, just a resource for you....
Your channel rawks. Seems epiphone is kicking it up a notch. My Snow Falcon is pretty dam good for the money. I got a great deal on it but if I had paid $900 the price it was going for I still would have been happy with it. So I decided to order the Tommy Thayer electric blue guitar. Also Schecter guitars are awesome. Never had a bad one and I have 6 of them from new to going back to 2007.
Maaan, I had a Schecter Diamond Series Tempest BlackJack (not the ATX model) for a couple of years about 10 years ago. Had the Jack and Ace of Spades inlaid in the fret board at 12th fret, bound body/neck/head with Seymour Duncans in it. I kick myself for trading it away. I gave $350 for it used on a Craigslist buy. I think I remember thinking the neck was just a tad too thick for my liking, but I still wish I'd kept it. It was a quality piece. Very dark tone with lots of ass in its pants.
Hey Trogly what was that ESP off brand called that made that Jazzmaster copy? I saw it in your Edwards mini LP video but couldn’t see the name of the website
Any interest in a 1994 Fender Strat 40th Anniversary Edition? Awesome guitar. Great finish. Original owner. Had one of the pots replaced about 10 years ago. There’s a loose connection in the positioning switch. Hard shell Fender TSA case....since the airlines broke the original case.
Interesting... My guitar teacher had a black Corvus with 2 HBs running through a Peavey Studio Chorus 212 . At the time I had a Schecter Strategy T shaped object and a Peavey bandit 65. 35 years ago... Wish I'd kept the amp.....
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Glad you liked the guitar!
Hey chibson who are you pissing off today?
What’s up chibson?
Hey Gibson, you don’t have to do that.
Only a chibson is good enough
Hey, Chibson
Can't wait for the Schecter Air Guitar demo, love that transparent finish and I bet those no coil pickups sound great. :)
Its a beauty
I have a literal Nocaster I played at the air guitar championships. I lost to a guy playing a vintage Gibson NothingBird. 😞
No buzz at all.
You can tell it isn’t authentic because the headstock didn’t break.
:) LOL the old ones are the best. Gibson largely sorted that out years ago. The angle remains but the area around the headstock is stronger. Unless you drop or abuse the guitar, you wont have a problem.
@@Spartanm333 i dropped my 1st gibson les paul i got it this christmas it bounced off the floor a tiny little chip in the wood luckily i didnt break it i nearly died, fking strap came off when i was playing xD
@@ms2k7 - :) which is exactly why I put a heavy duty suede strap on mine out of the box with rubber grommet locks. For £30 it's not worth messing about. Pic: bit.ly/3aVd97g Suede on the inside of the strap also helps stop the guitar moving about as they are not light as you will know. This will help with neck dive on an SG as well. I've recently bought some German Schaller locking pegs to try, but probably on a less expensive guitar first :) and be careful with the screw depth on these - tell them its for a LP. You can get a grommet for free from a Groltsch beer bottle cap (apparently) although I bought a pack with mixed sizes and depths on Amazon. On all my guitars now. Pic: bit.ly/38TFYza
Gibson: 17 degree angle headstock, one-piece neck; Epiphone/chibson: 14 degree angle, scarf joint
One much easier to make than the other.
@@Spartanm333 my EPI LP tribute plus 60s came with strap locks, saved me a few quid I guess.
Headstock didn't break = not a Gibson.
😂
If a Gibson or Epiphone falls forward the back of the headstock breaks
😆 good one
Christopher Page Right, that’s his point
@@Ghost.In.The.Ruins1995 Same thing happened to my acoustic bass. (50$ nobrand)
I remember when the Corvus came out. It was ugly then, and it hasn't improved with age.
You know, the oddest thing is they play really really well, at least the ones I have played. Local shop had an orange two humbucker one in for $350 a few years ago, still kicking myself for not pulling the trigger despite the fact they are bug fugly.
It's not saying much, but I think the Corvus would have looked better as a headless guitar. The body has all the goofy elements that just seem like it would work and look better as a headless. Better still means better, even if it's only by a fraction.
Agreed! It looks and sounds like an abortion.
HORRIFIC UGLY
Looks like a mangled mod!
I bet Jimmy Page would do something really funny with it, like write a song on it... I really hope you don't purposely break it. It looks beautiful
Change the head logo to TG and play it.
@@Peter-ff1tp I understand the problem with China undercutting the American brands. I agree with you on that, but I also believe guitars are for playing. I lost a lot of sympathy for Gibson when they destroyed all those Firebird X guitars that could have been given to schools, or they could have done anything other than making that egocentric video of someone driving a machine over perfectly useable guitars. They didn’t even take the parts off before destroying them. Certainly at the very least they could have salvaged the bridges and tuners. Waste not want not.
@@Peter-ff1tp not to beat a dead horse, but another nuanced point is that Gibson has agreements with Chinese factories to make those same guitars for Epiphone in those very same factories. The real businesses getting hurt are the guitar stores because they can’t legally sell Chibsons and no one wants to buy an Epiphone double neck for $1250 when they can buy an Epiphone double neck that says Gibson for 400. It probably helped Gibson by bringing a lot of new people into the market to eventually buy the real thing when they get sick of the Chibson.
Honestly I’d buy the fake Gibson it still looks great and probably sounds alright
Gibson is a bit odd sometimes. They’ve always seemed to come out with models that are either ultra traditional or completely out there and just radically weird lol In 1959 you could get a burst Les Paul or a Explorer and not a lot of middle ground.
NEVER CUT TOWARDS YOURSELF!
Yes boy scout!!
And don’t run with scissors ✂️..
I noticed that too, he's going to slice his arm wide open one of these days.
Never cut towards your throat...fingers grow back.
And he used his left hand while cutting towards himself. Lol
Marketing team: “Without a headstock it would look just plain weird”.
Headless guitars are fugly. Every. Single. One of them.
Every gibson can be a headless guitar pretty easily 😂
@@aprilkurtz1589 I think they look sick, could just be me and my Djenty taste.
April Kurtz fugly means “fat and ugly”
Wish you could focus on one guitar I really don't understand the point of this Video you're kind of all over the place
Schecter? I don't even know her!
How could you never hear about Schecter guitars? They have very high quality guitars without the huge sticker prices! They have become very popular over the last 10 years!
@@leonardszubinski4709 haha you missed the joke
"i'd never do two fake outs in a video!"
immediately aged poorly
this video made me realize how much unboxing videos are SO much more enjoyable when they're about something that you're interested in. thank you sir :)
I wouldn’t destroy the Chibson. Just brand, “FAKE” in big letters on the back of the headstock and take the Gibson logo off. *shrug*
Yup, if it plays somewhat decent I'd just keep it or just give it away to some kid.
tincanspaceman i’d cut it in half to see what it’s made of, then you’d have 2 guitars.
Ya, and then donate it or something. It's likely a perfectly playable instrument.
Some fakes are better than the originals sometimes, the neck body a quality finish, .most just need a bit of tweeking and some good pickups bridge and tuners. Cheers
I'd just paint "Authentic" across it.
I love that double neck chibson. I'd happily pay shipping to have it!
Always enjoy your unboxing videos but I was surprised to see a Squier, not that I wouldn't rock it though.
Edit: Last unboxing, not this one... Also we used to call the old Epiphone headstock the "Bikini Bottom"
5:14 a whole new meaning to “nocaster”
Trogly, did you see the alex lifeson epiphone artist model that andertons accidentally leaked? if so whats your opinion! Also love your unboxing videos!!
Hawk, 😱
Link?
The Unlucky Logan, at 16:48. th-cam.com/video/mC2yCETnwL8/w-d-xo.html
@@JohnnyArtPavlou Thankyou buddy!
Yeah! Want to know more about those! There’re being really tight lipped about them.
FWIW, I have a Chibaon Les Paul Gold Top that I love. When I got it brand new ($320 incl a nice solid case), I spent time leveling and polishing frets, adjusting neck, action, intonation, pup height etc. It now plays fantastic. I’m not a Gibson guy, but I’ve played a few. That said, my clone feels pretty real…
You should do a giveaway for the Chibson. Make the winner pay you for shipping. I'd rock that in a heartbeat.
Same. Scrape off the Gibson logo and drill a hole in the headstocks to make them not illegal to sell
@@moonchild4806 I think it's only illegal if he charges for it. He can do a giveaway with paid shipping. Defacing it would be excessive but I understand what you mean. There is a risk someone might try to pass it off as real down the road, but I'm sure that most Trogly fans and subscribers to his channel are good guys and would never take advantage of anyone like that.
Factory Bear everyone says this that they will do no evil, but then you see fake Gibson guitars in stores, posted online, and read stories of people who got ripped off. If you really want the guitar because it’s a cool guitar, cutting the top of the headstock off shouldn’t matter to you.
@@wilson4180 well actually it would because it would look like shit.
@@sstace69 then save up and buy a real one of the headstock look means that much to you.
That epiphone was beautiful, hope it plays as good it looks.
the general consensus is without replacing a few things they really aren't, you take a chance when you get them, sometimes you get something totally unplayable and other times you get a guitar that is playable but of course with shitty hardware. I bought a blank sg last year from china (no logo!) and after receiving it and fixing/replacing hardware its really nice! though like i said half of the time you'll get something that is so totally fucked its impossible to fix. I like mine though.
I just want you to see my comment anyway, I have no idea what I'm doing but I've been watching this channel for almost 3 years now.
Thanks for watching!
Unboxing yes. Best thing on TH-cam
every time I see an Epiphone i just get so happy knowing they're about to start making american guitars again, one day I hope they get back to new york
ZapRockSkull lets just hope they dont start getting expensiver 😂
James Gubbins silence poor
Gabe Morehouse silence poor 😂, doesnt make sense and plus who says im poor. Some people
Gabe Morehouse I didn’t say anything bad in the first place
ZapRockSkull Try to find a limited edition Gibson Custom Shop made one like the ‘93 Rivieras. I wish you good luck on these ones : only 300 were made (299 six strings and a single 12). Or wait for another model in the future.
Schecters are my favorite, being a lefty. I have four of them and my C-1 Hellraiser Passive FR (Floyd Rose) is my favorite instrument even over my lefty 2018 Gibson Explorer. I love my Explorer but my C-1 Hellraiser is pure bliss to play.
Way to go on the epiphone 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 let’s see a bad ass Les Paul from them 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 please Trogly
I would get rid of the Gibson logos and then buy some Chibson decals to replace them. Maybe have the headstocks re-contoured to change them up from the Gibson trademark. Personally, as someone who doesn't run a youtube channel about guitars I would leave it as it is and just stamp a honking great FAKE on the back over the "serial numbers", nice and deep and possibly with heat so it chars the area a little so its really difficult to remove. And the only reason I would do that is to prevent puke buckets from trying to sell it off as genuine if I ever gave it away.
You are correct, I did enjoy this episode.
Too much talk about Gibson and its "high status" standing. A few months back we bought a 2019 Gibson LP Tribute. It was great for a couple of months and then a few weeks back every fret end on both sides of the neck became razor blade sharp. I contacted Gibson to see if their "life time" guarantee would remedy this and thus far I have been ignored. That makes the second big company that has denied warranty service to me. The other company is Martin. They will not accept my 000-X1 for Wty. repair of the frets from 10-14 on strings Hi-E, B and G. They are all fretting out and buzzing beginning a week back. They said it was due to the "WEATHER". The only Whether issue is WHETHER or not I should have bought a Martin.
It sounds like you have a humidity issue in your home if that is happening to more than one guitar
@@Trog humidity in a house is key. If you own guitars set it at 50%. I don't have a humidifier on my furnace and in michigan it gets real dry in the winter. Makes all my guitars almost unplayable for a couple months. The only one that doesnt seem to suffer from it much is my old American peavey predator. Guess they did better fret jobs then.
Mister Knight Owl & Co.
My first guitar was a brand new Peavey T-15 back in 1986. I didn’t appreciate it as much as I should have because I really wanted a Fender Strat, but it was a very well made guitar. Peavey gets almost as much hate as Gibson does, but their American made guitars and amps are workhorses.
That one T-15 was the only Peavey product I’ve ever owned, and unfortunately I traded it for the worst guitar I’ve ever owned. The last few years I have been seriously thinking about buying some old Peavey guitars and amps.
@@charlesbolton8471 same here man. In the early 90s after your generation traded those into the pawn shops en masse they had 2 or 3 of those t guitars hanging on the wall of a local shop. I asked my dad to get me a guitar for my birthday and he got one of those t-26's. The 3 single coil pickup t series. I was like wtf is this. He said it was the only american made one they had. I played it to death.
Had same problem with sharp fret ends on my Sg. Gibson told me to take it to closest authorized repair facility . It turned out to be Guitar Center. I dropped it off with the Luthier there and they fixed it under warranty. You might want to try that route...
my heart actually sunk when you opened the shecter case, you got Me good trogly
I have no idea why I wasted 15 minutes listening to this. waiting to hear whimpering and panting at the excitement of opening a case without a guitar. ohhh..I was so worried.
That epi hollowbody is amazing!!!
Out of all the Chibson reviews I've watched, I'm looking forward to seeing yours the most. I trust you and value your opinion. If someone orders them for a ridiculously cheap price someplace, then fine. No harm, no foul. But, when a high end collector gets one, it becomes crime of the century. You can sit around and complain in videos showing that the pickups aren't great, or the bridge isn't the exact issue that should be on it, but, the bottom line is that it says "Gibson" on it. If it fits the gig you're doing (and again, if you got it cheap), I doubt someone's going to come up to you while you're playing and say; "Hey, my friends and I don't think your Les Paul is real."
Wow the Red and Gold Epiphone is to die for truly beautiful, the Chibson double neck, I wouldn’t have known that, looking at my screen anyway.
Hey Troggie! note the wad o wire viewed through your lower f-hole of that Epi.
Rockcats got a problem of too much wire soakin up the tone. They benefit from a professional rewiring. Tone comes back and they're great guits.
You think you could review a Univox Hi-Flier? They’ve always seemed interesting to me and I’d love to get one
I had one they're pretty good. Sounds pretty unique
A cheap Mosrite knockoff with really hot pickups. You're welcome!
Seriously though if Kurt Cobain hadn't used them they'd just be another forgotten knockoff.
Didn’t Cobain use a Gospel of which only 2 were ever made?
Bellocks1 Yes, in 1990 he used one. Near the end of his career, his guitar tech was going to make him one since he liked it so much, but for obvious reasons it wasn’t made. More than 2 were made, but it is still a very rare guitar
Aneurysm thanks for the clarification. I heard many tales about the Gospel, such as only the owner and Cobain ever had one of them, while it was never explained how it got into Kurt’s hands. Never trust the internet lol
It is interesting to see that the Chibson is a truer Jimmy Page copy with the extended harp section between bridge and tailpiece.
YES! I can’t wait to see your review on the uptown Kat! I’ve been ES shopping for a while and was really interested from NAMM videos but I want to hear those pickups or know if I can easily replace with p90’s before I dove off into it and there’s not much info on these out yet.
Love the show man
Honestly I was expecting a heart cause I was disappointed with the guitars you unboxed this episode... But that epiphone knocked it out of the park! They are killing it this year! Great video anyway thanks for the hard work.
damn, the double neck does look pretty good. no doubt there are probably small issues here or there but no to shabby..
the guitars with a sentimental value are the best, my mother bought me a 1987 marlin k34t sidewinder when i was 17 years old (it was £150 which was way way over my budget at the time haha).
It started when i saw it hung up in my favourite guitar shop, somehow it stood out from the rest to me, for months I'd go in that shop just to look at it and see it was still there, i spoke about it lots until one day it wasn't hung up there anymore, but i didn't let it get me down because i knew i was broke, however little did i know my mum got it for me for that christmas, i was shocked and amazed as i had only spoken about it, never showed a picture but she knew exactly which one! and since then it has been my go-to gigging guitar!
Moms are the best.
The “Gretschiphone” looks pretty snazzy in the red you have I l’ll have to try and play one sometimez
You know it’s a Chibson if the headstock didn’t break.
Jimmy Durex I couldn’t resist 😂
God that was so funny and original and creative. How low did it took to come up with that all by yourseld
Hey trogly, I'm happy you got a sponsor, bros gotta pay the bills 😎😅👍
bros gotta buy the expensive camera equipment! haha - finding that Gibson Jacket was a huge plus though!
That wildcat epiphone in red is 1 of the nicest guitars I've seen
i'd imagine the double neck having more surface area to distribute the force of the fall probably helped.
When i was a kid my father got me a tokai les paul he promised me he will get me a real gibson lespaul 11 years later he got me it and i dropped it 5 minutes later a chipped the wood on the body xD luckily no neck break or anything but i will keep this guitar forever its priceless
Chibsons rule. With Gibson hardware, proper pickguard and trussrod cover, I LOVE mine.
I don’t know if you will see this but if you do , I bought a jimmy page les Paul in 1996 from guitar center and when I bought it I didn’t know any better and neither did the guy selling it but they gave me the regular brown les Paul case. Not till years later did I realize I should have gotten a special black page case. I have the guitar center hangtags and stuff but it kind of makes me mad now lol. If you ever come across that case can you let me know ? Thanks a bunch.
The wood on the '93 sure is nice.. No surprise it sold instantly.
That was my Chibson that I donated to science. Let the autopsy begin!
Are you going to sale the Chibson, cause i am interested.
What do you think of the law suit Ibanez les Paul’s? I have the blank headstock model and love it.
BamaBluesBoy2 I have a Penco and for the money it’s better than most other les Paul’s I’ve played
The headstock logo on the Uptown Kat looks like a pair of tighty-whities.
It's called the Bikini logo!
I'll never look at it the same lol
@@moonchild4806 Wow, such a strange design aesthetic.
Jesus that epiphone finish is awesome!
The American pronounciation of Jaguar is correct, as Jaguar is a Spanish word, and "ua" is said "Aah" in Spanish, not "yew-ah" For instance the Spanish named Juan.
Very interesting...….
Yes Mr. Trogly, I have been an Epiphone man for many many years. I have a WildKat 2016 model. but that uptown Kat is a beautiful thing. the wildkat has a bigsby. I'm glad epiphone has got your attention..AT LAST.
OK, looking forward to the Schecter. I really like their stuff.
hey mr trogly how many guitars do you have in your personal collection ?ie. not for sale
Green and gold on the epiphone looks sooo good
Guess what,
I got a fever, and the only prescription
is more Trogly's Guitar show
Weird with that first guitar they didn't also abandon the body shape with the decision not to go headless.
I imagine it is a bit neck heavy and there would be less surface area to finish by filling in that vee part of the body for a starters.
Even if the headless design was not appealing, just to put a headed neck on a strange body is even less appealing.
the semi hollow epiphone killed it! love from philippines
IF you ever sell that chibson, I wanna buy it off ya :P Been wanting a double neck SG of ANY kind for a while, but dont have the budget for a real gibson/ even the epiphone ones for 1 grand are abit much atm.
Been wanting one to play live for fun, and to not be worried about trashing it. :D
Try a Harley Benton. You can get them on the Thomann website for around 500 bucks they usually need a fretjob and better electronics, but the wood is a solid base from my experience. Ships from Germany tho, so maybe a little tax on it.
@@freshtea228 yeah I've seen em before, the import shipping n such just doesn't seem to be up my alley. Thanks for the tip though! Who knows maybe I'll end up with one anyway haha
hey, if you aren't planning to destroy the chibson or anything, i'm ok with having it, half my fun with a guitar is working on them and learning about it, I can also say the thing would stick with my till either I did or it kills itself.
If I were to ever buy a Gibson USA guitar (unlikely) I would get an Epiphone case for it. That way if you’re walking around, it’s way less likely to get stolen.
How much would you possibly sell that Chibson for, or how much do they normally sell for? As long as it plays well, I would LOVE to have a guitar like that!
Lol he cut it up
7:27 you should put that sticker on the door or somewhere in that room
I enjoy your demos and would love to see some Epiphone demos. What they compare might to on the Gibson side, how they sound and how they are assembled, pickups, weight, just like you do with the Gibson guitars. I'm not looking for an Epiphone but I watched your Glarry demos and I wasn't looking for a Glarry either. It is all good solid information and far better than anything on TV. Rock on!!!
So. You’re going to separate the double neck right?
im actually very hype for that chibson ep
on the Jaguar...it's not the pot it's the capacitor that makes the tone....
You opened the case and I was not expecting the double neck hahaha
11:09 why has the nut pushed to the left on the 12 string side is that what happened when it knocked over?
Show-worn shirts! Gonna wanna know which episodes! 😉 Document! And we’re gonna want hang tags. 😂🤣😇
Just don't do a blacklight test haha🤣
how do you keep the camera balanced on top of your head?!?! 😆👍🎸 cheers
gold is made with adding brass flakes to the laquer. that neck is going to flake and look horendous if you sweat, and if they made the gold color as gibson used to. it turns green
Thats not how all gold paint is made.
@@jordaneimer2873 No its not how ALL gold paint is made.
I might be gunning for that Corvus. I wanted the futura bad but couldn’t afford it at the time. I love weird Gibson. My current bass is the parts bin that is the Q80
I got a 1982 Schecter Strat, i've played others and they feel great but i just couldn't bring myself to buy a modern one. The Omen, The Damian ect,. Not my cup of tea but the strat is something else and the maple neck on it is stunning, anodised pick guard Seymore Duncan singles 2 x A5's and an A 4.1 in the neck and phase switching , it's a bit special.
Wow that Epiphone looks great. Vintage vibe for sure.
My wife has an Epiphone Wildkat with a Bigsby in Chicago Blue Pearl. It's a great guitar but a little heavy for a hollow body.
1:03 A month into 2020 you say? I bet it's going to be a great year!
If you're looking at the Corvus as a player, as seen in the video at exactly 2:14, it looks like a Goldfish Cracker. You know, the snack that smiles back! Even the jack hole is perfectly placed for the eye. You won't unsee it. Apologies. Now, if I only had a grand lying around...
I like the fact that Padpak paper was used to pack the shecter case :) I fix those machines for a living
Epiphone headstock is dope!
This guy has the most weasel-like laugh I've ever heard.
Yeah but I like it though aha
No, what he has is the best overall attitude and presentation manner in the business. Speaking of business, I'm willing to bet the Trogster is on the pharmaceutical industry's hit-list. If allowed to continue, he's gonna put the whole Xanax wing of the industry out of business. The laugh works, Trog. I wouldn't change a thing.
If you re-sell a new guitar?
is the Gibson lifetime warrenty still in efect?
Along with my Gibsons, Fenders and other makes I own a fake Strat and a fake Rickenbacker 4003 bass - and tho not exact, are perfectly serviceable and fun to play - if you want to replace parts - they are great guinea pigs - the snob appeal you rely on to pay your mortgage is the thing they leverage and headstock candy is what we are really talking about. That double neck was still likely 7-800 bucks all in so ya, it's ok for the to make your copy if the logo says Squier - just not Fender......
I don't even play guitar and I find this channel entertaining. You just have such interesting guitar. And I used to play guitar as a teen. I just never got better and gave up.
Only channel that gets a like before the video even starts. Good work, Trogly
Nice video! But i got a question...
What do you think about Harley Benton guitars?
I have a buddy that was selling me a “real Gibson Firebird” but it turned out to be a fake CHIBSON! Haha... I felt so dumb and really disappointed...:(
Anyhow If you’re interested in a video of it let me know....it is a one piece and looks “real” at a first glance but the poor decal was a dead giveaway. Anyway, just a resource for you....
Your channel rawks. Seems epiphone is kicking it up a notch. My Snow Falcon is pretty dam good for the money. I got a great deal on it but if I had paid $900 the price it was going for I still would have been happy with it. So I decided to order the Tommy Thayer electric blue guitar. Also Schecter guitars are awesome. Never had a bad one and I have 6 of them from new to going back to 2007.
Maaan, I had a Schecter Diamond Series Tempest BlackJack (not the ATX model) for a couple of years about 10 years ago. Had the Jack and Ace of Spades inlaid in the fret board at 12th fret, bound body/neck/head with Seymour Duncans in it. I kick myself for trading it away. I gave $350 for it used on a Craigslist buy. I think I remember thinking the neck was just a tad too thick for my liking, but I still wish I'd kept it. It was a quality piece. Very dark tone with lots of ass in its pants.
I'd buy that chibson off you easy! that thing is wicked!
Jag-you-are 😂🤣
Al-you-minium 😆😁
Hey Trogly what was that ESP off brand called that made that Jazzmaster copy? I saw it in your Edwards mini LP video but couldn’t see the name of the website
That Epi is awesome, beautiful guitar
Any interest in a 1994 Fender Strat 40th Anniversary Edition? Awesome guitar. Great finish. Original owner. Had one of the pots replaced about 10 years ago. There’s a loose connection in the positioning switch. Hard shell Fender TSA case....since the airlines broke the original case.
Interesting... My guitar teacher had a black Corvus with 2 HBs running through a Peavey Studio Chorus 212 . At the time I had a Schecter Strategy T shaped object and a Peavey bandit 65. 35 years ago... Wish I'd kept the amp.....