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Rocker4Real wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 10:06 am Is that another name for Epiphone?

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 10:55 am I have seen some comments where people think Chibsons are actually (made by) Epiphone.

Wild Obsession wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 9:39 am That's ^ another reason why I'm considering a $250 Chibson is that IMO the new $2,500 +/- "Gibsons" hanging on the wall at Guitar Center are just as much a gamble for 10x the cost. As far as the components, fit and finish, etc., the new(er) Les Pauls I have tried out are comparable to $500 guitars from brands like Vintage and Tokai.

FreddyFender wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 2:11 pm
You're gonna need new tuners, new pickups, and whatever you do to the neck is gonna be a waste of time because the shitty wood shrinks/expands, non-functioning truss rods, etc.

FreddyFender wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:42 pm Bad electronics? Sure. But if you pick up a used Epiphone LP with a good neck for $300 and put in another $400 in - EMG passive humbuckers w/ quick connect pots ($250), gotoh tuners ($60), gotoh bridge ($40), tusq nut (15), puretone jack ($5), you are going to have a reliable workhorse guitar that plays and sounds great for the rest of your life. And when it comes time to sell it, you can sell it for a premium due to the upgrades, or put all the original shit back on it and at least get back what you paid for it.

You could do a complete refret of a Chibson and six months later have massive fret sprout from the wood shrinking. You're never gonna be able to really trust it for gigging, and it's worth nothing - never gonna appreciate in value.

FreddyFender wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:57 pm Lastly, if you just want a new guitar and want something really cheap, get a Harley Benton! https://www.thomannmusic.com/harley_ben ... itars.html

I got one of their Telecasters set up for my friends kid as a first guitar - $100, solid bones for the money. Needed some tuners and I put a new nut on. Neck played great, didn't feel like a cheap guitar at all.

Harley Benton/Epiphone/Squier/Etc's goal is to sell you the best possible guitar they can make for the money.

The guys selling Chibsons are literally scamming - Selling you something that looks like a Gibson using a burner account. They're already committing a crime, why would they give a shit if they sell you a fucked up product?

VinnieVincentsVag wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:45 pm

FreddyFender wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 2:11 pm
You're gonna need new tuners, new pickups, and whatever you do to the neck is gonna be a waste of time because the shitty wood shrinks/expands, non-functioning truss rods, etc.

This is exactly what I thought of the Custom LP I bought.
B string wouldn’t stay in tune for nothing.
It was a beautiful guitar tho…for a turd

Exact opposite of the Ernie Ball I bought for the same amount.
Beautiful guitar, great sound, great feel.

Gibsonite wrote: ↑Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:33 am

VinnieVincentsVag wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:45 pm

FreddyFender wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 2:11 pm
You're gonna need new tuners, new pickups, and whatever you do to the neck is gonna be a waste of time because the shitty wood shrinks/expands, non-functioning truss rods, etc.

This is exactly what I thought of the Custom LP I bought.
B string wouldn’t stay in tune for nothing.
It was a beautiful guitar tho…for a turd

Exact opposite of the Ernie Ball I bought for the same amount.
Beautiful guitar, great sound, great feel.

I have an '88 LPC that hands down, is the best-playing, most comfortable guitar I've ever laid my paws on and I've played a few real-deal '50s ones in my time too. I've also played some '80s - '90s ones that felt like total shit. Depends on how hard they tried on that particular day at the factory I guess lol