Chibson vs. Gibson: A Comparison of Les Pauls 

Chibson Les Paul, endorsed by the guitarist from Guns n "Rices"

Well, from listening on a laptop on RU-vid they both sound pretty darn good.

Playing it clean, the Gibson definitely sounded warmer and full sounding. The Les Paul copy sounded brighter and lacking but it sounds pretty good for a $400 copy and when he added the distortion, it surprised me that the sound is closer to the real one than I thought it would be and I thought it would be crap just like when he did it when clean. For $2300 vs $400 it's a great value.

There is a reason they send the guitar in the foam it actually reduces the risk of a breakage, it they sent it in the hardshell case its more likely to move around, in the foam, it will be kept ridged.

Thank you Chris for a clean, to the point review. You don't show a whinnie attitude toward the Chibson like some others do. A good review, and simply put: $400. vs. $2500. for a Gibson that won't stay in tune! You do the math. Cheers, g.

I know the point of the video is the comparison of the Guitars, but I gotta say I love that Hughes & Kettner amp! :)

it's a Mao Tse-tung signature

Sounds great, I just got my first Chibson and have had fun messing with it. I can't tell much difference in the sound on your video. Thanks for posting.

I gotta say, the Chibson sounds way thinner

Excellent reviews, excellent player. Zero bs. I watch these videos all the time and yours is the only video show that I subscribe too. Good job, I look forward to watching all the videos.

I can definitely tell that some of those chibsons are getting better at replicating. The placement of the knobs and everything

Amazed at the overall quality & the sound of the Chibson !

Some new pickups and it might sound like a chibson with new pickups. I wish China would make a Scarlett Johansson. I would buy that.

one of the best comparison video for chibson and Gibson. well done really the best.

come on man! seriously they sound so similar?

Hey Chris,nice Chibson,,,that was a really good comparison, one of the best one's iv'e watched,a great side by side comparison of the pickups and the tone your getting in each position,from each guitar,,,and great playing as well.Your video clearly shows that these are well worth 400 bucks,,,delivered.I own a few of them,, they play and sound great,and this upload proves it.I still don't know why some people think they are garbage.They are good guitars.

At least it stays in tune..

Thanks for the comparison. I've tried 2 Chinese gibsons over the last 6 years. They weren't that great, but yours seems good quality. it may be time to try another, they seem to be getting better,

Did you noticed that Chibson sounded like Fender?

I bought a chibson. For the body only. I stripped it bare and put in an obsidian 50 60s les paul harness. New grovers, new nut and new pups. It's incredible. I built a 59 mike Bloomfield for a thousand dollars

Vintage V100 is also a very good Gibson Copy. 300-400$ for a great guitar

Great video, great playing and great non biased comments. Like you pointed out, there is a huge price difference between the two, so of course it's not going to match up to the real thing. But for the money, you get good bang for your buck. I'm ordering one, but with my own logo instead of the Gibson logo.

It doesn't sound THAT bad for a couple of hundreds, in fact, I liked the distorted sound. Still, in my honest opinion, it doesn't compare with the real deal.

I have the 1992 Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus and when they 1st made them, it was basically the reissue of the 1960s les paul and were also made to be better than the Les Paul Standard. At that time it was released as a tier above the Standard. Things have definitely changed with them, that is why the earliest ones are highly regarded and sought after!!

maybe i'm wrong, i think i see subtle differences in your playing. on chibson your playing seems more effortless

Thank you for the comparison, and your awesome playing, I really enjoyed it.

Besides the weaker pups, looks like you got a good Chibson. I have heard a lot of blind luck is involved though. The Chibson bottom horn looks slightly deeper cut away.

Excellent work man !!! a smart practical guy will focus mainly the final purpose of a guitar: THE SOUND !!! and the final SUSTAIN TEST was very useful congrats, I wasted hours watching many other videos were the guys focused on minor esthetic details (and no sound test), you don't buy a guitar just because it looks god or bad, finally the SOUND its the most important fact for you, I hear a regular difference in regular test not very big, but tthe sustain test is a considerable difference, very smart to do it, excellent job !!!

holy shit this was the unmodified Chibson.

Chris, really well done comparison. I bought a LP Supreme in Desert Burst in December 2013, changed out the neck PU to a Gibson 57 Classic and a Parsons Street in the bridge. It rocks! Three major differences from the original. The globe logo on the headstock does not have the map in brass. It is more of a MOP swirl. The neck is one piece, but it does have a joint at the bottom where it joins the body. Lastly, the body itself is not one piece. It is three or four pieces glued together and you can see the grain differential on the sides. With case I paid $350, have about another $230 in the upgraded PUs. All in, for what I do noodling around it is a great guitar for the money!

Yeah, it doesn't sound as good. Still not bad for a few hundred bucks.

So it’s been 5 years, how did this guitar hold up?

Chibson sounds like a fender stratocaster xD

As a violin/viola/mandolin player I find these Chibson videos amusing because with the the stuff I play, you can't fake quality like you can with an electric guitar.

Personally I would rather have a real Epiphone than a fake Gibson.

I ordered my Chibson stock. The goal was no mods, no room for error. The serial number is -007 (double-o-negative) so there is never any question about it being a fake. It’s equal to an $809 Epi. It cost $200, no complaints and will probably order more.

Wow! I enjoyed your playing but having a couple of Gibson's and a Chibson myself I feel I have a little extra to add! You get what you pay for and its not just the sound, the feel and quality are a whole lot to do with it! My Chibson was unplayable when I got it. It needed a full fret level, pickups were rubbish and a machine head didn't work. Both my Les Paul's came with great action out of the box and feel like proper instruments. The Chibson with a lot of work is now playable and sounds OK but it still feels like a cheap toy guitar and that's hard to get my head around. Funny that it now looks like the AFD guitar too! I did a couple of comparison videos too and I would say its 50/50 as to what folk prefer sound wise ;0[

I’m glad to see a favorable review on this. I just ordered a p90 model with the one piece body and neck. I plan to do a full setup and replace the electronics since I play a LP Deluxe and I’m putting A2 mini humbuckers in it. I’m getting eager to get mine after watching this lol

The real Gibson does sound much better. The fake one sounds much more brittle and less warm.

Chibson: no setup, original strings= wow wow wow beautiful sound❤️🎸

In China we call the chibson 烧火棍 which means a wood bar that can only be used to burn to warm oneself.But this one sounds good.ps:the jumbo is not like a Gibson.

I ordered mine from Angela as well. Great lady, and her English is way better than a lot of other sellers. I'm curious about these guitars being made in the same factory as Epiphone etc. The horn isn't quite the same as the real thing and the top of the headstock varies in the way it's cut. You have to wonder if these are CNC'd or...? Glad to finally hear someone playing through a real amp! Those mini H&K are sweet!!!

To my understanding, these Chibsons are basically just Epiphones with a fake gibson headstock.

Hi Chris, How 's the chipson holding up after 2 year? any issues? What's the name of the shop form Ali you got the guitar from? I always wanted a Rickenbacker Lemmy bass... and where in Canada you live in?

If the quality of today's Gibson are so poor, then a lot of punters will opt for the Chibson with upgraded components.

I would have just bought an Epi. The amount of money it is going to take to switch out the pups, pots, and wiring along with the price paid can be spent on a real Junior or Studio which I see regularly for about $600-$700 at the shop I stop in at. I also see SGs for under $1k there. You are also taking a gamble after all those upgrades, the thing still sound like a Strat, as it most certainly does on the neck pup and has a Telecaster tone to it on the bridge. It just has a tinny sound and not as fat as the real thing

The main reason I'll probably never buy a Chibson, unless from an American reseller who's selling it as a copy, is because they steal designs, give workers terrible pay, and probably in some cases, buy runoff from the companies that make Epiphone's parts illegally.

Hello! Tell me, if you put the pickups "Saymour Duncan Slash Alnico II Pro" on a Gibson LP Studio (2006), will it be close to guitar Gibson LP Standard ? On the sound? (I think the differences between a Gibson Studio and the Gibson Standard, based, because of the pickups? Because the wood on both guitars are the same! )

i think it's not because Chibson is great guitar.. but the Gibson is just way overated/overpriced

watching another video saw the China bought and shipped Gibson has a serial number of 170435 see a pattern?

It's not a 'copy' of a 'replica' it's a counterfeit.

Is there a link you can post for where you bought it? I search for Angela’s guitar and it shows aliexpress etc. is that where to buy?

Wow 0.0 ... I would buy that Chibson for beginner player ...

That's interesting...in clean mode, you can definitely tell the Chibson has a brighter sound, but once you throw in some gain, the differences are aren't as apparent. Very interesting, great vid!

The gibson sounds much richer and tone is way better. Only way to go with a Chinese model is to basically by it for the body ( watch out for photo flame tops ) and swap out everything, tuners to pickups to electronics to bridge and saddle. I know a guy who did this for a gigging guitar and it came out great for about a third of what a USA costs.

Hey, can you share the webpage where you purchased the guitar?

The vast majority of guitarists are somewhere along a very long road of learning to play well enough to sound good and be musical. A lot of guitarists sound the same--they play the same licks and patterns almost exactly the same way as everyone else--and with so much distortion that the acoustic properties of the instrument are largely lost in the noise (along with the individuality of the player). My point is this: if your knowledge, skills, and musicality are sub-par, then a Chinese-made, or Korean-made, Indonesian-made, or Mexican-made guitar is good enough. Leave the very expensive guitars, no matter where they come from, to the people who have the skills and the talent to bring out the best in those fine instruments. Having lots of money and buying expensive instruments and gear do not a musician make. And, IMO, a lot of the opinions that come out in this kind of forum are coming from ethnocentricity or nationalism. There is no basis for the belief that American-made instruments are automatically better than those made elsewhere. A four-hundred-dollar guitar is going to be the result of cost-cutting and compromises no matter where it's made. Pay a Chinese craftsman the same as an American one and you might get even higher quality than the US can put out anymore. People are searching for cheap guitars and then comparing them to the best ones ever made. That isn't right. The Japanese proved long ago that if the price is right, they can routinely meet and exceed the quality standards of the established big names.

i love your video, i ve seen a lot of videos of chibsons and everybody talks shit about it, i know that its a FAKE its a low quality instrument and it has no comparison to a real GIBSON, in fact i already have one original gibson, but all the videos are from USA people, they concern a lot for violating trademarks laws instead of making a good instrument and sound analysis in their videos. They only say: "its shit, dont buy it" "its illegal", youre of the few people who felt really sincere in your opinion, thank you!

I have mixed thoughts on Gibsons. In my experience, they have some noticeable quality control problems. I've played some truly great Gibson guitars, but then again I've also played Gibsons that felt sloppily slapped together. I've played Epiphones better than some Gibsons.

May i know how to reach that seller of your chibson? i'm really interested to try Any problems on customs during shipment? Great and very informative video by the way Thank you in advance

con unas duncan slash, cambio de potenciometreos, ajuste de luthier y cambio de rejilla va a sonar casi igual, pero con la diferencia en plata encargas 3 mas.. hay que reconocer que las les paul clásicas no tienen componentes como un floyd como un brazo especial que haga valer el costo de producción, la madera es buena, pero.. hay guitarras de la misma madera de otro fabricantes a la mitad del valor de una les paul de gibson, acá en chile las gibson superan el millón de pesos, y no creo que una gibson cueste fabricarla para gibson mas de 500 mil, la verdad es puro lujo de la marca, nunca he tenido una ni pienso tenerla, a lo mismo que fender ni nada de su marca, ni si quiera una uñeta, al que piense lo contrario, le apuesto que si a su hermosa y lujosa gibson made in usa, del año que sea, va y le pone potenciometros, cables switch, jackput, sejilla ( de plástico) y afinadores malos, va a sonar a una mierda igual, aun que sea buena madera y construcción bajo estándares estado unidenses.

hey Chris, did you ever take the bridge off of your real Gibson? i noticed it's on backwards.

Not a "copy". It's a counterfeit.

Angela's Guitars doesn't seem to exist anymore. Do you have the actual store number?

The chibson sounds equally as good as the Gibson. Slash, Zak Wylde or any other rock star could secretly make an album using chibson guitars and nobody would know.

I talked to Angela, she said they don't do 60s slim necks. Would you say it's a thick neck on the one you have? Please answer Chris. Nice playing BTW

Well here go,s I have been reading as much as I can about fake and not so adequate guitars And It all starts with..... if you have got money or not makes no difference... In fact 99% of the people that have a very expensive and well known guitars never ever reach there full ability of mastering the guitar....Here,s a true story about my Son......I have been a singer in rock bands for 26 years and observed the art of rock guitars but this can apply to any type of music the principle Is the same by the way this Is not scientific proof so be flexible with your response PLEASE....Anyway back to my Son (8) He Is 25 Now...He wanted to play a guitar In his school music lesson.... And I was sorry to say to my son that I could not afford to get him a guitar.....Not wanting to upset him my friend had a old acoustic guitar cracked neck well a real scraper ....I Glued and screwed the neck and painted It ....It looked like the worst guitar you have ever see and it played bad but off to school he went with this guitar I felt like crying for him but what can you do...after a few weeks the teacher noticed he was left handed and my son was trying to play It right handed although he was playing It pretty good.... so we changed the strings around and He started over again...When the teacher tuned his guitar up at the start of the class... it was bending that much he told my son that the guitar was too far gone.... my son carried on and after a few months the teacher choose my son to play with him in front of all the school....the teacher said to me I don't know how he plays that guitar but he makes it sound fantastic...I told my son what the teacher said and asked him how he was making It sound OK and he said I new I couldn't get a guitar like the other kids so I got to know which fret needed the string to be bent a little... after a while It just came naturally to me....So what I am saying Is... the human mind and body accommodates for the imperfections....So Fender Ibanez Gibson and what ever guitar you like Its all a bit of wood... So to here you going on about this neck is not like this neck Is all Bull..... for the first Three years of playing guitar get the worst one you can and ride that Fucker till the wheel,s fall off ....If its the most expensive guitar or a piece of crap you will make It sound like a good guitar....... whats the saying (all the gear and no Idea) Theres nothing wrong with spoiling your self with the most expensive guitar you can afford ...It,s not the wood It,s not the make ...IT IS YOU ...O and by the way are you wondering what became of my son He,s in his own band Not very successfully But he is to me....Go on RU-vid And put in Tom Crane Guitarist Try and listen to a bit of every thing I,m shore there will be something you like our at least respect And He Is as good with his left hand as he is with his right....Just thought I,d share this with you hope It makes you think ....PS All the guitars that my son play I made with cheep guitar parts...

I’ve got 3 chibsens , 1 was in a case., 2 in the foam. I think the foam case has better protection. The is no room for the guitar to move. The case had room in it where the guitar could move, thankfully the case one is 👍 fine. The one I bought relic, has the real Gibson bridge.

They shouldnt be allowed to sell in this country with the gibson name. They should actually say CHIBSON on them or get sued for copyright infringement.

hey did these chibsons slash models all come with the same serial number on the back? there is one down here in orlando hanging in a pawn shop with the same exact SN. plus theyve got 1800 price on it.

So chibson is not that bad??

Chris.....How long did it take for Angela's store to ship the guitar.....(from the date it said it shipped out to you)??

the real thing sounds way fatter and there is more depth to the sound! maybe because of the pickups

I bought mine from her too! Nice person and I got a very nice guitar. I replaced the pots and caps and put a roller bridge on it. I am not trying to fool anyone but I gig with it and it is as good as my Gibsons. It was $303 where can you get a guitar as good for that much money?

Go to eBay and search "high quality electric guitar Slash". You're welcome...

After watching your review and some others I went an bought a Chinese Santana PRS, as long as you remember that you are buying a replica for fun, and willing to do a little work on set-up then you get what you pay for. A fair approximation of a classic for a fraction of the price. I don't play live anymore, but If I was playing live I would play a chinese Gibson/PRS with no worries. Great guitars for the price.

Gibsons have become like the iphone. People will by them just for the name.

Hey Chris, I appreciate your review of the Chibson Les Paul. Mine is on the way. I got the 3 pickup custom version....knowing that the pickups are so much junk, along with the rest of the electronics. Which pickups would you use?

Slash made on c.d using a Knock off les Paul then got endorsed and switched to Gibson and has sounded like shit ever since don't but Gibson they make trash always have

Chris, this was the best comparison. I did not know that that you could customize an order. I don't suppose you would say which company you bought/ordered it from.

If you want a Gibson-copy - Buy a Epiphone If you wand a Gibson - Buy a Gibson!

Is the finish a photo finish and how did you feel the hardware was? Like was the bridge lug cutout larger than the lug?

Gibson's are an absolute rip off and its nothing short of pure greed the mark-up. Their prices are outrageous and I'm taking in to consideration the history, building up the brand. the fact that Gibson designed the original style through Les Paul and the extra cost of Labour in the US compared with the Chinese. There are plenty of real good legit Les Paul copies if you decide not to buy the Chibson, check out the Vintage Pete Green lemon drop that cost under $500. I would advise your viewers not to buy Gibson's, there simply not worth the money.

That upper horn on the Chibson looks like it's trying to escape.

Chris, you spoke throughout the video of making various upgrades. What did you eventually do & what did you spend? Could you please let me know in U.S. dollars? Thanks

Hello, I am also buying a guitar from Angela and can you answer me one thing? She says its 40$ extra for the one piece body, but is it really better than two piece body? What is the difference between the two? Thanks!!

If y'all compare a Gibson with a Chibson, of course Gibson is better for sure. But is it $2500CAN different? No. Anyway at the end of the day. It's the guitarist that matters. If Lil Wayne plays a Gibson, would he suddenly sound better Clapton on a Chibson?

Is the copy good enough to play out and not worry as much about theft or damage. Cause even though mine's ONLY a studio I did work to it to make it right for me.

BTW, please, make a new comparision once you put the Slash alnico kit on it. Cheers and thanks for the video!

9:23 wtf are these claws hanging out off the volume and tone?

hi.. i like the chibson. Where did you order it from (online store) and whats the exact model? Thank you

"I paid $25 extra for a "single piece body".......which means, they took a 7 pieces body, and put a veneer on the back to hide it. Actually, I have seen in a guitars I specifically asked to be built custom (requested some step by step pictures) , and they use some sort of "wet wood" veneering, which they use to cover the whole top and back (of course, they hide the join of this two veneers with the binding)...really weird..

Did you pull the pick guard off the classic ? I have one and I did the same thing

im finding it hard to achieve pinch harmonics on my chibson. How does your one handle pinch harmonics?

Did you choose one of the free shipping methods? Cause I live in Canada too and all the ones I see cost anywhere from $300 to 500$.. but the free ones range from saying 5 to 25 days and i don't know if i trust a guitar being shipped for that long, it might break..

Look into top wrapping your strings bro, I did it and I love it way better sustain and tone. Thanks for the post. I'm gonna grab a Chibson this summer

very nice replica, sounds great.

That was pretty fine review and comparison, i liked it.

Ummm I'm confused, you said the One you've had for a while is from 1995 and you bought it in 1980? I love Les Pauls Pre-90's- ish, they're just not made as well anymore. Honduras Mohagony wasn't quite the same I don't think. There is just something about the older ones.

Hey Chris, my name is Brandon, and I wanted to ask if you could give me the website that you bought ur Slash l.p.? I been looking at those for several months and I would really appreciate it if you could do that for me. Thx very much and keep rockin' sounds great