Gibson Mustaine V: A Fearless Gear Review  

Absolutely. The only time I paid more than 2000 for a guitar was a balaguer semi custom that was built to my exact specifications. Can't imagine why someone would pay that much for a stock guitar.

Only time I think that's not the one and only rule is when it's going to hang on a wall or something. I don't know how Gibson gets away with such bad QC on their flagship and custom gear.

@@ShidavTheVedmak Blues lawyer fanboys with money to burn and by hiring famous musicians like Mustaine or Hammett to entice their fans to buy the signature models?

@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 it's enough to make a grown man cry.

@@ShidavTheVedmak Because brand loyalists will keep buying them and then go out of pocket to get them in playable shape.

you are goddamn right! I've seen a lot of gibsons that have really shitty paintjob around the binding too. they just can't get that binding show cleanly. Meanwhile some trash import brand can do that perfectly. The price tag for their products is just insane. (not to mention the tooling marks in the fretboard and binding due to those dumb nib things on the frets) Totally unacceptable

This isn't even right for 900 dude. When Im buying a brand new guitar, I want a brand new guitar lol IDC if it's 100 bucks, it shoudl be RIGHT

my harley benton got better finish than this thought, that neck joint is unacceptable and so are the paint drips which is just pure lazy and unprofessional

You buy a Gibson for the sound and this guy’s knit picking flaws are stupid considering guitar’s are meant to have wear and tear unless your a collector who cant play a lick and just hangs it up for house decoration like a grandma

My $900 ESP LTD’s are perfect

lol no, he'd get fired

​@@orionbekesi😂😂😂😂

Yup

Except for the fact that when he was reading the specs he said scale length of 25.5 when it's actually 24.75.

@@elcabrononwheelsnormally you’d be correct but Dave pays 25.5 guitars so they made an acceptation for him

Must be why Fender uses so many of the exact Dupont paints from cars.

Most of those ''flaws'' are due to wood movement and the fact that it was bare wood they just sprayed over (might as well be one of Dave's specs)

@@Masterfighterx also a possibility, which is why most of the time several layers of shader are sprayed over the wood first, and if the shader is a light color not intended to be transparent or translucent, a layer of primer over the sealer to hide wood patterns from showing through the overall finish. Even a flaw in the wood shouldn’t be showing through. One reason is because of the sealer, and even grain filler is used. Another is because the wood being used should be checked/inspected for imperfections, knots etc. before being cut, sanded and prepped. Sure, a common, and maybe forgivable oversight on a cheap, or budget guitar. But on a $2,800 guitar? They should be taking the time to make sure every piece is up to snuff. Especially when metal flake/sparkle finishes cannot be repaired. Silvertop, goldtop, pelham blue, etc. are finishes that cannot be touched up or repaired. If it gets damaged or messed up, the guitar has to be stripped and sanded back down to bare wood, and the process starts over from square 1. Sure, it’s a time consuming process, and it costs money, but again, that guitar is nearly $3000. It can be done.

@@f3uibeghardt522 precisely! They aren’t the only ones who use car paint either. A lot of em actually do. But hell, if it looks good, it’s good! I dig the look when done right!

I used to paint i could go by the sound of it hitting what im painting as to get the right consistency and coverage it aint that difficult man !!

yes!

Yes please!

That'd be sick!

I'll dust off the accordion and hammer dulcimer. (You WISH I was kidding).

My wife has an accordion. Unfortunately I am not joking

yeah that was really brave 🤣

However, I 'd really like a warning or a disclaimer at the beginning, like, you know, "watch at your own risk", "viewer discretion is advised" etc....

@@dirtyharry1881 warning, risk of eye cancer

@@dirtyharry1881 DAD BOD ALERT

@@XlouietheflyX too late, dude. Too late

$1200? Imagine if it were $2800! 😵

Nitro finishes are more flimsy though

​@@tylersmith7534But they wear with your playing. All three of my guitars are poly finishes. I ended up selling both of the Gibson LPs I've purchased but still, there's a thing to those finishes. They smell delightful too

Got a Dean VMNT silver 2014 korea today, It has none of these mistakes, and cost 5 times les,, 570€ used

I picked up a VMNT Peace Sells on Amazon a couple years ago and it's a really cool guitar! Totally worth the $500 US and I like the way it looks way better than the Gibson. I really wanted to like this guitar and buy one. After hear this and other reviews I think 3 Solar V's (6, 7, 8) are a better value. Wish they were a bit easier to get in the states

My Dean 5-String bass I bought in '92 is literally the best bass I've ever bought (including Ibanez, Rickenbacker, Fender Precision, and a Peavey I could have used to crack granite in a quarry it was so heavy, etc). In fact, I've had guitarists pick it up when it was in Open C tuning (GCGCG) and say it was as easy to fret as a guitar - though they still couldn't get their hands to stretch enough to chord stuff like I did because their little spindly fingers couldn't stretch 6 frets my the bass. LMAOOooooo

Deans are a lot of bang for the buck. Hell, I bought a Schecter C-6 Platinum series on a whim (about $600) and I couldn't possibly be happier with it. Some minor wiring issues (input could have been soldered a little better) but it's just such a complete guitar at a fraction of the cost.

I have a £600 esp and I still use a £100 Dean as my main guitar

It doesn't sound like a 3000 guitar

My 2 cents, Dear Glenn, first off yes for 2800 bucks you should have gotten locking grover tuners, and the good nut and a stellar picture perfect paint job... Totally agree. And the action should have been nice and playable out of the box, maybe need a tiny bit adjustment for personal preferences. But it shouldn't have been high as a kite. Now then, most of the money you are paying for is Wood from Africa, ebony fretboard, doesn't get more rare and expensive, same with the mahogany if im not mistaken. You genuinely get a different smoother distortion from mahogany than something like Ash which is much harder wood and gives off more volume and harsh distorted sound. I've tested it out and watched others test the different woods out, it is a substantial real difference. Now then, I don't think you hit those pinch harmonics anywhere near Zakk Wylde on No More Tears because, it didn't sound like it, and the pickups are very different. Zakk used Emg 81 in the bridge position and an Emg 85 in the neck position. He used hot-rodded Marshal JCM 800 heads to get that sound. I don't know the eq settings for that album, but he uses bass 10 or 9, mid at -3, and treble at 7 or 6.5, then tone maxxed volume nearly maxxed on guitar using bridge pickup, set of tens for the high strings and super thick for the lows, don't think they make them anymore because they were my go to strings for years and I couldn't find them anymore, now I use the Jazz 11s chromed, ultra smooth and I usually jam in drop b or c or c#. And I hit them Zakk Wylde pinch harmonics pretty tight. It's one of my favorite sounds. Something where you can't just push a pedal, no you gotta make it happen with your hands. You do need a fat amount of gain. Feel it out, max it and dial it back slowly to find your sweet spot. From painting cars with my Dad, I'm pretty sure the wrinkles in the paint on the side of the pickups is because they hung it vertically and then turned it on its side before the paint was dry. Seen people do it with fenders, doors, accidentally happens on bumpers if you lay the paint too thick. In my heart, the paint problems alone warrant returning it and demanding excellence for a $2800 guitar. If money were no object, Id call up the custom department, get the dual emg 81's in a mahogany SG symmetrical headstock, grover locking tuners, rickenbacker whammy bar, dark red finish so you can still see the wood grain. No pick guard. A comfy metal monster that is very able to make very diverse sounds with the rickenbacker whammy bar. 24 frets. I have a floyd rose and didn't know very much about how it worked before I spent a grand on it when I was 15. Im 38 and ended up blocking the bridge off simply because I love those Ibanez pickups...

Seriously. The only reason I'd ever buy a vintage Gibson or Fender would be mainly for historical value.

Only time I’m going over 1000$ for a guitar is if it’s a solar cuz even though it’s mainly cuz of the brand sponsorships *glares intensely at ola* .

I think for the most part you are right 1000$ is all you need to spend for a good guitar I've played my 1000 $ surf green Strat almost exclusively for 8 years it was all I needed. But I think spending money on a dream guitar is never bad when you got the money I wouldn't trade my orange custom shop Strat for anything, it cost a lot of money but I don't regret it at all. that being said I don't think im going to be spending that much on another guitar anytime soon.

I have one of those low end deans. And I love it, it has a decently slim and wide d shaped neck, which suits me way more than those chunky as hell Gibson necks. It sounds great, and is a way better deal than this

Bro Fr I have a Dean VX ($400 new) that I’ve modded and the only reason it has a paint defect is cause my drummer was tryna bounce his drum stick off the floor and hit it straight onto my guitar lmao

Aint it the truth.

right?! and the inspection card checked off was the cherry on top

Life is about loving things with those warts. Learn it!

​@@LeonLandgren-qt9pg life is about not getting a flawed instrument that is waaay overpriced to begin with.

@@tat2zz68 oh hell yeah!

I'm not brave enough to go check how much are those...

I would rather use a portion of that money to upgrade the guitars I already own.

Yep, that's what I have been saying for years...until my last luthier passed away. Finding a new one (with the bandwidth to make one for your) is so difficult now.

Same. Here's the kicker: I went to Megadeth show yesterday in Montreal (May 17, 2022) and saw up-close the Gibson that Mustaine played must be a 5,000$ guitar. It has a flamed Maple top with a white binding. It is a completely different animal. A true Signature guitar.

Bro. You need to go and check one out for yourself. Who knows if this is a one off subpar finish or if Glenn is playing attention to stuff you wouldn't. Setup... you first need to check if that action that was too high was typical Gibson spec. Meaning... he likes a lower action, but many people are fine with it.

Ive never own a Gibson, but Im shocked to see so many QC issues, specially with painting, all those cracks over the finish, and the finferboard and binding always with tooling marks. I see Troglys reviews and he thinks its ok, its part of Gibson aura, Im just shocked.

@@papasmamas1 What they have is a roster of heroes. We hear great playing and great tone, and we want the tools they used. I've seen Gibson corporate make the worst decisions in this industry. But, since there is always some plucky fan with a couple grand ready to buy into the dream, Gibson keeps making sales. They say they care about QC, but lets be real. QC costs money. Gibson would rather keep that money than increase their quality. It's been this way for decades. I don't imagine they'll ever change. Why should they?

@@stevesrecordingtips7247 if you want to sound the best you have to play the best

@@bikeman1x11 So, i should get a PRS? 8)

@@stevesrecordingtips7247 they are great- even the korean se's can be quite good- my tremonti se is awesome

I agree ☝️ the Epiphone guitars I’ve played in the last couple years are absolutely fantastic.

and I`ve never played any epiphone`s that didnt have to had some work done to them , some more than others . now , the new epiphones are very good , but they are not better than whatever "expensive " brand you put them up against . some of the flaws in gibsons isnt even flaws

Long and mcqade sets them up I've talked to a few of the employees and they say they're good but not great out of box but that being said most of the new epiphones looks killer and sounds great too

@@vainestlamb5917 ah ok. My understanding was if you bought a guitar from L&M they send it for a free setup that’s included in your purchase. At least that’s how the location in Surrey British Columbia explained it to me.

My Brent Hinds Flying V destroys the quality on this. Jesus that sucks for 2800.

I agree. I used to own a Les Paul. It was great for rhythm playing, but as soon as I joined a band where I had to play leads, I could not keep the G string in tune. I ended up selling it, and replacing it with MIJ Ibanez guitars, and I haven't looked back. In the same spirit as this video, I think people pay way too much for Solar and Chapman guitars, as well. I have never had a guitar built in the FujiGen factory come back with flaws like I see with Gibson, Solar, and Chapman guitars.

Big agree. I actually really like a lot of Gibsons I've played, they're just not worth $2.5k or whatever they fuck they're getting for them. That's why I tell people go find a used Studio that plays well for around $1k or less. Same feel and feature set, with a MUCH more appropriate price tag.

Ah yes, the “tuning issue”. User error I’m afraid.

@@jimherleva4541 If by user you mean luthier, then I agree. When the only guitar I've ever owned in the last 20 years that has a tuning issue is a Gibson, then the issue was the guitar. If a guitar that costs over $1000 needs modification to stay in tune, then that is a design flaw. I'm not shitting on Gibson either, I love Gibsons. I like the way they feel and the way they sound. However, I chose to sell mine because my Ibanez guitars required far less modification out of the box.

@@jimherleva4541 somehow I don't have such "user error" with other guitars.

TY Jake!

@@SpectreSoundStudios I came here to say this also! Great work glenn, lookin good!

3rd, and came to say the same! Keep up the great work Glenn!

@@SpectreSoundStudios Glen if I send you some Resistance Bands, Will you Use Them? You can Use them Seated as Well and they are Great for Stress Relief ; ) You are practically using them Right Now , They are just not in your Hands 😁

@@SpectreSoundStudios I MUST DISAGREE WITH ALL OF YOU: HAD GLEN PUT BABY OIL ALL OVER HIS TORSO FIRST.....then it would've been right on!

Do you know this from first hand experience or are you simply trusting "influencers" for this information? I've played several new Gibsons over the past few years that were fantastic. A friend of mine bought a Les Paul traditional a few years back. That guitar is lovely, stays in tune, sounds awesome, and did NOT require an additional set-up. It was great from day 1 straight out of the factory. The paint was also perfect (not that I care).

@@davidreynolds6718 bro, it is hilarious. You are calling him out for trusting the review from multiple people, yet you are saying that the opposite is the case and you know because of your own (single and maybe two person) experience...

@@davidreynolds6718 all the Gibsons I've been fortunate enough to play have always been poorly potted just alot of feedback, also alot of tuning issues(5 ish i know its a small sample size). But that could be the setups at the store. Other brands present at the same store seemed to not have that problem(at a lower price point mind you).I dont have alot money so i try to be little quicker to rule of expensive guitars and Gibson at the end of the day are just beyond my price point.They have alot of QC issues and this much variance between all their guitars makes them a risky investment at best and that is simply unacceptable for guitars at this price point. In my opinion. Granted take it with a grain of salt I'm no one and have had limited experience with Gibson as a whole.

@@linnickschlanter4712 I just think it's odd that RU-vid influencers associated with Glenn all turned on Gibson at he same time. Something seems off to me.

@@davidreynolds6718 Maybe Gibson stopped giving them free 💩?

That’s the way you do it, let the man do his thing. I’m sure he’s going to change his style cause of you. You people are annoying af

Good luck doing that when you’re a lefty though.

What's the brand and model name of the guitar?

What kind of guitar???

We do a shop setup on every guitar we ship, and any shop-sold guitar if the customer wants it. If the setup is crap from the factory, we'll fix it before we hang the guitar. And, oh yeah - If it's a lefty, we'll hang it in "Lefty Alley" with the other dozen

@@millardbrown4769 I guess you’re in the us though, there’s barely anywhere near me that you can go in and try a lefty and they’re usually either cheap squiers or the odd overpriced Gibson, I just get mine built from a local luthier now.

Remember the time when buying a Gibson meant something. I have an old Epiphone SG that I got for pocket change. It was new but the neck had seperated from the body during shipping. Got it glued and changed the kind of dull pickups for some old Dimarzios I had. Super guitar, I could say that it's as good as a real Gibson from the same time!

Yeah .... that describes like every "legacy" brand in the US the last 10 years

Gibson is just cashing in as hard as they possibly can before the Boomers and Gen X dad-rockers finally all die off and nobody gives a crap about their "lifestyle brand" at all anymore. From what I see players under 40 mostly just don't care about the Gibson name, and I don't blame them. They have no reason to cling to a brand out of nostalgia, which is really all Gibson has going for it now.

What is attractive to you about the vintage guitar? Honestly I'm curious, not trolling at all. I admit I like them as collectors items and investments..... but I haven't played my Gibson explorer in decades. Yet it is probably the most valuable guitar I own (out of waaay too many) lol

@@mad7stringer Other than the finish? Nothing. I'm not even going to play it. It's going to sit in its case, just like my 1954 Rolls Royce sits in the garage, never to be driven.

@@mad7stringer Because, unfortunately, Gibson no longer manufactures the Corvus.

I'm so sorry to hear that I hope you find a guitar that's just right for you man

Thank you for saying this man. If you’re referring to the 2021 models, I was actually looking at those a few weeks ago and really liked the sound of the 50s version. Interesting to know that there are still quality control issues going on. A lot of the press has been saying Gibson is coming back! Seems like they’ve still got a ways to go.

Hahaha! Even though I disagree with your point that's an awesome comment, here's a Like for you Good Sir. You've earned it!

Hate to admit it but that's true. Ive got a Gibson Les Paul and it makes me regret selling my 1999 Epiphone Les Paul Quilt Top and Epiphone "1984" Explorer. My Gibson does not play like those 2 Epiphones and I wish I could reverse those decisions quite badly.

@@visionop8 Bummer. Gibson USA definitely had some shitty years. They looked and seemed like they were getting way better again but this video makes me wonder. He could have gotten that one out of 1000 really bad one or maybe the vast majority of them suck, lol

@@PatPosse Gibson really did have some better years. I bought my Les Paul from memories of playing a friend's dad's Les Paul Custom and I couldn't put it down. What I got wasn't that. I think maybe we missed the good years.

Yeah, the price is still "Authentic"

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Here is Trogly's Guitars' documentation and review of said instrument: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0wq7_s6mYQo.html

I was just about to make the same Aldo nova comment.

Werent kramer assaults basically les pauls with hockey headstocks?

Gibson have been getting called out for this for years and years - probably decades.

All ive heard is how shit they are. Reality is, all brands except maybe a few boutique ones make duds. I've seen some absolutely terrible asian made ones despite the overall quality hike the past decades.

Their previous effort to ripoff people resulted in bankruptcy, this new revival has not changed anything... "Made in USA" is a joke these days when Korean and even Indonesian made guitars beat the crap out of these overpriced "US made" pieces of wood.

@@fredriksvard2603 for me it was revolutionary! My entire youth i had NO access to instruments and didn't know anyone who owned one.....and I always dreamt of having Gibsons and Fenders someday. BUT WHEN I FINALLY TRIED THEM IN MY LATE TEENS........ ...they felt wrong in EVERY way!!! (GIBSON AND FENDER = DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. BOTH a bunch of assholes and crooks and fraudsters!) Then, I tried brands i HATED (Peavey!) (Ibanez!).....and their shit played like BUTTER and I was stunned. I can find you a million $180 Ibanez MIKROS that are better than ANY GIBSON OR FENDER OF ANY PRICE.

gibsons have metaphysical and ideological value. thats how many 'non snobs' fall for them.

I got an Epiphone Thunderhorse, and I was amazed with the quality. It was pristine!

The newer Epiphones are great guitars.

Yup. My experience as well with my Tribute Plus Epiphone. Fantastic guitar for around 1000 USD.

epi's been styling on gibson in both quality and innovation for years now...

i got a epiphone brent hinds v and everything was perfect finish action intonation everything

i always thought I'd own Fenders & Gibsons. But when I played either at a guitar shop.....both felt....WRONG. Then I played IBANEZ guitars and it was night vs day! I never pay more than $200 for a guitar, and they're all better than Fenders or Gibsons!

your story hurts. ex: I once bought a $1200 MACBOOK "PRO"......and BEFORE I LEFT THE APPLE STORE...it had COMPLETELY CRASHED when I tried their email program!! "JUST A FLUKE!" the lying liars said. I've owned FIVE expensive Apples. ALL FIVE WERE GARBAGE OUT OF THE BOX, but only in literally EVERY CATEGORY. Bc POLICE WILL NOT ENFORCE LAWS against Consumer Fraud.

As much as I hate baseball bat necks, you're probably right.

Should i say some thing blasphemous? I just got a cheap chinese lespaul shaped guitar without locking tuners and its exceptionally stable. Hours of trash type riffing wont effect it. It was one year old guitar the guy sold me for what he got it for. I bought it for 18000 rs. Roughly equals to 100$

More likely the headstock shape and the nut.

I think you're onto something. My '79 Les Paul is stays in tune like a dream. So does my '95 SG. Never have issues with either guitar

Turns out it was a typo the whole time. It's not tone wood, it's tune wood

Yep... save your money. Work on you first! :)

Those "cheap" guitars have come a long way. Squier has some perfectly fine guitars which I wouldn't even call cheap. Affordable but not cheap.

@@ratatatuff yeah low cost guitars are great. I have some expensive guitars myself and just picked up a purple Schecter C6 Elite for $270 (on sale but it's a $400 guitar) and the quality is great.

@@ratatatuff ALL the $200 IBANEZes or BABY DEANS are flawless. NO REASON to ever pay more than $200 for a guitar.

Everyone talks about Tornado, but Lucretia has to be my favorite solo on that album. Some of the best soloing in all of thrash metal in my opinion.

@@nerfherder4444 i definitely agree with you there. It's probably my favorite Megadeth solo ever.

Don't sleep on 5 Magics

@@nerfherder4444 lucretia is actually my favorite Megadeth song. It's ridiculously underrated

I got two cheap Harley Bentons, one of them being a snow white LP clone. Swapped the pickups, left everything else as it is. Plays absolutely fine! The other one is an Explorer that already came with Grover locking tuners and a Graph Tech nut and I once again only changed the pickups. Absolutely nothing wrong with that thing.

@@honigdachs. I think the tuners on mine were lemons, I basically had to tune them every song or two. Granted I do some pretty aggressive string bends, but it holds up much better now after the upgrade.

Doubt it. I heard their customer service is utter trash

PRS guitars are what Gibsons should be.

@@3vergiven 1000% facts

Couldn't have said it better myself.

I play an Epiphone Thunderbird bass and wanted a Gibson until I tried one. My £500 Epiphone played better and sounded better than the £1800 Gibson

If you can find a used Gibson Studio used for a good price that plays well, I would highly encourage you to jump on that. But beyond that yeah, a brand like PRS or Schecter (or hell if you like Epiphone, just get one of the new Inspired by Gibson Epiphones) is probably going to yield better return on your money. No reason to go throw down $2k on a new Gibson Standard when both they and other companies make guitars you can find that play just as well if not better for half the price.

TOP SECRET: when you buy HEADLESS guitars.......they almost never GO OUT OF TUNE, bc you've eliminated the TOP FLAW! ANY TIME you bump your tuning pegs (or put it in a gig bag or case!) it goes OUT OF TUNE. HEADLESS guitars totally eliminated this lifelong HEADACHE, see? MY $150 HEADLESS FLYING V......will go SIX MONTHS without needing to be tuned even ONCE!!! (I saved ENDLESS HOURS TUNING in the past 20 years!) AND it has a cheap whammy bar....yetNEVER goes out of tune if I torture the whammy bar!!! HOW can it go out of tune with a whammy....if you REMOVE the problem that causes whammys to go out of tune?? (That fucking headstock and nut!) (IDIOTS have LOCKING NUTS. SMART musicians GOT RID OF THE ENTIRE NUT so it no longer is a problem!)

Schecter guitars are nice

I got a 7 string Hellraiser hybrid pt and it’s a very nice guitar. Problem is, the low string won’t stay in tune at all and you get tons of noise out of the strings above the nut, that’s fixable but imagine someone who would not know where that noise is coming from, they would think it’s a wiring or electronics issue. It’s a common problem in their newer 7 strings. However, I also have two older Schecters and they are flawless. Both 6 strings.

a chinese solar isnt near a USA gibson

@@bikeman1x11 Totally agree. Solar makes much better guitars for money than Gibson. Of course Solar guitars are not made in China, they're made in Indonesia.

@@jamiebriggs8277 if you think an asian name guitar compares to the legend of gibson you are bonkers- the greatest musice played was played with les pauls the solars appeal to those who think guitar is a bass

@@bikeman1x11 I don't care about "legends" I care about quality instruments at reasonable prices without the long running problems of overpriced Gibsons to feed a CEO's bloated salary ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Other than that who knows wtf you're even saying

@@jamiebriggs8277 you can stick to playing chinese guitars that are just downtuned sludge- Ill play gibson

The Gibson headstock angle is 15°. That was a useful angle in 1890 when the G was always a wound string. Today however, it's not necessary to place that much downforce on the strings leaving the nut to the tuner posts. Gibson will never evolve. No one else making guitars in that price range uses 15°, and their guitars stay in tune (PRS, Kiesel, Rickenbacker etc).

That’s because the angle isn’t a problem. User error on the other hand…

Got about $650 sunk into an 80s Charvel I got at a pawn shop. Plays as good as any guitar on the market.

??? I only buy 3/4 guitars (they are superior in EVERY SINGLE WAY)......so what do you need a $400 guitar for? UMPTEEN $200 Ibanezes and Baby Deans are PERFECT.

I'm a 27 year CAW/UNIFOR member.

@@SpectreSoundStudios every single worker should be a union member fuck these union busting corps

Same thought, very glad to see a shout out to the labor movement! Union Pipefitter since 2011.

I completely Agree I recently bought a Schecter Guitar and it is amazing in every way and was a steal price wise at about £400

Actually, for half the price, you will get better quality, features and SS frets from Ibanez, Solar, ESP LTD and Schecter!

@@CroneRaven1810 y'all need to UP YOUR GAME! My RULE is no guitar over $200.......and the $180 IBANEZ MIKROS are FLAWLESS as were my $190 BABY DEAN guitars! WHO would want a pricey guitar??? You have to be SCARED to scratch it!!!

my rule is NO GUITAR OVER $200......and the IBANEZ MIKROS ARE PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT. The japanese are more honest than Muricans.

2,3 and 4 - people won’t even care about the technicalities. It’ll be “at $3k it should be up at 5am making me pancakes and coffee”. As for 1 - yes. Tuning stability is always user error, but try telling that to the RU-vid beatniks. Nothing is ever their fault as that requires them taking responsibility. I have 9 Gibson Les Pauls and a Firebird spanning from the 70s to present day - including 2 Custom Shops - and all of them are amazing guitars. Thanks to you and your colleagues for bringing me endless enjoyment.

how about the custom shop factory, i want to get a gibson custom

Still doesn't excuse the price for the quality. Gibson keeps pumping out dog shit, the prices should be slashed by 3/4. I have seen so many snapped headstocks and wiring failures in 3k Gibson shittars. I've only owned a single Gibson in my life and sold that shit within a month, never going back again.

@@musicmanxii cool story. I already said why the quality is down and I could care less if you own a Gibson. Prices are the way they are because they're made in the US, where the cost of labor is way higher than most, experienced builders or not.

Recently bought a Gibson Tribute Les Paul and couldn't be happier. Plek'd and set up low and fast, plays fucking beautiful and sounds killer! Why all the whining haters? Go play your favorite copy brand and enjoy. For every Gibson hater there are 3 people who absolutely love their Gibsons. 🤘

It's like the guitar version of hate sex with someone who looks good but you have no respect for. Electric at the time but not something you're proud of.

Let's be fair, we all came here for the moment he took his shirt off :)

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