I Bought A Fake Greeny ... How Bad Or Good Is It? Kirk Hammett Might Actually Like This Thing! 

Glenn would be proud of you. You have acended.

@@ChckyrsixHa! I had to check the name after I read the comment, I thought it was Glenn 😂😂

Why do you say that?

It's definitely a fun thing to play something that looks & sounds like the guitars you grew up listening to... and on the cheap! haha

Definitely. Coincidentally ever since the Epiphone factory moved its production to China, that it’s seemed like the Chibson’s have really stepped up in quality. I’m not one for spreading rumors but the quality jump since the company moved to China, the Chibsons are noticeably different. Seems like today they actually use real maple caps with thin veneers overs the top, real mahogany neck and on some standard and most custom models, you actually have a chance you might find one with an actual ebony board. Also recently found out they do indeed use real mother of pearl inlays, just not near as nice as Gibson’s. But still that’s a lot in a guitar for the money.

I did the exact same thing! Only I did pay an extra $300 for a “ real” flame maple top and another $100 for it to be a 1 piece mahogany body! Pretty much after all the hardware and real PAFs I put into it , yeah! I could’ve just bought a real les Paul lol. But man this guitar is the 2nd best guitar I have ! My PRS CE custom being the best, but it was worth it .

@profoundsinger excellent point! 😳🎸

Indeed! Surprised how good it sounds out of the box!

You'll be gigging this guitar whilst someone will be breaking in at home to steal your good one.

@@Rich6Brew Na, his watchdog will eat them

I’m shocked that it plays lol

Same, honestly. I bought a Donner Telecaster style guitar and after a few upgrades, It's a beast. EMG T-Series pickups, locking tuners and new fender string trees. Plays great.

I'm totally OK rubbing off the GIbson logo and basically using these like a base kit to build an "homage" to some of my favorite guitar players & their guitars. Definitely a "just for me" kind of thing

Past owner of 3 70's Kalamazoo artisans and numerous other LP's including a cherry in the 80's, and a natural w a maple neck in 2011, I obviously have a spot for the real thing, cost is a HUGE problem but....last thing America needs is more Chinese goods coming in. sorry

Exactly, can't replace vintage gear to replace vintage gear owned for forty plus years.

Also bought the Gary Moore relic for 307.00 love it .took 2 months to get here but exceeded my expectations, and keep it out ready to play and keep the oldies locked up.

Thanks! I look forward to the upgrades and filming part two soon!

​@@Ranch5150SkinWalkerMarty....i am just blown away !! And that is all factory pickups and setup ?? Holy cow !! Plzzzz can you kind of tell us how to fond that webpage ?? Not to do harm to the original market !! Is just for decor purposes !! Ther are some of us that dont have 20 grands to hand up on our walls !! Hehehe The looks are amazing !!

Enjoy 👍

Check it out at 3.04...I think it says Gibsun 🧐😉😁

It does say Gibsun. Very nice

A guitar shop I used to hang out at had a guitar someone had bought in person in the orient. It was a GIvson. The guy who bought it was friends with the shop owner and gave it to him. He had to do a lot of work to make it playable. It was cool. Imagine something like a Florentine cut Brydland but with no pickups or pots. It was super light, felt like it was made of paper.

I am not a guitar builder but I would guess they price is low due to the hardware, cheap electronics, multiple piece mahogany like/relative body, less good quality (possibly soft instead of hard) maple with veneer, cheaper workforce, probably 0 or very minimal marketing expenses etc

How do they make these at such a low sale price? Either slave labor, or with subsidies from the CCP or both.

Crap shoot. I've spent more in a casino with nothing to show for it.

Thanks so much man. I appreciate it! 😎🤟🏻

I played it at a rehearsal tonight and it held up well. I was impressed for what it is. It's pretty awesome. Thanks man!

Agree! Do Not expense this out! Didn’t get to the “warm” finger picking mood riffs but hey we’re talking electronics and fretboard strings, right? Adjusted or not, this is a $4k guitar.

I understand. Totally! Relics feel great however. 🤷☮️

I agree! I think I got lucky on this one!

@@Ranch5150SkinWalkercan you share the link to purchase this?

@@devingoldberg4518 it was on eBay. But taken down a while back. Sorry man.

I can just imagine somebody coming up and puking on your guitar in a club. That would be bad, it happens all the time.

@@davidmarks5400 Indeed it was. A bar patron stumbled up to us during a break and asked if we could play Freebird. Then projectile vomited on my 1970 Les Paul Custom. Luckily, it washed off easily. But that was it for taking an expensive guitar out in public.

@@ishatype2764 Yeah, I've seen and heard just about everything out there-never seen or had one puked on though. Never had one stolen either during breaks or loading-unloading,one of us was always watching like a hawk.

What seller did you get your LP from that offers fret nibs

True. I have a set of custom wound greeny pickups being mailed to me by a sponsor. Should get them Saturday ... there will be a part 2. 😎🍺

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker awesome 👌

100% Correct. Turning the pickup around doesn't change the magnets relationship with the coil . Need to flip mag or swap the wires around on the potentiometer (easier)

That's a great idea.

Iv'e seen a couple of videos on YT saying they are better quality guitars than the authentic gibsons lol. And they probably are

@@bigbasil1908 Chibsons are getting better each years but it really depends on the manufacturer/seller. The QC is almost inexistant and the materials used isn't that good. Chibsons are way better than Harley benton though. I didn't have an Epiphone to compare too but the quality doesn't beat an american LP in the end. With a nice setup and mods, a Chibson is probably the best money worth guitar though.

@@WW-1995 I recently got an epiphone les paul studio and it's so easy to play and sounds and feels really good to play. It's a bit of a plain looking guitar but it's brilliant.

It’s obvious that the top as been flamed with a torch and that’s not true flamed maple.

Its a flame maple veneer,@@pobass007

how do you list them without getting pulled? i’m in the same boat , a gold es 275 .. only upgrade a retro whammy bar on the bigsby.. too many to ever use 😂

That is what I was going to say, but could not put it into words. Thanks.

Do you have the link for ordering? Thanks

link please?

Nice suggestions man! I am gonna do some more relic work on the neck and sides while I wait for the pickups to arrive. Then I'll reveal the final product. And demo both sets of pickups. On thing... the bridge kinda sucks. I may try to find an Epiphone or chibson bridge to replace this fake ABR. It's set ok now but now easily adjustable for future use.

Yeh, the bridge is a little sketch... but overall a killer piece. It's really quite impressive. Got lucky with this one. 😎🤟🏻

After all that replacing you are getting into the higher quality Epiphone bracket but would anyone know, i doubt it, if it looks pretty decent and it plays with the minimum amount of effort to set it up play it. All parts can be replaced as and when it suits or when its affordable, In my opinion these guitars are aimed mostly to the people who would like a Gibson Les Paul but cannot afford the stupidly high prices that they ask. who wants to pay $20,000 for a guitar that probably would only be put into storage some where. I have a 2002 Les Paul that i bought new and a cheap "Vintage make" V99 that i bought for a stupidly low price in a auction both play very similar and i would not replace anything. Both have faults but the £1600 GBP that i paid for the 2002 LP then is not justified now. I know people in the US will be saying that you should buy American made but if they cannot make something more affordable then go elsewhere, buy something that you can afford and play with the possibility that one day you can buy your dream guitar and these seem to fit the bill.

I’m in The U.K. and have the Artist LP59, great guitar with amazing tones from their “Bullbucker” pickups which I believe are based on the Seymour Duncan JB Jazz set! Although ok, the bridge and locking tuners could benefit from being upgraded and I plan to when I have the time. So far I have modified the headstock to look more like the Gibson “open book”, put on a more authentic looking trussrod cover, and added strap locks and a pick guard as I personally think Les! Pauls look naked without one

The neck pickup for greeny was fixed and magnets put in wrong, making it out of phase. Putting pickups in backwards won't actually change the sound. It's the magnets.

Where did you get a chibson with nibs? Seller please

@@djft6944 I traded it with a Schecter Damien, but all of them will do it if you pay for it.

It was surprisingly nice. I was quite shocked lol. 😂

​@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Is the neck thick like a 59??

A lot of times, they look much better than they play. With that said, I owned one that was pretty comparable to a nicer Epiphone. Of course, this was after spending $400 to get it into a playable condition. In total, it cost around $800. Not worth the gamble. Everyone is always "impressed" right out of the box because they are practically "eye candy." Give it a week, and you realize they are not players right out of the box.

they really are somehow both at the same time

They sound quite nice, I agree 😁

where do you buy these at?

@@green461 by the hoo, it is legal to own at least one of these. As long as you aren't looking to resell it and/or advertise as the real thing. Based on my unsupported Google research, there is a slim chance it can get seized by customs and you will get a nasty letter from Gibson's lawyers. But for the most part, they are going after the major buyers and resellers. So order one at a time and be happy. They let US citizens who have traveled abroad and bought a counterfeit item at least 1 item, because there is so much of this going on, and again, as long as it is for your personal use and you don't intend to sell it, you're fine. More info than you may have wanted, but questions I had before and during ordering.

@@dougsmaintenanceshop5868 Thanks, I did some research and found some. I want one to mess around with, i like rewiring, building them, basically a test mule and dont want to take apart and modify my real one. I ordered 2 off ebay, (different sellers) one greenie and then another R9 one. One was 100. so my expectations are low, if i can go through them and they are good enough platforms to replace everything cool.. if not they will be living room wall decorations. If the greenie sets up well i'll put some SD green magic pickups in, set it up like the real one, and have a nice sounding LP that i dont care if gets scratched... a beater kind of. and the other one to do some R&D work on.. to see what i can make of it.

Called Vintage.

Very cool!! 😎

Makes for fun testing and RU-vid content. I agree with you man. My two murphys are the best I own and will continue to support Gibson 😎🎵🤟🏻

Yep part two!

😂😂. It sounds like it cost. In all honesty my Gibsons kill this thing but it sounds really good.

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker ...well, in all honesty it doesn't sound like the cost you paid for it. What you paid includes all the material costs, administration, overhead, labour, marketing, shipment and realistic profit. Everyone in the business chain of making and getting that product to you needs to get paid & profit as well. A cheap knockoff guitar like that costs about 40$ to make. That's realistically what it sounds like

@@rodnyg7952 ok cool 🤟🏻

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker cool how you're oblivious to all of it

@@rodnyg7952 yeh. It doesn't phase me. Oblivious is the wrong word. Not bothered by it is more accurate. I just look for fun ways to make content for RU-vid when I'm not busy with other projects. It's all for fun. I know exactly what I'm getting when I buy Chinese trash. I own more Gibsons than most people have pairs of socks so I know quality when I play it. I just have fun and don't take things so seriously. 😎☮️

Thanks so much man! Here ya go! www.ebay.com/itm/314638799590?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=h2wbkofnrse&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=ddjz77XhRwu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Just ordered one. Why not for $300 after looking at (and most shockingly) hearing yours. Thanks.

@@shanebargy1732 cool. Let me know how it is!

​@@Ranch5150SkinWalker link doesn't work now. Been removed. What was the title wording of listing please?

Or sellers ebay name?

Thanks man, I appreciate that!

Thanks man!!

Did you buy the non reliced version from the same seller as Marty?

@@MCL502 not sure, possibly

@@MCL502 how would I know? I wasn't a fan of the matt finish and just sanded and polished it. Looks better now. The headstalk is a bit weak as far as the finish goes. If I keep it I'll probably put a few coats of lacquer on it and change the tuners to actual gibson tuners. When I bought it they showed me pictures and it had the same weak tuners on it and I had already told them I wanted the Kluson style. I mentioned this and they sold that one to someone else and re-made mine with kluson style tuners. Added about 2 weeks to the process

Thanks bro!