Randy Rhoads Chibson Les Paul OH MY 

Who cares

Its clown shoes

Chibson LOL

Agree, it's banana yellow! Randy's was white that may have gone a bit yellow but that....jeez!

Like Mac n cheese lol

My Samick Greg Bennett LP is white on the back, but Marlboro on the front. Funny thing is, it's barely been used, with mouldy frets and gold stuff not-so-glamorous looking, but you can see that it's hardly been touched. I love it, though, and while cleaning frets was easy, i don't think it'll ever be white again. What sustain, though!

it's white, look at the binding on the fretboard plane vs the side of the neck, white guitar with some yellow ass clear over it.

@@31186dan love mac n cheese jus like mama used to make xD

Solomon Williams, You got that right. As soon as I picked up my Chinese Epiphone LP100 at the pawn shop, I KNEW I had to have her. She was marked $99, but I talked em down to 90, put on a set of 1:18 Grovers and she plays better than ANY guitar, even the multi- thousand dollar jobs. If the frets were as crappy as this "Randy Rhoads" fiasco, the first owner did a masterful job of fixing them. I also copper-lined the cavities, replaced coax wiring, switch, pots and capacitor/resistor tone circuits. Next, I'm gonna upgrade to vintage pups, and for under $200, I'll have a much better LP than any Gibson made in China or Nashville.

Scram Jam any Gibson after 1996 isn’t a good Gibson, I should know I’ve wasted so much money on them. 😂

Ashley Johansson haha, that comment made me Lol. You're not far off either; I've seen some RR Les Paul models that were that gross banana color too, and these retailed for about $5-6k. Gibson has been a shitshow for years.

Not Gibson 2020. Currently have 3 and they are a massive step up in comparison with my mid-2000's models. Although nothing really wrong with my 1996, 2006, 2013 and 2017 models. Gibson to this day is still the least expensive made in the USA big brand guitar. No other brand can you buy one for under $1500 consistently.

@@wiseguy9202 Wayne Charvel and Grover Jackson would like a word with you. Just kidding, in all seriousness Gibson did take a massive decline in the mid to late 90’s, I’ve owned multiple early and mid 2000’s Les Paul’s and they weren’t very good instruments. Nothing has compared to my fathers 1970, 1987 and 1981 Les Paul customs which those are far superior instruments that are worth their price tags, especially compared to mine. Really anything after the 80’s for Gibson is sub par at best in my opinion, now granted I haven’t tried any 2020 Les Paul customs out, only a few standards and traditionals and they do feel slightly better than those before but I feel they still aren’t up to that punch Gibson once provided.

@@gameroftheyear1000 Yeah I agree with everything you've said.

Despite all that's awful about the guitar itself I really like that mustard yellow finish.

Who cares how good they look if you can't play them???

Ted Pedraza but this isn’t a budget guitar, it’s an illegal counterfeit good and it doesn’t matter how good of a musician you are when you’re arrested for breaking the law.

@@wilson4180 Yep, and Squier and Epiphone are putting out nicer guitars than this for not much more.

Exactly!....✌...

😂

Chris Hopkins that's a real insults! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Same here man. Hell, I'd trade Sharon for that Chibson.

I'd trade Randy for ozzy

@@jonesfactor9 neither were worth a crap especially Rhoads a joke doesn't even make the Top ten of guitar greats and hes been passed up 13 times already for the Rock n Roll hall of fame

@Joseph Richetti please give us a link to your guitar playing accomplishments so that we can better appreciate your total lack of experience in the judgement of guitarists. Anyone who would say that RR wasn’t worth a crap must be a very accomplished guitarist themselves OR has their head so far up their own ass that they could French kiss themselves. I’m betting it’s the latter for you. What an absolute moron you must be. I bet your boyfriend cheats on you too.ffs

@@caseybrown4360 what the fuck are you babbling about asswipe...haul ass idiot

No you are wrong they were speaking to Dean in the American companies there isn't s*** they can do about China

Ya i was gifted with a similar imposter 45 yrs. ago by well-intentioned but frugal parents. Made a nut from a toothbrush handle and made it work, twisted neck, wavy fret-like things banged in and non-functioning truss rod. Hung in there and learned much. Try before you buy being foremost lesson

The nuts on Chibsons are horrible. Which is odd in itself because 50% of the time the frets need replaced as well. So half the time they know what they're doing on those but 100% of the time the nut job is real shit workmanship.

A good house requires a good foundation however

Of course!

Hey Ronald... Thumbs up to you! These arrogant jerks have me so stirred up against Gibson that I want to buy one of the chibsons. Where can I get one And I will still put electrical tape over the logo.

@@normanclature9819 Hey man, Im from the seventies where beginner guitars we junk. I got mine from AliExpress. I'm not a guitar snob. I say if it looks good, sounds good and plays good, buy it.

They look like good modding platforms. FOr me the label on the guitars does not matter, wood is wood regardless where it was made. Just make sure everything is lined up. I can do my own fret leveling, wiring, etc. so the issues on this video isnt really huge for me and I would even love to work on guitars like this. I dont however like to pass a guitar when it really isnt so i would probably paint over that logo and make it my custom.

Yep chibson's are fun I have 2 that played better than most Gibson's I played then I switched to all Gibson electronics and pickup's and put stainless frets in them I now would not trade for the real thing

Tim Russell exactly! I just dont like people saying it isn’t Gibson wood or tonewood and stuff. Majority of the tone is on the scale length and electronics. The base is simply wood.

I think Dave is up in Canada, near Toronto

Myself included. Spent about $650 replacing everything and now it plays (and sounds) like a good post 2000 Gibson! Not a dressed up Epiphone. All for about 4 grand cheaper.

He's a riot when you hit the stem with him. Good times.....

It can be done because I've done it. The money I spent on pickups tuners...bridge..and hardware was around 400. Plus I level the Frets myself plus intonation...far less than what I paid for my Gibson. 3000$.

@@calebproductions5970 It can be done, but becomes cost prohibitive! I just did one recently and instead of paying $10,000+ for a real Gibson Rhoads tribute guitar, got one from China. When I was done, I was in it $1,100! Still only a 10th of the cost, but the shortfalls after everything I did is that the neck profile is all wrong and thick as a baseball bat, so you'd have to do additional work to shave and repaint it to get it right and the Gibson logo and split diamond are not right if you know what to look for. Finally, they are VERY light weighing 8# 2oz when received and 8# 11oz when done and adding all of the new parts and bronze plates. If it were real, it would weight about 10# or more. I figured out part of the problem is the body is thinner, the body width as well as headstock are likewise smaller....soo, when you are all set and done, it will never be like a real Gibson and you're left with something with sub Quality, made and supported by China, and legally, you're not supposed to sell!!! Soo, except for very specific situations, really not worth it and my advice would be....do NOT buy from China!

Yes cost me 450 gbp to fully modify a Chib Es335 to play and sound phenomenally

Well, it’s a Chinese copy of a Les Paul. What’s not to hate?

That was my ex-wife's very same attitude right from the moment she first saw me naked 🤦

@@montag4516 Well she sounds lovely

* definitely

You got that right pal....I would love to have a lawsuit era Burny LP.

Burny, quality stuff . It's ESP owned I think.

@@BaronQ Burny is by Fernandes.

@@anpunefru ah yes you're dead right, thanks, I was confusing it with Edwards 😊

Taobao and alibaba, they are chinese wholesale websites

David can’t believe they buy these on purpose

When I bought mine it was advertised as a "Guitar Model" on Ebay.

He didn't have it made. As I understand it his band mates in Quiet Riot bought it for him from Gibson.

Thank you John

@@dalethedude68pipasdad6 no problem

I’d buy it if im still alive lol.

Gibson is trash for the money. If you have $3500+ buy a custom guitar from a luthier

@@Dustyfingers I was hoping with new management, Gibson would get it's act together. What a shame...

Did you watch his last brand new factory Gibson Les Paul vid? Apparently it takes quite a bit to correct Gibson’s world class quality control too and you get to pay thousands for the privilege.

I toured the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo in late 1968. I would bet some of the workers there had been there since the 40's. Such a shame to see what it has become. I also toured the Memphis place, wasn't impressed... I was expecting more.

@@rickenbacker315 Gibson shutdown the wrong factories IMHO.

I know, musical instruments look good on the wall. But what if you get confused and put the real Gibson on the wall because the chibson plays better. Buy a new Gibson and have it set up by a good luthier. Buy a new knockoff and have it set up by a good luthier. Is it worth paying $3,000 more just to have your headstock snap.

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ABMO Rose I think in Chinese it would be “ROR”

Guiseppe's_Bass 😆

Ahh...you're killin' me! Nearly pissed myself.

Because plywood is cheap and a thicker body appeals to the simple-minded concept, "bigger is better" Honestly, Les Pauls have always had "thicker bodies" whereas guitars such as the SG are significantly thinner. I have a 70's Epiphone ET-290, (Epiphone's answer to the SG back in those days) - and it's body is remarkably thin like an SG. The guitars that have a thicker body also tend to have stronger neck pockets. Personally, I'm incredibly apprehensive about any neck pocket that extends to being under the neck-pickup.

Agreed. I had a white one with black stripes.. it played and sounded great. My first guitar with active pickups requiring a 9volt battery.. wish I still had it