LOL Gibson is far from being the best. Gretch and Fender is better, but electric guitars all sound the same anyways. Your sound is pick ups not the wood. In acoustics Martin is and always will be the kings of guitars. Gibson banjos are one of the cheapest made. They use plywood donuts. Only mandolin Gibson makes. That is the greatest is the Loar. Weber is the best on the market today in mandolins. LOL
compared to fender process they make a guitar in half a time, but still they happen to charge three times more for a plank of wood that was bashed on by 180 people? what a shame.
I personally like gibson guitars, but their sale strategy is just cruel
I like Gibson's but for the past 10 or so years they've been having serious QC problems, mainly with fit and finish. This is inexcusable in every sense of the word on ANY guitar that costs over $1000!!!!!! For Gibson's sake, they had better clean house in their QC dept.!
Currently I'm saving up to get a Les Paul Custom which is going to cost me around 4 grand and believe me...that damn thing had better shine in fit, form and fashion like a newly minted penny, otherwise I'm getting a PRS!!
@ryanspeed I totally agree with your comments on Gibson quality control (or lack thereof). Most new Les Pauls are now overpriced nostalgia.
Don't buy a new one off the shelf. Look around for a nice used one. A budget of 4K allows you a wide choice of Customs from the early seventies onward.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents raided guitar factories and corporate headquarters in Nashville and Memphis,they claim the wood on the guitars was illegal,Gibson has the approval from India that its not illegal, in the mean time 1200 folks are put out of work..anyone have updates??
true, the new ones are overpriced, and the quality isn't nearly what it should be. i've heard that gibson is getting a new quality control guy, which would be a huge step forward for them. i just got an original 84 explorer, and it's pretty damn nice. if you can find an older one for a good price, go for it.
I have a couple Gibsons, a Les Paul and a Songwriter Deluxe Standard, expensive yes but worth every penny. I also have a Martin, again worth the expense. I have Epiphones too and compared to Gibsons they fall way short. I had a Fender Strat once and got rid of it, it just could compare to the Les Paul in MY opinion. We all have the guitars we like and ones we dream of having, that doesn't mean that all others are junk, they are all good once you get into the high end stuff.
@BenjaminLOfficial Nah, I actually like the pointed edges on the ESPs. Makes 'em look more like a metal guitar. Especially with the Jackson style headstock.
@mightymartino this video is not propaganda, because it wasn't made by gibson. it was featured on a show called "made in American", which surveyed famous American manufacturers all within the same aesthetic as this video. Please don't make dickish comments without considering the context here. gibson are among the best builders of guitars.
@NotNamedJones I didn;t know that, but i guess that also explains my remark then. And best builders of guitars is very debatable, let's just say among the best builders of mass production guitars.
@mightymartino It depends on how you qualify a good guitar. Personally, the only difference I can usually tell in Gibson and even higher end, more exclusive guitars is cosmetic. if you consider the quality gibson produces AS a mass production company, and the fact that they excel at both electrics and acoustics, the combination of accessibility, relative affordability, high quality and cosmetic beauty do make them the very best in the world overall.
I just saw a factory making Gibson Copies in China and I laughed My A*& off , Nothing compares to a real American Gibson! People be careful what you buy!
@Masterfighterx and @Phallystorm Good they should have sued them Gibson is the first person to come out with the Les Paul design God rest his soul. I mean its just like taking a car and duplicating it and calling it yours you cant do that. Im glaad they got sued especially esp they suck ass. PRS is a really good brand but they can come out with there own design.
@Cody1970Davis Well see it this way, ESP is better quality on low prices LTDs and standard ESP. So i think it sucks, also there are many copying the V and Explorer still and they're not getting sued? Why? Because they don´t sell better than Gibson as ESP did/does
@acdcruleurmom Well who made the Frypan electric guitar? And then the Plank? The Plank was Les Pual, Leo made the first MASS PRODUCTION electric guitar.
I count myself lucky that I've got the Japan fake Strat called the Harmony H-80-T. So crazy good a ply hard-body and maple neck that Fender wouldn't sue for fear that everyone would get curious and check those Harmony axes out.
@xxxMrSuspendedxxx I know for sure my mate has an old law-suit Tokai Strat made in Japan. So I think, eing A. a lawsuit model and being something like 20 years old is worth the same amount he bought it for.
@brandonfishas Mine has the truss nut under the pick guard behind the neck. Never had to touch it.
It's crazy. People are telling me that early Harmony H-80s had the truss nut that way, but yet had a "Splinter" neck. Well mine is solid maple, so maybe it was a replacement neck.
As far as "Outlaw" Strats, that legal matter was only over the blatant copy of the ugly Strat headstock jutting out circle.
My dandy Harmony H-80 has a classy headstock in no way as stupid as the Strat circle fart.
Basically we put a 2x4 board nailed and paper glued to a uhhh... circle wood thing then put some barb wire from a security fence. then we finish it off with a spray can we use to tag stuff with... oh then uhh, we carve a small small circular circle hole in the middle of the circle
Some people just can't understand that these instruments are art, I've been playing the same Gibson leas Paul standard limited edition and every time I look at it I'm amazed by it's beauty and every time I plug it in the sound just seems to get better and better! I would pick a Gibson any day over any other guitar no matter what
@JPX7NGD that was a joke and by there i wanted to say that gibson guitar are so fucking expensive and overpriced... and btw would you pay 50 000$ to get one of these master museum collection acoustic guitar? i dont think so :P
@fynney1996 For monetary investments maybe, but they just don't peak my interest. To me they're a one trick pony, and it's more involved to tailor them to you liking. I can do anything to/with my Strats/Strat clones.
@TomLeoH You are mistaken. I owned a Les Paul Custom at one time (too heavy, too one sided in the tone department for me). The only Gibson I still have is an M3 Standard that I bought as my first "real" guitar new in 1991(owned 3 of them in the 90s). Alas, they don't make those anymore (or anything similar), or my comments might be different. Next time ask before you make any smartass comments. PS - I also play WAAAAY better than you (25+ years).
@rw5791 While I don't agree with the current administration's actions towards Gibson, I still think Gibson is overpriced. I actually thought about buying one after this incident, but I can't afford $2-3000 for a Les Paul. I can find guitars that play just as good (if not better) for way less.
@rw5791 This incident alone will probably be enough to drive the price up to that amount. I was almost ready to sell my Ford and buy a Toyota after the gas pedal fiasco. ;D
@beast6228 You see those people working on these guitars, they're all going to lose their jobs, thanks to Obama and the DOJ. These are better guitars because they're made in the U.S.A. DOJ raided them for bogus violations and put it in writing that Gibson would be better off if they moved their manufacturing to Madagasgar!! Vanilla comes from Madagasgar, not Guitars. Pray for these guys. KEEP AMERICANS EMPLOYED BY BUY GIBSON GUITARS.
Gibson used to be the working mans geetar,but only a doctors paycheck should help ya achieve one to own .a 800 dollar axe to make,but 5000 if you want plastic and a very weak neck.this is not very reassuring when it comes to how you want to spend your money in these days of economic decline. more people should get into building ther own guitars.
As far as the Gibson Acoustics go, they are the most overpriced guitars ever. I picked up a Hummingbird and it was absolutely miserable to play. It had high action and a really thick neck.
people talk of their guitars as if they were human. well of course they do because guitars are almost human they are all unique with thier own voices no to guitars are identicle
The fake ones?? Man if you guys ever knew what Gibson does. They have a factory in Shanghai, China where they're making Gibson guitars. And I'm not just talking about Epiphone either.
Btw, they did have contraband wood. It was Madagaskar rosewood bought through a German supplier who in turn, bought it from African poachers. Those trees are also protected because an endangered species of lemurs live on them. Most of us are better off buying older Gibsons I suspect!
@phallystorm i hated that even more than esp or the other companies they sued. you don't see fender suing the hundreds of companies that use their style bodies. you can't deny gibson's tone though.
@JMorr1029 Can't blame them for not wanting to look like everything else. I get annoyed with all the finder style bodies that a lot of companies base off of. We need more imagination and less copy'n'. Yeah, I love the tone of a Les Paul.
@Clipster15 yea i agree. they just need to lighten up i think. gibson needs to quit worrying about losing sales to people with similar bodies. as long as they keep producing that same beautiful tone, people will keep buying from them. i don't buy from companies for their looks, but otherwise for their tones. the looks are just a nice feature. i am more of a fender guy, but no one can deny that nothing compares to the les paul.
@Masterfighterx right on dude id buy a esp explorer if they had the old gibson bana stock but whats better is the ibanez destroyers.i want one in maple neck and body
ok, that sounds very romantic to me and indeed it is different than chinese sweatschops. but compare a gibson to a prs, taylor, fender and even less powerfull brands and then i think the pricedifference is basically marketing ;).
You guys and your Fender vs Gibson lets just admit it Esteban makes better guitars then either of those panzeees!!!! I hear you can get a cape and a hat with your purchase as well!!!! Now that is swell!!!! I think The Beatles used Esteban guitars only. Oh that indie artist Jimmy Page he did too!!!!!
God american build quality is nothing what us used to be though. Companies are just milking the fact that they a re located in the USA. Made in america doesn't shit anymore. no one milks this like Gibson and fender. I saw this video about a japanese guitar company, and craftsman actually knock on the wood and feel the vibrations it makes to decide if they wanna build a guitar out of it. Yamaha L series i think it was. but thats hard core. of course it was a old japanese dude doing the work.
I've spent the las 18 years with Gibson and Fender Custom Shop so I know a thing or 2 about guitar building and that knocking on the wood or "Tap Testing" is a bunch of crap. It's kinda become an old wives' tale of sorts but it's ridiculous to do it on an electric guitar, because of the pickups beiing 98% of where the tone is generated. An acoustic I can find a bit easier to swallow. If that old man tap tested a body blank for an electric he should be fired on the spot for wasting company time!
Fender strat for me. I play surf style rock so fender makes sense. I hate people who make a big war out of fender vs. gibson. You're not gonna get the same kinda twang out of a les paul like you get out of telecaster, and nothing gets the type of shimmer as the tremolo piece of a strat. I do like me a ES 330. But fender is straight raw no nonsense, no gay flame top, or burst, or over done binding.
Can I tell you the truth. I played a gibson ounce at a guitar shop when I got enough guts to pick one up. it blows a fender out of the water in niceness. the sound is good but diff. a good fender has a good but diff sound. but i am a fender man cause I aint got the balls for a gibson.
I had one of the last solid body Pauls made in the 80s. Then some whiney ass midget shredder complained about the weight and Gibson said: Oh, poor little headbanger! Let's take all of the sustain and rich wood tone out by drilling huge holes in the body and then simulate that tone with electronics. Okee, wouldn't that be nice? Oh, and we'll make sure to not tell anyone what we did so they keep buying them.
Gibson is good. I'm a Fender man. My experience: Gibson guitars don' t stay in tune very well and parts rattle on them. I've played for 44 years. Take it easy! They're still good .
LOL Gibson is far from being the best. Gretch and Fender is better, but electric guitars all sound the same anyways. Your sound is pick ups not the wood. In acoustics Martin is and always will be the kings of guitars. Gibson banjos are one of the cheapest made. They use plywood donuts. Only mandolin Gibson makes. That is the greatest is the Loar. Weber is the best on the market today in mandolins. LOL
bluegrasssingingman 1 day ago
What song is playing at the beginning of the video? Thanks!!
thiagoslashguns 1 week ago
Shame I've played way too many shit Gibson guitars. Back when this was recorded, Gibson WAS an awesome company. Now they're over-priced.
angrygoldfish 2 weeks ago
compared to fender process they make a guitar in half a time, but still they happen to charge three times more for a plank of wood that was bashed on by 180 people? what a shame.
I personally like gibson guitars, but their sale strategy is just cruel
seasonedtoker 1 month ago
Is that Cliff Clavin???
joenaccomusic 2 months ago
@joenaccomusic YES !! its Cliffy from Cheers ! love that show
sjaxemaster11 2 weeks ago
how lucky are those who can afford a smart gibson electric guitar!!!..:'(
MrAfrovenator11 3 months ago
@MrAfrovenator11 Do you know how munch one cost? :)
zeptonify 2 months ago
where can i apply?
d00bin 3 months ago
Fuck this hillbilly shit.
InsanitysApothecary 3 months ago
I like Gibson's but for the past 10 or so years they've been having serious QC problems, mainly with fit and finish. This is inexcusable in every sense of the word on ANY guitar that costs over $1000!!!!!! For Gibson's sake, they had better clean house in their QC dept.!
Currently I'm saving up to get a Les Paul Custom which is going to cost me around 4 grand and believe me...that damn thing had better shine in fit, form and fashion like a newly minted penny, otherwise I'm getting a PRS!!
ryanspeed 3 months ago
@ryanspeed I totally agree with your comments on Gibson quality control (or lack thereof). Most new Les Pauls are now overpriced nostalgia.
Don't buy a new one off the shelf. Look around for a nice used one. A budget of 4K allows you a wide choice of Customs from the early seventies onward.
reijerlincoln 3 weeks ago
i have a les paul copy that i spent 0 dollars for, and 200 on repairs and now its bad fuckin ass
DeadlyDictator 4 months ago
I don't like videos showing people building guitars faster than big macs... I like to think they are made slow and carefully...
javiceres 4 months ago
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents raided guitar factories and corporate headquarters in Nashville and Memphis,they claim the wood on the guitars was illegal,Gibson has the approval from India that its not illegal, in the mean time 1200 folks are put out of work..anyone have updates??
starview1 4 months ago
true, the new ones are overpriced, and the quality isn't nearly what it should be. i've heard that gibson is getting a new quality control guy, which would be a huge step forward for them. i just got an original 84 explorer, and it's pretty damn nice. if you can find an older one for a good price, go for it.
taterfamine 4 months ago
Fail at 2:56 , Fender Amp xd
pacmansband 5 months ago
@pacmansband there are no gibson amps you nobb.
JustusGregorius 5 months ago
@JustusGregorius I Know but, Epiphone built some ;)
pacmansband 5 months ago
@JustusGregorius no gibson amps? lol ok buddy
taterfamine 4 months ago
@taterfamine well I never saw any at my local guitar shops and larger retailers.
JustusGregorius 4 months ago
@JustusGregorius it's cool. i don't think they're that super common. i've seen some for sale on craigslist and ebay though
taterfamine 4 months ago
@JustusGregorius Look up the ga79rvt. :)
Guitarsthatkill 4 months ago
Is that John Ratzenberger (sp?) narrating?
chimpsfall75 5 months ago
i own a gibson sg standard and i LOVE it.
bluesboydude 5 months ago
It's where the best of the best come to play... With themselves.
KenMacMillan 5 months ago
i like jacksons better
luisguitarc214 5 months ago
HEAVEEEEEEEN
joaogodooy 5 months ago
@joaogodooy when its ibanez then i agree with you
daltonhallett2010 5 months ago
they are produced for 350 dollars
now they sell them for 3000 dollars
many people cant afford this
they should cost 1000 dollars
tnikoli40 6 months ago
@tnikoli40 if that.
ex6arch6angel6 5 months ago
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yummpyummp 5 months ago
so the bottom line, you get what you pay for.
dookieday1 6 months ago 2
I have a couple Gibsons, a Les Paul and a Songwriter Deluxe Standard, expensive yes but worth every penny. I also have a Martin, again worth the expense. I have Epiphones too and compared to Gibsons they fall way short. I had a Fender Strat once and got rid of it, it just could compare to the Les Paul in MY opinion. We all have the guitars we like and ones we dream of having, that doesn't mean that all others are junk, they are all good once you get into the high end stuff.
mudnreo 7 months ago
pricewise to quality wise , epi beats gibson.......thumbs up if you agree and also thubs up if you noticed that piggybank is the narrator
metallisabbath 7 months ago
@metallisabbath do u have a gibson?
elitemx101 7 months ago
@elitemx101 no sorry. id like one. but there are shitty epis out there lol
metallisabbath 6 months ago
pricewise to quality wise , epi beats gibson.......thumbs up if you agree
metallisabbath 7 months ago
how come people in tenesse are so good iin music? :\ *jealous
IMTHEVINCE 7 months ago
OVER PRICED
IMTHEVINCE 7 months ago
Too bad the LPs have major problems with their headstocks.... thats a shame
crazybato69 7 months ago
@BenjaminLOfficial because they know esp made a better product that was priced fairly.
MrAdronScott 8 months ago
@BenjaminLOfficial Nah, I actually like the pointed edges on the ESPs. Makes 'em look more like a metal guitar. Especially with the Jackson style headstock.
ElectroFret21 8 months ago
The only thing i hate about Gibsons are that they are expensive.
hiilikecookies 8 months ago
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frugis 10 months ago
Funny how this is one big propaganda movie while other guitar brands just show how they make the guitars in their factory tour videos.
mightymartino 10 months ago
@mightymartino this video is not propaganda, because it wasn't made by gibson. it was featured on a show called "made in American", which surveyed famous American manufacturers all within the same aesthetic as this video. Please don't make dickish comments without considering the context here. gibson are among the best builders of guitars.
NotNamedJones 10 months ago
@NotNamedJones I didn;t know that, but i guess that also explains my remark then. And best builders of guitars is very debatable, let's just say among the best builders of mass production guitars.
mightymartino 10 months ago
@mightymartino It depends on how you qualify a good guitar. Personally, the only difference I can usually tell in Gibson and even higher end, more exclusive guitars is cosmetic. if you consider the quality gibson produces AS a mass production company, and the fact that they excel at both electrics and acoustics, the combination of accessibility, relative affordability, high quality and cosmetic beauty do make them the very best in the world overall.
NotNamedJones 9 months ago
I just saw a factory making Gibson Copies in China and I laughed My A*& off , Nothing compares to a real American Gibson! People be careful what you buy!
James1toknow 10 months ago
@Masterfighterx and @Phallystorm Good they should have sued them Gibson is the first person to come out with the Les Paul design God rest his soul. I mean its just like taking a car and duplicating it and calling it yours you cant do that. Im glaad they got sued especially esp they suck ass. PRS is a really good brand but they can come out with there own design.
Cody1970Davis 10 months ago
@Cody1970Davis Well see it this way, ESP is better quality on low prices LTDs and standard ESP. So i think it sucks, also there are many copying the V and Explorer still and they're not getting sued? Why? Because they don´t sell better than Gibson as ESP did/does
Masterfighterx 2 days ago
it wasnt les paul who made the first electric guitar, it was leo fender with the telecaster
acdcruleurmom 11 months ago
@acdcruleurmom Others say it was Bigsby.
mashugac 11 months ago
@acdcruleurmom Well who made the Frypan electric guitar? And then the Plank? The Plank was Les Pual, Leo made the first MASS PRODUCTION electric guitar.
brandonfishas 11 months ago
@brandonfishas not from what i heard,
acdcruleurmom 10 months ago
@acdcruleurmom Ah well. For all we know Izaac Newton made one and never told anyone about it. :D
brandonfishas 10 months ago
@brandonfishas i know right, tbh it dont acc mater cos both companies make guitars that turn us guys on ;)
acdcruleurmom 10 months ago
I count myself lucky that I've got the Japan fake Strat called the Harmony H-80-T. So crazy good a ply hard-body and maple neck that Fender wouldn't sue for fear that everyone would get curious and check those Harmony axes out.
xxxMrSuspendedxxx 11 months ago
@xxxMrSuspendedxxx I know for sure my mate has an old law-suit Tokai Strat made in Japan. So I think, eing A. a lawsuit model and being something like 20 years old is worth the same amount he bought it for.
brandonfishas 10 months ago
@brandonfishas Mine has the truss nut under the pick guard behind the neck. Never had to touch it.
It's crazy. People are telling me that early Harmony H-80s had the truss nut that way, but yet had a "Splinter" neck. Well mine is solid maple, so maybe it was a replacement neck.
As far as "Outlaw" Strats, that legal matter was only over the blatant copy of the ugly Strat headstock jutting out circle.
My dandy Harmony H-80 has a classy headstock in no way as stupid as the Strat circle fart.
xxxMrSuspendedxxx 10 months ago
Basically we put a 2x4 board nailed and paper glued to a uhhh... circle wood thing then put some barb wire from a security fence. then we finish it off with a spray can we use to tag stuff with... oh then uhh, we carve a small small circular circle hole in the middle of the circle
ThomasDemko 11 months ago
is that Cliff Claven narrating?
GearAlley 11 months ago
is that Cliff Claven narrating?
GearAlley 11 months ago
Ehh, Gibsons are nice, but give me a Rickenbacker anyday
gullwing14 11 months ago
out of all the legendary musicians that play gibsons, why would they compare them to bon jovi and guns n roses? guns n roses maybe, but bon jovi?
JMorr1029 11 months ago
the narrator sounds like Ham from Toy Story :)
TheMetalGuy01 11 months ago
Some people just can't understand that these instruments are art, I've been playing the same Gibson leas Paul standard limited edition and every time I look at it I'm amazed by it's beauty and every time I plug it in the sound just seems to get better and better! I would pick a Gibson any day over any other guitar no matter what
MOOBLOB 1 year ago 2
@uterallindenbaum because no two pieces of wood are the same
Tennessee0331 1 year ago
yeah, gibson are the best but how can people even know this while no one is able to afford one?
KingOfShadows1500 1 year ago
@KingOfShadows1500 Just because you can't doesn't mean other people can't afford them.
JPX7NGD 11 months ago
@JPX7NGD that was a joke and by there i wanted to say that gibson guitar are so fucking expensive and overpriced... and btw would you pay 50 000$ to get one of these master museum collection acoustic guitar? i dont think so :P
KingOfShadows1500 11 months ago
And over here we have our lawyers waiting to sew any guitar company that becomes a threat to us we've had over 10 sucessful cases
Ernesto9IL 1 year ago
Agile al-2000...hint hint look up rondo music..best les paul copy guitars for a cheap prince ever! there downright amazing!!
yugijan2196 1 year ago
@yugijan2196 al 3000, the al-2000 have a lot of work to do on them.
punkmusicmetal 1 year ago
he sounds like the snowman of monsters inc lol
2003jackb 1 year ago
@2003jackb
naaar i think he sounds like Ham from toy story ;)
IDanClarkI 1 year ago
The name Gibson is synonymous with overpriced.
plinkytx 1 year ago 53
@plinkytx Shame they're worth it though
fynney1996 7 months ago 2
@fynney1996 For monetary investments maybe, but they just don't peak my interest. To me they're a one trick pony, and it's more involved to tailor them to you liking. I can do anything to/with my Strats/Strat clones.
plinkytx 7 months ago
agreed........ taylor has better tone in my view
john814ce 6 months ago
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TomLeoH 6 months ago
@TomLeoH You are mistaken. I owned a Les Paul Custom at one time (too heavy, too one sided in the tone department for me). The only Gibson I still have is an M3 Standard that I bought as my first "real" guitar new in 1991(owned 3 of them in the 90s). Alas, they don't make those anymore (or anything similar), or my comments might be different. Next time ask before you make any smartass comments. PS - I also play WAAAAY better than you (25+ years).
plinkytx 6 months ago
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TomLeoH 6 months ago
@plinkytx u must be a federal agent.
rw5791 5 months ago
@rw5791 While I don't agree with the current administration's actions towards Gibson, I still think Gibson is overpriced. I actually thought about buying one after this incident, but I can't afford $2-3000 for a Les Paul. I can find guitars that play just as good (if not better) for way less.
plinkytx 4 months ago
@plinkytx well,they are made in the USA but at least gibson is non union.Otherwise their guitars would cost 4000$.
rw5791 4 months ago
@rw5791 This incident alone will probably be enough to drive the price up to that amount. I was almost ready to sell my Ford and buy a Toyota after the gas pedal fiasco. ;D
plinkytx 4 months ago
and they sued ibanez
holyass242 1 year ago
You can't even afford a damn Gibson, they cost like 3000 dollars.
beast6228 1 year ago 26
@beast6228 I have one, I payed $1580 and its the best guitar Ive ever had
stpaulie 5 months ago
@beast6228 You see those people working on these guitars, they're all going to lose their jobs, thanks to Obama and the DOJ. These are better guitars because they're made in the U.S.A. DOJ raided them for bogus violations and put it in writing that Gibson would be better off if they moved their manufacturing to Madagasgar!! Vanilla comes from Madagasgar, not Guitars. Pray for these guys. KEEP AMERICANS EMPLOYED BY BUY GIBSON GUITARS.
ctweebee 5 months ago
@beast6228 but its so worth it
zombiekiller833 4 months ago
I prefer Dommenget and Huber guitars but Gibsons are quite good. I have a Gold Top les paul that I adore
ThieleM 1 year ago
I'm more of a Fender fan, but hell, I'd kill for a Les Paul.
jimihendrixfan2008 1 year ago
Joe Diffie's red acoustic at 1:52 is so beautiful!!! Love the fret board!!
thejaaaaagman90 1 year ago
Gibson used to be the working mans geetar,but only a doctors paycheck should help ya achieve one to own .a 800 dollar axe to make,but 5000 if you want plastic and a very weak neck.this is not very reassuring when it comes to how you want to spend your money in these days of economic decline. more people should get into building ther own guitars.
gibsongold1970 1 year ago
@2:08 is that strung right handed?
andrewcy17 1 year ago
FUCK! now most of gibson guitars are fuckin made in China!!! what's that all about?
bonkersblock 1 year ago
@bonkersblock are you retarded? no they aren't
iShredGibson 1 year ago
@bonkersblock Check your facts, tool - ALL Gibsons are made in the US.
lifternate 1 year ago
Well, the employees seem like a legendary bunch of guys and gals, id love to work there haha!
guitarist993 1 year ago
cool
ShutTheFackUp1000 1 year ago
As far as the Gibson Acoustics go, they are the most overpriced guitars ever. I picked up a Hummingbird and it was absolutely miserable to play. It had high action and a really thick neck.
I'll stick to Taylor's and Martins
sc12100 1 year ago
4:41 The Edge! a true effects master!
AlexJGuitarnut 1 year ago
You should look up "hamer guitar factory tour". Hamers are beautiful; much better than Gibson.
Jawbreaker1000 1 year ago
beautiful guitar R.I.P. Les Paul
JacobDillonEvans 1 year ago
I wish my bandsaw cut that fast. :(
Bertziethegreat 1 year ago
Gibson always reminds me of racist rednecks. I think thats why i hate gibson electric guitars.
PopExpo 1 year ago
was he playing his guitar upside down?
skatingwar 1 year ago
@skatingwar yes
nikeid9 1 year ago
@caulinrocker Are you sure they come close to the real thing? I dunno about that, have you owned one too?
bollockart 1 year ago
@bollockart Most of those Epiphone are made in india, indonesia or china.
bollockart 1 year ago
they r the best:P
i have a white les paul AWSOME :)
TheMcflyfan4eva 1 year ago
Gibsons are too expensive, pls make your guitar cheaper and affordable.
bollockart 1 year ago
people talk of their guitars as if they were human. well of course they do because guitars are almost human they are all unique with thier own voices no to guitars are identicle
therockguitarist96 1 year ago
Overpriced.
EatYourOwnBacon 1 year ago
Ed Roman would puke if he saw this haha.
ballabusta 1 year ago
l0l this factory got closed down due to illeagle wood in there guitars
guitarist4everdude 1 year ago
Gibsons are great guitars and the have what just a few guitars have.. a soul.
I will try to attach a video i have uploaded whitch is a comparison between a prs a Gibson Les paul and an EVH Wolfgang, ande you can see what i mean.
Cheers
stevespeeder 1 year ago
i have an epiphone lp special 2 its better than my friends gibson lp standard
osvas23 1 year ago
The fake ones?? Man if you guys ever knew what Gibson does. They have a factory in Shanghai, China where they're making Gibson guitars. And I'm not just talking about Epiphone either.
Btw, they did have contraband wood. It was Madagaskar rosewood bought through a German supplier who in turn, bought it from African poachers. Those trees are also protected because an endangered species of lemurs live on them. Most of us are better off buying older Gibsons I suspect!
darthinfurnus 1 year ago
@darthinfurnus Or a fender for that matter!
arva300178 1 year ago
looks just like the factory in china that makes the fake ones
dclsithlord 1 year ago
my new gibson j200 custom
ric2211 1 year ago
in my opinion gibsons are overrated theyre not my sort of guitars
A7Xwarrior462 1 year ago
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MrMethadrine 1 year ago
U know y Gibson workers r happy?Cause u pay 5000$ and up for a Gibson...
MrMethadrine 1 year ago
@MrMethadrine Most Gibson employees aren't happy. I used to work there. They really have the role of a task master down to a science.
dsmartts 1 year ago
my new gibson
ric2211 1 year ago
Clownburst !! @ 6:00
jpyrett 1 year ago
i want to work there
Ronaldino150 1 year ago
@Ronaldino150
me to
darktigerblader54321 1 year ago
I hate that they sued ESP :( Now ESP Explorer look weird and not cool :(
Masterfighterx 1 year ago 26
@Masterfighterx Yeah, They Sued Paul Reed Smith too.
phallystorm 1 year ago 15
@phallystorm Really? Why?
deadlycookies 1 year ago
@phallystorm i hated that even more than esp or the other companies they sued. you don't see fender suing the hundreds of companies that use their style bodies. you can't deny gibson's tone though.
JMorr1029 11 months ago
@JMorr1029 Can't blame them for not wanting to look like everything else. I get annoyed with all the finder style bodies that a lot of companies base off of. We need more imagination and less copy'n'. Yeah, I love the tone of a Les Paul.
Clipster15 11 months ago
@Clipster15 yea i agree. they just need to lighten up i think. gibson needs to quit worrying about losing sales to people with similar bodies. as long as they keep producing that same beautiful tone, people will keep buying from them. i don't buy from companies for their looks, but otherwise for their tones. the looks are just a nice feature. i am more of a fender guy, but no one can deny that nothing compares to the les paul.
JMorr1029 11 months ago
@phallystorm I think they've sued just about everybody. I think they even sued themselves...
DarthKazi 9 months ago
@Masterfighterx They sued esp? Cause I know that back in the day they had that gibson headstock on explorers.
306741lock 1 year ago
@306741lock They did sue ESP in late 90s i prefer ESP/LTD over any Gibson/Epiphone much more guitar for the money
Masterfighterx 2 days ago
@Masterfighterx gibson makes enough money, its just low to sue ESP
zinc4life 1 year ago
@zinc4life Agreed
Masterfighterx 1 year ago
@Masterfighterx right on dude id buy a esp explorer if they had the old gibson bana stock but whats better is the ibanez destroyers.i want one in maple neck and body
metalmusiqcrzy 1 year ago
im glad i bought mine 6 months after the feds accused gibson of getting illegaly imported wood
hopefully its not true a sortted out
LesPaulRockerProduct 1 year ago
this is where my sg was born =D
LesPaulRockerProduct 1 year ago 3
I dont like the way an sg looks
Avery752 1 year ago
ah well i love mine and she sounds beautiful
but every one has there opinion
LesPaulRockerProduct 1 year ago
i want one =(
batsarecool09 1 year ago
i dont care if upper managment sucks
their not gibson
the pride and passion of the workers is gibson
LesPaulRockerProduct 2 years ago 3
no, marketing is
guerno1 2 years ago
wrong, thats henry j passion
the workers just like building the guitars
to me thats gibson
LesPaulRockerProduct 2 years ago
ok, that sounds very romantic to me and indeed it is different than chinese sweatschops. but compare a gibson to a prs, taylor, fender and even less powerfull brands and then i think the pricedifference is basically marketing ;).
guerno1 2 years ago
maybe so, but the workers like the guitars so that does it for me
and they are awesome guitars
LesPaulRockerProduct 2 years ago
parker guitar RULES
hcreval 2 years ago
I've noticed there's no footage here of the CEO flogging his factory workers as they work. "Faster! Faster! My wife needs another Botox injection!"
aquasloth 2 years ago
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LesPaulRockerProduct 2 years ago
i´d love to work for gibson!
gus23a 2 years ago 2
jimmy page mainly used gibson but he occaisionally used a telecaster
badmedicine95 2 years ago
you wouldnt see that many smilly faces in Fender
mtswansea 2 years ago
@mtswansea No, that's just called good television or marketing sir
arva300178 1 year ago
gibsons are amazing ive never seen factory workers so happy theres so much passion flowing around there
joey1364 2 years ago
You guys and your Fender vs Gibson lets just admit it Esteban makes better guitars then either of those panzeees!!!! I hear you can get a cape and a hat with your purchase as well!!!! Now that is swell!!!! I think The Beatles used Esteban guitars only. Oh that indie artist Jimmy Page he did too!!!!!
jasonbear72 2 years ago
yeah and they're made outta real wood too! He says so in the infomercial...LOL!
gurganuschris 2 years ago
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Jimmy Page as in zeppelin? if u r talking about him ur sadly mistaken. page used nothing but gibson
chriski95 2 years ago
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You must be mentally retarded
Jimmy Page always used a les paul
and he was a rock guitarist not indie you prickwad
06mgibson 2 years ago
but his main guitar is a double neck gibson
dudeguy2157 2 years ago
you are a dickwad
he used it for 1 song you arab not mainly you dick
06mgibson 2 years ago
@06mgibson actually part of stairway was recorded on a telecaster
MrBl0nd3 2 years ago
yeah, the solo is def a tele
cherry8605 2 years ago
no u must be retarded because jimmy page used strats, les pauls, teles, a double neck and a few danelectros. and these are only the electrics
Bohdan1990 2 years ago
And you're a stupid piece of shit! Page also used Telecaters and Strat in his career.
TheDeuxExMachina 1 year ago
God american build quality is nothing what us used to be though. Companies are just milking the fact that they a re located in the USA. Made in america doesn't shit anymore. no one milks this like Gibson and fender. I saw this video about a japanese guitar company, and craftsman actually knock on the wood and feel the vibrations it makes to decide if they wanna build a guitar out of it. Yamaha L series i think it was. but thats hard core. of course it was a old japanese dude doing the work.
PopExpo 2 years ago 3
I've spent the las 18 years with Gibson and Fender Custom Shop so I know a thing or 2 about guitar building and that knocking on the wood or "Tap Testing" is a bunch of crap. It's kinda become an old wives' tale of sorts but it's ridiculous to do it on an electric guitar, because of the pickups beiing 98% of where the tone is generated. An acoustic I can find a bit easier to swallow. If that old man tap tested a body blank for an electric he should be fired on the spot for wasting company time!
gurganuschris 2 years ago
Thats lame they chamber the les paul. part of les paul's vibe is the weight.
PopExpo 2 years ago
Fender strat for me. I play surf style rock so fender makes sense. I hate people who make a big war out of fender vs. gibson. You're not gonna get the same kinda twang out of a les paul like you get out of telecaster, and nothing gets the type of shimmer as the tremolo piece of a strat. I do like me a ES 330. But fender is straight raw no nonsense, no gay flame top, or burst, or over done binding.
PopExpo 2 years ago
Can I tell you the truth. I played a gibson ounce at a guitar shop when I got enough guts to pick one up. it blows a fender out of the water in niceness. the sound is good but diff. a good fender has a good but diff sound. but i am a fender man cause I aint got the balls for a gibson.
back2thefutre 2 years ago
I had one of the last solid body Pauls made in the 80s. Then some whiney ass midget shredder complained about the weight and Gibson said: Oh, poor little headbanger! Let's take all of the sustain and rich wood tone out by drilling huge holes in the body and then simulate that tone with electronics. Okee, wouldn't that be nice? Oh, and we'll make sure to not tell anyone what we did so they keep buying them.
hartistry1957 2 years ago
Gibson is good. I'm a Fender man. My experience: Gibson guitars don' t stay in tune very well and parts rattle on them. I've played for 44 years. Take it easy! They're still good .
Johngtr13 2 years ago