Epiphone Les Paul VS. Gibson Les Paul

Comparing two Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Standards. One Epiphone and one Gibson. The amp used is a Peavey Classic 30 with an Eminence Governor speaker. No pedals or effects were used... just guitar straight into the amp. Audio was recorded with a Zoom H2.

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• Peavey
• Classic
• 30
• Eminence
• Governor
• Zoom
• H2

[Blompcube]

@EPI6fingers could you provide a link to a reliable source that states that? as you should already know by now, i don't automatically believe anything someone tells me on youtube ;)

of course it may be a bit like the humbucker - who made the first one - gibson or gretsch? or maybe rickenbacker who claim they did it first but there's no sufficient evidence that would prove it? who knows.

[Blompcube]

@EPI6fingers i knew you'd have difficulty understanding what i said. incase you didn't notice i actually agreed with the main bulk of what vortex said, buying an epi and upgrading the pickups is a more cost effective solution than getting a gibson. nonetheless the fact is they are very different guitars despite their similar appearances, and i think the notion that the brand name adds upwards of half a grand to the price of any guitar is absurd. that is all. next time learn to read.

[EPI6fingers]

I can comment on any thing i want asshole and two i dont think Gibson pu's are any better than Epip's. You dont like what i say tuff fucking shit and dont read it or reply to my comments.

[builtwithbrokenhands]

@EPI6fingers just so you know if happens to be a FACT that Gibson guitars have better pickups than Epiphones. Stop commenting on all the videos concerning epiphones, and fall in a pit and die.

[EPI6fingers]

Part -3 i just gave you most of the Specs on a 2010 Epiphone G400 Standard 62 Sg. Asian Mahogany Wood is Also used to craft HighEnd Funiture/HighEnd Wood Flooring and many other HighEnd WoodWorks. I play certaine models of G400 Sg. never a Gibson for me.

[EPI6fingers]

Part-2 Epiphones also have a Snap/Release wire harness. Full 1 inch 500k pots..2 tone and 2 volume controls. Top hat knobs. Solid one piece Asian Mahogany body. 60's slim taper neck. Rosewood finger board with Rosewood neck binding. Grover 14:1 machines.

[EPI6fingers]

Here's the Specs for the Epiphone Stock Humbuckers they have been used in Epiphones since 2008. Epiphone Made. Alnico V Magnets . Doubled Vacume Waxed. Wound with the classic Enamel Wireing. Bridge pu is over wound. Adjustable screws. Hand solderd.

[naycnay]

@FiveEightSevenEight

Man, cant believe I said that! Yup, almost every gibson will be bookmatched tops and 2 piece backs. Wood in big enough sizes is hard to come by, especially in the quantity gibson would be after.

[EPI6fingers]

The Epiphones are top professional quality and very underpriced for the quality they deliver. The only reason they are underpriced is there made over sea's this will change. The chinese luthiers at Epi are some of the best in the world period!

[EPI6fingers]

Naycay you have it backwards my friend. Is your G400 Sg a 2008 to present model? If so the 2010 model G400 standard 62 Sg is still conciderd today to be the best standard Sg out there today. Gibson hasnt made a better guitar than Epiphone since 2008.

[FiveEightSevenEight]

@naycnay I've seen plenty of Gibsons with 2 piece mahogany backs and 2 piece maple tops. Even some that look like one piece of mahogany are actually 2. Gibson does a good job at matching the woodgrains making the joint hard to see.

[naycnay]

@EPI6fingers

I have my G400 sitting right next to me and I play it all the time. Its a lowish-mid range guitar. Wonderful intrument build wise, playability wise and even tonally. But close inspection reveals the cheapness of construction. Unfortunately Epiphones today aren't what they used to be. They are not "professional" guitars. They are affordable guitars.

I'm not knocking them, they're great, but they aren't amazing.