For 3k I'm expecting a guitar with NO issues , I've got a Kramer Baretta Special that came from the factory set up beautifully and it was £200

I got my IYV IPF300 this week. Thanks for the lesson to make the neck shine. 24 frets is new for me. Yes the frets above 12 are scratchy, yes at least 2 or 3 need lowering. Some loose wood in the f holes. Odd lump in the finish on the front and a few other bits in the nooks and crannies. Overall, I really like this guitar. If they spent the time to make every step perfectly completed then I would not be able to afford it. I am happy with this purchase. By the way the nut was obviously worked on. Intonation was very good over 2 octaves.

Those Gibson pickups are designed to be used with an aluminum tail piece and a bridge with brass saddles just like the original paf was.. That is a massive component to the original burst sound it's also the most overlooked variable.. Also the Chinese pu's often use cheap ceramic mags, if you swap them for alnico they'll get extremely close to the Gibson, I mean scary close to the point you'll likely never spend $100-$300 on pickups ever again... Put an Aluminum tp and brass saddles on the chibson also swap the magnets to quality rough cast Alnico 4 (most common paf magnet) and you'll instantly go sell that Gibson... Seriously just take my advice, and please do an a/b vid on the Gibson and chibson before you get rid of your Gibson..

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I have a bunch, Jem, Vandenburg, Jackson, strat, tele, Schecter and. Sunbursts chibson. I typically go to the chibsin. Plays awesome, sounds great.

I have many guitars my main being a Gibson custom shop Murphy lab dirty lemon burst that's twice the price of your Gibson here. I also have a Gibson Supreme and a standard all great guitars but I have a custom made chibson with custom wound humbuckers in vintage cherry burst nitro finish it stands head to head with my custom shop and is better than my Gibson standard. All for $600 dollars. I also have several chibson's that I have put about $200 into that are every bit as good as my Gibson standard. Great mod platforms. I put Guyker locking tuners a brass roller nut and a Wilkinson roller bridge. I will also add Wilkinson wvc pups and 500k CTS pots with orange drop caps soon and they will be kickass beautiful guitars at a fraction of the price

Even the modern Yamaha SG's blow Les Pauls out of the water both in tone and quality imo.

on Ali Expres alnico 2 or alnico 5 magnets are exelent and cheep--so are good pots---to get the Peter Green out of face sound- it does not help to turn the pickups---you have to open the neck pickup cover and turn the magnet 180 degrees sideways and put it inn again---------to turn the pickup is just for the look of it---for the Peter green sound you ned Alnico 2 magnets------ the chibson pickups will sound good whith new Alnico magnets--have done that to many of them

I returned my last Gibson purchase that had same issues with binding on neck and the fact that the width of the fretboard plus the binding was narrower than the underlying neck. Made for sharp edges. This was on a Beato signature guitar. Gibson craftsmanship and quality control is crazy poor. The fact that Epiphones are made better is deeply disconcerting.

What a straight up to the point comparison. i have not c9me accross any other vedio i am a strat pwrsin but i do what a LP style look at a Kelley i think the brand but the Eastwood LP look nice 1800 bucks the kelly 750$..RocknRollflat5

To many choices I gues that's why I'm not married...RocknRollflat5

I would install some good ceramic humbuckers in that Chibson. Saw that some of them come with propper pots, some even with good pickups.

Did you put the 350 in it? 85’s never came with TPI 350

I had a $200 Chibson, marked Gibson. A perfect copy, real maple top, flamey and at least 3/8” thick…maybe 1/2”. Played and sounded better than any real Gibson I’ve ever played. 7.5 lbs. Wish I hadn’t sold it!

I had a $200 Chibson, marked Gibson. A perfect copy, real maple top, flamey and at least 3/8” thick…maybe 1/2”. Played and sounded better than any real Gibson I’ve ever played. 7.5 lbs. Wish I hadn’t sold it!

Man. Nice run down. You know your stuff.

I can't believe that you are criticizing the flame maple top on a $200 guitar. 😂

Where can I buy the chibson? 😂

When you said one of the guitars weighed in at 4. something lbs. I ordered the guitar. I have been looking for an affordable 5 lbs guitar. Plus, this double offset cutaway looks great. Thanks for a thorough and thoughtful review.

Gibson has really been off of their game lately.

Beautiful!

Good video, i agree for the money the Gibson should be flawless. The base to mod for the Chibson is a no brainer but i agree no logo on the headstock would be fine wirh me. I own an Epiphone Les Paul and a Chibson Les Paul and im happy to say my Epi was out of the box 100%.

So glad someone is doing this type of work. It's absolutely what consumers need when shopping on a budget. I ended up buying a model from this brand and besides a minor finish issue and a buzzy first fret it's been incredible.

One thing with Gibson, and even Epiphone at this point: They're built to compete with guitars that are half the price or less, and use the name to represent quality. I'd take my Fender Player strat I scored for $250 over any Gibson or Epiphone model.

Bro you talk to much 🙄

No movement in the Chibson grain? It's probably a photograph of flame maple stuck on top and varnished over.

Where did you or can I buy this Chibson?

Nice informative rundown. Thanks😊

Gibson dont deserve the price tag. That strap button was unforgivable

Excellent video excellent comparison in excellent information the key fact in this video is that Gibson sucks and are way overpriced

I got mine in November of 2022 from Amazon for $160. Now it's $218. I changed the tuners to locking tuners and I replaced the bridge with a Musiclilly bridge with individual saddles and I had to replace the volume control after one year. Now I have a great guitar. Yes. Any time you order a guitar from Amazon it's a crap shoot. Out of the seven guitars I ordered from Amazon in the last two years I sent four of them back. This is a great guitar if you like playing Rock, Rockabilly and Blues. and yes , this guitar sounds good even when playing heavy metal

My buddy has 3different and the neck s are amazing

…. I can’t stop fkn laughing 😅😅

great comparison analysis

I could easily tell the one on the let was a chibson, before he even said what it was.

Its annoying & disappointing that companies like Gibson/Epiphone charge such high prices but still don't deliver the quality expected for the money...

Keep em all. Give me a Strat.

With the price itself being affordable and build being as relatively playable as the Gibson and Epi, the Chibson is an awesome starter for anyone! Awesome review video got a subscriber out of me!

The chibson is beautiful for the price, if you have some skills like me, change the pickups, electronics and machineheads, work on the frets and you've got a killer LP. If not buy the EPI. The gibson is scandalous NEVER BUY THAT ! SHAME

Great video good info presented well. It's not full of someone trying to be funny or acting like a idiot. The result is your demeanor made it a no brainier to subscribe with all notifications. Also thanx for answering the question about the supplier in comments..Been shopping and seems everyone uses the same pictures from 2 or 3 shoots. It seems like the uncertainty makes it a crap shoot. Anyhoo looking forward to upcoming videos and catching up on the past ones too.

We need a chibson mod update

I also bought a Chibson “Greeny” about 2 years ago. Upgraded the electronics and hardware on it and it plays fantastic, look great and sounds incredible. So much so, that I sold my 2021 Gibson Les Paul Standard Goldtop. It’s now been one of my main gigging guitars the last couple of years.

I picked up a ‘67 Gibson ES 330TDC recently. This guitar had one owner, who I know personally, and he took really good care of it. It was his favorite back in the day. It plays perfectly, the quality and craftsmanship is unbelievable. But when I try out some of the new Gibson of any model really, they’re just not the same quality. It’s seems Gibson has lost some of passion and desire to create the world’s best electric guitars, but they still charge obscene amounts of money for uninspired shit. I hear nothing but bad things about modern day Gibsons. Sad.

It's amazing to me that a Gibson, for what they charge, would have any issue, whatsoever, in any category! The binding issue you pointed out was ludicrous! I have a 2004 Gibson Les Paul that I NEVER play. It's so heavy and out of balance, and it constantly, CONSTANTLY, goes out of tune! AWESOME videos! Keep them coming! SUBBED!

Thanks for this review 👍.

Nice work 👍.

Thank you for this useful review 👍.

Have one, twisted neck, Benton is a no.

You’re delusional, you expect a firefly to be perfect?

Darn good analysis.👍