Breaking a Gibson Guitar Headstock... it's way harder than I thought.

Everyone talks about how easily the Gibson Les Paul headstocks break... I'm guessing they haven't actually tried to do it. This guitar took a beating.

[@miyaaaaw]

Plot twist: It's a Chibson

[@davidcaro8217]

Correctomundo!

[@davidmcaninch4714]

I hope so!!!!!

[@miyaaaaw]

@@davidmcaninch4714 lol

[@abmorose6531]

😂

[@louie.vision.5255]

Neck twist.. its a chibson

[@almostlunar8302]

“Heavy Relic’d 59 reissue. Original Cherry sunburst, 1 owner. No lowballs! I know what i have. 15k firm.”

[@johnnyd63]

Good luck.😅

[@easilyoffended7772]

Yeah, how about kiss my ass?

[@eddiejr540]

Nailed it…people really do put up ads like this🤣

[@martydibergi5228]

Owned by Jimmy Page. Small repair done. Reduced to $375,000.00

[@gabigolescu]

Bwahahaaaa 😂🤣🤪

[@George_Taylor_]

PLOT TWIST: Now the G string stays flawlessly in tune.

[@bjornlangoren3002]

You're doing it wrong. Need to lean it on an amp, and observe as it slides to the floor in slow motion. You're welcome.

[@tiki_trash]

You need to turn around to speak to the drummer and allow the headstock to lightly come into contact with a mic stand.

[@easternag16]

Watching this hurts

[@mike0z078]

clearly, not a real Gibson. The headstock is too sturdy

[@Craig-xf7ox]

Clearly you don't own a Gibson and spend all your time in guitar forums whining about guitars you can't afford.

[@Craig-xf7ox]

@@onno_vocks things that never happened for a $1000 please Alex.

[@Cookie4yabro]

@@Craig-xf7oxIt is a Chibson he has a few videos with it

[@Craig-xf7ox]

@@Cookie4yabro regardless....I've got a 59 Jr....never broken. A 90s 60 classic.....never broken. An 06 R9......never broken.....I've toured the world working with Gibson artists....never broken any....

[@Dreyno]

@@onno_vocksHow much did you pay for It?

[@MShep-mh5xo]

That's a Chibson

[@mikew42906]

Yes, you can tell by the ugly green sticking out tuners.

[@LinkySlinky]

Thank God

[@ludwiglanestudios]

While gigging in San Francisco, a band who was billed before us was setting up. And the band's guitar player was bragging all night that he "only played Gibsons". He was a rich kid- about 21 years old and was a mediocre guitar player if anything. Of course, he is setting up his restored 1959 Marshall Plexi half stack (mind you, we were in a small club) and he had a Les Paul Custom with wireless receiver connected from that guitar to his Marshall (along with unnecessary compressors, exciters, etc). He went to the bar with his girlfriend and left his $3,700 (at the time) guitar leaning against a tour case with casters. Well, his drummer was setting up for his set, and he bumped the case and th5e Les Paul fell and went *CRACK*. The headstock cracked almost completely. It was literally hanging by a piece of wood grain. This happened 2 yards in front of me. The guitarist ran to the stage and tried to pin the guitar falling and breaking on me, his drummer, and another spectator. The club owner saw and told him that it was his fault that he put his expensive guitar, that he shouldn't even be playing in the first place, against a case with casters. The guitarist started flipping out, crying like a toddler and hyperventilating. He said that "his dad was going to kill him" and things of that nature. I asked him, "so it's your dad's guitar?" And he said, "everything here is my dad's". Lol. My point is that the guitar didn't even look like it fell hard. Instead, it fell at the perfect angle and it almost snapped clean off.

[@williamtm1965]

lesson - don't gig with expensive guitars. Get a cheaper Les Paul instead, something like Epiphone, PRS or LTD.

[@henryweiland7761]

@@williamtm1965or just keep it in the case at all times. Only take it out to play, practice, tune

[@jackhaugh]

I had a GF who’s dog knocked down a really. Nice ES-335 and destroy the joint right at the nut where it couldn’t be repaired

[@greyguy69]

Wah

[@DavidRafaelSutton]

Hey Ludwig just wondering where you were playing in San Francisco not really a reply on the actual comment but just curious in the 80s that I was living in San Francisco in the western addition and I was a professional drummer at the time and yeah I'm just curious what what the venue you were playing at my first gig out there was in a place called mabuhay gardens which I know closed down a while ago quite a while ago but also you know whenever there was a new set we play at Chi-Chi's also played a couple of times at a place that is also defunct on the upper head it was called a tiny little wine and beer bar called a the night break played once at another place that's the funk now also on the upper head call the I-beam and divisadero Street place called the best club visual other places to those are just a few that come to mind so yeah and one other thing actually has to do with the comment I don't think anyone can tell somebody I should tell somebody that that's not a guitar that should have brought to a gig I don't think it's anyone's business or anything to tell anybody what guitar they can play that again unless it's of course evidence in a murder in which case probably not too wise to bring to a gig you know I had drums like that because people always said my drum and killed them so LOL bad joke I know sincerely to read Raphael AKA Bob the blind bedroom guitarist

[@rosekennedy9744]

So THATS what the airport guys are doing that takes so long. Doing kick flips with my fucking gear!!!

[@theoriginaldirtbikejoe7636]

YUP LMAO

[@Shaylok]

It shows the airport guys are putting forth the extra effort to earn their paychecks. Breaking your guitar takes real work.

[@ItFigures89]

The only thing this video does is help validate the purchase of a good Chibson 🤘🏻😎

[@erlikquadros5873]

The secret is: it's a chibson 😂

[@lrblouie]

First of all THAT IS NOT A GIBSON. Second of all, it likely has a scarf joint which makes it much stronger.

[@josephbest7610]

Why do you say it isn’t a Gibson?

[@josephbest7610]

After watching a few more times, I see now it is a chibson - fake Gibson, the green tuners give it away

[@cheezyridr]

spot on.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

@@josephbest7610 It would have broken on the first drop.

[@Zeeboklown]

Ur right, i thought it was the lighting, but yah, theyre not green like that. I was wondering why he wouldn't take the green keys and bridge and etc before destroying the body. ​@josephbest7610

[@jonfai]

This hurt.

[@mil_ezz6616]

It's a chibson

[@doknox]

Felt fine to me

[@ElvisPretzel-rv3bg]

Chibsons might just sell out now nice! Lol

[@mrkiks32]

Well…it’s only proving that the “chibson’ can take a beating 🤣

[@michaelmadron8654]

One tough chibson

[@SheepWaveMeByeBye]

Watching cheap sneakers jump on expensive guitars is pretty rock'n'roll ngl.

[@AaronNGBnTech]

I'm pretty sure that's not an expensive guitar

[@mrredritehand]

Isn't it hilarious that every guitar player that watches this immediately knows it's not a real Gibson right after the first drop the headstock doesn't fly off like a Russian nuclear icbm at the U.S.?

[@samuelllakaj5439]

I saw a video of a green day member smashing his Gibson LP Custom on stage and the ONLY thing to break was the headstock.

[@TVoltG]

Kind of says a Chibson is sturdier than a Gibson. 😂

[@RockyDeatherage]

I broke one guitar by accident, this was like nails on chalk board watching him jump around on it.

[@PeppaPew]

That’s a nice Chibson But yes all Les Paul style guitars are known for headstocks snapping This one however isn’t a Gibson and the neck angle isn’t the same as well as there being few strings and no tension on the ones that are there

[@nicolashrv]

Main giveaway is Gibson don't use scarf joints on their necks, this guitar clearly had a scarf joint and it also shows they used poor quality glue since the scarf cut clean when it snapped.......CHIBSON certified

[@adrianguggisberg3656]

⁠@@nicolashrvthis broke nowhere near any glued joint. The neck snapped where it was impacted, near the 7th to 8th fret and where it's the least stable, at the truss rod channel. The uppermost third of the neck including the fretboard managed to flex and not break or separate. From there, fracturing propagated along the wood grain in both directions and surfaced near the scarf joint, where the strain was much higher because flex was prevented due to the abruptly changed orientation of the grain. In other words, the headstock didn't snap nor was it otherwise involved in the damage other than providing the ground glearance for the neck to exceed its flexural modulus when the bloke was jumping on top of it.

[@metalpunk9519]

Sir Max donating the body for scientific research At Normans is most honorable!🙏 🎖 🤘☮

[@briantopps5638]

looks like it has a scarf joint so its not a real gibson. might be an epiphone but the reason gibsons necks are very breakable is because they dont have a scarf joint.

[@creamwobbly]

Where does it look like a scarf joint? The grain clearly is parallel all the way along the neck and through the headstock. ❌ Not a scarf joint.

[@briantopps5638]

@@creamwobbly you are right. it looked like a scarf join because there was a scratch along what would normally be where the scarf joint is. i still think the necks should have a scarf joints if its a pitched headstock

[@nicolashrv]

@@briantopps5638 this is a chibson......watch the plastic nut, the horrible green color tuner heads, the blue trussrod.......also notice the headstock is not straight (when he first starts to put his leg on it)......

[@twiglurid666]

I love shit like this. I used to be obsessed with bolt ons for fear of the neck breaking. Never changed the neck on any of my guitars and now I own a SG.

[@BasedGuitarist07]

Even then it was the neck that snapped, not the headstock

[@nicolashrv]

Not a Gibson, but a Chibson. This had a scarf joint. The video only proven chinese replicas are even better than the original gibsons!

[@apuadofrancisco]

that proves Chibson's headstock is better than Gibby's

[@markchristian7377]

I'm glad to see that I just ordered a few of these. They are getting better and better. Replace the tuners and drop in a hundred dollar pre wired harness with splittable coils and it's as good or better than any Gibson and costs a fraction of what they ask for a gib in the states.

[@trevor4533]

Definitely a Chibson. No nibs and the thin truss rod cover give it away. That being said, I've dropped two Gibson Les Paul's from about waist height, due to not having strap locks. Only damage was a scuff on one that went away shortly after, and a broken tuner on the other.

[@nicolashrv]

The main giveaway is that neck had a scarf joint.....gibson should pay attention to this video and changer their effin desing once for all.

[@Cr16604]

I don’t know what caused it to happen, but a j45 I had hanging on the wall for years fell about 4 feet onto a soft rug and snapped the headstock at the truss rod cavity. Never figured out why the hanger came off the wall. It was in the drywall with those plastic expansion things and they pulled out. I wasn’t there when it happened so I have no clue what happened. Only thing I can figure is the dogs were and he jumped on the desk and then jumped to the wall of guitars. That’s very unlikely though. But all that to snap that Chibson, and it didn’t even snap at the headstock. Yet some people say Chibsons aren’t built well and use junk wood. I think this proves that wrong. Unless good wood and craftsmanship makes things more delicate

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Good advert for Chibson !

[@zuperdee]

1) It looks almost as if this neck finally separated along a scarf joint. Gibsons typically don’t use scarf joints, so I don’t think this is a typical Gibson headstock failure mode. 2) I notice you didn’t have all the strings on the guitar. Having tension on the neck makes a big difference.

[@nicolashrv]

This is 100% a chibson....just watch the plastic nut, + the blue truss rod, and the scarf joint, + the horrible green plastic tuner heads.

[@richardsantiago944]

wtf!!!! dude stop doing that!!!!!!!!!

[@FossyPickles]

his guitar, his money, he can do whatever the fuck he wants bro

[@riffdagg6701]

I recently lost every instrument I owned in a house fire, watching this guy abuse any guitar is sickening

[@ChoHWen]

Womp womp

[@ClaimedEagle]

Is a chibson, relax all good

[@allenmitchell09]

I always thought the breaks happen when it falls face forward.

[@wasdwasd12321]

My eyes popped out of my head those first few seconds!!!

[@nareh1113]

I legit flinched on each one of those drops 😖.

[@dw7704]

A friend of mine had his Gibson, not Chibson, and a late Norlin era one at that, fall off his strap and land headstock first on a cement floor The only damage was a small dent on the headstock and he had to retune a couple of strings because the tuning buttons moved when it hit. So doing this with a Chibson isn’t going to invalidate things, when Chibsons are more cheaply made

[@agtronic]

This upset me way more than it should have. I tread my guitars like newborns.

[@Skyy-avari]

I broke a MARTIN D28 headstock with one simple fallover.

[@Mystical-vellvious]

This gives me backflashes.

[@jazzdrumguy5044]

I hope this was a Chibson!

[@chrisk8185]

They break way easier than that! I had a custom tuxedo fall on it’s face off of a guitar stand and the headstock snapped

[@lovesgibson]

Exactly what happened to my 2007 LP classic. Some people in the comments saying that’s just a chibson and not a real Gibson though

[@chrisk8185]

@@lovesgibson mine was definitely a Gibson, I was just sick when it happened,, I never wrap my cord around the strap but that one time I did I was playing and I was switching guitars and I forgot the cord was still wrapped around my strap, started walking away and the rest was history,,

[@lovesgibson]

@@chrisk8185 I meant that people saying the guitar this guy is breaking in the video is a Chibson and not a real Gibson. I’m thinking it isn’t a real Gibson though, because like you said, the headstock can break so easily on a real one. There’s a reason why all those “famous” Les Paul’s most of them have had a headstock repair.

[@chrisk8185]

@@lovesgibson sorry I miss understood you, 🤘🏻

[@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS]

Alright alright I’ll subscribe already!! Watching you hide your face after leaving the baby on the doorstep was just too funny 😂😂

[@lt.reubenrozeyt5716]

A guitar fell over Paul a guitar fell over

[@andye3684]

A tip of the hat to you 👍

[@davidcaro8217]

Max, Max. Why hast thou forsaken us?

[@DanielBobke]

And yet I watched my friend's cat knock over his Custom Shop in a guitar stand and off came the headstock upon hitting the floor...

[@BasshITheGreat]

Man this was just painful to watch🤣 no offense to your efforts l but I’m still gonna pamper mine😂

[@jindogomez]

my former band mate broke his Flying V Gibson Headstock because it accidently landed on the floor. but i heard gibson had a massive problem with their woods at certain charges

[@JumperXxXCables]

I don't know why I kept watching, but this made me sick to my stomach watching.

[@Jared_Dill]

Same Man Same.

[@llefsky]

You're dropping it the wrong way. Fretboard down does the trick every time.

[@Victorxfactor]

It depends how it lands, like most things that fall or are knocked over

[@ACUPOFGRUNGE]

As a guitarist that can only get their hands on low end squiers this hurts this really hurts...

[@The_Bassist46]

This is why bass is superior. They will never break.

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

Well this could go one of of two ways. Either its a real Gibson and your going to hell, or its a Chibson and you get a ticket straight to immortality.

[@_Black_]

And here my old guitarist's les paul droped from a stand and the neck joint exploded

[@georgeprice4212]

Pete Townshend laughs at the amateur trying to break a Gibson! 😆

[@bripolar]

There’s no string tension on it that definitely changes it a little bit string tension is 110 pounds I believe or something like that

[@7007matthew]

There are two kinds of Gibsons: ones with broken headstock and ones with headstock that are going to break.

[@SKRooU2]

I have owned hundreds of guitars and never had a broken headstock on any.

[@7007matthew]

@@SKRooU2 Gibsons?

[@nicolashrv]

@@7007matthew of course not, he said they never broke

[@jamesmartin9740]

I'm so not a Gibson fan myself. But I'm sure some people cringed at the sight of this test run attempt at breaking the headstock off. Surprisingly it heald up a bit.

[@CURTEAR67]

I cannot watch this!?😮 This is going to give me nightmares!? STOP IT!?!

[@mikebaird6788]

I don't know what it would really matter in this difference but an epiphone is a 14 degree headstock play Gibson is a 17 degree so there might be some variants here especially on the flat drop

[@ryanmumford2541]

Am I the only one who felt physical pain watching this

[@doknox]

Yep I'm pretty sure.

[@master6of6omens6]

I fucking died a little

[@Gitmadb8tedpig]

​@@doknoxlol chill bruh

[@JamieDuran-hr3bp]

That's not a gibson

[@theuserthatishere]

yeah. no nubs. fakery bro

[@antoniosantosrigaudjunior1225]

Man you broke my heart doing that! If you want to do it again please don't do it just remember me I'll be very happy if you donate it to me!😢

[@robgreenwood6939]

Someone please arrest him for crimes against guitars!!

[@timtaylorguitarnut]

Hey I just bought a relived lp from Norm, got a great deal cause the neck was fixed. Only 5k$❤

[@carlatoby5808]

This is stupid, wasteful and did I mention STUPID (AND OFFENSIVE)?

[@gknife1499]

I'm just learning to play guitar. I bought a Schecter Apocalypse with a "5-piece"(?) laminated neck to avoid this problem. It cost me $1,000 used but I guess it's worth it! 😂

[@user-dh2bu8og9i]

Good job max 👍

[@cdnnielsen5964]

only the expensive ones have the special breakaway neck feature

[@williamtm1965]

Actually he still didn't break the headstock, he broke the neck

[@kosmonument2682]

It's a maple neck and not mahogany which is why it's not breaking. Mahogany is a softer wood typically used in Gibson necks and that's why they break.

[@bryanespino6882]

This physically hurt

[@intuneorange]

Try that with a double cutaway les paul special ,les paul SG body or a reverse firebird All you have to do is ship it on united or Delta.most will arrive broken even in a mr Roadie hard shell roadcase

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Chibsons are amazingly well constructed. 😅 I know how fragile Gibsons are, strap button slip and its off to the luthiers.

[@hanz4764]

This broke my heart

[@PM_Official333]

As a guitarist this hurts 😭

[@danpena7922]

Just sold me on a Chibson. Thanks!

[@spudvader]

🤣🤣 I can’t believe how uneasy this made me feel

[@csnide6702]

Try to do it - no way your kitten trips and bumps into it and causes guitar to topple - broken in 3 places.

[@pjbakes]

I had 8 Gibsons in the past 15 years , lps, sgs and a 65 melody maker. I play aggressive music, live wild and I’ve never broke a headstock!

[@kubixxx4985]

you're breaking my heart 😢

[@stephenmcdonald9042]

No way he did that to a Gibson costing thousands hahaa. They break extremely easy. I know as customers have told me how it actually broke. Very bad design

[@AtariForeva]

Great relicking method!

[@MrDlt123]

I've only ever owned one Gibson (a Les Paul Studio, which is not enough $$$ that some other Gibson owners won't give me sh** about it). It's been solid for 21 years. I guess I need to pay more for the 'detachable head' option. 🤔

[@Jerry-terry-jerry]

This physically hurt me

[@marklewis5145]

Man I was covering my eyes!!

[@theburkett67]

How'd you get Norman's to loan you a guitar to break and set it there like you gave it to them?

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

Why?

[@johngonzales8224]

my drummer knocked over an arctic white anniversary les paul and snapped the headstock.

[@creamwobbly]

Sideways torque on the joint, yeah that'll do it!

[@sleevelessace]

LOL how come drummers are always the one to kill guitars its like its in theyre blood

[@PalmettoStateSirens]

Notice the wonky headstock shape and the logo chipped off

[@cloutimusmaximus3773]

I screamed so loud at the first part😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@777Lateralus]

Gotta have strings on it for the tension

[@kevinmaillet4712]

Oh man. This hurt my heart 💔

[@donniejackson5626]

I think you fixed it!

[@drakebrasche092]

You cruel, cruel monster.

[@deanbembridge8640]

I'm in tears 😭

[@terryeaster1]

I would've takin it

[@RichardWarner-df7dz]

Classic. Drop off at Norms.

[@StudioGhibli871]

DON'T UNCLE!!!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!