I Got A NEW Guitar!! Is It Any Good?! (Chibson Ace Frehley Unboxing and Review)

I ordered the blue glitter/sparkle burst Ace Frehley Les Paul. Is it worth it?!
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[@RJ_Groot]

cool guitar man. People sure get bent out shape over Chibsons, but the more hate I hear the more I want to get one for myself and make a project out of it. For the price, even if it's not playable, it makes a cool wall hanging. From what I've seen these guitars are getting better all the time and with some work can be great.

[@squicker]

I did just this, to see how bad they really were. Out of the box they are firewood only! But new pickup, tuners, nut, electrics and it's a passable guitar. Neck and frets are crap, which is the main limiting thing. I bought it to experiment with as I keep all my genuine Les Pauls factory perfect, so it was an interesting project but Chibsons are inherently poor quality guitars, so mine is now on the wall!

[@billb89]

​@@squicker It depends, some are pretty good. The quality is much better than some epiphones I've seen.

[@powerbuilder1019]

Beautiful guitar, I love Chibson's. I have one for $310, and it's absolutely beautiful and with a few tweaks and upgrades, it even plays better than the original. So good that it looks like $20,000.🔥 hahaha. From now on I will only buy a Chibson, it's fake but who cares, as long as it's cool, and it has a logo of the elitist🤭😂, I will buy it in a heartbeat. Chibsons rules.🤘

[@radkeela2]

Have you done any upgrades too it,I’m wanting to order one?

[@chasetheacewest]

It’s still at the shop. He said the truss rod is weird. That he can’t fit a tool into it to adjust the neck. May have to take a look myself or have someone else check it out.

[@jeffyoung8726]

Looks pretty cool bro? I own a few of these "Chibsons" and they're nice guitars, after you give them a little love & attention! Swap out the pickups, tuners, bone nut, level, crown, and polish the frets. Then give it a nice setup, and you'll be good-to-go? Bought mine for 250-300, you add the parts, a hardshell case and the grand total still came out to about 550-600 dollars? I love mine, and gig with it all the time, and so happy with the finished product! You'll be glad too? Hey, after you make the few changes you still spent A LOT less than an actual Gibson? And isn't that what it's all about? Spend less, play more!

[@lucianomateus351]

I agree, friends, I bought a Chender Yngwie Malmsteen guitar, it resonates very well, I already bought a Fender shield, an all-electric Dimarzio, the 3 Dimarzio HS3 and HS4 pickups. The sound will be practically the same as the original. I already have an original Fender Malmsteen from 1998 to compare the sounds. Years ago a friend of mine built a Fender Partcaster Malmsteen and we compared the sound with my YJM guitar, and it was practically the same thing, for a much lower price. What matters is playing. That annoying guy, Rod***¥, must be a fake Gibson employee or Just a redneck fanboy, that guy is a joke, it's funny that he defends these brands that just want to sell a stick with a string and charge a lot. Better to buy a cheap stick with string. Kkkkkkk

[@squicker]

The issue is not so much the parts, you are correct in that good pups, tuners, nut, pots etc. run only a few hundred ££, but it's the investment of time to make the guitar passable, and the fact that the resulting guitar is still a Chibson and thus has no real value or desirability when you want to sell it on. Given that I can buy a top-end Epi/Tokai, or bottom-end Gibson, Les Paul, for £1200, once I've factored in the cost of my time I'll need to spend making my Chibson decent (I bought one to experiment), then I'll be severely in the red on the Chibby compared to equivalent player's Epi/Gibson, which will still be a better guitar, and also one that will sell immediately on Reverb, for very little below retail. So whilst I did make my own Chibson passable as a player, I never actually play it as have plenty of genuine Les Pauls sat there which of course are all better guitars but, worse than that, I can never get back the time I had to spend making the Chibson playable, which I never had to spend on my real Les Pauls, apart from setting up to my tastes. It was an interesting experiment, but it showed me that Chibsons are simply not a wise purchase when you could get a used MIJ Tokai for the same material price, and have a decent playing guitar out the box, and also a highly desirable one that you could sell in a heartbeat for what you paid for it.

[@dscales8484]

I've seen you play live numerous times. You are so incredibly talented that everything you play sounds great. Hoping to catch you guys sometime this year.

[@chasetheacewest]

Thank you!! 🙏🏼

[@marvieman]

Good looking axe man! I've bought a few of these China knock offs and with a little upgrading and a good setup they are actually pretty dang good guitars for the money. Anyway, congrats on the new axe and looking forward to seeing more videos on it and some live stage videos. It's DEFINITELY and eye catcher and will look spectacular on stage under the lights. Subscribed

[@Gothguitarist]

10:10 you can touch the pickups with a screwdriver or metal object and switch the pickup selector switch that will tell you the layout

[@blackwaterpark011]

I think the neck toggle position is only the neck pickup, the middle is the middle pickup and the bridge is etc...

[@kelseysullivan92]

Beautiful guitar!! The lighting bolts on the fretboard are sick!

[@stephensdygert7600]

The blue Ace Chibson. Neck and heal of the guitar is to thick. I'm giving it away. Plays fine.

[@kelseysullivan92]

Yay Madison!! 🤘🎸

[@XxSypherxX91]

Don’t listen to all these haters that think they know everything. I have three and I gig with them too. Yes you do have to upgrade them but it’s not a big deal. Put whatever pick ups you want and put some LOCKING tuners bear minimum and you’ll be able to gig it with your band no problem.

[@stehairy]

I got mine in the last few weeks, all I really needed to do was clean the frets using fine wire wool, I may get a new nut, bridge and tail piece. But I’m certainly a happy customer for €220

[@stevebernard221]

They nailed Gibsons tuning stability... It's hard to tell the difference for sure.

[@zackamodeo-thomson8010]

The mummy fucking shipping lol

[@TroyCastellano]

I ordered that exact guitar and they never sent it to me. Which seller did you get it from?

[@stealingtomorrowband]

Nice I live about 3.5 hours from Gatlinburg myself... Hope you enjoy your new fiddle

[@robertfisher4689]

Its 5 minutes in before he even opens the box. You have to watch a skit performance with his girlfriend first....and no actual reviews...

[@PeterMoore350]

She looks awesome and the guitar is nice too 😂🤣😂🤣 Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘

[@zachdickersonmusic]

Pretty damn cool! Gotta get one now.

[@chasetheacewest]

Not bad for $300. It’s definitely will need a bunch of work put into it tho! Can’t wait to see how it turns out! It’s in the shop getting fixed up right now!

[@MrMark1325]

I got a chibson slash lp from ebay. Had it on my watch list for a while. Eventually they made an offer for 175.00 shipped. Said F it. Plays pretty good right out of the styrofoam. Frets are decent, action surprisingly low. Better than i expected.

[@shartne]

It looks really cool and new strings will maybe get rid of the thin sound?

[@squicker]

Pickups are crap, I just bought one as an experiment. I put a DiMarzio SD in it and it opened right up tonally. Guitar still plays like garbage though.

[@shartne]

@@squicker Probably needs fret work leveling and fret ends dressed. and a whole set up? tuners

[@squicker]

@@shartne root cause is neck has a back bow even under tension. So only so much you can do. Did tuners, nut, pots, wiring, setup etc., "You can't polish a turd", as we Brits say.

[@shartne]

@@squicker well thanks for showing I will not be buying a chipson. Bummer sorry man. Return it.

[@squicker]

@@shartne my friend bought her boyfriend a low end Epi for Xmas at £100, and it was superior, quite a rocking little guitar! My Chibson is on the wall, the finish is the best thing about it! I did go in with my eyes open, was interested to see how good/bad they really are. But now you know ;)

[@EHou01]

How much does it weigh?

[@jackLoveX]

finally a video with personality

[@patrickkem689]

That is a smoker of a Les Paul to be sure! Pretty sure they shoot those grittiest with Heavy poly and not so much laquer. Working with glitter can be very persnickety to smooth without going through finish. But my philosophy anything from C,,ina,,,look good but will need a full set up to make spec worthy Simple fret lpolish and level check would make fast work of that,,,jam on brother🤙

[@billb89]

I have a feeling most Epiphones are made in the same location using the same components as the "Chibsons." Nothing is made in the US anymore and most of the components in Gibsons are probably Chinese made.

[@user-UncleDickey]

035 IS NOT ACTUALLY PLAYED IN THAT ORDER ON THOSE FRETS. IT IS CATEGORICALLY FALSE IN THE MEME LIKE STATUS IT RECEIVES

[@nimitz1739]

GoldTop have a glitter vibe to them if you look up close

[@Edward1312]

The finish on that guitar pops, you cant take it away from the Chinese, they know how to make guitars.

[@BackWoodsBillyCraftBeerReviews]

IMO THE CHIPSON S are the best bang for the 💵💵💵💵 buck... New pots new Humbuckers & Bam... Cheers 🍻 🥃🥃 🎸 🎵🎶🎵

[@mmiller6873]

Were definitely not filming.....wink wink....well done bro lol

[@junkaccount7097]

Where can I find these? Link?

[@chasetheacewest]

I got mine on eBay

[@timmurphy5137]

Those boxes open much easier if you slit around the top

[@kammynlogymom]

I love you both!

[@rodnyg7952]

if it's a chibson, then it's already widely known that it was only made to kind of look good, and from a considerable distance. That's the whole marketing; that's what 300$ gets you. Did you think there was some kind of unique magic to cheap Chinses knockoffs that all other guitar makers just don't realize?

[@chasetheacewest]

I love epiphones! I’m hoping that after having it fixed up that it will be a comparable guitar.

[@rodnyg7952]

@@chasetheacewest well, if it's an EPI then it isn't a chibson. Comparable to what? After fixing up any guitar, it's the same guitar just fixed

[@chasetheacewest]

@@rodnyg7952 this guitar is a Chibson. Looking to fix it up so that it’s comparable to an epiphone.

[@rodnyg7952]

@@chasetheacewest that makes no sense. You'd need to change all hardware, pots, switches, and re-wire everything. And even then the basic neck/body build and finish of knockoffs are mostly terrible. Many have alignment issues. What a total waste of time & money.

[@bidenkidsniffer4926]

@@rodnyg7952zero footage of you actually playing. Just audio with a picture. Which tells me you can’t even play . Useless troll

[@fearnet2011]

What's the weight?

[@chasetheacewest]

Weight feels similar to an epiphone. Real Gibson LP is way heavier.

[@michellecomptonatkinson6706]

I love it!

[@stuartblackie2336]

Sick hair. Sick chops.

[@russellpumphrey5893]

Beautiful 🎸 ❤

[@user-UncleDickey]

THAT THINGS FRUITIER THAN A BLUEBERRY. LOOKS LIKE A TOY LADIES

[@magnusvanttinen7855]

Nice! I gonna order one

[@neil6438]

Nice axe!

[@azzazz4549]

0:49 ive gyatt to buy this guitar 🎸

[@jimmygrant3151]

Jesus Christ dude, lol. almost got your ass kicked by some styrofoam. SHREAD!!!! Awesome guitar dude. Great score. You're going to have a great time with it. I subscribed, not because I like you, but just because you have some cool amps and are using a set of Yamaha HS-7s...so you have at least that going for you!!!

[@user-UncleDickey]

PULL ALL THE FENTYNAL OUT OF THE CAVITY AND IT WILL SOUND BETTER

[@PoduFN]

sick

[@robertparker3580]

NICE!

[@user-UncleDickey]

ALL THAT GRIT IS BUFFING COMPOUND

[@msean100]

Shes better with a knfe than you so i guess she plays guitar better too

[@dfo3753]

Not sure how i got here. But while i'm here, you are a dead ringer for Kal Kramer from the Southern River Band, you just need a dirty mo. You should chuck a link in to your band on spotify.

[@davidAll5]

nice babe !!

[@patrickkem689]

Teach her how to pick brother,,,down up, down up…lol

[@TranceMasterJack]

Chinaaaa

[@ChrisEck13]

Never support counterfeiting. Its bad for the community as a whole. You get cheap crap that always eventually ends up with someone getting scammed. By supporting counterfeiters, you're contributing to people getting scammed.

[@madisonkimbrell7891]

first like & comment😘

[@jstanleyproductions4]

Dude is that your real hair ? Wow if it is your barber is playing a joke on you...looks ridiculous...

[@danhooper3819]

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