My Fake "Chibson" Greeny Les Paul After 9 Months Of Ownership - Has It Held Up??

[@2dazetake]

These chibsons make sense as a gigging guitar,as prices climb for the real ones, it's not worth taking them to a gig anymore,when you can grab one of these and your hands and ears won't know the difference, I like the chibsons because they come the closest in the budget guitar market,to the feel of a real LP in your hands, they look the part, and sound great after upgrades, it's like using a stunt double.

[@ENNEN420]

Actually your hands and ears WILL know a difference between the real deal and the bootleg. On the bootleg Gibson guitar, your hand will need stitches after running your hand across the fretboard and it'll go out of tune after 1 minute of playing. None of that is true for the AUTHENTIC Chibson brand guitar.

[@tlkshowhst]

This is false. Also authentic Gibsons are prone to headstocks snapping off

[@FoulOwl2112]

With modern CNC manufacturing we can get $200 guitars that are as good as or better than what we'd spend $1000 on in the 80's.

[@michaelsablan8772]

Aloha Marty! I love your MOJO fingers when you play whatever you play. I enjoy your teaching style and laid back demeanor. Mahalo nui Braddah!

[@mikedtubey]

Hey, brother! I didn't know you had any Chibsons. Love the Greeny!!! You sounded good with it. Also love your new video ending with the wolf howling and skinwalker ranch. In end of December 2023 I took the plunge I bought the EVH "Wolfchang" 2015 tour relic from China. Originally the seller posted pictures of a real 2015 tour relic pretending that was the guitar that they would ship. i was communicating with the seller and then he sent me pictures of what was being shipped. it was the tour relic but the fingerboard was rosewood instead of ebony look. the cutout for the tremolo was cut so you can pull up on the trem, not just divebomb. In the original image it had the dtuna, the pickup holes are cut a little square for regular humbuckers, not the evh humbuckers. The guitar is very good for $300 I also advised the seller that what he was shipping wasn't the same as what he posted and sent him proof that i can get the same guitar that he was shipping for less elsewhere. I also offered to pay the $300 for what he posted which he couldnt furbish. He agreed to lower the price to what we agreed was fair. he shipped it.The guitar came within a week to New York. January the process began to get it to what i wanted or as close to the 2015 tour relic. I got the EVH Strap - sweetwater. I got relic'd brass dog clasps on ebay. i bought for now a evh bridge pickup - sweetwater. 500k evh low friction volume pot.i bought dtuna, i bought black india ink to ebonize the fretboard. also ill buy some bass wood to fill in behind the tremolo as well as use bondo to round off the pickup cavities. then match the paint. so i can make it look like nothing was done to it and as close to the real tour relic.

[@bobbrendel758]

Great video, but it looks like the pickup cover on the bridge pickup is the wrong size. The screw pole pieces don't line up with the holes in the pickup cover.

[@papablue3015]

My Greene doesn't look like Greene anymore! After refinishing and changing everything, it's great!! Now my chibson les paul custom I just got was absolutely awesome!! Thanks Marty 🤘😊

[@adamstube0]

You have such a great sound and wonderful playing 🎸😎

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man, I appreciate it very much. 😎

[@adamr4115]

It Still bothers me that when"they"refer to that original guitar Gary Moore is skipped over...

[@adamr4115]

@@Atlantean-1980 👍

[@jameswilson6374]

Couldn't agree more man! Gary played the crap out it!🎸

[@nvjohansson9741]

Says this while skipping over Peter Green. 😂

[@RockAndRoll-c3e]

Really digging that ghs sign. Love ghs Boomer strings!!Battle Creek Michigan

[@charlielamp2739]

The Chi-Halen Frankie guitars play and sound good too for someone on a tight budget.

[@matrix26uk]

My Frankie was an utter dog when it arrived. Dead frets. Fret buzz. The bridge sitting at a 45° angle. Neck not level. I had to take it to a luthier

[@charlielamp2739]

@@matrix26uk I hear that, mine needed work too. The neck heel was pulled away from the body cup 1/3 of an inch, intonation was out, adjust the Floyd etc. Still was a great deal. $265 delivered fast.

[@fredyow5395]

I have a guitar branded indio.... it's a semi hollow body.... and I have a Leo Jamez. Les Paul replica.... both play and sound nice.... have not changed tone/volume controls or pick-ups either.... very low budget guitars..... fun to play....

[@mrcurtis73]

Cool video! Love the Beatles and ZZ Top riffs! 👍🏼

[@bryanwilliams3665]

I demo a Chibson Les Paul on my channel with my Jimmy Page 1973 Madison Square Garden Pickups (The Song Remains the Same ) The guitar with the pickup change does the Live 1973 guitar tone.

[@bankst14]

Sounds great. Love the video. I've decided to get one.

[@stevenRZ51]

How did this make it through customs?? I just ordered one from the greater china and i'm worried that customs will confiscate it. I also ordered it from ebay. Any thoughts on that??

[@TTobyyyy]

Usually best to but local like on marketplace

[@bigjohnson7415]

To me, greedy corporate American companies took production overseas, and then these overseas companies fook them! Tough shite Gibson!

[@69spiros]

cant wait for the TONEX test !!!!

[@DeputyVanHalen5150]

I would say I'm a Gibson & Kramer supporter too. I think that this Chibson looks the part though. With the time, effort and money that you spent doing your upgrades it sounded really good too! What kind of strings did you throw on? Cool video!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

M using D'addarii 9-42 coated strings (white pack)

[@DeputyVanHalen5150]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Excellent choice!

[@BackWoodsBillyCraftBeerReviews]

Love the Greene.. Looks good sounds good... IMI CNC MACHINING Has Leveled The Playing Field.. I personally love Chinese Guitars.. Cheers 🍻🥃🥃🎸🎵🎶🎶🎶

[@TheFretman2]

How does one search for a Chibson on eBay?

[@kevinvandeventer8690]

Search custom guitar or in this case greeny guitar. Im looking at one right now for $330 with relic and nib ed fret binding😊😊

[@shamusokingsley2412]

Great video and a cool guitar. Is it safe to say that even a cheap guitar will sound good with an expensive quality amp?

[@angus.f.kendal1544]

Kool🎸Did you ever try top wrapping the strings?? Nice playing btw. The E A & D pole pieces on the bridge pickup are screwed in pretty deep. Is that on purpose for sound or is it a Greenie spec?? Cheers✌️😎☯️

[@AndyK.23]

It is what it is, but I bet your son's friends/audience were amazed - from afar at least!?

[@gwugluud]

I’ve tried to feel guilty about the Chibsons, Chenders and Chofner Paul McFartney Union jackoff bass I’ve ordered over a couple of years, but I can’t work up feeling sorry for Gibson, even though they only charge $12,000 for planks of wood with strings stapled to them. I’m such a bastard. Yours looks nice.

[@papablue3015]

Hope you're safe! I see tornado 🌪 in you're area!!😮

[@larryburwell8550]

this chibson is certainly a great value once set up properly. certainly more for the dollar than the gibson version for 20 times the price. i mean give me a break. ive been a gibson les paul player since 1976 i have three 76 81 and 89. great guitars so i know les pauls

[@markstewart8171]

Man I hope you enjoy that peavey wiggy I see in the left of the room, I absolutely could not stand that thing. Cool art piece that’s about it. It does the job if ya got peddles and want to hook a backing track up to it but that’s about it.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

It's fun man. Sounds good with pedals, plus it's a great conversation piece! And it's a Zappa related item 😎🤟🏻

[@moss1transcendant]

Nice video

[@JohnnyTF-ey8sj]

Also customs should be glad that it’s a guitar in the box instead of fentanyl 😅😂

[@JohnnyTF-ey8sj]

I ordered the same model after watching your video and it arrived yesterday, but it looks nothing like yours. In fact it’s unplayable, untunable, and would never pass for a real Gibson. The Silvertone guitar I received for my 13th birthday came to my mind. It’s a toy, good video though

[@thenoodler]

That looks like some baaambooo right there.

[@wjewell63]

👍

[@gwugluud]

Chibsons don’t harm Gibson. I’ve bought Chibson Les Pauls, but I would never buy a real Gibson anyway, so what are they losing?

[@wallofrock6725]

You are going to find out the hard way when an investigator comes knocking on your door.....

[@TTobyyyy]

@@wallofrock6725and he will side with chibson

[@peterallen1041]

I think that Gibson is okay with these guitars.

[@mikeross14]

It seems to me, You could at least play it through a equally cheap amp! not a wall of Marshalls for a true Test! What ya think? Some of us aren't Rich!

[@Shredneck76]

Any guitar is going to sound bad with a cheap amp. With an expensive amp, it’s easier to tell if a guitar actually sounds good

[@wallofrock6725]

You do know these Chibsons are illegal, right? Don’t play dumb when an investigator comes knocking on your door.

[@guyroger4131]

Relic the top yourself 5150

[@rodnyg7952]

only someone who knows they have a really crappy guitar would make a video to confirm if it held up after nine months

[@Angel-fz8dr]

ok

[@dannyturner7967]

Not really

[@rodnyg7952]

​@@dannyturner7967 "not really" sounds vague and unclear. Sounds like you can't commit to your own response. I'll assume you're just an indecisive person

[@dannyturner7967]

@@rodnyg7952 you know what happens when you assume?

[@rodnyg7952]

@@dannyturner7967 Benny Hill logic doesn't make for a very convincing argument

[@wallofrock6725]

So you bought an illegal guitar, huh? You better delete this video or someone will be knocking at your door real soon....

[@Popskull_666]

seriously what is up with the Chinese? can they not put fret binding on the fucking thing? its just a pile of shit without