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Too bad he didn't show us what the bridge and tailpiece looked like on the real Les Paul sitting next to him, rather than just telling us about them. The fret ends too on both guitars which he didn't do. Now I don't know what to look for.

8:06 Doesn't look stamped, looks like they did it with a CNC machine.

epihone realeased the player pack that comes with the les paul jr their 15g amp, a 15 ft cord and strap, bag, picks and tuner. for less than like $400 american. i paid under just $600 canadian pesos.

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Wow, they're getting better with those headstocks

It would be really hard to argue with the tones you were getting out of the guitar. Pretty much everything you played sounded great and there are certainly a variety of tones available. The clean samples in particular were pretty amazing, like super clear and not too bright, and veryambient. Great review!

Nice.

The out put jack to amp..how secure is it??

This or the ToneX One?

Good little jam, first part sounds like its straight off the Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" album

🤣 emulated out of respect 🤣 kinda like saying counterfeiters emulated the precision engraving ability of currency artists

Thanks! Now the Chinese will know exactly how to make a great counterfeit Gibson, hehe.

apropos "flat head screwdriver" and the bridge-posts - my '73 Recording (bought new in '74 by me) has slots for the harmonica bridge adjustment. while not _exactly_ "flat head screw driver" (a little thicker that that) they could be mistaken for 'flat head' screws.

Thanks, bought a Gibson LP standard a few years ago. Really wanted one for years and finally pulled the trigger. Didnt really know what I was looking at other than I knew I didnt want a circuit board in the pot area, after my reseaech led me to a LP standard. Saying all that, you eased my mind and I appreciate my guitar even more, now. So thanks for that!

Went through 20+ videos where the main priority was either silly video effects or blurring the background all the way to Saturn. Good video without all the "Cinematic" crap distractions.

There seem to be a raced to the bottom everywhere these days. It's like no need to responsibly source wood, when there are fakes using wood that comes from regions along the equator. Mahogany grows where trees do not lose leaves during the winter and thereby remove carbon all year long. And and no one knows who burns oil sands. And and and hurricanes if you notice is a naturally occurring weather event that cools the water over which it travels. Food for thought. More warmer waters mean more hurricanes to cool down the water.

Great video, I didn't know about the countersink on the reverse side of the Tailpiece. Another thing to look at is the control knob position spacing as well as the spaces between bridge PU, the bridge, tailpiece and bridge, and finally the neck volume control and tailpiece. Every Chibson I've seen gets the spacing wrong. Also the finish, nitrocellulos on all Gibson's, vs poly nastiness. Got to ❤ that nitrocellulos scent ❤❤❤ What surprises me is the folks making Chibsons haven't setup a few dedicated shops to use more authentic looking truss rods, bridge mounts, and spacing of things. Seems like it would be easy enough and not cost a lot more.

Very informative video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with those of us who uninformed and are looking to become more knowledgeable. Ron ("in Utah") 😎🇺🇸

Looks like the strap button is different

I know some Gibson USA come with Chrome hardware, does this one come with chrome or nickel like the custom shop. I would love to slightly relic the hardware to make it look more like the custom shop. Chrome doesn’t do that

Do people try to fake epiphones too? I've seen afew more recent samples that just look/feel dismal compared to a 2003 Korean made LP black beauty 3 pickup I've had since new. I wonder if they're fake or just terrible consistency.

"Silverbox" by Leo Jaymes is strikingly similar to this "Blackbox".

Great video, I knew about half of these "tells" and learned a fair but from the others!

I was going to buy one cause I relish the thought of having a few sounds on the guitar and having a very ligh Les Paul. But the reviews from real world guitar players on Facebook have been less than stellar. In fact, it just seems like it’s a toy. There are all kinds of troubles with customer service and all kinds of troubles with the electronics crackling and the guitar having trouble charging on USB. I’m going to steer clear.

Tim Shaw was an engineer in the Kalamazoo custom shop. In 1980 he conducted a scientific study of the various PAF models and lab analyzed the materials, to design a pickup that was an exact copy, reissue, or replica of the 1959 PAF pickup. This is what people commonly refer to as a "Shaw Pickup", these have an Unoriented Alnico 5 and are ink stamped as: 137/138, 372/373, 498/499. The "Shaw Era" for Gibson was between 1980 and 1986. Tim Shaw's Victory MV pickups do not have ink stamps. For example the Gibson Victory MVX center pickup is an extremely rare "stacked" humbucker, designed by Shaw, but clearly not what people now refer to as a "Shaw pickup". Tim Shaw is now chief engineer for Fender. In 2015 Fender released the American Professional instruments series using brand-new Shawbucker pickups. The Kalamazoo luthiers broke the mold and a century of tradition to build a radical new model that screamed. Because of automation and cheap imports, the survival Gibson was in question. This new guitar model required the most sensitive and focused pickups they could make. The “Magna 2, Magna Plus, and Magna Plus B” series of pickups each had their own unique tonal qualities. The super stack pickup was also a relatively new design. The MV's pickups have nickel-silver alloy baseplates, the formulation is unknown. Ni-Ag has a direct effect on the pickup’s inductance. It is reasonable to estimate that only about 150 Gibson "Magna II" pickups are still left in the world. The "Magna II" pickups were overwound, with full magnet loading in both coils. One outside bar magnet loaded coil and a 6 internal pole piece magnet loaded coil. The MV2 Velvet Brick neck pickup was designed by Bill Lawrence. The Velvet Brick pickups were later mass-produced. In1981 American Precision Metal Works Inc., a division of Kahler Systems International; unveiled the Kahler tremolo, Victory MV's were the first Gibson's to have them, but only a small percentage came new from Gibson with this option. These Victories can be identified by inspecting the routed area under the trem will have the same electrically conductive black paint used in the routed pickup area. Others Victories had aftermarket Kahler 2200's professionally installed by luthiers. Some of the Kahler trems were Gibson branded, some were not. Each individual saddle could be adjusted in six directions: up or down, for proper string height to follow the radius of the neck; a front-to-back saddle adjustment, to intonate the strings; and a side-to-side adjustment for spacing each string properly.The Kahler arm is sensitive to the touch and has a soft feel. They needed to be kept clean and lubed to work properly.

Been trying to figure out how limited these are and if Fender will restock more. I called Fender customer service and they said they plan to restock everything. However, I also called Sweetwater and they said they didn’t have any plans to restock for now. These sold so well, I’ll be surprised if Fender doesn’t try to make & sell more if they can.

I would buy it if it was in stereo, for sure. I also use a portable Nux mp3 Pro when connected to an audio interface on both channels - you do get the stereo sound when using a ping pong delay or a chorus. I wonder if that's the case with this too. Can you hook it L+R to an audio interface and hear stereo effects? My money's on No.

That is awesome video and looks very honest.Greetings from Europe.Thank you

Great review! Finally someone did their homework, this was very informative!

The only thing I can't understand is if you don't have a daughter that plays guitar why would you waste money on a kitty guitar? Between 550 and 750$ to do a review on it. It's becoming a trend on hello kitty guitar's that unless you're doing it for the kids that's fine but I think in my eyes for the money 2 or 3 guitar reviews you could have bought say a newer released firefly or leo jaymz or something more interesting. Don't get me wrong I sit down my little girl or grandaughter and watch it. But I think after the 1st UA-camr did it I wouldn't attempt to review it. Trogleys guitar did it and I think it bombed out. Sorry that's why it's called the comment section. You're other videos are really good but this one No So Much.

11:15: Mine was not only setup correctly and intonated, the action was low. You'll find other people making videos like yours saying the same thing. Yours wasn't, but yours is the exception so far. Thankfully anyone who can play a guitar is more than capable of setting the action and intonation using the included tools, and Leo made that easy on the Stratocaster.

As I am sure you know, the type of body wood makes absolutely no difference whatsoever in the quality of the guitar nor the tone: ua-cam.com/video/n02tImce3AE/v-deo.html Okoume, by the way, is what the Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci Majesty 8 is made out of. It retails for $4200. The wood is essentially an African mahogany.

The gloss on the neck is *not* a mark against it. Maybe for you personally, but not overall. That is what the quality necks on Squiers have, and THIS is a quality neck with great fretwork for $499 with a great padded gig bag. You can take a Scotchbrite to the back of the neck if you really want and have a satin finish. Since I don't sweat when I play, I'll stick to the much better gloss finish.

That thing sounds pretty darn good for 75 bucks. I mean it’s kind of a no brainer

Once again.. another moron who forgets the most important part of this guitar.. FULL THIC KNESS BODY. , makes you wonder where these guys come from.

Back in 2014, the Gibson Les Paul Studio pro had a compound radius fretboard. As far as I know, that was the first studio with a compound radius fretboard.

3 more foot switched would make this live useable. Sad that another 60 bucks tops.

How does one turn f/x on and off.in a live.Situation? Otherwise it's useless for me.

could this be used as an external fx unit w send & return on a analog mixer like to sue with vinyl?

Picked up the Fender Micro Plus recently, and didn't realize the original Micro was color coded. Well, for a color blind dude, I dodged a bullet by getting a Plus. Not a great idea, Fender. Question, how exactly did you get the sounds to the YT video? Is it that you play and record to the Fender app and do the necessaries for YT? And - what Audio Technica headphones are you using? I just picked up a set of Sennheiser HD599s and while they are super clear, just listening to the out of box output from the Fender Micro Plus (haven't used the app yet), and using a Telecaster, I am somewhat surprised at the buzz/humm , static and less than what I would call 'audiophile' sound. These headphones though sound crystal clear on other forms of audio.

Selling for a grand on reverb. Take a pink sonic, large hello kitty decal, and red finger nail polish on the dot inlays. $230. Boom, Hello Kitty!!

Guitar Center has a few of the pedals left

it's in line with the classic vibe. Even though the neck is gloss i felt playing wasn't sticky at all. I was also surprised by the volume pot as the taper was very even 1 to 10.

I don't think I'd go for the Hello Kitty look but I wouldn't mind a shell pink Strat with matching headstock I thought it sounded good too. Although I do have to say that I love fuzz and I truly think that that pedal sounds good. I could do without all the accessories but if I could find one on reverb I would probably pick it up.

I am neither for nor against this guitar. I have no desire for one, but I thought it was cool that they did it as Squire and not Fender. Saved some money there. I like the pickguard but think they should have used the same pickup that is in the Tom Delong signatures. I like the oversized pole pieces of the invaders. I do give it cool points for just being a little unique.

Not worth the $300 markup at all! They were smart to release them close to the holidays! They'll be mamy a kid witht this under the tree. Maybe some of them will take guitar seriously!

I wanted one when it first came out but, the good thing with not acting impulsively is the realization of 'no way' at that price.