BEST CHIBSON VIDEO EVER!!!!
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Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
Well, from you I expect endless uninterpretable pics of guitars that have nothing to do with the conversation...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
misterwhizzy
Well-known member
Although I question your taste on an almost-daily basis, Bob, I did like this video and agreed with many things he said. That being said, I will pay the extra money for Gibson to be stamped on my headstock. But by Gibson.
ehdwuld
A Ficus
as with the other posts in this and recent threads
I have no problem with the guitars themselves
after a set up and with some care they play just fine
the logo on the headstock is not right
they should say something that from a distance resembles Gibson but not close up
they are bought cheap
and flipped to unsuspecting pawn shops and other normal idiots
for profit
thats where it becomes criminal
if they put a tell in
like all other manufacturers that knock off strats and teles do
the head stock shape, the scale length, the fact it stays in tune < no offense Teles >
I own Chibsons
none say Gibson on the headstock
I have no problem with the guitars themselves
after a set up and with some care they play just fine
the logo on the headstock is not right
they should say something that from a distance resembles Gibson but not close up
they are bought cheap
and flipped to unsuspecting pawn shops and other normal idiots
for profit
thats where it becomes criminal
if they put a tell in
like all other manufacturers that knock off strats and teles do
the head stock shape, the scale length, the fact it stays in tune < no offense Teles >
I own Chibsons
none say Gibson on the headstock
JMP/HBE
Well-known member
In my case its taken 4 decades to aquire the only guitar ive ever wanted since 1980.
Ive had plenty of $800 to $1200ish guitars since 1981 6 or 8 SG & LP's but i always had to work fulltime jobs
and pay the rent and raise a family like alot of us.
And i can appreciate a guy liking certain guitars ect.
But don't expect us guys that did everything right to get a dream guitar to be thrilled when someone posts a knock-off of the same guitar.
$.02
Archer250
New member
There are millions of clones made by Chinese factories that are very well made, very affordable, and have their own brand names that don't sound bad either.
People do buy those and I've been tempted as well (as an aside: Keipro is IME the best value "modern strat")
But that's the difference. A Chibson, saying "Gibson" on the headstock (and similar) are literally fakes that can easily change from "I just want this but I don't have the money" to "I can be coy and scam some retard with this"
I never really cared too much about copyright and trademarks and all that (although Larry DiMarzio is probably in leagues with some witches considering that everytime my friend and I plan to get double cream pickups from somebody else, we never managed to), but copying the logo onto something that it isn't is 100% going to be used to scam people somwhere along the line.
I agree with ehdwuld 100% here. Greco made guitars that at a glance looked like Gibsons, but a quick inspection up close shows that it's actually a "Gneco". That's a tell. That's useful.
I think it's very much anybody's right what they buy and what they choose to do with their property, but IMO the only way to deal with a chibson is to either debadge it before you sell it, or to just keep it to yourself for life.
People do buy those and I've been tempted as well (as an aside: Keipro is IME the best value "modern strat")
But that's the difference. A Chibson, saying "Gibson" on the headstock (and similar) are literally fakes that can easily change from "I just want this but I don't have the money" to "I can be coy and scam some retard with this"
I never really cared too much about copyright and trademarks and all that (although Larry DiMarzio is probably in leagues with some witches considering that everytime my friend and I plan to get double cream pickups from somebody else, we never managed to), but copying the logo onto something that it isn't is 100% going to be used to scam people somwhere along the line.
I agree with ehdwuld 100% here. Greco made guitars that at a glance looked like Gibsons, but a quick inspection up close shows that it's actually a "Gneco". That's a tell. That's useful.
I think it's very much anybody's right what they buy and what they choose to do with their property, but IMO the only way to deal with a chibson is to either debadge it before you sell it, or to just keep it to yourself for life.
I don't know the ratio of those who want to rip others off to those that just want something that says 'Gibson' on it. I suspect it is 50/50. But I am on the side of people keeping their intellectual property. It isn't like there aren't cheap, good guitars out there without the fake Gibson on there. What keeps people buying them? Vanity, I'd guess.
hamerfan
Well-known member
Thats a bit like Mexicans pretend that they speak better Spanish than Castilians.
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
Rex_Rocker
Well-known member
I've always thought it's not hard to spot a Chibson. It's all good if you like them. But I don't think Chibsons look like Gibsons if you've got a faint idea of what a Gibson actually looks like.
RanchManSandy
New member
sorry that your feelings are so fragile
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
My friend was on vacation in Florida and his girlfriend's BIL walks in with a Gibson Black Beauty he got at a yard sale for $450-500. The sent me a picture and I instantly said it was a fake. They argued with me for an hour and looked up the serial number which was legit (but not stamped correctly). Finally, I told them to open the control cavity and ...boom! They knew it wasn't a Gibson. They took it back and told the woman it was a fake. She apologized and said she didn't know it was a bootleg and refunded them. They drove around the block and five minutes later she had it back on the lawn for the same price.
Masta' C
Well-known member
But don't expect us guys that did everything right to get a dream guitar to be thrilled when someone posts a knock-off of the same guitar.
$.02
You managed to score a guitar you've dreamed about for 40 years and you get the added pride of knowing: 1) It's the real deal and 2) you worked very hard for it.
But someone's Chibson isn't your guitar. It isn't going to feel the same, sound the same, or have the same age and character that yours does.
It's just a functional replica, that's all. As such, I can understand not being excited about Chibson posts, but I wouldn't let these posts get under your skin. Remember, it's YOUR guitar they're trying to replicate!
Also, who knows...if you had access to these Chibsons 40 years ago ($300 today is equivalent to about $80 in 1980 dollars) while you were a broke young dude starting a family, you probably would have been excited about the opportunity to possibly own your "dream" guitar much sooner!
RanchManSandy
New member
lmao imagine admitting out loud that people buying Chibsons somehow cheapens the magic of your real Gibson, and that this irrational feeling makes you some sort of hero
