The Most Hilarious Gibson Bashing Video I've Ever Seen!

Clockworkmike said:
It's fair to say that for the most part: you do get what you pay for I guess. While I personally am ok with like you said, playing what you like; it's also worth noting that someone can't judge an entire company as a whole for one guitar they might've bought on the lowest end of the spectrum.

That's the problem with these kinds of people here. Same kinda people who would go buy a Les Paul Tribute Honeyburst and then complain about the lack of binding they saw on a Standard Honeyburst, not really grasping the level of guitar they bought. Nothing in the world wrong with a Tribute but it's built with less features intentionally to make it more affordable but that seems to be lost on someone randomly buying it, thinking they really were gonna get top grade for that price.


It's the same logic as car buying. The sell base models everyday and then they sell deluxe versions of the same model. And Im sure dealers have to suffer idiots over that same argument everyday on why this version costs more than this one when it's the same model.
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You also end up with the law of diminishing returns as you head up the scale, whether a guitar, car, watch, or really any consumer product. Yes, a $1200 entry-level Les Paul is a basic proposition and I have found that they can't even come close to what you get jumping up to a $2800 Standard. To me that Standard really is twice as good when you factor everything in (gloss nitro, binding, inlays, overall attention to detial). But... is a $6k CS Les Paul twice as good as a $2800 USA one? Up to you, but in my experience the answer is no; they are a total wash in tone, and close enough in playablility that if you know how to set one up there is essentially no difference. What you get with more money is bragging rights and a nicer finish. Which is why I no longer own any CS guitars, personally I feel they are a rip.
 
Personally, I kinda got a kick out of her video.

Sure, I have three Gibsons, and I like them, but that doesn't mean I have to take it personally when she rags on them.

I thought parts of it were kind of funny.

I snickered at the statement about the SG being designed by a twelve year old. Makes me wonder now if that's where the first engineer to come up with the design got it from! Maybe his twelve year old kid drew a guitar and he took the idea to the Gibson staff meeting the next day!

Characterizing the Les Paul as an acoustic guitar in drag wearing cheetah print was kind of funny, too.

To be fair, she did express some appreciation for the Flying V.
 
smitty_p said:
Personally, I kinda got a kick out of her video.

Sure, I have three Gibsons, and I like them, but that doesn't mean I have to take it personally when she rags on them.

I thought parts of it were kind of funny.

I snickered at the statement about the SG being designed by a twelve year old. Makes me wonder now if that's where the first engineer to come up with the design got it from! Maybe his twelve year old kid drew a guitar and he took the idea to the Gibson staff meeting the next day!

Characterizing the Les Paul as an acoustic guitar in drag wearing cheetah print was kind of funny, too.

To be fair, she did express some appreciation for the Flying V.
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Could care less what people think. I play them because I've tried everything and always gone back to Les Pauls. FInally, I just accepted it and now have nothing but LP's. If others don't like them I don't care

 
Thatbastarddon said:
Indeed. That entire video was a troll….don’t feed the trolls.
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Very true! But God knows I've never been accused of having any semblance of either good judgement, class, refinement, restraint or common sense. But I was blessed with wonderful gifts of blankness and trivially petty anger lmao
 
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Session 5 said:
This article published in 2017, do you think some of the reasons in this article, is why Gibson is reaching out with lawsuits, because they are losing market share..I believe it is. Now here we are a few years later, with all the new changes in the organization, have things changed for the better. Not so sure they have.



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A company like Gibson - or Fender for that matter - do not see market changes on the same level as we do. The perspective is different.

The people who would buy a Les Paul Replica, do so because they are either unwilling - or unable - to purchase the genuine article, and therefore, they would never be considered in this equation anyways.

This is, i believe, to be a universal truth and a byproduct of consumerism. You can apply this logic to all manner of products in the modern marketplace.

Gibson has its niche, as does Fender. Some buyers subscribe to a doctrine of blind brand loyalty. Others, shop strictly on the premise of trying to find the cheapest - playable - guitar they can possibly find.

Still fewer, i think, regard the USA Made Gibsons as the last holdout of American made quality, notwithstanding just how many of your guitar heroes have played them.

Modern artists, like Machine Gun Kelly, have popularized the pink Schecter, Cobain popularized a Mustang, Robbin Crosby popularized the Jacksons, and Eric Johnson, SRV and Hendrix the Stratocaster.

The funny part is, nobody realizes how the "replicas" of these artist's guitars are in no way even close to the ones played by the artist, except in appearance. I have seen this firsthand in my time working at Fender in artist relations.

Its all about marketing. Its all about sponsorship. Its about influencing a purchase based on appealing to your influences, whomever and whatever those might be.

I paid $1,200.00 for a pre-release Ibanez DT-555 in 1983, mostly because i saw Phil Collen playing it on Def Leppard's video of 'Photograph.'

Now, i have evolved to a point where scale length, neck radius, fret longevity, tone and reliability - along with American manufacturing - has become much more important to me.

I've owned imported guitars that were playable. I had two very good Schecters and a MIK Squire, the latter of which i gigged with for 28 years. But, none of them can match the $3,000 2021 Gibson Les Paul 50's Standard Gold Top for feel, recirded tone and overall quality.

None of the $800 to $1,000 Gibsons were even close in terms of fit, finish and quality - and you cannot expect them to be - when you see the labor that goes into a Gibson build. To make them cheap requires significant cuts.

Play whatever you like....
Don O said:
I turned the sound off to read Mike’s comment. Reminded me of an old saying my dad had:

”Consider the source; then ignore it”
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Or call in an air strike.
 
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