Chapman Are Doing It Again

It's been a while since I last talked about Chapman Guitars but I thought I'd take a look at their new workshop series they've just released and compare it to the previous attempts at a British range.

Chapman Reverb (Reverb Affiliate Link)

Timestamps
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0:00 Intro
0:23 1st Attempt
1:05 2nd Attempt
1:59 3rd Attempt (British Standard)
6:50 Bargin Bin
8:06 4th Attempt
9:35 The Workshop?
11:05 A Bold Move

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[Impulses]

Is it just me, or has Chapman morphed into the James Corden of the guitar world?

[nickioa]

The blue British ML-1 was mine. It was built by Jaden Rose along with one for Nick Johnston and Rob himself (who sold his own model as soon as I informed him that I was going to sell mine and terminate the relationship).

The guitar itself was fine but not better than any of the guitars that Jaden built under his own name. And that is where the problem lies - by "Chapmanising" guitars from Jaden Rose, Sims Custom, PJD or any other workshop, the guitar buyer loses out. They have to pay a substantially higher price and lose the experience of having a guitar built to their own specifications.

I feel it is a sneaky act to continually obscure the fact that these guitars are, and always have been built by workshops that buyers can also access directly. That doesn't gel with Lee's claims of impartiality and being on the side of his customers; I wonder if that is why he always looks so uncomfortable whenever he appears publicly with Rob nowadays.

I wish them the best but I implore anyone considering a British Chapman to also consider some of the other British brands available around (and even well below) the £3500 price point; Grays Guitars, Patrick James Eggle, PJD, Gordon Smith, Mike Smith Guitars to name but a few.

[jonwanrocks]

idk what good i put out in the universe to deserve this but KDH shooting on chapman is one of my favorite things on the planet

[DovydasMusic]

We are approaching the Chappening anniversary soon so this seems just in time for the big celebration

[liamdowling]

Chappers, the David Brent of the guitar world.

[BenScott]

That was some damn good investigative journalism. Nice work, dude.

[entombedthrower]

I cannot believe this, I literally 20 minutes ago rewatched the Chapman audio audit. Funny how it works. Love your stuff man🤘🏻

[burresseffects]

Glad I wasn’t the only one who raised an eyebrow when this was announced.

[RobHGuitar]

This video has more views than the actual Chapman announcement video, it's crazy how far his channel has fallen view-wise. I remember back in the day he was pretty much the biggest guitar YouTuber

[timpit]

I was seriously thinking of purchasing a Chapman guitar. Thank you for bring things to light with this video and the one 3yrs ago which I just watched. Glad I didn’t make that mistake especially after seeing the quality of his guitars.

[megalul]

KDH the equalizer of the YT guitar community.

[wretchedrider]

Stellar video! I, like many I'm sure, started out enjoying Rob's original videos in his music closet with PRS and Orange Amps. Oh, how the mighty have fallen... He knew how to manipulate the system, even back then. Gets free/cheap gear as an endorsed artist without ever really gigging? Bravo, Chappers! And God bless you, KDH, for standing up to the troll monster!

[markhunstein]

Oh heck yeah, inject that good good pointed and well thought out good faith criticism of Chapman directly into my veins

[SH]

I had a Chapman. It was a very pretty guitar and felt good to play. But recently hit some financial issues and it was the first guitar to go just to pay rent. And with thing's that @KDH pointed out previously I have soured on Rob. His sleaziness is so easy to see now. So it was easy to part with.

[stavrose]

Those “reliced” guitars in the video looked absolutely horrendous! Incredible that the brand put their name to them. And interesting to see the use of the expression “brand new sold as overstock” on marked down guitars on the chapman guitars reverb channel. I translate “overstock” as can’t sell…

[pavanpatel]

I agree with KDH. What probably happened is that no one wanted to buy these. Asking 3500 GBP in 2018 for an off-the-shelf guitar from a little-known manufacturer (PJD) and a brand run by someone like Rob Chapman is a big ask. You could buy an Ibanez J Custom, a Suhr, ESP etc with that money.

[aliengrey]

Thank god you are monitoring this situation.

[inquisitor]

I just re-watched the old Chapman audit recently and now we have this.

[gwaredd]

Rob Chapman... the gift that keeps giving. I wonder how he'll react this time.

[carlkilonwise]

Good show sir. Thank you for posting! Chapman for me was a nightmare. Never again.