Les Paul 'Greeny' Deepdive: Epiphone vs Gibson

Just what is the difference between a $3200 Gibson Greeny and its $1500 Epiphone counterpart? Sure, there's some information written about each all over the internet, but I wanted to really get into it and check it out. So I picked both of them up and checked out every inch of them!

If you are curious, check this video out.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Brief history of "Greeny"
01:56 The two models in this review
02:25 The Price
03:10 The Look - the guitar if you were to see it through a shop window.
05:15 The Case - a look into both guitars cases
06:42 The Body - a closer look into each body and the finish
09:23 The Neck - Measurements of each neck
12:14 The Hardware - Tuners and tuning ratio, the bridges, strap buttons, etc
15:28 The Electronics - The pickups and readings and the control cavities.
16:51 Plastic Materials - Inlays, nut, truss rod cover, pickup rings, knobs, etc
21:15 The Feel - The weights, body thicknesses, the feel in your hands.
22:55 The Sound - Neck dive test, sound test of various tones I liked.
25:24 Final Thoughts - My thoughts on everything talked about here.
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[razor]

My Epiphone Greeny arrives Thursday! I’m pretty stoked about it. Thanks for the in-depth reviews, they are all great!

[DrDan]

Fantastic, a very detailed comparison that is a lot more differentiated than many other related videos. Great job! 👌🏻

[mikew]

Thank you for a very fair review of both these guitars and not trashing the Epiphone which seems fashionable amongst other reviewers.

[GypsyLane]

I purchased an Epiphone 1959 Les Paul in a Guitar Center exclusive Lemon Burst finish m at a close out price of $749, added the miss matched knobs, removed the pickguard, forget the out of phase Greeneybuckers, this one comes with Burstbuckers 2-3, and designed my own Greeney! Fantastic…

[jgudzik]

Just got my Epi Greeny yesterday. Thanks for this comparison, it definitely eases any buyer's remorse I may have had!

[barrymiller]

Great review. The Epiphone looks really nice, better than most of the still pics I've seen. I have the Gibson version, i got lucky and got a one of a kind killer top on it. It's an awesome Les Paul..put the whole "greeny" thing to bed as none of them are like the original. Was somewhat suprised in that they both sound nearly identical, i closed my eyes during you're playing demo and couldn't hear a difference. I will more than likely purchase one of the Epiphone's, as I'm on a quest to stack lp's to the roof! Again...great review...

[timallen]

Brilliant comparison. Thankyou.
Your riffs are right up my street, excellent rythym and timing 🤟

[waspcatcher]

Really like how you approach this. The elephant in the room is why not just get an Epiphone 1959 Les Paul, sell its Gibson pickups and buy a set of Greenybuckers. You'll save over $500. The key difference would be the neck profile, but otherwise this feels like a tweaked 1959, but with significant price hike because of the headstock shape.

[kcsvantasticvoyages]

I really think people should try both before knocking Epi price point nowadays. I tried the Epi 58 Explorer and found it better than most Gibsons that I have played, for example.

[Jameswilliam]

Im real glad I got one, it does not feel like an Epiphone.. and i own a 1959 Standard Epiphone too

[mattsaviators]

This channel deserves more subscribers

Great video

[JohnMaag-ft]

I've had my Epiphone Greeny now for 3 weeks and it's an awesome guitar. It actually feels like I'm playing an old Les Paul as that I have played a number of them. Epiphone has knocked this one out of the ball park in feel, playability and tone. It also has a very beautiful flamed maple veneer with some good movement in it.

[donthewatcher]

i put greenybuckers in my Lazarus, Wow it took the guitar to the next Level of Superb the sustain and gain is Flawless i was blown away, i also bought Trogly's epi Greeny, and will get a David Neely set up and compare to the Lazarus as soon as My Epi greeny arrives, once again Ben Great review cheers from Playa Del Rey Ca,

[rj-zero]

Great review, very informative for anyone wishing to purchase a Gibson or Epiphone Greeny. I think the playing/tone was very close, glad they both play great for you.

[joe-dpng]

My feedback no pun intended is that I like the fact that you have both the Gibson and the Epiphone on hand to do your review. Also you pointed out all the major differences and did it objectively not saying you hate something but what you would prefer. To my ears the Gibson had a bit of a tighter crunch sound and didn't fade as much as the Epiphone. I use orange drop caps in my guitars. I don't think many guitar players that I know would ever say high end Epiphone guitars are junk and what I think and hear the most is get a guitar that you like to hold and play a lot. Les Paul's have proven that they can do it all in good hands. They are both Les Paul standard guitar's be proud of your guitar.

[LuisC-gu]

This was a really great and honest review! Thanks man!

[vuduong]

Love your easy going vibe and dedication to editing your vids! Subbed ❤❤❤

[harbonip]

Approach the research and valuable information. 😎👍🏽

[sgmarshall]

Great video!! Absolutely fantastic. I just got the Epiphone version, so I haven’t had much time to compare them, but one thing with mine that you didn’t mention is-the Epiphone is much less nasally in the middle pickup selection than the Gibson. It takes a lot of effort to get mine to have that sound, whereas my Gibson and Vintage Greeny models are much more apparent. My first impression was “This isn’t out of phase!” When I first tried it. I’m still surprised by how much different it is than the others. On my others, the out of phase is difficult to dial out if you want a normal tone. With the Epiphone, I only get that sound if both volumes are around 8 and both tones around 5

[Clayton-ti]

Fantastic review, I have an Epi. Greeny and it has mojo that the previous 50 plus Epi's I've had never did. I love my Greeny