A Greco and Burny face off against a 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom

A/B-ing a Greco EGC-600, a Burny RLC-65 57' model against my early 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom.
All guitars are stringed with DR Pure Blues 10-46 gauge strings.

The tracks were recorded DI first, then re-amped through a Supro Black Magick for clean and crunchy tones, and an original 1987 Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 head going into a 4x12" cab with Vintage 30 speakers for the higher gain sound. I ran a Ceriatone Centura Klon infront of the Marshall just to slightly saturate and tighten up the sound a bit!

Is there a $20,000 dollar difference in sound between the two Japanese guitars and the vintage Gibson? Let me know in the comments what you think, please hit like and if you like subscribe for future guitar geek endeavors!

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[mountainpeakcloud]

Great comparison! All sounded really good. I feel like the Greco without the pickup covers would make it sound brighter, though they're probably still higher output pickups. I just got a Burny RLC-60 recently and I absolutely love it. I have a Gibson LP Standard I bought new in 2002, which I love, but I find myself playing the Burny a lot more... There's just something about the feel of that guitar, and I love the more vintage voiced pickups. I drive my amps pretty hard with a lot of distortion, but the Burny pickups kind of tame the amp a bit and bring clarity and sweetness to the amp while removing some of the fizz. These MIJ Burnys from the 80s and 90s really are some great deals.

[chucklee]

Shit sounds like same pickups in all 3 guitars. Such a slight difference if you didn't hear them back to back to back. Would it matter. Not to me. Man what a collection. Awesome.

[dragan]

All 3 guitars sound very good, each one a little different with the Greco sounding the darkest however there definately wasnt a $20, 000 difference. Thanks for sharing., all 3 are amazing guitars!

[yfcvtiybr]

Greco is outsider there. At clear sound strings are buzzing. At high gain the sound is soft and fuzzy. Gibson is more punchy, Burny is detailed.
So the Burny is very impressive, because Gibson is a way pricier. Mb Greco 700 or higher would be on par

[ronaldbelford]

I'd say advantage Greco for cutting through the mix. The SCREAMIN' pickups are a good approximation of a nice pair of overwound 70's T-tops, which at least in my book are the trademark sound of 70's Classic Rock.

[captainkirk]

I have a 1990 black Burny LPC. I love it. I did change the pickups to the Brandonwound JP#1 set. Best pickups I've heard. It's perfect and I've had a lot of Gibson LPs. It's going nowhere. Ever.

[Kcapgar]

I’m not saying the Gibson sounded bad. But I do think that both the Burny and the Greco seemed to have more character and richer sound. The Gibson seemed to have a bit of a dead tone

[morbidart]

Which one had a more comfortable neck? And which one were you able to get the lowest action

[mrksdlx]

Wearing Air Pods watching this I liked the Greco pick ups the best to be honest. The Burny and Gibson sounded almost identical to me. There's a Burny LP Custom for sale down the street for $1k. Tempting....

[Jacksonade]

They all sounded great since it's you playing them. That supro sounds killer too.

[metriffs]

Getting a Burny RLC 60 next week, so excited 😊

[Sasketchejuana_man]

The bridge pickup on the vintage custom was really good sounding

[mezzoca]

I don’t know what difference there is between the price of these 3? Sound wise they all sounded very similar, barely a rizla width between them. So if you’re looking to play and practice the cheaper option is a good idea. I do own a 68/69 Gibson Les Paul custom btw.

[ackeheh]

Hey, are you sure that is a MIJ Greco? Looks like it might be cor-tek korea one. But im not sure hard to tell. The pickup cavity would tell you for sure. metal braided wires MIJ normal wires with plastic cor-tek. Also the routing shape is different.

[DavidPayne-mgwc]

The Greco sounds very good, clear highs and tight bottoms!!

[albertaboy]

I'll throw my 2 cents in - I have about 20 MIJ guitars ( mostly Les Paul copies ) from the " Golden Age " of Japanese guitar building. If you had an early to mid 80's Burny ( Kasuga factory is my favorite in that era, although the Matsumoku ones are pretty great too ) RLG/RLC, and a Greco Super Real or Mint Collection from the same era with higher end pickups ( although 'Screamin" are pretty good ), the comparison may be a better one. There would still be differences of course but that would make a little more sense to me. Greco didn't even have a higher end Les Paul copy in the '90's catalogues as they were getting out of that market ( which is what that Greco appears to be ). Mostly Fugijen made but I think there were a few Dynas in there as well. And an early 80's Tokai LS80 or higher would also be nice to compare. Thanks for doing this - nice to see/hear the comparison

[Ahlgren]

Great compersion, after finding out about mij les pauls 20 years ago i sins then sold all my gibsons and only have burnys.

[Hxrocks]

I think the burny sounds best of all three. Burny just more volume and thickness in contrast

[andreaiavazzo]

as long as you don't mount same pickups, electronics and fret on all the three guitar, they obviously sound different from each other. Anyway greco is closer to gibson than burny. Burny and Greco has more sustain to me.

[jimjim]

Great quality sounding guitars enjoy in good health