Gibson Les Paul Custom Vs Epiphone Les Paul Modern

[BaritoneGoatStudio]

Well… there definitely isn’t a $5, 350 difference in tone.

[caseylee]

At over $5000 less, the Epiphone sounds "better enough"😂

[jamesmichell]

I've played for nearly 40 years now and it's all about how the guitar feels in ya hands and ya rig!!!

[Afeller]

The value isn’t just in the pickups- it’s in the playability and reliability. A $200 German Floyd rose original and a $50 Chinese knockoff sound the same but the $150 goes to the bridge holding intonation and lasting longer

[bbk]

The epi is just slightly more muddy sounding but the main sound is there and I would just get the Epiphone

[josepherwin]

I’ve got a couple of Epiphones and they’re really good guitars, but I’ve got a Gibson Les Paul Custom as well and there’s nothing that feels like that. In my hands, in my chest, in my head. It’s worth the money.

[zaccarter]

The one that you keep playing is the better one. I bought a Les Paul standard 50s after being disappointed by the Epiphone 1959 kit Les Paul (highest dollar LP that isn’t a signature for Epiphone). You can say I paid too much, but after watching and touring the Gibson USA factory, it has tons of hands-on sections of manufacturing and proud employees. Get your value guitar sure, but it was inspiring to see how much work goes into the carve, finish, nitro lacquer, and set neck for Gibson guitars. Most people that dump on Gibson guitars are the same people that would pay $1.5k+ for a bolt-on neck with polyurethane lacquer. Talk about margins. Whatever you like go ahead. Guitars have diminishing returns in the higher budgets and somewhere out there is a person better than all of us with some Squier or unknown cheap brand. Ultimately I paid more for the passion I saw in my tour and love my guitar more because of what I saw. Not for everyone as consistency is for from perfect, as like I said there are a bunch of hands-on parts in the manufacturing. Always play the guitar you want if you can or go through reputable retailers that keep their guitars in a well kept environment. Guitar center has some of the driest fret boards on the floor.

[locar]

That $650 can be equipped with $100 pickups and sound the same with the $6000 already

[stratojazzy]

The real question is which feels better

[banmasterx]

Finally a guitar comparison where the more expensive guitar doesnt have built in drums and bass

[captainbongwater]

Title should be “do different pickups sound different” 💀

[ianmac]

Pro tip: Buy a Les Paul Tribute. You get the exact same pickups that are in a custom and the build quality rules. Also, it’s a 1/5 of the price!

[LuciferMornStar]

I bought a Chinese strat that had a near perfect body neck. I Needed to sand down the ends of the frets below the bottom string. But it wouldn't play but in the bridge position on the pickups. Had no tone, and the volume was scratchy. It had the pickups in HSS. I had some strat and telecaster wiring and pickups. So I used a Tele wiring harness that had a H, and a double hot rail with a spliter and I added a humbucker to it for a HHand the hot rail at the neck. Only the rail pickup worked. I was about ready to hang the guitar on the wall for decoration when I stumbled across a strat pick guard that had all Gibson and Epi pickups and electronics except for the strat 5 way switch. It has a pushbutton switch that is a on and off switch . And 4 toggle switches. All mounted on the pick guard. So it was an easy installation, I just need to remove a lil more material beneath the pick-ups so everything sits nice and level.
I wanted a Les Paul copy to begin with, but I couldn't afford the shipping, which was more than the guitar! Now it looks like I have a Les Paul that is disguised as a strat with H, H, H pick-ups. I thought it was coming in gold color pick-ups and knobs but they were silver. Which is okay, it actually looks better than the gold would have.
I'm a beginner, so I'm kinda confused about what the toggle switches are for! I'm thinking that each humbucker has a splitter, and the 4th toggle a master splitter for all the pick-ups. Can anyone tell me if I'm right or are they something else??? I can't hardly wait to get it up and playing. I'm just waiting for a new set of router bits and strings to finish my rebuild!
Buy the way I can't tell the difference between your Gibson and Epiphone with my eyes shut. I'm hoping my Chinese fake strat turns out to be a Frankenstein! If I could afford it, I'd buy that Epiphone in a heartbeat!

[factotum]

First one sound brighter, but anything can be changed that with pots and pickups.

[LottimusMaximus]

I feel like a little EQ work and they could be nearly identical.

[BenGenderson]

I've a LP Custom and an Epiphone LP modern, I prefer the Epiphone. Its so much more comfortable to play and still gives great tone

[johnfarmer]

I own an Epiphone, and I've always felt like they are the Gibson factory seconds. Like they're good enough, but they are missing the level of shine and refinement that a Gibson has. I would certainly get a Gibson, if I had the money, but I happily play the crap out of my Epiphone. They're pretty darn good.

[adecree]

Great lesson on why strings and amp/pedal setups matter so much. Both sound great

[telebruel]

It’s not only tone it’s the one that holds tune

[davidjames]

The second one sounds warm, the first one sounds crisp.