"This is going to be awsome the epiphone is going to go dunt" goes one for 30 seconds lol

What I've learned over the years is, As long as you can play halfway decent all the drunk people in the room don't know what guitar you have, and 99% don't care. It only matters to the musician because it makes the job easier or to brag about how fancy the inlays are.

A gifted musician can make heavenly sounds on a crappy instrument. A lousy musician can make crappy sounds on top class instrument. I belong to the second group. Therefore I will buy a Epiphone and buy me more music lessons... ;) Cheers

12:50 brb buying an epiphone les paul standard

If the reason for the added sustain from the Epiphone hasn't already been addressed; The Epiphone LP's are solid, with no weight relief chambers. The vibrations stays more on the stings than transferring to the body. This also explains why the guitar is less resonant than its Gibson cousins. (Sounding dull unplugged). LP's from yesteryear, with their solid, non-chambered bodies, will sustain for days like their poor cousins.

With all the comments and eulogising about how great Gibson are, and the detail etc (all of which is true) then the Epiphone goes "F**K THIS! TAKE THAT GIBSON!" and sustains a note for an insane amount of time; totally killing it's two bigger brothers! That really was hilarious! lol

Those guys make a 400 dollar epiphone sound like a 4000 dollar gibson

Dude, go to MyLesPaul forum and look at the Epiphone threads. They are not frowned upon there! . I have an Epiphone LP, and have owned an epiphone 1961 reissue SG and an epiphone ES-339. They were and are all fantastic with flawless workmanship. I would never pay 3 or 4 times the cost just to have "Gibson" on the headstock. People who bad mouth epiphones have not played one recently!

Epiphone rules. Goes to show you don't need expensive gear, to have good tone

3:23 I forgot you were in the UK for a moment and I was like _"Damn, he must be Hercules to carry that thing"_

Captain: Lets try an Epiphone Les Paul! Rob: I'm already excited! Captain: It's probably going to go, 'Urrp-ip!' Rob: HAHAHAHA!!! *Yes it most certainly will kinda laughter because it's cheap shit!* Rob hit's the note!* 29 - Mandella's dead, Ukraine Uprising, New Series of Top Gear starts - seconds later... In awe of!

I knew that Epi was gonna sustain like a beast. You'd be surprised how well some of the Korean and Chinese guitars sustain with just a classic rock album's amount of gain/overdrive/distortion

Yea that pretty much explains why a Gibson is so expensive, the labor and effort they put into making it aesthetically pleasing, which is great to have if you can afford it, but there's not much else to it other than that!

12:50 Lmao RIP Gibson

Here's a drinking game for this video: Take a shot every time the Captain says "uh" or "um." Hard Mode: Don't die of alcohol poisoning.

I have a good relationship with my Epiphone 😏

Don't know what you are saying about Epis. Epiphones these days are incredibely good. Nowdays you are paying just for a name on the headstock when you buy a Gibson. I'd rather not get ripped off.

I have been thinking of upgrading my epiphone to a studio... not sure this video convinced me. But essentially on the other hand, it is a standard without the paintwork.

I've had my epiphone les pau Custom for ten years now. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Familiarity with your gear makes plain that much better

Not a big deal, but the epiphone binding isn't paint, it's just a cheap single ply plastic binding. SOURCE: Stripped an epiphone, with a heat gun, and the stupid binding peeled off. It's indeed plastic.

@19:18 paradise city- G&R solo

By far the best comparison video out there thanks guys.

Thank you guys very much. Since its practically in my budget I can get an epiphone studio.

Call me crazy but I thought the Epi sounded the best.

It sounds to me like the Epiphone is better than both gibsons

Thanks for posting this amazing video guys! Please do not stoping posting videos!

skip to 11:30 for the craziest results of a sustain test you'll ever see

12:51 the FUNNIEST part of this damn video! hahahaha i was so shocked the epiphone had the longest sustain and chappers' expression is priceless hahaa well done

I just bought an epiphone les Paul plus top and I can confirm that it has excellent sustain.

I own a 2012 Epiphone LP Trad Pro Limited ed. with Open “Zebra Coil” ProBucker™-3 humbucker w/coil tapping pups & they are awesome sounding and it also out sustains my 2014 Gibson SG special with 490r & 490t pups and I have done blind sound test with some of my musician friends who are in pro bands here in Las Vegas and couldn't believe how close both guitars sounded played through my Marshall DSL5C practice amp with and without pedals hooked up so I must have got a real good set of ProBuckers, both guitars have coil split or tapping how ever you prefer to call them, this is a keeper guitar for sure! :)

They are all incredible instruments. Own an Epiphone Les Paul and love it. Might upgrade to a Gibson one day but would never get rid of it.

I just got that same Epi Standard, same color too... and I can get sustain just like that! WTF??? Blows my LP Custom out of the water in sustain.

This description is not true for 2014 Epiphones. The binding is NOT painted on - it is added in the same way as a Gibson apart from the fret ends! I have a Gibson Standard Les Paul 2003 for which I paid £1300 and a 2014 Epiphone which cost £345 and there is little to choose between them!

My LesPaul Studio is in Alpine White with golden hardware and Ebony fretboard. Nothing missing in the good looks category and it sounds just awesome. Surely different than my two other LesPauls but even those sound very different from each other due to different hardware and paint... - one is a faded one and the other a 2010 Traditional Pro with locking tuners and split coils...

I had an Epiphone Les Paul back in 98-99, it was one of the best sounding guitars I ever owned, especially on the neck pickup.

Captains wrong , plastic binding and purfling is used on a epiphone

I have two Epi Les Paul's and play them live every weekend. They stay in tune fine even with considerable bending. Epiphone Les Paul guitars are a great buy for any level of playing. Spending more doesn't always get you a better product. I have a 73 Gibson Les Paul that I have owned since about 1975 and although it is very nice I actually have come to prefer my black 2006 Epiphone Les Paul for live gigs. The sustain and fat crunch is wicked. This video does not surprise me at all. The sustain on my Epiphone Standard is better than my Gibson Standard absolutely.

Video proved enough. They had two Gibsons. But they were playing Epiphone all along. And dat sustain... Man, awesome video)

Lee's playing... liquid musical gold injected straight into my headphones... :)

They own a music shop of course they will want you to buy the pricey one !!!

I've met guys guys obsessed with their guitars, slagging off certain brands or models, they have a whole stable of varied guitars - and they basically have nothing singular or inspiring about their style. Its just like Billy Gibbons says in the episode of Guitar Moves he does with Kid Rock: There is something to be said about how you APPROACH your instrument, meaning, its all in the hands, my friend. Billy could blow you away on the crappiest Tele Copy with some shitty amp...and he would still sound like he his soul to the devil. I have a friend that plays really well, and he's really got a distinctive style, he's just fun to watch and listen to. And you know what? He never has the money for a good electric guitar, and he'll take the shittiest guitar out there and be like "wow, this things cool, I like the way it sounds" and just captivate his audience (albeit just a few friends sitting around) So I'd say get the best guitar you can for your money, its fun to shop around and try different stuff, but the energy you put into bumming out because you can't afford an American Custom Shop model, I'd say put that energy into developing your own distinctive style. Just my observation

I swear, if these guys were in a pitch black room and someone told them a gibson was being played when in reality the epiphone was being played, they wouldn't know the difference.

Dat Epiphone sustain! I remember when seeing that word on the neck of a guitar meant someone was guaranteed to sound terrible. You'd see it in a band and just walk away from the stage. How far they've come.

I have a '14 Epi. LP Standard Plus-top Pro and it's pretty awesome for $400 USD. Has a great flamed maple top that is every bit as "3D" as any Gibson. It sustains forever and keeps it's tune very well. I will likely buy a Gibson someday, just to say I did, but for now....My Epiphone rocks.

iam going for the epi coz i dont have money for a gibs

buying aftermarket bridge and tailpieces for your epiphone will do alot of help with sustain and overall "feel" of the guitar.

I own a Les Paul Studio red wine. I bought it like 15 years ago and is absolutely fantastic. But..inlove with my PRS's.

I am really addicted to watching these videos

I read a lot comments here with complains. So This is my story. Read it carefully. I've tested lot Gibsons in meticulous way. I did 600 recorded variations and compare them with each other. I'm pro audio mixer/sound designer with own sound school in Ukraine. My 10 students with me have been comparing Studios/Traditionals/Custom/ Custom 68 Reissue/Reissue 57/Junior Reissue 57. We spent half a year. So this is our conclusion. 1. Gibson USA uses too dense wood and these guitars sound too sharp. If guitar has weight relief it sounds cheaper and unfocused. 2. Cusom Shop uses more expensive wood and it sounds much better. Actually Only Custom Shop sounds like it is for top pro recordings. 3. There is no perfect guitar. Any guitar sounds different with own benefits and shortcomings. 4. Custom has darker sound for dark music. And 9 holes in modern Custom can be problem with focusing of sound. Reissue (Standard 1957) sounds brighter. We can say it suits to lighter genres. But of course there are no rules. Junior Reissue is a briliant. It costs much less than Standard Reissues but has the same good wood and sound. It sounds darker and People don't know that it can be very good on the high gain. Listen to Theory of a Deadman 'Sun has set on me'. 5. Pickups make your sound different but you can't change a lot with pickup changing. Anyway 498T is the fatter pickup with muddy sound sometimes. p90 is fat cingle coil. Burstbucker 1,2,3 are the kings. BB1 sounds brighter and thiner. BB2 is balanced. BB3 has more lows and mids and less highs. If your guitar makes too much harmonics and details change BB to 57 classic. It sounds fatter and smother. BB with Alnico V magnet makes your sound more bright with high mids. my own choice is BB2 and P90 on Junior Reissue. 6. Remember a lot of factors affect on your guitar. type and age of strings, wiring, capasitors, pots etc. Even material of frets. 7. What my students and I recomend to buy. Of course only Custom Shop Reissues. Custom Reissue for metal. Reissue for lighter metal or pop or blues. Junior Reissue is the real finding. In spite of unknown status in comparison with Reissues Junior Reissue sounds in the same ligue with lower price. For example if you have money for Gibson U.S.A. LP Standard don't buy it. You'd better buy Junior Reissue.

that captain guy just assumes everyone has over a grand to spend on a guitar...

Hey guys, you're amazing. A warm and lovely "Hello" from a Brazilian fan :)

I have a 81 Les Paul Standard and recently replaced the Kluson tuning keys with Kluson Deluxe locking tuning keys, I found that the new Kluson keys firmed up the strings and took most of the slop that one feels when playing when the keys flop around in the headstock. Major improvement in feel and play.

When I started 50 years ago epiphone was junk, but most instruments were, except for three or four particular expensive models. Now, epiphone is better in many models.....weird

They shrug off the Epi and say it was just "that one note" that sustained 4 x longer than the Gibsons. Um, says who?

I actually owned a 2009 Gibson les Paul studio raw power. That was a special guitar to me it was in the satin white finish and unlike any other version of that series I had ever seen it had a maple fretboard and dot inlays and Grover deluxe tuners pick-ups were the 57 classics if you could get one just like that on here and demo it I'd love to hear that beauty again

What an interesting video. :) Clearly Lee believed that the Gibson sound would equate to Gibson price-points... as it should. Then there's the embarrassing tone-test where the Epiphone came out on top... and from then on, Lee seemingly expresses every view of the Epiphone to try and justify why anyone would purchase an American Gibson. Priceless !

the epiphone is gonna be like beep...ha xD guitar be like hell nah i gonna go for ages !!

I've got an Epiphone SG from 2004 and its sounds like the sexiest thing in the world through my Blackstar HT5R, Id say that the Gibsons and Epiphones are pretty much the same in my opinion

I have an Epiphone les paul (plus top pro I guess) and never felt the need to get a Gibson. LOVE IT!!! :)

Dunno if its just me but something about the epiphones crunch tone is just incredible

So funny listening to The Captain trying to put Down Epiphone and justify The Gibson haha. They even repeated the sustain test to discredit the Epi but it won again haha. Gibson is a £2,000 name on a headstock - you definitely can't hear it in the tone/sound. Thumbs up to the Epi 👍👍👍

I feel like this definitely shows that you're paying for the name in the headstock. I mean the studio is pretty expensive, but definitely not worth that much more than an epiphone. Hell, I'd prefer the epiphone...

this is a great video guys, really been helping me out about what to buy

Love my LP studio, have a 2011 faded/worn cherry model, beautiful and feels amazing in my hands haha...had it for about 2 yes now and plan on keeping it for many more to come

Epiphones are great guitars when you replace the pickups, pots, switches, nut, knobs, bridge, tuners, headstock, neck, and body with Gibson parts.

Love you guys and have watched plenty of your spots but you've got to shorten (edit) or pieces. I just don't have the time for a 33 minute video. Keep them coming but cut them in half. Stay focused and hire a producer and an editor.

i bought a gibson before i considered myself near "pro" but i was a classical flute player for many years before, i could understand the tone and clarity that i love in my gibson and it helped me hear things better as i played it, i dont think you should never buy a gibson unless your pro; if you want the quality, go for it, it can only help

Their faces were priceless when the epi just wouldn't quit!!!!

What about comparing the Gibsons with a Vintage V100?

sweet child o `mine with the bridge pick up?? you msut be kidding me :p

I own all 3 of these guitars, of course my favorite is the Gibson LP standard. If you are on a tight budget I would definitely go with the Epiphone LP plus-top pro, it plays really well, I personally think it sounds better than the Gibson LP studio and you can't beat the price for it's looks and it's play ability.

From the guys who brought you "tonewood proof", this summer prepare for "Painted binding, Nitro-compressed sound and very high-quality/more resonant timbers". Either way, this is still a cool yt channel to watch reviews :)

28:20 FIRST TIME HEARING ROB SWEAR

I like my epi

ive just bought an epi les paul standard and it's the same sustain.....amazing!!!!!!!!!!

I've been playing forever and when I got my first Gibson Les Paul I was mesmerized instantly. The tone is different. The feel is different. The guitar melts in your hands. You know why you paid more than an Epiphone after the first note.

l am all for comparison tests, but if I can only afford an epi les pau etc, then how does it sound through an affordable amp? it all sound good with shot hot guitar players and expensive amps and pedals, but I don't have that cash...

I wish that other companies could make Les Paul style guitars with exact shape! no ugly deformed paul, I mean these things are classic. tired of only seeing Epiphone and Gibsons. I'm sure other companies could make a hell of a better job making these for a reasonable price, I hate these lawsuiting bullcrap, Gibson is the Apple of guitars, lawsuiting for everything. Unlike fender, thousands of companies get their strat guitar model and they don't cry like babies

That little fashion show was glorious.

Sustain on epiphone is just very good simple as that. If i had the money i'd buy the gibson for the overall quality, tuning, pickups but i'm perfectly happy with my epiphone. It's very high quality and i recommend it to anyone.

sweet child o mine on the bridge pickup?

You never finished your explanation that you started at around the 29 minute mark, about tunings.

12:50 Epiphone destroys ALL.........................my 2012 version is surprisingly resonate as well tap the neck and it resonates alot, maybe a fluke I guess.

music is still fun in any funky environment, even when im playing my Gibson LPJ(490r/498t)or my Epiphone gold top banamasso (burstbuckers) , people just wanna shake their booty and if u can make your guitar sing your job is done. happy new year to all guitar players of the world

I have an epiphone les paul standard and it sounds just as good as a 1500 gibson. gibsons are so overpriced. I plan on changing pickups to seymour duncans on my epiphone.

28:20, 'fuck' was not censored ogm

Ahh the memories.. my first electric was an epiphone les paul studio

Always great videos guys!!!

they all sound the same to me. But I'm a fender guy, Cheers

epiphone is good. not better than gibson but as good.

I put some great Seymour Duncans on an Epihone 335 and it sounds amazing. Total investment: $600. Gibson 335 is like $2400.00. I understand the differences, but the cost benefit ratio doesn't justify the additional expense

the pickups on the epiphone dont have as much of a wax coating so that note is just sustaining more due to feedback. The wax coating is used to prevent the feedback from happening and it helps to tame the highs.

I would go back into my house if it was on fire to rescue my Epiphone Elitist Casino and my Epiphone Les Paul Plus Top Pro, could you be any more offensive to Epiphone owners? Completely disagree with this guy putting Epiphone down in a round about way. 90% of players don't want or can't afford or simply won't justify spending stupid money on a Gibson. Plus I think 90% of players who are basically hobbyists and don't make their living from playing don't actually warrant spending silly money on a Gibson just because 'it's a Gibson'. Another thing that sorta boils my piss is the 'explanation' (or lack of) that I hear in this video (@25:14) and I have had it said to me in guitar shops from sales guys so many times... banging on about the 'quality' of the maple or the quality of a certain wood type... but that is NEVER elaborated on and explained fully. How exactly is the Gibson maple better than the Epiphone maple? Do they interview the wood? Utter sales pitch tosh in my opinion to try and up sell. Gibson guitars are very nice and they are great guitars if you can afford them and want them. Epiphones are made to a price point and they are 100% quality. So many pros still use them over Gibson guitars, for a reason.

I think Epiphone uses hotter pickups than Gibson's more vintagey made pickups, which may contribute to the sustain in this video.

I have a les paul custom 89 but i do think the studio sounded amazing even better than the standard maybe.

Indeed, bro. I bought an Epi Les Paul, the 59' reissue and compaired to the Gibsons I've played it is pretty good.

Unless you happen to be Jimmy Page, a les paul looks ridiculous on someone when they have low strung it.

EPIPHONE HANDS DOWN !!!!!

had to go to sleep, but I so loved your videos and kept on listening last night...

Great video for helping people choose. Thanks.