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[–] MisterSlippery 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

I am not super into the 339 body style, I think it's cool, but there are a load more guitars I would buy before it. In general, I would buy a "Chibson" knock off on Aliexpress before I'd buy a modern Epiphone, they're cheaper and have the same quality.

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[–] self_stirring_coffee [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Ah, ok, I haven't really had any experience with those guitars - I've seen them on there before but the whole dodgy aliexpress vibe put me off a bit :P. That's quite interesting.

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[–] MisterSlippery 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Aliexpress uses an escrow service, the sellers don't get paid until you sign off on the product.

I have had a few "Chibsons" I don't own any of them anymore, not because they weren't good guitars but because I moved countries or traded them. The videos on YouTube are pretty correct, I really like PixxyLixx's videos.

The "burst" Les Pauls they sell do not have a maple cap, it's a paper thin veneer, I had "Greeny" burst copy and found this out when I swapped the pickups out to do the Peter Green mod. I installed a Vari-Tone control on it (Like you see on B.B. King's 335) and rewired it with vintage wiring.

I bought a white Les Paul custom (really, really white!) and I liked it better, again I swapped out the wiring and pickups.

When they come from the factory in China they almost always need a proper setup, but quality wise they are right up there with Epiphone... the original pickups in both of mine had Epiphone sickers on them. I ended up giving the custom to a singer songwriter friend of mine in London, she loves it a lot and wouldn't part with it, she's had it like 6 or 7 years now.

I have recently been considering buying another "Chibson" Les Paul custom as I have a lot of spare parts hanging around I could use to upgrade and mod it with... I guess that's the real cool thing about the chibsons, you mod the crap out of them worry free because at the end of the day you're messing with a $200 guitar, not a $3000 to $4000 guitar.