C'est marrant d'autres sur d'autre forum se posent les mêmes question avec les mêmes arguments à la même heure!!!!
Posted: 1:54:42 am on 5/5/2004 Modified: Never
The crafstmanship is the big difference. Even if a Korean/Chinese guitar was made with the same exact materials as a Gibson, it wouldn't be as good because Gibsons are made by people who have a good idea of what the hell they're doing, who care about the quality of their work, and who are earning a living wage.
It's like asking the question "what's the difference between a Porsche and a Mustang?" Sure, the Mustang is not a bad car, and can even be made to perform better than the Porsche with lots of modification...but no matter what you do to the Mustang, it will never have the build quality, materials quality, class, or resale value of the Ferrari. The Porsche is hand built by people who are actually engineers and technicians - extremely educated people who follow each car for long periods of time on the assembly line, as opposed to stiffs in Detroit who are more concerned about when their next break is coming than they are about whether the fender they are installing every three seconds is properly aligned except the factory workers in China probably don't even get breaks).
In short, if you have the money to spend blindly, get the Gibson....however, if you happen to try them side by side, and the Epi just happens to jive with you, get that...How an instrument feels and sounds in your hands is much more important than specifications and details...Lord knows I would take the right Mustang over a Porsche...
Keith
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Re: epiphone les paul vs gibson les paul (428CobraJet)Posted: 1:54:42 am on 5/5/2004 Modified: Never
The crafstmanship is the big difference. Even if a Korean/Chinese guitar was made with the same exact materials as a Gibson, it wouldn't be as good because Gibsons are made by people who have a good idea of what the hell they're doing, who care about the quality of their work, and who are earning a living wage.
It's like asking the question "what's the difference between a Porsche and a Mustang?" Sure, the Mustang is not a bad car, and can even be made to perform better than the Porsche with lots of modification...but no matter what you do to the Mustang, it will never have the build quality, materials quality, class, or resale value of the Ferrari. The Porsche is hand built by people who are actually engineers and technicians - extremely educated people who follow each car for long periods of time on the assembly line, as opposed to stiffs in Detroit who are more concerned about when their next break is coming than they are about whether the fender they are installing every three seconds is properly aligned except the factory workers in China probably don't even get breaks).
In short, if you have the money to spend blindly, get the Gibson....however, if you happen to try them side by side, and the Epi just happens to jive with you, get that...How an instrument feels and sounds in your hands is much more important than specifications and details...Lord knows I would take the right Mustang over a Porsche...
Keith
I take tea at
