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Dave Barlow
United Kingdom
Приєднався 28 лют 2013
Dave Barlow Guitar.
First, thank you for taking the time to read this :)
On this channel, I try to find cheaper or more value for money alternatives to everyday items that my fellow guitar players purchase, also to also dispel some popular myths about guitars and related products. I DO NOT SELL ANYTHING so my reviews are not biased in any way.
There are plenty of tips and valuable information from my 30 years of playing the guitar, my head is bursting with information to make sure you stay on track and avoid all the pitfalls, so start watching my videos and subscribe to stay in touch.
I also run a company called Dave Barlow Guitar, providing high-quality repairs to your favorite guitar amps and guitars.
Dave :)
First, thank you for taking the time to read this :)
On this channel, I try to find cheaper or more value for money alternatives to everyday items that my fellow guitar players purchase, also to also dispel some popular myths about guitars and related products. I DO NOT SELL ANYTHING so my reviews are not biased in any way.
There are plenty of tips and valuable information from my 30 years of playing the guitar, my head is bursting with information to make sure you stay on track and avoid all the pitfalls, so start watching my videos and subscribe to stay in touch.
I also run a company called Dave Barlow Guitar, providing high-quality repairs to your favorite guitar amps and guitars.
Dave :)
Chibson Greeny OMG - In-Depth Review
What a fantastic guitar, Slightly Reliced Greeny Specs does it for me :)
Polaris4Music.
OK, this guy can get busy with incoming inquiries, I suggest logging in to the Discord channel as below,
this is by far the fastest way to get information about the guitars and get a feel for what's on offer, news, discounts, links to purchase, proposed builds, etc.
discord.com/channels/1133261292321378395/1227936125532897361
Website: www.polaris4music.com/profile/86-jason-jia/
Customer Support email : badcatinstruments@gmail.com
Look up 'polaris 4 music on Google'
SPECS:
Model: Slightly Reliced Greeny Specs
Handmade aging/distressing
Nitro finish
Roasted one piece mahogany body
Roasted one piece mahogany neck
Indian rosewood fingerboard
Bone nut
22 jumbo frets
Frets have been well polished
Frets ends well dressed
ABR-1 bridge
Alnico 5 pickups
3 way toggle switch
Chrome hardware
Please support my channel and buy me a coffee or perhaps a beer or two.
www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk/donate
If not you can always follow my band www.ransom.rocks/
WEB: www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk
FACEBOOK: davebarlowguitar
TWITTER: barlowbands
#davebarlowguitar
Polaris4Music.
OK, this guy can get busy with incoming inquiries, I suggest logging in to the Discord channel as below,
this is by far the fastest way to get information about the guitars and get a feel for what's on offer, news, discounts, links to purchase, proposed builds, etc.
discord.com/channels/1133261292321378395/1227936125532897361
Website: www.polaris4music.com/profile/86-jason-jia/
Customer Support email : badcatinstruments@gmail.com
Look up 'polaris 4 music on Google'
SPECS:
Model: Slightly Reliced Greeny Specs
Handmade aging/distressing
Nitro finish
Roasted one piece mahogany body
Roasted one piece mahogany neck
Indian rosewood fingerboard
Bone nut
22 jumbo frets
Frets have been well polished
Frets ends well dressed
ABR-1 bridge
Alnico 5 pickups
3 way toggle switch
Chrome hardware
Please support my channel and buy me a coffee or perhaps a beer or two.
www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk/donate
If not you can always follow my band www.ransom.rocks/
WEB: www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk
FACEBOOK: davebarlowguitar
TWITTER: barlowbands
#davebarlowguitar
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Bit disappointed with this Gibson Tony Iommi SG Special Vintage Cherry Please support my channel and buy me a coffee or perhaps a beer or two, if your feeling generous a holiday inthe sunshine would be nice :) LOL www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk/donate If not you can always follow my band www.ransom.rocks/ WEB: www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk FACEBOOK: davebarlowguitar TWITTER: b...
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New release from my band Ransom, please like and share. Please support my channel and buy me a coffee or perhaps a beer or two, if your feeling generous a holiday inthe sunshine would be nice :) LOL www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk/donate If not you can always follow my band www.ransom.rocks/ WEB: www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk FACEBOOK: davebarlowguitar TWITTER: barlowbands #dav...
Vox AC30 1963, repaired but customer says it no longer sounds vintage. PMSL
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Here is what the customer said. Hi Dave, Upon getting the Amp home, I powered up and noticed that the Vib is two or three times the volume of Trem, and when you switch between the two you get an awful electronic crunch noise and I can turn the trem volume to max and it doesn't bother the amp to much and isn't that loud. Whereas if it's on Vib, I only have to turn it a 3rd of the way up before i...
Vintage VMX Series V100 Limited Edition
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I purchased this Vintage VMX Series V100 Limited Edition for a very cool £200, well chuffed. With a new set of pickups and some locking tuners this guitar has become my number one LP. I have also included some sound tracks from my latest single with WWW.RANSOM.ROCKS enjoy. You can find the entire track (lil green eyed monster by RANSOM) on all reputable streaming platforms and also here: ua-cam...
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Chibson pickups are garbage. You can see me taking these things apart and sharing my views on Chibsons.
Chibson Custom Explorer WOW!
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Another Chibson in the workshop, having a look at the craftmanship and fitting some Warman pickups. Please support my channel and buy me a coffee or perhaps a beer or two, if your feeling generous a holiday inthe sunshine would be nice :) LOL www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk/donate If not you can always follow my band www.ransom.rocks/ WEB: www.davebarlowguitar.co.uk FACEBOOK: davebarlow...
Where To Buy Your Top Quality Chibson Revealed
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Chibson Links: groups/241835862152406/?ref=share&fs=e&s=cl Polaris4Music If for any reason they get taken down just do a Google search for Polaris4Music The Band, Gypsyskiss www.gypsyskiss.net GK74Band So the background on this one is that my good friend Fraser from www.gypsyskiss.net, purchased a few knockoff guitars from China (mainly chibson les paul's)...
Chibson LP Goldtop Distressed and Irongear Dirty Torque Pickup
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So the background on this one is that my good friend Fraser from www.gypsyskiss.net, purchased a few knockoff guitars from China (mainly chibson les paul's), here is the last one of four. My thoughts and and play through at the end. Please support my channel and buy me a coffee or perhaps a beer or two, if your feeling generous a holiday inthe sunshine would be nice :) LOL Please support my cha...
Chibson Les Paul Custom in White
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-So the background on this one is that my good friend Fraser from www.gypsyskiss.net, purchased a few knockoff guitars from China (mainly chibson les paul's), here is the first one of three. My thoughts and and play through at the end. Please support my channel and buy me a coffee or perhaps a beer or two, if your feeling generous a holiday in the sunshine would be nice :) LOL www.davebarlowgui...
Chibson Les Paul Custom Single Pickup Model
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OK, here we have another Chibson LP custom but with a single bridge pickup, going to check it over and fit an Irongear Dirty Torque pickup as per customers request. This guitar was purchased by my good mate Fraser form China, he has purchased 4 guitars, 3 of which I will be checking out and modifying for him.Please support my channel and buy me a coffee or perhaps a beer or two, if your feeling...
Chibson Les Paul Custom, IronGear Dirty Torque Pickup
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Chibson Les Paul Custom, IronGear Dirty Torque Pickup
Been busy Rockin - RANSOM, Strap Yourself In
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Marshall JCM 900 5881 version CRANKED
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Marshall JCM 900 5881 version CRANKED
Music Man 210-HD One Thirty 2-Channel 130-Watt 2x10" Guitar Combo 1974 - 1979
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Listen to this Soldano HR 100+ fixed and ready to rock again
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Listen to this Soldano HR 100 fixed and ready to rock again
Original Hawaiian 1933 National Tricone square neck resonator
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Original Hawaiian 1933 National Tricone square neck resonator
Help my guitar amp is making a funny noise
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Help my guitar amp is making a funny noise
Supro Black Magic , great amp bad tubes.
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Supro Black Magic , great amp bad tubes.
The China guitar sceptic ( may he rest in peace ) would probably tell you too stop making videos about shitty Chinese guitar's
As far as I'm concerned you can keep all of those chibsons in the U.K.
How you gonna feel when us Americans start buying fake gretch guitars and we start praising on how good they look and play
After all, Chibson makes one hell of a virus.
?
how much does it weigh?
just over 8lbs
DUDE,get a haircut,annoying awful video
So you spend 300. on an axe you can't checkout and play in person, then pay more for tuners, electronics, pickups, bone nut, luthiery work and it's more than you'd spend on an Epi, ESP, LTD or other better built import axe. Hmmm...sounds dumb to me...😆
Chapman guitars built his guitar business this way, he also posted a recent video this week explaining it, so not so dumb :)
The original Greeny did have binding.
your right, I had a senior moment LOL
@DaveBarlowGuitar However, Gary Moore did have a signature Gibson Les Paul that has no binding.
Hi, if I want to get this guitar and upgrade the pickup to Irongear, what can you suggest to have this Greeny tone?
Tough one, but I have gone with Blues Engines, its not bang on the money but I can get very near by rolling back the tone just a smidge.
I'd rather buy a Chibson than a genuine Gibson because the build quality is so inconsistent/poor, it not longer matters who makes them. Yes, it's illegal and shady, but if Gibson actually made premium guitars that matched the price they are charging, it wouldn't be so much of an problem. Which other manufacturers guitars can be sucessfully copied on the same level of Gibson? I've owned about 15 different SG style guitars over the years including Gibson, Epiphone, Tokai, Vintage, ESP LTD and Burny. I still own all of them apart from the Gibsons.
lots of people are saying this
Greetings from southeast Texas,that is a good one!!im gonna order one
pure garbage
fair enough
These amps sound great (dirty channel, clean is disposable). I had one for a while and only sold it to get something completely different, as we do, but I would own another with no problem. Great 800 and modded 800 tones are in there. Into a 4x12 is where it’s at but the stock speaker is still fine really. I also really like the Origin series. I think if they had made a head version of the 40c it would have sold a lot! Strangely enough, the one that came after, the 40cr, I don’t like at all.
Good to know!
nice greeney copy, only thing that gives it away at first glance is the pickup rings,they look epiphone sized and not gibson sized with the screw hole alighnment. i guess i have been unlucky with my order, claims delivered but obviously ended up at wrong address....jason kindly agreed to send a replacement. sent several emails to see what is happening, but nothing. so far i have parted with my money but recieved no guitar from bad cat. the lack of communication is shocking. and worrying. have a sub though dude
send me your details, I will forward to him
@@DaveBarlowGuitar thankyou Dave, thats very kind, i sent you a email 👍
I have this same model and gave it a nice overhaul. It's definitely one of my favorites.
Good to hear!
I'm doing the same thing tomorrow
Greetings from east Texas, sounds good Dave
Thanks for listening
sweet guitar brother! i have a chibson "jimmy page number one" clone which i turned it into a "newer greeny" model with vanson 59 spec chrome humbuckers... did the outta phase mod and its a sweet one!
Sorry but Gibson on the headstock thats wrong.
yeah sorry but thats what they sent me
The crap Gibson makes these days is wrong to have Gibson on the headstock too.
I was more impressed with the Halfords Screwdriver which are also good for the money
Yeah lots of people comment about them :)
I have to disagree about your Greeny opinion. Atleast it's being used instead of being locked in a vault to never be seen again.
Agreed on the usage point :)
Con unos pequeños ajustes te queda una guitarra que *Vale lo que cuesta* : ) De hecho tengo una ST en camino....
Thats great :)
I'm 6 guitars in from P4m, number 7 on the way, all of them have been stellar!!!👍
That's good to hear :)
I'd love to buy one just to see if the one I get is as good as yours...
I have a customer bringing one in soon so will take a look to see if its as good :)
What difference does it make if the Mahogany & Rosewood & Maple top is made in China Most people think how the hell can they make something that cheap But the question is how the hell can they rip you off for so much for a lump of wood & little bit of electronics
There is quite a lot of work that goes into making a guitar but I get your point :)
Great Dave!!! amazing! I like your being sincere! I like chibsons...but hey....every time they require extra money :-) thanks for the video! And yes....I want one now!!! :-) Just waiting from them the black beauty! I am crossing my fingers it will be as beautiful and perfect like this one!!
the finish checking looks fake. I have no doubt that guitar is a ringer. the chinese never do a good job dressing their fret ends.
Did you watch the video? I played it and the frets are perfect dude.
@@DaveBarlowGuitar hI, i DID WATCH THE VIDEO AND i HAVE 3 CHINESE GUITARS AND HAD TO DO A LOT OF FRET WORK ON THEM. i'M SHURE THE GUITAR YOU GOT WAS PERFECT, BUT i THINK THEY DID EXTRA WORK ON THE SETUP BECAUSE YOU WHERE GOING TO REVIEW IT. i LOOKED AT THE FRET ENDS AND YOU CAN SEE THEY DID A LOT OF HAND FILING ..... I ENJOY YOUR SHOW
@@louiscesare504 WHY ALL THE CAPS? Makes you look like a douchebag.
I just got an Ace Frehely blue sparkle Chibson last week. The frets are perfect. They used ball end frets. It also has large pots in it.
I have one of these Dave. Same issue can't get the bridge low enough. Not only that but the saddles are pre cut to a depth all very nice but on my Lefty they fit a right bridge so my high E is in the cut for a low E. Can't see an easy way to get the saddles out to swap them around. Not forgetting of course the Gibson right-handed harness they put in all of there lefty guitars. Oh and the final irony on the Iommi signature Gibson, if you put a set of Iommi string guage on you don't have the range to itonate it properly. 😂😂
I was disappointed.
I have owned several and for an extra couple dollars I get them to put my name on the headstock 😉
At the end of the day they are a wood & electronics Eddie Van Halen built home made jobs
Have you tried turning the bridge around-not the saddles, therefore putting the springs on the opposite side?
yes
I am cinfused as to why the strings are on the way you have them. Is that better ..
yep, easier to get the strings stretched in, many pro guitarists use this method
Who did you order it from? Thanks, Gary
Its not mine, belongs to a customer, get in the discord server discord.com/channels/1133261292321378395/1133261292761792638
I have several great guitars from P4M and more on the way. I enjoy modding them.
Rock on!
yeah, the thing with chibsons is that all of the hardware they come with is just a placeholder and you absolutely HAVE to replace everything. that's why i will be switching everything to gotoh hardware with EMGs
Dave, I feel that every time I've picked up any Gibson guitar - problems. I can forgive a $200-400 guitar for having slight issues. A $2000-4000 guitar - inexcusable. Provided that the Iommi is legit, I've seen them in Australia for about the $4500 mark. And you're right it would be based on the 60's SG specials. Which is probably why the badass bridge is all the way down on this. They originally came with a different bridge and Tony modded his original for the badass bridge. Gibson have been building these replica guiitars, design faults and all for the public because guitarist want authentic spec'ed guitars, regardless of the original design flaws. So you can partly blame guitarists buying this nonsense because it's a Gibson 😆
Guys got skill. I prefer the ceramics. Just not in the middle position
nickel is much better
It's been since Feb. Good to see a video!
£2149, is that right ?
yeah I think it is
Hi Dave, always enjoy your videos. Politely pointing out ( as you can bet others won't be as gentle..) it's eye-oh-mee, not ee-yommy 😊
yeah always get that wrong LOL
Nice guitar! I know you live over in Britain that's cool! One of my favorite bands of all time is The Sweet. Yes I had the same problem with my SG. I put the strap button on the top horn. And used a wider strap. Someday I would like to go to England and visit Liverpool where the Beatles grew up. Great videos keep up the good work!
Those Guitar Center signature series Gibsons are terrible.
Ive bought 2 of these, and truss rods on each explorers are fake. Guitars for now plays great, but neck adjustments isnt possible
so, no truss rod, or it just doesnt move?
@@DaveBarlowGuitar it moves (in reverse order than regular) but nothing happened. I also bought chibson LP Greeny.., that truss rod works fine, but in both explorers (black, and sunburst) are fake. But luckily guitars are playable right from the box, and pickups and electronics works great.
I have a number of chibs as gig guitars you basically have to rework them and put better Electronics in it rework the neck and maybe do a refret job but they are good bases for working guitars that you don't have to worry about someone stealing them
My reverb stopped working the 2nd time I powered it up because one of those tiny screws holding one of the inductors stripped out.
oops
Do the other strings keep stable?
Yes :)
Do the rollers interfere with the benefits of top wrapping? and do both rollers and carved slots benefit the same from the reduced the break angle tension created by wrapping over the tailpiece?
works fine with top wrap
Useless video. Title is clickbait.
sorry about that, will try harder next time :)
Thank you!
You're welcome!