Should you buy the most affordable Gibson Les Paul Tribute Satin Honeyburst

A beautiful guitar

Just ordered one. Gibson has discontinued them. As of today, there are only 4 left at the Gibson distribution center. Get one while you can

Great review. However, that's not a flamed maple top or mahogany body. Wood is correct, just not flamed

I found a gibson chocolate lpj cheaper than an epiphpne,. Im so happy it sounds amazing

I bought one of these to be the backup to my Standard and i actually like it more. They are incredible guitars. They also made me realize that i prefer a guitar without neck binding. They are almost like LP Specials with a carved top and no neck binding.

It’s definitely not a entry lever guitar

Great review man, thanks for covering details like nut width etc. You've convinced me to check one out in the guitar shop. Subbed your channel on the back of this review.

Came for the review, stayed for the Jimmy Eat World song

I feel the Gibson Tribute Satin Honeyburst looks better..more utilitarian and practical..i feel it will match my character as I age..make a better looking family heirloom

The tribute holds its ground. Pretty impressive. I have a GLP custom. I d go for a tribute if I was starting

Why do you suggest removing the pcb,,,and do you have a video on that?

Me gusta mucho como suena la guitarra Les Paul Tribute. Suena más definida. Desfinitivamente iré por una TRIBUTE. Gracias por éste video. Saludos desde México. 😃

Great review and fantastic guitar 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I’m digging this model a lot. I don’t mind the scaled down features. As long as it sounds good and plays good. There’s not enough sonic differences that matter when I’m going to rip out the pickups anyway.

Mine has a single piece back (triple checked), its a 2021. Love the guitar.

tribute a little brighter. better even.

Nice review!

I purchased the 2023 Les Paul Tribute in the honeyburst finsh for the music director of the church I attend after researching other Les Paul's. The combination of USA made,closely matching two piece maple cap body, rosewood fingerboard and maple neck for additional resonance(and strength at the headstock) ,and the 490 pickups sold me. The pickups are both very bright which I appreciate especially in the neck position. The price of 1299 including a deluxe padded case is very affordable when comparing other LesPauls. The only changes I made was to swap in Kluson locking tuners and filed the fret edges. I love this model and have since bought a 2916 Tribute with p- 90s for myself. Adding the different finish options , you can't beat this guitar.

I actually like the stripped down look of these. Kind of looks homemade but still has that Gibson quality.

That trubute sounded better IMO than the Custom.. The clarity and sustain was amzing !

i love the burst on the first one! insaine

are those 90s or humbuckers? I wanna switch my humbuckers out on my streamliner and put p90s in mystremaliner

what explore is that in the backround and how do you like yours?

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ALL Gibson's enjoy the benefits of plecking NOW, don't they? And locking the gig bag keeps YOU out, but fails miserably at keeping someone else from walking off with your axe!

Some while ago I wouldn't have even considered this guitar, if I'm being honest I don't really like how it looks, but paying double or triple the price for a standard is way too much, now I'm kinda liking it... but I'm also thinking of buying an epiphone les paul modern, it just looks so pretty, has an ebony fretboard, in and out of phase and coil split, it also has locking tuners, but lots of people said that this one is way better, the satin finish feels better, it has a better resale value, it sounds better with a slightly lighter weight and it's a gibson after all so the qc should also be better but it's twice the price as the epiphone. Idk I'm still debating, I know you've played both of these so which one would you say it's better as in playability, comfort, material quality? And also is it my idea or the maple cap on these ones is thinner than the other les paul models? But oh well I've watched so many of your videos that I've changed opinions too many times 😂 maybe I'll change my mind after watching some other reviews, you're that good at reviewing guitars great video

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To me the Tribute is more pleasing to the eyes and ears. You will just need to update the Bridge with a higher end Chrome plated one, Grover Tuners, remove the circuit board and wire it old school, upgrade the switch, upgrade the knobs, upgrade the nut and you got yourself a sweet guitar.

to me 2015 lp custom sounded little bit better, but there's no big difference that you should expect from custom lineup and this new tribute, this is the cheapest gibson that we can afford and i think it sounded cleaner and brighter than custom but cleaner sounds not for everybody just like me. great review again!

low key i think the tribute sounds 1000 times better, just more natural and a clear and powerful sound

The tribute sounds ever so slightly brighter to my ears.
I have gone and ordered this exact same model now before it starts to go up in price.
You gave a really good review on this guitar, and it helped me make my decision on buying one 👍.
Can't wait to get my fingers on it 😊

HONESTLY, tone-wise, closing my eyes, I could not pick any difference (though I must say I'm not a trained musician). Now, looks-wise, there's no comparison.... they are indeed universes apart.

got mine yesterday after went back and forth exchanging a couple guitars at GC and this one feels very comfortable to play. It's lightweight body, smooth neck and awesome pickup justify the $1000 price tag. For an entry level gibson, it's just absolutely incredible.

Thanks for this video my friend. My English is not very good but it's a good exercise for me, I'm French.
I bought this guitar model one year ago and it's a very good guitar.
Mine has a nice flamed mapple neck and it sounds great.
And a second surprising thing I noticed in my guitar is that a signature has been put on the wood near the truss rod ...
I learned a lot of things from your video, and you did a good job as usual ! Thanks very much again ! I'm going to suscribe to your channel !
Beast regards from France,
"Dom"

Excellent in-depth review man. Thanks, much appreciated.

Great review, the Tribute is awesome indeed. Tried to find your subsequent review on the Studio, haven't found it. Looking forward to that one, since I own a 2013 Gold Top with P90s.
Cheers!

zero protection - there is practically no varnish

Can we change the finish on the tribute to burst because now I am more into burst kind of thing and the PRS SE 594 has that? But for a jazz player what do you think will fit more

Great Review

Get it all.. it looks and sounds great in person.

Good Video ! I think the Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured w/ProBuckers would be a better choice .Bound Ebony fingerboard , locking Grover tuners , weight relief . All that would be needed is a hard case and MAYBE swap the pickups and it would still be less than the Gibson Tribute .

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Great review. I love simple and almost minimalistic look of this Tribute and now I am torn apart weather to go with PRS SE McCarty or save up a little more and get the Tribute? My current guitar - cheap Epiphone LP Special so I am thinking the neck on Tribute will be similar.

Just dont understand why they would put SG pick ups in the Les Paul because all the demos of these Tributes with 490 pick ups sound like SGs to me and not Les Pauls at all.

No tone diferences at all, just cosmetics.

Mine is a 2021 in Iced Tea. I hesitated to buy one because of the maple neck and that's one reason I went with Iced Tea, the neck is stained. Well, I love it. It's the most stable guitar I've owned. From the beginning. My last new Gibson was a 2018 SG Standard and while I loved the profile, it took a year and a half for the neck to stabilize. It was very finicky. I cannot find a flaw with my Tribute. Mine is 7 pound 13 ounces, sounds great and plays great. It may be an entry level Gibson but that's ok, you couldn't tell it by the sound or feel. And yeh, I've bought and sold several Epiphones, they aren't the same. Forget the headstock and the name on it, the difference goes way beyond that.

Thank you George for answering the question of soldered or Quick-Connect pickups. The video was thorough and well paced. I may be ordering one of these Tributes soon. It will replace my current 2012 baseball bat LP in worn cherry. I subscribed.

Here is my experience. I have played guitar for 45 years. I've owned 2 Gibsons, one acoustic and one electric. I sold the acoustic because the sound was inferior to many guitars that cost less, far less. I was not impressed at all. For the electric, I bought a Gibson Les Paul Tribute just last week. I received the guitar on Monday. By Monday afternoon I had called to return the guitar. The neck and fingerboard were totally misaligned. I've bought many, many guitars in my day. I've never seen such poor craftsmanship. I paid $1300 for a total piece of junk and returned it. My experience with Gibson guitars has not be positive. I'm amazed that Gibson would actually let a guitar like I received come out of the factory. There was a 1/16 inch misalignment between the neck and fingerboard. It was sharp enough to almost cut my finger. I would never, never order any Gibson product online. If you buy one, go to a store and play it, and most importantly you inspect the guitar thoroughly.

One last note is that the customer rep I talked to when returning the guitar said that they are continually amazed at the junk that the Gibson USA factory puts out. It's a continual process of people buying and then returning them. My advice is to be careful when buying any product that has "Gibson" on it. It is very evident that their quality control is likely the worst in the entire industry, and yet they charge a mint for all their products. I used to be a Gibson fan, that is until I bought two of their guitars.

It’s hard to hear a difference with so much distortion in the signal. I know the experience of playing a Custom vs a Tribute feels different but the distortion sound is almost the same.