Gibson in 'Chucked Together' Shocker!

[RocknRollDave]

Sorry, did I read correctly that someone said Nickelback albums were classics...?

Or was that just in regard of the guitar tones...?

[jalapeno]

Not radically different from the Martin factory tbh - there's more hand work in the binding & rosettes, especially the custom shop ones, but essentially very similar.

[WezV]

looks like a nice factory to me - only issues i have are the hand chiselled neck tenon. not that I am against the use of a hand tool for that process, he just seems to be removing a rather thick chuck on wood and not really paying attention to where he was removing it from

anyway. look at the stock piles of wood near the start of the video. It shows just how variable modern stocks of mahogany are - the colour is all over the place, and if the colour is so variable the weight and density also will be.


I was interested by the chambering, its not something i am against at all. but it seems to me gibson could get a bit of weight consistency by having a few different styles of chambering. weigh the blanks and put them into 3 piles depending on if the mahogany is light, medium or heavy - chamber them appropriately. once you had the 3 styles of chambering set-up it wouldn't take any longer than weighing the blanks

[Sporky_McGuffin]

I think it'd also be interesting to take three guitars as similar as possible other than the chambering (ie three well matched body blanks and three well matched neck blanks, turn them into the same model) and see if they sound different recorded at a good quality.

[MRLEON83]

Sorry, did I read correctly that someone said Nickelback albums were classics...?

Or was that just in regard of the guitar tones...?

Haha, no not classic... but the tones are HUGE !

[evilmags]

Plenty of top end players use PRS. Di Meola, McLaughlin, Dave Navarro (Ritual de lo habitual is defo a classic Album, as is Nothings Shocking). If I had to pick an electric to take to a gig or a session and did not know what type of music they wanted me to play, a PRS would be first choice every time. Untill you do a long gig with a PRS it is very hard to "get" them. Gigging they are light and comfortable, yet have a full range of tones. Lesters are no where close to being as light or as ergonomic. And after two yours you really start noticing.

[Rocker]

http://youtu.be/nFFvrHHct70
the Chinese guitars are more handmade than the US ones!

That so called 'factory' makes me cringe in horror. They might turn out decent guitars but what about the working conditions for the staff, the complete lack of any safety equipment, the lack of cleaning up in the workshop, workers wearing coats and/or body warmers etc. etc. Why is it that people expect a standard guitar [LP, Strat or Tele etc.] to be hand made and the wood used lovingly treated from when it is cut down to the delivery to the shop? Leo Fender designed a system in the 1950s [a guitar factory] where semi-skilled operatives could make or install parts on a guitar in a production assembly line. The procedure remains more or less the same ever since, except the necks are CNC cut instead of being hand carved. And, thankfully, the working conditions for the employees have improved too.

[evilmags]

That so called 'factory' makes me cringe in horror. They might turn out decent guitars but what about the working conditions for the staff, the complete lack of any safety equipment, the lack of cleaning up in the workshop, workers wearing coats and/or body warmers etc. etc. Why is it that people expect a standard guitar [LP, Strat or Tele etc.] to be hand made and the wood used lovingly treated from when it is cut down to the delivery to the shop? Leo Fender designed a system in the 1950s [a guitar factory] where semi-skilled operatives could make or install parts on a guitar in a production assembly line. The procedure remains more or less the same ever since, except the necks are CNC cut instead of being hand carved. And, thankfully, the working conditions for the employees have improved too.

That factory is a lot better than most third world production centres.

[TheGuitarWeasel]

That factory is a lot better than most third world production centres.

I was about to say it looks a lot like mine!

[redrighthand]

Not much surprised me, except the guy with the chisel doing the neck joints. Seemed a little... casual.

This is an interesting comparison though. Judging by the haircuts and clothing, I do get the impression that many of the PRS guys are guitarists!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRsr8QN-0BI