It's really impressive operation today. There are old photos of the Gibson Factory in the 50s and early 60s posted somewhere here on the site. Fewer people, fewer guitars back in the hayday. It's cool to compare the two.Old thread but still a great thread.
So many I know seem to think Gibson is completely automated just because they use CNC.
I love all the hands on work. At times it might not be as perfect as machine done but for me personally it's the human touch that makes these guitars really great and really special.
VERY COOL!!!! Thanks for posting the video!!
FWIW, I read in another thread(somewhere) that this is normal for these, as it is historically correct. Not sure which thread.Great to read the original post, and watch the vid, to see where my '57 VOS Junior came from:
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But they screwed up on one thing, I believe. Being a left-handed guitar, they put the dot markers on the left-hand side of the fretboard, with none on the other side! Now when I got my 1970 SG Standard, it had position markers on both sides (i.e. they took a right-handed prepared neck for my lefty and put position markers on the other side as well).
I think that would have been the case in 1957 - that they would have simply taken a RH neck with RH position markers on. They have the Les Paul logo the wrong way around on mine, as you can see from the photo (which I believe would have been correct). However, I've never seen a '57 lefty LP Junior to compare mine with...![]()
LOL.. Freakin right!!Awesome post. I couldn't work there, I'd be too distracted to get anything done.
A bit like a wet fart. Lolthe mist falling from the ceiling is in fact Slash Tone![]()