| | The Gibson factory was SWEET!!! We took a hour tour throughout the place and saw how they make the quitars from start to finish. They have 75 people who work there and they put out 30 guitars a day. That factory is where they make all of their solid body, f hole, and hollow body electrics. Most of the work isn't done by automatic machines but done by hand. Paint was done in a spray booth with spray guns and they use 9 to 12 coats of laquere. The whole guitar, including the neck is glued together, and the neck has a metal rod through the center. The coolest part that I heard about was the necks on the guitars come in a very basic roughed out shape where the grip part of the neck is practically square and there is one guy who stands there and shapes it using a huge belt sander, I thought they would get it down to a closer shape but nope, and only one guy does it.
So it was pretty cool and I really enjoyed it.
We're still in Memphis and we're going to graceland tomorrow to check out the King. and yes, everyone referes to Elvis as the KING.
this all makes me really not want to go back to school. |
| | Posted 11/13/2005 4:08 PM - 12 comments
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