My husband and I took that tour back before they closed the Memphis Store. All the staff members were doing a great job working on one guitar at a time. It was meticulous work! Best guitar built in the USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I love the way the guy talking about the truss rods had mastered the art of speaking to foreigners, randomly drop words and assume it's easier to understand!
Unlike most of the cable "How do they..." shows that are majority disposable items or ones with a short life span, these guitars are any where from $500 up to $8000 for the top of the line. Not exactly items you buy once a month or even once a year so it amazes me to see a assembly line cranking them out. And this is just ONE manufacturer and not even the counterfeits! Who are buying all these guitars? After 30+ years I have accumulated over 40! I know there are a lot of guitar nutts like me but surely we cannot be buying all of these guitars.
I've always wondered the same thing lol I am buying my first Gibson in a couple of weeks (hopefully) and it will be my first and last haha Not spending another $2000 - $3000 for sure. Maybe an Epiphone, yes.
My son is 18, been playing since 15, self taught - he has 5 electric, two acoustic, 2 bass and 3 amps (shortly to be 4)... bought with his own work / pay largely. The guitar is not dead. Neither is Gibson. goo.gl/7bAX7X - this week live gigging with his J45 :)
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Had a 1973 gold top les paul beautiful played great some times watching this really mass production still make very good guitars its like any guitar companies make good one's and bad ones living on old name old ones seem better what I've played the Japanese walking round can make some great guitars over the years take a look at the yamaha top sg.s great playing guitars and there sa 200 semi beautiful remember gibson send guitars out to Japan same parts in some of them to be cheaper there's some great guitar companies now not like years ago alot of small companies making brilliant guitars but gibson still can turn out some great guitars
How did I not know that a Les Paul is not a solid piece of wood? Just a hollow core with veneer glued on, huh. Seems like the standard should cost much less.
Those are ES-Les Pauls. They made a semi hollowbody LP from 2014-2016 or 17 similar in construction to the ES-335. All other LP models are still solid body, at least the ones they make now.
They stated that they finish 60 guitars a day. This means 420 per week, 1680 per month and 20,160 per year. So income of minimum (2000$ PER GUITAR) 40,320,000$ PER YEAR.
I sexually identify as an oven mitt no every guitar that leaves the factor is sold. Its the retailer that might only sell 40% and $2k number is retail price. The whole sale price would be less how much I don't know, but Gibson guitars are profitable. It was not the guitar division that had to apply for bankruptcy it was their other division that needed to.
I liked how Jim the R&D engineer spoke to the Chinese as if removing some pronouns, as if that would make them understand. I was waiting for him to say "Neck go body, so horny make guitar long time"
Have to say I am surprised Gibson are giving an in depth tour to a Chinese audience... you know they are the best in the world at de-construction and re-construction at half the cost right? Craft skills are no protection, they have villages painting old master copies by the lorry full.
Spartanm333. This is a Japanese tour. Since the 70’s, the Japanese guitar manufacturers have made amazing Gibson copies, “hence the lawsuit era” guitars that some are worth more than a real Gibson of the era. Japanese are traditional skilled craftsmen. If Gibson decided to license a new Orville line from Japan, I would definitely be interested.
@@edwardmonsariste4050 - indeed mate - I own a lawsuit Fender Super-Strat HSS by Young Chang circa late 80's - my son (who wasn't born when I bought it) has a 2017 Fender MEX Stratocaster HSS in a similar cream white colour. The Fenix is this model sans the red metallic paint - bit.ly/2TbfcLa. We sit them next to each other in a guitar stand and they are quite similar in the body although the YC is touch larger, made of alder. Both have maple bolt on necks. Arguably the YC is better equipped even today coming with a bound rosewood fret board, more flexible pickup controls, Floyd Rose and a less fussy head stock - the pots and selector switches needed contact cleaner after 25 years in a loft although the neck has remained true - the YC plays fine. I have a had a few discussions online about the YC since I got it back down for my son to play... it was second generation release produced after they decided to up the anti and provide more than Fender USA themselves - like the hum-bucker mod in the bridge (which Fender later copied into their official range) and Floyd Rose. It helped that Young Chang had the actual specs - as they were the appointed Squier manufacturer at the time :) Many argue, and I tend to agree, that it was way beyond a Squire of the time (same retail price) and knocking on the door of US Fender Strats for build quality. The fact mine is still playing well after all these years tends to give testament to that. Still it is a bit of a Frankenstein with the Jackson style head stock and odd controls = 3 x 3 way switches. I agree, Japanese guitars can be very high quality and TBH, so can Korean depending on the factory and the budget they are allowed. The 2018 Bernie Marsden (artiste edition) Limited PRS SE is a case in point - based on his late 50's Gibson LP (The Beast) it has a flame maple top over mahogany, creme binding, a period fat neck (worn in satin lacquer on the palm side - nice touch), quality hardware and high quality PRS pickups - in England I can get one for £500, about $730 and it will beat the crap out of a USA Gibson Les Paul Standard on output, tone and tuning stability - and I say that as a Gibson LP owner.
Spartanm333 Man I think those visitors are from Japan... And I want to say, everything’s got a price. In this world, exist good quality guitars and bad quality guitars. Being afraid of chibson winning the real one is such a kinda Insult to the American Brand. No mention of the dramatical difference of their price.
Why are there inconsistencies in the Potentiometers values ? I thought Gibson would produced them accurately for their pickups since they make everything in the factory.
@@PillsBuryDoughBoy_ besides that you could just buy better pickups and install them on a ephiphone. Gibson and ephiphone really are not that different in quality guitars, the only reason I would buy a gibson is because its American made.
@@PillsBuryDoughBoy_ nothing that's the point its just I would prefer larbor hard working Americans making my products not not Chinese factory workers who make almost nothing those poor people and them using literally any scraps from us to make pickups with Chinese pot metal pickups which are less conducive so the pickups are alittle softer and lower toned than american guitar pickups
guys, the plant makes 125,000 guitars a year. There are 3 billion people in the world. What percentage play guitar? This really isn't many high end guitars. I'm sure the Gibson/Epiphone plant makes many more guitars, for the average and beginner guitar players. Then you have Fender, Guild, Martin, and dozens of other companies.
U must be kidding telling Japanese how to build guitars unless these visitors are lawyers and doctors. U know what i mean if u look at those Greco ,Tokai and yamaha les paul that can hold its ground against American ones.
Those inquisitive Japanese tourist dudes are soaking up all the Gibson manufacturing techniques they can store on their phones, only to return home and make knock-offs.
Gibson has already commissioned Japanese to OEM production in the late 1980s (after the law suit era). In the story I heard, a Japanese (probably Fujigen) instructed a CNC machining to US guitar manufacturer. Also, Japanese customer pointed out the fact that the number of turns per coil of the old pickup (i.e.P.A.F.) was not even, and Gibson adopted it. Everything is give and take. The people in this video are members of the Gibson Guitar fansite.
Oh, ok. Thanks. That's a new one on me. ES Les Paul is a model I'm not familiar with. Didn't know Gibson was making that.... How long has the ES Les Paul been in production?
I just returned a 2018 Gibson es-335 1963 reissue because of poor quality. I was very sad and disappointed, this was a dream guitar for me! But at $5000usd it should be perfect. It pains me to say, that a Chinese fake has better quality than the Memphis factory.
man i own 3 gibsons a 1957 lp special, a 56 lp jr, not reissues and a 2016 lp studio....sorry dude except for the electronics epiphone is better guitar.gibson is going out the door.
I’d like to see them use Hide Glue for the body construction instead of the vinyl based white glue that never, ever fully dries! The Hide Glue is the major reason why the old semi’s sounded better from day one cause of the use of a protein based glue(Hide Glue). Hide Glue crystallizes and pulls the wood together when it dries! White glue(vinyl based glue) never fully dries!
Dave Whatever lol that’s what I had thought so I was agreeing w ya!!! I love my Gibson. I actually prefer my fender strat over my Eastman.. it’s all preference. But Gibson reigns king of tone and sustain in my mind lol
Gibson has very few quality inspectors compared to Epiphone. About 75% of the employees at Epiphone are quality control inspectors. Epiphone quality is very, very high but they use mostly crappy components. Almost every problem with Gibson guitars can be attributed to poor quality control.
My husband and I took that tour back before they closed the Memphis Store. All the staff members were doing a great job working on one guitar at a time. It was meticulous work! Best guitar built in the USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I love the way the guy talking about the truss rods had mastered the art of speaking to foreigners, randomly drop words and assume it's easier to understand!
It's an ignorant and racist way of talking.
Ronnie Bloodshed 😂 😂
What an incredible process As close to handmade as possible No wonder they’re so expensive. I’ll never look at a Gibson the same way again
I liked the gentleman who talked about the pickups and pots. He has kind of a mad scientist vibe, and also very very interesting to listen to him.
I`ll miss Gibson Memphis.
So do I.fortunately,I am the proud owner of a 335 and a 175,perfect guitars made at Gibson Memphis.
@@arthurkluver 4 years later we see what happened. 335. No 275, no ES Les Paul.
If I buy a Gibson, it will not be for the name, but for those hard working staff, surrounded by that noise on a daily basis, I would go nuts
andy T Yea, you would.
andy T Bro,all of Carpenter in the world workinghard with noisy surround not only Gibson, lol
andy T you should go to work on a drilling rig.
Probably Gibson owners.
Ever work with a woman who never shut up??? Wait - think I feel a song coming on...
This guys jacket is killin me! Musta went downtown to the sweat shop for that gem!
His mis speaking and lack of detail was driving me nuts
It`s sad, that this factory closed. In 2020 there r no ES les Pauls or ES 275 anymore.
That’s because no one wants to buy their shit. They spent the last of their money suing other companies; they forgot to focus on their own.
Sad, that Memphis closed. They had a good good selection. Nashville only makes 335.
20:08 nice to see Neil young still involved in the music industry
I just wanna know how all my Gibson guitars smell like the best vanilla perfume you'll ever smell
The smell comes from the hard case.
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Unlike most of the cable "How do they..." shows that are majority disposable items or ones with a short life span, these guitars are any where from $500 up to $8000 for the top of the line. Not exactly items you buy once a month or even once a year so it amazes me to see a assembly line cranking them out. And this is just ONE manufacturer and not even the counterfeits! Who are buying all these guitars? After 30+ years I have accumulated over 40! I know there are a lot of guitar nutts like me but surely we cannot be buying all of these guitars.
+JIMJAMSC Ye same here! where are all these guitars going? I wonder ?
I've always wondered the same thing lol I am buying my first Gibson in a couple of weeks (hopefully) and it will be my first and last haha Not spending another $2000 - $3000 for sure. Maybe an Epiphone, yes.
***** hahahaha trust me I will be super broke after. I have been saving up the money for the longest time for this.
My son is 18, been playing since 15, self taught - he has 5 electric, two acoustic, 2 bass and 3 amps (shortly to be 4)... bought with his own work / pay largely. The guitar is not dead. Neither is Gibson. goo.gl/7bAX7X - this week live gigging with his J45 :)
Gone, its in Nashville now. Also noit the best rep, many issues
These Japanese gentlemen have found something heartwarming in a binding area i believe.
GentlemEn not "gentlemanS"
Irregular plurals, you know:
Man - men
Woman - women
Foot - feet
Goose - geese
Tooth - teeth
Child - children
Ox - oxen
Mouse - mice
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@@Имбирнаяпеченька-ю6ь Merci beaucoup!
@@anatoly_trifonov е на а поменял, а S так и оставил в конце
@@Имбирнаяпеченька-ю6ь Полный провал )
Школа им. Гёте, десять лет немецкого по шесть уроков в неделю, что тут скажешь...
@@anatoly_trifonov ничего страшного, главное вовремя исправлять)
Их бин Шнаппи дас кляйнэ крокодил - это всё, что я знаю на немецком 🐊
Maybe all Gibson employees should return the favor and see how the Japanese make guitars...
Had a 1973 gold top les paul beautiful played great some times watching this really mass production still make very good guitars its like any guitar companies make good one's and bad ones living on old name old ones seem better what I've played the Japanese walking round can make some great guitars over the years take a look at the yamaha top sg.s great playing guitars and there sa 200 semi beautiful remember gibson send guitars out to Japan same parts in some of them to be cheaper there's some great guitar companies now not like years ago alot of small companies making brilliant guitars but gibson still can turn out some great guitars
??? Incoherent run-on sentence. Use capital letters and periods.
😆 😆 😆
Geez I love the uneducated WTF did you just write?
力木の接着に空気圧を使うのは理に適ってるな。力が分散するので板が割れにくい。
Same to you
How did I not know that a Les Paul is not a solid piece of wood? Just a hollow core with veneer glued on, huh. Seems like the standard should cost much less.
These are the ES Les Paul models
No mention of the QC department
Awesome video, but how come none of the people sanding wear any dust masks?
That's Awesome.
I didn't know that Led Paul's were hollow body.
Those are ES-Les Pauls. They made a semi hollowbody LP from 2014-2016 or 17 similar in construction to the ES-335. All other LP models are still solid body, at least the ones they make now.
They stated that they finish 60 guitars a day. This means 420 per week, 1680 per month and 20,160 per year. So income of minimum (2000$ PER GUITAR) 40,320,000$ PER YEAR.
Dave Bliss haha. You said 420..
Well they probably only sell about a quarter of them
I sexually identify as an oven mitt
no every guitar that leaves the factor is sold. Its the retailer that might only sell 40% and $2k number is retail price. The whole sale price would be less how much I don't know, but Gibson guitars are profitable. It was not the guitar division that had to apply for bankruptcy it was their other division that needed to.
i might go there at knight & dumpster dive ( good idea ha)
😂 😂 😂
Lots of stress for the wood in the built. That`s why guitars need a play in.
I liked how Jim the R&D engineer spoke to the Chinese as if removing some pronouns, as if that would make them understand. I was waiting for him to say "Neck go body, so horny make guitar long time"
I noticed that myself, it's amazing but I could hardly understand what he was trying to say and I speak English (sort of) regards from Ireland.
These are japanese, not chinese.
@@philfrank9226 Whatever
Me Love This Comment For Long Time.... lol.... Happy Ending!!!
"Want chopstick or fork?"
Very sad but all those headstocks at 10:35 look like head stones .
😂 😂 😂
so if this factory shut down.. where are "Memphis" Gibsons made now??
@ipmala so finding a Memphis 335 is a good idea now then.... 👌
@ipmala How many Nashville 2020 ES 335s have you played?
How to buy Gibson guitar from Gibson factory
Appears to be no shortage of hands-on craftsmanship on display here. Just sayin'.
Have to say I am surprised Gibson are giving an in depth tour to a Chinese audience... you know they are the best in the world at de-construction and re-construction at half the cost right? Craft skills are no protection, they have villages painting old master copies by the lorry full.
Spartanm333. This is a Japanese tour.
Since the 70’s, the Japanese guitar manufacturers have made amazing Gibson copies, “hence the lawsuit era” guitars that some are worth more than a real Gibson of the era.
Japanese are traditional skilled craftsmen.
If Gibson decided to license a new Orville line from Japan, I would definitely be interested.
@@edwardmonsariste4050 - indeed mate - I own a lawsuit Fender Super-Strat HSS by Young Chang circa late 80's - my son (who wasn't born when I bought it) has a 2017 Fender MEX Stratocaster HSS in a similar cream white colour. The Fenix is this model sans the red metallic paint - bit.ly/2TbfcLa. We sit them next to each other in a guitar stand and they are quite similar in the body although the YC is touch larger, made of alder. Both have maple bolt on necks. Arguably the YC is better equipped even today coming with a bound rosewood fret board, more flexible pickup controls, Floyd Rose and a less fussy head stock - the pots and selector switches needed contact cleaner after 25 years in a loft although the neck has remained true - the YC plays fine.
I have a had a few discussions online about the YC since I got it back down for my son to play... it was second generation release produced after they decided to up the anti and provide more than Fender USA themselves - like the hum-bucker mod in the bridge (which Fender later copied into their official range) and Floyd Rose. It helped that Young Chang had the actual specs - as they were the appointed Squier manufacturer at the time :) Many argue, and I tend to agree, that it was way beyond a Squire of the time (same retail price) and knocking on the door of US Fender Strats for build quality. The fact mine is still playing well after all these years tends to give testament to that. Still it is a bit of a Frankenstein with the Jackson style head stock and odd controls = 3 x 3 way switches.
I agree, Japanese guitars can be very high quality and TBH, so can Korean depending on the factory and the budget they are allowed. The 2018 Bernie Marsden (artiste edition) Limited PRS SE is a case in point - based on his late 50's Gibson LP (The Beast) it has a flame maple top over mahogany, creme binding, a period fat neck (worn in satin lacquer on the palm side - nice touch), quality hardware and high quality PRS pickups - in England I can get one for £500, about $730 and it will beat the crap out of a USA Gibson Les Paul Standard on output, tone and tuning stability - and I say that as a Gibson LP owner.
Spartanm333 Man I think those visitors are from Japan... And I want to say, everything’s got a price. In this world, exist good quality guitars and bad quality guitars. Being afraid of chibson winning the real one is such a kinda Insult to the American Brand. No mention of the dramatical difference of their price.
Are these visitors from Chibson?
LarryUK directly and indirectly. some things in life require a lock and a key.
Damn you beat me to that Joke!
I beseech you!
This is a Japanese .
No Jibson
How much does a Gibson guitar cost ? Anyone know
a million dollars
and still using win XP :o)))))))
@26:10 "catch as cat can" (?)
Why are there inconsistencies in the Potentiometers values ? I thought Gibson would produced them accurately for their pickups since they make everything in the factory.
Pots are (Gibson-stamped) CTS. Low tolerance components (
Impresionado de como envejeció el relator en 20 minutos de video.... :3
So why are these any better than Epiphone?
Colin Lyne. they’re not
Better pickups
@@PillsBuryDoughBoy_ besides that you could just buy better pickups and install them on a ephiphone. Gibson and ephiphone really are not that different in quality guitars, the only reason I would buy a gibson is because its American made.
@@Mason_N. what does American made have to do with anything?
@@PillsBuryDoughBoy_ nothing that's the point its just I would prefer larbor hard working Americans making my products not not Chinese factory workers who make almost nothing those poor people and them using literally any scraps from us to make pickups with Chinese pot metal pickups which are less conducive so the pickups are alittle softer and lower toned than american guitar pickups
30:23 what is that? oxygen?
Probably water to keep the humidity in the factory at a certain level for the wood.
vaporizer . Adds water to the air to keep humidity around 45-50%. Too dry, wood cracks , checks or warps.
guys, the plant makes 125,000 guitars a year. There are 3 billion people in the world. What percentage play guitar? This really isn't many high end guitars. I'm sure the Gibson/Epiphone plant makes many more guitars, for the average and beginner guitar players. Then you have Fender, Guild, Martin, and dozens of other companies.
Jim Bailey 3 billion people?? There are more than 7 billion people by now...
Buy a Heritage you'll be happier and have a few bucks to spend on an amp.
U must be kidding telling Japanese how to build guitars unless these visitors are lawyers and doctors. U know what i mean if u look at those Greco ,Tokai and yamaha les paul that can hold its ground against American ones.
Yeah, just saw the epiphone factory tour and it's the same but all the machines are new
how come Gibson went through a rough time a few years back??? quality of the guitars really bad ! quality control issues ??
Obama went after them and tried to shut them down
They are overpriced because of the salary of the northamerican workers, I saw the epiphone factory tour and it's the same.
Como.nos.cotactanos.con.los.fabricantes.de.intrumentos.musicales..en.habla.espanol.
Isn't this the Nashville factory?
Definitely, Memphis. I've been there.
So the first thing they show us is a Taylor clock... 😅
that last frames wtf
Those inquisitive Japanese tourist dudes are soaking up all the Gibson manufacturing techniques they can store on their phones, only to return home and make knock-offs.
Gibson has already commissioned Japanese to OEM production in the late 1980s (after the law suit era).
In the story I heard, a Japanese (probably Fujigen) instructed a CNC machining to US guitar manufacturer.
Also, Japanese customer pointed out the fact that the number of turns per coil of the old pickup (i.e.P.A.F.) was not even, and Gibson adopted it.
Everything is give and take.
The people in this video are members of the Gibson Guitar fansite.
ヤイリギターの工房紹介見てから見るんやなかった
あれ見た後だとギブソンの雑さが凄く目立つよな。日本のギター最高だわ
since when does a Les Paul have a mahogany center block?
These are the ES Les Paul models
what's an "ES Les Paul"?
@@beauhatman4395 its semihollow
Oh, ok. Thanks. That's a new one on me. ES Les Paul is a model I'm not familiar with. Didn't know Gibson was making that.... How long has the ES Les Paul been in production?
@@beauhatman4395 Was literally one of their first models ever.
Now they can start making fake 335’s to go with the Chibson line they sell.
I just returned a 2018 Gibson es-335 1963 reissue because of poor quality. I was very sad and disappointed, this was a dream guitar for me! But at $5000usd it should be perfect. It pains me to say, that a Chinese fake has better quality than the Memphis factory.
My es335 2016 from memphis factory is perfect, also have a chinese epiphone es335 dot, nothing wrong with that but gibson plays better
They should make their employees wear hearing protection.
ラスティアンダーソンの名前が出るとは。
man i own 3 gibsons a 1957 lp special, a 56 lp jr, not reissues and a 2016 lp studio....sorry dude except for the electronics epiphone is better guitar.gibson is going out the door.
Those are just wood, that's the stuff out of the forest! I ain't no primate to play with that.
Are you ok?
Eww. Dare I go..
why were the Japanese allowed to find out how the sausage was made? remember, with everything- we innovate, they imitate.
Gibson has Japanese factories,
I’d like to see them use Hide Glue for the body construction instead of the vinyl based white glue that never, ever fully dries! The Hide Glue is the major reason why the old semi’s sounded better from day one cause of the use of a protein based glue(Hide Glue). Hide Glue crystallizes and pulls the wood together when it dries! White glue(vinyl based glue) never fully dries!
BS!!!!
Uh, as a 70 yr. old woodworker, I can assure you white glue dries HARD. Try pulling to pcs. glued apart, the grain will break every time
My PRs is 10 times the guitar than my new sg. Looks like they would clean up the factory, it looks so dirty
価格の割に作るの雑すぎるだろ。これはフェンダーが人気なわけだ
日本ではね
fenderもアメリカは同じやで…
Plywood garbage LOL
showing the Chinese how to rip of a Gibson. good job guys
Except they are Japanese people who love Gibson guitars.
Great boxes for fish LO ….. The great garbage guitars from Gibson are worth nothing, they can learn how to build guitars from Eastman guitars.
yoheff988 I like my Les Paul over my Eastman
Dave Whatever yeah Gibson wins still lol
Dave Whatever lol that’s what I had thought so I was agreeing w ya!!! I love my Gibson. I actually prefer my fender strat over my Eastman.. it’s all preference. But Gibson reigns king of tone and sustain in my mind lol
garbage headbreakers, gibson is absolute dumpster tier guitar
JUNK POOR CRAFTMAN SHIP CHEEP
They work hard but the quality is not as good as Cinneese Epiphones....Why, oh Why?!!!
Simon Kallend Epiphone sucks. Junk. End of story.
Right on Kelly Boy. Amen.
Gibson has very few quality inspectors compared to Epiphone. About 75% of the employees at Epiphone are quality control inspectors. Epiphone quality is very, very high but they use mostly crappy components. Almost every problem with Gibson guitars can be attributed to poor quality control.
You must be joking right?
SSHHHHHH!