Gibson Custom Shop - Behind the Scenes Tour!

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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 0:00 The Journey There!
» 0:20 Meeting Mat Koehler
» 0:50 Entering the Custom Shop!
» 2:30 Selecting Woods
» 6:08 Carving Bodies & Necks
» 13:02 Neck & Fingerboard
» 18:53 Arch Tops
» 21:25 A Master Luthier's Desk
» 22:55 Neck Fitting
» 24:13 Finishing
» 35:30 Buffing
» 40:00 Some Finished Guitars!
» 42:22 Parts Cage
» 43:08 Final Quality Control
» 47:20 How is Custom Shop Different?

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Please note that Lee Anderton has a personal financial share holding in the following brands – Victory Amplification, Chapman Guitars and Burns Guitars. The EastCoast, Landlord & Ordo brand names are used for Andertons’ own brand products.

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[RowdyGrunt]

I just want to say that the inspector at the end, the guy that signs the warranty card, when he said that he appreciates that some people save up for many years to get one of these, and he takes that seriously. Now I want one.

[glennjones]

Watching this from my desk at the custom shop. Pleasure meeting the Captain and pete

[Nightjar]

Lees excitement is infectious.
He really loves his job.

[LilSirAxolotl]

1pm on a Saturday and watching this on my phone is the perfect excuse to stay in bed

[quadrant_G]

Great tour. Lee gets so excited he starts asking the next questions before listening to the answers to his last question.

[boatingforbeginners]

Total Respect to Matt who has the enthusiasm and unbelievable knowledge for someone so young and only 8 years in the job.. A great insight to what really goes into making a Gibson Custom shop guitar

[elvis_chen]

Cannot describe more how I love these factory tour videos, awesome!

[DDPAV]

For me this changed my mind from picking up custom shop Gibson. No doubt the craftspeople are top notch, but the process and materials aren't different enough to justify the cost. I'm also not picky enough about specs to want a custom ordered version. More power to the people that want custom shop, but off-the-rack is good enough for me.

[rxdoctordaddy]

Gibson reigns supreme. Thank you, lee!

[lynyrddeville]

I had a salesperson at a local Long & McQuade music shop, tell me there was a marked difference in feel between the 50's historic series Custom Shop Gibson Les Pauls, and their Gibson U.S.A. counterparts. He claimed the Custom Shop guitars tended to feel looser, not super stiff compared to the rather stiff feel of a Gibson U.S.A. guitar. I later learned when I was lucky enough to try out and really feel the difference and actually buy for my very own self one of the Custom Shop Historic Spec R8 Bourbonburst. And it is beautiful and indeed never felt stiff or clunky or less than inspiring. I am proud to be able to own one, and am happy tp have watched this video!

[snstyvr]

I’m a bassist, and still found this so beautiful I felt emotional many times. What a workplace! Gibson make more basses. EB2013/2014 rules!

[iammatthewbirch]

Lee's "Bul!sh?t meter" was dinging at 30:05 when the acoustic properties of glue were being justified 🤣

[davedavem]

15:20 Lee: "Oh!!" hard cut.
He must have seen something secret 😂

[davidrees]

This was the most interesting tour I've seen in 10 years -I guess the Murphy Lab one is coming soon? Thank you, great job!

[danwall]

Watching and drooling at thr same time. Great to see people working with their hands making beautiful guitars

[worthmoremusic]

...and then came the enlightening. Thanks Andertons for the tour of what goes into the making of a guitar. A bit easier now to justify the cost.

[sickriffs]

Lee doing a great job as always. Good observations, very respectful and giving space for people to talk and show their work. Thanks for this, guys!

[carlthomas]

I showed the video to my 2013 R9, R9 is happy.

[HD-kbpg]

I Just ordered a custom shop LP Axcess with a Floyd Rose. I'm feeling very good about this after watching these artisans at work.

[superfuzzymomma]

Just bought a CS Beauty of the Burst Historic Select 59, and I must say that the craftmanship and attention to detail is freakin' otherworldy. I now know why this is so. Custom Shop makes unbelivably beautiful stuff.