The AIO Guitars SHOP TOUR! (with the owner, seeing the luthiers work)

AIO, or All In One Guitars, has become one of my favorite guitar brands in recent years. This is the source of Wolf guitars and now the AIO brand of guitars. Here is my shop tour video and interview with Jin, the owner. He talks about how the guitar business started and we see the guys at the shop working on their guitars up close, doing nut adjustments, fret leveling, crowning, fret ends, and more.

Who out there owns a guitar from AIO?

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Rubric: -5 points for Danzig references. -5 points for not reading the description. -5 points for not watching far enough into the video to answer your own question. -5 points for misquoting me in your comment. 20 points possible. Everyone starts with an A!

[zihjnez]

it's pretty interesting to see how jin doesn't necessarily want to expand as a brand, because that would affect the quality of QC itself. He just wants to make sure everything that comes through is to his standards.

[gstmusic]

I own 3 AIO guitars..2 Strats and a LP style. They came set up exactly as specified in the orders and they play great! Happy to finally see Jin and his shop. Fantastic guitars all around.

[crappy]

What I love about AIO is that they’re lefty friendly, no price gouging for dexterity.

[michaelmagee]

As a luthier myself, it's great to see a company like this with a director who wants the business to remain small. This is the only way to maintain quality. I only recently started playing a buying guitars. I am 64 and spent most of my music career as a classical bassist trained at some of the finest music schools in America. With the decision to add luthier skills to my basket, I quickly found that the 'big houses' of the violin world which handled most of the very expensive instruments, were more concerned about bottom line than the quality of work they were doing on the finest violin family instruments the world has known. Staying small, yes we still need to worry about our 'bottom line', but we can control the quality of our work much better. Kudos to Jin and his crew for really understanding this concept. Their guitars are really gorgeous, and with their attention to detail, I will certainly be adding at least one of their guitars to my collection in the near future. Thank you for making this vid. I love finding diamonds in the rough - those lesser companies with lower prices but still really quality offerings. These guys are doing things right.

[tomaslopez]

I love how much attention to detail he and his staff have towards the instruments coming into his shop! I like his idea of keeping the brand under the radar so that he can continue making high quality instruments at affordable prices!

[rodjo]

If I had to describe this man's work in one word, it would undoubtedly be PASSION.

[snapfinger]

The most meticulous “dealer prep” imaginable. Enjoyed every minute of this episode.

[MOAONAABE]

i was a career letter carrier, im 70 now but from 25 to 55 i delivered mail to so many small businesses in storefronts just like this. i have had so many tours.. I love it. i always had time to see how the magic is done. success is a job shop. get big and watch your special k go out of the mix.

[univibe]

That's impressive!!! You don't see this kind of dedication and passion in ANY business these days! I know where my next guitar is coming from.

[christowing]

The attention to detail is amazing too bad more of the big-name companies don't do this type of stuff

[MashaT]

I’m so glad you arranged to show us Jin’s AIO shop, so we can see his attention to detail. That’s extremely unusual to find from any brand. It really adds to the value and quality. Thanks to Jin and his fellow guitar tech for striving to provide quality instruments in a manner that I’ve never seen from ANY brand, at ANY price point.

[richardsisk]

Hey Max, I want to acknowledge you for having the best guitar channel on YouTube. This location shoot demonstrates why you are the best. Jin and his team are doing fabulous work. Thanks guys!

[dougslead]

Thanks Max! That brief tour at the guitar shop was really interesting. I have recently bought my first instrument from AIO Guitars. It is my first guitar purchase ever. It is due to arrive in a day or two. Jen said that he was planning to ship it out on Monday; today is Tuesday so you know that I’m excited about it. I’m keeping my ears tuned for the sound of a delivery truck.
Anyway this purchase was largely influenced by your spots while speaking about AIO guitars, and a brief video with the tech doing his job. This show of yours has expanded a bit about this ‘tuning’ process, and shows how important that it is. [I know this for a fact, because I keep my skis in tune, not for sound, but for how they will handle under different surface conditions on the slopes, from powder through ice. This must be considered or your day won’t be as fun as you may expect; I digress, sorry] Anyway I feel that I know Jen a little more than before, when he has called to ask me a few questions & talk about my purchase. Who does that anymore? I’ll tell you: only a business owner/operator that cares about his customers, that’s who! I feel really good about my guitar purchase from him.

[frankhughes]

They're about to get a bunch of orders with this video

[bobhardin]

I have bought Wolf guitars from Jin and had work done on others. He redressed the frets on my old Washburn 12-string, replacing almost a third of them due to wear and the result was amazing. As you know, from interviewing him, he is a no-nonsense kind of guy and he calmly and patiently schooled me in proper guitar care. He took a home built guitar that my friend's son had made for him in a high school shop class and completely remedied the intonation issues. I'm so glad to see he has relocated from the downtown LA location, where you had to enter from the tiny parking lot entrance in the back, due to security concerns. This man is just amazing! Thanks for talking him into doing an interview (as I'm positive you had to!).

[chickensendies]

After watching this video I will be buying one of these guitars. They seem to put their heart and soul into what they ship out. I absolutely want to back this kind of work. What an absolute gem. Thank you for sharing this, Max!

[mancub]

Max, thanks. Who doesn’t want to tour a guitar manufacturer and see how they build their guitars.

[thebaldshredder]

I still have my Wolf that I got from Max. I remember when I got it, I was amazed at how great the setup was. Now I know why!

[debashishmitra]

" ... my luthiers get fired because they are lazy - not doing great job ... " 🤣🤣🤣- hats off - this single statement got me sold. Just shows how passionate and thorough Jin is about the work. EXACTLY what is needed to ensure that the instruments are of a high quality in terms of setup and playability after passing these stages of inspection. This kind of attention to detail is so rare and getting rarer in these times of 'big profits', 'cost cutting', 'cheaper materials' and 'shoddy workmanship' in general. Luckily, the world of guitars is an exception with the 'quality for the price ratio' getting higher by the day.

[Psycho-sweh]

Max, because of your reviews and demos of these guitars, I took a leap of faith and ordered one of the AIO Strat style guitars. I really don't know what to expect but I'm hoping for a good experience and one that I don't regret.