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    GAStronomist stan's Avatar
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    From the Korean Gibson site, here is the Gibson USA tour of each of the steps that go into making a guitar:

    http://gibson.kr/ver2/gibson_factory_tour.html

    And another:

    http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyl...ibson-usa.aspx

    And Gibson Custom Shop:

    http://www2.gibson.com/news-lifestyl...on-custom.aspx


    apologies if these have been up before

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    interesting
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    Now i knw where Santa works during the off season!

    Pretty cool seeing that while a lot is automated, the guitars are still very hands on to make.

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    wow thanks for the links Stan, its very interesting the steps and procedures done at each stage of the build. I had no idea so much of the build is done by hand !
    You may want to edit your post Stan, the last 2 links are the same
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    cheers wokka, fixed

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