Відео

Jim for president!

ruins every guitar they touch

how much is it?

Awesome ❤❤

I bet you know Jim Suhler that I was a tech for in 05

That is stunning

Love the Charlie Christian pick up. Taking an angle grinder to a new finish is not my thing

I used to buff thunderbird basses just for fun

I wonder if this factory will still be around 20 years from now. Young people in America simply do not play guitar anymore. There is a glut of high end guitars on the market; all at outrageous prices. I suspect when the boomers are gone, you're gonna start seeing high end Les Pauls at garage sales. Expensive guitar collections will become like doll collections; difficult to find a buyer for. Guitars will eventually become like pianos. They will be difficult to even give away. Guitar is a hard, frustrating instrument to learn. I cannot see any young person putting in the time and effort it takes to learn it. Young people have little interest in guitar, and guitar driven pop music is a thing of the past. The era of rock guitar heroes is long over. This factory is cranking out guitars. Who is actually buying these expensive guitars?

Wasn't the show broadcast on the King Biscuit Flour Hour? I recall taping it and wearing that tape out! What a great story!

I am clueless about guitars, but that case is insane.

I have that exact guitar but it’s a 2021 year model with Seymour Duncan pickups. It’s worth the money. I also have a custom shop kamikaze 1 george lynch model. So yea, over 10k into two guitars.

Nice guitar. Love P90s.

Gibson.....The American guitar that will NEVER stay in tune ! LOL

This is when rock was still young. Jim was 19, Randy just turned 25. These days you go to a NAMM show, it's like going to a AARP convention.

I want one very badly, even thought about trading my les paul in but then came to my senses

Nothing today ?

I saw Randy Rhoads with Ozzy Osbourne on February 25th, 1982 from the front row in Norman, Oklahoma, a month after Jim worked on his guitars. I got some great shots of him playing the polka-dotted Sandoval-V and his white '74 Gibson Les Paul Custom that night. What a player Randy was LIVE. Got goosebumps many times that night watching him play all those songs that were on the radio during that time on KATT Rock 100.5. I don't know if they opened at the Chicago concert Jim DeCola talked about, but UFO opened for Ozzy that night in Norman.

30:00 - "The Equalizer" with Denzel Washington

Randy will always be my favorite guitarist. None better. RIP Randy, I miss you.

The chipping on the bottom.... 😭😭😭

Dude...STOP BUMPING THE V! 😂

Nice Thin Lizzy licks man! Cool axe too!

While I own a 2008 Melody Maker and a 2005 matt finish Les Paul Standard, both of which I'm satisfied with, myself and friends agree that some of the 70s and early 80s Gibsons left a lot to be desired. I owed an 83 Les Paul Studio with dot inlays, which was definitely not a well finished instrument. As my mate Mark said in 1984, 'you can't buy a shitty guitar for over £500 apart from a Gibson', which considering the Japanese opposition at the time was a well founded observation.

Doyle RESPECT! THANK YOU!

I'd but this today if it had a trem arm!

Awesome story

The satanic panic in the 80's was insane

Sad Black Sabbath and Ozzy were called "satanists" and rejected and critics put them down in favor of crappy bands that today no one even listens to. 🎸

Take away the audio and this looks like a nonce catcher video

Jim is the real deal!! Met him at the Gibson garage and mentioned it is too bad factory tours for the public don't happen anymore. He said send me an email and we'll see what we can do. A couple weeks later i was getting a personal tour from Jim of the factory. The man is a true gem. Blessed to have spent time talking with him and sharing stories. Nothing but respect as a person and his contributions to the music industry. Thanks Jim!

46:57 Best Dept. i guess

This guy is my age. At 19 YO, this must have been a powerful experience… 🎸

Randy was very cool. We were on his guest list the for the first time he played the polkadot V. He had picked it up that day. I didnt know he was going to be so famous...just a nice guy to us always.

Randy changed a lot of minds for sure. 43 years a fan and I only have ever heard stories about how good a guy he was. Loved his family and got homesick while touring. He was one of us, only he had alien-like talent from the gods! Yes, you can be a guitar hero and not a complete dick like so many.

OooF !

I remember when that shift happened when Randy became the newest guitar god! I was 12 then, Randy had already become legendary! I was a new way of hearing what was capable on guitar, like when YJM hit. And then he was gone, I got suspended from school that day for "stabbing" someone with a safety pin. I stopped at the game room on my way home to play Pac-Man. The local rock station was doing its thing when suddenly the music stopped. I just remember I quit playing my game, I just walked home in a daze. The whole town was in a daze, Ozzy had just played a show at our local coliseum in late February! I still miss him dearly!

Why is Gibson not doing the Randy Rhoads Les Paul? I know they did a limited edition a long time ago, but no reason not to do more.

Im Curious as to what you were using to alter the guitars....power tools ? Sounds risky and a little scary to know there's no putting it back, and figuratively having to have it back up and strung in time for the gig....Awesome stuff. Huge Randy Fan here, my favorite guitarist of all time. Still relevant after all these years !!!

Randy was my friend and I'm still 💔

Love my Les Paul but not a relic fan. I love when a guitar is aged by me. Years of playing and beating up. The relics don’t have the same mojo or look as a natural aged guitar….. just my thoughts

Love my Gibsons!

I love this! This is GOD and Randy!

WIsh they would take the born on pic still :)

Fantastic! ❤🎸🔥👍🎼

Thank goodness this information can be relayed in this time and day! Super good fella!

Hell yeahhhhhh 🐉

I still think about Randy. Gone, but NEVER forgotten ❤

Tom mentions the guy from Brazil, like that guy I went to a guitar shop in Winterhaven Florida and played dozens of Les Pauls and several Vintage Les Pauls. I played each one for awhile and then Jimmy handed me a Murphy R8. The very first strum I knew instantly that this is my guitar. I didnt even have to plug it in!!! I thought to myself Ill go home and think over this and sleep on it, I didnt sleep all night and was at the store before they opened. I actually called the owner at home and told him I will be back in the morning. That was two years ago and its still my favorite guitar. I have a lot of guitars to choose from and The Murphy just speaks to me. Thank you Gibson and Tom

Does anybody know if the Gibson Factory Tour is open to public? I can't find any information that talks about public taking the factory tour now.