Thanks for watching and supporting Chapman and the wonderful guys at Harmony, I tried my best to avoid filming the other incredible brands manufactured here such as Dean and BC Rich, any occurrences are purely incidental. If you have any questions, please find them here and I will do my best to get through them
I'll tell you secret information if you give me the first copy - Some people play V-shaped guitars and love them very much - they would buy them from you (especially if they come with a thin layer of paint) but you don't make them .... - Just kidding, but I didn't find v guitar on your website - Well, what can you do, you'll have to buy a Gibson - again... )))
@@RobChappers With sharp edges and a tremolo? That's not serious - name the most expensive guitar on the market? For a modern Flying v solution they ask from 7 thousand to 20 thousand - And people pay - And another secret - people play blues on them ))) - Anyway, thanks for the answer.
I’ve been hoping you’d give us an inside look at the factory making Chapman Guitars! I wish more companies would be as transparent to show what goes on at their factories- not only to see the end result at the store. It’s nice to see some of the smiling faces making the guitars, the process, and all the work that goes into making a great guitar. Totally awesome to see great guitars can be made nearly anywhere these days. That’s a huge win for musicians as it brings the price down while retaining quality with CNC and factories who take pride in producing a fantastic affordable instrument. Thats really awesome that the factory secured a Katana for you so you can test in a way that makes you feel comfortable. It shows they follow your guitar journey and really strive to get to know you and want you to be happy - if you’re not happy, chances are most customers won’t be either. I also love that the factory not just lets workings have a lunch break, but actually feeds them freshly cooked food made on-site. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before in any factory of any kind, anywhere in the world. Ever. It shows this factory cares about the well being of their employees. If their workers are happy and healthy, they’ll be able to do more quality work. Thanks to the factory for being kind enough to let us have a look inside! I love this kind of stuff and truly appreciate it! I hope to own a Chapman someday in my life!
Hey Rob, I just want to thank you. It was my birthday recently and things have been a little rough for us. Two kids to feed and not much money to go around. My wife worked extra, saved enough and surprised me with a chapman. Your videos are my get away and seeing where my most prized posession was made is just amazing. Thank you so much Rob.
They did a fantastic job on my ML3 Traditional. Sound quality, resonance (sounds great before you plug it in), fit and finish, neck, fret board, pickups (the more I play with the P90, the more I love it), everything! There's nothing I would change. I will never let it go!
@@RobChappers Wow, I'm just seeing this now, THANK YOU SO MUCH! You Re truly awesome and inspiring. Btw I love the blindfold challenges, you know you stuff.
Really impressed with the factory. The precision of the machining and the quality of the hand processes. Also, the workers are well looked after. Guitars look amazing
Thankyou for the video - its always great to get a behind the scenes look at production and its very obvious how much care and attention has gone into each stage of the process ❤
Thank you for the tour Rob, I love these kinds of videos, it's always fascinating seeing how guitars are made. Also, this video reinforces my want to own a Chapman Guitar in the near future.
Congrats on your success. You're making really cool guitars that take classic designs and putting really nice spins to them. And also coming up with your own original designs.
That was really cool. Guitar factories have come a long way, and, with CNC, the workers on the floor can spend more time on fit-n-finish. Those guys are making some beautiful instruments, Rob. Good choice! And, it's always good to see people who love their jobs, in action. Smiles everywhere, in that place.
Loved watching this. Fascinating insight into some great, enthusiastic people making quality instruments. Having owned a number of "non USA" guitars it's great to see how the South Asian manufactures are giving the Americans some serious competition.
I was waiting for the Indian company reveal video, but I did not expect that the legend Trev Wilkinson will be in it. That gold Guardian looks stunning
Great to see all that work being done with such skill and care. Trev Wilkinson is an absolute gent. Many years back I acquired a seller treble and bass 50 and decided to build a speaker cab myself and he was brilliant at advising on the best cellestion speaker for the job. It was in reality a small profit to him but he spoke with me for ages on the build. He absolutely cares about the music man.
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amazingly efficient factory (e.g. the pickup cavity inserts to make the polishing easier and all those templates etc.)
Hey man this was fantastic.. would love to see more that goes into the construction of your Chapman's before I drop dime in one but I like the guitars u are making brother...show us more!
I purchased the Lawmaker from Chicago Music Exchange when they first came in. It is incredible, my favorite guitar I've owned. Fit and finish is perfect and the craftsmanship at this factory seems like a step up from WMI.
I had the pleasure of building a guitar with Trev in SoCal in the early 90s. I still have it and play it. He doesn’t know it but he had a profound impact on me
My ML3 Traditional Tele with the P90 is my best playing guitar, the P90 sounds so good. Straight out of the box it was set up and intonated with no string buzz or high frets which are dressed perfectly and everything works as it should, the rolled fingerboard is so comfortable to play. I have smallish hands so the flatter radius fingerboard makes it easier for Travis picking. The reverse headstock and the sound it produces is one of my favourite things about this instrument. I love the Radiant Flow green colour and the woodgrain. The attention to detail is what makes this my favourite guitar to play. Thanks Chappers, you produce a great quality product at an affordable price.
Wow, thank you Rob. Chapman guitar s are definitely not sitting on your laurels. I have to stop drooling now. Safe journeys. Thank you for always making me laugh with your great sense of humor. .
This made me want to buy a chapman specifically from this factory much like the PRS tour of the colt factory affirmed the fact my SE was a good quality purchase
Wow !! that’s great news from man !!! I am from Chennai .. and it’s really awesome to see this .. hope u guys bring back the MLV pro .. 🤘🏻🤘🏻 anyways all the best 🤘🏻
WTF !!!! Trev Wilkinson is consulting ?! Holy Smokes!! Thats absolutely crazy to see! Also had no idea there were guitar factories in India, that alone makes me wana buy another chapman just to support them.
I have 6 guitars and my most prized is an old 80sish Harmony acoustic that I've played to death and have now taken tuners off as first step to recondition it🤘🎸💪
Hopefully, I'll have a Ghost Fret for myself soon. Also, interesting to see John Hammond went into the guitar industry after Jurassic Park fell to bits.
I really like your energy man, got a guitar recently so I can't succumb into GAS too soon, but be sure my next one will be a chapman even if they're a bit hart to find around here.
Hey Rob! Thanks much for giving us the nickel your of where of your ultra cool line of guitars is manufactured. There's definitely a lot of attention to detail and quality put into every one. With the trend of affordable budget guitars, have you thought about tapping into that market with your brand?
Thanks for watching and supporting Chapman and the wonderful guys at Harmony, I tried my best to avoid filming the other incredible brands manufactured here such as Dean and BC Rich, any occurrences are purely incidental.
If you have any questions, please find them here and I will do my best to get through them
I'll tell you secret information if you give me the first copy - Some people play V-shaped guitars and love them very much - they would buy them from you (especially if they come with a thin layer of paint) but you don't make them .... - Just kidding, but I didn't find v guitar on your website - Well, what can you do, you'll have to buy a Gibson - again... )))
@@alar7743 we did make a V (MLV Pro) and we definitely will make another one
@@RobChappers With sharp edges and a tremolo? That's not serious - name the most expensive guitar on the market? For a modern Flying v solution they ask from 7 thousand to 20 thousand - And people pay - And another secret - people play blues on them ))) - Anyway, thanks for the answer.
Woohoo!!! Rosewood fretboard ML3 in black glitter, that’s the one!!! ❤❤❤ cheers Rob 👍🏻
And that red, what a stunner ❤
Great video man! Love seeing how much effort goes into making a guitar! The fret machine makes my favourite noise ever!! 😂
Hey dude, that fret Machine really is amazing, I can’t get over how great the sound is 😂
LOL
@@RobChappers Sample it, get it on a drum pad/trigger and use it to count in songs
Great video. Saddens me that we cannot do this work in the USA, UK, and Canada without sky high prices.
lmao! Like a robot taking a s***
I’ve been hoping you’d give us an inside look at the factory making Chapman Guitars! I wish more companies would be as transparent to show what goes on at their factories- not only to see the end result at the store. It’s nice to see some of the smiling faces making the guitars, the process, and all the work that goes into making a great guitar. Totally awesome to see great guitars can be made nearly anywhere these days. That’s a huge win for musicians as it brings the price down while retaining quality with CNC and factories who take pride in producing a fantastic affordable instrument.
Thats really awesome that the factory secured a Katana for you so you can test in a way that makes you feel comfortable. It shows they follow your guitar journey and really strive to get to know you and want you to be happy - if you’re not happy, chances are most customers won’t be either.
I also love that the factory not just lets workings have a lunch break, but actually feeds them freshly cooked food made on-site. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before in any factory of any kind, anywhere in the world. Ever. It shows this factory cares about the well being of their employees. If their workers are happy and healthy, they’ll be able to do more quality work.
Thanks to the factory for being kind enough to let us have a look inside! I love this kind of stuff and truly appreciate it! I hope to own a Chapman someday in my life!
The food looks amazing
Hey Rob, I just want to thank you. It was my birthday recently and things have been a little rough for us. Two kids to feed and not much money to go around. My wife worked extra, saved enough and surprised me with a chapman. Your videos are my get away and seeing where my most prized posession was made is just amazing. Thank you so much Rob.
Ahh man, that’s great to hear! Happy late birthday ❤
They did a fantastic job on my ML3 Traditional.
Sound quality, resonance (sounds great before you plug it in), fit and finish, neck, fret board, pickups (the more I play with the P90, the more I love it), everything! There's nothing I would change.
I will never let it go!
@@RobChappers Wow, I'm just seeing this now, THANK YOU SO MUCH! You Re truly awesome and inspiring. Btw I love the blindfold challenges, you know you stuff.
Really impressed with the factory. The precision of the machining and the quality of the hand processes. Also, the workers are well looked after. Guitars look amazing
Some amazing looking instruments there, production quality looks fantastic!
Wow Rob. Amazing work from Chapman! To all the employees at the factory you all do amazing work. Great Job!
Thankyou for the video - its always great to get a behind the scenes look at production and its very obvious how much care and attention has gone into each stage of the process ❤
Amazing to see the pride each person has for building quality products... thank you for sharing.
absolutley love this video!!! proper "how its made" vibes! love it
Nice to see Trev looking well, the man's an absolute legend.
Looks so friendly and professional. Love it.
Looks like a lot of pride in that shop🤙
Love it.
Awesome video Rob, thanks for the tour!
Loved the color of the ebony fretboard wood.
Guitars look awesome good work 😊
Trevor Wilkinson is a legend.❤
Awesome stuff. The people that work there seem happy and well qualified.
That place is a whole new level of quality control and one of those Chapman guitars is on my bucket list
The factory looks great, as does the food. The finish on the guitars look to be very good.
Great to see how you do things Rob- thank you
Looks great! A lot of fine wood from India so good place to build them. I am sure that the craftsmanship will be good too.
Thank you for the tour Rob, I love these kinds of videos, it's always fascinating seeing how guitars are made. Also, this video reinforces my want to own a Chapman Guitar in the near future.
This is wonderful! Love seeing the new factory. Hoping to get a baritone at some point!
What a wonderful group of people. I noticed everywhere was spotless and so well organised. Great video Rob 👍🏻👍🏻
Lookin good Chappers! Keep it up!
Congrats on your success. You're making really cool guitars that take classic designs and putting really nice spins to them. And also coming up with your own original designs.
This is really like an old school Chappers video even playing Flash Flood too. I'm so happy to see you're enjoying the guitar more these days
Super cool video! Thanks
That was really cool. Guitar factories have come a long way, and, with CNC, the workers on the floor can spend more time on fit-n-finish. Those guys are making some beautiful instruments, Rob. Good choice! And, it's always good to see people who love their jobs, in action. Smiles everywhere, in that place.
Rob, you must have such a feeling of pride seeing your guitars being so lovingly and expertly produced.
It’s a feeling like no other. I always feel like a proud dad, especially when people create music with them.❤️
living the dream man! keep on truckin' 😍
They look great
Great tour Rob; and some cool guitars thank you.😎
Loved watching this. Fascinating insight into some great, enthusiastic people making quality instruments. Having owned a number of "non USA" guitars it's great to see how the South Asian manufactures are giving the Americans some serious competition.
Thanks for the heads up on Guitar Gear Banter Rob! Love a factory tour 🤘🏻
I’m so happy for ya Rob, your guitars are awesome. I can’t wait till I can get one of my own!!!
nice.... Lived in Bombay in 1964-66 yes I'm old but love India..
It is not Mumbai it is a chennai
Brilliant video, could have watched hours of that with every person talking through what they do and the roles.
Grrrreeeetings
Very cool video. And very impressive work
Great video. Really cool to see a bit of the behind-the-scenes factory work.
Thanks for taking us with you!
😊😊😊
My pleasure 😊
Great work Rob. ✌🏻
Great video! I thoroughly enjoyed it.. ✌️🤓
Fab to see this Rob❤❤❤❤
Awesome video. I love guitar factory tours. Peace
This is a cool inside look!
The Guardian looks AWESOME!
Man, great trip log!
I was waiting for the Indian company reveal video, but I did not expect that the legend Trev Wilkinson will be in it. That gold Guardian looks stunning
That factory looks sick! I’m so glad Trev was there. I hope he’s at NAMM in January!
Yeah mate, we’ll both be there - See ya
awesome videooo
Man, that fretting machine; you should use that as the new explosion at the end of your videos 😂😂😂
Ha ha love that Idea
Great video, mister. Short and sweet.
Awesome
Great to see all that work being done with such skill and care.
Trev Wilkinson is an absolute gent. Many years back I acquired a seller treble and bass 50 and decided to build a speaker cab myself and he was brilliant at advising on the best cellestion speaker for the job. It was in reality a small profit to him but he spoke with me for ages on the build. He absolutely cares about the music man.
amazingly efficient factory (e.g. the pickup cavity inserts to make the polishing easier and all those templates etc.)
Nice video Chappers!! Hope you had a nice time in my country!
It was amazing dude, honestly life changing
Make sure you tell that gentleman he did a beautiful job on my feet ends.
Looks like they are doing excellent work. Miss India. Haven't been there since 1997.
Superb. Some really great models
Hey man this was fantastic.. would love to see more that goes into the construction of your Chapman's before I drop dime in one but I like the guitars u are making brother...show us more!
Let me know specifically what you would like to see more of please
the lawmaker !!! ftw
this is awesome
Wow cool video, I am proud to own a Chapman. Cool to see Trevor Wilkinson also👌
Nice tour, thanks for sharing. The Guardian looks sweet. I love Indian food.
I purchased the Lawmaker from Chicago Music Exchange when they first came in. It is incredible, my favorite guitar I've owned. Fit and finish is perfect and the craftsmanship at this factory seems like a step up from WMI.
Excellent Rob.
I had the pleasure of building a guitar with Trev in SoCal in the early 90s. I still have it and play it. He doesn’t know it but he had a profound impact on me
My ML3 Traditional Tele with the P90 is my best playing guitar, the P90 sounds so good.
Straight out of the box it was set up and intonated with no string buzz or high frets which
are dressed perfectly and everything works as it should, the rolled fingerboard is so comfortable to play. I have smallish hands so the flatter radius fingerboard makes it easier
for Travis picking. The reverse headstock and the sound it produces is one of my favourite
things about this instrument. I love the Radiant Flow green colour and the woodgrain.
The attention to detail is what makes this my favourite guitar to play. Thanks Chappers,
you produce a great quality product at an affordable price.
Fret machine: Yoink 😂🌹
As guitarras são lindas ❤
The guardian and the DP guitar all look great. Wish I could afford one
Wow, thank you Rob. Chapman guitar s are definitely not sitting on your laurels.
I have to stop drooling now.
Safe journeys.
Thank you for always making me laugh with your great sense of humor.
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This made me want to buy a chapman specifically from this factory much like the PRS tour of the colt factory affirmed the fact my SE was a good quality purchase
The neck profile tool is called a Neck-Profilia
😂
Wilkinson being involved means *these will be quality guitars* .
very interesting video rob, thanks for sharing!
Well done
Wonderful Rob! Many congrats, i have my ML3 and i really love it! Hope to check some new models very soon! Cheers mate!🙌🏻🎵😉👍
Jesus christ I didn't knew my state produced the Chapman guitars!!! And here I am using an old Epiphone Lespaul. :( :(
What are you doing to us Chappers! I need that new lawmaker colour in my life...I needed it aeons ago!!!!!!!
Wow !! that’s great news from man !!! I am from Chennai .. and it’s really awesome to see this .. hope u guys bring back the MLV pro .. 🤘🏻🤘🏻 anyways all the best 🤘🏻
The red DP 🤯
Goes to show that the manufacturing quality between countries is really narrowing. Clearly a very talented team with great attention to detail!
Super cool seeing this BTS stuff and seeing the Guardians coming off the line! Side note: Food looked banging too 😂
WTF !!!! Trev Wilkinson is consulting ?! Holy Smokes!! Thats absolutely crazy to see! Also had no idea there were guitar factories in India, that alone makes me wana buy another chapman just to support them.
I think Wilkinson parts are finding their way onto a number of the models. Never a bad choice, really.
Yes, sir, we have used Wilkinson parts from the very first Guitar
Pretty much hand made guitars! Amazing
That air hose at 0:52 is what we call a "shop shower."
🔥
I have 6 guitars and my most prized is an old 80sish Harmony acoustic that I've played to death and have now taken tuners off as first step to recondition it🤘🎸💪
Man i didnt kno youre w Trev! Hats off to the real deal!
Since guitar one mate
Iff Trevor is involvet, you know magic is gonna happen! ♨️🎸♨️
he's involved with Harmony, not Chapman. They probably cut his kits for StewMac.
Hopefully, I'll have a Ghost Fret for myself soon.
Also, interesting to see John Hammond went into the guitar industry after Jurassic Park fell to bits.
😂😂
I really like your energy man, got a guitar recently so I can't succumb into GAS too soon, but be sure my next one will be a chapman even if they're a bit hart to find around here.
Thanks man, we just picked up European and USA distribution so it should be much easier soon 🤘🏽
This whole video looks like loads of fun. The factory looks great. P.s. dying to get those guardian specs!
Hey Rob! Thanks much for giving us the nickel your of where of your ultra cool line of guitars is manufactured. There's definitely a lot of attention to detail and quality put into every one.
With the trend of affordable budget guitars, have you thought about tapping into that market with your brand?