Final Sanding And Color Prep At Gibson USA | The Process S1 EP9
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2020
- In this episode of “The Process,” Gibson’s Master Luthier Jim DeCola takes viewers on an in depth look at the final sanding and color prep process.
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If I had to make one comment, I’d say these videos are too short. I find these very interesting.
Way too short
Gibson. Please work together with NETFLIX and make a 10 Episode Documentary or something along those lines
Jake Hays each episode an hour long.
It's good to see the workers who actually make it all happen...
What a fantastic video series! The overall message that you are sharing is super inspiring. Take pride in your work and everyone benefits- you, your coworkers, your reputation, the company and most of all your customer. More U.S. companies need to take notes. Great job to everyone onboard!
I really hope you all do this same video build process with Custom Shop guitars! All my Gibson’s are either. Intake or Custom Shop models. Thanks!
It’s always been my dream to own a Gibson Les Paul ( any model), I’ve had many Epi’s , Never a Gibson. I love those guitars.
Only a Gibson is good enough. 🧡
I love seeing the notification for "The Process" Great content, keep em coming Gibson. And I would love to see some of the employees 20 and 40 year guitars.
Theirs so much that goes into the making of a fine Gibson guitar
Yeah nice one. Its very interesting to watch these. And one complement I'd add is the back of my USA Les Paul is just as gorgeous as the front, and I've gone to some lengths to keep it looking good too.
“We apply the wood filler, with a brush with the grain direction”. Footage showing a guy packing it in across the grain. Lucky that the guy, actually doing the job, is getting it right.
Haha, you beat me to it. Was gonna say the same thing. He then says that it gets wiped off against the grain as the guy does the opposite then goes round in circles.
I had no idea it was that messy. This series is really cool.
I ❤️ Gibson
Very nice! Props for the incredible background music! Gibson, making us proud! 👍
My dream is work in this company!!
My elderly neighbors father worked at Gibson in Kalamazoo. We still live in Kalamazoo. That would be interesting if it was still located by my home.
It would be awesome to work there. Bouncing from different stations learning all the steps.
Loving these videos,Gibson! Keep them coming. Find the “process” very interesting. Sincerely, longtime Gibson Player.
I'm unashamedly an Epiphone man, and want to add that this focus on quality from JC, Cesar et al, has definitely impacted the product from that company thoroughly as well. Different plants, different processes and different expectations of course, but quality none the less. It's a great time to love guitars!
Thank you for these videos. They have inspired me to actually attempt to strip a guitar from its clear coat, sand off the color and re stain and finish the instrument to my liking. I had to sell my Les Paul due to a severe injury and the weight of the guitar. 10 lbs became unbearable and Les Pauls should not sit idle, they need to be heard. I found a Epiphone Les Paul on Craigslist for $300 that was a little under 8lbs and had the 60s slim tapered neck. The perfect instrument to try this on. I gutted it, stripped it and watch many of your videos over and over to do this right. In the end, this guitar is beautiful to behold. I put Gibson’s pots in it, Duncan pickups and cut the top of the headstock off right under the epiphone logo. Re shaped the top with a file to look like the Gibson Crown. The question is, Can it compete with the real thing? In all honesty, NO! Lol. It sounds good, it plays very good, it has a nice feel to the neck even though it feels cheap compared to the real thing and it looks great. There is no substitute for the real thing and there never will be. Gibson Les Pauls have that magic tone that can’t be duplicated. These videos are fun and actually useful. Thank you for posting them.
3:57 The blue SG with the flame top!😍
Great series. Thanks for posting!
Totally enjoying the series, and learning quite a bit. Thanks!
Keep up the GREAT work guys!!! Love you!!! 🤘🏻❤️
Love it! Just love it!
I love Gibson 😊Gary Moore,Bb King,Zakk Wylde, and more more😊can’t be wrong 😊👍👍👍👍Great video
Beautiful guitars.
Don't stop putting the vanilla in your Nitro. I bought a 2019 Tribute Burst Les Paul, and I LOVE that smell! And I agree that these Video's are too short. GIVE US MORE!
You made go back to 2013 when I bought my Gibson SG Standard, what a good smell! Mine lasted for months, but unfortunatelly it came to an end.
@@jgjunior19 It's 2 yrs later and mine still smells good, but like a lot of clear-coat on a Car, Tributes are full finish but not Polished so you can keep polishing them and getting a new finish; and smell, I Love it.
@@jgjunior19 ...And no binding problems when you need a re-fret
From doing a couple of customs I realized I enjoyed doing some areas of the guitar and other areas I didn't. Who ever started giving certain areas to different people was an awesome idea!
Hope uou got a raise 😉
Beatiful 😍😍😍😍❤
I play guitar, but also was a QA before I was a production manager. I wonder how you manage defect rates and balance that with production rates, while finding ways to have minimal or even no increases in defects as production rates increase. It's tricky and we would always have to keep customers happy, while not driving workers crazy or dragging down our output. Perfection is impossible, but we did find ways to improve production rates while also increasing quality (it came at the cost of paying higher wages, getting the best engineers and factory techs, and factory upgrades, but that was good business for us because it got more from who we had and attracted other good people from elsewhere). Not something a company will discuss in a video I guess -- not in an insider detail kind of way.
Aquila Rossa They don’t lol their quality control is notoriously SHIT
Aquila Rossa , Gibson’s quality control is shoddy at best. This video alone shows workers using tools and methods incorrectly. Gibson is showcasing it instead of doing something to correct it.
If you’re looking for PERFECT quality control in a high-production setting, look at PRS’ videos. Paul Reed Smith Guitars in Stevensville, Md USA is the pinnacle of a quality production instrument. Second would be Collings Guitars in TX.
Who else is pumped for the giveaway later today?
David Mc Nicer id be, if only they were worldwide
@@FalonKenobii They are going worldwide this weekend
David Mc Nicer wait for real?
@@FalonKenobii Where are you located? They did a UK giveaway today and tomorrow is mexico.
David Mc Nicer Philippines, seems like a stretch though
It's a great idea to know about the process of making these iconic guitars!!! My only regrets, these episodes should be at least 30 minutes in duration!!! Its finished and you say "What??? That's it???" I am pretty sure they're not cheap to produce, but, come on, this is Gibson we're talking about! 🤝🏼 Greetings from Mexico!!! Stay home, Stay safe!!!
Best programming on UA-cam
The most shiny and elegant guitar I ever saw was a Gibson. I wonder if You guys can make a reverse truss rod where the screw is at the bottom of the headstock (just remove the pickup and adjust) instead of the top of the neck for a better tone and taking away the weak point problem.
Everybody would love that improvement.
I wish a Flying v in white 💖.
These videos are cool AF
Id move from my home in Pennsylvania to have a job there....I love gibson guitars.....and I need a job too gibson, been laid off from an 8 year stretch at perryman company...
My Gibson guitars, more than just a guitar.
man wen i made my guitar i had to sand steam remove whiskers and repeat a dozen times, but its important to get the oil to penetrate a needed distance as the coats build up then its scraped back down to the surface and polished with axle grease. theirs much more to it than that but i dont feel like typing it all lol. it leaves a very beautiful finish. and you can also do a few flash coats of amber nitro and clear and it will age like fine furniture has or like a 200k shotgun with a hand rubbed oil finish walnut stock!
As a luthier and furniture builder, what I like to tell folks, is 90% of finishing is in prep.
Thank you for the video! What kind of dye on 5:02?
He says they pack the wood filler with the grain direction as they're showing a worker fill AGAINST the grain direction.(you normally fill against in order to get it in.)
I have a 62 Strat, 59 LP Standard, 74 EDS, 2019 Tele, 83 Jackson RR1 and last year bought a 2019 LP Standard and that fucking guitar is flawless, LOVE IT! maybe all you haters should try playing one, oh wait you can't afford it, go back to Twitter and your video games
What color can we see at 3:01 on the ES 335?Is it a preparation coat or a special finish color? thank you so much!!!
3:30 "We apply the wood filler with a brush WITH the grain direction and that packs it into the pores..." (Video shows an SG getting brushed AGAINST the grain) :)
❤️x💯
4:12 is that a scarf joint?
Stunned some of the sanders don't wear masks even if there is a vacuum
And at 0:43, the woman is going at the flat back of the guitar with the very edge of a flat-padded sander. This is why we can see grooves and dips in the wood on Gibson guitars. This can be prevented. But it’s NOT being.
0:36 He makes it sound like orbital sanders are some cure all. You can botch a job very quickly if you don't know what you are doing with an orbital sander. They are quicker in the right hands with the right sander. I take my hat off to these people sanding all day, some wood dusts can be very irritating to throat and skin without the right PPE.
I hope the premium price of a Gibson is represented in their pay rate.
Consider how good the finish on budget guitars can be and how much those people must be getting payed as a percentage of the guitars price, shipped from overseas, duties and retail markup added.
The premium price of Gibson is BECAUSE of the pay the USA staff get compared to some companies making theirs in the east. Also the quality is better and the components better.
@@philloynes The price difference is more than just wages. Overheads like their factory, power, insurance for everything, including worker compensation in case of injury, and occupational health and safety add considerably to costs. The staff may earn more than their overseas counterparts but cost of living is higher in the USA too. If you're suggesting a guitar body sander gets a healthy income compared to other production line workers in the USA, I think you'd be disappointed.
Quality control isn't what it should be. I bought a J200 from the biggest guitar retailing chain in the UK. They had 6 J200 Studio's. Three of them had the skunk stripes on the neck way off centre. The one I bought was the best of the group, and it is still a couple of millimetres off centre. I brought these guitars to the attention of the owner, he doesn't check new stock personally but he was gobsmacked to see how bad the quality control was. OK, it doesn't affect the playability of the instruments, but what it does do is call into question Gibson' s quality control. Further more, when I bought the guitar I also bought a Marshall acoustic amp to go with it. When I got it home and plugged it in I found it was crackling then stopped working altogether. I assumed that my cheap lead was the problem and replaced it. No dice! I then assumed that the problem lay with the £400 amp rather than the £2200 guitar. I took the amp back to the store, and they tested it and said there was no fault. That just left the guitar! I took that back, and they sent it to their out of store tech guy. He said it had a dry joint in the electrics. I got it back and it played ok for a couple of days, and then stopped working again. I eventually took it to a good friend of mine, who was a pro musician and techie. We took it apart and found the problem was a faulty output jack. We re-wired it ourselves and the guitar has been fine ever since.Another example of Gibson's crappy quality control!
making me want to grab my LPJ....if only it wasnt 1am in aus haha
I need a job here!! I have experience!!
I love this series of videos, so I'm not trying to take away from how good these are, but....
One thing I can't help but point out is the fact that so few of the people involved in sanding are wearing masks. There's a lot of lung issues coming their way if they're doing this day in day out. Surely PPE should be mandated for respiratory risks.
This december is the 10th anniversary of the time i got my first Gibson (my LP Studio in Fireburst, i still own it), i bought it in the showroom of the Beale Street factory. Would be an awesome time to get a new one but... Fuck you COVID-19
I love my 335
Gibson is number one please send me a Gibson Les Paul I do this on every channel no matter what the channel is
Netflix series/doc asap please🙏
Love these vids,any idea when the factory will reopen after this craziness is over? I ordered a custom shop LP and i am hoping this will pass soon,Be safe all.
Oh, that must hurt
I was in the process of starting a M2M Les Paul 5 weeks ago. At the last moment I found a leftover 2018 RO that ticked all the boxes. I feel your pain.
@@VictoryGuitarShop It will be a game of patience at this point ,just trying to forget about it and play my other LPs and hoping the time will pass.Good luck with your R0,sounds like a great find.
@@bobby9727 Good luck, you will be amazed when you get your LP, they sound great. What did you order?
Plz show us the same steps but from the Gibson Custom Shop.
Would love to work at gibson!
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Hi guys, would anyone know to tell me what type and model of paint they use to pass on the guitar. IS IT TYPE A FOLDER THAT PASSES IN THE GUITAR SOMEONE KNOWS THE NAME ??
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How do i apply????
Artists.
I’m shocked that Gibson hasn’t come up with an idea to protect the neck from breaking I’m sure they could do something. I mean the upper part of the neck they could put something under the wood what I have no idea but I’m sure it’s possible.
please don't sue me for watching this video.
Go Cubbies!
Pudding? I f*****g love pudding!
Some people carry pictures of their kids. I don’t have kids. I carry pictures of my 3 Les Pauls. Is it weird? I don’t think so. I am proud to wave the Gibson Flag.
Oops, there's a scratch!
To the bulldozer!
F.D. English now it’s a custom shop guitar
First
“We apply wood filler with the grain” -video of a guy doing it cross grain- “we remove it cross grain” -video of a guy removing it with the grain- I see Gibson quality control must have been responsible for this video too.
quality XD
gosh, so many haters. as if it’s a political debate or something. i play a gibson cuz i like it. that is all
Gibson...
You need people, skilled craftsmen to do your fret work. To do your finishing. And to get it right before you send it out the door with a $4K price tag would be great too.
Just my 2 cents but you all need to hire PLAYERS if you have any realistic hope of survival
So you're suggesting guitar players make good, reliable employees?
800 sanders and they still ship 4000 dollar guitars with sharp frets.
Is it one person or a team who are in charge of making sure the binding seems are inconsistent as hell throughout the body and neck? OR are the neck and body binding fucked up independently of one another by different groups of “craftspeople”?
Wish I could enjoy watching a vid without the inevitable ahole negativity just once jeesh.
There is always people struggling
Yep. Built like shit. Full of finish inconsistencies, runs, binding and rough frets.
David Walker , simple. Don’t read the comments.
@@davidw4664 There's nothing stopping you from watchíng the video, just don't scroll down to the comments. It's Gibson, negativity is inevitable.
" the people who pass through these doors are the best employeees in the world", ok, do they get the best salary in the world as well?
where the fold o matic necks are made folks
Custom Shop > Gibson USA
Where's this plant. When did Gibson move from Kalamazoo?
1980s
Next up, QC fuck up.
The “process “ seems to need improvement.
What's so special about that ?
The "dust masks" shown in this video are hardly any better than sanding without masks on, as some operators were. I wouldn't be surprised if those people suffered respiratory illnesses and cancers because of this exposure.
There are some mind numbingly boring jobs featured here. I don't envy the people standing, sanding one area of a guitar body all day, every day.
more overpriced junk
...Sitting here watching your employees using their sanders incorrectly, and applying AND removing filler incorrectly. It just makes my brain hurt knowing that one, they haven’t been trained properly, or two, they simply refuse to follow protocol and have decided they’re going to do it their way regardless of what they’re taught. THAT’S why your guitars suffer from the worst quality control among the top manufacturers. Fix yer people.
Hi guys, would anyone know to tell me what type and model of paint they use to pass on the guitar. IS IT TYPE A FOLDER THAT PASSES IN THE GUITAR SOMEONE KNOWS THE NAME ??