Rare Gibson Guitar Factory Documentary from 1967

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  • @Bradfiddle
    @Bradfiddle День тому +21

    Just before the Norlin era. About a month ago I was recording a guitar solo track with the 1953 ES-175 I took my 1st lesson on in 1962. I rarely find a need to use it but the tone out of the P90 archtop was unique and pure heaven for the Jazz Bosa Nova I was recording.. Sadly, my 74 year old fingers don't work as well as they did 30 or 40 years ago. It is a hand crafted work of art and the neck plate has never been removed and truss adjusted since my father bought it used in 1958. Rarely played out since 1967 to 2010 because my work required either a solid body or acoustic. It is still the most comfortable and responsive instrument I have ever played. 💓

  • @hamiltonburger4574
    @hamiltonburger4574 20 годин тому +12

    I love the narration.
    It reminds me of the science films that were shown in Elementary school back in the 60's.

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  19 годин тому

      Truly a classic film making

    • @JillandKevin
      @JillandKevin 11 годин тому +1

      Narration from when they still had humans narrating!!

    • @interact48
      @interact48 Годину тому

      Look at Powers of Ten films, two short American documentary films written and directed by Charles and Ray Eames, narrated by Philip Morrison

  • @fenderlead1
    @fenderlead1 18 годин тому +5

    I have watched many many Gibson factory videos. This was the only one that ever showed that on the thin line guitars a completed wiring harness is not fished through, but the soldering is done to the wires through the F hole. Thanks!

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  18 годин тому +1

      Glad it was helpful! Never thought about that 🤷‍♂️

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo День тому +11

    The guitars you see being built would be worth a small fortune today, this was the 'classic' era of Gibson guitar builds.

  • @martinfruhwald8850
    @martinfruhwald8850 День тому +9

    How cool is that! I have a 355 Varitone Stereo Factory Bigsby from ´67. It´s so interesting to meet the people who probably made it!
    Very nice!

  • @simonpark843
    @simonpark843 День тому +5

    I love the narration, the way this whole thing is presented and - especially - seeing everyone working on the guitars. It's always interesting to see footage of ordinary people from that era instead of celebrities. An enjoyable video, thank you!

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  День тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed it! It’s a nice video of people actually working on their craft. Instead, nowadays, robots are working and doing everything.

  • @reneflores5050
    @reneflores5050 11 годин тому +3

    Watching this old documentary makes me wish for a Heritage guitar. Something made in Kalamazoo!

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  11 годин тому

      You would probably have to buy an old used one and some are pretty pricey

  • @guywalker29
    @guywalker29 2 години тому +1

    Life changing doc about guitars.

  • @youfive1000
    @youfive1000 14 годин тому +2

    Really enjoyed this. Brought back fond memories of a time that was special. Peace!

  • @haysfordays
    @haysfordays 11 годин тому +2

    Can't beat that intro solo piece. Wow.

  • @guywalker29
    @guywalker29 2 години тому +2

    Intriguing intro, never been seen before, now with scratchy lines running through it to make a guitar movie from '67 appear as if it was pulled from King Tut's tomb by Geraldo Rivera.

  • @npet6842
    @npet6842 День тому +8

    The good old days of no health and safety . Reminds me of my father's time at Ford Motor Company .

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  День тому +1

      Real people working on real factories

    • @knutsenneundorf116
      @knutsenneundorf116 4 години тому

      For all you home working internet jockeys: There are still real people working in real factories today.😅 However, great footage!

  • @brendankane3546
    @brendankane3546 День тому +8

    My B-45-12 , Firebird , Hummingbird, ES-330 , ES-175 were all in the factory around this time

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  День тому +1

      That’s pretty cool! Do you still have them?

    • @brendankane3546
      @brendankane3546 День тому +1

      @@NowDigThisMusic yes i do, i really love 60's Gibsons !-some of the amps too-i have a '65 Apollo and '65 Saturn .Very nice to see the people who built my gear,so long ago.

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  День тому +1

      WOW! That’s cool 😎 it’s like a blast from the past

  • @jazzdrumguy5044
    @jazzdrumguy5044 9 годин тому +1

    I'm a Fender guy but this was fantastic!!

  • @Badhands55
    @Badhands55 23 години тому +4

    Yea man- Granny strung a mean SG back in her day!

  • @giulioluzzardi7632
    @giulioluzzardi7632 22 години тому +2

    Seen it already but great to see again. Theres an SG junior with vibrato and It looks like my 1st "proper" guitar. I like to think it is. Fantastic film.

  • @billstahl9681
    @billstahl9681 День тому +4

    I love the Lenny Breau-esc, background tunes!
    Awesome!

  • @erlinhld8745
    @erlinhld8745 23 години тому +2

    Well, I am very happy to play a Gibson ES 335 from 1968, I work with alternate tunings and I love it. I will never sell it.

  • @TomCee53
    @TomCee53 2 дні тому +6

    It would be interesting to see an equivalent video of today’s process.

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  2 дні тому +2

      👀

    • @addchannelname8688
      @addchannelname8688 День тому +8

      Just find and look at some recent videos of mass guitar manufacturing. It's not very difficult, and there are many videos. You sound like you have no clue this is possible

    • @tomcarl8021
      @tomcarl8021 День тому +4

      There are plenty of videos showing how it's done today.

    • @user-xp3wq1id8s
      @user-xp3wq1id8s День тому +1

      Gibson hasn’t let the manufacturing process be completely bastardized by CNC. A Gibson is made with quality in mind and is respected throughout its production. A cheap/overseas guitar is made with profit margin in mind….

    • @TomCee53
      @TomCee53 День тому +1

      @@user-xp3wq1id8s Thanks, I was referring specifically to the Gibson process. I think that they still have a “custom” line which are mostly hand-made. I was just curious if anyone had documented the Gibson factory recently.
      Edit: Never mind. They have their own UA-cam channel, where this came from. 🤷‍♂️
      ua-cam.com/play/PL7qLGYJiRJ1iUMsYbI8Bze69xQhanONzn.html&si=csDavIDhFGc6St5Z

  • @Rosko3333
    @Rosko3333 19 годин тому +3

    This was when Gibson started going downhill.mini humbuckers,12lb Les Paul’s.Ten years earlier 57” was truly the golden era Just innovating the game changing PAF humbucker.

  • @rickardlowstedt3257
    @rickardlowstedt3257 2 години тому +1

    My brother and I have 1961 ES 335. Its a gem. What fascinates me is that today individual luthiers are highly respected. But these are ANONYMUS factory workers creating absolute master pieces. Were they paid accordingly?

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  2 години тому

      Not sure what the pay was back then but I’m sure it was a decent wage

  • @mikebaksovich9852
    @mikebaksovich9852 20 годин тому +2

    REALLY ENJOYED THIS VIDEO BEEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR 50 YEARS AND I'LL TELL YOU ONLY A GIBSON IS GOOD ENOUGH LOL

  • @balmoraltowers
    @balmoraltowers День тому +1

    I love my Gibson guitars each one a Character in itself🤩😊

  • @nationalduo4945
    @nationalduo4945 День тому +6

    One huge Custom Shop…incredible…..and the world today….hmmmmm

  • @jimmylepog5133
    @jimmylepog5133 День тому +6

    This is proper talking, a poem to an instrument, not rock music yapping Gibson is uses now a days

  • @jeffreyhughes399
    @jeffreyhughes399 День тому +6

    Old as mankind…? Whaaaa?

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  День тому

      Pretty cool right…

    • @boataxe4605
      @boataxe4605 22 години тому +1

      @@NowDigThisMusicAnd very inaccurate,the guitar was invented in Spain in the 1500’s.

  • @stevegore4504
    @stevegore4504 День тому +1

    It’s a good thing no one has seen this film before now. That’s because every guitar sounds out of tune. I’m assuming it’s just the film speed that’s off. Cool film! Thanks for sharing it with us

  • @Dave_Mayberry
    @Dave_Mayberry 18 годин тому +2

    Those people worked on my ‘66 ES-335

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  18 годин тому

      That’s pretty cool to see right! Nowadays it’s probably a whole bunch of robots

  • @jeffreyrivers1983
    @jeffreyrivers1983 12 годин тому +1

    Gibson needs to go back in time and rediscover itself

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  11 годин тому

      Everybody is entitled to their opinion 🤷‍♂️

  • @springcreekfarmer
    @springcreekfarmer 13 годин тому +1

    The guy at the beginning is playing Polka Dots and Moon Beams. Cool.

  • @liselottefrejdig1112
    @liselottefrejdig1112 11 годин тому +1

    Actually, it was Gretsch that made the f-holes the first time!! Owner of Epi wih Seymor Duncan P-Rails pickups. Former a Gretsch owner, but trade-in it to buy my synth..

  • @alainreveau5335
    @alainreveau5335 День тому +1

    I have had the chance and opportunity to visit Gibson factory in Kalamazoo

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  День тому

      How was it? Like this video?

    • @alainreveau5335
      @alainreveau5335 6 годин тому +1

      @ it was magic and amazing to see at first the Hall of Fame with Jimmy Page, Éric Clapton etc… and after we saw tools machine having made all Gibson guitars TY for your video. I personnaly play a Les Paul

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  2 години тому +1

      @alainreveau5335 love a Les Paul

  • @DannyHood-j
    @DannyHood-j 21 годину тому +1

    Why wasn’t this Gibson factory film found decades ago? This film doesn’t last 50 years, how did it keep until 2020? Hard to believe.

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  20 годин тому +1

      It was kept in a secured film case and was digitally remastered 🎥

  • @ag_deville
    @ag_deville 11 годин тому +1

    Check out the beautiful girl assembling pickups at 17:41. The guitars are beautiful too and it looked like a great place to work.

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  11 годин тому

      She had to be a model! Or maybe that’s Mrs. Gibson 🧐

  • @j.jester7821
    @j.jester7821 20 годин тому +2

    Apparently they couldnt afford lighting for the Gibson factory in 1967.

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  19 годин тому

      It’s just the old film cameras had poor light intake

  • @balzee321
    @balzee321 13 годин тому +2

    The Old Days Spraying Lacquer without any respirator or dust mask. old lung sealer

  • @AbstractZombie-ed8fj
    @AbstractZombie-ed8fj 3 години тому +2

    Things to notice..
    #1: It was mostly housewives and ladies building those sought after guitars, not experienced craftsman as they'd like you to believe..
    It was the same at Fender,Vox,Marshall, ect the majority of music instruments were built by the ladies..
    Thank you ma'am's! 😀
    #2: everything was done as cheaply as possible, every single decision was made with profits in mind..
    From the electrostatic radio glue to parts applied to the instrument was done with profits in mind, people don't understand that, but go read some old Ted McCarty interviews and you find that the holy grail lp's were thrown together as fast as possible to get them out the door..
    The lp's thinner finish had absolutely nothing to do with tone, it was a decision made because a thinner finish dries faster allowing Gibson to spend less time on them...
    #3 The narrator is full of crap 😂 the guitar shops/guitartubers of today still spill this garbage line when the guitars are 89% built by CNC, very little hand work goes into a Gibson in 2024! But people are still paying handmade prices, it's hilarious!😂😂😂😂
    I could do this all day, pointing out lie after lie, especially with the Reissue series that are in actuality about 20%-30% accurate and NOT some magical exact replica. But brainless fan boy's never wanna hear facts and would rather live in a delusion and keep paying $10,000 for something that should be $2,000 at max,given the cnc processing and materials used...

  • @mike_money69
    @mike_money69 18 годин тому +1

    wish they showed a Les Paul being made

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  17 годин тому +1

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  • @inova11901
    @inova11901 14 годин тому +2

    Classical guitar in the background? Really, I've never seen a Gibson classical guitar.

  • @rbarker1706
    @rbarker1706 17 годин тому +1

    Gibson missed the boat on their amps, though.

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  17 годин тому

      These go to 11
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsQ0UGt6pcKNM?si=Oh5_o3C5rRTGlPwW

  • @nicolaserafini6590
    @nicolaserafini6590 19 годин тому +1

    Lol i thought it was Stu from King Gizzard in the thumbnail

  • @user-xp3wq1id8s
    @user-xp3wq1id8s День тому +2

    Only a Gibson is good enough…

  • @Jason-cm6uh
    @Jason-cm6uh 16 годин тому +1

    "60-90 of work"?? I wonder what 60-90 days of American work would cost now?
    Edit: Gibson will probably reissue the Gibson amps once the Messa-Boogie infrastructure is fully ingrained into the Gibson company. They're probably working the new amps right now.

  • @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG
    @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG 16 годин тому +1

    I was about to say (2:08), I'd always suspected the guitar sounded like a balding guy with a pot belly walking by a parking garage...

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  16 годин тому

      What?!?!? 😂

    • @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG
      @Jah_Rastafari_ORIG 14 годин тому

      Go back and listen to the narration just prior to 2:08 and you shall have your answer (or at least the source of my snarkiness...)

  • @liselottefrejdig1112
    @liselottefrejdig1112 10 годин тому +1

    He? I’m a woman that ”play” guitar too!!

  • @johnnyd63
    @johnnyd63 День тому +2

    Back when the 1959 Burst was just a cheap, failed signature model guitar.

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  День тому

      Really???

    • @malcp527
      @malcp527 День тому

      @@NowDigThisMusic Really! The old Les Paul design was discontinued due to lack of popularity in 1961 in favour of the "SG" shape (which was called a Les Paul until that name was dropped). The classic Les Paul shape was only re-introduced in 1968.

  • @JeromeBrown-l3t
    @JeromeBrown-l3t 3 дні тому +1

    🥹

  • @garychown4885
    @garychown4885 19 годин тому +4

    Great to see a time before Gibson started producing poorly finished overpriced guitars

    • @NowDigThisMusic
      @NowDigThisMusic  19 годин тому

      Yeah, robots make them now… they used to be made by hand. True craftsmanship

  • @TOPMOSTPOP
    @TOPMOSTPOP День тому +2

    thworlds hest guitar i built feb. 2024.
    floyd rose and frankenstrat wr my designs.
    les paul is lousy cmpared 2mine.
    Writing Wolfgang Van Halen 1:
    "Ed was my bestfriend."
    Thats a cool title. Whose that singer nice singing. Is that Wolf??
    I always wanted hear Ed sing. I never was able never did.
    Lets hear thsolo....
    Ok no solo sdill good song vocals were best part. Song was totally asking 4it. ...a solo.
    Buckethead talks 2tree.
    Since Ed died Buckehead has changed my life givn me hope.
    So anyway me & Lydia Violet decide make a theme park video for Buckethead. Link below.
    After watching his recent acoustic guitar videos where he tries 2b meee?? After I guess watching my "Buckethead visits my cabin video plays acoustic with Lydia Violet."
    I guess this was after he watch my video where I lied2 You Tuberz &claimed 2b him!

    "But I only did it cuz I didnt wanna make Buckethead breath feel or look bad."
    Well that & telling truth on "You Tube" will get my comments deleted.
    I could care less bout guitar
    I threw a tantrum other day Eddie Van Halens poor son lol Wolfgang poor kid. Lost my composure after he seemed2 thought i gave a fading rats a$$
    i was only person DESTROYED his dad on (my) recorded version of a (re produced) "Eruption."
    No really not even kidding.
    Poor Wolf I just kept shouting i F*&^%%# HATE GUITAR I NEVER ASK 4(any) OF THIS.
    I did build thworlds best guitar recently. But i decide i will definitley be leaving internet. All thneighbors hide in thwoods hear me play lately, which actually u know that just resurects me p*sses me off all over again even more.
    Your asking but why???
    Put u in my shoes. Being so good musician I played better much then Halayel, Yahwehs annointed son Satan, (Jesus elder brother of 2million years, who used 2run your solar system back when it was heaven) ...& as such i had every Reptilian angel knocking my door wanting a$$ f&^% me, it taught me this is a world of a$$hole f*cks.
    Who wants2 massage an audience of guys raped yr wife2 DEATH? Only way I can xplain it.
    I decide figure out whose leading all this sht. Its thwhole target head of thsnake thing.
    An*l r*pe is just the only terminoligy fits description.
    So anyway my eruption was dffrnt it was in-schlumping credible.
    Even I would jaw drop listen 2it & listen 2it & listen 2it & listen 2it yet again in absolute AWE & it would put u in heaven reaking of adrenaline.
    Gave 1of my BEST tape i had saved 2Satans wife Lilith vizt me in disguise recently she promised give it back. She wouldnt open door after. Tape gone 4ever.
    Thtape still exists as I gave about 3 dozen copies away Los Angeles basin under thname "Sergio Andrade."
    Also I gave recordings to stars. I wrote dozens like Madonna, Cher, Janet Jackson after I heard Nasty. Not that I was atteacted these women or they impress me. (Lydia Violet destroys all 3 put 2gether.)
    I could care less about your singing or guitar playing its what u are as a person if "if u have love" as i used 2call it in those days that got me.
    Ed was my best friend. As he was human.
    95% humans = nephilem spirits. Demons Halayel ("Satan") puts in flesh bodies with Hadron collider. Yahweh calls them plasticines = neither here nor there. No soul. No free will chipped computer animations. They can play anything guitar bcuz they just computers.
    They ARE Satans black goo BEAST computer. From 4th "dimension" computer program where h*ll is.
    Satan can download any talent/song u will play it like a master lol. Its all bllsht that p.o.s. can hack reality.
    Picked up a guitar sat@ Eds ft. 1984 age 21. Ed taught me.
    I was never slightest bit interested being musician or famous.
    I am already wrlds best music playing. In my head.
    I hardly require applause trophies or closure from u clowns. If u God or have all thmoney in thworld what do u need your neighnors cash4? Unless your like Yahwehs greedy pig son. Hal. Who Yahweh told us quote "enjoys destroying thspirits of all who adored him."
    Boiling it down thats a polite way of saying Hal wants u2pick up your torture stake be his follower. Like I didnt know THAT.
    Hal is protected annointed by Yahweh 2 this day.
    I used 2just address Hal "u a$$hole f*ck." Told him I'm gonna tie u 2a tree set a fire under yr holy a$$.
    Thank God Hal cant create an eternal soul like Yahweh does. Shazz; Yahs daughter asked her brother Hal where he learned all his behaviour.
    That struck me as odd.
    Yahweh had told me he built owns meticulously runs h*ll. Yahweh said he built theme parks there with ferris wheels that dip u in hot coals. He then puts flesh back on u & does it all over again. I asked4 how long? "4eternity" he said.
    He said he cant interrupt free will.
    His angels were shocked Hal invaded heaven while obviously Yahweh had basically watched him planning invasion 100's 1,000's years said nothing.
    Yah told me "You have 2let things folliw thru."
    That sure wouldnt hold 4me. In court. Watching some1 about 2 or getting murdered walk on by. Thats accesory.
    Knowing my son was about 2rape my neighbors little girls...
    Hal likes tearing their insides out with his fists up their *&^%. He said he enjoys ripping a leg out & *&^%ing th hole with his penis. Watching their eyes as life drains in his "fun room" he said is his fave.
    Said he enjoys dripping acid in their eyes.
    Can we talk about something else?
    I asked Yah what did your angels think of all this? He said he bans angels from speaking 2humans in other words lets sweep that puzzle piece under thrug.
    I'm scratching my head @ this point putting 2& 3together & I'm not quite getting 5.
    Meanwhile I decided I wanted definitley 2burn Yahwehs son &expose him rather then "mums the word" like obedient angels do instead of pursue music. Which in (reality) I had ZERO free will 2actually DO 2begin with.
    Without getting shafted by (****** & *******)
    That became my 1thought. Yahweh said he cant interupt free will. He also said if u dont like him he gives u 2his Son on default. He told me quote "they dont want me. All they care about is their carnal pleasures. I will destroy them all."
    That sounds less like free will & more like Halayel re visited.
    I wrote famous people bcuz I am a teacher trying put reality back on thtable. People who have followings = get thword(z) out more. Make a change.
    Cher wrote life after love based on a long letter I wrote her.
    That recording "Eruption Reproduced" i made, i burned it with fire after shooting th cassettes of all my work with slingshot in thgarage La Habra lol &then gave my guitar& Yamaha keyboard 2a couple friends Feb. 1988.
    So anyway sir u keep practicing. May I or you or u audience or Natternet or whoever it is u tring put 2sleep, may they rest in peace.
    This Natternet acoustic talks 2a tree video surely thmost lovely baby serenade music I have ever witness history sir of thkind of men/oh my God wow.
    "A movie with such a title would go instant viral WOW what a title sir holismokes."
    Thank u 4reading.
    Have a good night sir.
    bye.
    "Lydias Theme Park:"
    ua-cam.com/video/9IpEUhR-hyQ/v-deo.htmlsi=nHwH0jE3_4D62peD
    AAAAAAAAA

  • @hokehinson5987
    @hokehinson5987 День тому +4

    Gibson lags behind the asians with making a quality affordable guitar...martin is building some real trash...fender has never made a decent acoustical.
    Guild now owned by fender make a decent acoustical but mostly all of them are made by asians.....