Archive for June, 2008

A used Car, a new Bible, and a Guitar

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

My dear wife took me on a surprise trip to Lynchburg TN. On the way, we passed by a wonderful sign. We had to take a picture.

Buy a Car, get a free bible
To think, one stop shopping!!!!

A week or so later, got the chance to take a tour of Gibson’s Custom/Historic Division here in Nashville. It was quite fun to see how they make the Historic Les Paul’s from start to finish. Here is a picture of the racks of guitars that are being readied to ship out.

Zac and a rack of 58 & 59 reissue Les Paul's

Notice that there are also cardboard bins going 20 feet in the air that are also filled with guitars. Here is a shot of my buddy Jay holding a maple top that will be used for an R9, or 1959 Historic Les Paul.IMG_0116

They put aside the best looking maple for the R9’s.

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Here is a shot of a mahogany body that has had its maple top glued on, but has yet to see the CNC machine that will carve the top. IMG_0133

The R8 signifies it will be a ‘58 Historic.

Here is a R7 Gold Top that has seen the CNC machine, but not the sander.

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After going to the finishing department, some of the instruments get the “VOS” treatment. Its a compound that is rubbed on the finish. Here it is in all its funky glory.

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The last step is of course final inspection. Here the instrument is tuned and tested, and given the OK

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Looking through the racks, we found a R9 that had such a nice top on it, they had not put a pick guard on it

Zac with Gibson VOS 1959 Les Paul