Check out chapter two of the Handcrafted in Nashville, TN, series on Gibson TV and go inside our Music City craftories
Time-honored wood combinations shape the voice of a Gibson guitar, but steel makes it sing—and forges a legacy. Today, when building guitars in Music City, alongside cutting-edge technology like the 3D laser scanning used to capture the DNA of legendary instruments, we still use original tooling from our first Golden Era in Kalamazoo.
In this new video from Gibson TV—the second instalment of the Handcrafted in Nashville, TN, series following the journey of a Gibson electric guitar from the forest to the stage—we step inside the Gibson and Gibson Custom craftories in Nashville, Tennessee, to see how art, technology, and human hands combine to create Gibson instruments crafted to provide a wellspring of inspiration for generations to come.
Among the highlights, we’ll see the former artillery press that was repurposed in Kalamazoo in peacetime to create the arched backs and tops of every ES™ model—including he guitars played by your musical heroes, and your guitar too. Special thanks to legendary Mancunian guitarist Billy Duffy for narrating the video and helping us tell our story.
Watch Chapter I of the Handcrafted in Nashville series and find out more about the wood combinations that help give Gibson instruments their unique voices. Shop Gibson electric guitars here and find your musical companion for life.
