Guitar Factory Tours
A great opportunity to see the commercial side of guitar manufacturing at varying levels between generic and hand-built
Luthierquality instruments are shown to the right
Not so hand-made (below)
Fender Guitar factory Tour
Another Fender tour
Warwick Guitar Factory Tour
Generic Production line manufacturing in China
Hand-built Custom instruments,,,,,,,,,,,
Tour of the Hamer factory showing elements of the construction of the Beautiful Hamer guitars
3 x 5 min parts - 15 mins total
Part 2 - The neck inlay
Part 3 Scraping the neck
Taylor Guitars
A tour of the Taylor Guitar Factory
Bob Taylor explains the evoltion of the Baby Taylor guitar into other models.
Video courtesy of No Island Media. www.noisland.net
Interview with Paul Reed Smith about making guitars (audio very quiet)
Tom Ribbecke
Guitar Planet, is a personality-based documentary series, set amongst the vineyards of Sonoma County and chronicles the trials and tribulations of luthier, Tom Ribbecke, as he faces the daily financial challenges of his newly formed guitar factory while keeping his crew of social misfits in line, under budget and on schedule to produce the most exquisite and sought after custom 6 and 4 stringed instruments in the world. Check
Gary Cooper - luthier.
A talented guitar builder out of Sacramento. This video was shot in the mid 80's and played on cable. Unfortunately, Gary died in a car accident in 2002.
Vergara Guitars Slide show Part 1
Vergara Guitars Slideshow Part 2
Vergara Guitars slideshow Part 3
Vergara Guitars slideshow Part 4 -
Gluing the top plates. The oldest method used by Spanish guitar makers to glue the top plates. ... (more)
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Vergara Guitars slideshow Part 5 - Binding
Paul Reed Smith Factory Tour 1
PRS Factory Tour 2
