Comments on: PRS Factory Tour

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:44:07 +0000

If you like checking out behind-the-scenes stuff at guitar factories, check out the Fretboard Journal.

http://www.fretboardjournal.com/

Sort of like National Geographic for guitarists. In addition to interviewing musicians about gear and recordings, they seem to go behind-the-scenes at different guitar companies at least a few times in every issue.

Cool video.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:32:41 +0000

FYI, there are companies working on injection molding wood bodies to reduce the human component required and to equalize the differences in guitars within the same model. Basically, they take spruce, mash it up into goo and injection mold it at extremely high pressure. An example of a company I ran into at NAMM and got to talk with for about an hour is

http://www.flaxwood.com/home/

I will be doing a review of their guitars shortly…

By: Sarssipius

Sarssipius — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:47:30 +0000

Great vid… Always nice to know how they work!!

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:53:23 +0000

Wow, I never knew how much sanding went into one guitar, and I am kind of surprised that it isn’t automated.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:51:42 +0000

Elizabeth, I agree!

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:51:17 +0000

Hey Ryan, a Taylor factory tour would be fun! I agree that we’re a long way from machines being able to replicate the detail that a human can bring to guitar-making.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:21:47 +0000

Really cool, but not exclusive, I saw a PRS tour from Premier Guitar last summer. They had a few videos.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:32:05 +0000

I have been fascinated with factory tours after I went to the Taylor Guitars factory tour in San Diego. I think we’re still far away from 100 percent machine manufactured guitars. Nothing beats the attention to detail only a human hand can do.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:49:01 +0000

Interesting video. I always appreciate a guitar that has some manual labor and custom work. There’s often a lot more than meets the eye to a quality, good sounding guitar.