Gibson just published a great article on their site: The Making of a Gibson USA Guitar. Very cool stuff.
But here’s a cool video of the making of a Les Paul Supreme:
What I found interesting in both the article and the video is how the neck is cut. Where the body is cut using a CNC, the neck is cut by hand. The dude in the video cuts the neck with a band saw, with no guide! And he’s fast!
As for the Les Paul Supreme, that’s a thing of beauty. But it’s wierd how there’s no access plate to the control cavity. I think you access everything through the bridge pickup cavity. This is definitely not a guitar for the do-it-yourself folks. But it sure is pretty…
Cool video! Thanks!