Gibson Custom Memphis - ES Series: Constructing the Body 

YOU DIDN'T GET ASKED, IS THAT A GUITAR STUFFED DOWN YOUR PANTS OR ARE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME?

@@googo151 No I didn’t 🤣

Cool - my 345 was stamped in late Oct 2011 and shipped in November. It's a fabulous guitar.

Fun to see where your guitars are built. My guitars were made Kalamazoo, Michigan, but on much of the same equipment

Too late. Closed early 2019.

CC27433 CC27433 they choose to do it that way. Doesn’t HAVE to be that way.

peedutt I agree. My wife is a lefty. We went to a GC and they had 12 left handed guitars in the entire store, half of them entry level.

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wow, yes he does :-)

I saw an video where fiat said they drop a car Off the belt every 5 minutes

Yes China,its called epiphoning.

As long as the quality is the same lol.

Athariq Kemallicious custom gibson = 10, gibson of today = 4

@joethebar 1 G&L built like Fenders - should be called "Ford" or "Chevy". Not fine musical instruments.

+Mickeyislowd I own 5 Gibsons myself and none of them suffer any defect. One is from Kalamazoo, three (including a Memphis Custom) are from Memphis and one from Bozeman.

julosx I'm happy your guitars are good quality but I can assure you many are not. I saw a YT video of a guy sending back his M-III reissue as the paint was flawed with blotches and the trem was fitted incorrectly in the same way mine was 25yrs earlier. Another video I watched just yesterday about a 2008 Les Paul going in to a luthier to have the neck heel reduced for playability reasons and as he was removing wood he found the tenon joint had a 3mm gap running the entire length of the joint which he had to fill. He explained the insert was cut too small and should of never gone out b'cause this would effect strength and integrity of the joint also would affect the transfer of vibrational resonance through out the guitar. The bottom line is someone f****d up here and instead of putting it right assumed noone would know about this as when glued the fault would be hidden for good. He also said as a guitar builder (Crimson Guitars) he thought Gibson quality control has always been suspect and of late after the 29% price hike has gotten a whole lot worse. My first comment was not intended as a rant truthfully but they have lost me as I don't like giving them my hard earned money without the confidence I'm getting a Top notch axe they are capable of creating. Gibson is a prestigious maker and has produced some of the best designs and great guitars out there but considering a 29% increase across all their guitars I can accept reluctantly if their product is pretty much flawless but I'm saying it aint and many people who have excellent knowledge and hands on guitar making skills will tell you the story unfortunately. I love my M-III much b'cause it is the best playing/sounding guitar I have owned since it was put right from the dismal screwups I mentioned earlier and I want a reissue really bad b'cause the new colours are very nice and they sound just as good on YT at least with the different PU config but I'm making my stand against the purchase and have e/mailed Gibson the reasons why also and they have not even replied to assure me their reissue M-IIIs are well made and have no faults or concerns with them...So what does that tell you about Gibsons customer services and customer satisfaction? It tells me they don't give a ratts ass what I think and don't give a cow whether my guitar is even functioning perfectly when I get it, I mean what is it to answer a bloody e/mail??If I was complaining about the Famous Les Paul would that prompt them to speak to me any more? Now they got their money you mean nothing to them when they should always be helpful to customers with genuine concerns and question but I got two finger up in my face instead.

+Mickeyislowd "Many are not" doesn't mean much to me, I'm sorry. I don't know any statistics either. Word is, Gibson produced so many guitars along the years - quite a few. So it's probably inevitable that some of them are flawed. The same can be said of other brands products.

Mickeyislowd my question is: would you respond to someone who told you you're making a shit product when most tell you differently? I think not

@@MICKEYISLOWD Brevity is the soul of wit (and knowledge). Too painful to even read your bloviated harangue.