How an Iconic Guitar is Built

On this penultimate episode of the second season of The Music is Win Podcast, I had the pleasure to take a private tour with the master luthier of Gibson USA while I was at in Nashville, Tennessee for Summer NAMM this past summer. Come along on a tour of one of the most impressive factories in the world as we go through the lifespan of an iconic guitar, from a piece of wood to the finished product.

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