Installing Fingerboards, Frets & How to Date Your Gibson Acoustic Guitars | The Process S2 EP5

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Watch Season 2 Episode 5 of The Process to see how the fingerboards and frets are installed on your Gibson Acoustic guitars and find out how to date your Gibson acoustic guitar from the serial number.

Your first impression of a guitar is heavily influenced by the feel of the neck and fretboard. In this episode of “The Process,” get an inside look at this critical step in crafting a guitar, one that inspires beautiful music that will be passed down through generations.

Every piece of fretwire on every Gibson acoustic guitar is hand-set. Each guitar’s neck is hand-sanded. From blanks to inlays and fretwire to the finished product, time-honored techniques and skill play a key role. Watch Season 2, Episode 5 of “The Process” to see the labor and care that goes into the fingerboard and fret installation. Watch as Gibson Acoustic luthiers at the Gibson Acoustic Craftory explain each process, including why we use ebony and rosewood tonewoods for acoustic guitars, how acoustic fret inlays are installed and more. Get a behind-the-scenes tour of the Gibson acoustic factory in Bozeman, MT where our guitar builders invite you to watch them hand sand necks, install side dot markers, explain what glue we use on our guitars and even show you how to identify and date what year your Gibson acoustic guitar was made from the serial number.

Gibson TV’s award-winning docuseries, “The Process,” is returning for a second season! This time we’re taking you behind the scenes at the Gibson acoustic factory for an in-depth look at the physical process of making our acoustic guitars. “The Process” explores our newly expanded acoustic factory in Bozeman, MT, featuring interviews with the talented craftspeople that hand-make these beloved Gibson Acoustic Guitars and deep dives into the art of guitar making.   
  
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Chapters:

0:00 It's never boring building a Gibson Acoustic guitar
1:33 Tonewoods used for fingerboards, frets at Gibson Acoustic Craftory - Ebony and Rosewood
2:57 How acoustic fretboard inlays and binding is installed
5:29 How Gibson Acoustic fretwire is installed by hand
7:18 Installing side dot markers on a Gibson Acoustic
8:10 Glue used and fixture process
9:04 Hand sanding Gibson Acoustic necks
9:29 How to date a Gibson Acoustic using serial numbers
10:36 Working at Gibson Acoustic

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