Thomann's Guitars & Basses | 6 years ago
G&L president Dave McLaren leads you behind the scenes at their factory. From rarewood to the finishing touches - the whole building process still follows the good old Leo Fender tradition.
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:13 Start of factory tour
0:30 Hand sanding
2:15 Information on the bodies for the rest of the building process
2:47 Rough CNC machine finish
3:10 Old Leo Fender machines still going strong
3:30 Hand filing the fretboard radius
4:21 The two-piece bodies
4:48 Inlays and bindings: A combination of CNC machines and handwork
8:11 Fretwork
8:47 Finishing touches on the bodies
9:35 The new Doheny model
10:01 The pickup design for the Doheny
11:07 The Plek machine
11:25 The pickup construction
13:40 The freshest wax in the industry!
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