Schnozzalee Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) 200 of these are 'Custom Shop' guitars...anybody know how many Fender produces??? Edited August 26, 2012 by Schnozzalee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) Does that include Guitar Hero models? :-) Edited August 26, 2012 by Roland Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Is this figure all the stringed instruments Gibson produces? Where did you get the figure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Well if 200 out of 530 are 'custom shop' either the mass-production line guys are a pack of lazy herberts or the custom shop ain't that exclusive. As for Fender, I'm going to put my finger in the air and say 750,000, including sub-brands like Squier and Gretsch and stuff. That's instruments, amps, accessories (exc picks because that would be silly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnozzalee Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 The above relates to 2011. In 2007 the Gibson USA Factory was making 325 guitars a day. Just reading a thread of a guy who visited the plant is all - they've asked Mike Eldred, he only confirmed that they put out less than the above 200 Custom Shop Instruments per day (2011). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Custom shop & special edition labels are almost as misleading as the name Jazz Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musophilr Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='lojo' timestamp='1346050735' post='1784381'] Custom shop & special edition labels are almost as misleading as the name Jazz Bass [/quote] But at least we know what a Jazz Bass is. Those other labels could mean anything (and usually, nothing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [b] "Gibson produces 530 guitars a day"[/b] & some of them even get through quality control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr M Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1346076504' post='1784892'] [b] "Gibson produces 530 guitars a day"[/b] & some of them even get through quality control [/quote] Hang on, when did Gibson start using quality control? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 530 a day? I don't know if that's good or bad. And never mind QC, there should be some QA as well, for the sticklers amongst us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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