zeppe1983 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 my guitar have this serial number: 81308501. i think that it was made in nashville.. what we think about? do you prefer kalamazoo or nashville and what are the difference? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR9 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Your guitar was made Monday May 9th, 1988 in Nashville. There are excellent guitars from both shops. I like the 1950's Les Pauls from Kalamazoo and the new ones made in Nashville Custom Shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I have owned Kalamazoo, Memphis and Nashville guitars, and there's no difference in my experience. Gibson, like other manufacturers, depends heavily upon accurate jigs and fixtures to ensure consistency. It's not like a one-man luthier shop where there might be enormous variation between instruments.Checkout this video and you'll see what I mean. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4764707652331081865 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 In my experience, each factory seems to go through up & down periods in terms of overall build quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy323 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Being a fossil I have to say I preferred Kalamazoo. Indulge an old man for a moment. I bought a Black Beauty around 1970. I was able to visit the factory. I got a tour and on that tour I saw the woods and techniques used. I think there is room to argue that the "old" woods used were sometimes better but not always. I bet we could have a long discussion on that alone but on to craftsmanship. Well, there again, we could argue back and forth. I think they were more meticulous overall then they are today with the exception of the top notch of the custom shops and special orders etc. What does that leave? Well... General attention to detail and CUSTOMER SERVICE. That is no way better today then back in the Kalamazoo days. The reasons? I wouldn't like to speculate but there is no question that when I contact Gibson today I get a whole lot worse experience then when I did so years ago. I realize that I didn't "strictly speaking" answer the question directly. Still I think the point I'm making stands. All is not right at Gibson and it shows. Bottom line don't buy a guitar you can not hold and play first. Gibson still makes fine instruments but you can no longer accept that on Blind Faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I have both Nashy and Mazoo Gibby's and I like the way Nashy do the frets and fret-boards.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Where's Murph when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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