![]() ![]() ![]() Ironically we are standing in Final Assembly area, which is the department that installs the electronics, wiring, etc at the end of the guitar production process. Steve “This shot features myself, Billy, James, and Tom Weber (Billy’s guitar tech) at the beginning our tour of the Gibson Custom Shop. It was just a great day out for any guitar nerd and I certainly indulged my inner guitar nerd!” Infact most of my favourite punk rock guitarists played them too! So the Les Paul was my favorite small solid body guitar and still is to this day. ![]() Obviously I’m known for the ‘White Falcon’ but even before I could afford a Gretsch I had a Les Paul because all of my favorite guitar players pre Punk played them. Both James and I are big les Paul fans so we just went down there for fun. Like a ‘kid in a sweet shop’ it wasn’t long before Billy was signing himself up for a new Les Paul to be built to his exact specifications! Billy’s tour guide for the day was Gibson’s Steve Christmas.īilly “I noticed that I had a day off in Nashville and as Steve has worked with me on a couple of guitars before and is a good friend I thought it would be good to go along and see him at the Custom Shop. When The Cult ‘Electric 13’ tour rolled on through Nashville in August Billy took the opportunity to head on down to the Gibson Custom Shop with his pal (and Cult touring guitarist) James Stevenson. ![]()
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