There are few guitarists who don’t enjoy the tone of a vintage-style Gibson semi. And what better way to kick things off than with the most compact and accessible member of our fab foursome. ![]() Here, in order to find out how things are working out, we’re checking out a cross section of Nashville-made ES models from the Original and Modern Collections and the Custom Shop’s Murphy Lab. Along with some of the Memphis factory’s hugely experienced staff, all of the equipment and tooling made the journey too, including some laminate presses that date back to Gibson’s Kalamazoo era.īringing everything under one roof has enabled Gibson to give the ES range an overhaul and bring it up to speed with the updates and improvements made recently to the solidbody line. ![]() Gibson’s Memphis facility shuttered in early 2019, which meant that thinline semi and hollowbody guitar production was relocated northeast to the company’s main USA manufacturing plant in Nashville.
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