Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:14 pm
Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:59 pm
ASATNoah wrote:I read this at The Gear Page from a guy who says he worked at Gibson:
"After having worked in a big guitar factory ( Gibson) I can say without reservations that they simply don't have time to do the level of Work neccessary to get a truly great fret job. and even the plek machines they use are not set to any kind of "pro leveL" just a sort of "Standard Tolerence" and get it outta here."
I'm not sure I get this. Isn't the point of a Plek machine to achieve perfect frets quickly? Would it take that machine *that much* longer to do a "pro" job as opposed to a "standard tolerance" job? Sounds fishy to me.
I'm wondering if Dave McL. or someone wants to comment on the Plek tolerance levels on G&Ls. I'm assuming there's no compromise.
Thanks!!
Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:51 pm
ASATNoah wrote:I read this at The Gear Page from a guy who says he worked at Gibson:
"After having worked in a big guitar factory ( Gibson) I can say without reservations that they simply don't have time to do the level of Work neccessary to get a truly great fret job. and even the plek machines they use are not set to any kind of "pro leveL" just a sort of "Standard Tolerence" and get it outta here."
I'm not sure I get this. Isn't the point of a Plek machine to achieve perfect frets quickly? Would it take that machine *that much* longer to do a "pro" job as opposed to a "standard tolerance" job? Sounds fishy to me.
I'm wondering if Dave McL. or someone wants to comment on the Plek tolerance levels on G&Ls. I'm assuming there's no compromise.
Thanks!!
Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:42 pm
Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:09 pm
Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:56 am
Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:50 pm
ASATNoah wrote:Thanks for all the replies. I'm still curious about what the former Gibson employee is getting at. Can you set a PLEK machine to do just a good job and not a great job? To me that's like running a Ferrari at 45 mph all day. The video on the G&L site (and your testimonials) suggest what we all assume: that if there is a mediocre PLEK setting, G&L's not using it. I was wondering if Dave could weigh in on whether there are in fact lesser PLEK settings. I was just curious.
Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:12 am
ASATNoah wrote:Thanks for all the replies. I'm still curious about what the former Gibson employee is getting at. Can you set a PLEK machine to do just a good job and not a great job? To me that's like running a Ferrari at 45 mph all day. The video on the G&L site (and your testimonials) suggest what we all assume: that if there is a mediocre PLEK setting, G&L's not using it. I was wondering if Dave could weigh in on whether there are in fact lesser PLEK settings. I was just curious.
Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:01 pm
ASATNoah wrote:Thanks for all the replies. I'm still curious about what the former Gibson employee is getting at. Can you set a PLEK machine to do just a good job and not a great job?