Cool Stuff Being Made: Martin Guitar Pt. 1

Learn how different elements on a guitar are manufactured and milled at the Martin Guitar factory in Pennsylvania.

Location: Martin Guitar Factory - Nazareth, PA
Filmed: 2003
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The entire process of making a Martin guitar can last from three to six months. Three-hundred separate steps must be performed by dozens of skilled craftsmen. The operations are done by computerized machines as well as by individuals who carry out the work by hand.. The process of heating and bending the wood against a mold to create the sides of the guitar dates back more than 100 years.

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[strabbs1]

No hi viz and hard hat?.

[alvaritooooooooo]

@Lumixster hi, time ago i used to think that but i read more about it and i found that theres laws. So many of the brazilian wood that you see in guitars today are from stocks of the past. But it's true that the furniture and guitar builders of the past ruined the Amazons... at least for what i read for now.... i must to learn more! Good luck!

[Lumixster]

always wondered where some of the Amazon forest ends up, now i see it, in Martin guitars warehouse...

[t328]

my wifes aunt has worked there 16yrs

[cooky9000]

'lets go find dick'

bit forward that.

[davidatheist]

He does sound a bit like Kermit.

[wheelerwood]

Hey Dick. why don't you introduce your workers.

[bayswaterband]

whoa they found dick boak so quickly!

[TheAussiNut]

Working with machines is fine, most accidents come from stupidity in some way or another, Idoits opperating these machines = accident, common sence is all it takes & be aware of the dangers & others around you

[KarloR27]

Looks pretty dangerous working around those machines in there. If I worked there I'd prefer to do set up like restring adjust string height and truss rod etc. I wouldn't like to work in that section of wood work with machines. Good video.