Fender Acoustic Custom Shop Tour

[@leftyguitarfreek]

I have so much respect for these guys. Truly they are skilled craftsmen (and women) and having graduated from a luthier program seeing all the sanding brings back my 80 grit nightmares.

[@johnlynch6248]

So much respect for that worker/ craftsman in the blue tee shirt and big mustache. This is what American quality is all about. Thank you.

[@waynekerr2397]

Awesome video. Thank you 'Fender' for allowing us to walk thru the process. I want one of these guitars.:)

[@bauerhillboy]

Fender bought Guild some years ago, then a few years back bought out Kaman Music (for $35 million!!)...which gave them the Ovation brand. This factory used to be home to Ovation/Adamas and Hamer. Fender sent most Ovation production overseas. They still produce Adamas and the occasional Custom Ovation in New Hartford. They also brought Guild into this building. The workers who produce Ovations are a highly-skilled crew who easily ramped up to build high-end Guilds. Now they're trying out these high-end Fender acoustics.

[@SleepFan771]

Hey Pg, keep these Guitar Shop Tours coming. I love seeing the process. Charles is great.

[@rivercrestcolts55]

Everyone bashes Fender acoustics, I own a Fender CD140SCE ($300 dollars) and its a really good playing nice sounding guitar for the price

[@216trixie]

Love Fender and this tour video. But I couldn't help but chuckle at 7:05, dude describes how he looks forward to one day, when customers can call the custom shop, select which wood they want for the neck and body, whick colors and hardware for their custom guitar. Or, you could call Carvin.

[@mikeintheworld123]

Hey, man, thanks a lot for the tour. No ofensse, please, but you look like Alex from the movie Clockwork Orange. Cheers.

[@SammyBones]

Cool tour. As a guitar tech, I need to get up there and check it out.

[@smokesgtp]

First acoustic a few years ago was a Fender. The CD-60S was a very nice beginner guitar. Replaced the awful fender strings and the plastic nut and saddle w Tusq and it was a very decent little guitar. Currently some of their PM series guitars are very nice. Obviously one wouldn't pay full price due to the lack of resale.

[@stephandelaney4097]

Fender going for almost 70yrs now !

[@widowmakerheartattack5212]

I own the triple 000 Only 15 ever made.its a work of art.

[@davidmcaninch4714]

I have a Fender 12-string acoustic!! It's awesome!!!!!

[@behradgorgani]

actually rosettes like the binding help protect the grain of the top. since an area of the top is cut out for the soundhole, the exposed end grain becomes very weak. it also with the expansion and contraction of the top.

[@SleepFan771]

That sounds very plausible, thanks for a serious response. I always imagined a magical cauldron with everyone's names in it randomly drawn by a wizard for interview duty, then they fight each other if they want it more.

[@raxxtango]

The building as the Ovation factory. look at the PG Ovation tour...same Ovation workers walking in the background.

[@robmeier1895]

Does fender own ovation? Didn't know that

[@bazzamcgazza]

Brilliant video guys j

[@DELANEY261]

Only one way to buy any guitar....Go to your local music shop.....tell them how much you want to spend...the type of music you want to play....Take a seat...put a bag on your head...Have them pass you guitars...when you play the one you like...give em the money.....pull the bag off your head....You might be surprised at what it does not say on the headstock.

[@jrhigareda8139]

that's actually pretty smart

[@fuknames2123]

good plan. That is definitely how you should find a guitar. Sometimes the weirdest looking guitars, are the best.

[@unclepacky7204]

I'm with you on that !!!!!

[@unclepacky7204]

Maybe earplugs to, might save me a bunch of money there !! :)

[@racecar06]

Limited production really means they're only limited to how many guitars the factory can actually produce :)

[@BoboEverest]

I am a proud owner of Fender acoustic cd 60 guitar.

[@1000lionell]

Bobo Glock got mine a few days back. It's a great guitar

[@BoboEverest]

Why do you think that?

[@importantstuf8870]

Same

[@MrUltracoin]

same building as ovation factory,and guild factory. same bowl bodys laying on the rack go to 7:28 of this movie Ovation Factory Tour 25:59 guild factory shown.same guy. Guild Acoustic Factory Tour 7:04

[@fuknames2123]

Fender owns Ovation, so yeah, it's safe to say they share the factory.

[@jaypeebuagas9320]

Leroy Butts Even though, why the video are the same exact words and video shots on the Guild Acoustic Factory.. It only means the this channel was a fraud in making factory tours because they using the same video again.. I don't recommend this video and channel.. IT WAS ALL LIES!!..

[@vernonknight5827]

I can hear Ren Ferguson talking about the process!

[@SJUProductions]

Oh my god, I live an hour from here and I never knew this was here.

[@Bobby007D]

These guitars look like they're very well made .

[@unclepacky7204]

Just bought a new 400 T bucket. It has plus and minuses ,banjo tuners not for me but it plays and sounds great !! I put some gold Grover tuning machines on it ( new style ) and a adhesive backed pick guard as I didn't want to beat that beautiful finish to death. Some gold string pegs in the bridge. I don't really care for the pin stripes on the headstock. I think they should've stayed with the older tuning machines on this model so, after spending another 100 bucks I now have a 500 dollar 400 T-bucket. mmmmmmm?

[@guitarwhores753]

Take a drink every time they say "traditional".

[@owlartco]

enjoyed the tour ..the comment at around 8;00 about the amount of waste in th mohag and larger hardwoods hurts me somewhere in some way, however, i am glad to hear that it isnt fakewood glue glob cnc custom dowel bs. cheefs to you fine folks there at Fender. ( i'm a drummer btw)

[@vernonknight5827]

When that guy was installing the neck on the Kingman he was using a bridge from a guild to check the angle of the neck and!

[@235buz]

Good entry level instruments.

[@FrancisVoignierMusic]

Old Ovation factory with some of the same workers.

[@MuscleDad420]

Charles is the best.

[@jeffpricefamily3905]

Why is the Fender factory the same as the Ovation factory in your videos ?

[@quantumfoam140]

The interviewer needs a Scooby snack.

[@krswar]

indeed

[@HarryNicNicholas]

er, didn't i just see necks and sides being formed in the guild tour video? you get yer editing mixed up?

[@jerb727]

That was cool

[@antoniogirardeli50]

não entendo o que vocês estão falando,mas o violão e fantastico!

[@POsomething]

The best question ever. The first thing I thought of when buying an acoustic was "Don't buy a Fender." I ended up buying an Ibanez. It was better quality but expensive.

[@vernonknight5827]

Fender does make a good beginners guitar but the guitar is you’re seeing in this video or constructive and built by the hands of ran Ferguson back when sent her own guild you can actually hear him talking in the video although they don’t show him because he actually worked for the guild part but he was in charge of all of it goes. Of guitars are phenomenal and if you don’t know who ran Ferguson is he was the mastermind at Gibson before that

[@SleepFan771]

Wow, my first top comment. Also, a question for PG: How do you decide who will interview people on the rig rundowns and factory tours?

[@rafaelbrenner54]

what's the name of this collage tool? 41:18

[@DICKSLEXIA]

I loved it, thanks :)

[@runrin_]

Charles has got great questions!

[@seangrexa4707]

Is that Mike Gordon from Phish?? Even talks like him. Also, is this the old Guild factory?

[@NCAlien910]

My guess on the rundowns is who evers the into the band/ player the most, or who's closest to the location

[@goonerdotcom]

Hey I came here after watching the Ovation factory tour by the same guy. They showed the same "factory" as the Ovation factory. Does Fender and Ovation have the same owner?

[@musjournal]

Yes! Its FMIC. But unfortunately the only ovation factory in the States is already closed! :(

[@fuknames2123]

fender owns ovation

[@MattySawcheck]

Why are there Guild archtop guitars on the rack in the back????

[@Dirtydrock001]

Excited that its in my home state but still wish I lived in Cali still can't afford shit

[@vancouverbuspilot]

is that the same factory that was making guild guitars?

[@musicrat51]

vancouverbuspilot Yes Guild and Ovation are made by Fender.

[@Satchmoeddie]

+vancouverbuspilot That factory is closed now. It closed in Spring 2014. Fender tried to sell Guild to Cordoba.

[@hickey155]

+musicrat51Tnx for info. I was wondering why I'm seeing that Joe character on every factory tour. :-)

[@stephandelaney4097]

I'm saving for 70th anniversary stuff

[@iwillnevergetone5]

@18:42 he mentions things being "stupidly expensive" ..kinda like a lot of these beautiful guitars that us, the fans often can't afford to buy..

[@regemultorem2558]

alguien me podría recomendar la guitarra más suave para tocar?

[@wardcheryldarcie]

Notice Tim ignores the very rare skid wood. Almost impossible to find today. All the skid trees having been cut down. so sad.

[@Alfredo78666]

Charles "Excitement" Saufley

[@CR0SSJ]

great tour but always been thinking... u guys need a lapel mic

[@dacrowster]

Is that Walter's son from Breaking Bad?

[@MrGavinspoppop]

lol

[@Avalanche1368]

Hamer was in Illinois . This is the old Ovation plant in Connecticut. Fender bought them a bit ago and moved all but some wood top Ovations like the Custom Legend and the Adamas lines production overseas. Hamer built Gibson influenced guitars. They built good guitars, but it's ludicrous to compare Hamer's guitars and influence to Gibson or Fender. There's a reason Hamer went broke and had to sell to Fender. Good guitars but not enough sales to stay in business.

[@davidbmixing]

same thing with the Fender CS plant in Corona and I will have "Premier Guitar Rocks" tattooed on my chest. seriously. for real.

[@htaysithuwin5185]

cool

[@stratomanyjm3725]

and people wonder why guitars are the price they are when built this way!

[@MisterTee]

So this factory is called a custom shop for what reason? I am certain that these are super nice acoustics but these guitars could be made by a crew of mainly unskilled people in China.

[@robmeier1895]

You'd be surprised how skilled some actually are in China

[@georgevartanian6136]

you mean fenders no longer just making acoustics that sit in the window of the lucky brand jean store but acoustics you can play? ill believe it when i play it

[@wisesatyr72]

red spruce top is the best folks

[@216trixie]

Hmmm, you have a point.

[@gsisola]

These are the exact same people and the same machines as the Ovation factory. The lady doing the laser cutting is the same... even the piece of wood on the wall behind her with the burns in it are the same. Joe who was putting the binding on the head is the same dude from the Ovation factory as well. I guess both companies use the same factory and the same people.

[@haakman123]

Ovation is owned by Fender since 2008 ;) So yes, the Fender Acoustic custom shop guitar are made in the Ovation plant. The master builders are not Ovation people tho.

[@bradcarter6396]

And the guild factory too

[@FrancisVoignierMusic]

I concur

[@MisterTee]

Hate to break it to you but the CNCs are made in China. If you take a decent quality timber and train a chinese worker you can duplicate what is being done here. You may be a racist if you think chinese are unable to learn the skills demonstrates here.....which is your insinuation

[@beckylk5501]

a friend got a China made fender acoustic guitars..so is it original or fake?

[@GameTechTv]

fake

[@Masterfighterx]

Cheaper fenders are made in China, so it's probably genuine. Fender on the headstock doesn't mean Mexico or USA. Acoustics aren't called Squier

[@devbrit2104]

Weidmanns Heil Genuine, it’s cheaper to make them in China which helps with the price a lot. They actually make really great guitars for the price and the Chinese craftsmanship.

[@reeceyburt2211]

I have fender corrs special edition :) 9 yeas

[@johnbee9957]

Most people will own at least two fenders in their lifetime - awesome marketing

[@MisterTee]

True but their niche was too small for Fender to keep the brand going. Jol Dantzig has his own company now.

[@fuknames2123]

The classic strat headstock kind of ruins the appeal on a lot of their acoustics, I like their 3x3 design I think it's amazing looking, but then I see an great body with a strat headstock and it just pisses me off. Good news, it comes in multiple colors and looks good in white. I'm talking about the guitar I'm interested, none of this pricey trash.

[@vernonknight8611]

Makes it better!

[@LouSassles]

Didn't know the bass player for Maroon 5 worked for PG now...

[@Krom1hell]

Carpathian spruce top.....For the love of god :)).... It also has some vampire teeth shavings :))... Btw i'm from Romania, and that type of wood is at the price of a gallon of gas per cubic meter :)).......Guitars should now start to be cheaper given that :P.... I have guitars made just like that in Romania, by the best luthiers there and it costs 75$ :))

[@bradleycocks3423]

😳

[@Avalanche1368]

Rosettes are just for show.

[@theshyguitarist]

I used to be a really big fan of Fender, but seems like lately, when their employees are talking in an interview, they are just spouting off bullshit. They use big words and make it sound like there are no other companies making good stuff. I know they are plugging their own company, but the elitist attitude is crap and passe to me. That said, I bought an older Fender acoustic cheapy off craigslist a while back for 40 bucks. Sounds better than a Gibson Hummingbird that I've since got rid of.

[@fuknames2123]

better than a hummingbird, damn you got a very nice deal there.

[@MarcosJ-mq4lk]

The interviewer genuinely is a mistake....he is not good at this at all.

[@zaracki92]

This is why I don't get why these "big brand" guitars are still $$$$... More than half of the work is done by machines. Most of their workers are experts at what they do and have been with the company for years. So it's not like they loose a whole lot of money training new employees every year. Since they take wood in bulk, it cant be even close to the actual market value of the wood. So in essence, they are charging people $700 - $1000 for something that might only be worth $100 and the price is just for the brand name.

[@YourInvestmentAdvise]

+Richard B If people are willing to pay more then might as well make more money. Then you have the cost of shipping and retailer markup.

[@CrazyCow500]

lose not loose

[@wisesatyr72]

wait till it pops up on ebay

[@endezeichengrimm]

It has more to do with your internet speed.

[@muradick1]

guy with microphone looks like Johnny Cash )

[@redlightward]

haha he does! young cash.

[@216trixie]

it's "vuwah-la".

[@ponchlove2393]

Waste of wood right here folks. Curly walnut on a acoustic guitar is a crime.!!!!

[@adamhill3107]

How's he know that that guitar sounds great? No bridge. No strings!

[@ponchlove2393]

You should be making some hollowbody guitars. You are wood wasters.

[@CCC11122]

are you daft dude, it clearly is made in U.S.A, its good quality, the ones in china are not as good because yea, they are machine made and operated by an unskilled crew who need money!

[@liligman]

Race really has nothing to do with craftsmanship

[@richiefalise6828]

fender acoustics.junk.and i mean junk.my friend has 5 custom fenders.just junk.jesus.i cant believe it.great electrics.horrifying acoustics

[@joethebar1]

+richie falise yep my experience too

[@importantstuf8870]

CD60 is pretty good for a beginner budget guitar

[@widowmakerheartattack5212]

richie falise the triple ooo is,a masterpiece.

[@jeffrey3498]

A great player can make a Fender sound great. Ironically, a Fender acoustic is not really a great beginner’s guitar.

[@IPushHard]

Are you sure you dont mean the imports? These are USA made limited runs and I highly doubt that junk comes anywhere close to these. ...and just to cap that a little, my dad had an import Fender with a Strat headstock and it was an awesome guitar. Especially for the 300 or so that he paid for it. Personally, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a Fender acoustic. ....and I'm a Gibson guy. : )

[@maxcowell1643]

Completely cut together with the other two factory tours. Bore off

[@MuscleDad420]

Yeah, and you'll plop down 1,500 on a guitar that won't be worth half that on the immediate used market, and possibly less in the future. Carvin are great but their guitars hold absolutely no secondary value. That's not even coming from a collector's standpoint; it's important to consider if you find yourself in a financial bind or just want to try something new at some point.

[@vernonknight8611]

Bullshit look at Ebay twice as expensive

[@93stringfellow]

Who actually plays a Fender acoustic?

[@vernonknight8611]

Midland & Tom Petty did

[@POsomething]

Fender kinda ruins acoustic instruments. They should stop it and keep on making electric instruments and amps.

[@vernonknight8611]

You know nothing!

[@93stringfellow]

I'm a martin, taylor, or gibson guy when it comes to acoustics. I've owned and played fenders and they were all poor quality and construction.

[@vernonknight8611]

That's because you got the cheap ones!

[@georgevartanian6136]

so ugly.. those bursts.. they should leave the bursts to the gibson j45 . that gloss n' those colors are not "TRADITIONAL" heavy ass gloss looks like a wallmart guitar .. "traditional" how bout telling us the spruce QUALITY , double A ? tripple ? info that matters other then talking about "traditional" cosmetics.. everyones a salesmen n' not an honest player.