Musicians

Gibson Nashville & all other Gibson & Epi shops are now non-union. My personal opinion is that Gibson & Fender are responsible for folks producing guitars in Korea, China, and Mexico, often of better quality than the guitars they emulate. Gibson & Fender custom shops produce some very fine guitars, if you have the cash, a John Shur early HSH strat, with a few mods can produce any tone you desire. Shur used to run the Fender custom shop, then started building his own guitars. As for pickups, they may claim to be assembled in the USA, then again who knows where they came from. Grover tuners, again they may say USA on them, many are from China. Floyd Rose, same crap, who knows. Be careful of what you buy.