In pictures: off-limits to the public Gibson custom factory in Nashville

Here Gibson makes its most expensive and exclusive instruments. Recently CNET News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman got an outsider’s rare look at how custom guitars are built there. Anybody can visit the company’s regular factories in Memphis and Nashville, but not this factory.
The picture above shows many finished guitars awaiting a case and shipment to a dealer. They can easily cost USD10K+ retail.