PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in San Luis Obispo, CA, where he tours
the Ernie Ball Music Man factory. In San Luis Obispo, CA, EBMM designs
and builds their guitars and basses, while their facility in Coachella,
CA, handles manufacturing of strings and other guitar-related
accessories.
In this segment, EBMM's Chief Designer Dudley Gimpel
gives a personal tour of their historic guitar collection, including
rare models and prototypes of the Eddie Van Halen guitar, Nigel Tufnel's
(Spinal Tap) Signature Mr. Horsepower guitar, Steve Morse signature,
one of the first Silhouettes, and a prototype of Albert Lee's signature
guitar.