Careers

The Adjuster position ensures that the Gibson Brands Operations Center delivers a quality product by safely handling all inventories, maintaining warehouse equipment, and completing all duties assigned. This role also plays a supporting function in inspecting and setting up guitars to Epiphone specifications.

Creating the ideal bare wood guitar. Hand Sanders are the last step in the back-plant process of building a guitar. They are responsible for ensuring that moving forward the guitar has no gaps, dings, scratches, or chip outs, and that all areas are sanded to spec. Hand Sanders are intimately familiar with wood, including the types Gibson uses, how it reacts to heat, and moisture. This position is a critical step in creating an instrument that is both playable and aesthetically pleasing.

Ensures that the Gibson Brands, Inc delivers a quality product by inspecting Gibson guitars to established quality levels and standards in a specialized, specific manner requiring guitar playing & set up experience and skills.

The purpose of a Scraper is to remove all fill and color from the binding, and peghead inlays. This job is accomplished through the meticulous use of spring steel blades. Scrape enables the beauty of each guitars non-wooden accents to shine through helping create the signature aesthetic of a Gibson Guitar.

Creating the electrical components for the ideal guitar. Electronics Assemblers are responsible for making sure a Gibson sounds like it should. Assemblers should be intimately familiar with wiring, soldering, and electrical panels. This position is a critical step in creating an instrument that is playable.

The mission of the Binder is the application of thin strips of plastic to the slot routed around the edge of the guitar body. Binders do so to provide an aesthetically pleasing accent to the guitar, as well as protect the edge from damage. Alternating patterns and thicknesses of binding provide a unique look to each series of Gibson guitars and vary from a single black strip to more ornate abalone inlays.

The purpose of the Maintenance Electrician entails providing maintenance electrical support. Will be responsible for installs and maintains electrical services and equipment such as (1) power lines, lighting fixtures, electrical motors, ventilating equipment, power distribution panels, electrical measuring and recording equipment, etc. (2) electronic related devices such as, circuit boards, components, digital and computer related equipment, etc. Functions safely in the facility so the plant equipment and services perform at maximum levels and minimize unscheduled interruption of the plant operation. Working from written instructions, wiring diagrams, circuit diagrams, and verbal instructions. This role also provides maintenance electrical repairs to industrial machinery as needed to keep a continuous manufacturing process supported.

Creating the ideal bare wood guitar. Hand Sanders are the last step in the back-plant process of building a guitar. They are responsible for ensuring that moving forward the guitar has no gaps, dings, scratches, or chip outs, and that all areas are sanded to spec. Hand Sanders are intimately familiar with wood, including the types Gibson uses, how it reacts to heat, and moisture. This position is a critical step in creating an instrument that is both playable and aesthetically pleasing.

The purpose of the Neck Fitter is to join the neck and body of a guitar. You must be able to safely and accurately use sharp chisels, and alignment gauges to accomplish the proper fit and pitch. This process is the first time a guitar becomes a single piece.

The Finishing Painter at Gibson performs hand spraying on guitars. In charge of making sure all paint and lacquer finishing is up to company standards. Keeping paint booths and E-stat equipment clean and investigating any quality issues that may arise.