{"id":1981,"date":"2016-06-17T22:40:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T22:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2016-06-23T11:18:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T11:18:53","slug":"peabody-gibson-and-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/06\/17\/peabody-gibson-and-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Peabody, Gibson and Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been hurt in an accident? \u00a0Don&#8217;t take the law into your own hands, call Peabody, Gibson and Nelson today! \u00a0Sorry, that title just sounds like the name of a law firm. \u00a0But no law firms are in our story today just hotels, guitars and friends. \u00a0Dacen was really interested in the factory tour at Gibson Guitars and Brielle wanted to watch the famous duck march at the Peabody Hotel. \u00a0So we split into two groups: \u00a0the boys did guitars and the girls did ducks. \u00a0Both places were withing a few blocks of each other so Steph dropped us\u00a0guys off then found parking before taking Brielle to the hotel.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Wall o' guitars\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/27514069090\/in\/album-72157667295740004\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/8\/7247\/27514069090_232ebd22b1_n.jpg\" alt=\"Wall o' guitars\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a title=\"How cute\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/27717319011\/in\/album-72157667295740004\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/8\/7477\/27717319011_1035e53827_n.jpg\" alt=\"How cute\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Steph and Brielle will have to tell you about the hotel but from what I gather, twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening, some trained ducks do a little pomp and circumstance between their home and a fountain in the hotel. \u00a0People gather around to watch the spectacle and I guess it is quite popular.<\/p>\n<p>Us guys had some time before our tour started so we looked around at the guitars in the Gibson shop. \u00a0There were acoustics, basses, solid bodies and semi-hollow bodies. \u00a0They had different paint jobs, different model numbers and different prices. \u00a0The least expensive Gibson we saw was around $1300 I think and the most expensive&#8230;.can you guess? $25,699!!!<br \/>\n<a title=\"No thanks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/27514070600\/in\/album-72157667295740004\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/8\/7629\/27514070600_94c4d5916b_n.jpg\" alt=\"No thanks\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love playing guitar and I love riding bikes but I also like to think that both can be had for around $200. \u00a0I bought my bike for $199 on craigslist. \u00a0I did eventually replace all of the components including the wheels so I&#8217;ve gone over budget a bit but that bike and I covered\u00a0over 4000 miles in 2014 as I virtually crossed the country along the famous TransAmerica Trail. \u00a0And my guitar&#8230;well now that I purchased for $150 at a shop in downtown Colorado Springs when I was 17. \u00a0It was used but in good shape. \u00a0It was the only guitar in the shop I could afford so I bought it. \u00a0I&#8217;ve added a pickup to it and also had to have the frets replaced so again I&#8217;ve gone a bit over budget but that guitar and I have written songs, entertained around campfires, ridden a Greyhound to LA to record at the George Lucas sound studio and worshiped together. \u00a0So&#8230;I won&#8217;t be dropping any $25,699 on a guitar anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>There are no photos allowed on the tour so I don&#8217;t have anything to show you from that but it was a really nice tour. \u00a0It was great to see the stacks of raw laminated plywood sheets for the bodies and piles of raw necks. \u00a0There are lots of machines in the factory but there is so much human interaction with each guitar. \u00a0It was cool to see the craftsmanship that goes into each guitar. \u00a0There were these guys that took the rough neck stock (which looked about like a\u00a0Lego or Minecraft guitar neck) and shaped it into a sweet looking guitar neck. \u00a0And the paint booth where every starburst pattern is different because they are hand painted. \u00a0And the ladies who meticulously scrape the overspray off the guitars with razor sharp tools. \u00a0It takes about 3-4 weeks for a guitar to make it from beginning to end. \u00a0Pretty impressive..but not $25,699 impressive! \u00a0As we left they had a pile of ebony that had been seized by the government in an investigation into the source of the wood. \u00a0There were allegations that the wood was contraband. \u00a0In the end, Gibson got the wood back (after paying the government a processing fee) and they have used the wood to make limited edition Government Series guitars (using Dirty Fingers pickups!).<br \/>\n<a title=\"Government Series guitar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/27514065760\/in\/album-72157667295740004\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/8\/7189\/27514065760_ef902673d9_n.jpg\" alt=\"Government Series guitar\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the tour the girls picked us up and we headed over to see our friends the Nelsons. \u00a0Donna and Steph worked together in Boulder back in the early 2000s and became friends. \u00a0We bought our first car as a married couple from them before\u00a0they moved away. \u00a0They have been all over the US but when we found out they were in Memphis we made sure to meet up with them on our way through.<br \/>\n <a title=\"The kids\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/27180726254\/in\/album-72157667295740004\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7118\/27180726254_c02a1f73cb_n.jpg\" alt=\"The kids\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They have twin boys just a bit older than Caden and a girl about Caden&#8217;s age. \u00a0The kids were very nice and all 6 disappeared into the house where they seemed to be having loads of fun. \u00a0Every once in awhile boys would run through with Nerf dart guns. \u00a0Everyone went swimming at their neighborhood pool while I stayed back and worked. \u00a0Before dinner the kids all watched Zootopia and then we had a wonderful shishkabob dinner followed by some amazing peach cobbler. \u00a0It was so great to catch up with the Nelsons and we hope our next get together with them comes quicker than this last one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157667295740004_3403\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-slideshow landscape medium \"><div class=\"active\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7359\/27717306931_37bee7aafb.jpg\" title=\"Mississippi Morning\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Mississippi Morning<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7247\/27514069090_232ebd22b1.jpg\" title=\"Wall o&#039; guitars\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Wall o' guitars<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7326\/27181469783_fb31f4a9ed.jpg\" title=\"Nice looking guitar\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Nice looking guitar<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7629\/27514070600_94c4d5916b.jpg\" title=\"No thanks\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>No thanks<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7189\/27514065760_ef902673d9.jpg\" title=\"Government Series guitar\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Government Series guitar<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7477\/27717319011_1035e53827.jpg\" title=\"How cute\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>How cute<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7295\/27717328671_d15aecb053.jpg\" title=\"Francis Scott Key piano\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Francis Scott Key piano<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7706\/27717324951_dc82f4d99a.jpg\" title=\"Brielle and the ducks\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Brielle and the ducks<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7645\/27181479253_69bea0b03d.jpg\" title=\"Peabody ducks\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Peabody ducks<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7556\/27717357201_94b70f8d9c.jpg\" title=\"Taylor made glasses\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Taylor made glasses<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7479\/27514092570_26d1769d72.jpg\" title=\"Card game with Taylor\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Card game with Taylor<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7428\/27717354691_916787c2ed.jpg\" title=\"Watching Zootopia\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Watching Zootopia<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7324\/27514083610_46f9992ed7.jpg\" title=\"Steph and Donna\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Steph and Donna<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7316\/27180729734_0ed2861247.jpg\" title=\"Hands in the air\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Hands in the air<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7197\/27514087270_3bd10363da.jpg\" title=\"Donna and Cooper\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Donna and Cooper<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7311\/27717350501_05dbbeb0b6.jpg\" title=\"The adults\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>The adults<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7118\/27180726254_c02a1f73cb.jpg\" title=\"The kids\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>The kids<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7389\/27734262626_12da74f5f7.jpg\" title=\"Tom Sawyer RV Park\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Tom Sawyer RV Park<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7306\/27717346291_190c9ff8b2.jpg\" title=\"Flood line on bathhouse\/laundry\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Flood line on bathhouse\/laundry<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7255\/27717341561_abd1a33422.jpg\" title=\"Huck and Tom\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Huck and Tom<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7440\/27717334981_fd0429db18.jpg\" title=\"Huck at Tom Sawyer&#039;s\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Huck at Tom Sawyer's<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7323\/27514077420_70fd2194a7.jpg\" title=\"&quot;Que paso Pancho?!&quot;\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>\"Que paso Pancho?!\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(\"#flickr_72157667295740004_3403\").data(\"options\",{\"delay\":3000,\"autoplay\":true,\"transition\":500,\"link\":\"next\",\"target\":\"_self\",\"width\":\"\",\"height\":\"\"});<\/script><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been hurt in an accident? \u00a0Don&#8217;t take the law into your own hands, call Peabody, Gibson and Nelson today! \u00a0Sorry, that title just sounds like the name of a law firm. \u00a0But no law firms are in our story today just hotels, guitars and friends. \u00a0Dacen was really interested in the factory tour 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