Nobody said free speech and it wouldn't be a free speech issue I would be a privacy issue and that is where you were so close too. Also self proclaimed Montana lawyers have piped in as well and said it's not a right to work state and more like a union. The worst that could happen is policy change and training.

Also I don't think it looks like shit because I know exactly what was done to it and what was lacking still.. dam thing will be perfect by the time it's finished.

free speech means you don't go to jail and speech and privacy laws are two totally separate things.

...You just summarized the internet mob mentality perfectly... the hands down worst on reddit was when the boston bomber thing happend..."reddit we did it!" everyone thought they were a csi investigator... turns out people just enjoy talking out of their ass and that one had some serious blow back.

yea... I pretty much agree 100% with this...

then they should get nda's. Seriously people miss understand privacy laws all the time..Hell there are people who think musk bought twitter just to ban the guy tracking his plane...because there was 0 legal recourse for that.

why do you keep saying that? no one here lives life for upvotes or karma... that's not what this site is about. also who calls someone goofie?..I mean you're kinda showing your not all there man... do you need help? this is a super chill sub and not ment to rile people up. I think your used to instagram or tick tok.This is reddit.

Has he been known to do that?

What I was trying to express is you had a freudian slip because you're seeing his name everywhere with the twitter merger.. lord knows I can't go a day with out seeing EM in some headline or 100's of posts. Our brains are really complex and many people read by scanning. So your brain seen EL and just auto filled in the rest. I personally have a form of dyslexia that does this really bad and why I said "I get it".

You are going to have a rough time around this site with that attitude.
JSKY we call it Karma for a reason... and you're negative already. Bet you're a blast to have at a party.

I have no idea... 2 people said "that's awesome" and they got down voted. We got local state lawyers saying "this is cool nothing to worry about" and keyboard warriors mad at them because oh no you took a picture of something.. there's 0 personal info and I hid anything remotely compromising. Then you have the people who are like "it's not real... it's fake" and it's one of those situations you're like... well.. it's real...and only slightly feel obligated to defend it's authenticity... I mean seriously I could of posted this to other subreddits about guitars and they would of went nuts .. but I thought it was mildly interesting so I posted it here...again I didn't even know the guy played the guitar. Oh well.. I'm just hoping someone enjoyed the content.

It's ok... I get it... but we deserve a post not about him at the moment

They would have to tell you not to do that... and I'm pretty sure they know people are taking pictures... SO SO SO many of them have multiple staff members posing with them. I think my family member is semi high up in the world of making them also as he has been with the company for over a decade and is considered a master having started as a guy with carpentry / painting skills. It actually seems like a really cool company to work for, they do all sorts of raffles and pot luck things and even give away free unused wood to the community

For generic custom shop items they start around 4k. I wanted a signed guitar from my family member with the signature under the finish...Just because I thought it would be cool to have in the family and pass down or something... I didn't exactly get told no... I just got told the STARTING price. I love guitars as much as the next person but I'm not a pro and there is no way I can justify that.... I'm crossing my fingers that's his white elephant gift for xmas some day!

yes thats where he lives and like I said before I don't think there is a problem... no one goes to gibson and has them sign an nda for custom work. If they had he wouldn't share it but I have seen him post all sorts of famous peoples guitars. I just thought this one was mildly interesting. I honestly just want a guitar with my cousins signature under the finish. I think that would be cool as hell and keep asking him for one.

i'm pretty confident when it's done it looks perfect, as far as everyone worried about my cousin getting in trouble... he has been posting stuff for 10 + years seriously down to the dam tree's they pick for the wood. I don't think he would post as much publicly as he does if they had any sort of worry about this.. He's a very stand up guy and I just thought this was mildly interesting so I shared. edit/update here is a pic of one of the trees he's posted before and the type of guitar I think it went in. I know he likes the tree picking part and takes it super seriously. I'm not saying this guitar is from that tree just yea.. however this is the guitar he posted after that tree pic and its just beautiful. https://imgur.com/a/6Guri1h

1. I have made the front page of reddit twice and am a member of multi super secret subs I can't talk about ;-). Unlike you who has a 2 day old account
2. it's not a sticker, it's mother of pearl inlay that goes on before the finish.
3. It's real.

that's funny because my first thought was I didn't even know he played the guitar...piano all day long but guitar.. suprised me.

wasn't arguing with you but fair enough, I wrote it for anyone else reading it thinking the same thing. In my experience 20 people think something for every person that says something especially on the internet

He posted them publicly... I'm just repost/ sharing with ya'll too

seriously, why? so many people are concerned about this... but it's really not a big deal.. it's not like it's a super secret project or anything.. however, he has posted some new models that are upcoming but I don't think the world of guitars is that competitive and uptight. it's not like someone else is going to steal the secret sauce or something.

yea I think this was taken right after the inlays were put in they totally overhaul it and he was just showing off the custom inlay that was put in by hand. I would say it's at the 80% mark in this pic

I'm going to be candid, I have no clue what some of the things on that invoice say or mean. You can see the same invoice hanging in the body of the guitar and when combined with the other photo's I shared.. yea not sure how you would fake a guitar manufacturing facility and have people put on Gibson shirts.. trust me it's not worth the effort for internet points... especially when I have already made the front page ... twice.. But as a double down bonus... here is Maranda Lamberts + another factory shot! https://imgur.com/a/uYwyRKh

No, it's like at the 80% mark. In the touch up phase from putting in the inlays then finish. Then off to frets, strings and so on. there are more pics in comments that show it hanging along with other guitars that look amazing..

I'm not jokin when I say he posts tons of crazy pics down to the trees the source they wood from. he truly has many peoples dream job and has worked with them for a long long time.

think what you want man. I have provided more than enough proof to show it is legit. However, it appears all of the work starts out like that and they fix it up before they put the finish on them. You can veiw the other comments with galleries of photos to put your mind at ease. Reverse image search them if you like and see they are OC.