User Reviews

The title may be considered misleading in that it tends to conceal the fact that all the guitars displayed in this documentary are Gibsons. (A few Rickenbackers and Fenders can be seen in the background during concert footage.) Be that as it may, this is a very good film thanks to the interviews with a wide variety of guitar pickers (see cast list) telling all about their love of the instrument and their influences. Excerpts from concerts add to the experience. I watched this in the comfort of my living room, holding a Gibson SG Junior — so what do I have to complain about?

While interesting, it just becomes so redundant, often coming across as an advertisement. This documentary (and I use that word loosely) basically promotes Gibson guitars from a number of guitar players. Some famous, some you might never of heard from each give some short story how playing guitar influenced them or their music, specifically Gibson. It seems like they go out of their way to NOT mention Fender, Ibanez & other guitar brands although Chet Atkins mentions his brother's "Warshburn" (Washburn) as what got him into guitar.

Les Paul is shown & talked about as the inventor of not only the electric guitar (he did not) but every piece of studio equipment which is way overblown.

Some of the segments are interesting but too many just sound like blatant ads for Gibson. A few guitarists talk like a Gibson Les Paul or other Gibson was their only guitar when they were known to play Fenders, Gretsch & other brands.

If you do watch this, keep your finger on the Fast-forward button.