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A lot of companies make Gibson guitarcopies, of course most do this with authorization. Example of these brands are Epiphone, Kramer, Valley arts, Tobias, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo. If you want to have a nice looking budget, but you don't have the money for a realy Gibson, then one of the copies might be just the thing you need.
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== History ==
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Orville Gibson started making mandolins in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Orville made mandolins who were easier manufactable and who sounded better. In 1902 The Gibson Mandolin - Guitar Mfg.co was founded to market of instruments. His innovative look was responsible for many innovations in design and manufactering.
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In 1936 the first good selling electric guitar came on the market: the ES-150
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As the result of the strong sales of the Fender companie, Gibson decided to make a solid-body guitar. The musician Les Paul was asked to sign a contract so they could use his name for a guitar. In 1952 they could finally release the Les Paul.
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In the late fifties, a number of inovations came with the new designs, such as the Gibson Explorer and the Fying V. In this period they also introduced the "humbucker" pickup. They Les Paul went through some redesigning and they gave it a new look. Les didn't care for the new body style and he made sure the Les Paul wasn't changed at all. Instead they named it Gibson SG. Nowadays the SG is very much used in hard rock and metal bands like AC/DC.
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Between 1974 and 1984 the production of Gibson guitars was moved from Kalamazoo to Nashville in an effort to reduce the costs associted with the high-wage, unionized workers in the North. Due some quality and money issues, things didn't go very well with Gibson, in 1986 the Gibson Guitar Corp. was bouth bey sir Juszkiewicz and sir Berryman and sir Zebrowski. The succes (and survival) of Gibson nowadays is largely attributed to this change in leaders. Currently Juszkiewecz and Berryman are still leading the company as CEO and president.
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== Guitars ==
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Gibson has made all kind of guitars. There are so many that I can't even name them all, heres a link where you can see all types: [[:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Guitar_Corporation_product_list]]
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The most popular are the Firebird, Les Paul, Melody Maker, SG, V-Factor (Flying V) and the X-plorer
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-Firebird:
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This guitar has diffrent versions, where you can choose in colour, but also the number of pickups and other hardware. The firebird was invented in the 1950s, but new versions have come lots of times.
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[[Image:Gibsonfirebird6.jpg]]
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A lot of companies make Gibson guitarcopies, of course most do this with authorization. Example of these brands are Epiphone, Kramer, Valley arts, Tobias, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo. If you want to have a nice looking budget, but you don't have the money for a realy Gibson, then one of the copies might be just the thing you need.
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Les Paul:
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As mentioned before, this is the most used/bought guitar from Gibson, it has been invented in 1952. The guitar knows lots of versions:<br>
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"Goldtop" (1952-1957)<br>
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Custom (1954-1960)<br>
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Junior (1954-1960) and TV (1955-1960) <br>
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Special (1955-1960) <br>
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"Standard" (1958-1960) <br>
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1961 Les Paul SG <br>
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Renewed interest in the Les Paul models<br>
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Les Paul models in the Norlin era <br>
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Deluxe <br>
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Studio <br><br>
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Custom Shop models <br>
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Modern Les Pauls <br>
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Les Paul's guitar <br>
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Epiphone Les Pauls <br>
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Gibson Robot Guitar<br>
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[[Image:Gibson_les_paul_std_BK.jpg]]
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Flying V or V-Factor:
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When the Flying V or V-factor was invented in the late fifties and used by players like Lonnie mack and Albert King. When it was first realeased it seemed a bit extreme and it didn't sell very well. It was discontinued. Later in the sixties it was reissued.
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[[Image:800px-Gibson FlyingV.jpg]]
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== Robot ==
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The Les Paul Robot is the latest model from Gibson. It uses revolutionair techniques in the tuning meganism, The guitar can tune itself.
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To tune the guitar, you only have to do is to pull of the master control knob (MCK) and you strum the guitar. They tuning penns will start moving, and when all the lights on the MCK are green, the guitar is in tune, then the lights will turn blue, you can just put the MCK back and there you go! It's possible to turn the MCK in diffrent directions, which will cause diffrent tunings. The MCK can also help with puting on a new string, or checking your bridge height for good intonation.
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An instruction movie can be watched here: [http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar/nl/RobotGuitarVideoVoting.aspx Robot video page]

Revision as of 15:50, 18 January 2008

Contents

Gibson

Gibson is one of the most populair guitar manufacturers. The most seen guitarmodel is the Gibson Les Paul. There are several versions of the Les Paul like the studio, goldtop or robot version.

Image:Gibson.logo.B.jpg

A lot of companies make Gibson guitarcopies, of course most do this with authorization. Example of these brands are Epiphone, Kramer, Valley arts, Tobias, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo. If you want to have a nice looking budget, but you don't have the money for a realy Gibson, then one of the copies might be just the thing you need.

History

Orville Gibson started making mandolins in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Orville made mandolins who were easier manufactable and who sounded better. In 1902 The Gibson Mandolin - Guitar Mfg.co was founded to market of instruments. His innovative look was responsible for many innovations in design and manufactering. In 1936 the first good selling electric guitar came on the market: the ES-150 As the result of the strong sales of the Fender companie, Gibson decided to make a solid-body guitar. The musician Les Paul was asked to sign a contract so they could use his name for a guitar. In 1952 they could finally release the Les Paul. In the late fifties, a number of inovations came with the new designs, such as the Gibson Explorer and the Fying V. In this period they also introduced the "humbucker" pickup. They Les Paul went through some redesigning and they gave it a new look. Les didn't care for the new body style and he made sure the Les Paul wasn't changed at all. Instead they named it Gibson SG. Nowadays the SG is very much used in hard rock and metal bands like AC/DC. Between 1974 and 1984 the production of Gibson guitars was moved from Kalamazoo to Nashville in an effort to reduce the costs associted with the high-wage, unionized workers in the North. Due some quality and money issues, things didn't go very well with Gibson, in 1986 the Gibson Guitar Corp. was bouth bey sir Juszkiewicz and sir Berryman and sir Zebrowski. The succes (and survival) of Gibson nowadays is largely attributed to this change in leaders. Currently Juszkiewecz and Berryman are still leading the company as CEO and president.

Guitars

Gibson has made all kind of guitars. There are so many that I can't even name them all, heres a link where you can see all types: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Guitar_Corporation_product_list

The most popular are the Firebird, Les Paul, Melody Maker, SG, V-Factor (Flying V) and the X-plorer -Firebird: This guitar has diffrent versions, where you can choose in colour, but also the number of pickups and other hardware. The firebird was invented in the 1950s, but new versions have come lots of times.

Image:Gibsonfirebird6.jpg

Les Paul: As mentioned before, this is the most used/bought guitar from Gibson, it has been invented in 1952. The guitar knows lots of versions:

"Goldtop" (1952-1957)
Custom (1954-1960)
Junior (1954-1960) and TV (1955-1960)
Special (1955-1960)
"Standard" (1958-1960)
1961 Les Paul SG
Renewed interest in the Les Paul models
Les Paul models in the Norlin era
Deluxe
Studio

Custom Shop models
Modern Les Pauls
Les Paul's guitar
Epiphone Les Pauls
Gibson Robot Guitar
Image:Gibson_les_paul_std_BK.jpg

Flying V or V-Factor: When the Flying V or V-factor was invented in the late fifties and used by players like Lonnie mack and Albert King. When it was first realeased it seemed a bit extreme and it didn't sell very well. It was discontinued. Later in the sixties it was reissued. Image:800px-Gibson FlyingV.jpg

Robot

The Les Paul Robot is the latest model from Gibson. It uses revolutionair techniques in the tuning meganism, The guitar can tune itself. To tune the guitar, you only have to do is to pull of the master control knob (MCK) and you strum the guitar. They tuning penns will start moving, and when all the lights on the MCK are green, the guitar is in tune, then the lights will turn blue, you can just put the MCK back and there you go! It's possible to turn the MCK in diffrent directions, which will cause diffrent tunings. The MCK can also help with puting on a new string, or checking your bridge height for good intonation. An instruction movie can be watched here: Robot video page

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