| The tradition of quality associated with Gibson guitars | | | | guitars has not decreased, although many musicians |
| dates as far back as the late 1800s when Orville | | | | probably wish the price would decrease! Classic |
| Gibson started the company with his skill and interest in | | | | Gibson acoustic guitars such as the SJ200 and the |
| the guitar. Probably one of the keys to the success of | | | | Hummingbird are still as popular as when they were |
| the company then and now is its tangent for | | | | first introduced, although most people purchase them |
| innovation. This innovation continued through economic | | | | as collector's items.Electric guitars were made to play |
| hardship, which saw the introduction of the L-5, ES-150, | | | | rock music, right? This message couldn't get any |
| electric guitar. While the company originated as a | | | | clearer with Gibson's release of a replica of the guitar |
| manufacturer of mandolins and guitars, it was the | | | | associated with Angus Young of AC/DC. Usually |
| design of the ES-150, the company's first electric guitar | | | | when makers of guitars reproduce a classic, they tend |
| that hailed them to the top of the list of guitar | | | | to add additional features that actually take away |
| manufacturers. The innovation in the company | | | | from what was so great about the original. The Angus |
| originated with guitarists such as Lloyd Loar and Les | | | | Young Signature SG is basically a mirror image of the |
| Paul, whose ideas were used to create some of the | | | | classic guitar.The list of famous individuals who have |
| company's most innovative designs.Reviewing the | | | | counted on the traditional quality and innovation of |
| Original GibsonsThe Les Paul Standard is by far the | | | | Gibson guitars is long. This relationship is probably due |
| most popular of all Gibson guitars. It was way back in | | | | in part to the Gibson company's solicitation of |
| the early 1950s that it was introduced as the | | | | professional guitarists to assist in designing innovative |
| company's premier solid body electric guitar. Today the | | | | Gibson guitars. Who else knows more about what |
| Les Paul Standard has several variations, including the | | | | "serious" guitarists want than the professionals who |
| Les Paul Standard Faded, Les Paul Standard Double | | | | push them to their limits? Celebrities that have been |
| Cut, Les Paul Standard Limited Edition, and Les Paul | | | | longtime fans of Gibson guitars include Paul McCartney |
| Standard Premium.While many guitar manufacturers | | | | and Jimmy Page. Aside from the outstanding pickups, |
| find ways to cut corners to assemble guitars as fast | | | | Gibson guitars for electric guitar lovers are generally |
| as they can, Gibson continues its tradition of hand | | | | custom-made to order. It is probably the case that the |
| making each guitar it produces. The Gibson acoustic is | | | | Gibson electric guitars feature some of the most |
| the classic tradition of guitars. Gibson continues to | | | | unique styles and designs. The Gibson Firebird Studio |
| make the classic acoustic guitars in natural wood. It's | | | | Electric, L4 CES Archtop, and the Gibson Zakk Wylde |
| probably the case that if you learned how to play the | | | | Les Paul electric guitars prove that there are no limits |
| guitar in elementary school, that your music teacher | | | | in the how Gibson is able to allow a guitarist to explore |
| had an inventory of Gibson guitars. The value of these | | | | the creative limits of Gibson guitars. |