The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars. The company’s most popular guitar,[citation needed] the Les Paul Standard, is a solid-body electric guitar. Gibson also owns and makes guitars under such brands as Epiphone, Kramer, Valley Arts, Tobias, Steinberger, and Kalamazoo. In addition to guitars, the company makes pianos through its Baldwin unit, Slingerland drums, as well as many accessory items. Company namesake Orville Gibson made mandolins in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the late 1890s. Gibson used the same type of carved, arched tops in archtop acoustic guitars, and by the 1930s was also making flattop acoustic guitars and electric guitars. Charlie Christian, one of the first well-known electric guitarists, helped to popularize Gibson’s electric guitars with his use of the ES-150 and ES-200. After being bought by the Norlin corporation in the late 1960s Gibson’s quality and fortunes took a steep decline; by 1985 it was within three weeks of going out of business before it was bought by its present owners.[1] Gibson Guitar is a privately held corporation (company stock is not publicly traded on a stock exchange), owned by chief executive officer Henry Juszkiewicz and president David H. (Dave) Berryman.
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1964 Gibson ES-330 TD Thinline Hollow-body Electric Guitar ORIGINAL OWNER! US $3,250.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Feb-04-2012 13:24:02 PST Add to watch list |
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LINDY FRALIN P-90 DOG EAR PICKUS & WIRING HARNESS FOR 1953 GIBSON ES-175 GUITAR US $179.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Feb-04-2012 14:11:47 PST Add to watch list |
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GIBSON LES PAUL JUNIOR 1963 VINTAGE GUITAR JR. ORIGINAL US $3,399.00 End Date: Saturday Feb-04-2012 14:12:56 PST Add to watch list |
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2009 GIBSON SG STANDARD EBONY 50'S NECK 6 STRING GUITAR BLACK WITH CASE US $1,365.00 End Date: Saturday Feb-04-2012 14:14:28 PST Add to watch list |