Hiya all!, Sorry to not have updated for a while, we, the band, have been really busy recording loads of new material for an upcoming album and video release, stay tuned for that update when it’s hot off the press!. Just to keep things alive here in this Guitarist’s blogland, I’ve put together a wee article about one of our all time favourite axes, the Gibson. Hope you enjoy the history lesson, cheeers for now , speak soon, hopefully with some great new stories and insights;

Do you know that Gibson guitars have been around forever? It’s amusing, but although Gibson has produced some of the best guitars in history, perhaps the company’s biggest contribution to music has been through their advancements in coil pickup technology. Gibson’s first electrically charged guitar, the ES-150 was created in 1936, it is still considered to be one of the best sounding electric jazz guitars in the world.

A few years later, in 1946, Gibson introduced the P-90 single coil pickup, which was eventually used on the first ever Les Paul model in 1952. The Les Paul was Gibson’s first solid body electric guitar. Just after this, In 1957, Gibson introduced the legendary Humbucker pickup on the Les Paul model, and an instant legend was born thru much toil and tonal testing. The P-90 and the Humbucker quickly became the pickups of choice for Gibson’s expanding line of solid bodied electric guitars.

It was 1961 that marked the introduction of one of Gibson’s most successful models to date, the double cutaway SG. This was followed by the famous Firebird, and Flying V models, each of these Great Guitars a classic in itheir own right. In addition to electric instruments, Gibson produces some of the finest sounding acoustic guitars available.

The Gibson company has always had a commitment to excellence, and their support of top musicians the world over is demonstrated best through its well known Customisation Shop. This Custom Shop produces specialty instruments for some very popular artists, and discerning musicians alike. In addition to this, many better known historic classics have been skillfully reproduced by the Gibson Custom Shop, this has allowed a whole new generation of guitarists, like us lot of mad musical muppets, to experience Gibson’s brilliant guitar selections. Thanks for listening, TWANG!

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