About Gibson

Founded in 1902 as the “Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd.” Gibson went on to make some of the first “Archtop” guitars similar in design to a violin.  One of the earliest was the much copied Gibson Super 400 shown below.

Gibson-Super-400

These days Gibson sells guitars under a variety brands and makes the Gibson Les Paul series which has many different models but the model shown below is one of the most iconic guitars in rock music.

Gibson Les Paul

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