{"id":55,"date":"2011-03-10T17:32:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T17:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutguitars.wordpress.com\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T14:38:38","slug":"gibson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/?page_id=55","title":{"rendered":"About Gibson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1902 as the &#8220;Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd.&#8221; Gibson went on to make some of the first &#8220;Archtop&#8221; guitars similar in design to a violin.\u00a0 One of the earliest was the much copied Gibson Super 400 shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-873\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gibson-super-400-2.jpg\" alt=\"Gibson-Super-400\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gibson-super-400-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gibson-super-400-2-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gibson-super-400-2-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gibson-super-400-2-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gibson-super-400-2-800x446.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-880\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LesPaul.jpg\" alt=\"Gibson Les Paul\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LesPaul.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LesPaul-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LesPaul-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aboutguitars.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/LesPaul-800x362.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gibson Web Site\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gibson.com\">Web Site<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1902 as the &#8220;Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. 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