Gibson Guitar Corp. is an American guitar company standing in 1902 as "The Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg Co., Ltd." in Kalamazoo, Michigan and originally producing mandolin with his family. The Gibson produced America's largest musical instruments and some of its products became the favorite of many world musicians.
Here's the second part of history (read the history of Gibson Guitar Corp. – part one) about Gibson's we take from gibson.com:
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In 1946 Gibson perfect the pickup single-coil P-90 and led the industry of electric guitar in America with the release of the model ES-5 (first guitar with three pickups) and ES-175 in 1949, followed by L-5CES and SUPER 400CES in 1951. CES is an abbreviation of the Spanish Electric Cutaway. The Spanish term used to describe this type of guitar has 6 strings and its shape which resembles a guitar we know today, and differentiate it from other types of musical instruments such as the mandolin, the ' ukulele, and others.
Gibson guitar is the most successful of all time: Gibson Les Paul Model was introduced in 1952. The first solidbody guitar, released by Gibson was designed and developed by Les Paul, the guitarist and singer who is very popular in that era. Les Paul Model then became an icon of Gibson and rock and roll.
President Director of Gibson's Ted McCarty, an engineer who can't play guitar, found a bridge with a saddle that is separate and can be set up, which was given the name of the Tune-O-Matic. The bridge is fitted in the Les Paul Custom in 1954 and is now a bridge standard for electric guitar Gibson (read article Surgery Guitar: Electric Guitar Bridge).
As if never stop innovating, engineer Seth Lover humbucking pickup perfected in 1957 and started installed in Gibson Guitars series high. These innovations later became an industry standard (read: Guitar Pickups Guitar Surgery).
In the same year the Gibson buy one of its rivals are being derailed, the manufacturer Epiphone guitars. Gibson's parent company, CMI (the Chicago Musical Instrument) sees a chance to expand the path of Gibson's marketing by leveraging the already built lines by Epiphone. Series new Guitar Epiphone Gibson works launched in 1958. In 1970, the Epiphone production moved to the u.s., making Gibson had a product with a cheaper price.
At America's largest instrument exhibition NAMM 1958, three models of "modern" design results Ted McCarty-Explorer and Flying V, Moderne, apparently did not get a good market reception. However, these models now include the Gibson product best-selling. That year McCarty designed the ES-336 solidbody construction which combines with the traditional look of the hollowbody. Design of the semi-hollow then became one of the highly successful concept in the era of electric guitar (read the article Guitar: Body Surgery).
New history note Gibson in 1965. Production reached a new record when they managed to market 100,000 units Gibson Epiphone products America and production in a year's time.
ECL, Ecuador company engaged in the production of cement and beer, taking over the parent company CMI following its subsidiaries in 1969. Gibson then came under a new parent called Norlin.
Gibson's new factory they officiate in Nashville and move some production from Kalamazoo factory. In 1984, after 65 years of being the home of Gibson, a factory with Parsons street address No. 225 Kalamazoo was closed and the headquarters moved to Nashville.
Norlin has trouble and facing a decline quickly throughout the years 1978-1982. However, Gibson didn't stop to do creative innovations. At that time appeared a great demand against the vintage series guitar. Gibson introduced the re-issue F-SL in 1978, then Les Paul Heritage in 1980, then Heritage Korinas in 1982 and Earl Scruggs Banjo-style Granada in 1984. The new model also issued such as B.B. King's Model (1980) and Chet Atkins solidbody acoustic in 1982.
After experiencing financial difficulties severe enough, Gibson was bought by owner now Henry Juszkiewicz and David Berryman in January 1986. Both these entrepreneurs quickly recover Gibson which was later named the Gibson Guitar Corp.. The manufacturer of the Flatiron Mandolin Company, in the city of Bozeman, Montana was acquired in 1987. A new plant was set up at the Bozeman to manufacture acoustic guitar in 1989. The new owner of this era is the era of the gold Gibson who managed to raise production and sales figures. Some other music instrument manufacturer was purchased and a subsidiary, as the manufacturer of the Steinberger bass, and Tobias, Slingerland drums, Kramer guitars and OMI (makers of the Dobro resonator guitars).
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DIVISIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES GIBSON
1. Acoustic
Gibson Acoustic
Gibson Original (Mandolin and Banjo)
Dobro (resonator)
Epiphone
Garrison Guitars
2. Electric
Gibson USA (Les Paul, Flying V, SG, Firebird, Thunderbird, Explorer, Midtown Standard Bass, Nighthawk, LPX, E.B., N-255, Midtown Kalamazoo)
Gibson Memphis (ES-335, ES-335, ES-330, ES-175, ES-295, ES-202, Lucille, ES-137, ES, ES-359-387)
Gibson Custom
Epiphone (Les Paul, Flying V, SG, Wildkat, Sheraton, ES-339, Casino, Dot, Thunderbird, Explorer, Riviera, Toby, Emperor, Viola, Ultra, G-400, EB, G-310, Rumblekat, Nighthawk, etc.)
Kramer
Valley Art
Maestro
Steinberger
Tobias Bass (marketed by Epiphone brand Toby, Michael Tobias bass manufacturer established itself with the name MTD/Michael Tobias Design which have no connection with the Gibson)
3. Piano
Baldwin (with brand of Baldwin, Chickering, Wurlitzer, Hamilton, and Howard)
4. Pro Audio
Onkyo
Stanton (DJ instruments)
KRK systems (speaker)
Cerwin-Vega (speaker)
TEAC (majority stake)
Tascam (TEAC)
Electar (amps)
5. The Jukebox and Vending Machine
Wurlitzer
6. Drum
Slingerland
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