Gibson Guitars

If there is one single classic guitar manufacturing company, it has to be Gibson. Gibson guitars are world renowned, for both the electric as well as the acoustic guitars. Not only have they produced the most fantastic guitars that the world has seen, they have contributed a lot towards the pick up technology. Perhaps that is the primary reason why the most popular of the Gibson guitars have been those produced after the pick up technology was introduced.

Gibson has made guitars for all kinds of music. Its ES-150 that was made in 1936 was especially for jazz guitarists, and this guitar still remains one of the best. Les Paul, the first of the Gibson guitars that were made of a solid body and introduced in 1952was modeled on the P-90 single coil pick up that was manufactured in 1936. The Les Paul further evolved into the Humbucker pick up in 1957. This guitar became the model to swear by, and made the solid body guitars extremely popular. Three years later the Double Cutaway SG was introduced, after which the classics such as the Firebird and the Flying V models were also launched.

If one may dare to make this analogy, Gibson guitars can be compared to fine wine. There have been variations throughout the history of the models of these guitars. Therefore, a complete knowledge of the model a musician is interested in must be gathered at the outset before purchasing a guitar. Selection can be a very intimidating process but once having gone through it one can be certain that he/she is now the owner of one of the best.

The Gibson Custom Shop has moved on with the endeavour to manufacture the most faithfully reproduced Gibson Guitars , to give a wide section of the population a taste of these famous guitars.

Coming to the most classic and the most famous and reliable of all Gibson guitar models, the Hummingbird takes the cake. The process of its making has been an area of deep interest for a number of music enthusiasts through the years. The wood used to make the body of these guitars plays an important part. Rosewood and ebony are the two most widely used types of wood used in the Hummingbird models, especially on the fret board. A lot of thought has been put into the development of this particular model over the years. It is one of those models in which the company has invested a lot in terms of its classic value. And it will indeed never be enough say how much this model has lived up to the mark it had first set.

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