The Gibson Electric Guitar Book: Seventy Years of Classic Guitars(Book). The Gibson Electric Guitar Book is a comprehensive, richly illustrated guide to Gibson electrics past and present. Starting with the ES-150 generally acknowledged as the first commercially successful electric guitar through the 335s, Les Pauls, SGs, Firebirds, and more, it is packed with facts, stories, and images that tell the story of Gibson's great guitars and their most famous and influential players. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
the story of gibson electric guitars | 8 |
How to use this reference section | 128 |
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acoustic adjustable archtop Artist bass binding block inlays body bound called carved top Cherry Chet Atkins chrome-plated hardware Classic coil cover Custom cutaway Deluxe diamond dot inlays double double-cutaway early ebony fingerboard electric guitar Explorer finish Firebird Flying fret Gibson gold gold-plated hardware guitarists headstock humbucking pickups introduced Junior Kalamazoo knobs laminated logo look mahogany maple neck maple top McCarty metal MICHIGAN Natural finish neck nickel-plated optional original P-90 pickups Paul Custom Paul Standard pearl pearl logo peghead inlay pickguard plated played pointed horns position Production Reissue rock rounded scale selector switch serial number shape side single Single-cut solidbody Single-cutaway solid sound Special strings style success Sunburst Sunburst finish tailpiece thin tone top and back trapezoid inlays treble truss-rod cover tune-o-matic bridge tuner unbound rosewood fingerboard vibrato Vintage volume wide wood