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9 unusual facts about Gibson Guitar Corporation


Emena Thes

For the live performance of the song it is played with smoke and bright green and pink lights in the background as Rouvas sings standing in front of a microphone stand while playing his black Gibson Les Paul.

Gibson MaGIC

Media-accelerated Global Information Carrier (MaGIC) is an Audio over Ethernet protocol developed by Gibson Guitar Corporation in partnership with 3COM.

Jammin

Jammin was an original reality television series created by Sí TV that documents the attempts of six Latino bands to win a $10,000 cash prize and a Gibson sponsorship.

Lacey Act of 1900

Opponents publicized the 2009 raid on facilities of Gibson Guitar Corporation in which hardwoods that had been illegally harvested in Madagascar were seized.

Gibson Guitar Corporation was raided twice by federal authorities between 2009 and 2011.

Laurent Brancowitz

During live shows, Brancowitz often plays a Fender Bullet, although he has also used a large variety of guitars from Fender and Gibson.

Opry Mills

Prior to its temporary 2010-2012 closure, Opry Mills was a single level mall that contained over 200 stores (although no department stores), including Bass Pro Shops, Blacklion, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gibson Showcase, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, and Barnes & Noble.

Terminalia superba

The most famous example of its use in guitars is when it was used by Gibson in producing their now highly sought-after Flying V and Explorer guitars in 1958.

Trumann, Arkansas

As Gibson Guitar Corporation acquired the plant in 2001, and by 2006 Gibson laid off workers as they moved piano production to China.


Denise McCann

She went on to become a folk singer and songwriter, appearing many times at famed San Francisco folk clubs, such as The Holy City Zoo, The Drinking Gourd, and The Coffee Gallery, where she would play her distinctive Gibson J-50 guitar and sing her self-penned songs.

Five Serpent's Teeth

At the special show in London at the Gibson Guitar Studios, Matt Drake revealed the title to be from Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man on which the meaning of Evile's "Now Demolition" is also based.

Gibson ES-335

Released by the Gibson Guitar Corporation as part of its ES (Electric Spanish) series in 1958, it is neither hollow nor solid; instead, a solid maple wood block runs through the center of its body.

Hank Garland

At the request of Gibson Guitar company president, Ted McCarty, Garland and fellow guitarist Billy Byrd strongly influenced the design of the Byrdland guitar, which derived from the Gibson L-5 guitar Garland is seen holding in the photograph.

Paul Reed Smith

Smith then contacted Ted McCarty, former president of Gibson and creator of the Explorer, ES-335 and Flying V guitars, and McCarty became his mentor and adviser.

Robb Flynn

Gibson SG Standard- It can be seen in the music video for Take My Scars.

Soultone

Marshall, Fender, Gibson, and Vox all currently offer entirely hand wired re-creations of their vintage products, often at costs lower than boutique competition.

Tariqh Akoni

Tariqh uses a diverse set of instruments, including Gibson, Tyler, McPherson, Blankenship, Bogner, Eventide, Voodoo Lab, Electro-Harmonix, and Seymour Duncan.

The Beatnix

These include guitars by Gretsch, Höfner, Rickenbacker and Gibson, Vox AC30 guitar amplifiers and a Vox AC50 bass amplifier with a T60 bass cabinet.


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