Gibson’s “Golden Era—the late 1950s and early 1960s—is best known for the emergence of the company’s iconic Les Paul Standard. But the Les Paul wasn’t the company’s best-selling guitar during this historic period. That title belongs to the legendary Melody Maker. Now Gibson has taken the Melody Maker design and expnaded it into four completely [...]
The SG Gothic Morte Electric Guitar’s horned double-cutaway mahogany curves are cloaked in a Satin Ebony finish with matching black nickel hardware and black Grover tuners. Gibson USA GEM active humbuckers supply the dark, foreboding tones to create an epic soundscape. As the members of Spinal Tap put it, “What could be more black? None, [...]
Hands down, the Gibson SG Special Satin Ebony electric guitar is the best combination of features and value in Gibson’s iconic SG line-up. You still get the dynamic, slim mahogany body and hair-trigger quick neck that have made the SG a workhorse guitar, yet without all the non-essentials. The ultra-affordable price tag on this electric [...]
Ever since its introduction in 1983, the Les Paul Studio model has been enormously popular with players seeking the power and versatility of the original Les Paul Standard in a ready-for-action package, with a price to match. The instruments’ reduced ornamentation—lacking body or fingerboard binding, and using plainer tops—has helped to put them in the [...]
Gibson puts a menacing spin on the Les Paul Studio with the Les Paul Gothic Morte. Keeping in line with the stripped down vibe of the Les Paul Studio, the Les Paul Gothic Morte is a no-frills monster of a guitar. The pickups are brand new GEM (Gibson Electronics Manufacturing) active humbuckers. Sonically, these new [...]
Gibson USA takes the classic lines of the big bad Thunderbird bass and streamlines those into a light new cool addition to the Gibson bass line.
Gibson’s “Golden Era—the late 1950s and early 1960s—is best known for the emergence of the company’s iconic Les Paul Standard. But the Les Paul wasn’t the company’s best-selling guitar during this historic period. That title belongs to the legendary Melody Maker. Now Gibson has taken the Melody Maker design and expnaded it into four completely [...]
Gibson USA brings back the highly succesful Gothic SG in an even more basic version. All black with their new active GEM pickups.
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