Gibson Guitar quiz A Gibson guitars quiz, 20 multiple choice questions. After completing the quiz, you will see the questions you got right and wrong and your score. 2 votes, 3 avg 143 Gibson guitar quiz 1 / 20 Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought shape guitar was what? B Series J 45 Hummingbird Dove 2 / 20 What does the 'ES' in model names such as ES-335 stand for? Electro Semi Electric Spanish Electric Sound Electro Sunburst 3 / 20 The Gibson Les Paul was introduced when? 1955 1961 1958 1952 4 / 20 Who built a home studio and named it Room 335 in honour of the Gibson ES-335? Alvin Lee BB King Larry Carlton Grant Green 5 / 20 The Gibson ES-339 is based on the ES-335, but with what main difference? Fully hollow body Smaller size Solid body Single cutaway 6 / 20 U2s The Edge mostly plays which Gibson guitar model? Melody Maker Explorer Firebird Flying V 7 / 20 Early Les Paul guitars were available in one colour only, what colour? Gold Black Brown (natural) Red 8 / 20 Gibson's factories were raided in 2009 and 2011 by a government department, what were the raids trying to find? Unsafe working conditions Under-age workers Illegally imported timber Evidence of false accounting 9 / 20 Which other Gibson guitar was launched with the Flying V? SG Firebird Explorer Marauder 10 / 20 When did Gibson introduce the Flying V guitar? 1962 1965 1958 1972 11 / 20 In which year did Gibson purchase Epiphone? 1952 1962 1957 1967 12 / 20 What is the defining feature of the Gibson Robot guitar? On-board pre amp Self tuning On-board pre amp and speaker On-board digital modelling 13 / 20 Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) mostly plays which Gibson guitar? ES 335 SG Explorer Flying V 14 / 20 Gibson took court action against PRS for making which guitar? Studio EG McCarty series Singlecut 15 / 20 When the Les Paul guitar was radically restyled in 1961, Les Paul disliked it so much he asked for his name to be removed. What became the new name? Marauder SG Futura Kalamazoo 16 / 20 The Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar was originally launched as the SJ-200 in which year? 1937 1935 1927 1939 17 / 20 What type of instruments did Gibson originally make? Violins Banjos Mandolins Ukeleles 18 / 20 The designer of the Gibson Firebird, Ray Dietrich, was an established designer in what field? Automotive Furniture Loudspeakers Architecture 19 / 20 Which Epiphone model has not also been branded as Gibson? Casino Thunderbird bass ES-339 Firebird 20 / 20 Which of these is a Gibson guitar? Viking Egret Corvus Graf Your score is The average score is 50% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Restart quiz Send feedback