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 149 Gibson guitar quiz 1 / 20 In which year did Gibson purchase Epiphone? 1962 1957 1952 1967 2 / 20 What is the defining feature of the Gibson Robot guitar? On-board pre amp and speaker On-board pre amp On-board digital modelling Self tuning 3 / 20 Which Epiphone model has not also been branded as Gibson? ES-339 Thunderbird bass Firebird Casino 4 / 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 Kalamazoo Futura SG 5 / 20 When did Gibson introduce the Flying V guitar? 1958 1962 1965 1972 6 / 20 Which of these is a Gibson guitar? Egret Graf Viking Corvus 7 / 20 Early Les Paul guitars were available in one colour only, what colour? Brown (natural) Black Red Gold 8 / 20 The Gibson ES-339 is based on the ES-335, but with what main difference? Single cutaway Solid body Smaller size Fully hollow body 9 / 20 Which other Gibson guitar was launched with the Flying V? SG Firebird Explorer Marauder 10 / 20 The Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar was originally launched as the SJ-200 in which year? 1927 1937 1939 1935 11 / 20 Gibson took court action against PRS for making which guitar? EG Studio Singlecut McCarty series 12 / 20 Gibson's factories were raided in 2009 and 2011 by a government department, what were the raids trying to find? Under-age workers Unsafe working conditions Illegally imported timber Evidence of false accounting 13 / 20 The Gibson Les Paul was introduced when? 1952 1961 1958 1955 14 / 20 What type of instruments did Gibson originally make? Banjos Ukeleles Mandolins Violins 15 / 20 What does the 'ES' in model names such as ES-335 stand for? Electric Sound Electro Sunburst Electric Spanish Electro Semi 16 / 20 Who built a home studio and named it Room 335 in honour of the Gibson ES-335? Alvin Lee Grant Green Larry Carlton BB King 17 / 20 Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) mostly plays which Gibson guitar? Flying V ES 335 SG Explorer 18 / 20 Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought shape guitar was what? Dove Hummingbird J 45 B Series 19 / 20 U2s The Edge mostly plays which Gibson guitar model? Melody Maker Firebird Explorer Flying V 20 / 20 The designer of the Gibson Firebird, Ray Dietrich, was an established designer in what field? Automotive Furniture Loudspeakers Architecture Your score is The average score is 51% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Restart quiz Send feedback