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