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1914 L-1 specs: Pickguard added again. 1918 L-1 specs: Sheraton brown finish. 1920 L-1 specs: Double 5 ply soundhole rings. 1925 Discontinued. 1926 Re-introduced as a flattop. The L-1 was introduced in 1926 and was available until 1937. This model cost $50 (equivalent to $861 in 2023). The L-1 featured a tighter grained two piece spruce top and ...
Gibson currently produces an Arlo Guthrie Signature model. Robert Johnson was photographed with a L-1 acoustic. Gibson makes a Robert Johnson Signature model. Woody Guthrie used an L-0. Jeff Buckley used an L-1. Sheryl Crow uses a L-00 Blues King. Elvis Costello used a LG-C. Patty Griffin used a LG-2. Gibson makes a LG-2 Americana as a replica.
This is a list of Gibson brand of stringed musical instruments, mainly guitars, manufactured by Gibson, alphabetically by category then alphabetically by product (lowest numbers first). The list excludes other Gibson brands such as Epiphone.
1928 Gibson L-1 Kalamazoo KG-14. Robert Johnson played various guitars, produced in the 1920s and 1930s. The guitar he is holding in the studio portrait, where he's dressed in a suit, is a Gibson Guitar Corporation model L-1 flat top, which was a small body acoustic produced between 1926 and 1937.
The earliest Gibson designs (L1 to L3) introduced the arched top and increasing body sizes, but still had round or oval sound holes. In 1922, Lloyd Loar was hired by the Gibson Company to redesign their instrument line in an effort to counter flagging sales, and in that same year the Gibson L5 was released to his design. Although the new ...
The Gibson J-200 (formerly the Gibson SJ-200 or Super Jumbo 200), is an acoustic guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. Standard models of the guitar feature a uniquely shaped "moustache" bridge and a large pickguard with a vine-and-flowers decoration.
In 1928, Gibson redesigned the guitar, swapping out the oval soundhole for a round one, extending the neck to 14 frets and cantilevering the end of the fretboard over the top, just as they did on the L-5. These changes greatly improved the sound of new L-4, which now had more volume, a brighter, clearer tone while still maintaining its warmth.
In 2003 Gibson Guitars produced limited editions of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins's Gibson Explorer. The guitar is made of African limba wood and features an aged finish, Maestro vibrola, and classic humbucking pickups In 2008 Gibson released two new versions of the guitar, the first of which was the "50-Year Commemorative Explorer".