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At the same time of the Melody Maker, Gibson's sister brand Epiphone made a version of the guitar named the Olympic. Initially virtually identical to the double cut Melody Makers, these guitars eventually developed an asymmetrical body with a slightly larger upper horn with the Olympic Special, and a higher-end model which shared a body with the later Epiphone Coronet, Wilshire, and Crestwoods ...
A guitar played by British music star Eric Clapton while in rock band Cream has topped a rock ‘n’ roll auction. The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar sold for 1,270,000 dollars (£1,023,000) to ...
Gibson's EB-3, EB-0, EDS-1275, and later model of Melody Maker and Kalamazoo also shared or once shared SG-shaped bodies, but these are not the members of the SG family. Epiphone also offers a range of value-priced models, including a model with 1960s styling, sold as the G-400. [8]
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.
A 1964 Gibson Country Western The Gibson Country Western is a flat-top acoustic guitar model originally manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation between 1956 (or 1955) and 1978. For the first 6(7) years of its manufacture it was a round-shouldered instrument, which changed to square-shouldered in 1962.
Kalamazoo is the name for two different lines of instruments produced by Gibson.In both cases Kalamazoo was a budget brand. The first consisted of such instruments as archtop, flat top and lap steel guitars, banjos, and mandolins made between 1933 and 1942, and the second, from 1965 to 1970, had solid-body electric and bass guitars.
List of Gibson players; Gibson Melody Maker (1959–1971) – an entry-level guitar model similar to Les Paul Junior but with thinner body; Gibson SG Junior (1961–1971, 2011–present) – successor of Les Paul Junior with SG shape; Gibson Spirit (1982–1986) – a guitar model similar to Les Paul Junior DC but with cutaway at 20th fret
The guitar had only been in Armstrong's shop for a few days when it was purchased by Eric Clapton. [3] Clapton did not play this instrument much, his principal guitars in 1966–1968 being his psychedelic 1964 SG called "The Fool", a 1964 ES-335, a 1964 Gibson Reverse Firebird I, and a sunburst 1960 Les Paul he bought from Andy Summers.