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The Gibson J-45 is a guitar manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. Generally regarded as Gibson's most famous and widely used acoustic guitar model, it is considered the workhorse of guitars. The Jumbo guitar is signified by the "J" and not to be confused with C.F. Martin & Company's Dreadnought body style.
A natural top with cherry back-and-sides finish was available in 1963. Also since then, the size of the pickguard has been slightly reduced. During 1965 the nut width decreased from 1 11/16 to 1 5/8 and in 1968 the bottom belly bridge became more square. At the same time the bracing became bulkier, which somewhat altered the sound of the guitar.
The Gibson ES-333 is a semi hollow body electric guitar made by Gibson Guitar Corporation. The ES-333 is quite similar to the Gibson ES-335, but varies from the ES-335 in the following ways: The finish is a thin satin finish, versus the ES-335's thicker full gloss finish. The headstock has a silkscreen Gibson logo, versus the ES-335's inlaid ...
The fretboard inlays were double parallelograms and the headstock featured inlays of the Gibson logo and 'crown'. The body was 3.375 in (8.57 cm) and it was 16.25 in (41.3 cm) at the lower bout. [1] The guitar had a maple laminated top, back and sides, with a set-neck made of mahogany.
ES-369 (late 1970s–c. 1980s) ES-335 with Dirty Finger humbuckers, coil tap switch, and snakehead headstock. [8] ES-390 (2013–) Similar in size to the ES-339, but with the fully hollow construction of ES-330. Equipped with mini humbuckers (2013 model year) or dog-ear P90s (2014–present).
It had a 24.75-inch (628.6 mm) scale, and 1.6875-inch (42.9 mm) nut width. It was manufactured between 1978 and 1982. The guitar included such high end items as the Grover tuning keys. The Paul Deluxe (Firebrand) is similar to The Paul Standard, except it has a mahogany body [3] and three-piece mahogany neck. It was manufactured between 1980 ...
Gibson had also received complaints from Fender that the Firebird headstock mirrored the Stratocaster and that the body violated Fender's design patents, with Fender threatening a lawsuit. The "non-reverse" body is a more standard double-cutaway design, with the bass horn being longer than the treble horn and the headstock having the tuners ...
In 1968, Gibson re-introduced the Les Paul Custom as a two-pickup model. The headstock angle was changed from 17 to 14 degrees, a wider headstock and a maple top (in lieu of the original 1953–1961 solid-mahogany construction). In 1969, Norlin acquired Gibson, and the Les Paul Custom saw many changes in the "Norlin Era".