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Introduced in 1975 as a companion to the Gibson Grabber, the G-3 (which stands for Grabber 3) introduced a new pickup scheme to the already established body style. Instead of a sliding pickup as was present in the Grabber, the G-3 featured a so-called "buck-and-a-half" trio of single coils.
A three way switch was added to the control scheme so that the pickups could be activated as humbucking pairs; neck & middle, bridge & middle, or all three in humbucking configuration for the so-called "buck and a half". Although very similar, the Grabber and G3 have different and unique sounds which led players to prefer one over the other.
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.
Tune-o-matic (also abbreviated to TOM) is the name of a fixed or floating bridge design for electric guitars. It was designed by Ted McCarty (Gibson Guitar Corporation president) and introduced on the Gibson Super 400 guitar in 1953 and the Les Paul Custom the following year. [1] In 1955, it was used on the Gibson Les Paul Gold Top. It was ...
as a replacement of wraparound stopbar on Gibson Les Paul Special / SG Special Badass was first trademarked by Leo Quan , a manufacturer of bridges for guitars and basses . Badass bridges (used on the Martin EB18 electric bass and a replacement bridge on the Fender Precision Bass ) feature individually adjustable saddles, which allows for ...
Drivers should plan for delays around the Buck O’Neil Bridge as the Missouri Department of Transportation prepares to blast the north arch Thursday as part of the demolition of the bridge.
Epiphone (and later Gibson) mini-humbucker – a smaller humbucker design with adjustable pole pieces. Designed by Gibson to reduce the size of their standard humbucker to fit into Epiphones that had been routed for the 1950s Epi "New York" pickup. They were later used most famously in the Gibson Les Paul Deluxe.
The John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Memorial Bridge, formerly known as the Broadway Bridge, has served as a key regional connection between downtown Kansas City and Northland communities.