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