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 91 Gibson guitar quiz 1 / 20 What does the 'ES' in model names such as ES-335 stand for? Electric Spanish Electro Sunburst Electro Semi Electric Sound 2 / 20 Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought shape guitar was what? Dove J 45 Hummingbird B Series 3 / 20 The designer of the Gibson Firebird, Ray Dietrich, was an established designer in what field? Furniture Architecture Automotive Loudspeakers 4 / 20 Who built a home studio and named it Room 335 in honour of the Gibson ES-335? Larry Carlton Alvin Lee Grant Green BB King 5 / 20 The Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar was originally launched as the SJ-200 in which year? 1939 1935 1937 1927 6 / 20 U2s The Edge mostly plays which Gibson guitar model? Firebird Flying V Melody Maker Explorer 7 / 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? SG Marauder Kalamazoo Futura 8 / 20 Early Les Paul guitars were available in one colour only, what colour? Red Gold Black Brown (natural) 9 / 20 Which Epiphone model has not also been branded as Gibson? Thunderbird bass Firebird Casino ES-339 10 / 20 Gibson took court action against PRS for making which guitar? Singlecut Studio McCarty series EG 11 / 20 Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) mostly plays which Gibson guitar? Flying V Explorer SG ES 335 12 / 20 The Gibson ES-339 is based on the ES-335, but with what main difference? Solid body Fully hollow body Smaller size Single cutaway 13 / 20 Which other Gibson guitar was launched with the Flying V? Firebird Explorer Marauder SG 14 / 20 Gibson's factories were raided in 2009 and 2011 by a government department, what were the raids trying to find? Under-age workers Unsafe working conditions Evidence of false accounting Illegally imported timber 15 / 20 What is the defining feature of the Gibson Robot guitar? Self tuning On-board digital modelling On-board pre amp and speaker On-board pre amp 16 / 20 What type of instruments did Gibson originally make? Ukeleles Mandolins Banjos Violins 17 / 20 In which year did Gibson purchase Epiphone? 1957 1952 1967 1962 18 / 20 When did Gibson introduce the Flying V guitar? 1962 1972 1965 1958 19 / 20 Which of these is a Gibson guitar? Viking Graf Egret Corvus 20 / 20 The Gibson Les Paul was introduced when? 1961 1955 1958 1952 Your score is The average score is 52% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Restart quiz Send feedback