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