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