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 158 Gibson guitar quiz 1 / 20 Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought shape guitar was what? Hummingbird J 45 Dove B Series 2 / 20 Early Les Paul guitars were available in one colour only, what colour? Black Red Gold Brown (natural) 3 / 20 When did Gibson introduce the Flying V guitar? 1962 1965 1972 1958 4 / 20 Who built a home studio and named it Room 335 in honour of the Gibson ES-335? Grant Green Alvin Lee Larry Carlton BB King 5 / 20 The designer of the Gibson Firebird, Ray Dietrich, was an established designer in what field? Loudspeakers Furniture Architecture Automotive 6 / 20 What is the defining feature of the Gibson Robot guitar? On-board pre amp On-board pre amp and speaker Self tuning On-board digital modelling 7 / 20 Which Epiphone model has not also been branded as Gibson? Casino Thunderbird bass Firebird ES-339 8 / 20 U2s The Edge mostly plays which Gibson guitar model? Explorer Melody Maker Firebird Flying V 9 / 20 Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) mostly plays which Gibson guitar? Flying V SG Explorer ES 335 10 / 20 The Gibson Les Paul was introduced when? 1955 1961 1958 1952 11 / 20 In which year did Gibson purchase Epiphone? 1957 1962 1967 1952 12 / 20 Gibson took court action against PRS for making which guitar? EG McCarty series Studio Singlecut 13 / 20 Which other Gibson guitar was launched with the Flying V? Marauder Explorer Firebird SG 14 / 20 The Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar was originally launched as the SJ-200 in which year? 1937 1927 1935 1939 15 / 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 16 / 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 17 / 20 What does the 'ES' in model names such as ES-335 stand for? Electric Spanish Electro Semi Electro Sunburst Electric Sound 18 / 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 19 / 20 Which of these is a Gibson guitar? Graf Corvus Viking Egret 20 / 20 What type of instruments did Gibson originally make? Mandolins Banjos Ukeleles Violins Your score is The average score is 51% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Restart quiz Send feedback