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 134 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 factories were raided in 2009 and 2011 by a government department, what were the raids trying to find? Illegally imported timber Under-age workers Unsafe working conditions Evidence of false accounting 3 / 20 Who built a home studio and named it Room 335 in honour of the Gibson ES-335? Alvin Lee Grant Green BB King Larry Carlton 4 / 20 Which Epiphone model has not also been branded as Gibson? Firebird Thunderbird bass Casino ES-339 5 / 20 The Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar was originally launched as the SJ-200 in which year? 1939 1935 1937 1927 6 / 20 Early Les Paul guitars were available in one colour only, what colour? Black Red Brown (natural) Gold 7 / 20 The Gibson ES-339 is based on the ES-335, but with what main difference? Single cutaway Solid body Smaller size Fully hollow body 8 / 20 When did Gibson introduce the Flying V guitar? 1962 1972 1965 1958 9 / 20 Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought shape guitar was what? Dove B Series Hummingbird J 45 10 / 20 Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) mostly plays which Gibson guitar? SG ES 335 Explorer Flying V 11 / 20 U2s The Edge mostly plays which Gibson guitar model? Flying V Melody Maker Explorer Firebird 12 / 20 Which other Gibson guitar was launched with the Flying V? Marauder Firebird Explorer SG 13 / 20 The designer of the Gibson Firebird, Ray Dietrich, was an established designer in what field? Architecture Loudspeakers Automotive Furniture 14 / 20 Gibson took court action against PRS for making which guitar? EG Singlecut Studio McCarty series 15 / 20 Which of these is a Gibson guitar? Corvus Egret Graf Viking 16 / 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? Kalamazoo Marauder SG Futura 17 / 20 What is the defining feature of the Gibson Robot guitar? Self tuning On-board pre amp and speaker On-board pre amp On-board digital modelling 18 / 20 The Gibson Les Paul was introduced when? 1952 1955 1961 1958 19 / 20 What type of instruments did Gibson originally make? Ukeleles Banjos Violins Mandolins 20 / 20 In which year did Gibson purchase Epiphone? 1952 1962 1957 1967 Your score is The average score is 51% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Restart quiz Send feedback