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