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