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 159 Gibson guitar quiz 1 / 20 What does the 'ES' in model names such as ES-335 stand for? Electro Sunburst Electro Semi Electric Spanish Electric Sound 2 / 20 U2s The Edge mostly plays which Gibson guitar model? Firebird Melody Maker Flying V Explorer 3 / 20 Which other Gibson guitar was launched with the Flying V? Marauder Firebird Explorer SG 4 / 20 What type of instruments did Gibson originally make? Mandolins Banjos Ukeleles Violins 5 / 20 Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) mostly plays which Gibson guitar? Flying V SG Explorer ES 335 6 / 20 Early Les Paul guitars were available in one colour only, what colour? Black Gold Red Brown (natural) 7 / 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? SG Futura Kalamazoo Marauder 8 / 20 The Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar was originally launched as the SJ-200 in which year? 1927 1939 1935 1937 9 / 20 Gibson's factories were raided in 2009 and 2011 by a government department, what were the raids trying to find? Unsafe working conditions Illegally imported timber Under-age workers Evidence of false accounting 10 / 20 Who built a home studio and named it Room 335 in honour of the Gibson ES-335? Grant Green BB King Larry Carlton Alvin Lee 11 / 20 Gibson took court action against PRS for making which guitar? EG Singlecut Studio McCarty series 12 / 20 In which year did Gibson purchase Epiphone? 1962 1952 1967 1957 13 / 20 When did Gibson introduce the Flying V guitar? 1965 1958 1962 1972 14 / 20 The designer of the Gibson Firebird, Ray Dietrich, was an established designer in what field? Architecture Furniture Loudspeakers Automotive 15 / 20 Which Epiphone model has not also been branded as Gibson? Firebird ES-339 Thunderbird bass Casino 16 / 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 17 / 20 The Gibson ES-339 is based on the ES-335, but with what main difference? Solid body Smaller size Fully hollow body Single cutaway 18 / 20 Which of these is a Gibson guitar? Corvus Egret Graf Viking 19 / 20 The Gibson Les Paul was introduced when? 1952 1961 1958 1955 20 / 20 Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought shape guitar was what? B Series J 45 Hummingbird Dove Your score is The average score is 51% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Restart quiz Send feedback