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