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 164 Gibson guitar quiz 1 / 20 Early Les Paul guitars were available in one colour only, what colour? Gold Brown (natural) Black Red 2 / 20 The Gibson ES-339 is based on the ES-335, but with what main difference? Solid body Smaller size Single cutaway Fully hollow body 3 / 20 U2s The Edge mostly plays which Gibson guitar model? Firebird Explorer Flying V Melody Maker 4 / 20 In which year did Gibson purchase Epiphone? 1967 1952 1962 1957 5 / 20 The Gibson Les Paul was introduced when? 1955 1952 1958 1961 6 / 20 What type of instruments did Gibson originally make? Mandolins Violins Banjos Ukeleles 7 / 20 Which Epiphone model has not also been branded as Gibson? Firebird ES-339 Casino Thunderbird bass 8 / 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 Futura SG Marauder 9 / 20 Derek Trucks (Allman Brother Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band) mostly plays which Gibson guitar? Flying V ES 335 SG Explorer 10 / 20 Which other Gibson guitar was launched with the Flying V? Explorer Marauder SG Firebird 11 / 20 The designer of the Gibson Firebird, Ray Dietrich, was an established designer in what field? Loudspeakers Furniture Architecture Automotive 12 / 20 When did Gibson introduce the Flying V guitar? 1962 1965 1972 1958 13 / 20 Gibson's first square-shoulder dreadnought shape guitar was what? J 45 B Series Hummingbird Dove 14 / 20 The Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar was originally launched as the SJ-200 in which year? 1939 1935 1937 1927 15 / 20 Gibson took court action against PRS for making which guitar? EG Studio Singlecut McCarty series 16 / 20 Which of these is a Gibson guitar? Viking Corvus Graf Egret 17 / 20 What is the defining feature of the Gibson Robot guitar? On-board pre amp Self tuning On-board digital modelling On-board pre amp and speaker 18 / 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 19 / 20 What does the 'ES' in model names such as ES-335 stand for? Electro Sunburst Electro Semi Electric Sound Electric Spanish 20 / 20 Who built a home studio and named it Room 335 in honour of the Gibson ES-335? BB King Alvin Lee Grant Green Larry Carlton Your score is The average score is 50% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Restart quiz Send feedback