Content

•           Company Image

•           History

•           Classic models

•           Current production

                                           Company image

•            Features:

–       CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, president president David Berryman

–       Premium quality instruments

–       Changed the musical instruments world

–       Important impact on the sound of modern music

•            Problems:

–       Overpricing

–       Quality issues

–       Illegal wood harvesting





                                              History

•            1890´- Orwell Gibson began manufacturing mandolins in Kalamazoo

•            1902 - Gibson company established

•            1935 - fist pick-up designed by gibson engineer

•            1952 – Les Paul was introduced

•            1957 – bought Epiphone, moved to Nashville

•            Steep decline decline in fortunes after the golden era until 1986



                                             Les Paul

SG - solidbody guitar

                                        Hollow-body guitars

                                             Flying V

   the Firebird

                                      Hot news/Future vision

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