Gibson (guitar company)

"Gibson guitars need no introduction. They’re the royalty of the electric guitar realm and for a good reason."

"With a little over a century in the guitar business, it will come as no surprise that Gibson has been responsible for some of the most influential guitars ever produced. From the seductively beautiful Gibson Les Paul to the indulgent semi-hollow king, the ES-335, as well as the J-45, SG, Flying V, Explorer and Firebird, Gibson has cultivated a legacy that will easily stand for another 100 years."

"Gibson acoustic guitars offer a strong and robust mid-range that is perfect if you are playing in a band and need your acoustic to be heard over loud drums, pianos or enthusiastic vocals."

"There is a plethora of guitarists whose names evoke images of them with their Gibsons."

"As much as [Led Zeppelin's] hard hitting beats and powerful guitar riffs embodied the era when rock and roll hit its peak, Jimmy Page in his leather pants embedded with dragons holding up his double neck Gibson and belting out the solo to the epic "Stairway to Heaven" is an image to put to the music. As iconic as the double neck is his Gibson Les Paul, which he used to mesmerize audiences from Earls Court in London to Madison Square Garden in New York in tunes like "Whole Lotta Love" and "Kashmir"."

"It duckwalked across countless stages in the hands of Chuck Berry, produced some of the most iconic riffs in the Guns N’ Roses catalog and hung dangerously low on Joan Jett’s hips for decades. And while Gibson’s future is up in the air following the company’s filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this week, there is no erasing the the 124-year-old guitar maker’s titanic place in rock history."