"Gibson Guitar Corporation": Instrument maker

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Gibson Guitar Corporation is a Nashville, Tennessee-based guitar and instrument manufacturer. The firm was founded in 1902 in Kalamazoo, Michigan by Orville Gibson as The Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. and was a maker of mandolin instruments. Gibson is renowned for the invention of archtop guitars by using the same type of carved and arched tops found on violins. It sells guitars under various brand names and built one of the world's most iconic guitars, the Gibson Les Paul. A number of Gibson instruments are among the most collectible ones...