Explorer-1958 Firebird - 1963 Do I win anything?
The Gibson Firebird guitar was first manufactured in 1963. The body of the guitar is made of mahogany wood, the neck is made of either mahogany or walnut, and the fretboard is made of either rosewood or ebony.
Its the first ever made Gibson Explorer.
Too many
The Gibson Explorer electric guitar was first made in 1958. The online auction website eBay has a large selection of Gibson Explorer guitars although this will fluctuate over time as some are sold and others listed for auction. It also sells spare parts for the guitars.
Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co, Ltd. was first incorporated in 1902
They've had them in standard ever since they were made in 1967
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Pontiac made the Firebird car. Pontiac started making the Firebird in 1967, and the latest model was produced in 2002.
mandolins in the 1890s by Orville Gibson , than they made those ES-150s and than finally les pauls where what made them famous.
Its a Kramer copy of a Gibson Explorer. The actual guitar was made by Hamer. It was a copy of a Gibson explorer. One of Tommy Shaws favorite guitars is a Gibson Explorer. I don't think he brings it on the road with him.
A Gibson Firebird is a hard bodied electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 to present day. It is made from the finest quality mahogany wood, contains a mahogany and walnut neck board, and can have rosewood or ebony mother of pearl inlays in the shape of a trapezoid, block or dots. The bridge is a Tune-O-Matic ABR-1, and comes with 1, 2 or 3 mini-humbuckers, full size humbuckers or P-90s. The Gibson Firebird was originally designed by Ray Dietrich to have mass appeal and thus comes in a multitude of colors; classic white, ebony, pelham blue, heritage cherry, cherry, vintage sunburst, antique brown, natural and wine red. It measures just under 25" long.
The Gibson SG was Gibson's first solid body guitar and was infact originally called the Gibson Les Paul. Later Gibson made was is now refered to as the Les Paul and the original was renamed the Gibson SG. SG stands for "Solid Guitar" because it was their first solid body guitar.