Mandolin
maker Orville Gibson in Kalamazoo, Michigan started
the company we now know as Gibson. Orville disliked
the bowl-backed mandolins common at the time and
introduced his own design featuring single-piece
sides and neck. The Gibson mandolin was not only
less expensive to produce, it also sounded better
than previous designs. Gibson is still a big name
in bluegrass music. Gibson banjos, resonator guitars
and mandolins are assembled at the Opry Mills
Mall in Nashville--a small factory open to the
public with a shop, a concert hall, and a restaurant.
Gibson was an innovator in guitar design throughout
the 1920s, specializing in arch top acoustic guitars.
They introduced their first electric guitar, the
Electric Spanish model or ES-150 in 1936. Adopted
by jazz virtuoso Charlie Christian, the Gibson
ES-150 is still known as the Charlie Christian
model and its distinctive pickup is still considered
one of the best jazz pickups ever made.
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