"I came up with the idea of putting a solid block of maple in an acoustic model,” said Ted McCarty, company president and pioneer of guitar design during Gibson´s ‘golden period´ of the 1950s. “It ...

Losing 60 instruments and all of his amps to Hurricane Sandy made Rich Robinson take a stripped-back approach when recording his latest guitar-driven solo album. Here, he recalls the sessions in ...

Gibson is synonymous with innovation in guitar-making, as with the mold-breaking introduction of the ES-335 in 1958. It was a revolutionary electric guitar, combining the warmth and depth of a ...