Around 1880, Orville Gibson moved from his native ... Lloyd Loar’s Master Series L-5 guitar of 1922 defined the contemporary archtop, apparently more akin to violins than guitars.

The “stereo” features touted by some guitar and amp makers in the ... tailpiece like that used on fully hollow archtop electrics. In 1962, Gibson began phasing out the hallowed PAF humbuckers ...

Gibson - the iconic American-made and leading instrument brand—has a legacy of making world-class instruments since 1894 when Orville Gibson was crafting archtop mandolins. As a natural extension of ...