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Gibson Les Paul Gibson provides many powerful guitars: SG, Flying V, EDS-1275(http://www.gibsoneds1275.com/cherry-gibson-eds-1275/ ), Explorer, ES-175, and the ever popular...Les Paul. Gibson Guitar Corporation has been around since the early 1900's and was started by Orville Gibson. He innovated many of the things used to make guitars today. He invented the concept of an electric guitar in the 1930's, that was crafted in 1936. Gibson made products for the war during World War II, because there was a lack of metal and wood for other use. In 1948 Gibson hired Ted McCarty to promote the company, he was later named president in the 1950's. Around that era, the Les Paul was faced to fight the popularity of Fender's Telecaster. The Les Paul was very popular and was offered in many styles, custom, standard, special, and junior(for kids). Later in the 50's, McCarty decided Gibson guitars were too conservative. He came up with the unique shaped guitars known as the Flying V, and the Explorer. Later, double-cutaway guitars became very popular so Gibson responded with the SG(solid guitar). Innovations Gibson produced the Tune-O-Matic bridge system, and it's own version of humbucking pickup. Gibson has always tuned to their consumer needs, literally. Gibson provides a robotic guitar that tunes itself in less than 10 seconds. And they always have a guitar for you. They have studio guitars, kids guitars, acoustics, electrics, electric/acoustics, bass guitars. They pretty much cover any request. They even own lesser brands for those of you that can't afford the pricey Gibson charge. They own similar brands such as: Kramer, Epiphone, Steinberg, and Tobias. When I was 16 years old, the only thing I wanted most in the world was my very own Gibson.After begging all of my relatives for small donations along with my minimum wage income, I purchased a Gibson Les Paul Special SL 2000.I purchased it from eBay and got a great deal, only cost me around $600(new ~$1299 at the time). It took a while to get use to the weight(Gibson guitars can be heavy), but I was too filled with excitement to notice.I was impressed with the perfect sounds I was getting (even though it may have been out of tune).With the double pickups, and the option of having 2 tone knobs...the possibilities were endless. I eventually picked up a Marshall half-stack to compliment my axe.I have had this guitar for a little over 5 years, and haven't had a single fret buzz problem.Most guitars in the cheaper range suffer from fret buzz, so I was amazed to never experience it.The guitar worked for all types of music I wanted to create. I started out as a pop punk band similar to my favorite, Blink 182.Later I progressed into more alternative rock--but my Les Paul kept up with me.And in my most recent years I experimented with metal. The heavy kind, I bought thicker strings...started tuning to Drop C,and even Drop B. But my Paul held in there and tuned to my every need.Overall it has been a flexible reliable guitar, and is still worth what I paid for it.So for those of you out there in search of investing in a great guitar--Gibson Les Paul, hands down. If you also want to own a Ginson Guitar, pls visit: http://www.gibsoneds1275.com/
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