In 1958, with jazz and the blues fully amped up, Gibson debuted the ES-335TD as the original ‘Thinline’ ‘Double-pickup’, double-cutaway, semi-hollow archtop. It was a logical conclusion to the rich ...

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 ...

From its mandolin-making origins to today’s status as one of the most iconic guitar brands in the world, Gibson has seen its fair share of brave new shapes, sounds and technologies, alongside the rise ...

In the late 1950s, Gibson was in the last throes of trying to make its flagship Les Paul solidbody electric guitar fly in a skeptical market. Adding a luscious sunburst finish in 1958 to the ...