Gibson

The story of Gibson acoustic guitars

is a legacy of handcrafted excellence that dates back to 1894 when Orville Gibson built his earliest-known instrument–an instrument you can still play today. In the 130 years that followed, Gibson innovations propelled its iconic acoustic models and body shapes–the L-5™ archtop, the round-shouldered J-45™, the square-shouldered Hummingbird™, to name but a few–into people’s homes and hearts the world over, via legendary concert appearances and recordings, campfire singalongs, and heirloom instruments passed down through generations.