Who made Gibson guitars in 1989?

In 1989, Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) controlled the Gibson name. Its 2 lines on record were built at Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr) and Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant) (USA).^{[1, 2]}

A Gibson guitar from 1989 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Gibson you have. The name dates from 1894^[1], 95 years before.

Line by line in 1989

Line	Controlled by	Parent	Built at	Era	Grade
Gibson Custom Shop	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	—	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr) Nashville, TN, USA^{[1, 3, 4]}	1986–2018	unverified^[1]
Gibson USA	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	—	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr) Nashville, TN, USA^{[1, 3, 4]}	1986–2018	unverified^[1]
Gibson USA	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	—	Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant) Bozeman, MT, USA^[2]	1989–2018	unverified^{[1, 2]}

What changed in 1989

Gibson USA: a new era begins under Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024), built at Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant)^{[1, 2]}

Where Gibson was built in 1989

Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr) and Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:

Other brands in 1989

Gibson, year by year

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Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1
Wikipedia: wiki/Gibson (guitar company)graded community
2
Gibson guitars manufacturing expansion, Bozeman, Montanagraded secondary
3
Gibson to move HQ to Cummins Stationgraded secondary
4
Gibson walking from Memphis as hollowbody production moves to Nashvillegraded secondary

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