Gibson guitars in the 2000s

Through the 2000s, Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) controlled the Gibson name, and 3 plants built it: Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant) and Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave).^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

4 eras touch the 2000s across 2 lines. The version changed in 2000. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Gibson.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2000	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}	yes
2001	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2002	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2003	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2004	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2005	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2006	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2007	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2008	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
2009	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Eras in the 2000s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Gibson Custom Shop	1986–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr)	unverified^[1]
Gibson USA	1986–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr)	unverified^[1]
Gibson USA	1989–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant)	unverified^{[1, 2]}
Gibson USA	2000–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)	unverified^{[1, 3, 4]}

Other brands in the 2000s

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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 walking from Memphis as hollowbody production moves to Nashvillegraded secondary
4
Gibson to sell downtown Memphis factorygraded secondary

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