Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 2002, 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), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant) and Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave) (USA).[1, 2, 3, 4]
A Gibson guitar from 2002 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], 108 years before.
| 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) | 1986–2018 | unverified[1] |
| Gibson USA | Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) | — | Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr) | 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] |
| Gibson USA | Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) | — | Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave) | 2000–2018 | unverified[1, 3, 4] |
Nothing changed in 2002. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Gibson from 2002 is the same version as one from 2001.
Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant) and Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
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.
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