Gibson guitars in the 2010s

Through the 2010s, 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, 5, 6, 7]}

8 eras touch the 2010s across 2 lines. The version changed in 2018 and 2019. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Gibson.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2010	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, 5, 6, 7]}
2011	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, 5, 6, 7]}
2012	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, 5, 6, 7]}
2013	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, 5, 6, 7]}
2014	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, 5, 6, 7]}
2015	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, 5, 6, 7]}
2016	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, 5, 6, 7]}
2017	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, 5, 6, 7]}
2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 5]}	yes
2019	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr), Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}	yes

Eras in the 2010s

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 Custom Shop	2018–now	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr)	unverified^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
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, 5]}
Gibson USA	2000–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)	unverified^{[1, 6, 7]}
Gibson USA	2018–now	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr)	unverified^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
Gibson USA	2018–2019	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Memphis (Lt. George W. Lee Ave)	unverified^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7]}
Gibson USA	2018–now	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Bozeman (acoustic plant)	unverified^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

Other brands in the 2010s

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 Brands chapter 11 docket: Notice of Effective Dategraded secondary
- "November 1 2018 Effective Date - Notice of Effe[ctive Date]"Gibson in the 2010s: owners and plants
3
Gibson emerges from bankruptcy (Oct 23, 2018)graded secondary
- "Nov. 1, when… KKR assumes majority ownership control"Gibson in the 2010s: owners and plants
4
Gibson Brands Emerges from Chapter 11graded secondary
- an ad hoc committee of Gibson Brands, Inc. noteholders, led by KKRGibson in the 2010s: owners and plants
5
Gibson guitars manufacturing expansion, Bozeman, Montanagraded secondary
6
Gibson walking from Memphis as hollowbody production moves to Nashvillegraded secondary
7
Gibson to sell downtown Memphis factorygraded secondary

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