The Gibson Midtown Standard incorporates modern and classic design to create a timeless, lightweight and highly playable guitar that’s perfect for all genres — and easy to love!

The best — and least expensive — way to improve your guitar’s appearance, as well as its tone, is to administer a thorough cleaning. But there are a few guidelines that need to be followed when tackling the dirt, grease, perspiration and smoke that may have accumulated on your guitar, either from regular use or neglect; otherwise you risk permanently damaging the quality and resonance of your instrument. Whether it’s an acoustic or an electric that you’re aiming to clean, these tips still apply. If you have a vintage guitar, you’ll need to take special considerations, as explained in a note below.

There are three main SG pickguard types, and a few variations. Which is the most ‘you?’

The Cerwin-Vega P-Series is a great example of a personal PA series that’s uniquely well-suited to being guitar amps.

Treble bleed does its magic thanks to an electronic component called a capacitor, which can pass high frequencies while rejecting low frequencies. With a tone control, the capacitor shunts high frequencies away from your guitar’s output, which creates a bassier sound.

The 2016 Gibson Custom lineup is here! Check out our Standard Historic, True Historic, and Modern Era guitars!

A jack’s most important job is to make a reliable contact with the plug. In telephone systems, once you plugged in to a jack, the cord just stayed there. But unless your idea of stage presence is standing still, you’re moving around—and hopefully, the cord will move with you.

To say Gibson’s Custom Shop spares no effort or expense with regard to its reissues program is an understatement. Whether it’s a Collector’s Choice™ guitar, a Signature model, or a True Historic, authenticity is the driving force behind the replication of the instrument at-hand.

Each Gibson Custom Shop guitar that passes through final assembly and inspection is fitted with a die cast badge, signifying it as an authentic Gibson Custom guitar that has met our high standards of craft.

Are you into the darker, moodier side of rock? Here are some Gibsons for you.