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A big one.įrom a tech standpoint, though, the Gibson amps were a disaster. Leo Fender was also of this persuasion personally but on the West Coast he had people like Dick Dale around, and that made a difference. That was appropriate for the jazz and country and big-band/dance/casuals/pop sounds they loved-and which really constituted what their market then wanted-but when hard rock and modern rock guitar came out they were hopelessly out of what the young buyers wanted. Gibson amps were technically innovative, but the designers were still under the idea that they were building an amplifier and not a sound modifier. 1956 was an important year in the development of the Les Paul as it marked the appearance of the tune-a-matic bridge: it was now possible to intonate your guitar quickly and accurately, AND also customize the string feel and sustain characteristic by setting the stud to get the break angle that you want. We have a clone of one of these (based on a 1972 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe) at Gold Coast Recorders and it sounds great. The 1956 Gibson GA-6, one of their most classic amps. An artist whom I regularly work with at Gold Coast Recorders often brings one of these to sessions, and it is a seriously fun sitting-on-the-couch guitar with a seriously noisy single-coil pickup. The 1956 Gibson ES-140, their short-scale offering of the era. A slightly less-fancy Byrdland, also with a medium-scale neck. I borrowed a friend’s ES-225T for a few weeks in high school and I still have very fond memories of it… great guitars, very expensive today. Gibson’s 1956 ES-225T, the first of their many semi-hollow body guitars, the most iconic of which is the ES-335. Original catalog image of the 1956 Gibson Les Paul Custom
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These were right around the bend though… Download and enjoy. We see a number of trends developing – the solidbody electric guitar, ‘true vibrato’ circuits in amplifiers, high-wattage amps… and a few notably absent: humbucking pickups and amplifier reverb. This very rare catalog is something special for fans of the electric guitar.
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The 1956 GA-90 ‘High-Fidelity Amplifier,’ with six 8″ speakers and promised 20-20K hz frequency response (really?).
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Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Gibson Super 400 CESN, L-5 CESN, ES-5 Switchmaster, Byrdland, ES-175, ES-175 DN, ES-350T, ES-125, ES-295, and ES-240 hollow-body electric guitars, Gibson GA-90, GA-77, GA-55 V, GA-70, GA-40 ‘Les Paul,’ GA-30, GA-20, GA-6, GA-9, and Gibsonette amplifiers Gibson Les Paul Custom, Les Paul, Les Paul special, Les Paul Junior, and ES-225 electric guitars Gibson J-160 E acoustic/electric, EM-150 electric mandolin, Gibson Electric Bass Ultratone, Century, BR-6, Console Grande, Consolette, Electraharp, and Multiharp steel guitars, plus more. Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required.Download the twenty-page 1956 Gibson Electric Guitars and Amplifiers Catalog: Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price).