Gibson biography

American musical instrument manufacturer

Gibson, Inc. (formerly Gibson Guitar Corporation and Gibson Brands Inc.) is an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and professional audio equipment from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Orville Gibson started making instruments in and founded the company in as the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg.

Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to make mandolin-family instruments.^[1] Gibson invented archtop guitars by constructing the same type of carved, arched tops used on violins. By the s, the company was also making flattop acoustic guitars, as well as one of the first commercially available hollow-body electric guitars, used and popularized by Charlie Christian.

In , Gibson was bought by Chicago Musical Instruments (CMI), which was acquired in by Panama-based conglomerate Ecuadorian Company Limited (ECL), th