Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 64. Chapters: Gibson Les Paul, Gibson ES-335, Orville by Gibson, Gibson SG, Gibson EDS-1275, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Gibson Explorer, Gibson Guitar Corporation, Gibson Melody Maker, Gibson Guitar Corporation product list, Gibson Robot Guitar, Gibson ES-333, Gibson Firebird, Gibson Les Paul Junior, Lucille, Gibson Spirit, Gibson Les Paul Doublecut, Gibson Flying V, Gibson Nighthawk, Gibson L6-S, Gibson RD, Gibson Marauder, Gibson CS-336, Gibson ES-165, Gibson ES-175, Gibson L-5, Gibson ES-330, Gibson Byrdland, Gibson ES-125, Gibson Moderne, Gibson ES-150, Gibson Blueshawk, Gibson Sonex, Gibson Futura, Gibson Dark Fire, Gibson SG Special, Gibson ES-225, Gibson ES-135, Gibson Little Lucille, Gibson Super 400, Gibson Les Paul Special, Gibson ES-5, Gibson The Paul, Gibson ES-339, Gibson ES-137, Gibson Corvus, Gibson ES-250, Gibson Chet Atkins SST, Kramer Focus, Gibson Trini Lopez, Gibson S-1, Gibson Reverse Flying V, Gibson SG Junior, Gibson Kalamazoo Electric Guitar, Gibson ES-325, Gibson L-4, Gibson L5S, Gibson ES Series, Gibson 335-S, Gibson J Series, Gibson ES-345, Gibson The Paul II, Gibson GK-55, Gibson Citation, Gibson ES-100. Excerpt: The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar that was first sold in 1952. The Les Paul was designed by Ted McCarty in collaboration with popular guitarist Les Paul, whom Gibson enlisted to endorse the new model. It is one of the most well-known electric guitar types in the world, along with the Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster. The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson Guitar president Ted McCarty brought guitarist Les Paul into the company as a consultant. Les Paul was a respected innovator who had been experimenting with guitar design for years to benefit his own music. In fact, he had hand-built a solid-body prototype called "The Log", a design widely considered the first solid-body Spanish guitar ever built, as opposed to the "Hawaiian", or lap-steel guitar. This guitar is known as "The Log" because the solid core is a pine block whose width and depth are a little more than the width of the fretboard. Although numerous other prototypes and limited-production solid-body models by other makers have since surfaced, it is known that in 1945-1946, Les Paul had approached Gibson with "The Log" prototype, but his solid body design was rejected. In 1951, this initial rejection became a design collaboration between the Gibson Guitar Corporation and Les Paul. It was agreed that the new Les Paul guitar was to be an expensive, well-made instrument in Gibson's tradition. Although recollections differ regarding who contributed what to the Les Paul design, it was far from a market replica of Fender models. Since the 1930s, Gibson had offered electric hollow-body guitars, such as the ES-150, at minimum, these hollow-body electric models provided a set of basic design cues to the new Gibson solid-body, including a more