The Gibson Guitar from 1950, Volume 1

12 string 20 frets adjustable pole screws available in black available in cherry B.B. King bass pickup batch became available block inlays Byrdland cello cello guitar chapter cherry sunburst chrome plated colour option Curr Spruce Mahog digit serial numbers discontinued double cutaway Epiphone equipped fingerboard Firebird fitted five digit number Flor Gibson company Gibson guitar Gibson instruments Gibson Les Paul Gibson range gold plated hardware headstock humbucking pickups introduced John Entwhistle Kluson Kluson banjo knobs korina limited edition long scale machine heads mahogany manufacture Melody Maker mounted numbering system original Paul De Luxe Paul range Paul Special Paul Standard plastic covers players Rick Derringer rosewood scale length scratchplate semi acoustics SG Standard SG style single coil pickups single cutaway solid guitars solids built sound hole Specials and Juniors sunburst finish Tal Farlow Thunderbird tobacco brown sunburst tremelo unit twin necks Type 1 SG vibrola walnut