Gibson to move its headquarters to Downtown Nashville

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Cummins Station in downtown Nashville will be the future site of Gibson’s headquarters, the company has just announced. Gibson says it expects to have 100+ employees there by the end of the year. Gibson Headquarters Downtown Nashville So Gibson has decided to move its HQ from its current premises on the outskirts of Nashville where […]

Gibson CEO announces – Gibson Authorized Partnership Program

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Gibson CEO James ‘JC’ Curleigh has been interviewed by Jesse Knutson on Nashville’s News Channel 5 website and during the talk he announced a new program to work with boutique guitar builders. Gibson Authorised Partnership Program The interview uploaded to the site starts off by talking about that infamous Play Authentic video with Mark Agnesi. […]

Dean Guitars alleges Gibson threatened dealers over copyrights

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In a new twist to the ongoing Gibson lawsuit story, Armadillo has responded to the recent Gibson lawsuit by seeking the cancellation of Flying V, Explorer and ES-335 shape trademarks. According to Guitar.com, the parent company of Dean Guitars and Luna also accuses Gibson of threatening dealers selling Dean and Luna guitars with legal action. These […]

Gibson launches anti-counterfeiting website report form: Anything to declare?

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Coming after a (cough) much-discussed video warning other guitar builders of legal action in cases of copyright infringement and launching a law suit against Dean Guitars for copying its designs, Gibson has taken another step: The US maker has introduced a form on its website where people are encouraged to report instruments that may infringe […]

Dean Guitars CEO Evan Rubinson: “Gibson’s claims entirely baseless”

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Armadillo Enterprises, the parent company of Dean Guitars and Luna Guitars, has responded to Gibson’s multi-million dollar trademark infringement lawsuit. Dean Guitars CEO Evan Rubinson says that Gibson’s claims “are entirely baseless”.  Dean Guitars CEO responds to Gibson Lawsuit A letter sent out to the Armadillo’s dealer network has just surfaced on Reddit. In the letter, […]

Gibson sues Dean Guitars, claims copyright infringement

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That was quick! Hot on the heels of the Play Authentic video hosted by Mark Agnesi comes news that Gibson is following up on its threat – and taking a guitar maker to court for infringing on its copyrights! We understand that Gibson is suing Dean Guitars and its parent company, Armadillo Distribution Enterprises Inc. More details […]

Gibson 2019 Lineup revealed at last – A return to quality and tradition?

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Gibson has been teasing their customers with the ‘Be Ready’ campaign for. a few weeks now and today the new models for 2019 were finally released. All 25 of them are now officially launched. Is 2019 the year that Gibson springs back into life and sheds their poor image? Gibson 2019 Lineup Gibson’s new CEO James […]

Gibson launches countdown to new electric guitar models

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Gibson’s marketing department is giving us all a heads up to let us know the company is about to release new models. They want us to ‘be ready’ for the release of its new electric guitar collection. So they have included one of those countdowns on the Gibson site to make sure we get the […]

Epiphone Lzzy Hale Explorer: A badass rocker unleashed!

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The new Lzzy Hale Explorer from Epiphone follows on from her Gibson signature models from last year. Once again, this is a great looking guitar and screams classic rock! Epiphone Lzzy Hale Explorer This new signature Explorer for Lzzy Hale looks pretty sweet in that Alpine White finish with the gold hardware! It also has a […]

Gibson hires Mark Agnesi as Director of Brand Experience

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Mark Agnesi has left Norm’s Guitars and has taken on the role of Director of Brand Experience for Gibson guitars. Mark is already hugely popular on YouTube, so can he bring some of his loyal fans to the iconic American brand? Gibson’s Chief Merchant Officer Cesar Gueikian says: I am excited to bring Mark onboard at such […]