Gibsons and Martins will always be popular. They’re classic designs that sound amazing. For the people who complain about the price, they should give a LP Tribute a try. They’re fantastic guitars for the same price as some Mexi-Fenders. They’re the best deal going. By a lot.

Because they’re friggin’ awesome sounding, playing and looking instruments, that’s why.

I’ve always been so grateful for that most American of products, rock and roll, its precursors as well as its children. Not to mention the tools of the trade Gibson and Fender. Thanks neighbour from 🇨🇦.

People rag on Gibson quality control. Then in the next breath, they’ll say, “But mine is fantastic. I must have gotten one of the good ones!”

Whether the haters admit it or not, Gibsons are guitar that will always appreciate in value and sound better with age and use

Among the Fender Custom shop, PRS Core and ESP Custom guitars in my collection, my Gibson Les Pauls and SG's are the "go to" guitars for my playing. When a keeper is found among the average ones, the results are magic and worthy of being a lifelong instrument.

I love Gibson and Fender so much in part because most of my favorite artists throughout popular music history used their instruments and amps. There are other guitars that maybe have better playability and comfort, but Gibson and Fender have the sound I want. And they are comfortable enough to play.

Solid body electrics, hollow and semi-hollow body electrics, archtop and flattop acoustics, electric basses, banjos, mandolins - even lap steels at one time... Gibson has produced genre-defining instruments in all those categories, played by professional musicians at the highest level for over 100 years, helping cement, if not define, the sound of multiple styles of music - jazz, rock, r&b, blues, bluegrass (Earl Scruggs and Bill Monroe both played Gibson instruments), folk, country...

Nothing more iconic than a Gibson Les Paul. They are rock n roll and still Made in USA. 🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

I remember having a friend that had a real LP Custom, black with gold hardware. It became a goal of mine to have one, and happy to say that I have many more of them now than I need, but they are all special. Nothing else sounds like a Les Paul.

When I was first getting into guitars I never knew there were any other guitars BUT Gibson. Its all I had access to(and old 1950s ES 130). As I grew up I started discovering Fender, Grestch and Rickenbacker, but to me Gibson is always going to have this mythical air about it for me. A Tobacco Burst Gibson ANYTHING will always draw me in because that was the guitar I discovered playing on and associated guitars in general with.

I bought my 84 Explorer as a leftover in 85. I have had every guitar brand since and still have it. It has never failed to deliver the goods, onstage. Studio, jam session. When I pull it out of the case there are always ooohs and aaahs.

They sound and play great. They are iconic. Not sure it’s like to work there, but the level of detail and skill required to build those guitars largely by hand is actually considerable if one stops to appreciate their products.

I love a good Les Paul. But I admit I play a souped up Epiphone with the whole Seymour Duncan pickups upgrade thing. Noel Gallagher played a Cherry Sunburst Korean made Epiphone Les Paul on Oasis's debut album Definitely Maybe using a cheap Marshall solid state head. I recommend watching his recent gear interview in the studio. It was great.

Gibson and Fender are the bookends of the guitar market. Fender (especially the Strat) is the thinnest bright sound with a light body, and Gibson (especially the Les Paul) is the thickest creamy sound and weighs as much as small hippo. Everything else is just compromises between the two. I like my PRS, but it isn’t really a replacement for a Strat and Paul.

Got me a Gibson Flying V a few years back, just picked up the new Adam Jones Les Paul Standard. Love them both.

No doubt the Gibson legacy will endure - from the mid 50's thru till late 60's there was a spirit of adventure and experimentation that gave us the Les Paul, ES series, SG and even the Firebird. I think Clapton, Page, Green and others in the UK played a big part in 're-launching' the late 50's Les Pauls as rock evolved from those blues / rock guys. I got lucky in 1974 when I bought a 2nd hand 1968 Les Paul Custom that I still treasure - used it live thru the 70's / early 80's with my band and still pull it out in the studio. I have been revisiting Gibsons at our flagship stockist here in HK and some of the Custom Shop 59 and 60's re-issues (and Murphy Lab, altho I dislike 'relic' style instruments) are beautiful - not all, I should add, as per any guitar it helps to play it in the shop - I would never order a guitar online. So hope they can maintain quality across the whole range for years to come! Thanks for vid!

I had to have a Les Paul because my heroes had one!❤

My on high, most holy, dream guitar is a Gibson Super 400 😍❤️‍🔥

I just ordered a Les Paul Standard Goldtop!