The roaring 20s and Gibson’s first electric guitar 1938 Gibson EH-150. Sadly, he would pass away in 1918 without being able to see much of the success his namesake company would come to have. It didn’t take long for demand of his handcrafted creations to take off and so in 1902 he secured the financing to form the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Company. He pioneered a guitar design that featured a carved, hollow top with an oval sound hole that would become the standard for the archtop guitar. Orville began building acoustic guitars and mandolins in his Kalamazoo, Michigan shop in 1894.
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