Gibson sold the Gibson Guitar Factory building in Downtown Memphis last December to Somera Road, a New York-based investment company. FedEx considered taking over the space to move its subsidiary ...

The median home value is $589,000, which means, according to XLCountry.com, a Gibson factory worker would need to earn $120,000 per year for a family of four to live comfortably in Bozeman.

Here, we highlight 20 of the company’s most defining moments. 1902: Birth of the Gibson company. Around 1880, Orville Gibson moved from his native New York State to Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Les Paul, Explorer, SG and Flying V six-string guitars have fingerboards made of wood that federal agents seized in Gibson factory raids and then returned.

Gibson officially closed its Parsons Street factory June 29, 1984 after spending 82 years with Kalamazoo as its headquarters. Gallery: Gibson gone, but Heritage Guitar remains ...

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KALAMAZOO, MI -- A fire at the former Gibson guitar factory site in Kalamazoo was quickly extinguished, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said. Firefighters responded around 2 p.m. on ...

New-to-Memphis investors have the opportunity to make a massive impact on the city's largest entertainment district. The building's restaurant and entertainment venue will be available for lease ...

Gibson employee Jared Gabriel sands the back of a guitar. ... More than 100 full-time workers are employed at the Bozeman factory, which originally opened its doors in 1989.

At the Gibson guitar factory in Bozeman, inspector Patrick Hanson strummed a few chords on a pure white acoustic guitar. "What he's playing, that's going to be somebody's pride and ...

From the bold introduction of the Flying V and Explorer, to the acquisition of Epiphone, we celebrate 130 years of Gibson with a recap of the most significant stages of its history ...