Gibson Guitars, Inc., the maker of iconic guitars like the Gibson Les Paul, the ES335, the "Flying V" and the Explorer has won a lawsuit saying the shape is part and parcel with the brand.In 2019, the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — In a recent court ruling, a jury upheld the Gibson guitar company's long-established trademarks by determining that Gibson guitar shapes are not generic. The ruling in Gibson ...

Guitar shapes are almost like fingerprints for companies that manufacture them. When a guitar company has been around for a long time, it’s relatively easy to identify one of their guitars just by the ...

The guitar world keeps reinventing itself in ways that feel both familiar and brand new. Players still chase the same thrill ...

Let’s be clear: there’s no such thing as an ‘acoustic guitar chord’. If a guitar has a standard fretboard, then, acoustic or electric, all chord shapes are fair game. However, some chords do sound ...

Jurors said Dean infringed Gibson's famous guitar designs, but awarded the company just $4,000 in damages. By Bill Donahue A federal jury mostly sided with Gibson Brands on Friday (May 27) in a ...

A federal jury has for a second time sided with Gibson Brands in its years-long trademark battle with Armadillo Enterprises, the owner of Dean Guitars. Initiated in 2019, when Gibson sued Armadillo ...

Shape-shifting is not just for wizards and politicians anymore ““ Professor Peter Yates is applying the concept to guitar as he plays multiple shapes of the instrument and produces a variety of sounds ...

From jumbo to triple-0, how to find the right acoustic size for you There are several key variables that affect how an acoustic guitar will sound - its projection and tonal characteristics in ...

Kaki King has always done unusual things to her guitar. Watch her very first music video for 2004's “Playing With Pink Noise,” and it’s clear from the percussive, frenzied fret-tapping that the ...