AEG-Electrolux GIBSON MEMPHIS User Manual
OWNER’S MANUAL
©2003 Gibson Guitar Corp.
To the new Gibson owner:
Congratulations on the purchase of your new Gibson electric
guitar – the world’s most famous electric guitar from the leader of
fretted instruments.
Please take a few minutes to acquaint yourself with the
information in this booklet regarding materials, electronics, “how
to,” care, maintenance and more about your guitar.
And then begin enjoying a lifetime of music with your new Gibson.
The Components of a Hollow or Semi-hallowbody Guitar 4
Gibson Innovations 6
The History of Gibson Electric Guitars 8
Care and Maintenance
Finish 21
Your Guitar on the Road 21
Things to Avoid 22
Strings 23
Install your Strings Correctly 24
String Gauge 25
Brand of Strings 25
Design and Construction
Body 14
Neck and Headstock 14
Pickups 15
Controls 17
Bridge 19
Tailpiece 20
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Strap
Button
Hinged
Tailpiece
Bridge
THE COMPONENTS
OF THE
ELECTRIC GUITAR
Featuring an ES-175
in Antique Natural
12th Fret
Marker/Inlay
Neck
Fret
Nut Headstock
Fingerboard
Tuning
Key
Machine
Head
Truss Rod
Cover
Pickguard
Lead or Bridge
Pickups
Body
Bridge Pickups
Tone and
Volume
Input Jack
Three-way
Toggle Switch
Binding
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Rhythm or
Neck Pickup
Neck Pickups
Tone and
Volume
THE COMPONENTS
OF THE
ELECTRIC GUITAR
Featuring an ES-345
in Faded Red
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Stopbar
Tailpiece
Tune-o-matic
Bridge
12th Fret
Marker/Inlay
Neck
Fret
Nut Headstock
Fingerboard
Tuning
Key
Machine
Head
Truss Rod
Cover
Pickguard
Pickups
Body
Tone
Controls
Strap
Button
Binding
Volume
Controls
Varitone
Mono
Jacks
Stereo
Jacks
Here are just a few of the Gibson innovations that
have reshaped the guitar world:
1894 – First archtop guitar
1922 – First ƒ- hole archtop, the L-5
1936 – First professional quality electric guitar,the ES-150
1947 – P-90 single-coil pickup introduced
1948 – First dual-pickup Gibson, the ES-300
1949 – First three-pickup guitar,the ES-5
1949 – First hollowbody electric with pointed cutaway, the ES-175
1952 – First Gibson solidbody guitar,the Les Paul
1955 – First thinline hollowbody,the ES-225T
1957 – First humbucking pickup
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1958 – Flying V and Explorer introduced
1958 – First semi-hollowbody guitar,the ES-335
1961 – SG body style introduced
1963 – Firebird guitars and Thunderbird basses introduced
1973 – Les Paul Signature with low-impedance pickups introduced
1979 – ES-Ar tist with active electronics introduced
1981 – ES-335 DOT reissue introduced
1982 – First solidbody acoustic , the Chet Atkins CE
1999 – Gibson ES-Series production moves to Memphis
2002 – Gibson Digital Electric Guitar introduced
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF GIBSON ELECTRIC GUITARS
Gibson’s legendar y acoustic engineer, Lloyd Loar, was experimenting with electric
instruments in 1924, at the dawn of electronic amplification. However, Gibson’s
struggle to dominate the banjo market took precedence through the 1920s,and it
wasn’t until the mid-1930s that the company once again turned its attention to
electric guitars.In 1935, Gibson’s Walt Fuller designed a pickup that was introduced
on the E-150, an aluminum-body lap steel. Early in 1936, the pickup was put in a
midline archtop model and named the ES-150 – ES for Electric Spanish,150 for the
retail price of $150 for the guitar and amplifier set.
The original ES-150 bar pickup with its hexagonal housing is now known as the
“Charlie Christian” pickup,because it was installed on the ES-150s and ES-250s that
Christian used to establish the new concept of electric jazz guitar.
Gibson made several improvements in pickup design before World War II, although
many play ers still consider the “Christian” pickup to be the best jazz pickup ever made.
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