Gibson Brands

Summary

Gibson Brands is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,703 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gibson Brands is in the country of United States^[3].
• Gibson Brands is in the country of US^[4].
• Gibson Brands's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Gibson Brands's instance of is recorded as musical instrument manufacturing company^[6].
• Gibson Brands's founder is recorded as Orville Gibson^[7].
• Gibson Brands followed Garrison Guitars^[8].
• Gibson Brands's headquarters location is recorded as Nashville^[9].
• Gibson Brands's headquarters location is recorded as Tennessee^[10].
• Gibson Brands's child organization or unit is recorded as Epiphone^[11].
• Gibson Brands's child organization or unit is recorded as Kramer Guitars^[12].
• Gibson Brands's child organization or unit is recorded as Steinberger^[13].
• Gibson Brands's child organization or unit is recorded as Baldwin Piano Company^[14].
• Gibson Brands's Commons category is recorded as Gibson Guitar Corporation^[15].
• January 1, 1902 marks the founding of Gibson Brands^[16].
• Gibson Brands's location of formation is recorded as Kalamazoo^[17].
• Gibson Brands's official website is recorded as https://www.gibson.com/^[18].
• Gibson Brands's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gibson Brands^[19].
• Gibson Brands's Commons gallery is recorded as Gibson^[20].
• Gibson Brands's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/gibson-guitar-corp-history/^[21].
• Gibson Brands's described at URL is recorded as https://geargods.net/news/dean-guitars-found-to-be-in-civil-contempt-of-recent-gibson-trademark-lawsuit/^[22].
• Gibson Brands's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/us/fake-gibson-guitars-seized.html^[23].
• Gibson Brands's described at URL is recorded as https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-dean-court-ruling^[24].
• Gibson Brands's product or material produced is recorded as bass guitar^[25].
• Gibson Brands's product or material produced is recorded as guitar^[26].
• Gibson Brands's product or material produced is recorded as electric guitar^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300KU4ACNZQGB7J14^[28]

• Registered legal name: Gibson Brands, Inc.^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-DE^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: LAPSED^[34]

• LEI first registered: 2013-07-19^[35]

• LEI last updated: 2023-08-04^[36]

• LEI next renewal: 2017-10-14^[37]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[38]

• Registration authority: RA000602^[39]

• Authority entity ID: 2056077^[40]

• Other names: Gibson Guitar Corp.^[41]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

Gibson Brands's founder is recorded as Orville Gibson^[7]. January 1, 1902 marks the founding of it^[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Kalamazoo^[17].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gibson Brands'}^[43] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company'}^[44]. It followed Garrison Guitars^[8].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Nashville^[9], a city in the United States^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1779^[47] and Tennessee^[10], an U.S. state^[48], in United States^[49], founded in 1796^[50]. Subsidiaries include Epiphone^[11], a business^[51], in United States^[52], founded in 1873^[53], headquartered in Nashville^[54]; Kramer Guitars^[12], a division^[55], in United States^[56], founded in 1976^[57], headquartered in Nashville^[58]; Steinberger^[13], a brand^[59], founded in 1979^[60]; and Baldwin Piano Company^[14], a business^[61], in United States^[62], founded in 1862^[63], headquartered in Trumann^[64].

Ownership

Products include bass guitar^[25], guitar^[26], and electric guitar^[27].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Gibson Brands include Gibson Amphitheatre^[65], a concert hall^[66], in United States^[67], founded in 1972^[68].

Why It Matters

Gibson Brands ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,703 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[69] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[70]

Entities named for it include Gibson Amphitheatre^[65], a concert hall^[66], in United States^[67], founded in 1972^[68].