The season of the summer jams is here, and Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments kicks off the pickin’ and grinnin’ around campfires and festival sites across the country with the introduction of the new Jam Master Series line of mandolins. Both models in the new series – an A-style and an F-style – focus on a no-compromises approach to tone and playability, while easing back on the trimmings to provide a roadworthy Gibson mandolin at an attractive price. The Jam Master A- and F-style mandolins descend straight out of hallowed Gibson tradition, but offer two accessible new options to the player who wants to get their jam on, in whatever setting, with whatever kind of music.

In cooperation with the Gibson Custom Shop, Epiphone is proud to announce the second in the series of “Epiphone Custom Historic USA” guitars — the 1962 Wilshire Reissue in White.

Using Gibson’s Les Paul Standard as its base design, the new 2009 Limited Run Series Les Paul Florentine with Bigsby Tailpiece combines the Les Paul’s iconic form with avant-garde features that keep it one step ahead of everything else.

Great guitarists play what they feel. They play what their hearts tell them to and they leave everything else for other people to worry about. That kind of connection to an instrument doesn’t happen very often, but it’s one that comes natural for Robby Krieger.

Epiphone announces the release of the new limited edition “Oh, Pretty Woman” 12-string acoustic guitar. Produced in close cooperation with the legendary singer/songwriter Roy Orbison’s estate, this signature guitar is based upon Roy’s own 1962 Epiphone “Bard” 12-string acoustic guitar. Orbison used his Epiphone acoustic to write and perform many of his most well-known songs, including his biggest hit “Oh, Pretty Woman.”

Gibson Original proudly unveils three new instruments — the new Inspired By Sam Bush Limited Edition ’34 Fern mandolin, the 75th Anniversary F-10 mandolin and the Limited Edition Vintage Granada “Hearts and Flowers” banjo.

The latest issue in Gibson’s Limited Run Series takes the classic Explorer format to the next level in the form of the Tribal Explorer, an instrument honed for the contemporary rock and shred player.

Even the fiercest rockers like their hot-looking guitars, and no axe out there offers the intensity of eye candy captured in the form of the stunning new Eye Guitar a new 2009 Limited Run Series model from Gibson USA.

What’s in a name? When it comes to Gibson’s Raw Power Series, exactly what it declares: two of the world’s most iconic electric guitar designs, stripped of superfluous frills and ready to roar.

What if you could own the very first guitar to ever roll off the assembly line for the model of your choice? Now you can.