Gibson Style U (c. 1902) illustration on
1902/1903 Gibson catalog[1]

The Gibson Style U was a harp guitar produced by the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company from 1902 until 1925.[2] The Style U was produced in several different configurations over the years, with the most common variation having ten sub-bass strings. The tops were made of carved spruce and, although in the Gibson catalog the back and sides of the instrument were listed as being made of maple wood, most of them were built out of walnut.[3] According to George Gruhn, Gibson expected the instrument to surpass the guitar as the next evolution of the instrument. It was the most expensive Gibson guitar produced until 1934 and appeared in the Gibson catalogs for sale from 1902 to 1937.[4]

Notable players

References

  1. ^ 1902/1903 Gibson catalog (brochure). Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A.: Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. 1902.
  2. ^ Guitar, Vintage (10 December 2009). "Gibson Style U". Vintageguitar.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "1908 Style U Harp Guitar: The Cleanest Antique Gibson We've Ever Seen". Reverb.com. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ^ Benoît Meulle-Stef, edited by Gregg Miner (2009). "The Gibson Harp Guitar Appendices". harpguitars.net. Retrieved 18 March 2021. ((cite web)): |first= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "Guitar Collection - Izzy Miller". theizzymiller.com. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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