The arrangement persisted until 1961, when declining sales prompted Gibson to change the design without Paul's knowledge, creating a much thinner, lighter and more aggressive-looking instrument with two cutaway " horns " instead of one.

He is often seen performing with a 1961 cherry red Gibson ES-355 TD SV ( Stereo Varitone ) with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece.

The Gibson SG is a model of solid-bodied electric guitar that was introduced in 1961 by Gibson, and remains popular.

In 1961, Gibson Les Paul sales were significantly lower than in previous years.

Colin Davis was appointed musical director in succession to Gibson in 1961.

Hagman joined the cast of The Edge of Night in 1961 as Ed Gibson, and stayed in that role for two years.

People involved in the arts and born in the town include the actress Kathleen Harrison in 1892 ; Alfred Wainwright, author of the Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells, in 1907 ; broadcaster Russell Harty in 1934 ; the internationally renowned Contemporary artist Ross Eccles in 1937, many of his paintings feature Blackburn and Lancashire scenes and landmarks ; the writer Josephine Cox in 1941 who set many of her novels in Lancashire ; the actor Anthony Valentine in 1939 ; the actor Michael Billington, star of UFO in 1941 ; actor Ian McShane in 1942 ; rock musician Tony Ashton in 1946 ; actor Jon Walmsley in 1956 ; film maker Michael Winterbottom in 1961 ; actor Steve Pemberton in 1967 ; actress Wendi Peters in 1968 ; actor / comedian Lee Mack in 1968 ; television host Debbie Travis ; author Tony O ' Neill in 1978 ; television presenter and documentary director Michael Gibson in 1980 ; and singer and actress Diana Vickers in 1991.

Once becoming a full-time starting pitcher in July 1961, Gibson began experiencing an increasing level of success, earning his first All-Star appearance in 1962.

Cardinals manager Solly Hemus shuffled Gibson between the bullpen and the starting pitching rotation for the first half of the 1961 season.

Slade let Farrar play on the same 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG Junior that J. Mascis originally played on Bug.

In 1961 The Gibson Guitar Corporation introduced The Barney Kessel model guitar onto the market and continued to make them until 1973.

* Gibson SG 1961 Reissue in white

He bought his first electric guitar, a solid body Guyatone, around 1961, and one of the guitars he is most identified with, a Gibson ES-175D, in 1964.

* Lock-Up ( 1961 ) ( TV series )-Vincent Gibson

His other works include Dinny and the Witches ( 1948, revised 1961 ), in which a jazz musician incurs the wrath of three Shakespearean witches by blowing a riff which stops time ; the book for the musical version of Clifford Odets ' Golden Boy ( 1964 ), which earned him yet another Tony nomination ; A Mass for the Dead ( 1968 ), an autobiographical family chronicle ; A Cry of Players ( 1968 ), a speculative account of the life of young William Shakespeare ( with Anne Bancroft starring for Gibson once again, this time as Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway ); Goodly Creatures ( 1980 ), about Puritan dissident Anne Hutchinson ; and Monday After the Miracle ( 1982 ), a continuation of the Helen Keller story.

* Charles Gibson ( 1961 ), ABC World News Tonight anchor, former host of ABC's Good Morning America

In the Mexican film Juventide y rebeldes ( 1961 ), he is playing either a Gibson ES-345 or ES-355 Stereo.

In April 1961, Gibson and Bob Camp recorded their folk album Bob Gibson & Bob Camp at the Gate Of Horn at the club.

* Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn ( Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, 1961 )

* 1961 Gibson Les Paul Custom ( 3 PU )

* 1961 Gibson ES-335

Hendrix borrowed a Fender Telecaster from Noel Redding to record " Hey Joe " and " Purple Haze ", used a white Gibson SG Custom for his performances on The Dick Cavett Show in the summer of 1969, and the Isle of Wight film shows him playing his second Gibson Flying V. While Jimi had previously owned a Flying V that he had painted with a psychedelic design, the Flying V used at the Isle of Wight was a unique custom left-handed guitar with gold plated hardware, a bound fingerboard and " split-diamond " fret markers that were not found on other 1960s-era Flying Vs.

Gibson renamed the guitar " Gibson SG ", which stands for " Solid Guitar ", and it also became one of the company's best sellers.

The original Gibson Les Paul-guitar design regained popularity when Eric Clapton began playing the instrument a few years later, although he also played an SG and an ES-335.

In the late 1960s, Townshend began playing Gibson SG models almost exclusively, specifically the Special models.

By 1970, Gibson changed the design of the SG Special which Townshend had been using previously, and thus he began using other guitars.

There are several Gibson Pete Townshend signature guitars, such as the Pete Townshend SG, the Pete Townshend J-200, and three different Pete Townshend Les Paul Deluxes.

These instruments include a few vintage and reissue Rickenbackers, the Gretsch 6120, an original 1952 Fender Telecaster, Gibson Custom Shop's artist limited edition reissues of Townshend's Les Paul DeLuxe models 1, 3 and 9 as well his signature SG Special reissue.

Gibson SG, 70's Guild D35

Bell currently plays several Gibson guitars live including an SG and an Explorer.

** The Fool ( guitar ), 1964 Gibson SG designed by The Fool for Eric Clapton

Ness was seen early in his career using Gibson SGs and SG Juniors but currently uses 70's Gibson Les Paul Deluxes ( a 1971 sunburst, a 1975 sunburst, a 1975 goldtop and a 1976 goldtop ).

* Gibson SG, an electric guitar manufactured by Gibson Guitar Corporation

Gibson honored Les Paul's request, and the new model was renamed " SG ", which stood for ' Solid Guitar '.

The SG Standard features pearl trapezoid fretboard inlays, as well as fretboard binding and inlaid " Gibson " logo ; the SG Special omits these features, instead using cheaper white dot inlays and a silk-screened logo.

Over the years, Gibson has offered many variations of the SG, and continues to manufacture special editions, including models such as the Special and Faded Special, Supreme, Artist Signature SGs, Menace, and Gothic, as well as the premium-priced VOS reissues of the sixties SG Standard and Custom.

Gibson experimented with an SG that included the same Moog active electronics that had previously been used in another Gibson model, the RD Artist.

Les Paul's name was officially deleted in 1961, but the SG continued to feature Les Paul nameplates and truss rod covers until the end of 1963.

In the early days of the Allman Brothers, Betts played a 1961 Gibson SG, given to Duane Allman in 1971 to use as an all-slide guitar.