The maker of the Gibson guitar, omnipresent for decades on the American music stage, is filing for bankruptcy protection after wrestling for years with debt. Gibson guitars have been esteemed by generations of guitar legends. After Chuck Berry died, his beloved cherry-red Gibson guitar was bolted to the inside of his coffin lid. Eric Clapton played the solo on the Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps on a Gibson guitar he borrowed from George Harrison, according to GuitarWorld.com. "It's hard to name any guitar players who play electric or steel-string acoustics who don't own a Gibson," said Gruhn, the Nashville guitar expert.

Source: CBC News May 01, 2018 14:15 UTC