GIBSON ELECTRIC ARCHTOPS
The first ‘Electric Spanish’ guitar produced by Gibson was the groundbreaking ES-150 in 1936. The company’s solid/ carved-top pre-war ‘ES’ range was gradually extended with the development of the ES-100 in 1937 (renamed the ES-125 by 1941) and the arrival of the short-lived ES-250 in 1939, along with its replacement, the ES-300, in 1940. Although World War II temporarily put the kibosh on electric guitar-building from 1942, Gibson soon returned to Electric Spanish production after the war with its revamped, laminated body
