Gibson Montana Launches Traveling Songwriter guitar

The World’s First Professional Travel Acoustic Designed by Music Giant Gibson Guitar

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…Vianen, The Netherlands…February 21, 2004

Gibson Guitar’s Acoustic division has created the world’s first professional-quality travel acoustic guitar. The Gibson Traveling Songwriter delivers everything a working, performing songwriter needs in a guitar by combining a travel-friendly design with great acoustic sound – unplugged or amplified.

The Gibson Traveling Songwriter features a unique body style that is thin but hollow. The Sitka spruce top is designed with dome construction and the same scalloped bracing pattern as Gibsons from the 1930s, for true acoustic tone. The body shape, from Gibson’s historic square-shoulder family, along with its sculpted bridge fashioned after the famous Moustache™ bridge, give the Traveling Songwriter an unmistakably Gibson look.  It is perfect for virtually any performing or songwriting situation. Its rear soundhole provides the player with enhanced acoustic volume in quiet settings such as a home or office. For stage use, the pickup and onboard 4-band EQ and volume controls provide the songwriter with full live performance capability.

The Gibson Traveling Songwriter is the only professional-quality designed guitar for easy travel. It comes with a custom travel case with a built-in guitar tuner. The thin body and slightly shortened headstock allow it to fit easily into spaces that won’t accommodate a full-depth guitar in a hardshell case.  For photos and specs of the guitar go to www.gibson.com/press and click on Gibson Acoustic.

Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, MI, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.’s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Kramer, Steinberger, Valley Arts, Tobias, Slingerland, and Maestro. Baldwin, founded in 1862 in Cincinnati, Ohio is one of the oldest and most respected American piano makers, and the Baldwin company, which includes Hamilton and Wurlitzer, joined the Gibson family in 2001. Gibson’s new digital guitar represents the biggest technological advance for the electric guitar since the instrument was invented 70 years ago. Visit Gibson’s website at www.gibson.com.  or www.gibson.com/press

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Contacts:

Caroline Galloway        Gibson     (440) 338-3469 caroline.galloway@gibson.com

Walter Carter              Gibson     (310)854-8140 walter.carter@gibson.com

Jason Padgitt               Rogers and Cowan           jpadgitt@rogersandcowan.com