• Group, 1994. Hembree, Gil.Gibson Guitars: Ted McCarty's Golden Era: 1948–1966. Hal Leonard Corp, 2007. Ted McCarty Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection...
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    which became its most popular guitar to date—designed by a team led by Ted McCarty. In addition to guitars, Gibson offers consumer electronics through the...
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    school and contacted Ted McCarty, former president of Gibson and creator of the Explorer, ES-335, and Flying V guitars, and McCarty became his mentor and...
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    it was purchased by ex-Gibson executive Ted McCarty. In 1999, the brand was acquired by Gretsch from McCarty, which owned it until 2019, when Bigsby was...
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    early 1960s. Paul asked lifelong friend and former President of Gibson Ted McCarty to withhold his $1 royalty per guitar, and Gibson mutually agreed to...
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    James William McCarty (born June 1, 1945) is an American blues rock guitarist from Detroit, Michigan. He has performed with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit...
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    fixed or floating bridge design for electric guitars. It was designed by Ted McCarty (Gibson Guitar Corporation president) and introduced on the Gibson Super...
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    1950s — which met limited initial success. The president of Gibson, Ted McCarty, hired car designer Ray Dietrich to design a guitar that would have popular...
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    thinner than the L-5's 3+3⁄8 in (8.6 cm) depth. Gibson's president, Ted McCarty, sought opinions and ideas about new products. The suggestions from Byrd...
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    known for his television roles as Kyle McCarty on Judging Amy, Lee McDermott on Desperate Housewives, and Ted Chaough on Mad Men. Rahm was born in Mineral...
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    concepts in an attempt to strike back. On June 27, 1957, Gibson President Ted McCarty filed three designs with the United States Patent Office which would...
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  • In 1966, Bigsby sold the company to former Gibson guitar executive Ted McCarty. On May 10, 1999, the Fred Gretsch company purchased the Bigsby company...
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    v t e Gibson Brands Key figures Orville Gibson (founder) Lloyd Loar Ted McCarty Seth Lover Les Paul David Harvey Guitars Basses Other products F5 mandolin...
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    public craze. In reaction to market demand, Gibson Guitar president Ted McCarty brought guitarist Les Paul into the company as a consultant. Les Paul...
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    Flying V from 2007 to 2008, have been released as well. Gibson president Ted McCarty pushed for a line of modernist guitars in the mid-1950s to compete with...
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  • of $1,000 each among vintage guitar collectors. While working under Ted McCarty at Gibson, Lover was also involved in guitar design. He liked to tell...
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    reverse model features a carbon fibre-like pickguard and inlays as well as a McCarty-era inspired headstock. Only a limited run of 1000 of each model were built...
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    invented by Seth Lover of Gibson under instruction of then-president Ted McCarty. About the same time, Ray Butts developed a similar pickup that was taken...
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  • published 1933-02-07, issued 1933-02-07 . The guitars that Chicago built by Chris McMahon on Premier Guitar, 17 Oct 2013 "Gibson brands". 5 July 2014. Archived...
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    design or hardware with the solid-body Gibson Les Paul, designed by Ted McCarty and introduced in 1952. The feedback associated with amplified hollow-bodied...
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    Retrieved March 4, 2010. Chapman 2000, p. 115 Case 2007, p. 171 Drozdowski, Ted (February 11, 2010). "Valentine's Day Blues: 10 Classic Love Songs". Gibson...
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    Tune-o-matic fixed bridge unit was the invention of Gibson's then president, Ted McCarty, and it was designed to provide height adjustability and individual string...
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    Gibson headstocks in 1947. In 1949 CMI appointed as president of Gibson Ted McCarty, who would lead Gibson until 1966, overseeing many classic Gibson guitar...
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    supplies and suspected the same concept could be applied to guitar pickups. Ted McCarty authorized the project and Lover spent much of 1954 working on this noise-cancelling...
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    1950 (the Broadcaster was renamed the Telecaster in 1952). Gibson's Ted McCarty was the chief designer of the guitar, which was based on Paul's drawings...
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