1957 Gibson Byrdland Profiled in Premier Guitar

<img src='https://images.gibson.com/Lifestyle/2017/Gibson-Byrdland-Florentine-Photo-from-Gibson-website_ttt.jpg' alt='1957 Gibson Byrdland Profiled in Premier Guitar‘ align=”left” border=”0″ />As pointed out in the Premier Guitar article, Gibson “enlisted the aid of Nashville session aces Hank Garland and Billy Byrd” to help design the instrument. That same year, Gibson introduced two more more-affordable thinline models: the ES-350T (featuring a laminated wood body with the same dimensions as the Byrdland) and the economy ES-225T.