Gibson, the world’s most iconic guitar brand, has teamed up with MyMusicRx, flagship program of the Children’s Cancer Association (CCA), to bring the healing power of music to kids facing cancer and other serious illnesses.

Help support this worthy cause with a donation, and you could win one of six Epiphone, Gibson, and Kramer guitars PLUS interactive guitar lessons through a year-long subscription to the Amped guitar learning app and a swag bag full of Gibson merch!

Prizes include:

• Gibson Les Paul Tribute – Satin Cherry
• Epiphone Casino – Vintage Sunburst
• Gibson Les Paul Tribute – Satin Iced Tea
• Kramer-Assault-Plus – Vintage Sunburst
• Gibson Les Paul Tribute – Satin Honeyburst
• Epiphone Masterbilt-DR500

Your generous donation will directly support MyMusicRx’s free music medicine programs for hospitalized kids and teens. These tailored, one-on-one music experiences are designed to relieve their stress, anxiety, and perception of pain, allowing kids and teens to improve their mental and emotional well-being through the healing power of music.

The Sweepstakes is available until June 26, 2020, at 11:59 pm PST. The Drawing Date is June 29, 2020, at 11:59 pm PST. Each entry gives you a chance to win any prize.

Entry Prices:

• 10 Entries for $5
• 30 Entries for $10
• 100 Entries for $25

You can get 5 more entries by posting your link (presumably on social media), and 5 more entries when friends use your link. Friends get 5 more entries for using your link.

The Sweepstakes is only open to legal residents of the 50 United States (excluding New York), the District of Columbia, countries in the EU, U.K., and Canada who are 18 (except 19 on Alabama and Nebraska and 21 in Mississippi) years of age as of the date of the entry or legal age of majority or older in their country of residence.

Canadian winners will be required to correctly answer a mathematical skill testing question as a condition of receiving a prize.

Sweepstakes is void in Cuba, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, the Province of Quebec, and any place where offering the sweepstakes or awarding of a prize is prohibited.

Gibson announced that it will showcase an array of new guitars, top talent, and a handful of rare guitars at Music China 2019 – Asia’s largest trade show in the music industry – October 10-13 at the Shanghai International Expo Centre.

At Music China 2019, Gibson will be on the ground to connect with Dealers, Strategic partners, and Distributors, to forge new relationships and explore throughout the region. Gibson’s new CEO and President James “JC” will visit, marking his first time in a decade a top executive at Gibson has visited Music China 2019.

The Gibson booth and experience at Music China will feature exciting, award-winning new products from the brand including the new G-45 Series Collection – the G-45 Standard and G-45 Studio guitars. Hand-crafted by skilled artisans at the Gibson acoustic facility in Bozeman, Montana – who build the most cherished and iconic acoustic models – the G-Series offers acoustic players of all levels the perfect mix of tone and performance with traditional Gibson style and value.

The newly released Gibson Original, Modern and Custom Shop Collections as well as the recently launched String Collections will be on display in full at Music China. Featuring the Les Paul Standard 50s, Les Paul Standard 60’s, Les Paul Special in TV Yellow, Les Paul Junior in Tobacco Burst, the SG 61 Standard with factory stop-tail, Mastro and Sideways vibrolas, SG Special and Junior, the classic ES-335 Figures and DOT, Firebird, Flying V and Explorer, the J-45 and Hummingbird as well as the J-200, the Gibson Original Collection brings classic design, innovation and authenticity back into the hands of Gibson fans.

The Gibson Modern Collection builds on Gibson’s solid legacy of coveted innovation by introducing modern features players have embraced, such as lighter-weight bodies, push-pull systems to switch between the Burst Bucker and P90 sounds, innovative taper necks with asymmetrical profiles, shaved heels for effortless access to the highest frets as well as maximum sustain and stability. The Les Paul and SG Modern, Les Paul Studio and Tribute models, the new ES-235 and modern versions of the ES-335, Flying V and Explorer B-2, and modern Hummingbird, J-45 and J-15 as well as the Parlor acoustic models round out the Gibson Modern Collection.

Gibson is doing a giveaway of a Les Paul Standard 60’s Iced Tea Burst guitar. Those who are interested in entering the giveaway must do so before May 2019 ends. No purchase is necessary.

To enter, you must be 18 years of age or older, and a resident of the United States. The winner will be announced the second week of June 2019. You may want to read the Terms & Conditions before entering the giveaway.

The Les Paul Standard returns to the classic design that made it relevant, played and loved – shaping sound across generations and genres of music. It pays tribute to Gibson’s Golden Era of Innovation and brings authenticity back to life.

The Les Paul Standard 60’s has a solid mahogany body with an AA figured maple top, and a slim taper 60’s style mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard and trapezoid inlays. It’s equipped with a classic-style Tune-O-Matic bridge, aluminum stop bar tailpiece, Grover Rotomatic “Kidney” tuners, and gold top hat knobs with silver reflectors. The Burstbucker 61R (neck) Buckstrider 61T (bridge) pickups are loaded with AINiCo V magnets, audio taper potentiometers and orange drop capacitors.

Guitar specs:

Body:

• Body Material: Mahogany
• Top Material: AA Figured Maple
• Weight Relief: None
• Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck:

• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Neck Profile: Slim Taper
• Scale Length: 24.75”/62.865cm
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12” / 304.8mm
• Number of Frets: 22
• Frets: Medium Jumbo
• Nut Material: Graph Technology
• Nut Width: 1.695”/43.05mm
• End-of-Board Width: 2.26”/57.4mm
• Inlays: Acrylic Trapezoids

Hardware:

• Finish: Nickel
• Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatics w/Kidney Buttons
• Pick Guard: Cream
• Control Knobs: Gold Top Hats with Silver Reflector & Pointers
• Switch Tip: Amber
• Switch Washer: Cream
• Jack Plate: Cream

Variety reported that Gibson Brands Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 1, 2018, “with a turnaround plan that will give some of the company’s lender’s equity ownership of the long-running guitar and musical equipment company that has become synonymous with classic rock and roll.”

Chairman and CEO of Gibson Brands, Henry Juszkiewicz, posted about this on Gibson’s Facebook page. He started the post with “Dear Friends:”

Yesterday, we made a significant announcement that marks the next phase of Gibson’s long and storied history. We are re-focusing the Company on the manufacturing of world-class, iconic musical instruments and the continued development of the global Gibson brand, by reorganizing around its core business in the Musical Instruments segment. Gibson has reached a Restructuring Support Agreement with its majority stakeholders that clears the way for the continued financing and operations of the musical instrument business.

To implement the agreement, the Company filed today to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in Wilmington, Delaware. This will allow our Company to continue to design, build, sell and manufacture Gibson’s legendary guitars and instruments without interruption.

Gibson included some important facts to know about the Chapter 11 process:

• Gibson Brands is not going out of business. The legal process is being used to implement a reorganization of the Musical Instruments division, not liquidation
• The filings do not change pricing, inventory, ordering, or delivery timing of our guitars, musical instruments and Pro Audio equipment.
• There will be no change to the quality of service and support our customers have come to expect from us.
• There will be no changes to our warranty and customer service policies.

In addition, Gibson posted a tweet that said: “Gibson filed yesterday to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy code. This does NOT mean Gibson is going out of business. It means it is reorganizing its business to focus on guitars and musical instruments and becoming a stronger company in the process.”

Gibson also tweeted: “Rest assured, there will be no changes to our warranty and return policies and we are still making, selling and shipping the world’s most iconic guitars. Our relationship with you is important to us and we’re excited for what the future holds.” The tweet ended with #onlyagibsonisgoodenough