When news broke recently that the iconic "GIBSON" smokestack at 225 Parsons St. in Kalamazoo could be demolished, we took the opportunity to look back at the city's heritage of guitar making.

KALAMAZOO, MI-- Anyone strumming a Gibson guitar made before 1975 is playing one made at 225 Parsons St. on Kalamazoo's north side.

Gibson was founded in Kalamazoo in 1894 as a mandolin maker and long manufactured instruments there. Now based in Nashville, the company plans to reorganize.

The iconic Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Co. site in downtown Kalamazoo will be redeveloped into a new hotel property, under plans that will retain the smokestack. Historic Kalamazoo ...

The rhythm of rock and roll isn’t something out of the ordinary to the seemingly warn down building at Kalamazoo’s 225 Parsons Street. At the original home of Gibson Guitars, you can still ...

From the bold introduction of the Flying V and Explorer, to the acquisition of Epiphone, we celebrate 130 years of Gibson with a recap of the most significant stages of its history ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A landmark smokestack that’s among the last signs of Kalamazoo’s Gibson guitar-making history is coming down for possible preservation and inclusion in a redevelopment ...

Kalamazoo — People who don’t often make it to Kalamazoo’s north side could be excused if they’re puzzled by the sounds of rock ballads echoing inside the former Gibson Guitar Co. factory.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - When the guys at Heritage Guitar Inc. developed a new guitar model, they would show it at a large guitar industry trade show. If retailers there were interested, they’d ...

That has been the case for most of the past 31 years, since a cluster of former Gibson Guitar workers decided to stay in Kalamazoo and start Heritage Guitar. But that is set to change with new owners.

"Kalamazoo has a very rich musical heritage. We have the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Stahlberg String Competition, the Kalamazoo Blues Fest, and of course, we’re the home of Gibson Guitars.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A new hotel by Hard Rock Hotels is expected to move in to the Kalamazoo site that was once home to Gibson Guitar. The new business casual hotel on Parsons Street in the ...