Cerwin-Vega Inc. is a brand name used on products for professional audio components, as well as home audio speakers, and car audio components. Originally a stand-alone company, Cerwin-Vega was acquired by the Stanton Group after declaring bankruptcy in 2003.
Early speaker from Vega Labs
Gene Czerwinski posing in front of Cerwin-Vega loudspeakers at a Los Angeles Audio Engineering Society convention circa 1975.
Gibson Brands Inc. is an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and professional audio equipment from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company was formerly known as Gibson Guitar Corporation and renamed Gibson Brands Inc. on June 11, 2013.
Gibson Guitar Factory in Memphis, pictured in May 2009
Orville Gibson, founder
Gibson line of Mandolin orchestra instruments, early 1900s.
Harp guitar (c. 1912).