The guitar quickly gained a following, and soon other, more established guitar companies (such as Gibson, whose Les Paul model was introduced in 1952; and later Gretsch, Rickenbacker, and others) began working on wooden solid-body production models of their own.
Гитара быстро стала популярной, и вскоре другие компании (такие как Gibson, чья модель Les Paul была представлена в 1952 г., а потом и Gretsch, Rickenbacker и др.