Gibson Es-150 Guitar ( 1936- 1956 ) The Gibson ES 150 guitar was introduced in 1936 and is historically an important model, it was 16 1/4" wide and it had the earliest magnetic pickups which were very successfully. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In those days the es-150 guitar was sold for $78 without case and amp. Wow, can you imagine those prices