As the resident village idiot, you know I'm always asking stupid questions (but with the helpful answers I get, I'll soon be county idiot)so be gentle with me if the answer is obvious to a musician!
On the occasions when I see a popular music ensemble (what we used to call "groups" or "combos - to me a "band" is somewhat larger than four people) which employs an acoustic or amplified acoustic guitar they mostly seem to be Gibsons.
There could be several reasons for this:
1)It is a small sample,it isn't really true and I should get out more!
2)It's a prominent logo and the only one I recognise
However, in the instrument discussion threads you folkies rarely mention Gibsons as an acoustic choice(I'm well aware of the electric Gibsons' prominence in jazz and blues).
Are they too expensive for folk musicians or just inferior in sound or construction? Or is it just part of the folk tradition?
RtS