sentences:  On Tuesday, July 3, 2007, Gibson Guitar Corporation announced its acquisition of Garrison Guitars.The acquisition was to "further Gibson's expansion in the acoustic guitar market offering a new series of Gibson brand acoustic guitars aimed at the median price point" and converted to produce the short-lived Gibson Songmaker Series.Gibson did not carry forward with the GABS in their Songmaker series, and ended production around 2010, closing down the Garrison factory in Canada, taking along with it the GABS technology.