Gibson Firebird
The Gibson Firebird, designed by car stylist Ray Dietrich, was first introduced in 1963. The most striking feature of the electric guitars' appearance is undoubtedly the reverse design – a "mirror-flipped" body and headstock. Gibson also gave the guitar a neck-through construction and newly designed pickups. In 1965 Gibson revised the Firebird, flipped the mirrored design, replaced the neck-through with a set neck and once again presented new pickups.
Production of the Firebird was initially discontinued in 1969 due to low demand. Gibson resumed production briefly in the 1970s, but it was not until the 1990s that the Firebird became a permanent part of Gibson's product range again.
Today's Firebirds are available in both reverse and non-reverse designs, and the neck-through construction has also returned. As is often the case with Gibson, the individual instruments in the series differ in their woods and electronics. The guitars are frequently built with a 9-ply mahogany body and a walnut neck with a neck-through construction. The electronics are formed by two switchable humbucker pickups.
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- Reverse and non-reverse design
- Neck-through construction
- Humbucker pickups
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