Gibson USA Firebird Platypus in Ebony
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The store is open 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am - 5pm Sunday and bank holidays.
The stock information shows the quantity of units that are available to purchase at the Guildford store and the quantity of units that are available at our off-site Guildford warehouse. These stock levels are updated in real time.
Our Click and Collect service is available at our Guildford store from 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday, and 11am - 5pm on Sunday. You can either choose click and collect as your delivery option online or, during store opening hours, call our sales team at 01483 456777 to place a 10% deposit.
If you have placed your order online, you will receive a confirmation email of your order and a separate follow-up text or email to confirm when your item is ready for collection.
Please do not come to the store before you have received the follow-up message, as your order may not yet be ready at the store.
If the only available stock is in our off-site warehouse it can be brought to the store location for you to try - you just need to contact the store within opening hours. Please note any requests received after 3.30pm will not arrive at the store until the following morning.
Please be aware that, unless you have paid a deposit to reserve the item, it will continue to be free, both online and in-store, for another customer to buy. Therefore we would advise you to place a 10% deposit by either using the on-line click and collect service or calling us 01483 456777.
SKU: DSFRP00EBCH1
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Product Description
The Gibson Firebird Platypus pays tribute to an exceptionally rare early 1965 transitional iteration of the esteemed Gibson Firebird, which featured a standard Reverse Firebird body in conjunction with the later ’65 Non-Reverse headstock design. Unlike the previous Reverse design, the Non-Reverse head featured a flat (just like a platypus bill), single-layer 6-a-side headstock with standard Grover Mini-Rotomatic tuners as opposed to the Banjo style found on earlier models. With its iconic Firebird pickguard and its duo of classic Firebird Mini Humbucking pickups packed with punch and bite, the Gibson Firebird Platypus oozes mojo and character and cuts through any mix with its powerful, chimey, vintage-voiced tone!
Key Features
- Modified Angle - The only alteration to this prestigious design is a modified headstock angle, which helps provide an optimum break angle with less string friction and more stable tuning.
- Mini Humbuckers - These vintage-accurate Gibson Firebird Mini Humbuckers are made using Alnico V magnets for a tone that strikes the perfect balance of bell-like cleans and thunderous rock 'n roll!
- Gibson Firebird - Launched in 1963 and now part of Gibsons ‘Designer’ range, the Firebird was Gibsons response to the rising popularity of solid bodied offset electric guitars. Thanks to its distinctive shape with eye-catching lower horn, the Firebird remains one of Gibson's most iconic models.
Made in the USA
The Gibson Firebird is proudly crafted in the USA using the best tonewoods, hardware, electronics and pickups and expertly finished with nitrocellulose lacquer to optimise tone and allow the guitar to breathe and resonate how it should. This Firebird comes with a Gibson hardshell case for optimum protection on the road and even when stored away at home.
Specifications:
Body
- Shape: Reverse Firebird
- Wood: Mahogany
- Binding: Single-ply fretboard
Neck
- Neck: Mahogany
- Profile: Slim Taper
- Nut Width: 1.695” / 43.053mm
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Scale Length: 24.75”
- Frets: 22
- Nut: Graph Tech
- Inlay: Acrylic Trapezoid
Hardware
- Bridge: Aluminium Nashville Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Aluminium Stop Bar
- Knobs: Gold Top Hat with Silver Reflector
- Tuners: Grover Mini Rotomatic
- Plating: Chrome
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Firebird Mini Humbucker
- Bridge Pickup: Firebird MiniHumbucker
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone
Miscellaneous
- Case: Hardshell