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This is the exact guitar you'll receive. This guitar is brand new, but has been on display on our sales floor. May have a few light examples of shop wear such as light marks, scratches, etc. May not ship in original shipping box. This instrument still carries the full manufacturers warranty, and will be thoroughly inspected before shipping.
Weight (SN 219950112) - 7lbs 8.7oz
Paying tribute to the rare transitional models from 1965.
In early 1965, the original Firebird™ design transitioned through several different iterations. One of the significant transitions that occurred flipped the headstock to the “Non-Reverse” shape. Unlike the original Reverse Firebird headstock design, which featured a two-layered headstock with a holly veneer, the new headstock was flat, like the bill of a platypus. The Platypus-style Firebird featured six-in-line tuners rather than the banjo-style tuners that were used on previous Firebird models. The Firebird Platypus pays tribute to those rare transitional models. It features a mahogany body with a glued-in, set neck and the appearance of a traditional neck-through Reverse Firebird body. The mahogany neck has a fast-playing SlimTaper™ profile and a rosewood fretboard with a 12” radius, 22 medium jumbo frets, and acrylic trapezoid inlays and sports the Platypus-style headstock with a Graph Tech® nut and Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners. The Platypus-style headstock has been slightly modified to provide straight string pull for less friction and improved tuning stability. The other ends of the strings are routed over a Nashville Tune-O-Matic™ bridge for precise intonation and solidly anchored with an aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece for outstanding sustain. The Firebird is one of the most distinctive-looking guitar designs ever, and the Firebird Platypus takes this legendary guitar a step further with its unique appearance. Its tone is just as unique due to its two articulate, historically accurate Firebird mini humbucker™ pickups. They are equipped with Alnico 5 magnets and can deliver tones with a nearly bell-like chime when played clean and great rock and blues tones that easily cut through the mix when pushed. Individual volume and tone controls allow you to tailor the sound even further, and of course, the pickguard features the legendary hot-stamped Firebird graphic. A Gibson hardshell case is also included.
Body Specs
Binding: Single-ply, Fretboard
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material: Mahogany
Body Shape: Firebird
Body Styles: Firebird
Neck Specs
End Of Board Width: 57.4mm / 2.26in
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count: 22
Frets: Medium Jumbo
Inlays: Acrylic Trapezoid
Joint: Glued In, Set Neck
Neck Material: Mahogany
Nut Material: Graph Tech
Nut Width: 43.05mm / 1.7in
Profile: SlimTaper
Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in
Electronics Specs
Bridge Pickup: Firebird Mini Humbucker
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone
Neck Pickup: Firebird Mini Humbucker
Output Jack: 1/4"
Pickup Selector: 3-way Toggle
Hardware Specs
Bridge: Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic
Control Knobs: Gold Top Hat with Silver Reflector
finish: Chrome
Pickguard: White 3-ply
Strap Buttons: 2
Switch Tip: White
Tailpiece: Aluminum Stop Bar
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Tuning Machines: Grover Mini Rotomatic
Misc Specs
Accessories: Includes Gibson Accessory Kit
Case: Hardshell
Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
