GIBSON FIREBIRD

GIBSON FIREBIRD

2012 SILVERBURST

Comes with non genereic firebird hard case

Gibson’s original “Reverse-Bodied” Firebird was ahead of its time when it first
arrived in the early ’60s, but it really came into its own as a rock classic of
the 1970s. To capture the look, feel and tone of the instruments that made
massive music during a decade when rock was king, Gibson USA introduces the
Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute. The Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute offers all the
quality and performance that has made the Studio range so popular with
hard-gigging guitarists since its introduction in 1983, with crucial updates
that ally it to many legendary Gibson guitars of the 1970s…the unique
thin-to-thick neck carve of the Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute—with a profile
that starts out slim at the lower frets and becomes increasingly chunky as you
slide toward the joint—In the tone department, it carries a pair of Dual Blade
Alnico Mini Humbuckers, new pickups that offer vintage-edged tones with great
contemporary versatility, and a visual nod toward the original Firebird
guitars. To top it off, the Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute looks great in Silver
Burst finish, all in grain-textured satin nitrocellulose lacquer.

Like the most revered vintage Firebirds, the Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute
starts with a solid mahogany body. This classic tonewood offers superb depth
and balance, and is extremely light for optimum playing comfort. This set-neck
Firebird is crafted to the original slim-bodied lines of the radical
“Reverse-Bodied” Firebirds of the early-to-mid-’60s…Like many great Gibsons
of the ’70s, the neck is made from maple and carved to a profile unique to the
era, which measures .800” deep at the 1st fret and increases to .963” at the
12th, with a volute behind the nut to both strengthen the headstock joint and
enhance neck resonance. A chocolate-brown baked maple fingerboard carries
modest pearloid dot inlays, and terminates in a PLEK-cut Corian™ nut with a
width of 1-11/16”…Its look is complemented by a  black pickguard (with
Firebird graphic), pickup rings and knobs.

Gibson
USA loads it with a pair of Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers. Entirely new
pickups from Gibson USA, these units improve upon the best attributes of the
former Mini Humbuckers seen in the Les Paul Deluxe in the ’70s, and the
different Firebird Mini Humbuckers of the early ’60s, in an efficient design
that uses dual steel blades and an Alnico magnet for a vintage voice that still
retains plenty of chime. These pickups are calibrated for balanced output
between the neck and bridge positions, yielding everything from singing bluesy
neck tones to crunchy and wailing leads, and are dressed in solid chrome
covers. They are routed through the traditional four-knob and three-way switch
wiring set up, and partnered with a Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar