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FROM GIBSON GUITARS:
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. 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.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Nickel Tuners
Non-Reverse Platypus Style Headstock
Grover Mini Rotomatic Tuners
1.695” Graph Tech Nut
SlimTaper Profile Mahogany Neck with 24 3/4” Scale Length
Neck Thickness .82" at First Fret and .93" at Twelfth Fret
Rosewood Fingerboard with Acrylic Trapezoid Inlays and 12" Radius
22 Medium Jumbo Frets
Firebird Mini Humbucker Pickups
Aluminum Nashville Tune-O-Matic Bridge and Aluminum Stop Bar Tailpiece
Mahogany Body in Tobacco Sunburst Finish
Weight 8 lb 4 oz
Hard Shell Case
Serial Number 216850211