Gibson Firebird VII Electric Guitar, Red Metallic

Firebird VII Electric Guitar, Red Metallic description:

The Gibson FIREBIRD VII 6-String Electric Guitar, Gold Hardware, Red Metallic. Classic offset body styling and neck-through-body design for increased sustain, solid attack and ease of play.

The Gibson FIREBIRD VII electric guitar is the epitome of functionality and style. There is no mistaking a Firebird VII—with its three mini humbuckers, unique “reversed” zig-zag body design, and equally distinct headstock, it is simply one of the most recognizable of all guitar profiles. First introduced in 1963, the Gibson Firebird was the brainchild of legendary automotive designer and visionary Ray Dietrich (Lincoln, Packard), enlisted by Gibson to bolster the guitar lines of the early ’60s and help solidify the company’s eminent rank among solidbody electric guitar manufacturers. Dietrich’s unconventional design was based loosely on both the legendary automobile tailfins of the 1950s and the Gibson Explorer, which had been introduced several years earlier. Like it was in 1963, today’s Firebird VII is still a benchmark of innovation, functionality, and style, and continues to symbolize Gibson’s relentless drive to achieve creative excellence. Each Firebird VII consists of a multiple-ply mahogany and walnut neck-through body, with mahogany wings, designed for strength and stability. A 22-fret ebony fingerboard sits atop a solid mahogany neck, which is a hybrid between the standard ’50s rounded contour and the ’60s slim-taper profile—not too thick, not too thin, but just right! Three high-output ceramic mini-humbuckers retain Gibson’s celebrated humbucker performance and singing tone, producing a bright, aggressive, and powerful output with perfect vintage punch. The Firebird VII is available in a Red Metallic finish. Gibson hardshell case with White Plush interior and Silver 'Gibson USA' logo Silkscreen, included with this guitar.

The main features of the Gibson FIREBIRD VII include:

• Classic offset body styling and neck-through-body design for increased sustain, solid attack and ease of play
• Body: Nine-ply Mahogany
• Top: Mahogany
• Center Block: Walnut
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Scale Length: 24.75 inches
• Number of Frets: 22
• Inlays: Pearl Block
• Fingerboard Binding: Single-ply
• Pickups: Three high-output ceramic mini-humbuckers
• Controls: Two volume, two tone, three-way switch
• Neck: Walnut
• Nut Width: 1.695 inches
• Hardware: Gold
• Tailpiece: Lyre Vibrola
• Bridge: Tune-o-matic
• Knobs: Black Top Hat with insert
• Tuners: Firebird
• Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046
• Gibson hardshell case with White Plush interior and Silver 'Gibson USA' logo Silkscreen, included with this guitar