Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- electric guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1963 to 1965
GIBSON made the reverse body FIREBIRD I between 1963 and 1965. The Firebird body style was desgined by Ray Dietrich and was a radical take on the Gibson Explorer. The Firebird was the first Gibson model to use neck-through contruction - the laminated neck extends (under the pickups and bridge) to the end of the body. The Firebird I was the entry level model in the Firebird series (equivalent in status to a Les Paul Junior) - it had a reverse headstock with banjo style tuners, a single humbucking pickup, combination stud bridge/tailpiece bridge and no neck binding.
Specifications (23)
Controls
Tone controls | 1 tone control |
Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
Pickups brand and model | Gibson mini humbucker(s) |
Pickups configuration | mini-humbucker pickup |
General
Finish effects | sunburst finish |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
Body material | mahogany body |
Body shape features | asymmetrical body |
Body style | hourglass style, reverse firebird-style body |
Pickguard material | white pickguard |
Hardware
Bridge | wraparound bridge |
Hardware color | nickel hardware |
Tailpiece | wrap-around tailpiece |
Tuners | banjo tuners |
Fretboard
Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Neck
Headstock inlays or logos | pearl headstock inlay/logo |
Neck joint | neck through body |
Neck material | mahogany neck |
Number of frets | 22 fret |
Peghead (headstock) | reverse headstock |
Tuner layout | six-in-a-row tuners |