During the 1960s, Gibson made several different versions of its Firebird electric guitar design as it vied to master the offset’s recipe, and a transitional build from the heart of that period ...

Gibson’s 1965 Firebird Platypus was the oddball model that marked a moment of transition for the guitar giant – now it’s been revived. Phil Weller. Wed, March 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM UTC.

Now, back to the Gibson Firebird X in happier times, when perhaps it could have been a marquee competitor to Line 6’s Variax series. ... Total Guitar and Guitar World. He uses Jazz III nylon picks, ...

Gibson's Firebird wouldn't just be designed and named for cars, but when it went on sale in 1963, it'd be available in real car colors, too. McCarty and Dietrich would settle on 10 colors for the ...

The Firebird I is priced £1,199/$1,299, the Firebird III £1,399/$1,699. Finally, we’ve got the 1964 SG Standard. Cherry Red, not a hair out of place, ’64 was, as Gibson/Epiphone notes, a ...

You don't have to be a crime scene investigator to detect a trace of Gibson Firebird/Explorer DNA on the Esprit III. We're talking specifically about the non-reverse 'birds that flew out of the old ...

Gibson’s new Firebird X guitar, a high-tech model that boasts automatic tuning, built-in audio effects and support for downloadable apps, hopes to marry the worlds of music and modern ...

Well, on September 30th the Firebird X will finally start filtering into retail channels for the rather excessive price of $5,570, in your choice of either Redolution of Bluevolution finishes.

Announced at CES 2011, the Gibson Firebird X has been a fascinating example of a traditional instrument maker building something that, arguably, is quite revolutionary. The Firebird X is ...

Brad Putt plays a 1941 Gibson J35 at his store, Main Stage Music, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, in Dayton, Tenn. To a non-musician, Brad Putt's Gibson J-35 probably doesn't seem all that special ...

The Firebird X -- which will retail for about $5,500 when it launches in December -- features the robo-tuning head found on the Dark Fire, and a seriously sick range of built-in effects, including ...