Gibson Firebird

The Gibson Firebird, designed by car designer Ray Dietrich, was first introduced in 1963. What is particularly striking about the visual appearance of the electric guitars is undoubtedly the reverse design, i.e. a "side-mirrored" body and headstock. Gibson also gave the guitar a continuous neck and newly developed pickup. In 1965, Gibson revised the Firebird and reworked the mirrored design, swapped the continuous neck for a glued-in one and presented new pickups again.

Production of the Firebird was initially discontinued in 1969 due to low demand. Gibson resumed production for a short time in the 1970s, but it wasn't until the 1990s that the Firebird became an integral part of Gibson's product portfolio again.

Today's Firebirds are available in both reverse and non-reverse designs and the continuous neck is also part of it. As is often the case with Gibson , the individual instruments in the series differ in their wood and electronics. The guitars often consist of a 9-ply mahogany body and a walnut neck with neck-through construction / acoustic. The electronics are formed by two switchable humbuckers.

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