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Offering the quality and performance of Gibson's popular Studio range of 6-Sting instruments, the Gibson Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute Electric Guitar offers 1970s style updates for an upgraded Studio Firebird for the hard-gigging guitarist. Featuring a unique profile that starts out slim at the lower frets and becomes increasingly chunky as you slide toward the joint, the Gibson Firebird Studio '70s Tribute Electric Guitar utilizes a pair of Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers, with vintage-edged tones and a visual nod toward the original Firebird guitars.
Gibson Firebird Studio '70s Tribute Electric Guitar Features
- Solid Mahogany Slim Body
- 70s Neck with Thin-to-Thick Neck Carve
- Baked Maple Fingerboard
- Gibson USA Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers
- Gibson's Limited Lifetime Warranty
- Includes Gibson Padded Gig Bag
Body
Like the most revered vintage Firebirds, the Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute starts with a solid mahogany body. This classic tonewood offers superb depth and balance, and is extremely light for optimum playing comfort. This set-neck Firebird is crafted to the original slim-bodied lines of the radical Reverse-Bodied Firebirds of the early-to-mid-'60s, so the Firebird Studio '70s Tribute also captures the visual style of one of the most revolutionary guitar designs ever to hit the scene.
70s Neck Neck
Like many great Gibsons of the '70s, the neck is made from maple and carved to a profile unique to the era, which measures .800 inches deep at the 1st fret and increases to .963 inches at the 12th, with a volute behind the nut to both strengthen the headstock joint and enhance neck resonance.
Baked Maple Fingerboard
A chocolate-brown baked maple fingerboard carries modest pearloid dot inlays, and terminates in a PLEK-cut Corian nut with a width of 1-11/16 inch. As with many Studio models, the Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute keeps it all down to basics—and saves you money—by omitting fingerboard binding.
Gibson USA Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers
To help the Firebird Studio ’70s Tribute rock with unparalleled character and articulation, Gibson USA loads it with a pair of Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers. Entirely new pickups from Gibson USA, these units improve upon the best attributes of the former Mini Humbuckers seen in the Les Paul Deluxe in the ’70s, and the different Firebird Mini Humbuckers of the early ’60s, in an efficient design that uses dual steel blades and an Alnico magnet for a vintage voice that still retains plenty of chime.
These pickups are calibrated for balanced output between the neck and bridge positions, yielding everything from singing bluesy neck tones to crunchy and wailing leads, and are dressed in solid chrome covers. They are routed through the traditional four-knob and three-way switch wiring set up, and partnered with a Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece for optimum sustain and precise intonation. A set of vintage-style TonePros tuners with chrome keys graces the reversed six-in-line headstock.
Each guitar includes a Gibson Gig Bag and owner’s manual, and is covered by Gibson’s Limited Lifetime Warranty and 24/7/365 Customer Service.
Gibson Firebird Studio 70s Tribute Electric Guitar Specifications
- Body: Mahogany
- Neck: Maple with Volute and 70's Profile
- Fingerboard: Backed Maple
- Inlays: Dot Inlays
- Pickups: 70's Dual Blade Alnico Mini Humbuckers
- Bridge: Tune-o-Matic
- Tuners: Mini Grover Machine Heads
- Hardware: Chrome with Black plastics
- Pickguard: Silver Bird Pickguard Logo
- Truss Rod Cover: Silver Gibson Logo
- Includes: Gig Bag, Warranty Card and User Manual
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Bluesman Sammy Guy from N.E Pennsylvania
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| Almost OK |
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| Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? |
| The woodwork and finish are good. Not great, but pretty good. I like satin finishes and this one is not too bad. I can see the seems where the wood was glued together. Pickup holes seem to be routed too large. Pickups wobble in the holes. |
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| Just received, but time will tell. |
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| I was a bit disappointed when I received this guitar. I had a 1976 Firebird purchased new in '76. It got run over by my bass player and I wanted to get something to replace it that did not cost thousands of bucks. This is a far cry from that one. The finish is good, I like the satin and the feel of the wood grain under the finish. But regardless of other reviewers, it is top heavy and not balanced well. The pickups are mini humbuckers set into the body with plastic rings. THEY WOBBLE. I mean, they are so loose that they hit the wood when you move around. Totally unacceptable as is. I called Gibson, and they said it must have loosened and wanted me to send it to them. I took the pickups out and looked myself first. There was nothing loose. The screws that hold the pickups in were securely screwed into the metal thing that sets inside the pickup hole. It is a bad design, as there is nothing that can be done to tighten up the pickups. I put a piece of foam in hole to keep from moving. |
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| How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? |
| Neck is wide and fat and flat. Much wider than my original. Feels like a baseball bat. Controls are easy to reach. The neck is top heavy, moreso than other reviewers claim. It does begin to ride down when you play it, just like my other one. |
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| Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? |
| Here is the reason I did not send it back. Sounds great! Like a Firebird should. I took the whole thing apart before I even tried playing it, to address the loose pickup issue. Before I went to the trouble to send it back, I plugged it in. Sounds incredible! The tone saved the deal. Like an old friend, sounds as good as my original. |
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| Satin finish is nice. Tuners are too close together. Chrome is flawless. Pick guard well made, but wood could have been sanded better in some places. Some frets were sharp where they meet the edge of the fingerboard. I needed to use a dremel tool and rubber point to smooth them. |
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| Very high. I will have to lower when I put on new strings. But that is a matter of opinion, and easily adjusted. |
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Randy Sandmann from Atco, NJ
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| A Great Guitar masquerading as a decent guitar!! |
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| It's a Gibson, the quality is there in spades for this price point. Don't expect it to be a $3000 Les Paul and you won't be disappointed |
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| I've only had it about a month and it is great so far. I really do not expect anything different moving forward... |
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| As the title suggests, this is a GREAT Guitar being sold as a good guitar. It is far better than it's price suggests. |
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| How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? |
| This is one of the best necks I've ever played, period. I love this neck profile in a major way. It's thin at the nut and gets truly beefy as you move up. So chording is easy and it just feels great when it comes time to shred a little. One of the best neck profiles ever. Really. |
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| The tone is thick yet cutting. Really not bad out of the box, but I am putting P-90's in mine, ASAP. They will make this Bird soar... |
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| This is where Gibson saved all the cash. I love silverburst, but hate this finish. It really looks cheap non e of the grain is filled in and it looks like it was painted with a brush... YECH!! But.., the satin finish on the neck is a plus, as it won't get sticky on a hot summer night gig!! |
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| the action was fantastic out of the box!!! Keep in mind that I like my guitars to ring cleanly when strummed with absolutely no buzz, so my action is a little bit higher than the average shredder, but not too high, and this guitar was perfect for me. YMMV |
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