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Gibson’s 1965 Firebird Platypus was the oddball model that marked a moment of transition for the guitar giant – now it’s been revived
Gibson was constantly tweaking the Firebird design during the 1960s, and the Platypus variant comes from the epicenter of ...
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Gibson's 1965 Firebird revival has has the most unusual name
The guitar was an important transitional build as it tampered with the model designed to rival the Stratocaster ...
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Gibson’s 1965 Firebird Platypus was the oddball model that marked a moment of transition for the guitar giant – now it’s been revived
While its predecessors’ headstocks were given a two-layer holly veneer and banjo-style tuners, the Platypus has a flat headstock and six-in-line tuners. Throughout the ’60s, Gibson’s ...
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Gibson's 1965 Firebird revival has has the most unusual name
During the 1960s, Gibson made several different ... reverse headstock for the first time, and the headstock was much flatter than its holly veneer siblings and featured six-in-line tuners for ...