Gibson was constantly tweaking the Firebird design during the 1960s, and the Platypus variant comes from the epicenter of ...
The guitar was an important transitional build as it tampered with the model designed to rival the Stratocaster ...
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 ...
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 ...