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1965 Gibson Firebird I "Non-Reverse"

$12,500.00

  • Year: 1965
  • Manufacturer: Gibson
  • Model: Firebird I "Non-Reverse"
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Mint
  • Condition: Mint
  • Description: This very early "non-reverse" guitar weighs just 6.90 lbs. and has a nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with a very fast thin-to-medium profile, and unbound rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets and inlaid pearloid dot position markers. Headstock with gold-painted "Gibson" logo on black plastic truss-rod cover. Serial number stamped on the back of the headstock. Dual-line Kluson Deluxe six-in-a-line strip tuners with oval metal buttons. Two black soapbar P-90 pickups with outputs of 8.10k and 7.90k. Three-layer (white/black/white) plastic pickguard with a "Firebird" emblem painted on in red on the upper bass side. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on the lower treble bout, plus three-way slide selector switch on the upper treble side of pickguard. Gold plastic bell-shaped knobs with metal tops. Stud bar bridge/tailpiece with pre-set ridges and factory Gibson short Vibrola tailpiece with walrus tooth tip. Apart from some very minor shrinkage to the pickguard just affecting two of the screw holes on the bass side and two tiny little surface marks on the top edge of the headstock, this totally original guitar is in absolutely mint (9.50) condition. One of the first of the "non-reverse" Firebirds to appear in mid to late 1965. Housed in the original Gibson rectangular black hardshell case with checkered cloth lining (9.50). With the original hang tag ("FB-I"), case keys, and bill of sale, dated July 9, 1966. This guitar can only be described as NOS (new old stock) and is most probably the finest example extant. (01281)