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2008 Gibson Custom Shop Johnny Winter '63 Firebird AGED and SIGNED!

Rare SIGNED Model. These don't come up for sale often. Only a few of these were hand-signed on the back plate as well as the certificate. This is one of them. Tom Murphy aged, perfect copy of Johnny Winter's main guitar! Only 150 were made, but only a very select few have the hand-signed back plate. I've only seen them in the 30's serial number range and all were from Wildwood Guitars so I assume it was a special request. The guitar is all-original and minty except one pickup was rewound by Lindy Fralin (matched to the other brilliantly). The guitar comes with the original hardshell case, signed COA, inspection checklists, and other paperwork as shown.
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Like the first Firebirds, this Custom Shop recreation employs Gibson's unusual "reverse" body design so prized by collectors. The "reverse" body features a longer right-hand horn and reversed headstock with tuners on the treble side -- details that defied Gibson's seemingly "old-fashioned" image in the late '60s, and made other guitar makers sit up and take notice. While the 1963 Firebird was released in several pickup and tailpiece combinations, the "V" model included two mini-humbucker pickups, trapezoid pearl inlays, cream neck binding, and Gibson's classic "banjo" tuning keys -- all of which are faithfully recreated in the Johnny Winter Firebird. The original utilized a Tune-O-Matic bridge; this Custom Shop reissue features an ABR-1 bridge with heavy stop-bar tailpiece.

SPECS

Model Johnny Winter Firebird V
Body Type Solid
Body Wood Mahogany
Finish Type Nitro Lacquer
Finish Color Tobacco Burst
Aging Johnny Winter Replica Aging
Binding Single-ply cream binding
Neck Wood Mahogany
Fingerboard Rosewood
Neck Carve Firebird Rounded
Scale Length 24.751
Frets 22
Width at Nut 1-11/16
Neck Finish Nitro
Inlays Pearloid trapezoid inlays
Bridge Pickup Mini-humbucker pickup
Neck Pickup Mini-humbucker pickup
Hardware Nickel
Bridge ABR-1 Bridge, heavy stop-bar tailpiece
Tuners Banjo Tuners
Controls 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector switch
Extras: Signed Backplate
Case Original Gibson Custom Shop Case, COA Included
Weight 8.1 lbs

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Kansas City Vintage Guitars

Kansas City Vintage Guitars

2008 (1963 reissue)
Gibson
Excellent
18 Years
Kansas City Vintage Guitars
Andrew V.
816-506-0860
Kansas City, MO
2:00 AM
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I accept PayPal, Credit Card, bank wire transfer, bank checks, money orders, personal checks (must wait to clear). 20% down payment holds an instrument for 30 days. Missouri Residents must pay 5.875% sales tax.

I usually ship via Fedex which runs $59-$89 per guitar including insurance within the lower 48 states. I ship worldwide via USPS Express, contact me for exact shipping price. Europe is usually around $150. Australia $215... I ship to almost every country in the WORLD!

48 hour inspection period, buyer pays shipping both ways and must be returned in the same condition as sent, no exceptions. 3% restocking fee to cover costs.