Paying tribute to the rare transitional models from 1965

In early 1965, the original Firebird™ design transitioned through several different iterations. One of the significant transitions that occurred flipped the headstock to the “Non-Reverse” shape. Unlike the original Reverse Firebird headstock design, which featured a two-layered headstock with a holly veneer, the new headstock was flat, like the bill of a platypus. The Platypus-style Firebird featured six-in-line tuners rather than the banjo-style tuners that were used on previous Firebird models. The Firebird Platypus pays tribute to those rare transitional models. It features a mahogany body with a glued-in, set neck and the appearance of a traditional neck-through Reverse Firebird body. The mahogany neck has a fast-playing SlimTaper™ profile and a rosewood fretboard with a 12” radius, 22 medium jumbo frets, and acrylic trapezoid inlays and sports the Platypus-style headstock with a Graph Tech® nut and Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners. The Platypus-style headstock has been slightly modified to provide straight string pull for less friction and improved tuning stability. The other ends of the strings are routed over a Nashville Tune-O-Matic™ bridge for precise intonation and solidly anchored with an aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece for outstanding sustain. The Firebird is one of the most distinctive-looking guitar designs ever, and the Firebird Platypus takes this legendary guitar a step further with its unique appearance. Its tone is just as unique due to its two articulate, historically accurate Firebird mini humbucker™ pickups. They are equipped with Alnico 5 magnets and can deliver tones with a nearly bell-like chime when played clean and great rock and blues tones that easily cut through the mix when pushed. Individual volume and tone controls allow you to tailor the sound even further, and of course, the pickguard features the legendary hot-stamped Firebird graphic. A Gibson hardshell case is also included.

Body Specs

Binding: Single-ply, Fretboard

Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Body Material: Mahogany

Body Shape: Firebird

Neck Specs

End Of Board Width: 57.4mm / 2.26in

Fingerboard Material: Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in

Fret Count: 22

Frets: Medium Jumbo

Inlays: Acrylic Trapezoid

Joint: Glued In, Set Neck

Neck Material: Mahogany

Nut Material: Graph Tech

Nut Width: 43.05mm / 1.7in 

Profile: SlimTaper

Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in

Electronics Specs

Bridge Pickup: Firebird Mini Humbucker

Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone

Neck Pickup: Firebird Mini Humbucker

Output Jack: 1/4"

Pickup Selector: 3-way Toggle

Hardware Specs

Bridge: Nashville Tune-O-Matic

Control Knobs: Gold Top Hat with Silver Reflector

finish: Chrome

Pickguard: White 3-ply

Strap Buttons: 2

Switch Tip: White

Tailpiece: Stop Bar

Truss Rod: Adjustable

Tuning Machines: Grover Mini Rotomatic

Misc Specs

Accessories: Includes Gibson Accessory Kit

Case: Hardshell

Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046