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2016 GIBSON LIMITED EDITION FIREBIRD V LYRE TAIL IN VINTAGE SUNBURST FINISH

A truly faithful recreation of the 1965 classic.

The 2016 Limited Edition Firebird Lyre Tail Vibrola isn't just a guitar, it's a painstakingly researched re-boot of a classic. The only way to find a more authentic version is to build a time machine that takes you back more than 50 years ago to a store that has a new one in stock. But unless you were around in 1965 and bought one, you lost the chance to own this exquisite guitar...until now! 

 
 The 2016 Gibson Firebird V ‘Lyre Tail’ at a glance:

  • Mahogany Body & multi-piece Mahogany neck with slim, super-fast ‘60s Firebird profile
  • Rosewood Fingerboard
  • Aluminum Tune-O-Matic Bridge with Vibrola and Classic Lyre Tail Cover
  • Chrome Hardware and Tremelo with Lyre Tail Vibrola Tailpiece
  • Grover mini-tuners with 18:01 Ratio
  • High Output 495T and 495R Mini Humbucking Pickups
  • Original Gibson hardshell case

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USD 1,000,000

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description

This handmade-in-the-USA beauty has a mahogany body with no weight relief, coupled with a mahogany/walnut neck and your choice of a faded Pelham blue or vintage sunburst finish. The six inline Grover tuners are faithful to the original tuners, and the design has stood the test of time to look as fresh now as it did all those years ago. The most distinctive element is the Vibrola Lyre tail and cover. When it's time to whammy, the Vibrola gets the job done in a way no other vibrato tailpiece can duplicate. The feel, the subtly increasing resistance as you push, and the accurate return to pitch make it a joy to play. The Firebird Lyre Tail Vibrola 2016 Limited Proprietary has all the other features that remain true to the original: black top hat knobs with inserts, the original Firebird neck shape and reverse headstock, vintage strap buttons, and the stripped, no-frills look of no body binding.


Available for only a very limited time, this species of this awesome Firebird brings the past into the present with style. Play it, and you’ll discover what all the excitement was about back in 1965.


This guitar is professionally setup and protected in the original Gibson hardshell case.


Specifications

General

Condition

New

Number of Strings

6

Orientation

Right-handed

Country of Origin

U.S.A.

Year

2016 

Limited Edition

Yes

Weight

8-lbs 5.1-oz

body

Body Type

Offset, Solidbody

Body Shape

Reverse Firebird

Body Construction

Neck-thru-Body with affixed Upper & Lower Body Wings

Body Carve
Front: Flat / Rear: Waist Contour Carve
Body Material
2-pc Mahogany
Body Binding
Front: No / Back: No

Weight Relief

No

Materials Used

Franklin Titebond 50

Body Finish Type

High-gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Color

Front: Vintage Sunburst

Back & Neck: Vintage Sunburst


neck

Neck Material

9-ply Mahogany/Walnut

Truss Rod

2-way Adjustable

Truss Rod Cover

1-ply Black, Reverse Firebird Style with Gold Silkscreen Gibson Logo

Neck Profile

‘60s Firebird Slim Taper

Peghead Particulars

 Front: Non-terraced, all Black Color Scheme and no Markings


Back: Wood-stamped; ‘Made in U.S.A. 2017 Model’ & Serial Number

Fingerboard Material

Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius

12”

No. Frets / Type22 Medium Jumbo

Scale Length

24.75"

Nut Size / Material 

1.695" / Synthetic Bone

Neck Width

1.700” at 1st fret / 2.094" at 12th fret

Neck Depth

0.820” at 1st fret / 0.860" at 12th fret

Fingerboard Inlays

Pearloid Trapezoids

Neck Binding

Ivory

Side Dots

Black

Neck Joint

Neck-thru-Body, Franklin Titebond 50

hardware

Bridge

Chrome, Aluminum Tune-O-Matic

Tailpiece / Tremolo

Chrome, ’65 Vibrola, Tubular, White Tip and Engraved Lyre Tail Cover

Tuning Machines

Chrome, 6-in-line Mini-Grovers, 18:01 Ratio

Pickup Cover / Ring

Chrome, Rings direct-to-body (no angled seats)

Strap Buttons 

Polished Aluminum End Pins

Pickguard

3-ply W/B/W with Hot Stamped Red Firebird Emblem

Control Knobs

Black Top Hats with Silver Inserts and no Dial Pointers

Switch 

3-position, White Tip, No Plastic Washer

Back Plates

Black Plastic Harness Cover

electronics

Bridge Pickup

Gibson® 495T Mini-Humbucker, Dual-Ceramic Blade Magnets, 24.6k

Middle Pickup

No

Neck Pickup

Gibson® 495R Mini-Humbucker, Dual-Ceramic Blade Magnets, 15.7k

Active / Passive

Passive

Series / Parallel

Series

Controls

2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-way Pickup Selector Toggle Switch

Vol Potentiometer 

500k

Tone Potentiometer  

500k

Capacitors 

.033uF Values

Harness

Gibson Firebird Standard

Push-pull

No

Piezo

No

Active EQ

No

Kill switch

No

Output Jack

1/4" 2-Conductor Mono

miscellaneous

Case / Gigbag

Gibson® U.S.A. Original Firebird Hardshell Case w/lock

Strap Locks

No

Strings

Elixir® Polyweb .010, .012, .016, .026, .036, .046 − Gauges

Tools / Accessories

No

Manual / Other
No

C.O.A.

No

Weight

Is the actual weighed-value in US Standard Units


Disclosure



Certain technical specs may have been extracted from Gibson® website and/or internet archives. The words Gibson® / Switchcraft™ / Grover® and the associated designs are registered trademarks of Gibson® Brands, Inc. and the other named manufacturers, if any, respectively.

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