frettedamericana | 1 decade ago
http://www.frettedamericana.com/gibson_firebird_vll_reverse_1964-d-1136-0.html
This early 1964 'reverse' Firebird Vll weighs just 9.00 lbs. and has a nice nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with a medium profile, and bound ebony fretboard with 22 thin flat frets and inlaid pearl block position markers. Headstock with gold-painted "Gibson" logo on black plastic truss-rod cover. Individual Gibson Banjo-style tuners with rearwards tulip-shaped metal buttons. Three patent-number mini-humbuckers, each with a small rectangular black labe lettered in gold "Patent No. / 2,737,842" on the underside. Three-layer (white/black/white) plastic pickguard with eight screws and a "Firebird" emblem painted on in red. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout, plus three-way selector switch on pickguard. The potentiometers are stamped "137 64 0X (last digit on all four pots obscured by the solder) which corresponds with CTS, January through March 1964. Gold plastic bell-shaped knobs with metal tops. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic 'retainer' bridge with metal saddles, Gibson Deluxe Vibrola tailpiece with walrus tooth handle on tubular arm. All parts gold-plated. There is an area of belt-buckle wear on the back of the body (approximately 1 1/2 inches x 1 1/2 inches). The lower tip of the pickguard has broken off at the screw-hole and the upper tip of the trussrod cover has suffered the same fate. There are a few small edge marks and some minor tarnishing to the gold hardware - taking all that into account this guitar is in excellent plus plus (8.75+) condition. Original Gibson black hardshell case with orange plush lining (8.75).
