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Rating And Reviews: Gibson Firebird Studio NR

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"A beautiful guitar that has it's quirks." submitted September 23, 2012

By Jonny Heckman in Hummelstown, PA
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Musical Background: Playing electric bass and electric guitar in various bands since '94
Music Style: Punk rock & roll
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Overall: I'll be honest, I really bought this guitar because I fell in love with the body style and matched with the Pelham blue color. I'll never get tired of admiring the shape, one of the best designs of all time, in my opinion. Okay, let's get in to the sounds, or which there are many, possibly too many. A quick word about the pickups, I've read they are p100s and I've read they are split coil p90s. Well they can't be both but I know they aren't p90s because this sounds tame compared to a double-cut LP Jr. I had owned, which was fitted with a Gibson p90 pickup. That LP Jr had balls and a major bite that this guitar just lacks. If I throw this into the bridge pickup with the tone all the way up it can get close but there's something in it's personality that is missing. The push/pull options are pretty useless to me. It takes everything I love about the p90 sounds and craps all over it, giving the guitar a sound that is thinner than Kate Moss, makes a Tele sound like a Les Paul. I may be tarred for this but I've already got p90 pickups on order, I'm going to change the 5-way toggle to a 3-way switch, ditch the push/pull nonsense and streamline the Firebird into a rock & roll machine. The finish is fantastic, except for the symbol on the pickguard, a couple red splotches here and there but it's just a pickguard so I don't care. Much better job by Gibson on this guitar than on my LP Jr., which looked like it had a disease in some places because the yellow was so thin. The truss covers on these guitars is pretty ridiculous, essentially it's like a piece of cellophane. The tuners seem okay but tuning slips more than I'd like but I'm confident I can work that out without dropping more money on higher end tuning machines. I'll say it holds tune better than past Gibson guitars I've owned. All in all everything seems very high quality and all changes will be made because I want my stripped down rock & roll player, not because I feel hardware or electronics will break down. 2 p90s, 3-way toggle, 2 vol / 2 tone speed knobs and this will be a dream to play. Case is tough and huge, like the old Fender cases. No combo lock, you'll have to throw a little pad lock on there if you worry about your shady friends.
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"Blue bird" submitted October 10, 2012

By Tommy M in Issaquah, WA
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Musical Background: hobby/church/gigging/pro
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Overall: The fretboard is actually that "baked maple" stuff Gibson seems to be using a lot of, I'm sure it's cheaper, and the pickups are Tapped P90s, as per the gibson website...The finish on the my blue firebird is awesome; way better in person than any pic I saw. Massive sustain, and so damn many tonal options, really close to having too much, if that's a thing. I pushed my bridge pickup away from the strings cuz it was so hot, and as stock, I personally use the neck pickup and just push/pull for most of my tonal changes within the guitar. Love the neck, love the headstock, love how massive it is compared with my strat. Not many people play a firebird, and i get a lot of comments on how sweet it looks. That's cuz it *is* sweet!
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Gibson Firebird Studio NR Customer Review submitted October 6, 2011

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Music Style: R & B, Blues and Rock
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Sound: Nothing you could do to make it any better. this guitar is the BOMB !!! the different sound combinations are endless. What a great guitar. Feature: The mohagany makes this guitar and the tapped p-90's are superb along with the Grover tuners :) ! Ease of Use: Your imagination is the only limit. Quality: Made by Gibson. What else can I say ?
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