Gibson Firebird VII Electric Guitar (with Case)

Neck-thru-body. 6-in-a-line banjo style machine heads.

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 9 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

"Not just another Guitar but a SOUND investment..."

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 9 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

User: a customer from blueyonder.co.uk

Submitted: 12/19/2004

Style of Music: Blues guitar

Musical Experience: Active musician

Location: UK

Feature:
I got a Gibson centenary edition case, a Gibson diamond inlay ring, a framed photo of this guitar, a gibson strap with leather cleaning fluid, and also a certificate of authenticity because this guitar is a limited edition and only 101 were made also got a spare set of strings. Not much of any use really.

Quality:
The quality of finish on this guitar is astounding cannot fault anything other than say that after playing this guitar for a short while you do have to have a duster/rag at hand to polish the back of the neck because it begins to feel sticky and matt like on the surface. but the body is absolutely beautiful. I have the gold plated hardware which does look nice to start with but the volume and tone controls do look slightly tarnished even with regular polishing and cleaning.

Value:
It is value for money although i paid extra for the centenary edition and with all the gold hardware and diamond inlays cost me

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"Da Bird!"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 8 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from rockyville.com

Submitted: 2/4/2003

Style of Music: Classic Rock, Rock, etc...

Location: Maryland, USA

I used to own an origanal '63 Gibson Firebird I, with the single pick-up in the bridge posistion. That was the most magical guitar I have ever owned, and that includes all the Les Pauls, Strats, and other fine guitars I have owned! The shape takes a little getting use to, but then, it's magic!

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"This guitar officially rocks."

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10

Submitted: 11/18/2002

Style of Music: rock, blues

Location: midwest

I just got it today after waiting four months, and it was well worth the wait. The craftsmanship is superb and the sound is certainly Gibson. The mini-humbuckers have a good range and can growl as good as anything I've played. I did have to raise the action a little to get rid of some ringing on the B string, but it's still pretty low and fast. It's simply the best guitar that I've played.

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Gibson Firebird VII Customer Review

Overall:: 1 out of 10

Submitted: 3/24/2006

Style of Music: Jazz,shred,blues,classical

Musical Experience: Active mussician, guitarist in a jazz band

Quality:
Terrible, pickups sound like that of a squire, and its tremelo bar is bad and puts the guitar out of tune

Value:
500 dollars

Sound:
This guitar is terrible, it is cheaply made and overpriced. The pickups sound very poor. Also it frequently goes out of tune. A bad choice.

Ease of Use:
The playing is difficult, tremelo picking, hammerons, tapping, and other guitar techniques sound terrible through this guitar

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