what the hell is this???

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:10 pm

i kinda love it

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-2017-firebird-zero-electric-guitar

George · Post by **George** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:17 pm

i dunno, looks like a bad photoshop lol

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon Sep 19, 2016 5:19 pm

Looks like a Gibson branded Epiphone, not a Gibson.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:28 am

Â£406 price seems like a steal over here.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:31 am

I'd consider it if they had a version for lefties.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:24 am

Fakir Mustache wrote:I'd consider it if they had a version for lefties.

Flip it and string it reverse, would look like a lefty standard Firebird. Might need lower profile knobs I guess. Gee it looks cheap though.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:49 am

I play right handed, that was the point.

The knobs don't actually get in the way there, I have a Firebird.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:49 am

jcyphe wrote:Looks like a Gibson branded Epiphone, not a Gibson.

Poplar body..... It's a cool idea but calling it even an Epiphone is insulting. Gibson are supposed to be mahogany in my opinion.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:39 pm

I like poplar as a tonewood. I don't really care about that. Gibson has made nice guitars out of mahogany, limba(korina), chambered bodies with solid maple caps, maple plywood...

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:15 pm

It's a blie upside-down firebird

Chorlton · Post by **Chorlton** » Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:00 pm

It's wrong, end of

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:35 am

I dunno, kinda looks like the staff was playing Twister with a list of guitar options.

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ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu Oct 13, 2016 1:59 pm

But in all seriousness, that upper bout is way too much of an under achiever and didn't take his vitamins as a youth. Even if the upper bout was non-reverse Firebirdy in shape it seems like it would have balanced out better than the final product.

Unless of course one is a lefty (a la the righty version), though by that time we've bigger issues to address...

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 12:55 pm

I literally laughed out loud when the photo popped up. Love it.

Protagonist · Post by **Protagonist** » Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:08 pm

Yeah... I don't get it, haha.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 5:17 pm

fixed