Gibson Elliot Easton "Tikibird" Firebird Electric Guitar

Gibson






Bold body design with an exlusive finish and Easton-requested appointments and electronics.




During the 70s and 80s, Elliot Easton's guitar
solos were a staple of the airwaves on classic rock hits by the Cars.
From early Cars singles like “Just What I Needed” and “My Best Friend’s
Girl,” to 1981’s “Shake It Up", Elliot’s offbeat and fenzied riffs where
the engine that drove the bands more energetic side and his influence
can be found on plenty of bands from the 80s to today. A longtime fan of
Gibson electrics, Elliot has been associated with a Signature SG model,
but now the legendary guitarist and Gibson USA have teamed up to create
the Elliot Easton “Tikibird” Firebird which blends some classic
features with plenty of player-approved advances.

This stunner
featues a new, exclusive Gold Mist Poly finish in high-gloss
nitrocellulose lacquer over the now legendary “reverse body” Firebird
design of the 1963-’65 era. Adding to its aesthetically pleasing appeal
is a hot-stamped Tiki graphic on a traditional multi-ply white plastic
pickguard. It’s powered by a pair of Gibson’s most popular humbucking
pickups, '57 Classics, with versatile coil-splitting and phase-reverse
wiring for a variety of sonic capabilites. The Elliot Easton "Tikibird"
Firebird's Bigsby vibrato tailpiece with Vibramate™ Spoiler® for easy
string loading lets you create emotive dips and tremulous wobbles. Its
TonePros locking tune-o-matic bridge with nylon saddles ensures your
guitar will get back on pitch quickly when you're dabbling with vibrato.
Finally, a set of Steinberger gearless tuners provide incredible tuning
efficiency.

Body and neck
The Elliot Easton
“Tikibird” Firebird is made in the image of the original “reverse body”
Firebirds of 1963-’65, with lines that appeared to be the reverse image
of other solidbody styles on the market. It features a through-neck
solid multi-piece mahogany design with glued-on mahogany body wings. The
neck is carved to Elliot’s preferred slim, fast Firebird profile,
measuring just 0.8” at the 1st fret and 0.85” at the 12th. It is topped
with a Grade-A rosewood fingerboard with traditional trapezoid inlays
and 22 medium-jumbo frets.

Pickups and electronics
To
fatten up the traditional Firebird tone, Easton's “Tikibird” Firebird
has a duo of Gibson’s popular ’57 Classic humbucking pickups, beloved
for their blend of depth and clariity. A custom network of four slider
switches mounted in the pickguard give you veratility, accessing
individual coil splitting for both pickups, phase-reverse when used
together, and Gibson’s Pure True Bypass switching. The latter routes the
bridge pickup directly to the output jack when engaged, for a quick
preset lead tone with no loading. The coil-split switching offers
something new, too: wired in Gibson’s “Frequency-Tuned Coil Tap” mode,
the two pickups are still reverse-wound/reverse-polarity in the center
position when tapped, for hum-canceling single-coil tones, and their
individual tapped tones are still hum reducing, and more accurate to
boot. The remaining controls include the traditional four-knob
complement with three-way toggle switch.

Hardware
Per
Easton's request, a genuine Bigsby vibrato is modified with a Vibramate
Spoiler string loader to save you from the hassle of restringing this
beloved whammy bar. Its TonePros tune-o-matic locks down tight for
enhanced resonance and sustain, with nylon saddles to avoid string
hitches during Bigsby use. Super-efficient Steinberger gearless tuners
give you the smoothest tune-up without spoiling the radical lines of its
headstock. The traditional Firebird truss rod cover has a gold Gibson
logo hot-stamped on it, while the custom multi-ply white plastic
pickguard features a hot-stamped Tiki graphic.



Features

Solid mahogany body with Gold Mist Poly finish
Multi-piece mahogany neck with slim, super-fast Firebird profile
Pair of '57 Classic humbucking pickups in the neck and bridge positions
TonePros tune-o-matic bridge and Bigsby vibrato with a Vibramate Spoiler string loader
Steinberger gearless tuners with 40:1 tuning ratio
Elliot Easton signature on back of headstock

Includes

:
Gibson USA hardshell case
Truss rod adjustment tool
Owner’s manual and adjustment literature
Gibson’s Limited Lifetime Warranty




This guitar may be just what you needed. Order today for classic Cars muscle.








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