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Gibson’s 1965 Firebird Platypus was the oddball model that marked a moment of transition for the guitar giant – now it’s been revived
Gibson was constantly tweaking the Firebird design during the 1960s, and the Platypus variant comes from the epicenter of ...
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Gibson's 1965 Firebird revival has has the most unusual name
The Platypus was the first radical step away from that aesthetic, marrying a reverse body with a non-reverse headstock for the first time, and the headstock was much flatter than its holly veneer ...
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Gibson resurrects a vintage unicorn with the return of the Firebird Platypus
Gibson's Jim DeCola describes it as a "best of" Firebird and it comes loaded with a pair of "historically accurate" Firebird ...
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Gibson resurrects a vintage unicorn with the return of the Firebird Platypus
“We feel the new Firebird Platypus has the ‘best of’ Firebird features, aesthetics, sound, and playability,” he told the Gibson Gazette. The Firebird Platypus is available now, priced £ ...