Gibson, Custom Johnny Winter Signature Firebird, 2009

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Specifications
Builder: 
Gibson
Model: 
Custom Johnny Winter Signature Firebird
Serial Number: 
006
Year: 
2009
Body: 
Mahogany
Neck: 
Mahogany/walnut
Fretboard: 
Rosewood
Pickups: 
Mini Humbucker
The Story Behind

 

About the Guitar:

There have been few guitarists able to interpret classic blues and blues rock with the mastery and expressiveness of legend Johnny Winter. Since the late 1960s, Winter has been cranking out some of the meanest and most spellbinding slide guitar ever recorded, and performing live, he can still blast searing, gut-wrenching blues without even breaking a sweat. For decades, Winter has relied on one guitar--a 1963 Gibson Firebird V. The Gibson Custom Shop Johnny Winter Signature Firebird V is a painstaking re-creation of this iconic electric guitar down to every last detail and feature. Nothing has been overlooked on the Gibson Firebird.

Features:

  • Body Wood: Solid mahogany wings
  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"
  • Neck Joint: Through-body
  • Neck Wood: 9-ply mahogany/walnut
  • Fretboard: Rosewood
  • Frets: 22
  • Neck profile: Firebird rounded
  • Banjo tuners
  • Nut Width: 1-11/16"
  • Fretboard Radius: 12"
  • Bridge: ABR-1 bridge, heavy stopbar tailpiece
  • Pickup Bridge: Mini Humbucker
  • Pickup Neck: Mini Humbucker
  • Controls: Volume / Volume / Tone / Tone
  • Hardware color: Nickel
  • Pickup selector: 3-way
  • Inlays: Pearloid trapezoid
  • Binding: Single-ply cream
  • Finish: Lacquer

Only 125 of these guitars were roduced for worldwide distribution, this example is #006/125 and was signed by Johnny Winter.

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