Questions: Gibson Firebird Plan

by Mike Doolin

Originally published in American Lutherie #75, 2003

 

See also,
Questions: Gibson Firebird Plan by David Riggs

 

Marc Vermeiren from cyberspace asks:

I’m searching for a plan of a Gibson Firebird.

Mike Doolin of Portland, OR responds:

I’ve never heard of a published plan for a Firebird. It’s a Gibson solidbody that came out briefly in the ’60s and has occasionally been reproduced since then. It wasn’t terribly popular. The pickups were different than normal Gibsons, but I think Seymour Duncan makes a Firebird replacement pickup. I’d say your best bet would be to find a Firebird and trace the body shape. ◆