Gibson Firebird Studio T 2017 – Pelham Blue

Original owner, near mint!

Only thing keeping from mint are some hairline marks on the pickguard from use after only recently removing the protective cover. There may be a few signs of light play elsewhere. Truly excellent condition. Very little play, still has the fresh vanilla nitro smell! Comes in original heavily padded soft case.

Buyers turned up their noses at these on release as they used humbuckers and a non-reverse headstock. For my part, the headstock gives the right tension to the right strings in a way that felt really nice and the humbuckers sounded absolutely stellar. The sound is extremely reminiscent of an SG with 498/496’s but its more hi-fi and clear due to the ceramic magnets and can handle more gain too. It cleans up beautifully and performs wonderfully for all genres I tried, both clean and dirty – it sounds uniquely Gibson. I actually had a set of Pioneer The Popes in here and went back to the originals (fixing the microphonic pickup selector wire in the process – was an issue with a lot of these I’m willing to bet due to its length).

I don’t really want to sell it but I’ve finally come to a point of needing the money enough to list it. Its an absolute joy to play and records incredibly well. Has all original materials, notes, bench-pics from Gibson, etc. including the fretboard cover.

Specs from the web:

Body:

Mahogany

Pieces: 2

Grade: A

Neck:

Mahogany

Pieces: 1

Truss Rod: Firebird

Profile: Slim Taper

Fret 1 thickness: .8″

Fret 12 thickness: .875″

Headstock angle: 14 degrees

Nut: Tektoid

Width: 1.695 (filed for 9’s)

Fingerboard: Rosewood, 1 piece, dark

Radius: 12″

22 Frets

24 3/4 Scale

Mini Grover Kidney tuners 14:1 chrome

Electronics:

Rhythm – 496R (winds 5250/5250) – 8.42Ohms

Lead – 496T (winds 5250/7500) – 11.965Ohms

Ceramic magnet, chrome covers

500K non-linear pots for volume and tone

Hardware:

Aluminum tune-o-matic bridge – chrome plated

Aluminum tailpiece – chrome plated

Aluminum strap buttons

Gold plated contact output jack

Black Tophat knobs with silver insert