ibis Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Hi, here is my Firebird III: Just a quick question for Admin about CS FBIII's! I gather that the pickups are vintage spec Alnico Firebired dual-blade humbuckers as opposed to the ceramic high output ones on the USA FB V and VII's. Do you have any spec on the pickups regarding DC resistance rating? Its a lovely guitar, with a great neck that's much chunkier than the 60's profile necks on the USA models. The woods and workmanship are stunning. For live work I've replaced the lightning bridge with with the TonePros AVT-II which makes the trem and tuning pretty perfect. The TP locking posts are great and stop the bridge from wobbling and leaning. Its a fully reversible mod. Another quick question for Admin: The guitar nose dives unless I put wear the strap over the tail, Allen Collins fashion. I see a lot of people, including AC himself, put an extra strap button on the neck heel. This mod is obviously not reversible. Question is, has the Custom Shop ever released Historic Firebirds with 3 strap buttons? If so, I might be tempted to add one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 The guitar nose dives unless I put wear the strap over the tail' date=' Allen Collins fashion. I see a lot of people, including AC himself, put an extra strap button on the neck heel. [/quote'] I used to have an original Firebird III, it had the third strap button you ask about. I pretty sure they came that way from the factory back in the day. Although it does balance the guitar a little better, it still nose dived, just not as fast. But it was this neck heel button that I always used, it did make some improvement in the way it hung. Here's a pic of my 1964 (born on date, not reissue of) Firebird III. From your pic it looks like Gibson did a fine recreation. You'll notice mine had the flat-bar tremolo arm (some III's back then had the flat, some had the round), and I also changed the bridge out, to a Leo Quan Badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibis Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 Used to have? I hope you didn't reverse over it like Allen Collins did! That's a beautiful guitar, looks almost new! Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Hi' date=' here is my Firebird III:[img']http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg186/ibisguitar/Image006.jpg[/img] Just a quick question for Admin about CS FBIII's! I gather that the pickups are vintage spec Alnico Firebired dual-blade humbuckers as opposed to the ceramic high output ones on the USA FB V and VII's. Do you have any spec on the pickups regarding DC resistance rating? Its a lovely guitar, with a great neck that's much chunkier than the 60's profile necks on the USA models. The woods and workmanship are stunning. For live work I've replaced the lightning bridge with with the TonePros AVT-II which makes the trem and tuning pretty perfect. The TP locking posts are great and stop the bridge from wobbling and leaning. Its a fully reversible mod. Another quick question for Admin: The guitar nose dives unless I put wear the strap over the tail, Allen Collins fashion. I see a lot of people, including AC himself, put an extra strap button on the neck heel. This mod is obviously not reversible. Question is, has the Custom Shop ever released Historic Firebirds with 3 strap buttons? If so, I might be tempted to add one. *LOVE THAT GUITAR* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibis Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Mr Admin: Any ideas on the pickup outputs and whether Firebirds have been made with 3 strap buttons? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Admin Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 i believe we do put 3 strap buttons on the historic firebirds... not sure about the pickup output, they're just standard gibson mini-humbuckers, though. http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20Gear/Pickups/Mini%2DHumbucker/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibis Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 i believe we do put 3 strap buttons on the historic firebirds... not sure about the pickup output' date=' they're just standard gibson mini-humbuckers, though. http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20Gear/Pickups/Mini%2DHumbucker/ [/quote'] My understanding of Firebird pups is that they are constructed differently to regular mini-hums and look and sound different too. Those on my FBIII are much lower output than USA FB ceramic pups, I'd guess a little less than a regular HB, in region of 6.5k. Anyway of checking your info on these? On a another note, my FBIII is a 2007 CS creation. Any idea how many you made in total last year? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Admin Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 My understanding of Firebird pups is that they are constructed differently to regular mini-hums and look and sound different too. Those on my FBIII are much lower output than USA FB ceramic pups' date=' I'd guess a little less than a regular HB, in region of 6.5k. Anyway of checking your info on these? On a another note, my FBIII is a 2007 CS creation. Any idea how many you made in total last year? Cheers.[/quote'] not many...somewhere in the 10-20 range... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hey man very nice piece of wood! I've tried one like yours just yesterday, a true masterpiece! I take back this topic for some informations about this Firebird III, because on the web there's a deep lack of knowledge about these models. Anyone know if on the reissue models of the Firebird III there are un-bound (one piece) or bound rosewood fingerboards? What about the question of Alnico mini-humbucker? Also the official Gibson Custom site reports that this model (III) has got Alnico magnet instead of ceramics on model V & VII. Anyone had verified this thing? Is the Firebird III still in production today or is only available with Custom Orders? Hope to have some feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 The guitar nose dives unless I put wear the strap over the tail' date=' Allen Collins fashion. I see a lot of people, including AC himself, put an extra strap button on the neck heel. [/quote'] I used to have an original Firebird III, it had the third strap button you ask about. I pretty sure they came that way from the factory back in the day. Although it does balance the guitar a little better, it still nose dived, just not as fast. But it was this neck heel button that I always used, it did make some improvement in the way it hung. Here's a pic of my 1964 (born on date, not reissue of) Firebird III. From your pic it looks like Gibson did a fine recreation. You'll notice mine had the flat-bar tremolo arm (some III's back then had the flat, some had the round), and I also changed the bridge out, to a Leo Quan Badass. Lawd guitar candy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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