This simply stunning example of the top-line Firebird VII is finished in a superbly preserved Polaris White lacquer, one of the custom colors advertised for the Firebird line but in practice seldom ordered. They were available through the late 1960s in dwindling quantities, but never really considered a sales success. ![]() As the bodies were made with the opposite offset pattern in a more conventional layout they were dubbed "non-reverse" in the 1970's, which has confused novices ever since! These second-try Firebird models were lower-priced, easier-to-build instruments than the earlier "reverse" body Firebird series guitars. This model was the top of the line of second series of Firebirds that replaced the earlier "reverse" body guitars starting in summer 1965, made in only VERY limited quantities. This supremely striking solidbody is an almost unbelievably clean example of THE rarest variant of Gibson's 1960s Firebird family.a Custom-Color "non-reverse" Firebird VII. Gibson Firebird VII Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1965), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 501512, Polaris White lacquer finish, mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, original black tolex hard shell case.
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