Crafted from Grade-A tonewoods, loaded with three of Gibson's amazing new Tapped P-90 pickups for both original fat P-90 tones and brighter, snappier "narrow single-coil" tones, and upgraded with stunning new five-way pickup switching, push-pull tap and phase switching, and a Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, this is arguably the fiercest Firebird ever created.
Mahogany has a long and storied history as a Gibson tonewood, and it forms the core of the Firebird Studio from Gibson USA. Not "split coil" switching as used on humbucking pickups, the switch on each of these single-coil Tap P-90 pickups accesses a genuine tap wired into the coil windings of each unit, grounding off part of its output to produce a brighter, more focused tone when the switch is pulled. Combine this with the push-pull switch on the master tone pot which puts the middle pickup out of phase when combined with either the bridge or neck unit, and five-way switching to access bridge/bridge+middle/middle/neck+middle/neck pickup selections (either tapped or full), the Firebird Studio offers an unprecedented tonal range.
Specifications
Body
Species Mahogany
Body Type Firebird Non-Reverse
Adhesive Franklin Titebond 50
Neck
Species Mahogany
Profile Ultra thin (.800-.850)
Truss Rod Traditional Adjustable
Joint Angle 3.25° (+/- 15 seconds)
Adhesive Franklin Titebond 50
Fingerboard
Species Baked Maple
Frets 22
Radius 12"
Inlays Acrylic Dot
Nut/E.O.B 1.695"/2.260"
Headstock
Type Firebird
Truss Rod Cover Black with Gold "Gibson" Logo
Pickups
Neck Position Coil Tapped P-90
(Alnico V)
Middle Position Coil Tapped P-90
(Alnico V)
Bridge Position Coil Tapped P-90
(Alnico V)
