Gibson Elliot Easton “Tikibird” Th 2013 Made in USA

Super rare

Gibson Elliot Easton “Tikibird” Firebird is a stunning collaboration between Gibson and the famed lead guitarist of The Cars. This Firebird redux offers you a lot more than just a reverse-body design with a fancy Gold Mist Poly finish: incorporated into the blazing ‘57 Classic Humbuckers is coil-splitting and phase-reverse wiring for unbelievable sonic versatility. Plus, the addition of the Bigsby vibrato - steadied by the TonePros locking Tune-o-matic bridge - provides even more ways to play, all while keeping your axe in tune, thanks also to a set of Steinberger gearless tuners. There’s a ton to unpack with this guitar, but we’re not surprised - considering Easton’s track record!

- Firebird (Tikibird) V in Gold Poly Mist (one color only to start)

- Full Size Humbuckers-’57 Classics

- A Bigsby B3 Vibrato Tailpiece

- Nylon bridge saddles

- Domed thumbwheels on the tune-o-matic, so that the bridge rocks slightly when the Bigsby is used. This was done on vintage Gibsons that had Bigsby’s and I find that it really helps the guitar to stay in tune when you use the vibrato effect

- Trademark Tiki on the Pickguard, rather than the traditional Firebird hot stamp

- Steinberger Gearless Tuners-more efficient, lighter (no neck dive) more precise.

- Four small slider switches. These do essentially the same thing that the push-pull pots did on the last iteration of the Les Paul Standard. The Firebird is too thin to fit the push pull pots so we went with slider switches. From top to bottom they are:

* 1-coil tap for neck pickup

* 2-coil tap for bridge pickup

* 3-out of phase switch for when both pickups are engaged

* 4-blower switch that gives you the bridge pickup routed directly to the jack-no volume, tone switches, caps or any extra wiring, for maximum wailing!