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Gibson’s 1965 Firebird Platypus was the oddball model that marked a moment of transition for the guitar giant – now it’s been revived
Gibson was constantly tweaking the Firebird design during the 1960s, and the Platypus variant comes from the epicenter of that trial-and-error period ...
Gibson's 1965 Firebird revival has has the most unusual name
The guitar was an important transitional build as it tampered with the model designed to rival the Stratocaster ...
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Gibson resurrects a vintage unicorn with the return of the Firebird Platypus
Enthusiasts of vintage electric guitars might well lay an egg at this news, because Gibson has brought the Platypus Firebird back from extinction, with the transitional 1965 ‘bird resplendent ...