An Example From The Time Of Henry J.

[crunchee]

No affiliation.  I forgot all about this guitar.  Now I remember why I forgot:   

Firebird Zero '17 – Dave's Guitar Shop

Edited to add:  Now apparently SOLD.  Somebody liked it.  There's no accounting for taste, I guess.  

Edited January 20 by crunchee

[bruce919]

and it already sold... 

[Camstone]

Isn't that the guitar model that they drove over a whole bunch of them with an excavator?

[crunchee]

31 minutes ago, Camstone said:

Isn't that the guitar model that they drove over a whole bunch of them with an excavator?

Nope, that was the Firebird X:

 

[velorush]

1 hour ago, Camstone said:

Isn't that the guitar model that they drove over a whole bunch of them with an excavator?

That was exactly what I thought. I had no knowledge of the "Zero:"

It's a reverse, reverse Firebird? Wow... weren't we just discussing guitars that make you ask, "why?" in another thread?

[crunchee]

40 minutes ago, velorush said:

That was exactly what I thought. I had no knowledge of the "Zero:"

It's a reverse, reverse Firebird? Wow... weren't we just discussing guitars that make you ask, "why?" in another thread?

Maybe whoever designed it was drinking Bud Dry at the time:

 

[velorush]

It occurred to me it might have gone this way:

Gibson Employee #1: hey, have you seen the new Ibanez Fireman?

Gibson Employee #2: nope, what's that?

Gibson Employee #1: they took an Iceman, flipped it over, routed the back as the top and put a neck on it. Look!

Gibson Employee #2: wow, that's really cool, and what a clever name! Maybe we could do something like that.

Gibson Employee #1: Henry J would be stoked!

Gibson Employee #2: exactly!

Gibson Employee #1: what do we call it?

Gibson Employee #2: we need something as clever as the whole Iceman / Fireman bit.

Gibson Employee #1: absolutely.

Gibson Employee #2: I know: "Firebird ZERO!"

Gibson Employee #1: Brilliant! Henry J is going to be absolutely stoked!

 

At least that's what went on in my head while looking at it...

[murkat]

On 1/21/2025 at 12:21 PM, velorush said:

It occurred to me it might have gone this way:

Nope. Rough drawing with a laundry list was sent to engineering to make it happen from Henry’s note pad.

[hamerhead]

I'd trade the jack and selector switch around, you know, to make it even harder to reach the f***ing thing.

That guy's gone, right?