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Jonathan Horsley

“An authentic replica of the guitar designed by legendary automotive designer Ray Dietrich”: Meet the Epiphone and the Gibson Custom Shop’s latest collaboration, the 1963 Firebird I and V

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Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird I .

Cesar Gueikian is as good as his word. Only last week the Gibson Brands president and CEO promised us that we will see more collaborations between Epiphone and the Gibson Custom Shop and here we have them, the 1963 Firebird I and V.

These Firebirds were teased back in the fevered heat of January NAMM season, and follow hot on the heels of the tricked-out Les Paul signature guitars for Adam Jones and Kirk Hammett, and carry on with the theme of this Custom Shop collaboration. Epiphone might be making these electric guitars at their Chinese facility but they’ve got Gibson USA DNA all over them, with US electric guitar pickups the headline items in a spec list that is high-end in anyone’s language.

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