Gibson launches new Jimi inspired Firebird
NASHVILLE, TN – Gibson unveils two new models in their True Historic Series. Gibson’s Custom Shop has been crafting very limited edition recreations of some of their iconic artist related models - such as Pete Townsend’s numbered LP deluxe and Peter Frampton’s black LP Custom - for some years in their True Historic Series. Two new models are set to be launched in mid-2017. The first is the Jimi Hendrix ‘Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire(bird)’. From Gibson’s website: “Everyone knows that Jimi owned a Gibson Flying V and played it once for around 10 minutes. Fortunately, someone took a photograph of that beautiful moment and we have been flogging that for the last 20 or so years. What is less known is that one Saturday afternoon in Manny’s Music during the summer of 1968, Jimi walked past a Gibson Firebird as he headed to the counter to buy some guitar strings. Gibson’s esteemed custom shop has recreated that very guitar, complete with age appropriate wear, in a