whats this offset

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whats this offset

Post by fourmations » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:25 pm

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=--TwfsHgA6U

charlatans "wierdo" vid, best view at 3.17

what is the guitar?

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Re: whats this offset

Post by Stereordinary » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:37 pm

The Gibson non-reverse Firebird?
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Re: whats this offset

Post by JazzBlaster » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:09 pm

stereordinary wrote: The Gibson non-reverse Firebird?
I'd say
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Re: whats this offset

Post by Fall reverb » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:24 pm

Cool clip - I haven't heard that song in ages, so thanks for posting the link!
And oh yeah, the guitar in the clip is indeed a nonreverse Gibson Firebird, and more specifically it's a Firebird I, which was made in either 1965 or '66;
Here's one of these cool beasts -

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Post by 1946dodge » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:10 pm

The thing had more of a Jagmaster body shape though, rather than the nonreverse FIrebird I.
Are you sure?
The headstock wasnt Fender though, so maybe it was a Jagmaster with  a Firebird neck?
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Re: whats this offset

Post by StevenO » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:28 pm

No, it's definitely a non-reverse firebird. Perhaps, if anything, it's a copy.

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Re: whats this offset

Post by cmatthes » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:01 pm

It's a legit later mid-60s Firebird.  No doubts here - not a copy.

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Post by StevenO » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:04 pm

Yeah, didn't think it was a copy. My last post was in response to 1946dodge.

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Post by Orang Goreng » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:51 pm

1946dodge wrote: The thing had more of a Jagmaster body shape though, rather than the nonreverse FIrebird I.
Are you sure?
The headstock wasnt Fender though, so maybe it was a Jagmaster with  a Firebird neck?
Nope, in this picture it's pretty clear:
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I don't think Jagmasters existed back then.

I used to have a (somewhat modified) '66 Firebird. Never got along with the thing, which was a shame because it sounded great. I found the neck to be unplayable though:

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Re: whats this offset

Post by 1946dodge » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:09 am

Orang Coreng - How did you get that  vidieo capture?
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Re: whats this offset

Post by Orang Goreng » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:01 am

I just hit the "print screen" button (on PC) and pasted the result in an image editor (normally I'd use photoshop, but I'm at work now and all we have here is the Microsoft Photo Editor that I think comes with Windows). Crop to the right size, save as jpg, and done!
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Re: whats this offset

Post by JazzBlaster » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:04 am

We do that at work and then change it to someones desktop and hide thier icons.  8)

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