I had nothing to do with it!
The Non Revs were a reaction to Fender's lawsuit threat (it was never heard in court), not the reason Leo and his litigators took issue with the Rev design (offset waistline etc). At that point Ted McCarthy was already disappointed with the performance of the original T- and Firebird line, aimed at the Stratocaster and Jazz Bass market, it had nothing of the anticipated sales (it was marketed as the adult guitar and bass line for mature jazz players), yet was more costly to make due to the neck thru construction which ironically Gibson did not mark as something special. So Ted M. Wanted a change anyway and the Fender threat was only an incentive to finally do something. Had the original T- and Firebirds been good sellersn, Gibson would have put up a fight as it did not believe that the arguments from "these Californian upstarts" had any merit.
