Doesn't strictly belong here ...

[uwe]

... but it's a nice commemoration for Ray Dietrich's lasting vision and we'll all just replace "Thunder-" for "Fire...", ok?

http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Gibson-Firebird-The-Birth-of-a-Tone-Machine.aspx

My son loves his rank and file Firebird over his Custom Shop LP and the Floyd Rose Explorer grinding machine. He also plays nicest (and funkiest) with it.

[Denis]

That Firebird X is fugly! But I know it's not the guitar's own fault...

[uwe]

I have to say, it grows on me ... that fin is garish (but created by the Nashville flood, so it's a nice inside joke), the maple board not really within the family, but I can't say that anything the guy plays with it sounds bad (not that he plays a lot with it!). I'd give a bass like that a try, probably nice for doodling things at home, writing songs, getting inspiration. Toys can sometimes do that for you.

[Psycho Bass Guy]

The Firebird X looks WAY more like a PRS with a broken and improperly healed hip than an actual member of the 'Bird family. Headstocks matter.

[uwe]

The headstock is unfortunate, true, and probably an evil nod of Henry J. to PRS indeed!