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Steve Winwood's Green Firebird

sinner

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I guess I'm on a Firebird kick since getting my 1990 Firebird V and ran across this info on Steve Winwood's non-reverse Firebird:

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related story:

New York City, NY (March 6, 2008) -- Steve Winwood held a listening party for his most recent release, Nine Lives, on Tuesday, March 4. To celebrate, Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz presented Winwood with an exclusively designed Gibson Firebird guitar. The guitar is a replica of Winwood's favorite Firebird from the 1960s, which was stolen while on tour at that time.

Nine Lives (Columbia Records) is being released on April 29, and is Winwood's first release since 2003's About Time. The 9-track album features former Blind Faith bandmate, Eric Clapton, who plays guitar on the track "Dirty City." The two performed three live concerts in New York City during February. Winwood is opening for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers this summer.

Here's the original guitar being played live in Santa Monica, 1972:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_nwbTeIN4Y
 

mt1782

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Nice looking guitar, and that is a great version of that song :lol
 

AtomEve

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Those non reverse FBs are real sleepers AFAIC. I have a 65 FBI with 2 P-90s that blows me away every time I plug it in..... :applaude
 

andreja marovic

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Those non reverse FBs are real sleepers AFAIC. I have a 65 FBI with 2 P-90s that blows me away every time I plug it in..... :applaude

Agree with you.I love mine also.But those here are V and Vll with humbuckers like in the reverse Firebirds.We don't see them much...custom colors are like on all Firebirds super rare.:2zone
 
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