We just carry them.

Brian Jones. haircut not included

Look, here’s a real live one now! What a beauty.

So what’s the deal with these backwards axes?

As Gibson’s popularity began losing out to Fender in the late 50′s and early 60′s, they decided to take an innovative approach (perhaps more tasteful than their prior attempts with the flying v). So they hired a car designer, Mr. Ray Dietrich, to create a new style of guitar body. It looked weird enough that people referred to the style as “reverse”, with its longer right horn and crazy banjo-style tuners. Just to confuse you, Gibson then re-issued the Firebird Non-Reverse from 1965-69, with a double cutaway body. Then they realized this was a dumb idea and went back to the original plan of ass-backwardsness.

Notably, it was also the first solid Gibson with neck-through construction. This design feature contributes to a glorious sustain, unfettered by pesky neck joints.

What does this all mean for you? Just sweet, sweet jams.

Eric Clapton doin' it in reverse