During its prototype stage, bearing the name "Futura", it was initially designed as a headless guitar with tuners located at the offset V-cut at the body, as well as a reduced headstock. The compact headless design was rejected in favor of traditional headstocks, and the prototype remained in the Gibson Vault until 2023. [1]
Productionedit
The production model featured a solid body with an offset V-cut at the tail, which led it to be colloquially known as the "can opener" guitar. If the guitar is turned sideways,[2] it supposedly looks as if it is the shape of a crow in flight. Corvus is the Latin word for crow. The guitar appeared in Gibson's 1982 American Series catalog as "an instrument with a look as daring as it sounds".[3]
The Corvus was poorly received, and remained in production for only two years. The guitar would later be considered somewhat of a "cult" guitar, appearing in the Guitar Hero video game series.[3]
The Corvus was sold in three model variations:
Corvus I - one Alnico V humbucker pick-up, volume, and tone knob.
Corvus II - two Alnico V humbuckers, volume, and tone knobs.
Corvus III - three single-coil pick-ups, a five-way switch, one volume, and one tone knob.
An upscale Corvus with a set rather than bolt-on neck was marketed under the name "Futura" (not to be confused with the Explorerprototype).
The Corvus was one of several new models designed to renew interest in Gibson guitars. It was discontinued after two years due to poor sales.[4]
^Gibson's stupid "Norlin era" electric guitars, Rich Menga.
^ abBurrows, Terry, ed. (2013). 1001 Guitars to Dream of Playing Before You Die. Cassell Illustrated. p. 560. ISBN978-1-84403-751-3.
^TheMoMI.org - The Museum of Musical Instruments - Article Archives
^"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)". IMDb.
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gibson, corvus, short, lived, series, solid, body, electric, guitars, produced, gibson, guitar, corporation, 1980s, corvus, model, manufacturergibsonperiod1982, 1984constructionbody, typesolidneck, jointbolt, onwoodsbodyalderneckmaplefretboardrosewoodhardwareb. The Gibson Corvus was a short lived series of solid body electric guitars produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in the mid 1980s Gibson CorvusA Corvus II model ManufacturerGibsonPeriod1982 1984ConstructionBody typeSolidNeck jointBolt onWoodsBodyAlderNeckMapleFretboardRosewoodHardwareBridgeFixedPickup s 1 or 2 Alnico V humbuckers or 3 single coilsColors availableSilver yellow orange others Contents 1 Prototype 2 Production 3 References 4 External linksPrototype editDuring its prototype stage bearing the name Futura it was initially designed as a headless guitar with tuners located at the offset V cut at the body as well as a reduced headstock The compact headless design was rejected in favor of traditional headstocks and the prototype remained in the Gibson Vault until 2023 1 Production editThe production model featured a solid body with an offset V cut at the tail which led it to be colloquially known as the can opener guitar If the guitar is turned sideways 2 it supposedly looks as if it is the shape of a crow in flight Corvus is the Latin word for crow The guitar appeared in Gibson s 1982 American Series catalog as an instrument with a look as daring as it sounds 3 The Corvus was poorly received and remained in production for only two years The guitar would later be considered somewhat of a cult guitar appearing in the Guitar Hero video game series 3 The Corvus was sold in three model variations Corvus I one Alnico V humbucker pick up volume and tone knob Corvus II two Alnico V humbuckers volume and tone knobs Corvus III three single coil pick ups a five way switch one volume and one tone knob An upscale Corvus with a set rather than bolt on neck was marketed under the name Futura not to be confused with the Explorer prototype The Corvus was one of several new models designed to renew interest in Gibson guitars It was discontinued after two years due to poor sales 4 The Corvus is featured in the video games Guitar Hero Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero III and in the bar band scene of the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai 5 References edit Welcome to the New Gibson Brands Gibson s stupid Norlin era electric guitars Rich Menga a b Burrows Terry ed 2013 1001 Guitars to Dream of Playing Before You Die Cassell Illustrated p 560 ISBN 978 1 84403 751 3 TheMoMI org The Museum of Musical Instruments Article Archives The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 IMDb External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gibson Corvus Corvus Guitars at Zuitar Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gibson Corvus amp oldid 1188030405, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
