Guitarists who had an opportunity to play Gibson samples liked the Byrdland's short scale neck (23+1⁄2 in [60 cm]), which facilitated intricate single-note patterns and unusual stretched chord voicings.

Gibson developed the ES-350T from the Byrdland using less-costly hardware and detailing, and offered it as a less expensive model.

[2] While that model was also designed with jazz guitarists in mind, it became synonymous with Rock 'n Roll star Chuck Berry through the late 1950s.

[3] British guitar player John McLaughlin used a sunburst Byrdland with a scalloped fretboard.

Other famous Byrdland players are Anthony Wilson, Louie Shelton, David T. Walker and James Blood Ulmer.