With its "reverse" body style, Gibson's Firebird series of 1963 took conventional guitar design on a 180-degree turn. Today's Firebird V faithfully reproduces the neck-through-body construction that made the originals legendary.

Body
Nine-ply Mahogany and Walnut neck-through body, Mahogany wings
Neck/Profile
Nine-ply Mahogany and Walnut/1960 Slim-taper
Fingerboard/Inlay
Rosewood/Trapezoid
Scale/Nut Width
24^3/4"/1^11/16"
Binding
Single-ply fingerboard
Bridge/Tailpiece
ABR/Stop bar
Hardware
Chrome
Pickups
Two high-output mini-humbuckers
Controls
Two volume, two tone, three-way switch
Strings
Brite Wires .009-.042

Finish
Vintage Sunburst