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 
Finish             : Vintage Sunburst