Gibson Firebird V Electric Guitar
History
The Gibson Firebird was launched in 1963 as a descendant of the commercially unpopular Explorer. Once again it took a few years before this futuristic design found popularity. It was initially launched in four variants, with two similar bass models. All were mahogany bodied with a neck-through construction. Necks were initially mahogany, fingerboards Brazilian rosewood.
Classic Style Guitar
Gibson Firebird V with its “reverse” body style, this series of 1963 took conventional guitar design on 180 degree turn. Full-size humbucking pickups enhance the Firebird V’s unique place in the Firebird family
The Gibson Firebird V Electric guitar has classic offset body styling and neck-through-body design for increased sustain and solid attack.
The body is 9-ply mahogany/walnut with mahogany wings, bound rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid inlay, high-output mini humbuckers at the bridge and neck, 2 volume and 2 tone controls, a 3-way switch, and chrome hardware. Includes Gibson hardshell case.
The fingerboard is rosewood, with 22 frets, pearloid trapezoid inlays and binding. Other features include banjo-style in-line chrome tuners, and a Tune-o-matic bridge. Click here for more informations.
Colors
This Firebird V comes with four colors you can choose, vintage sunburst, classic white, cherry, and desert burst, and there will more coming stylish color. With faithfully reproduces the neck-through-body construction that made the originals legendary you can play this stylish guitar.
Features
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Classic offset body styling
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Neck-through-body design for increased sustain and attack
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9-ply mahogany/walnut body with mahogany wings
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Bound rosewood fingerboard with trapezoid inlay
- High-output mini humbuckers at the bridge and neck
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Specifications
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Body
Body Species: Mahogany
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Neck
Species: Mahogany
Profile: ’60s style slim taper
Peghead Pitch: 14 degrees
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Fingerboard
Species: Rosewood
Scale Length: 24 3/4 in.
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.695 in.
Inlays: Trapezoid
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Hardware
Plating Finish: Chrome
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Bridge: Tune-o-matic
Knobs: Black Top Hat with insert
Tuners: Mini Grovers
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Electronics
Pickups: Two High Output Ceramic Mini Humbuckers
Controls: Two volume, two tone, three-way switch
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Other
Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046
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Case
Case Interior: White Plush
Case Exterior: Black Reptile Pattern Hardshell
Case Silkscreen: Silver ‘Gibson USA’ logo
Price
This guitar has a quality product and sound same as the price. The price is start from $1,689. Check latest price here.
Gibson Firebird V Zebra Woods
This is the latest variant of classic Gibson Firebird V series. This guitar variant is expected to sport all of the traditional Firebird V features, including a unique neck-thru-body design utilizing a nine-ply neck of walnut & mahogany join with a pair of Zebra Wood “wings.”
It will include a rosewood fretboard with 22 frets, 1960 “slim taper” neck design with 24 3/4-inch scale length, antique trapezoid binding & inlays, tune-o-matic bridge, black “top hat” knobs, and Firebid tuning machines. For more informations click here.
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Gibson reverse Firebird V specs shows “Tuners: Mini Grovers”. Should be “Tuners: Inline Banjo type”. Original ‘63 models were by Kluson.
If anyone out there knows for certain the diamtert of the hole that receives the tuning peg, please pass that along to me. Thanks
DTL
I’m having a frustrating time trying to get a fit between a new set of firebird tuners and the peghead on a ‘64 reverse that i recently found (without tuners). Near as I can tell, the peghead hole is about 10mm (a Steinberger fits in there pretty close, although it’s not quite snug). Problem is, the bushings that came with my set of ‘new’ used firebird tuners are about 7/16″ - just a tad too big, and perhaps too big to jam in those holes. The tuner shaft itself is pretty close to 8mm. So I’m looking for a bushing with a 7/16″ OD and an 8mm ID??