Gibson Firebird V 2010 6-String Electric Guitar, Mahogany Body, Mahogany & Walnut Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, Chrome Hardware.
The Gibson USA Firebird V 2010, with its classic "reverse-body" styling and reverse six-in-line "hawk's head" headstock, strikes a pose that remains as truly unique today as it was nearly five decades ago. It retains the visionary "through-body" neck design that increases sustain and resonance, while upgrading the instrument's power with a pair of ceramic-magnet mini-humbucking pickups that look identical to the originals.
With its nitrocellulose finish in three eye-catching colors—Vintage Sunburst, Ebony Black, or Classic White—and traditional appointments such as the pearloid trapezoid fingerboard inlays, beveled headstock with black central section, and Firebird pickguard motif, today's Firebird V 2010 is visually indistinguishable from its predecessor of the early '60s, but it roars like no 'Bird before it.
Considered just too far ahead of its time back in the day, the "reverse-body" Firebird was deleted for a somewhat more traditionally shaped "non-reverse" Firebird in 1965, and remains a rare bird indeed, but the Gibson USA Firebird V 2010 brings that radical look and sound back to the hands of hardworking guitarists everywhere.
The Firebird V 2010's body is distinguished by its unique construction of a central body core formed of its "through neck", joined to two body wings crafted from lightweight Grade-A mahogany. The guitar accurately mirrors the radical "reverse-bodied" Firebird introduced in 1963.
The guitar carries a pair of Firebird mini-humbucking pickups, model 495R and 495T, which are updated with ceramic magnets for added punch and clarity, to retain all the enhanced high-end character for which the original Firebird was designed, but with added muscle for 21st century players. They are routed through the traditional three-way toggle switch and independent volume and tone controls.
The hardware set on the Firebird V 2010 echoes that worn by Firebirds of the early '60s, and includes Gibson's hallowed Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, along with Steinberger gearless tuners with an amazing 40:1 turns ratio. All plated in chrome for a professional and durable finish.
Gibson Firebird V 2010 main features include:
- Classic White finish
- Solid Grade-A mahogany "wings"
- Through-neck: nine-piece mahogany and walnut construction
- Headstock angle: 14 degrees
- Neck: hybrid '50s/'60s shape
- Neck dimensions: approximately .800" thick at the 1st fret and .850" at the 12th.
- Traditional truss rod
- Gibson logo silkscreened in gold on headstock
- Acrylic trapezoid position markers
- 22 medium-jumbo frets
- Corian nut, width: approx 1 11/16"
- 12-inch fingerboard radius
- 2 Volume, 2 Tone Controls, 300k Linear Volume, 500k Non-linear Tone
- Coil Wiring Machine Wound
- Three-way Toggle with Cream plastic tip
- Output Jack 1/4" Stereo
- Bridge Type Tune-O-Matic, Chrome Plated
- Knobs Black Top Hats with Silver Metal Inserts
- Pickguard Red Bird Logo
- Control Plate Cover Firebird style, solid black
- Strap Buttons Aluminum
- Strings .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson strings
- Pickups: Neck Position 495R, Bridge Position 495T
- Magnet Material: Ceramic
Gibson Firebird V 2010 Electric Guitar, Classic White (code 83010)
6-String Electric Guitar, Mahogany Body, Mahogany & Walnut Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, Chrome Hardware, Classic White
£1,249.00 (inc vat)