Made in collaboration with Gibson Custom, now with a rosewood fretboard and a new Vintage Gloss finish

Epiphone and Gibson Custom have teamed up once again to create the updated Inspired by Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V Reissue with Maestro Vibrola – an authentic replica of the guitar designed by legendary automotive designer Ray Dietrich. When it was launched in 1963, the Firebird was Gibson’s first neck-through-body guitar, and it went on to be used by players in a wide range of genres, including blues legend Johnny Winter, Keith Richards and Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music, to name a few.

The updated Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V with Maestro Vibrola delivers vintage Firebird specifications at an accessible price. The vintage-inspired features include a 9-ply neck-through-body made of mahogany and walnut with mahogany body wings to either side of the neck. This construction method results in the tuners, pickup, and bridge all being anchored into the same pieces of wood for exceptional resonance, sustain, and tonal transfer between them. The neck features a SlimTaper Rounded C profile with soft fretboard edges for a comfortable, played-in feel. The rosewood fretboard is adorned with mother-of-pearl trapezoid inlays and equipped with 22 medium jumbo frets. Even the side dot position markers are the same size as on vintage Firebirds and placed in historically accurate locations. Kluson planetary geared “banjo” tuners anchor the strings at the headstock and further add to the historic Firebird look, while an Epiphone ABR-1 bridge and Maestro Vibrola with an engraved Epiphone logo hold things down at the other end. The electronics are also premium and include Gibson USA Firebird mini humbucker pickups with Alnico 5 magnets, CTS potentiometers, Mallory capacitors, and a Switchcraft 3-way pickup selector toggle switch and 1/4” output jack, giving this remarkable recreation not only the look but also the sound of a classic Firebird V. An Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom hardshell case is also included.

• Brand Name: Epiphone
• Model Name: Inspired by Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V with Maestro Vibrola
• Finish Color: Polaris White
• Finish Type: Vintage Gloss
• Weight: 9.29 lbs.
• Body Wood: 9-ply Mahogany and Walnut (Neck-through-body) with Mahogany Wings
• Neck Dimensions: .850 1st - 1.000 12th
• Neck Wood: 9-ply Mahogany/Walnut
• Neck Shape: 1963 Firebird Profile
• Fingerboard Wood: Indian Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Fingerboard Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Trapezoids
• Frets: 22 Medium-Jumbo
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Width at Nut: 1.69"
• Pickups: 2 Gibson USA Firebird Mini Humbucker with Alnico 5 Magnets
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone; Hand-wired with CTS Potentiometers and Mallory Capacitors
• Tailpiece: Maestro Vibrola
• Hardware: Nickel
• Tuners: Kluson "Banjo-Style" Planetary
• Bridge: Epiphone ABR-1
• Pickguard: 3-Ply White with Firebird Logo Hotstamp in Red
• Case: Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom Black Hardshell