The Epiphone Firebird is a Gibson-authorized copy of the classic Gibson Firebird. This version features a mahogany body and a mahogany neck. Gibson had made forays into radical body shapes (such as the Flying V and the Explorer) but they failed. The president of Gibson hired car designer Ray Dietrich to design a guitar that would have popular appeal. Under Dietrich, the Firebird took on the lines of mid-50s car tailfins. Dietrich took the Explorer design and rounded the edges. The most unusual aspect is that the guitar is "backward" in that the right-hand (treble) horn of the body is longer than the other. Thus, the original Firebirds were unofficially referred to as "reverse".Brad has played his Epiphone 1963 Firebird-VII quite a lot at North Point Community Church, but he also played it when he was still with Third Day.
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