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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:25 am
by luau
Inspired by Gibson Custom
I'm Firebird I curious, but I can't get along with SGs and would probably have a tougher time with these. Still though...
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:40 am
by zhivago
Wow, good to finally see the pricing...just under £1700 for the FB V.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:41 am
by zhivago
£1349 for the FB I
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:42 am
by zhivago
Fingerboard Material:
Indian Laurel
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:44 am
by JSett
zhivago wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:42 am
Fingerboard Material:
Indian Laurel
FFS. They had to spoil it, didn't they?
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:01 am
by zhivago
Yeah for this amount of money you would think you'd get rosewood.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:02 am
by BoringPostcards
Laurel, eh?
I’ve got a decent piece on my CV Jag in terms of grain, but man is the colour ever gross. If it’s not oiled to hell, it has a grey-like hue to it.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:04 am
by zhivago
Yeah the colour of Laurel just doesn't work for me...if they could somehow at least dye it or something that would be a step towards the right direction.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:06 am
by Larry Mal
I think the Laurel on my Riviera is just fine.
I notice that they have Kluson banjo tuners. That's really great- they were using some Grovers and it just pulled the strings all out of alignment, they are supposed to be straight like on a Fender.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:06 am
by F15hface
zhivago wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:41 am
£1349 for the FB I
That’s hot. Like, dangerously so.
zhivago wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:40 am
Wow, good to finally see the pricing...just under £1700 for the FB V.
Fackin’ ‘ell. That’s beyond taking the piss.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:07 am
by Larry Mal
Also the beveled headstock face. They did it all right.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:43 am
by eilrahc
That ember red is very, very cool.
The £1700 pricetag less so. I seem to spend half of my posts on here complaining about what things cost, and I know they're a Custom Shop collaboration and the build quality on these will likely be really good, but that's a lot of coin for what I assume is a Chinese-made guitar. I mean, that's more expensive than some new low-end Gibsons; it's £500 more than what I paid for a preowned Gibson six months ago.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:44 am
by luau
zhivago wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:04 am
Yeah the colour of Laurel just doesn't work for me...if they could somehow at least dye it or something that would be a step towards the right direction.
My Casino Coupe is pretty gross. I'm going to let it dry out and try to do exactly that.
edit:
Larry Mal wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:06 am
I think the Laurel on my Riviera is just fine.
Agreed, I'm jealous.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:09 am
by JSett
The lilac is beautiful, and it's the perfect Jsett single pickup setup too. But that colour, with the Laurel, nope.
Re: New Epiphone Firebirds
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:28 am
by GreenKnee