New Epiphone Firebirds

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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by luau » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:25 am

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...

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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by zhivago » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:40 am

Wow, good to finally see the pricing...just under £1700 for the FB V.

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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by zhivago » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:41 am

£1349 for the FB I

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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

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Fingerboard Material:
Indian Laurel :-/
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by JSett » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:44 am

zhivago wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:42 am
Fingerboard Material:
Indian Laurel :-/
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by zhivago » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:01 am

Yeah for this amount of money you would think you'd get rosewood. :fp:
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by BoringPostcards » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:02 am

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.
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by zhivago » 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.
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by Larry Mal » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:06 am

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.
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by F15hface » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:06 am

zhivago wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:41 am
£1349 for the FB I

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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.

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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by Larry Mal » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:07 am

Also the beveled headstock face. They did it all right.
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by eilrahc » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:43 am

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.
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by luau » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:44 am

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.

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Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:06 am
I think the Laurel on my Riviera is just fine.
Agreed, I'm jealous.

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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by JSett » Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:09 am

The lilac is beautiful, and it's the perfect Jsett single pickup setup too. But that colour, with the Laurel, nope.
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Re: New Epiphone Firebirds

Post by GreenKnee » Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:28 am

Yeah they look really good. The silver isn't getting as much appreciation as it should though, just look at it!!!

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