Hey sixblade just got it a couple of days ago was on its way two weeks ago fedex truck crashed all was lost on their truck when things got figured out they overnighted it to me..if your getting one you will be very glad you got one its freaking amazing.mmi can tell it wasn't just slapped together and shipped out it's very impressive you're going to love it if you're getting one rock on bro
@@bobbychubb6913 Also the only Gibson with a "quirky" shape like a Fender. This would be the Jazzmaster of Gibson if they made it affordable much earlier.
@@ButterDawgDawgWitDaBudda idk if you've heard of this before... but fun fact, they got sued by fender for copying the offset body shape, and had to change the reverse offset body into the non-reverse to make it different.
I bought mine a few days ago and I'm very very happy with it. I didn't want to spend thousands in a Gibson so this Epiphone was the key. Anyway, I did some changes/improvements and now the guitar is a rock machine and plays and sounds like heaven: - Switched all the wiring for a vintage/shielded wire (pickups as well). - Shielded the electronics cavity. - Rounded and polished the frets and fret ends. - Fretboard conditioned with lemmon oil. - Improved the toggle switch with some machine oil. - A full setup. There are some things that can be improved (but then it wouldn't be an Epiphone): - The truss rod is a cheap truss rod but it just works. No complaints. - The fretboard isn't rosewood but I saw lots of Gibsons (much more expensive) with a clearest and scariest fretboard than the Epiphone fretboard. - The poly finishing is hard as a rock and shines as a sun... but it's ok. - The sunburst painting isn't the best job in the world. But hey! It's a £549 Firebird with a pair pickups made in the same way as the Gibson ones, groover rotomatics 18:1, same body and neck construction as the Gibson Firebirds, a nubone nut, etc ... I do not need a Gibson Firebird by now.
I’m two years late to the party, glad they were still available . Just picked one up and will be here in 3 days. Thanks for the demo, you do great video’s.
I'm buying this guitar! I love the firebird style, and my favorite out of all the Gibson models. Would love to have the Gibson, but would be pretty stupid of me to pay the huge price for me to sit in my bedroom and play for absolutely nobody.
@@JP-vb4ky it was pretty much ready to play. I lowered the bridge a bit oiled the fretboard put my own strings on boom ready to go. It was spot on with intonation as well. Couldn't ask for much more.
Thanks a lot for this video! Very impressive and I would buy one right away, but I already own one of these! Early this year I had the chance to compare one of the first of these guitars arriving in Germany with a couple of their "original sisters" and like you I was very impressed. Believe it or not - if I closed my eyes and just play, hear and feel I could hardly tell which was the Epi and which was one of the Gibson´s! OK - its still an Epiphone, but its very very close to the original birds. And it has this vintage neckthrough construction and the CTS electronics works really well. Althoug I love the massive neck of my 58 Reissue Custom Shop Les Paul the neck on "Birdy" is comfortable to play. But its my opinion - I´m the most time "in the Blues" and don´t play in a lightning speed. By the way - people always say that the QC at Epiphone is not that good - in the case of my Firebird there are no issues! Not one! So, thanks again, stay healthy and keep on your good work! Greetings from Germany!
I have the Custom Gibson VOS '65 Non Reverse Firebird and it is GREAT. what a beautiful and easy playing great sounding instrument. Unbelievable but it's damn expensive unfortunately..I will never sell it..
Scenario: Dagan meets a guy who lives in the desert , and says would you like to buy some sand ? The guy says can you show me why your sand is better than the million acres that surround me , so Dagan does a little demo , ten minutes later the guy buys ten tons !! Moral of the story ? Dagan you are one helluva sales guy ! And that guitar is awesome 😎🎸
I always wondered how this Firebird compared to my Gibsons ( mind you, I own lots of Epiphones...) and although I really love my 2017 Firebird-I Joe Bonamassa I still wanted to add an affordable Firebird-V to my collection... Thanks to you I know this Firebird IS the real deal... I'm getting one...
proud and happy owner here! the hype is real. spent 400 Euros and it even has a G-decal. Although I would represent the Epi-logo for sure, an absolutely awesome guitar, my 16th lol. My Strat, the DeArmond M75T, the D'Angelico Custom one of a kind & the Firebird are all I need though
I've been looking around for a while seeing which guitar I should save up for next and gosh dang is this firebird hot lol I have to pick this bad boy up sometime in the future
I just got one i love it put in two seymours and a dusenburg diamond on a mounting plate. Had to do the nut ( used to make guitars) adthe frets needed polishing. When you first hold one you think have i gone mad. Now i cant believe i waited this long ,be prepared to do some setting up though.
I love these guitars after seeing Steve Jones and Phil Manzanera using them. Although I would like to have seen you let go of the guitar so I could tell if it is a neckdiver!!! I have a feeling it will be.
Great demo! There is a difference between mini humbuckers and true firebird pickups. No screw bobbins, and there is a bar magnet in true Firebird pups. What pickups does this Epiphone model come with?
Hiya Dagan. I won a Epiphone Firebird on Planet Rock Radio, it was the door number 24 on the Planet Rock Advent Calendar. Thhey gave away a Prize every day of Advent (December) Each has a Prize like a CD of whoever and aa Sony DAB Radio, everyone got them, Crap tho as mine gave up in only a few years. But the reason I won the Jackpot of the Firebird including the Massive Case it cam with. it was i living in central London so could go to the studio in Edgware, so i got to see where every thing was done in 2008, so I have A untouched Epiphone Firebird in it's case as I have Started my Guitar Lessons yet do to I'll Health. and as I am in a Wheelchair most of the time I will start soon, as I have just moved to a Bungalow after living in Kennington Rd for 64 years. I asked a now friend of mine if it's worth starting to play, He said Glen, Just plug in a see you're World Change, The Man was Zal Cleminson, my all time favorite player ever He's new Band will be out on tour soon so I hope he comes near us in Walton-on-the-Naze. the Firebird it beautiful but to heavy for me. Keep up the great work Dagan Regards Glen.
Another great video mate. I'm a guitar player but had a Epi Firebird bass just for the look of it. Problem was I couldn't gel with. Great looking, nice sounds but too neck heavy, too thick neck, really tiring to play. Gave it to my bass player mate and he loves it (Well free is an incentive!). This new one looks good and those pickups sound awesome!... I had been thinking about a Tokai Firebird but the new Epi IBG may actually be the one I need :)
First video hearing a FireBird before. Great performance! 👍 I can definitely hear the difference between that and a Classic, Studio. I just bought a used Epiphone Gibson Les Paul Classic Worn Sunburst and love the look and sons of it but would definitely entertain the purchase down the road of a FireBird as well. Is Amazon a good place to buy guitars vs buying retail, straight from the manufacturer, or used in person? Keep up the great content 🙌🙌 Cool accent 😀😀
Have you ever played a Gibson version? Is there a difference in the feel or the tone? I watched another review where the guy playing it (2020 Epiphone) said that it felt and played like .... an Epiphone.
I just got an Epiphone Lzzy Hale Signature Ebony Fret-board Alpine White Explorer and it's Kick-ass too! I put a Gibson TP-6 fine-tuner tail-piece on it because I'm used to Floyd-Rose Tremolo Systems. Even the case it came with is high quality.
Great....shoulda played some 'Skynyrd. . I Ain't The One first choice. Bought a, Epi LP Jr TSB from SW that I love. Get a 600 page (!) catalog in the mail last week,,,"Where's the Epi's??" Second look, like page 9/10. Two page spread and last is the Firebird....a V (five) which I adore. Too early to ask Santa for a gift ???? Probably ;) Wish list though.
RU-vid could use a couple more Inspired by Gibson Explorer videos. Could you make one? I just ordered one, it's back-ordered, so I have to wait for it, although it's already paid for.
I don't like the short scale but I've always liked this model. I tried one in the shop and was disappointed by the lack of attention to detail: unfinished fretboard, buzzing frets, traces of glue and no color choice (and I don't want any more sunburst guitars, I already have too many). In the end it's still an Epiphone but at a price that isn't an Epiphone price and in comparison the Squiers which cost just over half the price seem like custom shops. Of course they are small repairable defects but it seems absurd to me to buy something new starting with the idea that I already have to fix it. Other less enthusiastic videos tell of the same defects, so the quality standard is widely low, it's not a single case. it's really a shame.
Decision made…..on the first I’m going to my local L & M and putting $$ down on the Firebird they’ve had there since I got home a year or so ago. Watch it be gone now that I’ve said it out loud 🤬
For clarification top heavy means if you’re not holding the neck the head will dip towards the floor when wearing the guitar and the body will rise up. Not an actual weight question
Not to worry, swap them out for some Dimarzio’s or Seymour Duncan’s that are even better than the Gibson pickups and you’re still much better of price wise
I blame the room. I have that exact amp (with a 2x12 cab) and it sounds way different in my studio. That being said, the guitar sounds lovely through it, perfect for the rocking blues I like to play.