The Epiphone Firebird might just be the one! 

I bought mine sometime in June. Fell in love with it in the store and took it home five minutes later. It's become my #1 guitar.

I got mine from Sweetwater last November. The Christmas special included free plek-couldn’t pass that up. It is my number one go-to now. I have my sights on the Frost Blue ‘63 Epi Firebird V!

Interesting reading other satisfied Epiphone Firebird owners. It's an excellent guitar; the workmanship and neck design are totally cool, along with the sound.

That's a great price point for what you're getting. As always, an excellent thorough demo and overview of the Epiphone Firebird!

I bought one about 6 months ago. It has become a favorite for blues and blues rock. I find it very versatile. As much as I found my tele. This firebird is now what I play most of the time. My number one go to.

I just bought mine today, I love it! I swapped an Ibanez, and some pedals for it, and a case. It sounds beautiful.

I have the drab olive green version, it is one of my favorite guitars, I get a tone very similar to my P90 SG with less noise, tuning is a stretch for my short arms but easy to get used to. The ads show the fretboard as very light, mine is a nice dark chocolate color, I did do a basic tuneup, oiling the fretboard and a fret polish and changing the strings when I got it.

Nice review, and great blues lick vocabulary

Thanks for sharing Leonard, I actually just ordered one via Sweetwater ( haven’t received it yet ). I’ve never even played a Firebird but @ this price for an actual neck~thru along with even a small discount it was a no brainer here 🤙 I watched another video on John Baker’s channel and it sounded so damn close to his custom shop bird I was floored. Initially I was going to gut it and install all new hardware, however with 18:1 tuners, graphtech nut, CTS pots I may just do a simple string change / set up and call it a day lol…. I just subbed your channel, thanks for the nice review on this model, much appreciated and happy Thanksgiving 🤙

Got one today. It’s so good it fits like a glove. ❤️ great review you are bang on. Great licks too. Dayam!!!

Beautiful playing and great demo, very informative. Thank you!

Bought mine a few months back, but haven't been playing much as I was out of town. The tone is just amazing - but I am surprised that these pickups are "probuckers", because they do hum (a lot like a strat). Maybe the design just enhances the hum, IDK, but they're not quiet humbuckers in the usual sense. The neck PU is just amazing on its own, and the bridge is rather brittle though a super reverb (also like a strat), but the tone knob is smooth and highly functional and rolling back a bit gets it really creamy and so no problem. No neck dive that I notice, but with the strap button in the back like an SG, it tends to lean away from you - a little (which can easily be countered by looping the lower strap over the back upper body wing, but it isn't necessary if the angle doesn't bother you). I am astounded they can do this for the price. This ones a keeper.

Thank you for your honest review

Thanks for the great review. I'm buying it next week.

Nice review and nice playing! I like my Firebird so much, I bought the Thunderbird bass to go with it.

I have one of these and a 2013 Gibson Firebird. I prefer the sound of the Epi pups, TBH. Both guitars are amazingly light for such big guitars. You're assessment of the Epi is spot on. They're a great value, and pretty dang close to the original in looks and feel.

Got to tried it out at a store and immediately fell in love with it. Wish I could have taken it home with me.

Such a cool looking guitar!

Great demo, great playing! I think Epiphone are going out of their way to up the ante quality-wise these last 2 or 3 years. This one seems a good bang for your buck overall, esp with the full neck thru body thing. I tried one, along with the Gibson, recently - fun guitar but not my thing - I'll stick to Les Paul style guitars. That said, it's unique and with bit of work on the frets and maybe upgrading pick-ups a small price to pay for something that's pretty much on a par with the US made model for a fraction of the price!

Love the shirt

Do you have any video's of you just playing music. I really enjoy your playing style.

The Gibson Firebird a jazz guitar? I honestly thought that Gibson was marketing the Firebird for the country and western players as a way to compete with Fender. I know the SG was designed to be a compact solid body jazz guitar. Edit: btw I hear a little Lonnie Mack stylings in your playing 👍

You have a very unique voice there bro, I bet you can sing like a muther

I LOVE it. I was trying to find it in a different color though. Apparently it's available in Pelham blue, but it's out of stock. Well it'll give me some time to save, I guess.

Funny how different a guitar sounds depending in who's playing. Thanks for not noodling.

Johnny winter said that the firebird is the best of all worlds fender and gibson all together...do you think the same?

That’s a Sweet Firebird!! Goes good with those Sweet Licks! Great Review and playing!!

Great rig and play but why are u holding the guitar 🎸 on your side not across your lap? The location of 12th fret alters how u hold it?

😈🔱👿... I would lov to see a review of the 12 string Johnny winter played... Johnny just amazes me..his playing style and what he choose to play.. But idk why anyone would pay big $ for a gibson or fender when they are all made in china today 🙄... Buy yourself a vintage Japanese guitar wich are prob made better than any new guitar

Short answer:NO I own 2 American Firebirds. So of course I’m going to say NO!