Any Gibson Firebird players?

[Hyphen Nation]

Or you could always work with Doug to make your dream guitar! I cannot say enough good things about this guitar.
I have some nice, vintage offsets, and I play this more often.

[Larsongs]

Or you could always work with Doug to make your dream guitar! I cannot say enough good things about this guitar.
I have some nice, vintage offsets, and I play this more often.

That is a beautiful Guitar but I love my Gibson Firebird V. It's a great Player. It's a keeper. But the Gold sure looks cool!!!!!!

I just bought a new AV65 Jazzmaster. Should be here any time!!!!!

[Embenny]

Man, I want a Firebird V so badly. The huge price drop on the 2016 model is making it very hard to resist. It would upset my carefully-curated 50/50 balance of single coil and humbucker guitars, though, so I'd probably have to build that Telemaster I've been thinking about, too

[speedfish]

I always loved the look, but the nay-sayers with the "it's heavy as a boat anchor" and "it's neck heavy and will neck dive" always kept me from biting. Finally got one this year and man am I in love! Haven't found any of the myths to be true. No neck dive. Perfectly balanced. No worse for weight than a Jazzy. Comfortable to play standing or sitting. My only regret is not getting one sooner!

[Larry Mal]

Weird, my Firebird is like my lightest guitar.

[wiretap]

Don't have a firebird but I do have a couple ESP Phoenix's.



As others have mentioned, they feel "long". The way the body sits plus the 25.5 almost makes it feel like a baritone. Nothing like a JM or LP. Not better or worse, just different.

[dougk]

(I don't know why the iphone washed this out to brown but it's still the same green one).

Oh my. I LOVE that switch placement on the guard!!!!!

It really works great. I LOVE that guitar!

[Embenny]

(I don't know why the iphone washed this out to brown but it's still the same green one).

Oh my. I LOVE that switch placement on the guard!!!!!

Man, are those TV Jones? Filtertrons in a Firebird - you're making me weak in the knees (I think every guitar gets better with filtertrons, because they do!). But i already have two Jones-ified guitars (A Gretsch Bo Diddley and a Blacktop Jaguar). I was wondering about Fralin Big Singles in a Firebird - I think that would be totally badass. But that's because anything in a Firebird is badass.

[dougk]

Man, are those TV Jones? Filtertrons in a Firebird - you're making me weak in the knees (I think every guitar gets better with filtertrons, because they do!). But i already have two Jones-ified guitars (A Gretsch Bo Diddley and a Blacktop Jaguar). I was wondering about Fralin Big Singles in a Firebird - I think that would be totally badass. But that's because anything in a Firebird is badass.

Yes those are TV Jones. We do A LOT of them on Banshee

[Embenny]

Man, are those TV Jones? Filtertrons in a Firebird - you're making me weak in the knees (I think every guitar gets better with filtertrons, because they do!). But i already have two Jones-ified guitars (A Gretsch Bo Diddley and a Blacktop Jaguar). I was wondering about Fralin Big Singles in a Firebird - I think that would be totally badass. But that's because anything in a Firebird is badass.

Yes those are TV Jones. We do A LOT of them on Banshee

Holy $#!&, that green and gold one with the bigsby and binding is phenomenal (well, they all are). I have a huge soft spot for hybrid Gretsch designs (cabronitas, borachas, etc). Well done.

[dougk]

My Kauer Banshee is hands down my favorite guitar:

I really love that you love this guitar

[Deed_Poll]

Doug... those banshees!

What do the switches do?

I found a messed around FB I that had a pickup routed in the neck position and binding put on the neck, then had the neck pickup cavity filled and refin'd in black last time I was in Toronto. It had the unusual non-reverse headstock and reverse body combo, and the pickup was a Lollar replacement. I should have taken it home, re-routed a neck pickup in it and rocked it hard. I'm an idiot...

[DesmondWafers]

Whenever I watch conan (which is a lot) I'm on the lookout for this guitar. Beautiful.

[Larry Mal]

I think you need to keep that in the for sale section, please, and not in the general threads.

[dougk]

Whenever I watch conan (which is a lot) I'm on the lookout for this guitar. Beautiful.

He's been playing it a lot the last couple weeks

Doug... those banshees!

What do the switches do?

It depends on the guitar but the 2 pickup ones usually are (l-r), coil split, out of phase, cocked wah. The 3 pickup are middle pickup on/off, coil split, cocked wah