Bonamassa Epiphone Firebird I

[dougk]

I'd seriously considered buying an epiphone set neck firebird with three pickups and filling two of them and putting the trem in the bin.

actually, It's tru-neck!

No historical all the lower end, import firebirds (epiphone, Dillon ect) have actually been set necks. This is the first time there's been a true (supposedly) neck thru firebird from overseas. That's pretty cool really.

[bdf83]

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£619 all in for pre-order...

[Larry Mal]

It also has something called a "ProBucker FB720", which I have no idea if it's the same ceramic pickup as what Gibson uses or what. It advertises its vintage tone, so that kind of indicates it's not the ceramic pickup, but who knows.

So, that's closer to $700. Still not bad.

[del]

I have a early 2000s Epiphone Firebird VII. I could easily mod that one: it already has a vibrola (though it's a long one) and I'd love to upgrade that bridge pickup and remove the others... but, modding one of the Bonamassa models, in gold polymist, to replicate this guitar is something I just can't get off my mind!

Oops:

[shadowplay]

I wonder how many of these will stay an Epiphone.

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[antisymmetric]

^^Very astute observation. I've already put Squier decals on all of mine.

[shadowplay]

^^Very astute observation. I've already put Squier decals on all of mine.

Faux pas! Everyone knows they are the wrong shade of gold!

Going to be interesting this one, there's not even the hardy old 'I wanted a matching headstock and you can only get Fender decals' excuse/fib to hide behind and it's only three screws and a couple of clicks to do it.

I guess we are going to see a lot of; 'I love Bananarama so much I wanted my 'axe' to be identical and channel the full power of his so deep it's Prussian blues'.

You know, who knew this guy was so popular in the old world, I keep seeing ads in the papers for 4 nights he's doing at the Albert Hall. Consider me schooled, I always thought these sort of guys basically played to a captive audience of other players, basically one step up from playing to the shredding forked beard and calf tattoo crowd at the Ibanez customer clinic but it looks like civilians like him as well, that's me schooled as they say in the blooze.

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[wadeaminute]

I would buy the gold one at $500 CDN.
Maybe there will be a second year's model in different colours? Cardinal Red? Inverness Green?
I have a thing for upside-down guitars...

[cmatthes]

I would buy the gold one at $500 CDN.
Maybe there will be a second year's model in different colours? Cardinal Red? Inverness Green?
I have a thing for upside-down guitars...

Well, first, you'd actually have to find one that cheap.

I hear unicorns are cool pets too!

[Fiddy]

I would buy the gold one at $500 CDN.
Maybe there will be a second year's model in different colours? Cardinal Red? Inverness Green?
I have a thing for upside-down guitars...

Well, first, you'd actually have to find one that cheap.

I hear unicorns are cool pets too!

In that case ill buy a boutique for $500 then

[wadeaminute]

I was told yesterday by an L&M employee in Winnipeg that he thinks that they will go for about $1000 CDN.
At $500 I would not hesitate, at $1000 I would not purchase.

[Squirrel]

Just wait for them to start turning up second hand-I guarantee you'll be able to find one for $500, probably less.

[cmatthes]

I don't think those will sell cheaply, even on the secondary. They're limited, and there's apparently a lot of people out there who buy everything Joe B. pushes.

The Epiphone ES-345s that they made a few years ago are selling for hundreds more than they were selling for new. These are going to be more desirable, I believe.

[del]

I don't think those will sell cheaply, even on the secondary. They're limited, and there's apparently a lot of people out there who buy everything Joe B. pushes. The Epiphone ES-345s that they made a few years ago are selling for hundreds more than they were selling for new. These are going to be more desirable, I believe.

I, too, think this is going to be the case.

[mimmo]

According to Bonamassa's instagram they'll be the standard Epi prices so guess £300-400 depending on how limited they are.

Really feeling the gold one

Don't want to spoil the party but I have read somewhere (don't remeber where, sorry) that the price will be in the 800 bucks range - more or less.

Thomann has them in pre-order BTW.

I am not sure about the "63 neck profile", been told that it will probably be on the chuncky size but I have big hands and cannot risk to buy a toothbrush shaped neck...any opinion?

Cheers