New Epiphone Firebirds

[luau]

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...

[zhivago]

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

[zhivago]

£1349 for the FB I

[zhivago]

Fingerboard Material:
Indian Laurel

[JSett]

Fingerboard Material:
Indian Laurel

FFS. They had to spoil it, didn't they?

[zhivago]

Yeah for this amount of money you would think you'd get rosewood.

[BoringPostcards]

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.

[zhivago]

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.

[Larry Mal]

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.

[F15hface]

£1349 for the FB I

That’s hot. Like, dangerously so.

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

Fackin’ ‘ell. That’s beyond taking the piss.

[Larry Mal]

Also the beveled headstock face. They did it all right.

[eilrahc]

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.

[luau]

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.

edit:

I think the Laurel on my Riviera is just fine.

Agreed, I'm jealous.

[JSett]

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

[GreenKnee]

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