Stringed Guitars

I had an Epiphone Thunderbird for a while and while it looked cool… it was so uncomfortable to play… that I never considered a Firebird guitar as I thought it would be just as bas, boy was I wrong.

So… i sold a couple of SGs as I has way too many and some had almost never been played since I bought them, I started to look for something different.. something special, until I stumbled upon the Firebird, what a piece of art this is… designed by an ex car designer… it just screams luxury.

It’s a neck through construction, which gives it that raised middle section and then two “wings” attached to the side, the neck is built by 9 continuous pieces of wood glued together, two of those bits… are walnut, and it gives it that distinctive two lines of slightly different wood colour.

The pickups are something of their own… constructed with blades instead of poles… and in a much smaller package, I’d say they sound a little bit like P90s.

Apart from anyone looking 10 times cooler when holding a firebird… these guitars sound awesome, great sustain due to their construction method and great playability too! Although… they are meant to be played standing up, so… when playing seating down.. the guitar feels a little

Bit offset to the left, because of the curve of the body where we wedge our thigh on… the guitar feels longer, even though it’s scale isn’t longer. When you stand up… everything just feels normal.

The pickups, the bridge pickup sounds almost like a humbucker but like I said.. it has a p90 twang, a bit more bite than a humbucker, the neck pickup even though I think it’s the same construction… sound a bit more single coil, like the 5th position of a strat, which I love.

The one I bought is a 1991 Firebird V which means it has two pickups and the bigger inlays. The tuners were changed to the steinberg ones which apparently is what Gibson used before.

The Firebird hasn’t always been on Gibson’s catalogue because it was an expensive guitar to build and not very popular, however they just added it back in… but… it’s construction method is like all other gibsons… just a set neck. If you are looking for a Firebird… please buy an older one with the traditional neck through, this way you’ll experience the real Firebird!

An awesome guitar that is becoming one of my favourites to play.