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  1. Its not surprising that your FireBird plays better than your friends Gibson's. I experienced the same thing with my Epi SG's, I ended up selling my Gibson SG's because I didn't play them anymore.

     

    If you intend to replace your pickups, I would recommend aftermarket mini humbucker's. Like Seymour Duncan's or many others. Your FireBird has really good pickups in it, the only reason for change would be to get a different sound but then it may not sound like a FireBird any more.

     

     

    If your other guitars sound muddy and have open coil pickups, you might try humbucker's that have metal cases as they will sound brighter. Also if you lower your existing pickups a bit it will help clean up the way they sound.

     

    I'm happy with FB sound, not going to change anything in it now.

     

    I was already going to service my Tokai. I'll try the metal covers. If it doesn't change, I'll just use it when I play in trio lineup. Fatter sound is OK then.

  2. The "Limited Edition" "Custom Shop" guitars are made better than the standard models and originally come with a much higher price tag. Your Firebird should have a though body neck like the Gibson Firebird's and all mahogany body. This I think makes them very collectable. I have 2, 2011 Epi 61 SG Specials that fit in this category.

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    Beautiful SG:s. Yes, my FB is neck through body. I'm happy with it. A real Gibson would be a bit too much for me. I think this one is really as good. At least it feels a lot better than my friends Gibson SG and other friends Melody Makers.

  3. Have played 3 rehearsals with Firebird and I love it. Bright sound and cuts through very well. I'm even thinking of replacing The pickups of my ole Tokai Love Rock with something similar tonewise. It now has SD JB / '59 combo. A lot muddier than the Firebird pickups. Any recommendations for replacements of full size humbuckers?.

  4. I have noticed too that it seems really "limited". I have found a couple of these white ones and some other colours. Nyt not much information really. Must someday take off the pickups and see if there's any hints there. I like the sound, but I'm curious. Also then I can see the wood, which I think is mahogany, but can't be sure, before checking out.

     

    Here seems to be a similar one

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