Sitedrifter Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 ..history on this guitar model or is it a newly created model in the last few years? I tried researching it and either my search skills are lacking or information regarding this acoustic model is lacking. It looks like a very nice guitar and I would love to know more about it so any info you have or a link you can point me to would be great. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I think there were some fires in Montana ... that was the genesis I believe . JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 That is what I had always heard - the designation had to do with the Montana fires in 2000. I believe they are still in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitedrifter Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 These are great guitars.. I owned one, and I'm not even a Maple kind of guy. That thing had just too much bling for me, but WOULD have been a GREAT stage guitar. You could POUND on thart guitat and it wouldn't distort. Great for finger style too. I'll bet it was good for recording too, cause it wasn't too ringy with overtones like a rosewood guitar could be. Those flame fretboard markers were inherited from the "Ron Woods" J-200 Gibson, so were not an original design for this guitar. The red Maple back and sides was a bit much for some folks, but I liked it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR GIBS Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Here is one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gio Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 A nice guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quDnFMpqgto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gov Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 i don't have an attraction per se to square shouldered guits and an SJ is about the max bling I like on a guit but have to say that firebird is a smoking hot looking guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 i don't have an attraction per se to square shouldered guits and an SJ is about the max bling I like on a guit but have to say that firebird is a smoking hot looking guitar. +1 it's pure elegance maybe the guard would look better plain =) JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 +1 it's pure elegance maybe the guard would look better plain =) The guard-flames is one bonfire too much - I got it under control or faded it on mine, which placed the guitar on the right side of the bling-line (in my eyes anyway). It's a huge instrument and continue to be the majesty of my herd. I play often and with great joy - it's as if I'm in safe hands behind this giant ,-) Sometimes it gets too heavy to manoeuvre though - it's not a fast snappy guitar - which in many ways can be said about the Dove Though both maple, those 2 are quite different btw. The F-bird, remaining very potent after the strings fade, is perhaps is a bit more toward a rose-dread. Mine was out in broad sunlite all summer and slowly begins to get a tan now - that also is a big step forward. I hope it'll loosen somewhat up during the coming year - it could need to be a bit quicker. But as said : A real stunner - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Here is some of the blurb from the guy selling the guitar posted by Mr Gibs. Is any of it true??? You gotta admire his sales pitch....lol..Aren't these guitars built on the same line as the standards, and by the same guys??????: "Here are a few of my thoughts regarding the difference between guitars built by the Gibson Custom Shop, as opposed to the non-Custom Shop Gibson guitars: -The Custom Shop has a much higher standard of quality than Gibson USA does. The finish flaws usually found on Gibson USA models are nearly non-existent on the Custom Shop models. The luthiers at the Custom Shop have more experience. -The Custom Shop uses better cuts of wood, such as the maple and ebony cuts used for this guitar. Even the current J-200 Custom has a rosewood fretboard, as opposed to the ebony of this Firebird Custom acoustic. The woods used to build Gibson USA guitars are inferior - trust me, I've owned them. -This last item is an observation of mine, but I haven't technically verified it: It seems to me that the Gibson Custom Shop braces its guitars lighter than Gibson USA does, giving Custom Shop Guitars a better tone. This could be because Gibson knows that the people buying Custom Shop guitars have more knowledge about guitars and are less likely to overload the top. When people overload the top, Gibson ends up paying for warranty repairs, leading them to brace the guitars slightly heavier to prevent that from happening. My Custom Shop guitars have all been lighter than my Gibson USA guitars." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Here is some of the blurb from the guy selling the guitar posted by Mr Gibs. Is any of it true??? You gotta admire his sales pitch....lol..Aren't these guitars built on the same line as the standards, and by the same guys??????: "Here are a few of my thoughts regarding the difference between guitars built by the Gibson Custom Shop, as opposed to the non-Custom Shop Gibson guitars: -The Custom Shop has a much higher standard of quality than Gibson USA does. The finish flaws usually found on Gibson USA models are nearly non-existent on the Custom Shop models. The luthiers at the Custom Shop have more experience. -The Custom Shop uses better cuts of wood, such as the maple and ebony cuts used for this guitar. Even the current J-200 Custom has a rosewood fretboard, as opposed to the ebony of this Firebird Custom acoustic. The woods used to build Gibson USA guitars are inferior - trust me, I've owned them. -This last item is an observation of mine, but I haven't technically verified it: It seems to me that the Gibson Custom Shop braces its guitars lighter than Gibson USA does, giving Custom Shop Guitars a better tone. This could be because Gibson knows that the people buying Custom Shop guitars have more knowledge about guitars and are less likely to overload the top. When people overload the top, Gibson ends up paying for warranty repairs, leading them to brace the guitars slightly heavier to prevent that from happening. My Custom Shop guitars have all been lighter than my Gibson USA guitars." that guy doesn't know what he is talking about ... plus there is no physical custom shop ... I've seen some customs with plain backs too JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gov Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 +1 it's pure elegance maybe the guard would look better plain =) JC The guard-flames is one bonfire too much - I got it under control or faded it on mine, which placed the guitar on the right side of the bling-line (in my eyes anyway). It's a huge instrument and continue to be the majesty of my herd. I play often and with great joy - it's as if I'm in safe hands behind this giant ,-) Sometimes it gets too heavy to manoeuvre though - it's not a fast snappy guitar - which in many ways can be said about the Dove Though both maple, those 2 are quite different btw. The F-bird, remaining very potent after the strings fade, is perhaps is a bit more toward a rose-dread. Mine was out in broad sunlite all summer and slowly begins to get a tan now - that also is a big step forward. I hope it'll loosen somewhat up during the coming year - it could need to be a bit quicker. But as said : A real stunner - Funny enough i like the guard flames more than any other guard bling. i think it's subtler that others. What I could do without is the two bonfires on the bridge. but i like them on the dove so go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Regarding Custom Shop quality (which to a large degree seems immaculate), my F-bird had a prob with an unfitting/imprecise upper neck-binding betweem 10th fret and the body. Had to sand that to level myself - Never mentionened it before, hereby revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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