JuanCarlosVejar Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 check it out : JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I don't know if I love my Firebird, but I admire it like a mountain. Have played it a lot since a very lucky deal came my way last fall and predict we'll go a long way. It's a different maple flier than the Dove – though close to each other in specs by first sight, something inside that box is different. The Dove is definitely clean mapley, the F-bird one step towards rosewood. Another owner of these here - might have been veggieryan - found his a bit martinish, I don't know. What I know is that this is the true majesty of my herd – and it gives me pleasure as such. Not sure all new strings are the answer, they will simply sound too overwhelming, but after a while when they fade to normal – Whow, , , and unlike the maple D, it keeps those bass-notes blooming. 6 out of 6 stars from this camp ✮✮✮✮✮✮ or should we say pins ¡¡¡¡¡¡ or bonfires ♨♨ ♨ ♨ ♨ ♨ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I also had one. Great guitars they don't sound a lot like maple. I found mine to be martinish also. Juan what took you so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR GIBS Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 This is what I call temptation... I watched several times this video yesterday when Tony posted it. (you can see that the first comment in youtube is mine) The fact is that I already have a maple Gibson and this is my SJ200... And + that I have 11 guitars ... Have to sell some To buy this: Firebird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 I also had one. Great guitars they don't sound a lot like maple. I found mine to be martinish also. Juan what took you so long Jamie , sorry I had been out of the house since the early morning and came back late in the afternoon lol . what made you part with the firebird ? JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Thanks for the post, Juan. You know me and maple. That one is nice for certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'm like a three year old Juan I can only play with something for a short time then something else catches my interest. Thankfully that's worn off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57classic Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 MOP, you were changing guitars more often than some change U-trou. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 This might sound odd, but I hear quite a bit of the AJ in that tone. Big, ballsy, rich, much like an AJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Are they not just hummingbirds in different clothes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 MOP, you were changing guitars more often than some change U-trou. ;) Haha ya I went through a lot. Now I just sit content for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
music4love Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Are they not just hummingbirds in different clothes ? I have never heard a Hummingbird with that much power, punch, and projection. Same shape yes. Same sound absolutely not. A closer comparison might be a Dove since they are both maple but I can't recall a Dove having that much presence either. Im sure the quilted maple warms up the tone quite a bit over the flamed maple Doves. reminds me a lot of a mis 2000's Gibson J-60 Bone Crusher that was made of walnut and adirondack if I remember correctly. The J-60's tone was a little warmer and woodier. But that power is defintely similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl200 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 This is what I call temptation... I watched several times this video yesterday when Tony posted it. (you can see that the first comment in youtube is mine) The fact is that I already have a maple Gibson and this is my SJ200... And + that I have 11 guitars ... Have to sell some To buy this: Firebird hay Karsi , Don't sell any guitars,11 is just a start!.....remember this my friend........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I have never heard a Hummingbird with that much power, punch, and projection. Same shape yes. Same sound absolutely not. A closer comparison might be a Dove since they are both maple but I can't recall a Dove having that much presence either. Im sure the quilted maple warms up the tone quite a bit over the flamed maple Doves. reminds me a lot of a mis 2000's Gibson J-60 Bone Crusher that was made of walnut and adirondack if I remember correctly. The J-60's tone was a little warmer and woodier. But that power is defintely similar. J60 walnut is a much better guitar than the firebird IMO. I've had both. Here's my firebird with a mc hummingbird. The firebird killed it. The sustain on the firebird was amazing. Here was my J60 and I'm still trying to get it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 BBG - don't mistake the F for an H regarding these squares. Totally different, among other things in scale-length. But, , , , , the relatively new maple Hummingbird actually seems to be closer to the F-bird than the Dove - from 'PolyCastros' demo anyway. EA - no, nothing like the AJ really. Perhaps in volume and power, but the F-bird is much more delicate. With strings faded below normal, it can even appear a bit 'tame', , , isn't the word. But imagine a big ol' limo sailing though the hot'n'fast zone of town. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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