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No Firebird for 2014?


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I'm sure there are others who are disappointed that there seem to be no six string Firebirds in the 2014 lineup. At least I didn't see any in the 2014 NAMM vids on YouTube. Maybe the Pelham blue studios didn't do as well as anticipated?

 

I almost bought the Pelham blue, but wasn't really crazy about the color. I'm holding out for a vintage burst model, and a neck-thru would be really nice. Anyone else??

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I'm sure there are others who are disappointed that there seem to be no six string Firebirds in the 2014 lineup. At least I didn't see any in the 2014 NAMM vids on YouTube. Maybe the Pelham blue studios didn't do as well as anticipated?

 

I almost bought the Pelham blue, but wasn't really crazy about the color. I'm holding out for a vintage burst model, and a neck-thru would be really nice. Anyone else??

I liked the Pelham, I just wanted minibuckers.

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Add me to the list of people who were underwhelmed by Epis' new 2014 offerings, and disappointed by the lack of Firebirds.

 

I know the Firebird is never going to be as popular as Les Pauls and SGs, but Epiphone already makes boatloads of those. It's still a very significant Gibson model with an awful lot of history to it, and I can't understand why Epiphone seems to have never really taken it seriously in recent years, and now doesn't have one its line-up at all.

 

When the the craving for a new Firebird becomes too much, in the absence of an Epi model and a Gibson model being too expensive, the recipe might very well become:

 

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ESP LTD Phoenix

 

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Mini-humbucker adapter ring for full-sized humbucker cavity

 

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Kent Armstrong Firebird mini-humbuckers

 

...and basically cobble together a very nice Firebird for myself with plenty of change left from $1000.

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