thebluesdoctor Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 hi show me the firebirds guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPS1976 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 wish I had one to show!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamminrebel Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Epiiphone really needs to start making Firebirds again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I ownwd an Epiphone Firebird years ago. Great guitar, but a "Bird without neck-through construction and banjo tuners just isn't really a Firebird is it? Â This is my Gibson Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Firebird ... one of my favorite guitars! Â Â Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 very nice my epi has the banjo tuners just like yours they take a bit of getting used to but it stays in tune well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed2 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I ownwd an Epiphone Firebird years ago. Great guitar, but a "Bird without neck-through construction and banjo tuners just isn't really a Firebird is it? Â This is my Gibson Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Firebird ... one of my favorite guitars! Â Â Jim Love it, absolutely beautiful. Only way it could be better, is non-reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 Love it, absolutely beautiful. Only way it could be better, is non-reverse. no the reverse is the one to have the non reverse just looks weird and all wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted July 22, 2015 Author Share Posted July 22, 2015 i need to get a new truss rod cover for mine but can only find gibson ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Here's the '64 I owned and played during the early 70's. It got sold to a foreign collector many years ago. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Here's the '64 I owned and played during the early 70's. It got sold to a foreign collector many years ago. Â beautiful i saw one just like that for sale somewhere on the net wonder if it was yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Here's the '64 I owned and played during the early 70's. It got sold to a foreign collector many years ago. Â could this be it? Â http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-RARE-1964-Gibson-Firebird-lll-ALL-ORIGINAL-Excellent-Condition-/271798801262?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f4878936e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Nope, that ones in better condition in 2015 than mine was in 1975. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluezguy Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Here's my 2004 Firebird V. If EPI made one with banjo tuners, I'd buy it. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 my epi has banjo tuners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slk Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Here is my 1964 that I bought new in 1964, and I still own it today. Not a scratch or dent on it anywhere, and the finish has no checks at all. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Here is my 1964 that I bought new in 1964, and I still own it today. Not a scratch or dent on it anywhere, and the finish has no checks at all. Â Â truly beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 i am surprised nobody seems to have any epi firebirds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 ok i took some pics of mine today sorry about the gibson cover but you cant buy epiphone ones and mine was missing    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abutcher Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Not a guitar I've ever looked at until recently but they seem to have a lot going for them. I'm going to try one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 Not a guitar I've ever looked at until recently but they seem to have a lot going for them. I'm going to try one. well worth trying i love mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 i am surprised nobody seems to have any epi firebirds  No offence intended to anyone who has one, but I always found the Korean-made bolt-on Epi Firebirds from the '90s to be total and utter garbage.  Since then there have been a few half-hearted attempts by Epi, of which the Firebird VII from the early 2000s was probably the best (albeit with a set neck). The Firebird Studio was just a funny-shaped G400.  I don't know why Epiphone neglects the Firebird so much. Every new line up of Epiphones each year seems to reveal another load of Les Paul offerings; would it really be so hard to set up a manufacturing line for Firebirds and see how it goes? They are interesting guitars, and I think there would be some demand for them.  If Epiphone ever makes a proper, through-neck Firebird reverse, or a nice version of a non-reverse with a set neck and P90s or mini-hums, then I'd pre-order one from Guitar Center like a shot!  But if they're going to do it, then then should do it properly. A non-reverse Firebird needs a through-neck, mini-hums, and banjo tuners. Otherwise, well, it isn't a Firebird. If the through neck is too much of a problem for a factory used to making set neck guitars, then make a non-reverse! Either way, Epiphone should really give the Firebird a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 no bolt on neck here and banjo tuners   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 no bolt on neck here and banjo tuners    ... and it's a Gibson, right? That was sort of the point ... Eiphone has never done a completely correct version of the Firebird.  Anyway, here are a couple of pics of the Epi Firebird that I used to own. Nice guitar ... just not a Firebird in the sense that an Epiphone Les Paul is a real Les Paul, is it?    Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluesdoctor Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 mines not a gibson i wish it was but i had to put a gibson truss rod cover on as nobody sells epi ones and mine was missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific Reef Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I've had an Epiphone Firebird Studio (made 2007)for a while and recently got myself a Gibson Firebird V 2016 T which I'm finding hard to put down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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