@@bobbychubb6913 Also the only Gibson with a "quirky" shape like a Fender. This would be the Jazzmaster of Gibson if they made it affordable much earlier.
@@ButterDawgDawgWitDaBudda idk if you've heard of this before... but fun fact, they got sued by fender for copying the offset body shape, and had to change the reverse offset body into the non-reverse to make it different.
Hey sixblade just got it a couple of days ago was on its way two weeks ago fedex truck crashed all was lost on their truck when things got figured out they overnighted it to me..if your getting one you will be very glad you got one its freaking amazing.mmi can tell it wasn't just slapped together and shipped out it's very impressive you're going to love it if you're getting one rock on bro
I bought mine a few days ago and I'm very very happy with it. I didn't want to spend thousands in a Gibson so this Epiphone was the key. Anyway, I did some changes/improvements and now the guitar is a rock machine and plays and sounds like heaven: - Switched all the wiring for a vintage/shielded wire (pickups as well). - Shielded the electronics cavity. - Rounded and polished the frets and fret ends. - Fretboard conditioned with lemmon oil. - Improved the toggle switch with some machine oil. - A full setup. There are some things that can be improved (but then it wouldn't be an Epiphone): - The truss rod is a cheap truss rod but it just works. No complaints. - The fretboard isn't rosewood but I saw lots of Gibsons (much more expensive) with a clearest and scariest fretboard than the Epiphone fretboard. - The poly finishing is hard as a rock and shines as a sun... but it's ok. - The sunburst painting isn't the best job in the world. But hey! It's a £549 Firebird with a pair pickups made in the same way as the Gibson ones, groover rotomatics 18:1, same body and neck construction as the Gibson Firebirds, a nubone nut, etc ... I do not need a Gibson Firebird by now.
I’m two years late to the party, glad they were still available . Just picked one up and will be here in 3 days. Thanks for the demo, you do great video’s.
I'm buying this guitar! I love the firebird style, and my favorite out of all the Gibson models. Would love to have the Gibson, but would be pretty stupid of me to pay the huge price for me to sit in my bedroom and play for absolutely nobody.
@@JP-vb4ky it was pretty much ready to play. I lowered the bridge a bit oiled the fretboard put my own strings on boom ready to go. It was spot on with intonation as well. Couldn't ask for much more.
I have the Custom Gibson VOS '65 Non Reverse Firebird and it is GREAT. what a beautiful and easy playing great sounding instrument. Unbelievable but it's damn expensive unfortunately..I will never sell it..
Scenario: Dagan meets a guy who lives in the desert , and says would you like to buy some sand ? The guy says can you show me why your sand is better than the million acres that surround me , so Dagan does a little demo , ten minutes later the guy buys ten tons !! Moral of the story ? Dagan you are one helluva sales guy ! And that guitar is awesome 😎🎸
Thanks a lot for this video! Very impressive and I would buy one right away, but I already own one of these! Early this year I had the chance to compare one of the first of these guitars arriving in Germany with a couple of their "original sisters" and like you I was very impressed. Believe it or not - if I closed my eyes and just play, hear and feel I could hardly tell which was the Epi and which was one of the Gibson´s! OK - its still an Epiphone, but its very very close to the original birds. And it has this vintage neckthrough construction and the CTS electronics works really well. Althoug I love the massive neck of my 58 Reissue Custom Shop Les Paul the neck on "Birdy" is comfortable to play. But its my opinion - I´m the most time "in the Blues" and don´t play in a lightning speed. By the way - people always say that the QC at Epiphone is not that good - in the case of my Firebird there are no issues! Not one! So, thanks again, stay healthy and keep on your good work! Greetings from Germany!
proud and happy owner here! the hype is real. spent 400 Euros and it even has a G-decal. Although I would represent the Epi-logo for sure, an absolutely awesome guitar, my 16th lol. My Strat, the DeArmond M75T, the D'Angelico Custom one of a kind & the Firebird are all I need though
I always wondered how this Firebird compared to my Gibsons ( mind you, I own lots of Epiphones...) and although I really love my 2017 Firebird-I Joe Bonamassa I still wanted to add an affordable Firebird-V to my collection... Thanks to you I know this Firebird IS the real deal... I'm getting one...
I love these guitars after seeing Steve Jones and Phil Manzanera using them. Although I would like to have seen you let go of the guitar so I could tell if it is a neckdiver!!! I have a feeling it will be.
Hiya Dagan. I won a Epiphone Firebird on Planet Rock Radio, it was the door number 24 on the Planet Rock Advent Calendar. Thhey gave away a Prize every day of Advent (December) Each has a Prize like a CD of whoever and aa Sony DAB Radio, everyone got them, Crap tho as mine gave up in only a few years. But the reason I won the Jackpot of the Firebird including the Massive Case it cam with. it was i living in central London so could go to the studio in Edgware, so i got to see where every thing was done in 2008, so I have A untouched Epiphone Firebird in it's case as I have Started my Guitar Lessons yet do to I'll Health. and as I am in a Wheelchair most of the time I will start soon, as I have just moved to a Bungalow after living in Kennington Rd for 64 years. I asked a now friend of mine if it's worth starting to play, He said Glen, Just plug in a see you're World Change, The Man was Zal Cleminson, my all time favorite player ever He's new Band will be out on tour soon so I hope he comes near us in Walton-on-the-Naze. the Firebird it beautiful but to heavy for me. Keep up the great work Dagan Regards Glen.
I just got one i love it put in two seymours and a dusenburg diamond on a mounting plate. Had to do the nut ( used to make guitars) adthe frets needed polishing. When you first hold one you think have i gone mad. Now i cant believe i waited this long ,be prepared to do some setting up though.
Great demo! There is a difference between mini humbuckers and true firebird pickups. No screw bobbins, and there is a bar magnet in true Firebird pups. What pickups does this Epiphone model come with?
I've been looking around for a while seeing which guitar I should save up for next and gosh dang is this firebird hot lol I have to pick this bad boy up sometime in the future
Another great video mate. I'm a guitar player but had a Epi Firebird bass just for the look of it. Problem was I couldn't gel with. Great looking, nice sounds but too neck heavy, too thick neck, really tiring to play. Gave it to my bass player mate and he loves it (Well free is an incentive!). This new one looks good and those pickups sound awesome!... I had been thinking about a Tokai Firebird but the new Epi IBG may actually be the one I need :)
First video hearing a FireBird before. Great performance! 👍 I can definitely hear the difference between that and a Classic, Studio. I just bought a used Epiphone Gibson Les Paul Classic Worn Sunburst and love the look and sons of it but would definitely entertain the purchase down the road of a FireBird as well. Is Amazon a good place to buy guitars vs buying retail, straight from the manufacturer, or used in person? Keep up the great content 🙌🙌 Cool accent 😀😀
I just got an Epiphone Lzzy Hale Signature Ebony Fret-board Alpine White Explorer and it's Kick-ass too! I put a Gibson TP-6 fine-tuner tail-piece on it because I'm used to Floyd-Rose Tremolo Systems. Even the case it came with is high quality.
Great....shoulda played some 'Skynyrd. . I Ain't The One first choice. Bought a, Epi LP Jr TSB from SW that I love. Get a 600 page (!) catalog in the mail last week,,,"Where's the Epi's??" Second look, like page 9/10. Two page spread and last is the Firebird....a V (five) which I adore. Too early to ask Santa for a gift ???? Probably ;) Wish list though.
Have you ever played a Gibson version? Is there a difference in the feel or the tone? I watched another review where the guy playing it (2020 Epiphone) said that it felt and played like .... an Epiphone.
TH-cam could use a couple more Inspired by Gibson Explorer videos. Could you make one? I just ordered one, it's back-ordered, so I have to wait for it, although it's already paid for.
I don't like the short scale but I've always liked this model. I tried one in the shop and was disappointed by the lack of attention to detail: unfinished fretboard, buzzing frets, traces of glue and no color choice (and I don't want any more sunburst guitars, I already have too many). In the end it's still an Epiphone but at a price that isn't an Epiphone price and in comparison the Squiers which cost just over half the price seem like custom shops. Of course they are small repairable defects but it seems absurd to me to buy something new starting with the idea that I already have to fix it. Other less enthusiastic videos tell of the same defects, so the quality standard is widely low, it's not a single case. it's really a shame.
Decision made…..on the first I’m going to my local L & M and putting $$ down on the Firebird they’ve had there since I got home a year or so ago. Watch it be gone now that I’ve said it out loud 🤬
Not to worry, swap them out for some Dimarzio’s or Seymour Duncan’s that are even better than the Gibson pickups and you’re still much better of price wise
For clarification top heavy means if you’re not holding the neck the head will dip towards the floor when wearing the guitar and the body will rise up. Not an actual weight question
I blame the room. I have that exact amp (with a 2x12 cab) and it sounds way different in my studio. That being said, the guitar sounds lovely through it, perfect for the rocking blues I like to play.
As much as I am typically a fender guy, the reverse firebird is so badass!!! I love this.
same!!! im not a huge gibson fan but this is the guitar ive been eyeballing 👀
The only Gibson style guitar that has twang like a fender
@@bobbychubb6913 Also the only Gibson with a "quirky" shape like a Fender. This would be the Jazzmaster of Gibson if they made it affordable much earlier.
@@ButterDawgDawgWitDaBudda idk if you've heard of this before... but fun fact, they got sued by fender for copying the offset body shape, and had to change the reverse offset body into the non-reverse to make it different.
Can not go wrong at this price.
Your enthusiasm is contagious, appreciate your demo/effort!
Hey sixblade just got it a couple of days ago was on its way two weeks ago fedex truck crashed all was lost on their truck when things got figured out they overnighted it to me..if your getting one you will be very glad you got one its freaking amazing.mmi can tell it wasn't just slapped together and shipped out it's very impressive you're going to love it if you're getting one rock on bro
I bought mine a few days ago and I'm very very happy with it. I didn't want to spend thousands in a Gibson so this Epiphone was the key. Anyway, I did some changes/improvements and now the guitar is a rock machine and plays and sounds like heaven:
- Switched all the wiring for a vintage/shielded wire (pickups as well).
- Shielded the electronics cavity.
- Rounded and polished the frets and fret ends.
- Fretboard conditioned with lemmon oil.
- Improved the toggle switch with some machine oil.
- A full setup.
There are some things that can be improved (but then it wouldn't be an Epiphone):
- The truss rod is a cheap truss rod but it just works. No complaints.
- The fretboard isn't rosewood but I saw lots of Gibsons (much more expensive) with a clearest and scariest fretboard than the Epiphone fretboard.
- The poly finishing is hard as a rock and shines as a sun... but it's ok.
- The sunburst painting isn't the best job in the world.
But hey! It's a £549 Firebird with a pair pickups made in the same way as the Gibson ones, groover rotomatics 18:1, same body and neck construction as the Gibson Firebirds, a nubone nut, etc ... I do not need a Gibson Firebird by now.
I bought a fire bird in December and it has become my favorite guitar out of the 3 I have all epiphone guitars peace
I’m two years late to the party, glad they were still available . Just picked one up and will be here in 3 days. Thanks for the demo, you do great video’s.
Hey, where did you order it from?All I can find online are the regular models.
So how do you like it?
Nice! Mine arrives in a day or two!
I'm buying this guitar! I love the firebird style, and my favorite out of all the Gibson models. Would love to have the Gibson, but would be pretty stupid of me to pay the huge price for me to sit in my bedroom and play for absolutely nobody.
Play for yourself bro!
I just bought one and I love I can't put it down for nothing.
Everytime I watch you play I wanna grab any guitar aroung me and play too! Thanks for the inspiration man!!
Bought one will be here tomorrow thanks for the vid brother!!!!
I`d like one of these in vintage white with gold hardware , come on Epiphone your guitars are awesome. Great demo too thanks...
You never let us down mate with all your videos keep on Rockin over the Pond.
Just bought one of these the other day. It plays amazingly!
Price?
@@hddrummer8838 $600
I've got one coming today. I hope frets are level.
@@blues24jesushi Keith, how were the frets, strings, did you have to do a set up?
@@JP-vb4ky it was pretty much ready to play. I lowered the bridge a bit oiled the fretboard put my own strings on boom ready to go. It was spot on with intonation as well. Couldn't ask for much more.
I don't think he was going to stop playing. 😆 It was like he came to realization he was still doing a video.
Just got one. It's just awesome.
The Firebird was inspired by the late great Allen Collins and it rose from the ashes a Freebird.
Just ordered one and I can't wait for it get here. I've been wanting one of these for a while now. Great review as always man!
if epiphone made a non-reverse model i would jump out from my seat!
Bro I would fucking steal my mums credit card...
This is the non reverse. The one your thinking of is the reverse.
@@lazz7407 no, this is the reverse - was just an unofficial name to begin with
I have the Custom Gibson VOS '65 Non Reverse Firebird and it is GREAT. what a beautiful and easy playing great sounding instrument. Unbelievable but it's damn expensive unfortunately..I will never sell it..
@@lazz7407 this is the Reverse hes talking about a Non Reverse if Epiphone made it.
Scenario: Dagan meets a guy who lives in the desert , and says would you like to buy some sand ? The guy says can you show me why your sand is better than the million acres that surround me , so Dagan does a little demo , ten minutes later the guy buys ten tons !! Moral of the story ? Dagan you are one helluva sales guy ! And that guitar is awesome 😎🎸
Thanks a lot for this video! Very impressive and I would buy one right away, but I already own one of these!
Early this year I had the chance to compare one of the first of these guitars arriving in Germany with a couple of their "original sisters" and like you I was very impressed.
Believe it or not - if I closed my eyes and just play, hear and feel I could hardly tell which was the Epi and which was one of the Gibson´s! OK - its still an Epiphone, but its very very close to the original birds. And it has this vintage neckthrough construction and the CTS electronics works really well. Althoug I love the massive neck of my 58 Reissue Custom Shop Les Paul the neck on "Birdy" is comfortable to play. But its my opinion - I´m the most time "in the Blues" and don´t play in a lightning speed.
By the way - people always say that the QC at Epiphone is not that good - in the case of my Firebird there are no issues! Not one!
So, thanks again, stay healthy and keep on your good work!
Greetings from Germany!
This looks and sounds lush I might just have to pop into the shop to hear you play it live lol
Cracking video, Dagan. I ordered mine from you guys last week and it's an awesome piece of kit! 🤘🏻
I love my epiphone sg special p 90.. the more I play it the more I like it
Glad you explained the specs. All the reviews I've see so far don't even come close to yours. Especially with you explaining the neck profile.
proud and happy owner here! the hype is real. spent 400 Euros and it even has a G-decal. Although I would represent the Epi-logo for sure, an absolutely awesome guitar, my 16th lol. My Strat, the DeArmond M75T, the D'Angelico Custom one of a kind & the Firebird are all I need though
I always wondered how this Firebird compared to my Gibsons ( mind you, I own lots of Epiphones...) and although I really love my 2017 Firebird-I Joe Bonamassa I still wanted to add an affordable Firebird-V to my collection...
Thanks to you I know this Firebird IS the real deal...
I'm getting one...
I’m glad epiphiphone makes one instead of having to find a classic Gibson and i can’t afford one this is my fave Gibson designers guitar
This thing looks and sounds like a garage rock machine!! Want one soooooo bad
This thing looks like real deal! Can't wait to put my hands on it. Thank you for the video.
I would like to see a epiphone flying v ir Explorer Review, awsome vídeo by the way!!
Wahey!! You did it!! Thanks guys!!
Firebird = Best Gibson design.
I love these guitars after seeing Steve Jones and Phil Manzanera using them. Although I would like to have seen you let go of the guitar so I could tell if it is a neckdiver!!!
I have a feeling it will be.
The neck does dive a little...Big heavy guitars tend to do that...But it plays oh so amazingly!
Great video. Mine has just arrived, so itching to finish work and get back home and have a play.
Going to be my christmas present !, i love it !
Firebird is Johnny Winter and Allen Collins so you have to have one in your arsenal.
Don’t forget the late great Paul Chapman, UFO ..
Hiya Dagan.
I won a Epiphone Firebird on Planet Rock Radio, it was the door number 24 on the Planet Rock Advent Calendar.
Thhey gave away a Prize every day of Advent (December)
Each has a Prize like a CD of whoever and aa Sony DAB Radio, everyone got them,
Crap tho as mine gave up in only a few years.
But the reason I won the Jackpot of the Firebird including the Massive Case it cam with.
it was i living in central London so could go to the studio in Edgware, so i got to see where every thing was done in 2008, so I have A untouched
Epiphone Firebird in it's case as I have Started my Guitar Lessons yet do to I'll Health.
and as I am in a Wheelchair most of the time I will start soon, as I have just moved to a Bungalow after living in Kennington Rd
for 64 years.
I asked a now friend of mine if it's worth starting to play, He said Glen, Just plug in a see you're World Change, The Man was Zal Cleminson, my all time favorite player ever
He's new Band will be out on tour soon so I hope he comes near us in Walton-on-the-Naze.
the Firebird it beautiful but to heavy for me.
Keep up the great work Dagan
Regards Glen.
Gonna be trading my fender jag for one of these very soon, can't fucking wait!
I just got one i love it put in two seymours and a dusenburg diamond on a mounting plate. Had to do the nut ( used to make guitars) adthe frets needed polishing. When you first hold one you think have i gone mad. Now i cant believe i waited this long ,be prepared to do some setting up though.
Looks good on you Dag'z!
Great demo! There is a difference between mini humbuckers and true firebird pickups. No screw bobbins, and there is a bar magnet in true Firebird pups. What pickups does this Epiphone model come with?
These sound great. Still hoping we'll get a tremolo version of these in 2021... Maybe even a VII. One can only hope....
Bigsby and vibramate. That's what I'm about to do to mine.
@@rfelton77 yeahr considering that aswell :D
@@rfelton77 how is it ? :)
@@simondavid2519 it seems to keep the strings set higher than I prefer. I put it on my Les Paul instead and it seems to work much better on it.
I've been looking around for a while seeing which guitar I should save up for next and gosh dang is this firebird hot lol I have to pick this bad boy up sometime in the future
The icing on the cake would be a white one (Johnny Winter ⭐)!
I’m really digging that les Paul on the wall
This is very tempting. I need a guitar with Mini Humbuckers, and these sound better than the Dimarzio PG 13's, to me. Thanks, Dagan!
Another great video mate. I'm a guitar player but had a Epi Firebird bass just for the look of it. Problem was I couldn't gel with. Great looking, nice sounds but too neck heavy, too thick neck, really tiring to play. Gave it to my bass player mate and he loves it (Well free is an incentive!). This new one looks good and those pickups sound awesome!... I had been thinking about a Tokai Firebird but the new Epi IBG may actually be the one I need :)
First video hearing a FireBird before. Great performance! 👍 I can definitely hear the difference between that and a Classic, Studio. I just bought a used Epiphone Gibson Les Paul Classic Worn Sunburst and love the look and sons of it but would definitely entertain the purchase down the road of a FireBird as well. Is Amazon a good place to buy guitars vs buying retail, straight from the manufacturer, or used in person? Keep up the great content 🙌🙌 Cool accent 😀😀
I've got a tokai firebird, thinking about moving on but to what, it's such a versatile guitar can be made to sound a but like a tele or a les paul
Have you done a review on the epiphone sg special. The one with master tone and volume with a killpot in the tone
Sounds awesome!
Have you gotten a chance to play the new Epiphone Les Paul special? The tv yellow one?
Yes. We need the video of this, please!
I have had mine for just over a year now and its FANTASTIC play it everyday
I’ve got one. Superb!
I just got an Epiphone Lzzy Hale Signature Ebony Fret-board Alpine White Explorer and it's Kick-ass too! I put a Gibson TP-6 fine-tuner tail-piece on it because I'm used to Floyd-Rose Tremolo Systems. Even the case it came with is high quality.
would love to see a left-handed version
I agree with the Pelham Blue comment. I'd sell my 2 guitars for it if it were in Pelham Blue.
Great....shoulda played some 'Skynyrd. . I Ain't The One first choice.
Bought a, Epi LP Jr TSB from SW that I love.
Get a 600 page (!) catalog in the mail last week,,,"Where's the Epi's??" Second look, like page 9/10.
Two page spread and last is the Firebird....a V (five) which I adore.
Too early to ask Santa for a gift ???? Probably ;) Wish list though.
Thats alot of what I play! Got one of these coming Friday. Time to kick some Skynryd tunes with it!
@@scottwalker7534 Lucky so and so :)
Thanks for the reply.
Please let us know how the guitar is !
I want one so bad
Have you ever played a Gibson version? Is there a difference in the feel or the tone? I watched another review where the guy playing it (2020 Epiphone) said that it felt and played like .... an Epiphone.
I love when russell brand reviews guitars
TH-cam could use a couple more Inspired by Gibson Explorer videos. Could you make one? I just ordered one, it's back-ordered, so I have to wait for it, although it's already paid for.
Neck dive? Dagan didn't take his mitts off the guitar the whole time. Does sound great though!
I'm really between this, a prophecy extura and ghosthorse explorer...
Please do a video on the Epiphone Explorer
Firebird pickups are not the same as regular mini humbuckers.
I dont know if I like that cab, sounds like your playing through a 6" speaker, when I played that guitar through a different rig it sounded way better
Pelham Blue!!!!!!
I don't like the short scale but I've always liked this model. I tried one in the shop and was disappointed by the lack of attention to detail: unfinished fretboard, buzzing frets, traces of glue and no color choice (and I don't want any more sunburst guitars, I already have too many). In the end it's still an Epiphone but at a price that isn't an Epiphone price and in comparison the Squiers which cost just over half the price seem like custom shops. Of course they are small repairable defects but it seems absurd to me to buy something new starting with the idea that I already have to fix it. Other less enthusiastic videos tell of the same defects, so the quality standard is widely low, it's not a single case. it's really a shame.
Sounds so tasty
Can someone please help me with locking tuners? I just installed locking tuners and the high E snapped. Does anyone have a fix for this?
@A Man they were new strings. I guess they just need to be worn in or something.
Hi, question: is the neck of this firebird is as chunky as the Les Paul's, or thinner?
@Justin Hoard thank you, just got mine!
@Justin Hoard will do
@@JP-vb4ky how is the neck?
Decision made…..on the first I’m going to my local L & M and putting $$ down on the Firebird they’ve had there since I got home a year or so ago. Watch it be gone now that I’ve said it out loud 🤬
More reverb!
Great idea for a guitar, but the pick ups sound anemic to to Gibsons.
Not to worry, swap them out for some Dimarzio’s or Seymour Duncan’s that are even better than the Gibson pickups and you’re still much better of price wise
100
I don't care about you! You know what I mean!!
Is it top heavy?
I played one in a guitar center and yes, it is, but not too bad.
For clarification top heavy means if you’re not holding the neck the head will dip towards the floor when wearing the guitar and the body will rise up. Not an actual weight question
@@nextyearofficial I've got a tokai and yes it will, it's not intolerable, playing standing helps
You look like your on break at guitar Center
Beer tabs and tabs..everything else means nowt.
Great guitar, great playing HORRIBLE AMP
To much dramatics.
The burst job is pretty sloppy
It's a cool guitar but that amp sounds so ass
Its just the room because the orange that he heard earlier sounded the same way
I blame the room. I have that exact amp (with a 2x12 cab) and it sounds way different in my studio. That being said, the guitar sounds lovely through it, perfect for the rocking blues I like to play.