I am a cowboy chord guitar player, but I love seeing your videos. My wife died from breast cancer a year ago and I am still grieving. Your videos dull the pain and distract me from my misery. Thanks Sean from Scotland
Yes Google Prince's mad cat guitar and you will get a world of information and why he chose it to be used on certain songs. Great guitar great player much history.
Yes one of the greatest ever I looked it up and Google said he did play a fender telecaster until 1980 and then switched to the Horner Im a big Prince fan and wondered why I never saw a fender telecaster identical to his and with stripes on back that's why thanks buddy now I want one of those horners ide hate to see the price 👍
Prince was one of the best guitar players out there. He was a Jehovah. Witness, and he actually went out in Minneapolis dressed in the “ uniform “ of the Witnesses and canvassed. He got a lot of skill from playing “worship music “ . Believe it or not, but during the solo of Purple Rain, I just feel that need to put my hands in the air and a tear will come to your eye. You feel visited by the Spirit. He surely had his vices, but I feel it in his music to this day. And feel free to think as you wish, but he was someone special on the guitar.
I dunno about shielding paint, but I recently started shielding my guitars with copper tape and the difference it makes to pickup noise is pretty incredible.. enough that one shielding job convinced me to do it to all of my guitars. Has to be done properly though; being certain that all the shielding is electrically continuous and properly grounded at the end. Otherwise it does basically nothing.
I got one from aliexpress and replaced the controls and pickups. It rocks, has a great neck on it. I put strat pickups in it like it had, just like Prince.
My buddy purchased a strat version from Guitars Garden. He said it plays every bit as nice as his Fender Deluxe. And he paid less than $200 - Stainless frets, locking tuners, alnico pups... it's crazy.
In 2022 I bought a Firefly 338 (Gibson ES-335 knockoff) brand new on ebay for $250 and I am nothing but impressed with it. Gorgeous blueburst on black finish, white binding, pearl inlay fretboard. Nice detailing. Stays in tune, plays nice and beautiful tone/sustain.
It's a copy of a "PRINCE" Madhatter guitar. HS Anderson made them and so did Hohner. They have been out of stock on these at Firefly for months but are back in stock now. I just looked. I have one by Firefly and also one by HS Anderson. A real one can bring 4,500 to 6,000 dollars or more. Nice video!
Was impressed, watching and listening to you do your stuff. Anew fan & subscriber for sure. As far for Firefly. If its good enough for a countryboy its good enough for me. Thank You , Brother.👍
I got one of these 3 weeks ago, it’s a very nice guitar for the price. Mine also needed a truss rod adjustment and a little intonation, but my frets were very smooth. I’ll probably be buying another different style from Firefly in the near future.
I picked up a HSS strat last year and it awesome. Great specs; even the bridge has a full-size counterweight. After a set of Bootstrap pickups, it is an incredible instrument. However, I just received a new semi-hollow Tele with a bigsby. Nice looking instrument, but the chemical odor coming from inside the body is so strong and offensive, I am sending it back. Not sure if it is the glue or some sealer they used. Have to wonder if these Chinese chemicals are dangerous to our health. I'm not taking any chances.
Recently received my Firefly 338. First I have to say I do not see excess glue anywhere, including the nut where it has been noted in many previous reviews. Frets were well polished and I did not find file marks on the ends, smooth the entire length of the neck. Fit and finish was above average, I own much more expensive guitars that don’t look as good. Looking across the finish from the side, where pits and other imperfections show the most, did not reveal any. Playability: strings 1 through 5 are perfect all the way up the neck. The low E 6 string started to buzz at about the 12th fret. Checking the bridge height on 6 showed it was a little low. Made the adjustment and buzz went away. Tiny adjustment just to raise the bridge end a fraction. Pot all good and the locking tuners hold tune fine. I know folks say these are hit or miss, I think I got a home run… especially at this price.
I have 5 Fireflys I got over a 2 year span. 3 Les Paul types and 2 Explorer types. One of the Explorer ones matches my 1981 Ibanez Destroyer in that gorgeous red I've had since 1983. The electronics in all of mine were junk and microphonic. I put active EMG pickups in the Les Paul guitars and passive EMG pickups in the Explorer guitars with all new controls as well. Did a basic setup and that's it. Frets were good, they stay in tune very well and sound amazing. Can't ask for much more than that for a cheap guitar. They play as good and sound as good as my Destroyer and my Brothers early 80's Gibson Explorer. Great video!!!
Beautiful sound, I wish I could put a5s. with cloth wire and full size pots in my MIM Tele, that is great. It has Almico 5s in it but they are Tele pickups. That is something new. Strat pickups in a Tele. Mine has the U style neck and 7.25 radius.
I have that same guitar, I did a setup on mine but lucky me, the frets were level all the way, and the neck was perfect. I replaced the stock pups with Tex-Mex neck and bridge, the only drawback is the weight, but I can deal with that little bit of extra weight. Thanks for another great video Sean/Cathy.
So happy to hear your opinion of the Mad Cat! Mine is on the way. I've never done fretwork like you, hopefully it won't need it, or else it's time to learn a new skill! Great stuff, Rock On!
Sean you don’t seem to ever miss a beat, I just ordered one of these, but it’s coming from Harley Benton, man I love watching you do these less expensive but good enough guitar videos, salute!
Another awesome video for scarred nation! Nice telecaster but not as nice as the one o received from y'all yesterday. Thanks and keep up the great work
I have a firefly FFLP “yellow bat” which is a set neck Les Paul style guitar. I like it but I think I might need to switch out the pups, or at least the neck pup. Wish I was a little closer to you and you had time to give mine a once over but it’d be a lot to ship down to you. They do seem to be nice budget guitars.
Probably not sounding as bright as it did before because I'm pretty sure they put nickel strings on from the factory. So not really cheap strings. I have a 335 of theirs. They are nice guitars. Bone nut too. Full size pots and not bad pickups. Had to do a truss rod adjustment also. Some high frets. I just knocke um down with a hammer and they were fixed. Nut was too tight on 2 strings. Had to file it. Quality guitars if you don't mind a little work.
You're not a Prince fa obviously but i already subscribed and STILL like your channel. I got that guitar about 3 months ago and I love it. Honestly I STILL have to get it set up...High B and E frets are pretty dead from frets 1-3 and need to change the strings but on different setting (sounds) this mutha ROCKS!!!!!!!!! GREAT HONEST REVIEW and I'm STILL a fan of your channel. Keep em coming bro!
It is modeled after the Mad Cat Guitar that Prince Played . He wanted strat pick ups in it then the standard tele style set up. Prince always played that guitar that was built for him.
lol!!! man …. your wife has one hell of a swing!!! watch out next time lol!!!! u both are amazing and thx for the outstanding videos you both make 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
This guitar is supposed to be a replica/tribute of Princes Madcat Tele, thus the weird pickguards and binding. Firefly tend to make short runs of guitars, rather than mass produce a few guitar models. The more limited edition ones will sellout almost immediately. The pickups they use in their Tele's are Korean made Alinco 5's and I felt no need to replace them. The only thing I upgraded was adding a 4-way switch to run the pickups in series. You should definitely show the viewers the four way switch mod on a future Tele review. It cost almost nothing to install , and gives you a higher output "humbucker" tone.
The back bow on that neck came back around ..the backbowed neck on my fender vintera never came back around I slackened the truss rod right of till it was loose ,over tuned the strings and left it for a week to see if we could get it to come back around .nope it was a junker .had to go back to fender .and it being a limited edition of fifty in Europe there wasn’t any more .so I bought a Gibson sg standard instead ,now that one was fine .
I have one of these, frets were fine, neck was fine, played great out the box. Tuner? Um, i still have changed them. You should check out their Ghost John 5 HH Tele, that thing is a beast!
That is Firefly's cope of the famous Prince Mad Cat Telecaster. Prince played it with Strat pickups. If your buddy wanted a regular telecaster then he should not have bout this one. I have one and after a good set up it plays like a dream. Love this guitar and I am also a big Prince fan.
I like everything about that tele, apart from the bow in the neck, i mostly go the les paul route but do have a cabro with f'trons so this is not a million miles from that, good work reanimating that corpse sean it sounded great.
I Love that guitar. Different looking, but it is a copy of the Purple One's favorite tele. If I didn't have 2 tele's already, I'd buy one. I've cut myself off for a while. I have 15 stringed instruments. Guitars, 2 bass', a banjo, and a guittarele.
@lucyfuir6386 I have 3 amps, microphones, an interface, 10 pedals, an electronic drum kit, a keyboard, and a harmonica, too. I just can't stop buying equipment, but I can't buy anymore until I move. I Need more space!
I said I am done buying china guitars. O.K..., Firefly has some really nice guitars. I have an LP style that played great right out of the box. So i ordered the FFST Classic Relic model over the weekend. And then i am never buying a china guitar ever again... LOL ya right...!
Ordered mine today . This will be my 3rd Firefly as I ajso have a Super Strat and an acoustic cutaway from them . For the level of quality vs what they are asking for them, its hard to stop buying them...
I have those nasally ceramic ones in the Silvertone and it has the olive green caps on what look like 250ks 6 screw trem. The rout is is big enough for 2 Hs so that’s what I am going to do. A pair of Cathybuckers for sure! The pots look older, they have a raised outer ring and the center is beveled down. I don’t know if it’s the caps or the pickups that give it that nasal tone. I ll have to get a pickguard and figure out how to solder. The closer I get the worse I do. I l figure it out.
Hello Sean, just curious if you would do a review of the Batking lp style to see if it may be a viable option seems to have good reviews but not that many as of yet would love to see your opinion
The pickups on the Mad Cat are pretty good, if I was going to change them I would have gone with the traditional Strat pickups, or at least a Nashville setup
Great review!...but every time I see you open the boxes with your Bowie knife ..I think the motto should be. "Dont you dare try and steal my Scarred guitar."( or pickups, for that matter)
Is it called a leopard? It has a snarl in the neck position. Sounds great after your setup! I enjoy the whole family’s channels. Raising my spirits a lot. My granddaughter is 13 and just started lessons and my buddy says she is s natural. I gave her my Epiphone LesPaul Special 2 with a good setup and a set of Billy Gibbons “Reverend Willy .007s “ she is starting out singing too, the best way to learn! I miss being a teenager and building my own first pawn shop ‘ caster.
Watch the TH-cam video of Prince Playing while my guitar gently weeps 2021 Remaster "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood. 3:30 it's pure Prince perfection showmanship and respect for this great song. Enjoy.
I found a Hohner Prinz in a pawn shop here in Arkansas...dusty, some rust & neck pocket cracks to boot...I wrangled the owner down to $100 USD. Glued up the cracks, dropped a fender 5 way switch in it & wired it to put the pickups in phase in position 4 & out of phase in position 2. It was awesome...the bridge & position 2 tthrew enough TWANG to make any country player envious. Hate that I sold it for money to buy a Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion III. It was awesome too but too damn pretty to play in public.
@neotoxo54 Hello from Arkansas, which I've been back and fourth here over the years and all over the USA & the World !!! Amazing what you find in Pawn Shops, Ect. and save lots of bucks and usually minimum work and parts needed. It's the Mark Ups that get me but I usually get a decent deal struck in Pawn Shops, Mom & Pop Shops Musician's Friend & Sweetwater, ECT. Whereby all my music gear is concerned, I'mm constantly asked, "What You Gonna Do With All Of That In The Future ??? I say, "I'll sell what I can and leave the rest to playing buddies or up & coming gonna stick with it promising younger Musicologists !!! Cheers FretBro . . . 👍🆒🎸🤘🎼😀🇺🇸🙏 DDH 3-267-2024.
Really tempted by this one but never played a maple fingerboard, they look like they'd be prone to be really sticky? I've already gone through several of the original Monoprice Indio Teles when they were string through for $109. I was able to shape those headstocks to a decent Tele look. I'm always put off slightly by guitars that are so heavily associated with one player, like the Hofner Bass, the Frankenstrat copies or this one. I love the original players but they've become so heavily tied into specific guitars. That's just a me thing I should work on :) I really appreciate seeing you do the work on inexpensive guitars, makes it easier to take the plunge and if I screw it up... then I screw it up. I do enjoy the trying process quite a bit.
Hey Sean! I have this exact guitar and it is a dream to play... Same situation when I got it, needed a little TLC and I shimmed the neck and it plays and feels like any expensive guitar I own. This one was about $200 delivered! Amazing! How do they do it??? I liked the pickups and probably won't do anything to it... Great just stock!
So will you be checking out more of these guitars? Or are they not worth the price tag vs some of the other ones you’ve reviewed. I think Firefly still charges more than some brands you’ve shown, no? Not a ton more, but you know. I hope our friend Michael Philpot enjoys his guitar!
Hey marsha that guitar as most fireflys are worth the money. But that one surprised me that it needed so much fret work I have at least 15 ff and I love all of them. Btw I gave that to sean as a personal gift. See you saturday
Just on body looks alone, I'm glad that is your friend's guitar. From this video, I don't recall the pickup swap happening ? The gloss poly tinted neck though is gorgeous, but the fretwork was way worse than the Mpnoprice $ 90 Tele & quite a few of the sub $ 250 guitars you've reviewed. If those were the original pickups in the sound demo, they sounded like the guitar didn't need the 1/4 lber pair. The pickguards, well just assume that a standard issue chrome ashtray style Fender bridge would have replaced the original fixed bridge part(s) for whatever it took. The tuners, maybe those get swapped as well. I'll take your word that this was the best of the affordable guitars, I just think it needed too much fretwork to make that call on that alone. Since we're being totally honest, I think the Monoprice TL with the Tex Mex pickup swap edges the FireFly TL across the board for everything except the gloss poly tint maple neck's finish & ball end SS frets.
I just got this exact model guitar and mine is perfect right out the box. Action is fine , intonation was spot on , frets - no problems. Don't let one bad quality control issue steer you away , for $200 its a helluva guitar.
This is your first firefly ? and you don't have their SG copy with slanted SG style ....mines dope dude. Sounds great for a country tele, and the neck pickup technically isn't a tele ...it's a full size coil. p.s. That Leopard print is all you Shawn!
Cathy has a new video comin up tomorrow! You'll get to hear her strat pick ups!!
www.youtube.com/@ScarMyPickups
Awsome can't wait
I think the binding and pickguard is "tortoise shell." That's a Prince Hohner copy.
Got to keep the two Strat pups in it. That's how Prince wanted it and what makes it different than regular Tele styles.
I am a cowboy chord guitar player, but I love seeing your videos. My wife died from breast cancer a year ago and I am still grieving. Your videos dull the pain and distract me from my misery. Thanks Sean from Scotland
This guitar is a copy of Prince's famous Mad Cat guitar originally by Hohner. Keep up the great vids.
I thought princes guitar was a Japanese fender learn something new every day had no idea it was a horner
Yes Google Prince's mad cat guitar and you will get a world of information and why he chose it to be used on certain songs. Great guitar great player much history.
Yes one of the greatest ever I looked it up and Google said he did play a fender telecaster until 1980 and then switched to the Horner Im a big Prince fan and wondered why I never saw a fender telecaster identical to his and with stripes on back that's why thanks buddy now I want one of those horners ide hate to see the price 👍
DAMN!!! You'd beat me to it!!! As soon as he'd unwrapped it I said to myself Prince's guitar!!!
Yep! As soon as I seen the thumbnail, I knew exactly what it was a copy of.
Yeah, they are pretty good. I got about 12 FF guitars. Every time they release a new model, I scoop up my favorite finish.
Laughing my arse off here when Cathy shows who's boss 🤣🤣🤣 I've rewound that part a few times.
Sean, that guitar sounds frickin brilliant !!!
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lol, yeah. so funny
Prince was one of the best guitar players out there. He was a Jehovah. Witness, and he actually went out in Minneapolis dressed in the “ uniform “ of the Witnesses and canvassed. He got a lot of skill from playing “worship music “ . Believe it or not, but during the solo of Purple Rain, I just feel that need to put my hands in the air and a tear will come to your eye. You feel visited by the Spirit. He surely had his vices, but I feel it in his music to this day. And feel free to think as you wish, but he was someone special on the guitar.
I dunno about shielding paint, but I recently started shielding my guitars with copper tape and the difference it makes to pickup noise is pretty incredible.. enough that one shielding job convinced me to do it to all of my guitars. Has to be done properly though; being certain that all the shielding is electrically continuous and properly grounded at the end. Otherwise it does basically nothing.
I've been shielding since the late 70s. Originally did it with mom's aluminum foil lol
I got one from aliexpress and replaced the controls and pickups. It rocks, has a great neck on it. I put strat pickups in it like it had, just like Prince.
Nice copy of a 70s Mad Cat, the guitar Prince used throughout his career.
Man I am SO GLAD I found this channel I REALLY Love you and Kathy
My buddy purchased a strat version from Guitars Garden. He said it plays every bit as nice as his Fender Deluxe.
And he paid less than $200 - Stainless frets, locking tuners, alnico pups... it's crazy.
The PRINCE TELE!!!
That's an HS Anderson/Hohner Madcat copy but with the Firefly headstock
It plays good because you did your magic.
About time you found the light! Congratulations. I have over a dozen Firefly guitars and they are all keepers with minimal work
Yep me too I have 20 less that one.
In 2022 I bought a Firefly 338 (Gibson ES-335 knockoff) brand new on ebay for $250 and I am nothing but impressed with it. Gorgeous blueburst on black finish, white binding, pearl inlay fretboard. Nice detailing. Stays in tune, plays nice and beautiful tone/sustain.
It's a copy of a "PRINCE" Madhatter guitar. HS Anderson made them and so did Hohner. They have been out of stock on these at Firefly for months but are back in stock now. I just looked. I have one by Firefly and also one by HS Anderson. A real one can bring 4,500 to 6,000 dollars or more. Nice video!
Was impressed, watching and listening to you do your stuff. Anew fan & subscriber for sure. As far for Firefly. If its good enough for a countryboy its good enough for me. Thank You , Brother.👍
Looks like the HS Anderson Medcat -Hohner tele guitar
I got one of these 3 weeks ago, it’s a very nice guitar for the price. Mine also needed a truss rod adjustment and a little intonation, but my frets were very smooth. I’ll probably be buying another different style from Firefly in the near future.
How much do you think it Weighs?
Great Videos. Appreciate the Firefly video. I have a firefly Les Paul copy I got worked into a REALLY nice guitar. New locking tuners right off.
I'm learning so much about fret work. Thanks so much.
I picked up a HSS strat last year and it awesome. Great specs; even the bridge has a full-size counterweight. After a set of Bootstrap pickups, it is an incredible instrument. However, I just received a new semi-hollow Tele with a bigsby. Nice looking instrument, but the chemical odor coming from inside the body is so strong and offensive, I am sending it back. Not sure if it is the glue or some sealer they used. Have to wonder if these Chinese chemicals are dangerous to our health. I'm not taking any chances.
Recently received my Firefly 338. First I have to say I do not see excess glue anywhere, including the nut where it has been noted in many previous reviews. Frets were well polished and I did not find file marks on the ends, smooth the entire length of the neck. Fit and finish was above average, I own much more expensive guitars that don’t look as good. Looking across the finish from the side, where pits and other imperfections show the most, did not reveal any. Playability: strings 1 through 5 are perfect all the way up the neck. The low E 6 string started to buzz at about the 12th fret. Checking the bridge height on 6 showed it was a little low. Made the adjustment and buzz went away. Tiny adjustment just to raise the bridge end a fraction. Pot all good and the locking tuners hold tune fine. I know folks say these are hit or miss, I think I got a home run… especially at this price.
I have 5 Fireflys I got over a 2 year span. 3 Les Paul types and 2 Explorer types. One of the Explorer ones matches my 1981 Ibanez Destroyer in that gorgeous red I've had since 1983. The electronics in all of mine were junk and microphonic. I put active EMG pickups in the Les Paul guitars and passive EMG pickups in the Explorer guitars with all new controls as well. Did a basic setup and that's it. Frets were good, they stay in tune very well and sound amazing. Can't ask for much more than that for a cheap guitar. They play as good and sound as good as my Destroyer and my Brothers early 80's Gibson Explorer. Great video!!!
Beautiful sound, I wish I could put a5s. with cloth wire and full size pots in my MIM Tele, that is great. It has Almico 5s in it but they are Tele pickups. That is something new. Strat pickups in a Tele. Mine has the U style neck and 7.25 radius.
The binding is called Tortoise Shell
That is a beauty. Wow, they really stepped up their game in the last couple years.
always liked the Telecaster shape and sound fantastic instrument even better now you serviced it brill 🎶🎶
Seriously, laughed at the end…
40K subs!!! Awesome!!!
Bro Cathy keeps hitting you in the head and we ain't gonna be gettin these cool videos much longer!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have that same guitar, I did a setup on mine but lucky me, the frets were level all the way, and the neck was perfect. I replaced the stock pups with Tex-Mex neck and bridge, the only drawback is the weight, but I can deal with that little bit of extra weight. Thanks for another great video Sean/Cathy.
I've got a idea that might help. Football helmet. Invest in a good quality football helmet. 😮
The Prince's guitar!
Copy of his Hohner copy. Yowza.
So happy to hear your opinion of the Mad Cat! Mine is on the way. I've never done fretwork like you, hopefully it won't need it, or else it's time to learn a new skill! Great stuff, Rock On!
I just got one and it plays fine with no issues , great deal for $228.
That’s a Frank Zappa moustache around that bridge pup!
Sean you don’t seem to ever miss a beat, I just ordered one of these, but it’s coming from Harley Benton, man I love watching you do these less expensive but good enough guitar videos, salute!
Another awesome video for scarred nation! Nice telecaster but not as nice as the one o received from y'all yesterday. Thanks and keep up the great work
what a beautiful instrument
I have a firefly FFLP “yellow bat” which is a set neck Les Paul style guitar. I like it but I think I might need to switch out the pups, or at least the neck pup. Wish I was a little closer to you and you had time to give mine a once over but it’d be a lot to ship down to you. They do seem to be nice budget guitars.
Probably not sounding as bright as it did before because I'm pretty sure they put nickel strings on from the factory. So not really cheap strings. I have a 335 of theirs. They are nice guitars. Bone nut too. Full size pots and not bad pickups. Had to do a truss rod adjustment also. Some high frets. I just knocke um down with a hammer and they were fixed. Nut was too tight on 2 strings. Had to file it. Quality guitars if you don't mind a little work.
I always liked princess mad cat! Think they did a good job doing their version!
11:33 straight to the chickin' pickin', Thanks for the licks man!
You're not a Prince fa obviously but i already subscribed and STILL like your channel. I got that guitar about 3 months ago and I love it. Honestly I STILL have to get it set up...High B and E frets are pretty dead from frets 1-3 and need to change the strings but on different setting (sounds) this mutha ROCKS!!!!!!!!! GREAT HONEST REVIEW and I'm STILL a fan of your channel. Keep em coming bro!
It is modeled after the Mad Cat Guitar that Prince Played . He wanted strat pick ups in it then the standard tele style set up. Prince always played that guitar that was built for him.
It's a "Prince" Hohner copy, But the head is different ✌🏾
My Harley Benton with Roswell pickups is the best $100-150 stock tele around.
Love your channel. You can fix any issue and make any piece of wood with strings sound good!
lol!!! man …. your wife has one hell of a swing!!! watch out next time lol!!!! u both are amazing and thx for the outstanding videos you both make 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Best guitar channel on the internet. Period.
Thank you kindly!
Country boy blues hair 65 year old songwriter been playing the same strap for 45 years
I love the Big Cat aesthetics. Wish I could get a bass with that style.
This guitar is supposed to be a replica/tribute of Princes Madcat Tele, thus the weird pickguards and binding. Firefly tend to make short runs of guitars, rather than mass produce a few guitar models. The more limited edition ones will sellout almost immediately. The pickups they use in their Tele's are Korean made Alinco 5's and I felt no need to replace them. The only thing I upgraded was adding a 4-way switch to run the pickups in series. You should definitely show the viewers the four way switch mod on a future Tele review. It cost almost nothing to install , and gives you a higher output "humbucker" tone.
The back bow on that neck came back around ..the backbowed neck on my fender vintera never came back around I slackened the truss rod right of till it was loose ,over tuned the strings and left it for a week to see if we could get it to come back around .nope it was a junker .had to go back to fender .and it being a limited edition of fifty in Europe there wasn’t any more .so I bought a Gibson sg standard instead ,now that one was fine .
I have one of these, frets were fine, neck was fine, played great out the box. Tuner? Um, i still have changed them. You should check out their Ghost John 5 HH Tele, that thing is a beast!
Better get to winding some more cuz those belong to me.... Smack!!!
Dude Belly laugh does not describe how hard that cracked me up... Love the show!
great video dude!
That is Firefly's cope of the famous Prince Mad Cat Telecaster. Prince played it with Strat pickups. If your buddy wanted a regular telecaster then he should not have bout this one. I have one and after a good set up it plays like a dream. Love this guitar and I am also a big Prince fan.
Bout or Bought? 😂
@@gabemanson8918 , I guess my typing out paced my brain, and a proofread would have helped
NEW FFTL MAD CAT ELECTRIC GUITARS ( TRANSPARENT YELLOW COLOR )BCTY
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14:30 🤣🤣🤣
I like everything about that tele, apart from the bow in the neck, i mostly go the les paul route but do have a cabro with f'trons so this is not a million miles from that, good work reanimating that corpse sean it sounded great.
Congrats on the +40K subs.
New strings take few times to get set in.
I Love that guitar. Different looking, but it is a copy of the Purple One's favorite tele. If I didn't have 2 tele's already, I'd buy one. I've cut myself off for a while. I have 15 stringed instruments. Guitars, 2 bass', a banjo, and a guittarele.
Haha I got 17 plus more amps than that lol
@lucyfuir6386 I have 3 amps, microphones, an interface, 10 pedals, an electronic drum kit, a keyboard, and a harmonica, too. I just can't stop buying equipment, but I can't buy anymore until I move. I Need more space!
@@TimRock1269 Not enough room to list what I got
This is a killer copy of the guitar icon Prince's Madcat !! Sweet guitar and a dead on copy!!!
I said I am done buying china guitars. O.K..., Firefly has some really nice guitars. I have an LP style that played great right out of the box. So i ordered the FFST Classic Relic model over the weekend. And then i am never buying a china guitar ever again... LOL ya right...!
Ordered mine today . This will be my 3rd Firefly as I ajso have a Super Strat and an acoustic cutaway from them . For the level of quality vs what they are asking for them, its hard to stop buying them...
I have those nasally ceramic ones in the Silvertone and it has the olive green caps on what look like 250ks 6 screw trem. The rout is is big enough for 2 Hs so that’s what I am going to do. A pair of Cathybuckers for sure! The pots look older, they have a raised outer ring and the center is beveled down. I don’t know if it’s the caps or the pickups that give it that nasal tone. I ll have to get a pickguard and figure out how to solder. The closer I get the worse I do. I l figure it out.
I love my firefly LP!
Hello Sean, just curious if you would do a review of the Batking lp style to see if it may be a viable option seems to have good reviews but not that many as of yet would love to see your opinion
The pickups on the Mad Cat are pretty good, if I was going to change them I would have gone with the traditional Strat pickups, or at least a Nashville setup
..How much does it Weigh if you had to guess
@@benwright6330These newer models are weighing in at 8lbs give or take a few oz.
Love your show. From Orlando
Nice video with great info, thanx man. And dang gotta like Cathy, she's one hell of a good shot.
btw... I've not bought one of those cheapie axes.
If you were to upgrade tuning keys, whats a good choice for a cheap guitar that stay in tune????
That's just it, there aren't any. Might as well get some grovers and avoid headaches.
Great review!...but every time I see you open the boxes with your Bowie knife ..I think the motto should be. "Dont you dare try and steal my Scarred guitar."( or pickups, for that matter)
Best guitar reviewer and tech on TH-cam !!! That ain't no lie.
Looks like a Prince hohner guitar. Beautiful!
It's a tribute, rather than a 1 to 1 replica of Prince's Madcat Tele. For under $200, it's a pretty sweet guitar.
Yeah baby sold
I think the binding is imitation tortoise shell
Is it called a leopard? It has a snarl in the neck position. Sounds great after your setup! I enjoy the whole family’s channels. Raising my spirits a lot. My granddaughter is 13 and just started lessons and my buddy says she is s natural. I gave her my Epiphone LesPaul Special 2 with a good setup and a set of Billy Gibbons “Reverend Willy .007s “ she is starting out singing too, the best way to learn! I miss being a teenager and building my own first pawn shop ‘ caster.
It is a madcat
Thank you.
Watch the TH-cam video of Prince Playing while my guitar gently weeps 2021 Remaster "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood. 3:30 it's pure Prince perfection showmanship and respect for this great song. Enjoy.
It's definitely designed tp look like Prince's main Tele, which I believe was actually a Hondo.
I found a Hohner Prinz in a pawn shop here in Arkansas...dusty, some rust & neck pocket cracks to boot...I wrangled the owner down to $100 USD. Glued up the cracks, dropped a fender 5 way switch in it & wired it to put the pickups in phase in position 4 & out of phase in position 2. It was awesome...the bridge & position 2 tthrew enough TWANG to make any country player envious. Hate that I sold it for money to buy a Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion III. It was awesome too but too damn pretty to play in public.
@neotoxo54
Hello from Arkansas, which I've been back and fourth here over the years and all over the USA & the World !!! Amazing what you find in Pawn Shops, Ect. and save lots of bucks and usually minimum work and parts needed. It's the Mark Ups that get me but I usually get a decent deal struck in Pawn Shops, Mom & Pop Shops Musician's Friend & Sweetwater, ECT. Whereby all my music gear is concerned, I'mm constantly asked, "What You Gonna Do With All Of That In The Future ??? I say, "I'll sell what I can and leave the rest to playing buddies or up & coming gonna stick with it promising younger Musicologists !!! Cheers FretBro . . . 👍🆒🎸🤘🎼😀🇺🇸🙏 DDH 3-267-2024.
I have a Korean Squier tele that was perfect in the store. Brand new, buying a 100 watt Marshall combo, it cost me $80.00 Hasn’t needed a thing.
Really tempted by this one but never played a maple fingerboard, they look like they'd be prone to be really sticky? I've already gone through several of the original Monoprice Indio Teles when they were string through for $109. I was able to shape those headstocks to a decent Tele look. I'm always put off slightly by guitars that are so heavily associated with one player, like the Hofner Bass, the Frankenstrat copies or this one. I love the original players but they've become so heavily tied into specific guitars. That's just a me thing I should work on :)
I really appreciate seeing you do the work on inexpensive guitars, makes it easier to take the plunge and if I screw it up... then I screw it up. I do enjoy the trying process quite a bit.
This is a "Prince " axe.
Answer: YES
Hey Sean! I have this exact guitar and it is a dream to play... Same situation when I got it, needed a little TLC and I shimmed the neck and it plays and feels like any expensive guitar I own. This one was about $200 delivered! Amazing! How do they do it??? I liked the pickups and probably won't do anything to it... Great just stock!
..is it heavy it lite, ..what do you think it weighs?
@@benwright6330 I don't think it's abnormally heavy.It's actually just right...
That is a copy of Prince's Tele style guitar originally made by Hoener, I believe.
Correct: Hohner Mad Cat. I sold them in a music store in the mid 70s. They made CBS teles look like toy copies
So will you be checking out more of these guitars? Or are they not worth the price tag vs some of the other ones you’ve reviewed. I think Firefly still charges more than some brands you’ve shown, no? Not a ton more, but you know.
I hope our friend Michael Philpot enjoys his guitar!
Hey marsha that guitar as most fireflys are worth the money. But that one surprised me that it needed so much fret work I have at least 15 ff and I love all of them. Btw I gave that to sean as a personal gift. See you saturday
ordered mine today. Next week cant soon enough for me..
Just on body looks alone, I'm glad that is your friend's guitar. From this video, I don't recall the pickup swap happening ? The gloss poly tinted neck though is gorgeous, but the fretwork was way worse than the Mpnoprice $ 90 Tele & quite a few of the sub $ 250 guitars you've reviewed. If those were the original pickups in the sound demo, they sounded like the guitar didn't need the 1/4 lber pair. The pickguards, well just assume that a standard issue chrome ashtray style Fender bridge would have replaced the original fixed bridge part(s) for whatever it took. The tuners, maybe those get swapped as well. I'll take your word that this was the best of the affordable guitars, I just think it needed too much fretwork to make that call on that alone. Since we're being totally honest, I think the Monoprice TL with the Tex Mex pickup swap edges the FireFly TL across the board for everything except the gloss poly tint maple neck's finish & ball end SS frets.
great channel mick from england uk
I want to see your p90's that you made like a telly pick up with the metal base plate used on something🤔
Ok soon
Thats a great looking guitar.
Like your videos bro regular guy like the rest of us no bs
Sheesh she need a set up. Thanks for the warning
And thank you for all the shoutouts!
I just got this exact model guitar and mine is perfect right out the box. Action is fine , intonation was spot on , frets - no problems. Don't let one bad quality control issue steer you away , for $200 its a helluva guitar.
Packaged for shipping better than Harley Benton, in my experience.
Thanks for sharing 🎸🎶🎶
This is your first firefly ? and you don't have their SG copy with slanted SG style ....mines dope dude. Sounds great for a country tele, and the neck pickup technically isn't a tele ...it's a full size coil.
p.s. That Leopard print is all you Shawn!