Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: gwEm on August 15, 2010, 05:51:14 PM
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I'm absolutely stoked by this guitar! As you can see, its a firebird 1, but with a couple of improvements - pigtail bridge, silky ebony board, Wez profiled neck and a steinberger tuners. The pickup is a Lollar and its crunchy, clear and powerful. I love Wez's necks, and this is really addictive to play - I am on the train home playing it now. The tone pot is important on firebirds, and Wez has used a NOS capacitor which I'm quite impressed with. The wood working is naturally top notch, lightweight mahogany and it sustains for biblical lengths of time, even unplugged.
I already know its a beauty, one of the best guitars I've played, let alone owned. Its exactly what I wanted. Thanks again mate!
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/fb11.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/fb12.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/fb13.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/fb14.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/fb15.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete%20guitars/fb16.jpg)
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That does look very nice indeed.
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WOW! Wez strikes again!! Marvelous!!!
What is the finish? Oil?
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:D that is looking awesome!
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:D that is looking awesome!
+1
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Wow! Looks great, think I prefer 2 pickup or 3 pickup look on firebirds though.
Doesn't an Ebony board make it a little sharp?
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Wow! Looks great, think I prefer 2 pickup or 3 pickup look on firebirds though.
Doesn't an Ebony board make it a little sharp?
I've played a couple of Firebirds and they're always bright. Its hard to say if the ebony makes it brighter - there's good bits on the guitars - the Lollar and NOS capacitor so its tameable. Got some coiled leads at home too just in case. The feel and look of the ebony are just perfect :)
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Nice one, I've deliberated over a Firebird for some time now.
Enjoy!
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thanks gwem :)
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BUMP!
WOW! Wez strikes again!! Marvelous!!!
What is the finish? Oil?
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sorry fernando - yes, its oil
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i've just plugged it into the rig. you can use a coily cable with it, but its not at all necessary. the tone control handles everything necessary. i must admit it could have been dodgy into a marshall master volume, but it works well - lots of power from the lollar to drive the front end too. pure joy to play a power chord, the seemingly infinite sustain blends into lush harmonic feedback. clapton surely knew it he was doing when he picked one of these.
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Wow, you've kept this one under your hat! :)
Love it, very cool indeed.
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sorry fernando - yes, its oil
Looks terrific, congrats!
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That's very nice! :)
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Tasty!
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Excellent.
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So, so, jealous!
Very nice, enjoy!!
Paddy
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This looks properly excellent. I kind of dig the contrast in the (relative) simplicity of the hardware/electrics and the (relative) complexity of the body/neck/build.
Those Steinberger tuners caught my eye a while back, too. Nice change from regular pegs, and probably a deal more solid than actual Banjo heads.
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Ooooh - gorgeous. I do like Firebirds.
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Amazing!!
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That's more superb worksmanship from Wez, congrats to all!!
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It looks great - the colour of the mahogany is really brought out by the finish (or perhaps your camera!). I had a custom shop Firebird 7 from the 90's with the ebony board and liked it's sound, but sold it to get the Firebird 3. This looks like it will be a really nice guitar. Wez strikes again!
CS&N's Wooden Ships is my favourite Firebird song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQAWqT_R5NI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQAWqT_R5NI)).
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looks great!
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that is awesome. very nice indeed :D
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this has me very tempted to get a firebird... add a bridge route... stick in a Crawler and whack on a TP-6 Bridge.
kind of like this...
(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z237/analogsystem/DSCF1205.jpg)
heresy... maybe... but i like it!
question im asking is whether to do it on a real (circa 90's-2000's) firebird or go custom.
im ignoring the epiphones currently available with full size HB's
curses gwEm. such a nice firebird
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Gawgeous!
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I have some serious GAS right now.
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I'm proper GASing for a White Firebird now! Damn you Gwem, Wez and Dmoney!!
Paddy
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that is a gorgeous guitar! i recently played a cheap tokai single pickup firebird, and i really liked it. would love one like yours, although i have notion for it in Pelham blue :)
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Love it, I've been GASin' for a Firebird I for many year.