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« on: October 23, 2011, 04:45:24 PM »
Hello.

Just thought I'd do a quick thread about a new guitar I picked up a few days ago out of the blue :D

I've always been a fan of Vs and Explorers but have never been able to comfortably play an Explorer due to my being short and relatively fat as the body dwarfs me and I can't wear them low enough to sit right while still being able to reach the strings. I have a similar problem with Vs but have managed to more or less make that work.

I was passing a small music shop while out shopping and noticed a worn Cherry Red Epiphone Firebird Studio in the window so thought I'd nip in for a look. After a quick tune up and getting the neck pickup to work, it needed some switch cleaner as it obviously hadn't been played for a bit, I gave it a run through and must say I was pleasantly surprised. It's alot heavier than I was expecting and seems quite resonant aswell. The body is advertised as all Mahogany, which would explain the weight, but it wasn't as dark sounding acoustically as I thought it would be.

They also seem to have improved the stock Epi pickups from when I had my Epi LP Standard a while ago as the 1s in this guitar were nowhere near as bland, dull and muffled sounding as the 1s that came in my LP.

Apart from needing a setup to get rid of some sharp fret ends and to get the action down a bit I'm more than happy with it.

Here's a quick pic.

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Re: NGD
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 04:52:25 PM »
Congrats on the new guitar! Enjoy :D
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2011, 04:53:29 PM »
Congreats on the new guitar! Enjoy :D
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2011, 05:04:30 PM »
Looks deelish. I've always liked that shape, it's got a funky craziness about it. If I remember rightly Gibson got a car designer in to do it. If it was mine it put a T/shell guard on it to make it look really rich and individual. Any plans for BKP's?
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Re: NGD
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2011, 05:43:02 PM »
nice :D
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Re: NGD
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2011, 05:49:36 PM »
Cheers guys  :D

It's a bit of a departure for me shape wise, I usually just stick to LPs/Strats/Teles/PRS etc, but fancied something a bit different so thought I'd pick it up.

Quote from: choucas09 on October 23, 2011, 05:04:30 PM
Looks deelish. I've always liked that shape, it's got a funky craziness about it. If I remember rightly Gibson got a car designer in to do it. If it was mine it put a T/shell guard on it to make it look really rich and individual. Any plans for BKP's?

I'm sure it'll get BKPs at some point, but as I have no current plan of what I want the guitar to be, I can't really decide on pickups yet  :lol:

I have a Super Distortion knocking around that I took out of my BC Rich Gunslinger before it got it's Miracle Man, so I may slap that in for a bit and see how it fares.
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Re: NGD
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2011, 05:51:50 PM »
Nice :) Firebirds are awesome. I thought about getting one but I'm not cool enough to pull it off - same goes for vees and explorers :lol:
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2011, 05:56:06 PM »
nice I keep looking at these
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Re: NGD
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2011, 06:02:53 PM »
Cool guitar mate, surprise new guitar days are always fun!
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2011, 06:04:06 PM »
Nice guitar! Congrats.  :)
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2011, 09:38:28 PM »
Nice :D

All of us trad strat/tele/LP/etc guys have to find at least one groovy shaped guitar so that we can, er, look groovy...

These are growing on me, but the shape doesn't quite do it for me on a six string (I've looked at basses though). I prefer the explorer for the six string, and when I finally decided to get one I found that I can just about carry the look off (although I've never been seen in public with it :lol:).
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Re: NGD
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2011, 10:34:14 PM »
Cheers guys, it's growing on me more and more as I play it. I'm thinking a set of Emeralds might be a good pairing for it  :lol:

Quote from: _tom_ on October 23, 2011, 05:51:50 PM
Nice :) Firebirds are awesome. I thought about getting one but I'm not cool enough to pull it off - same goes for vees and explorers :lol:

Quote from: AndyR on October 23, 2011, 09:38:28 PM
Nice :D

All of us trad strat/tele/LP/etc guys have to find at least one groovy shaped guitar so that we can, er, look groovy...

These are growing on me, but the shape doesn't quite do it for me on a six string (I've looked at basses though). I prefer the explorer for the six string, and when I finally decided to get one I found that I can just about carry the look off (although I've never been seen in public with it :lol:).

Oh, I'm in no way cool enough too pull off a V, Firebird or Explorer but thought I'd give it a go as it was cheap  :lol:
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Re: NGD
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2011, 10:50:35 PM »
cool guitar!
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Re: NGD
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2011, 11:35:15 PM »
Nice score matey - they're definitely a piece of retro cool.  I reckon a set of Riff Raffs would set it off a treat  ;)
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« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2011, 12:13:46 AM »
I used to have the Gibson US version - the Epi looks pretty much identical apart from the finish, very nice!  8)

Nice guitars, and they don't feel too big or heavy for a smaller person!  :D
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