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Ankhanu .


Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 2892 Location: Nova Scotia
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 1:29 am Post subject: NGD - 2017 Firebird T |
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For Christmas/upcoming birthday my wife got me a new guitar. I’d been eying a vintage burst Gibson Firebird T at my local shop for a while, and it went on sale over the holiday... but that’s not what I got. Instead, I poked around a little bit, and found the Pelham blue version was also available, but wasn’t on sale; Boxing week, it was, so we ordered it in. It took a week to be sent from a shop in Ontario, and it arrived in a snow storm, so of course I drove out to pick it up.
This is pretty much THE spec/design for a Firebird. It’s pretty similar to the 2016, but with better bridge/tail, and with rounded edge on the neck binding, which is pretty comfy. The Steinberger tuners are kinda neat; I’d never used them before, but I like them. I played it a little with the 9s it shipped with, but quickly set it up with 11s with wound G. I didn’t get much chance to use it set up with the heavier strings before the power was knocked out for a few hours in the storm, but the feel improved greatly, the little fret buzz it had went away, and the intonation was better than with the 9s on. The balance is, surprisingly, spot on; the tuners are pretty light, and there’s lots of body, so there’s no neck dive at all. The neck pickup was somewhat hot compared to the bridge, so I had to adjust that to balance them a bit better.
The Pelham is pretty fucking nice against the white and chrome hardware.
The neck pickup is nice and round; fairly warm with a bit of thickness, but not too much; it’s still articulate and not muddy. The bridge is fairly aggressive, nice and bitey. Together the sound is pretty decent, round with clear highs... but I think this guitar is probably best suited to one or the other, while I tend to play most of my guitars with multiple pickups active.
I’m still exploring this one, I’ve only had a bit of time to mess around with it... but I like it so far. It’s more interesting than my LesPaul, or friends’ LPs and SGs have been, but still not quite what I’m usually after in a guitar - the Fender sound is more often what I want. That said, I do really like it, and we’ll see what sorts of music it makes me want to play.
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lorez .


Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 8798 Location: Hopelessly Wayward
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:48 am Post subject: |
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That looks pretty, great present as well _________________
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Ah, the heady days of trying to get beefytoanz out of my Marlin strat by adjusting the pickups right up to the strings. |
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finboy .

Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 3505 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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I really wish I could get along with the Firebird neck, looks great |
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benecol Best Poster 2010

Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 7021 Location: Westcountry
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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I love mine, and yours is a lovely colour. Treat yourself to some better pickups (Gibson's current Firebird RIs are an abomination): proper Firebird pickups are the most Fender-sounding non-Fender pickups money can buy. |
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robroe Bon Jovi Fan Club!!1

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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:38 am Post subject: |
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looks awesome |
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dezb1 The Oppressor

Joined: 01 Mar 2009 Posts: 7464 Location: glasgow
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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benecol wrote: |
I love mine, and yours is a lovely colour. Treat yourself to some better pickups (Gibson's current Firebird RIs are an abomination): proper Firebird pickups are the most Fender-sounding non-Fender pickups money can buy. |
^ Aye...get some proper firebird mini humbuckers in there!
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benecol Best Poster 2010

Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 7021 Location: Westcountry
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Motherbuckers or GTFO
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Ankhanu .


Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 2892 Location: Nova Scotia
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:26 am Post subject: |
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benecol wrote: |
Motherbuckers or GTFO
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I’m still considering the pickups. I pulled it out last band practice for the two songs I play on guitar, and it sounded pretty good, in general. They’re not amazing, but, good enough so far... mind, I thought that about my LP Studio, which I later found underwhelming (I don’t get on with LPs in general, I think). We’ll see what future plans and outlooks bring for upgrades. _________________
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That's American cinema, that is. Fucking sparkles. |
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speedfish .


Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 1141
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 2:54 am Post subject: |
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Congrats! I love the color.  _________________ Disciple of Pain
"I'm like the monkey screwing the skunk. I haven't had enough, but I've about had all that I can stand!" |
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BearBoy .


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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Looks great! _________________
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ekwatts wrote: |
I'm just going to smash it in with a hammer and hope it works. Tone is all in the fingers anyway. |
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