“Look” At Little Sister | Firefly July Guitar Drop!
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- In this 228th installment, Jimmy breaks out the Firefly “Little Sister” and talks about its reappearance along with the other guitars that Firebird Music dropped at the beginning of the month of July! Firefly guitars are available at www.guitarsgarden.com and currently there are still some “Explorer” style guitars available on Amazon as well! Thanks so much for watching and a very happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day to all!
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Just heard from Firebird Music and Firefly Guitars that they have indeed updated the Tuning Machine Heads on this model!!
@@JimmyStewart1 Oh, that sounds great! What have they upgraded them to? Are they now metal, as some have been hoping for?
@@zuperdee
Yes, indeed!
@@JimmyStewart1 that’s awesome changes the game on that one.
@@SearchingForTone
👍👍
Although I have found no issues with the nylon, but this does up the game again!! 🎸👍
The best review on RUclips. Jmo
@@Cliff-ip1zf
Wow!! Truly appreciated man…more of a “follow-up” for the LS and an update on what Firefly is currently offering. Thanks so much for watching and the kind comments! 🙏👍
Beautiful playing Jimmy 😊
@@eearts
Thanks so very much…truly appreciated! 🙏👍
Hello Jimmy I just got my FFLS they have changed the tuners to the steel post. This guitar looks amazing. Thanks for pointing that out in your review.
Hi Bart! Congrats on yours and enjoy! It’s my pleasure man….and yes, Firefly contacted me on the tuner updates right after I finished the video. I pinned a “note” to let everyone know! 🎸👍
Some of the new Les Paul style are so nice! But I already have 3 and can’t justify another!
@@eearts
Yes!! Some really nice models…justifying another? 🤣🤣
Happy Independence Day, Jimmy! This one with a regular headstock would give me way too much GAS! Awesome looks!
@@calbrockocat8728
Thanks so much CalB…truly appreciated my friend! I love the headstock…😎👍
Good evening dear Jimmy, great guitar and performance. It plays great, the price is very good, the P90 is a big plus. I wish you all the best and I look forward to the next video. Beautiful evening. Pavel CZ.👍👍👍
@@user-wv1ef2my2t
Hi Pavel…as always my friend, thanks so very much for watching and the kind comments. Truly appreciated and glad you enjoyed! 🙏🎸👍
Beautiful guitar Jimmy! Have a 335 style baritone coming from Firefly. This will be my ….7th Firefly…prices are starting to go up but so does the quality.
@@eearts
Thanks so much! Congrats on your new baritone!! Enjoy! Yes, pricing is increasing, but so is EVERYTHING! Still some of the best values out there currently in my opinion. Truly appreciate your stopping in…much thanks! 🎸👍
Happy Fourth!
@@jimmyj4811
Thanks so much JimmyJ….appreciate your stopping by. My best to you & yours this Independence Day! 🎸👍
Happy 4th. Rock on.
@@barackmycat9448
Appreciate your stopping in! Have a great holiday!! 🎸👍
man theres some nice ones there!
sweet sounding "lil sis" too!
@@birdman316
Hi Mike!! Yes, some cool guitars in this last drop for sure!! Thanks so much for stopping by bro…have a wonderful holiday as well!! 🎸👍
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Jimmy also happy independence day to the United states also I am a Canadian ❤😊
@@aminahmed2220
Hi Amin!! Thanks so much for stopping in….i really do appreciate the channel support from you and all my 🇨🇦 friends and viewers/subscribers…🎸👍
Pretty sweet looking
@@thomasd9237
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! Truly appreciated!! 🙏👍
Hope you have a wonderful 4th 🎆🎇🎆🎇
@@Jackie_Rosewood
Thanks so much…the same to you and yours! Truly appreciate your stopping into the channel! 🎸👍
happy independance day jimmy!
@@j.jester7821
Thanks so much…my best to you and yours as well! Stay safe out there…🙏👍
Nice 🤘
@@papablue3015
Thanks so much papa!! 🎸👍
Damn Jimmy, thought you died, Loved you in "Who Killed Liberty Valence"
@@skullheadwater9839
Ha!! 🤣
Nope man…still vertical and kickin’….glad you enjoyed The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance! Both John Wayne and Lee Marvin gave good performances as well. I also really like the song by Gene Pitney back in the day! Truly appreciate your stopping into the channel! Much thanks…🎸👍
@@JimmyStewart1LOL Thanks, I just had to poke a little fun about the name, you sounded good. cheers
@@skullheadwater9839
Thanks so much…hope to see you around the channel!! 🎸👍
I can't believe they're STILL using classical guitar tuning machines. Check RUclips to find out what kind of job it is to change them to the proper kind (made for steel, not nylon strings).
@@Apodicticus
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. I have seen the video you referred to here…yes, it’s a bit of work that honestly, I really don’t think is required. It would have been nice if they updated these, but I think in the long scheme of things, the nylon bushings should hold up without issue for longer than I will be concerned with them…appreciate your stopping into the channel and sharing your thoughts. Much thanks…🎸👍
UPDATE: I just found a cached version of the Firefly pages on their “Rosewood” Teles and Strats… They say it is a “rosewood composite,” which suggests some kind of engineered wood to me. Even if it isn’t “real” rosewood, this still seems like a big upgrade over the fake rosewood veneer used on others like the Harley Benton TE-70.
@@zuperdee
Yes…some of these are currently being received by those who ordered on the West Coast…they are indeed a type of “engineered wood”. Early reports are very positive. Weight being a possible concern for some…Appreciate your stopping by PG….much thanks! 🎸👍
@@JimmyStewart1 That makes total sense… Real natural rosewood would almost certainly be too expensive for them to produce these at the $269 price point… But if they are able to use this “rosewood composite” even for the neck, then I imagine it must be pretty strong and dimensionally stable, so I’m already VERY impressed-this indicates a level of genuine innovation that we haven’t seen from Firefly before, which makes me wonder what they might be capable of in the future! As for the weight… I’d love to see one on a scale!
@@zuperdee
Absolutely…this also sports Alnico 5 pickups, stainless frets with ball ends, roasted neck, sculpted heal, locking tuners and a compound radius as well! I will certainly put in on the scale, but would usually play sitting down anyway…😎👍
@@JimmyStewart1 You mean you have one of these on order?!?!? Oh la la… I will be eager to see this! Do you think it could be heavier than one made of Ash?
@@zuperdee
Did I say that? 😉😉
I am hoping it’s lighter than the ash model, but I guess we shall see…🎸👍
It always seems like they drop the returns before the big drop. So its hard to judge when they are into the new guitars. They had a composite wood strat that was meant to look like rose wood but was really a composite decking type material. Looked nice but it was gone in a few minutes it seemed.
@@johnoch6545
Thanks so much for stopping in. The “rosewood” Strat and Tele sold out in minutes. They are “engineered wood” body’s which look great and should be even better as far as holding up to stress, temperature and humidity changes. We shall see as folks start to receive them…a solid rosewood body/neck/fingerboard would be far to expensive to build and the weight would be impractical. Even Fender did those as a “pancake” style body, chambered as well and they still weighed a ton…🎸👍
Hey Mr. Stewart! I'm really digging your channel! You're very informative, and I dig that. I bought two Fireflies in the last couple of years, and both are exquisite! I can't believe they can have such quality for so cheap! The Tease guitars are in, and they just texted me not too long ago. They reserved me one of the new Silverburst Teles, and they said I can get it after midnight!
@@Krullmatic
So glad to hear you are digging the channel man…thanks so much!! You are correct, the new Tease SBH-HD’s are out tomorrow!! Congrats and enjoy it! I really enjoyed playing and reviewing Torsten’s…I am sure you will love it!! Thanks so much for stopping in and sharing!! 🎸👍
There are quite a few Firefly models I would like to buy, however, Firefly will not ship to the UK, I don't know why they don't sell to the UK.
Jimmy maybe you could find out why they wont ship to the UK?
@@AndrewAHayes
Hi Andrew…thanks for stopping into the channel and watching. Currently, Firefly can only ship to the lower 48 states. This is due to a number of factors. They are a small company, that can only manufacture a limited number of guitars per batch. They would simply not have enough inventory to fulfill orders worldwide. Their distribution warehouse is located in California for stateside shipping and as such, has only been setup and contracted for stateside shipping. Overseas shipping is very expensive, and different countries have their own fees, taxes, tariffs which Firefly is simply not equipped to deal with, nor do they have the personal/staff to handle it. They operate on a very thin profit margin, thus the savings they can pass on to the customer. All of their employees are located and based in China…(only a handful or so) which makes logistics, communication that much more difficult due to language differences, time differences, cultural differences, etc…etc…
Your best bet is to use a proxy type of shipping service from a stateside shipping address. Lots of folks have done this, but it can get quite expensive and will negatively affect most of any savings you may have been hoping for. Thomman (Harley Benton) out of Germany is another source for European customers looking for a good budget instrument, fairly priced. They are a much larger company, and ship internationally. Truly appreciate your stopping into the channel, and hope this helps explain a bit…🎸👍
I bought one the first time around and I love the neck and the lightness. The tuners and pickups left much to be desired back then and I replaced both. Finding decent open headstock tuners reasonably priced was not easy and I'm still not happy with the third set I've tried. Slick P90's sound great in this body for sure. I also swapped out the tail for something more substantial. Overall it's a winner!
Nice! Congrats on yours as well. What have you tried as far as tuners? Mine seem to work just fine, so not looking to replace them at this point…just curious.
I have a Slick with the P90….on this I simply adjusted them DOWN (I know..most P90 sound better closer to the strings) but I wanted more balance between the neck and bridge pup and bringing them down did the trick. Thanks so much for stopping into the channel and sharing…truly appreciate it! 🎸👍
I found the original pickups very microphonic and I've tried a Chinese no name set of tuners that were junk and a slightly more expensive set from China that are better but not great. Guyker makes them too so that my next attempt.
@@progressiveissueswoodstock8487
Yep…Guyker should do the trick!!
@@progressiveissueswoodstock8487go
The gyker direction , I did mine. Replace wiring pots bridge and pups. Just the magnets will be enough. The playability is top notch and with pup and wiring upgrades. Excellent sound and tone. Played it after sitting for a month and spot on in tuning. $100 in up grades and it’s a $1k axe
Jimmy sent me in the right direction on this. Thanks jimmy
That’s an interesting guitar!
@@neightmorris
Hi Nate…thanks so much for watching and commenting. It is an interesting guitar, right? If you have not already done so, search the Little Sister guitars and look at the design behind them. Quite costly for the originals…they decided to come out with a less expensive version due to popularity and I think Firefly did a good job on their version for under $250 which is pretty amazing. Appreciate your stopping into the channel!! 🎸👍
@@JimmyStewart1Wow for that price this looks to be my next guitar.
@@neightmorris
Hard to beat if you are in the market for something like this. You could also check out my initial review/demo of it when I first got mine. They have been quite rare…1st I have seen them in stock in quite awhile. Don’t hesitate too long if you are interested. They sell out quite quickly normally. Don’t know when or even if Firefly will bring them back again.
@@JimmyStewart1I have one coming my way 😁 Thanks again for the heads up. Its exactly the guitar I didn’t know I needed.
@@neightmorris
🤣🤣
Congrats man!! Be sure to stop back in and let me know what you think after you get yours! Pretty sure you are going to enjoy it!! Only thing I did to mine was lower the pickups down a bit to balance them between bridge/neck volumes. Congrats again and enjoy it!! 🎸👍
Hi Jimmy, what's the fingerboard radius and total weight? Thanks
@@riconadjar6221
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. This is not really a review of the guitar, but more of a re-introduction as they just finally came back out with it. I did my initial review last August with all the full specs, measurements and weights. Here is the link: ruclips.net/video/-ZvPBRKNigs/видео.htmlsi=ZpUU7Q2PsNHHMa38
However to answer you initial question(s) the weight is just over 6 lbs…and the radius is a 12”
Appreciate your stopping into the channel and would direct you to the full review/demo for all the pertinent info on the unique model. Much thanks and hope this helps! 🎸👍
Not a super fan of that headstock. Hope to review one of the firefly teles soon🤙
@@SearchingForTone
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. The headstock is in keeping with the original design of the B&G except that they used nylon tuning posts in this 1st batch. The newer have been switched to metal. Truly appreciate your stopping into the channel. 🎸👍
@@JimmyStewart1 absolutely great videos
@@SearchingForTone
Thanks so much….really appreciate it! Hope to see you around the channel more! 🎸👍
Jimmy - what’s the scale length?
@@3cardmonty602
Thanks for stopping in…it’s your typical Gibson scale at 24.75. All the pertinent info on this guitar was in my initial review/demo here on the channel! 🎸👍
is this the same one that wrote "LEAD ROCK GUITAR" in 1978 (dick grove publishing) with the cassettes ??? I need a copy of that amazing tutorial again. Would you republish this yourself ?
Thanks so much for stopping into the channel….Sorry no….that is the “other” Jimmy Stewart…good guy from what I understand…😎
You may be able to contact him via RUclips as well. He has some stuff on the platform…
Anyway…appreciate your stopping by my channel and hope to see you around! 🎸👍
@@JimmyStewart1 OK you play great anyway ! BTW Miles Davis had 2 different brilliant guys with the same name - in his band at different times - both named BILL EVANS
@@user-tg5rk5pt5o
Thanks so much…appreciate it! Didn’t realize that about Miles…interesting…🎸👍
I dont see how those classical tuners would work well with electric guitar strings.
@@j.jester7821
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Just like any other shaft to wrap a few winds of your string on…they have been working just fine 😎👍
Appreciate your stopping in…much thanks! 🎸👍
@@JimmyStewart1 sure, but i meant the string holes and the winder material is different on classical tuners are a bit larger and might slip. but i guess not.
its kind of an odd look with the classical type headstock, maybe that is why it didnt sell as fast.
@@j.jester7821
I gotcha…yeah, no issues. They “cloned” the original Little Sister design with the headstock on this so…I am personally glad they did and did not go with a more standard or traditional headstock. Gives it character in my opinion which holds true to the much, MUCH more expensive original’s….🎸👍
Do Firefly and B&G have an agreement? Otherwise this would be a flagrant rip-off of B&G
@@MarkusvanAardtBusinessComm
Hi Markus…thanks so much for stopping in. I don’t have any knowledge of an agreement between Firebird Music and B&G. I do know that B&G currently manufacturer and build their Crossroads series guitars in China, while keeping their custom built instruments in Tel Aviv. Guitar manufacturers have been “copying” each others designs since the beginning of the instrument. Nothing new there…how many companies do a Tele or Strat style? A LP or 335 style? A dreadnaught acoustic? A parlor style? A headless style? The list is endless..