NEW Epiphone 1963 FIREBIRD V and I (BUY THESE?)
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- Опубликовано: 26 фев 2024
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Epiphone and the Gibson Custom Shop have teamed up again to create the Inspired by Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V - an authentic replica of the guitar designed by legendary automotive designer Ray Dietrich. When it was launched in 1963, the Firebird™ was Gibson’s first neck-through-body model, and it went on to be used by players in a wide range of genres, including blues legend Johnny Winter, Keith Richards and Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music, to name a few.
The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird V delivers vintage Firebird specifications at an accessible price, including a 9-ply neck-through-body made of mahogany and walnut with mahogany body wings to either side. Kluson® planetary geared “banjo” tuners anchor the strings at the headstock, while an Epiphone ABR bridge and newly redesigned Maestro™ Vibrola™ with an engraved Epiphone logo hold things down at the other end. The electronics are also premium and include Gibson USA Firebird mini humbucker™ pickups with Alnico 5 magnets, CTS® potentiometers, Mallory™ capacitors, and a Switchcraft® 3-way pickup selector toggle switch and 1/4” output jack, giving this remarkable recreation not only the look but also the sound of a classic Firebird V. An Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom hardshell case is also included.
The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1963 Firebird I delivers vintage Firebird specifications at an accessible price, including a 9-ply neck-through-body made of mahogany and walnut with mahogany body wings to either side. Kluson® planetary geared “banjo” tuners anchor the strings at the headstock, while a Wraparound Lightning Bar bridge holds things down at the other end and ensures exceptional sustain. While in keeping with the vintage 1963 Firebird I’s stripped-down specifications, the electronics are also premium and include a Gibson USA Firebird mini humbucker™ pickup with Alnico 5 magnets, CTS® potentiometers, a Mallory™ capacitor, and a Switchcraft® 1/4” output jack, giving this remarkable recreation not only the look but the sound of a classic Firebird I. An Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom hardshell case is also included.
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I bought a pelham blue Gibson Firebird in 2018 for $1099 brand new to put things in perspective.
Plus your Gibson was plekked, these Epis will have those traditional Epiphone scratchy frets and dry fretboards that make bends and slides super annoying because it feels like the guitar is fighting you.
@SG710 you can polish frets and oil the fretboard... made my coronet play and look way better.. but I also only paid like 375 dollars for it😅
@@SG710Also notorious for high frets around the 14th or so on the board. Frustrating on any guitar, but at these prices? No thank you.
@@SG710 Yeah I don't think those were plek'd not on the same level as Gibsons anyway. I saw them new just before Covid for $899 played a couple nice guitars but something tells me these Epi are just as good as those budget Gibsons. Either way I am not buying one there are plenty of other options at better price points
@@SG710idk bruh I’ve picked up gibsons in just about every guitar store I’ve been thru and have yet to pick one up that feels better than a epi pro 335 I got
Course I have picked plenty epis that were trash lol
It's not about "I'd never spend so much on an Epiphone"... It's about Epiphone making the same guitar for a grand cheaper with better specs (double pickups is a better spec). This is outrageous from Epiphone
I have not played either model but the new ones do have gibson pickups, retro headcarve with banjo tuners, cooler finishes, and a hardshell case. Definitely pricey but everything seems to be these days
Nice guitars, but for that money, I would expect rosewood or ebony freetboards.
You can buy a Gibson SG Standard for $100 more w/ a rosewood board and nitro finish.
I WAS excited until I saw the prices 😢
As long as people keep paying, they'll keep increasing. Maybe skip the hype and wait for a used one🤷🏼♂️
Thats what I do. Almost never buy new. Prices these days truly are outrageous.
Yup
actually that's not how economy works man... the correct thinking is "as long as governments keep spending more and printing money the prices will keep increasing", don't blame the companies, if they could have profit by selling cheapper guitars in more quantity they would do so, but they can't
we are seeing the price of everything increasing, why should guitar prices not?
I grew up hating the Firebird. At this point, I don't know why. I fell in love with the giveaway Firebird when I first discovered Play and Trade. Thank you for changing my mind about the Firebird. Keep it up, John and Zach.
What upgrades!? They’re the exact same materials & construction as the 2019-present model with the addition of a meastro, banjo tuners, a $3 capacitor, a alnico v over a II magnet( even though II’s sound better for a fb in my opinion) and a case. Otherwise it’s a paint under a poly finish, same 9 ply walnut mahogany body, Indian laurel baord & cts pots. I hope you point this out in your demo rather that talk like these are some massive upgrades for $1100
This!
Would have jumped on this in a hot second - if the price wasn't so astronomically ridiculous.
I bought one the Firebird I, just to see if this price increase is worth it. It isnt. There isnt a single good fret end, the tone pot doesnt work. I got heather poly mist, and it looks great, and fretboard is dark enough to pass for rosewood. It just doesnt play good with action out of the box sky high, fret ends that hurt, and a pot that is broken.
They look and are spec'd out pretty decently.
But $1699 for a non signature Epiphone with Indian laurel is comical. Where I am, that's nearly 2 grand with tax.
edit: For further perspective, a Gibson SG Standard is currently $1799. The last time a Gibson Firebird standard was in production was 2018 @ $1759, while the SG standard of that same year was about $1300-1500. Accounting for inflation, the Sg is pretty close to where its supposed to be today, and I would assume if Gibson produced another Firebird standard, it would also follow the same trend and be ~$2199. ...But that's clearly not gonna happen now.
I defended the pricing on the AJ because there's very little in today's market to substitute it, but this just makes zero sense lol.
I mean there is also no affordable firebird with the maestro banjo tuners etc.
But yeahr the price is too high for what is delivered. If it was similar to the Mike Mccready Mexico strat (nitro, rose wood, decent relicing) I'd be buying one in a heart beat!
@@marcelpaquet8134 sure, but you can easily buy a used Gibson firebird for not a whole lot more. And add a trem to that if you wanted.
Whereas the 70s style silverbursts, you’re only other option is spend $7k+
But yeah, nitro, rosewood, moving production to Korea, etc all would make much more sense at these prices.
@@trevor4533 that is true. Well you don't have the carved headstock on most non custom shop models if I recall correctly. Which to me is key to firebird look. But yeahr unless the production quality is on the level that deserves a price like that I hope it fails.
Speaking of how does the AJ LP compare to both other epiphones and it's gibson counter part?
@@marcelpaquet8134 Oh wow, I totally overlooked the carved headstock. You're right.
Looking at reverb, there are a few USA line Gibsons with the carved headstock, but the prices do creep into the ~$23-2500 range. Although a nice pelham blue one sold last month for $1750 w/ a case.
So there's 4 AJ lines. The art models, the '79 IbG, Gibson LP standard, and custom shop.
On paper, The '79 has specs closest to the custom shop. Volute, long neck tenon, custombucker neck pickup, correct artwork on back of headstock, etc.
Quality wise, would definitely lean closer to the artwork models.
Apparently, there's a few more IbG Epiphones coming out this month. An LP Custom, a '59 reissue, a '61 LP SG Custom triple pickup w/trem, and an Es355. All non-signature guitars. So now I'm really curious to see how they get priced.
Id buy an LTD Pheonix before that all day
I remember buying a buying a new 2016 or 2017 Gibson Firebird for around $800
With those tuners on that headstock angle, I'm thinking a lot of people will be disappointed when a broken guitar arrives🤷🏼♂️🤔
Holy crap that's pricey for an import. I'd rather buy Epiphone s original Firebird copy. Played them and they were great, especially at the $700 price.
I want either a I with 2 pups or a V without the vibrola.
They make the V without the vibrola for $600 still, same exact woods, construction, pots, better pickups than usa in my opinion & same lacquer as these. P.s a 2 pickup fb I would technically be a Firebird III. They did make them & can often be found on reverb & eBay between $300-$500
I work at a guitar store in the Netherlands and we got both the frost blue and ember red Firebird V's in today and let me tell ya, they're awesome guitars, but they are €1899 (which is $2058!!!!!) over here which is plain ridiculous. Might as well save up a little longer and go for an actual Gibson which is what people ultimately want anyways.
With these prices I hope they’ve fixed their fret work.
So is the idea to put Epiphone in the 2-3k range and Gibson in the 4-8k range?
Yes just watch…unbelievable. They are trying to build up the Epiphone brand with better quality which is true I’ve tried some but not buying them at those prices. No way.
It certainly seems that way
I'm really liking the Firebird I in Inverness Green.
Im definitely thinking about getting this guitar in red, Derek Miller is my favourite fire bird player. I’d love to play his songs on this 😎
Might as well save your money and get a used Gibson firebird at that price point
I can buy the regular Epiphone Firebird for less than half that price, buy all new Gibson firebird pickups, install Switch craft jack and toggle and even install bumblebee caps for way cheaper than this! I will never pay this kind of money for the same china built guitar with crappy unlevel frets that they have been producing for years!
Do these have actual Firebird blade pickups?
I purchased the $650 model last year. Of course it doesn’t have the banjo style tuners and to be honest I’m not sure I would choose those over the mini Grover tuners. I really don’t think the straight pull over the nut, over the slight string angle that the standard has is worth the design effort. The standard is close enough to the original Firebird for me, will i buy the new version maybe. But for the time being the 2020 model I could be happy with from now on.
Truly think this latest edition, Epiphone Firebird V is fantastic. Looks Great, historically correct, great components and incredible sound, but $1699.00 are they outta their friggin minds!!!! I know they’ll sell, but come on, it’s still made in China. Price alone will keep me from buying this one. Love your channel, your reviews and your honesty!👍👍
By comparison fender make vinteras ii for under 1200 & their road work Mike mccready at 1800 at least has Niro lacquer & a rosewood fretboard. These Epiphone’s are the same material & construction as the current $600 fb v, same lacquer & cts pots just with a $3 capacitor & a few bells in the form of a Chinese vibrola, banjo tuners & a case. All for an extra $1100. But fear not they are claiming these have been 3d scanned from their USA custom shop so the cnc will be that much better 😂
Great clip. I bought the 2021 FB for 600ish. That felt like a bargain and is nice. I was waiting for Harley Benton to do something but this came out. These are lovely upgrades and I don't see an issue price-wise, for what you're getting. But I've a feeling they'll drop the 2021 model to push people onto the new product and that's unfortunate
Don’t forget guys that these models are made in one of the most ethical countries in the world…
China
Hope they bring out a V in vintage sunburst, that's what I would really want.
They still make the sunburst v at $600, same wood, cts pots, fretboard & lacquer as these. Throw a deusenberg les trem or wd music meastro if you really want a vibrola on it for $100. I don’t get what he’s talking about upgrades for, they’re not upgraded, they’ve just added more overseas value engineered parts on but tacked $1100 extra
They already have this in the prophecy series.
@@SionynJones I read this comment as. Firebird V model, not a Flying V but I could be wrong
actually i prefer the probuckers because they're a copy of the original firebird pickups, the only thing i think that the 2020 epi models fail is the headstock with regular tunners, not the good looking banjo tunners
Why would anyone spend this much when they can get the basic firebird, a decent amp (or a second guitar), and still have money left? Crazy. No way is it $1,000 better.
Would buy it if it had NIBS
How long until they require a signature in blood and your first born to buy an Epiphone? 😂
I BOUGHT THE FIREBIRD V AND I REALLY LIKE IT. EXPENSIVE BUT WORTH IT IN MY OPINION.
They were only released today
@@buckbumble A local music store got a few of these in last week. The manager is a friend of mine and told me I should check them out. I did and I bought a red Firebird V.
Guys. Chinese made, good quality or not. You can buy an actual Gibson brand new and used at these crazy prices. Come on Epiphone. If this was Japan made or USA then yes. But come on guys. They are trying to get Epiphone more expensive so they can Jack up Gibson prices more than they are. Hard pass! Only buy them in the used market if it is half or below half these prices. My lord lol
LMFAO at those prices!
The Firebird V looks awesome in Frost Blue but the price is so High! 😢
Looking forward to the demo's
Love your channel, guys
I will watch the demo
I’m so confused . Very expensive but it’s so impressive !
Zero Hate!
Can't wait!
Gon' be great!
Epiphone expensive? Never been true. Ain't now.
do you guys know if there's gonna be Gibson Usa release of these?
At the Gibson Garage UK channel some guy said on the comments that they will be release later this year.but they wiil be around 3,5k - 4k 😢😢
@@glaucosouza1971 hmh I was hoping for something around 2,500 dollars. If those prices you stated are correct you're better of getting a custom build (most custom builders build Firebirds at around 2000-3000 dollars). Even saw one doing it for around 1400 (Firebird I specs, so single pickup, wraparound, etc...)
@@glaucosouza1971 Hmh I was hoping max 2,5k. For that price range I think it's better to look at the custom builders, most of them sit between the 2000-3000 dollar price range
@@glaucosouza1971 that’s not happening, the red 1 spotted at uk store was a made to measure custom order. They’re keeping the gap deliberately wide by keeping a standard model off the menu for a while longer to let these Epiphone prices run their course & try normalise it.
@@glaucosouza1971 Damn I was hoping somewhere around the 2,5k for a firebird of the usa line up. For that pricing you're better of getting a luthier to make you a custom build. I've seen quite a few who'd build you one for anything between 2k - 3k.
Wait and buy a used one next year for 1/2 price -
I’m sorry, but when I can purchase a Les Paul Studio used for less than they want for some of these Epiphones it’s a no brainer for me. I’m going to get a Gibson rather than an Epiphone.
I want to buy the one that does not neck dive. Is it existing in this Earth? :D
These are going for $3200 AUD in Australia, that's $2125 USD to put it in perspective. That is a ridiculous amount of money, I'd rather save a bit more and get a used (mint) Gibson Firebird. They've gone nuts pricing this guitar, that's for sure!!!! Where's it made?? I mean over $3k for what i assume is a Chinese made Epiphone?!? Someone's employment at epiphone needs to be terminated for this decision
Epiphone products are not of a quality that justifies the pricing. End of story.
I bought the Epiphone '58 Korina Explorer for $1299. I hesitated because of the price, but now, after seeing these,I feel like I got a good deal.
Those korinas didn’t sell well, they’ve started cropping up at guitar center sales for $800 in some places. In the uk they’ve been discounted by $400, same with the Adam jones art series.
@@danjames8570 That's a shame. They're great guitars.
New 63 reissue Gibson Firebird almost 8 grand. Hello Epiphone.
I purchased one last June.
Hi, I played one, very nice, but man, one needs arms as long as an Ape, they seem longer than my Bass.
Interesting, but pricey. I'm not in for the price.
I'm not sure, I have trouble paying that much for a guitar made in China. Maybe $ 6 or $7 hundred.
Too much coin for a Epiphone. I got their other one for $650 and it’s great. Not sure banjo tuners double the cost.
Most likely the Gibson pickups are the extra cost. The Adam Jones Custom has a Custombucker in the neck and that alone costs 245 USD.
It's a shame because Epiphone was the workhorse brand, but it seems like they became a "Premium" Asian Made Brand
@@WaurufEx only difference between USA & the amazing fb720’s is replacing the alnico Ii magnet with a V, thing is the firebird sound is famous because of that II magnet. The articulation of a V doesn’t work well in my opinion. 2020 epi fb pickups sound better than my 2013 Gibson fb v.
Ohhhhh, these are so tempting! 🤤
Ever price a Gibson?
That's your prerogative.
Almost 1800 euros for an Epiphone… I hope they go bankruptcy… that’s crazy money
the firebird bonamassa model cost 600 euros with a rosewood fingerboard and a credible sunburst color. these models with absurd colors, laurel fingerboards and always made in China cost 1500 euros. are we kidding?
1700 for an epiphone, no but hell no. woodrite matt pike for 1699 . right now gibson studio les paul 1500.. will not pay over 800 for a epiphone ever lol no matter
you can buy an actual gibson guitar with rosewood and nitro finish for a couple more bucks. Epiphone has fell off hard
They cost too much.
what a rip off