UNBOXING a FIREFLY FFTL guitar. I finally get to try one! First impressions.
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- A FIREFLY FFTL Telecaster, unboxed and tested while on holiday in the United States of America. It was hot, let me tell you.
Unboxing, some jamming and my initial impression of this Firefly Telecaster style guitar.
Guitar Specs:
FFTL ELECTRIC GUITARS
Roasted Mahogany Guitar body
Roasted Canada Maple Neck
Rosewood Fretboard
Korea high quality bridges
Stainless frets and Locking tuners
Customized Alnico 5 pickups
Nickel strings and Bone nut
Hope the Twisted Nerve gig in Blackpool yesterday was good 👍🍺
Nice one, Dunsy! I had a chance to play a Firefly semi hollow about a year ago and it felt good. At least as good as any Harley Benton that I've played. I dig the look of it.
Will it make the cut for a Twisted Nerve gig? Kinda hope so. As always, you played it well!
Thanks sir, yeah a braw instrument. Once the neck arrives from the US (fingers are still crossed on that!) I'll try it at volume and see how it does. Was great through the Spark, but no sure how it will handle Battle Conditions.
@@DunsysGuitarWorld I have a feeling that you'll let us know!
Dunsy ,
At last I’ve waited 9 months to see this excellent video 👍🍺Fantastic value for money guitar and love Fred’s pool area with all the nice plants 👍🍺
Crazy good quality n spec for the price! I didn't realize Firefly were that good.
Very Cool, Thankyou Dunsy. Stunning looking and sounding guitar and playing as always. "Travel Rig" sounded great. All the Best. Cheers
Thank ya Sir, appreciate you checking it out. Hope all is well with you.
I just got the explorer version, a little backed up on reviews but I hope to unbox mine soon 😎🤙
That’s one fine looking guitar. Pretty fly for a Tele. My! 😀
Born and raised in Raleigh, NC. Cool guitar!
My favourite place in the USA! This was our 6th trip there.
After I just spent A boat load of money on Gibson ES 335 Supreme your looking pretty smart there bud!
Now that is a nice guitar! A beautiful instrument. Hopefully the Firely neck will arrive today from the US (I ended up posting it). Fingers crossed it's in one piece!
Great geetar great wee jam have a great trip Dunsy mate ❤
Thanks buddy!
Sounded pretty sweet to me.
That’s a real looker for sure!
10/10 for the colour alone!
I like it. Wish we had dealers for these where I live. Sounds like the epiphone Les Paul in my local music shop which I cany make me mind up te buy or no.
That's a crackin lookin Axe ya got there sir! 😎👌
Awesome score - worth the wait.
I'd bet you're the first Scotsman to try a Firefly 😀👍
Nearly passed oot in that heat way a daft hat oan! Nice guitar and I can't wait for the neck to turn up and be reunited with the guitar body. Fingers still very crossed.
@@DunsysGuitarWorld You're a brave man - Hope it all goes to plan and arrives safe and well 😃🤞
Sky Blue Pool too Dunsy's Firefly with matching hue. NIce vid
I need to get a matching suit too!
Fireflies are great guitars for the price. I wish this crop of guitars would've been around when I had started playing gigs.
It was crap guitars, like I had. Or nice Fender or Gibson guitars like the more well off kids had.
Nice playing too! Your playing reminds me Mark Knoppfler.
Yeah, I am really impressed with it. Hopefully the neck will arrive in the post soon from the USA and it can be reuinited with the body!
Hi Dunsy, I was surprised myself but when I saw the back where the covers didn't cover the holes completely but $160 is unbeatable for somebody that can't afford a decent guitar like me the Squier man, lol. The month of July in Fresno California was 115 the most but hotter than usual. Good to see you. Is this the first time you've been to the states? Nice home you stayed at, you have some good friends or fans. Peace 🕊️ Dunsy.
Crazy good guitar for the money. 115, man that it HOT! I think this was our 8th trip to the US. We got married there 24 years ago, crazily enough.
@@DunsysGuitarWorld Hey Dunsy, is your wife from the states?
She's Scottish as well! We just wanted to get married in the USA. Spent 3 weeks there on honeymoon. Visited Raleigh NC on one of the stops and met a fine fella who became one of our best friends. That's the reason we've been back to NC a few times to visit with him and his family.
Oh, man - that was hot! 🥵 Not just the guitar with a roasted body! 😂 Still, not to be deterred - there’s Dunsy on day 2 with his proper 🧢 Now, that’s what I call commitment! Props.🫡 Loved the slide guitar jam - just off to hear that again now 🎸🙂👍
Nearly got heat stroke wandering aboot in that heat with a daft bunnet on!
@@DunsysGuitarWorldOh for some Scottish weather! 🌦️🏴 😉👍
Sure is a pretty looking thing. A cross between a Deluxe and a Troublemaker .At that price too theres no downside, other than we cant get them here in the UK :(
I might take a bigger case next year and bring a few back!
Your playing was very soulful. How did you get on getting it back to the uk?
Brought the body back in my case and posted the neck - nervously waiting for it to arrive!
12:30 If you strap the neck to your leg, you’d walk with a limp through customs but could explain about the old injury; it needs a splint and you have this neck to hand in case of such medical eventuality. I’m sure I remember hearing about the time you fell off stage and have never been the same since. You were ok but I never recovered fully.
lol! I see what you did there!
@@DunsysGuitarWorld 😉👍
Hi Dunsy, it’s been a while, but that’s no reflection on your great channel my friend. You surprised me with this one. Stainless steel frets on this Firefly?? Are you kidding me?? The sound was incredible, especially for the money. Loved this upload, brother man 👍🏻
The temperature is about normal, brother 😂. About the same here in East Texas. We overcome that with great air conditioning, brother man 👍🏻
Hope you’re well, Sir! Great to hear from ya. I’m back home in the much cooler climate of Scotland - and missing the heat! Guitar is all back with me and reassembled (I ended up mailing the neck). Crazy specs on a guitar in this price range. Should have a much more comprehensive video done soon with better sound samples and the likes.
I'm not one to care about looks, when it comes to material things, but I really do like the blue/off white/wood 3 tone? tri tone? on this one.👍
Yeah, I agree - the color of the top goes so well with the rest of the guitar. I'm really impressed with it.
Just a note that looks like the packaging from my censtar off alli express
A Paulycaster! 👍🏻👍🏻
A braw looking one at that!
Nice nice guitar.
Will you not get ripped off by British customs when trying to get it into the country?
Hopefully not - postage for the neck on its own was $42 and I marked it as a “Gift”, value of $35.
@@DunsysGuitarWorld I knew a guy from Glasgow somewhere. He used to play in a glam rock band and a punk bank and he used to buy melody makers and the like everytme he was in America. He told me he used to break the headstock off them and bring them back in. He said he didn't get charged that way. He would just repair them when he got home. I couldn't do that. Ide feel like a right you know what.
He was a wild drunkerd and I don't think he was completely sane, but that's what he used to do and I believed him as he showed me his handywork (or should I say footwork) and his eh.... "professional repairs".
Looks like a knockoff of the 'Troublemaker Tele' model Fender put out a few years ago?
Yeah, I thought the same. I'm a big fan of a Tele with humbuckers.
Now lets see the video where you put it back in the box. When all of the switch positions sound the same, that's a deal killer.
When you buy a guitar you should already know if your fingers are of such size that to put 3 tips down on the A-major chord is either: comfortable and NOT jamming the fret space and jamming the A string and the e string OR you can't reliably play a clean A-major chord with 3 tips. The industry is hung-up on 1.75 inch for the top-nut - as if INTERNATIONAL LAW will shut them down if they go 1.875, or 2.000, or 2.125 inches for top-nut. And for 12-strings some of them still use 1.75" !!! BUT, firefly has maple neck. Most 12-strings have mahogany neck and they can SNAP but usually warp. Insist that the company TELLS you precisely the top-nut measure and the neck material - do not believe the written posted specs. For a working man, you truly best have 2" top-nut or bigger for a 12-string. The usual large measure is 1.875" and this still sucks. I say for the money, and the Firefly generally, is great, but the narrow top-nut sucks for working men. (I'm judging it by eye to be 1.750".)
You in NC ?......firefly ?......160?
I was indeed. And Charlotte. Visited Nashville for a few days too. Back home noo. Firefly body is too, but the neck is still in the mail!
Why did it take so long for you to get it?
There was no delivery option to the UK when it was purchased - so my friend in the US ordered it for me and took delivery of it in NC. I was going there on holiday 6 months later, so decided to just wait until I was at his. I could bring it back home with me on the flight to Scotland and not pay any import duty.
You are definitely not bonding with this instrument as I’m judging by your playing. Looks pretty but I can tell it’s not a Dunsy keeper.
Mate his playing was brilliant.
Time will tell on this one (once the neck arrives from the US!) I think, to be fair, I was up against it time wise and only had 10 minutes to get a recording done, so I was treading very carefully as there wasn't a "Take 2" option.