Epiphone killer?! The definitive Firefly FFLG guitar review

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @ghostmacgee1654
    @ghostmacgee1654 3 года назад +5

    Great riffs to illustrate the FFLG! Impeccable choice of songs for an SG style guitar.👻

  • @x-menwelcometodie624
    @x-menwelcometodie624 2 года назад +3

    7:30 also notice how SG tends to look even cooler when slender people wields them
    Specially when playing some good METAL🌩️

  • @x-menwelcometodie624
    @x-menwelcometodie624 2 года назад +2

    Is nice the mix of dark Red with Black
    Only 2 colors i like the best for a good SG
    but i like BLACK the best for it of course
    Love this Firefly SGs
    They are just beautiful and with a much reasonable price

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад +1

      My favorite SG color is the Gibson SG Standard in heritage cherry. But this one is nice too, especially for the price!

    • @x-menwelcometodie624
      @x-menwelcometodie624 2 года назад

      yeah, i just always prefer the super Dark Wine blood color
      Specially for an SG just looks so Hypnotic
      That is a color that Firefly did
      Cannot wait to see the true Ebony Black SG of theirs as well

  • @rogereverett4467
    @rogereverett4467 2 года назад +2

    I bought one of these off of EBay a couple of months ago for $209. The strings had very high action even after adjusting the bridge all the way down. I tried adjusting the neck but it didn’t help. Finally, I ground off the shoulder on each of the bridge screw-in studs which allowed me to lower the action past what was needed and now it plays and sounds great. A great value.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад

      Interesting, thanks for sharing. It's a shame their quality control seems to be so lacking but happy it worked out for you!

  • @GothicXlightning
    @GothicXlightning 2 года назад +2

    something about you was cool man and did appreciate some of the DEATH's Riffs among the other good stuff
    wish Chuck schul lived enough to get to see him holding an sexy SG such this
    just don't get it why we don't get to see much more Death and Goth Doom metal players using them more often? but i guess SG won't be the most underrated guitar in all creation then?
    i got a special weakness for Black SGs like the Custom Gibson
    but i also adore this one and wish to find me the darker version possible
    you know my Doom metal soul will always be incomplete without it
    despite me owing a black Double cut les paul and a Black beauty ❣

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад

      Thanks. Chuck wrote some amazing music!

  • @patricelecanu6150
    @patricelecanu6150 2 года назад +1

    i subscribe to your channel 5mn ago !!! cause your work is great !! nowadays cheap guitars are no more poor quality ! thanks !

  • @robertbaker3126
    @robertbaker3126 2 года назад +1

    I got one I love it it sounds great but I did have to buy a roller Bridge made a big Improvement thanks for the video

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад

      Nice! Thanks for commenting. What roller bridge did you buy?

    • @robertbaker3126
      @robertbaker3126 2 года назад +1

      @@ArtOfShredYT jy roller bridge I found on Amazon for $20 I own two fireflies and both had the bridge buzzing bought the same roller bridge for both of them spalted 338 and the fflg it fixed the problem and they sound great and they're more comfortable to play

    • @robertbaker3126
      @robertbaker3126 2 года назад +1

      Mensanl roller bridge

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад +1

      @@robertbaker3126 Sweet! Thanks for sharing!

  • @mikeg.9238
    @mikeg.9238 2 года назад +2

    Great review and demo , i was on there website and noticed an SG with what looked like P90 style pickups. I'm wondering if i should pull the trigger , for under $200 seems like a good deal. I have the Grote SG and can honestly say after i changed the pickups and tuners , it's on par with my $600 Epiphone SG G400 Pro as far as quality build. I paid $151 for the Grote last year , but heard these are about on par with those....

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад +1

      Cool. I haven't bought any more Firefly guitars because I don't want this to be a Firefly promo channel, but let me know if you end up buying the P90 SG and if it's any good.

    • @nankypooh655
      @nankypooh655 2 года назад +2

      I just purchased the model with the P-90s that you talk about and I found it a bit of a let down. It's not a bad guitar, and it actually sounds decent, but I own a few Gibson and Epiphone guitars with P-90 pickups, and the Firefly P-90s don't quite sound the same. To my ears, the Firefly version sounded a bit too "Clean" if that makes any sense to you. I guess I got my hopes up on purchasing a cheaper version of my Gibson SG with P-90s (Don't want to take it out of the house too often, but I want that sound) and it didn't quite live up to my expectations. Don't get me wrong, the Firefly version is a good guitar, and the sound has a personality all of it's own, but if you're expecting to duplicate or replicate the Live at Leeds album, you're better off saving your pennies and getting a Gibson. On the other hand, it's a nice guitar, and has a good sound, with a nice crunch, but it's clean, and not much growl. I wouldn't dismiss it 100%, I'm still gonna play it and figure out what I can actually do with it, but, for $200.00 (U.S.) you get what you pay for.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад +1

      That makes sense. The pickups on cheap guitars are often the weakest point, but also a pretty easy upgrade. For your main guitar? No, you're not going to use a Firefly as is. As a backup or with a pickup swap? It's looking good. And for beginners? Yeah, it's good.

    • @mikeg.9238
      @mikeg.9238 2 года назад

      @@nankypooh655 Thanks for the info , just got mine today with the regular humbuckers and already started modding it for P90's. I purchased them on amazon and gonna install them tomorrow , i figured that might be the case with the Firefly stock P90's. Glad i just got the regular version SG now. Definitely seems pretty nicely built and i can't find any real flaws , the pickups are a little noisy and thin sounding to me. But doesn't matter since i'm swapping them out...

    • @mikeg.9238
      @mikeg.9238 2 года назад

      @@ArtOfShredYT No not my main guitar , for a mod project like my Grote was. It's a solid guitar and has a good platform for upgrades , already changed the tuners to locking ones and changed the tune-O-matic and tail piece. There was nothing wrong , i just blacked everything out. The pickups will be swapped out tomorrow , and then this thing should roar!!

  • @batfink7133
    @batfink7133 2 года назад +1

    I'd like to see you mod that firefly and do a before and after

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад +1

      I got rid of the FFLG a year ago so that's not happening but I did buy a DiMarzio Super Distortion and it's a possibility I'd mod the Epiphone SG Special I just posted a review of. It's unlikely as I have other plans for the Super Distortion but who knows, maybe.

    • @batfink7133
      @batfink7133 2 года назад +2

      @@ArtOfShredYT I just watched that

    • @batfink7133
      @batfink7133 2 года назад +1

      @@ArtOfShredYT Do you still have the Glarry tle?

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад +1

      No got rid of that as well that thing was pretty bad

  • @cebjr
    @cebjr 3 года назад +1

    Sounds good 🤘

  • @nankypooh655
    @nankypooh655 2 года назад +2

    I had just recently purchased two FFLGs from Firefly, and you made a good point about the pick ups. All I will say is that if you're on a budget, and you want a guitar that sounds like an SG Standard (either Gibson or Epiphone) these are decent guitars for the money. However, just remember that you get what you pay for. Not too shabby for the cost, though. One thing I didn't mention was both of the models I ordered did not have tips on the toggle switch. A bit of an annoyance, but something I could probably solve by going to my local guitar shop for spare parts. But yeah, an erzatz SG with humbuckers that make it sound like an SG standard for approx $200.00 (U.S.) really isn't such a bad deal. Almost as good as my Epiphone SG Jr. Special with the two twin single open coils.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад

      The switch tip should be in a little baggie in your box.
      It's a solid instrument for the price. But they'd have difficulty selling these for what I think they're worth just due to the brand name.
      On another note, I bought a different $200 guitar that basically blows this and every other cheap guitar out of the water. (Not an SG style, though.) That review will be coming soon.

    • @nankypooh655
      @nankypooh655 2 года назад +1

      @@ArtOfShredYT I sort of discarded the bag as I have plenty of patch chords, but I will check the bag for the tip. Thanks for giving me a heads up.

  • @amplifire67
    @amplifire67 3 года назад +6

    I have the blueberry burst one and I put locking tuners and emg super 77s and it sounds great! My favorite guitar at the moment.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад +1

      Oh damn! Nice upgrades

    • @amplifire67
      @amplifire67 3 года назад +1

      @@ArtOfShredYT Thanks! It seems the bottom of the body is much thicker than the top and thicker than epiphone sgs and it is very light to me. Putting emgs in it left plenty of room for the battery. The only thing i see which is no big deal to me is the pickguard doesn't seem fitted right along the contour of the body . But I love the guitar!!

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад +1

      @@amplifire67 Interesting! I really need to do a side by side Epi SG comparison but I'll likely get rid of this guitar soon so I can fund part of another guitar to review. We'll see!

  • @Incaensio
    @Incaensio 3 года назад +2

    Oxidation and bowed neck is probably because of being in a shipping container in the ocean for months waiting to get to port.
    Good review, thanks.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      Yeah that's a good possibility. Thanks for watching!

    • @scott6588
      @scott6588 3 года назад

      Pot metal and woods that are rushed instead of dried properly.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      @@scott6588 How sure are you about that?

    • @scott6588
      @scott6588 3 года назад

      @@ArtOfShredYT because I own 16 fireflies.
      The pot metal thing is common knowledge.... nobody in China is using real metals on these low end guitars.
      Even the copper used in the pickup winding is mixed until it barely resembles copper.
      The woods aside from being the cheapest poplar on the planet, isn't dried the way a typical builder dries woods.
      Because of this many fretboards will continue drying on the boat.
      In my experience, 7 of mine continued drying months after receiving them, and the frets needed to be redone a second time.
      The bigger problem, is that under that coat of poly, on the entire guitar, is wood that wants to dry more but is incased in poly.
      So in five years these things are just going to start separating everywhere.
      There's no secret guitar company that makes what the bigger guy does for half the price.
      Epiphone at $450 for these are the minimum it can be done for, while avoiding a company crushing scandal when tens of thousands of 5 year old guitars start imploding.
      So yeah, they're disposable, and should never be treated as anything but.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад +1

      @@scott6588 Why do you own 16 of them?

  • @airtow6766
    @airtow6766 3 года назад +7

    Gotta admit after owning one of the FFLG, I love it. Not that it’s perfect, no under $200 guitar is, but with some adjustment you get a good playing and sounding guitar.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      Yup, true that. It's amazing what they're able to do at this price point.

  • @ghostmacgee1654
    @ghostmacgee1654 3 года назад +2

    So I've purchased 3 Firefly's-the 338, the FFLP and the FFLG. I was able to play all 3 out of the box, but ended up lowering the action on the 338 and FFLP. I will probably drop the action on the "SG" when I change strings, but for now I'm just playing it as-is. Of all three, the FFLG is my favorite, but I love 'em all!!!!👻

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      Sweet! Yeah the FFLG is great. I didn't get a 338 and don't plan to at the moment but it looks good. It's tempting

    • @ghostmacgee1654
      @ghostmacgee1654 3 года назад +1

      @@ArtOfShredYT Now they have four new electric models! Oh yeah!!!
      I gave the 338 away because I don't have a musical use for it...just not my style!
      On the other hand, the "Explorer" and "Flying-V" definitely are! And I am considering that 12 string with the gorgeous fretboard inlay...

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      @@ghostmacgee1654 They are also raising their prices to be more in line with what I would expect. The V and Explorer look cool but I'm gonna pass on those for now. Just bought a classic vibe Jazzmaster :)

    • @mikeg.9238
      @mikeg.9238 2 года назад

      Hey , how does the 338 compare in size to an Epi ES339?

    • @ghostmacgee1654
      @ghostmacgee1654 2 года назад +1

      @@mikeg.9238 I believe they are about the same, based on looking for cases. Not positive tho

  • @blaynelangille6328
    @blaynelangille6328 3 года назад +1

    glad these are not available in Canada or I couldn't resist buying every single model they release.

  • @alanswanson7515
    @alanswanson7515 3 года назад +4

    I've got the spalted maple Elite with the gold hardware $226 delivered. Had the same crud on the frets and oxidized strings. Took some work getting the ball ends out of the tailpiece and a few setup tweaks on the truss rod and bridge height. Action is great now - 1.5 mm @ the 12th fret. The neck is jumbo. A far cry from my 74' SG Special which is thin and narrow and has no neck dive. The LG does suffer neck dive and locking tuners would exacerbate the problem. Gotta say this guitar looks great and the pickups through my Marshall don't dissapoint!

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      Sweet! I don't often play standing up anymore so neck dive isn't really an issue but have you seen the ergonomic sling straps? They might look silly but they take care of neck dive

  • @ZitherBeast
    @ZitherBeast 3 года назад +2

    I recently bought one, and literally the only thing I've had to do was lower the bridge. I will change the tuners out eventually, but I find it will stay in tune quite well if I'm just playing chords or very minor bends. If I get to bendy with it, I have to tune up, but I think we all know how that goes with much higher end guitars and no locking tuners.
    As I've seen others say in other threads, this definitely makes for a really nice "First" guitar, but it also makes for a nice addition to ones collection if you can't afford $1,000 dollars or more for the "real deal" guitar. Over all, I'm very pleased with my guitar.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад +1

      Sweet. That's great that yours was nearly spot on out of the box.
      I agree with you, makes for a nice first guitar and a nice backup.
      Thanks for sharing your experience!

  • @DogGuy19
    @DogGuy19 3 года назад +2

    That is a really nice looking guitar, I ordered the same color. Interesting, we got the same color, same guitar, yet our issues were opposite. Mine had a straight neck & clean shiny frets. But I had a few high frets I had to fix. Also weird that the switch has 4mm threads, but they sent a knob with 3.5mm threads. Also interesting, I swapped pickups, the ones on the guitar had 4 wire connections. So someone could install push/pull pots if they wanted to. I spent around $50 on Amazon, installed switch tip, guyker locking tuners & kaish bridge with roller saddles. Really happy with this guitar. Good video thanks

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      Ha, the knob thing is funny. Poor (or no?) quality control, but the build of the guitars is solid. They feel good, a lot better than their price.
      And all those upgrades for $50 on Amazon?! Nice deal man!

  • @jeffphillips2745
    @jeffphillips2745 2 года назад +1

    I bought one. Everything was decent out of the box. However the pickups need changing they are a bit lackluster. I also bought the FFLP found same thing with the pickups. I put a set of Tonerider Alnico IIs and brought it to life. Overall both are great guitars.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад

      Very cool. Good bones on these things, but a pickup swap is definitely good to do. Thanks for sharing!

  • @rickedstyles1
    @rickedstyles1 3 года назад +1

    Nice playing! What song was that after Pantera?

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      Thanks! It was Without Judgement by Death

  • @sebastiangutierrez2962
    @sebastiangutierrez2962 2 года назад

    Hello, great review I have a question, does the guitar resonate nicely, like unplugged is it loud, and you can feel the vibrations?

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад +1

      The best I can say is it's no different than most other electric guitars.

  • @davidknibbs9646
    @davidknibbs9646 2 года назад

    What was the price of it?

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  2 года назад

      What do you mean? It's in the video

  • @BaldPerspective
    @BaldPerspective 2 года назад

    What song is that second riff you played from? The one after "Into the Void."

  • @lukedadrift1980
    @lukedadrift1980 3 года назад +1

    Don't look now but they have 2 different Firefly Acoustic guitars ''IF'' you pick one up please do a review not sure yet if i want to get one since i have an Ovation...........

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад

      Thanks, yeah I saw that. I'm not planning to buy one of their acoustics right now but might in the future.
      I am thinking about getting one of the $400 Sire acoustics though. We'll see!

  • @scott6588
    @scott6588 3 года назад +2

    Honestly though, if you're going to have to upgrade it to make it fun to play, wouldn't it simply be easier just to buy the Epiphone SG that already has all that including superior wiring and actual mahogany?
    And actual customer service?
    I just don't get the whole invasive poplar trend being pushed as a good base to tinker.
    The reason these can be built decently, is because the wood is so cheap, that they can put an extra twenty minutes into the frets and finish.
    But there's still this time bomb of a wood under it.
    Just my opinion, but if you're even remotely serious about music, avoid this strain of invasive poplar guitar manufacturers are using.
    China is so overrun by it that it's basically free for the taking.
    For a little more you can get a guitar that will last forever and it's ready to go...and they have your back.

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад +2

      It's already fun to play. And doing mods is fun! To each their own. I'm a fan of Epiphone too, generally.

    • @scott6588
      @scott6588 3 года назад

      @@ArtOfShredYT I mean no disrespect, simply my opinion owning many of these, and Epiphone and Gibson.
      Is it the best version under $220?....sure, absolutely.
      But it gets run over in that under $500 market as nothing more than a look a like.
      There's literally not one thing on it that would match up with the Epiphone.
      So in defense of kids everywhere who see a title of a video as professional advice, I'd say save up a bit more.

    • @GoodfaYou
      @GoodfaYou 2 года назад +1

      These are made with mahogany body and have a solid weight n feel

    • @scott6588
      @scott6588 2 года назад

      @@GoodfaYou I'm not saying they're lying...maybe some are mahogany, but I've seen guys dive into these and said it's Poplar...not mahogany.

  • @thepatriot4355
    @thepatriot4355 3 года назад +2

    Only two companies make the real deal Sg and Les Paul's Gibson and Epiphone period if it doesn't have the Gibson or Epiphone name on the headstock it's a wannabe

    • @ArtOfShredYT
      @ArtOfShredYT  3 года назад +1

      Of course. This is still a sweet copy, though

  • @suriakumarsupra7091
    @suriakumarsupra7091 3 года назад

    Are playing the guitar only to hear yourself play. Not for the people to hear. Can you hear him play guys?