Cool guitar! I dig that thing. I love what Firefly is putting out. Excellent budget guitars. Love me some budget guitars, and what a great time to be a guitar player. We're in the Golden Age of budget guitars! And that guitar rocks hard! Love it.
I couldn’t agree more! Budget guitars were basically firewood 15-20 years ago. Who would’ve ever thought you could get a guitar under $200 as good as a $500 20 years ago
Thank you. I’m a big fan of it too. Waited months for it to restock because I missed it the last time. I don’t have any other guitars with this type of paint
Yesterday I ordered the white Firefly strat with the Floyd Rose style bridge. Should be here in about a week. Very excited to check this beast out ! I've played 34 years but have never had a guitar with stainless steel frets in all that time ! Us poor boys can't afford stainless steel lol. Not until now anyways
I think you’re going to be pleasantly surprised. It might need a little tuneup, but after you make it yours, you’ll happy you bought it. I’m curious how the new pickups sound
@@thetattedbaldguy well bro I just did my first ever unboxing and review on RUclips. It's of the FFST with Floyd but it's in 3 parts here on my channel if you wanna check it out. Thanks
Just got one. The neck is by far worth the money I paid, but the rest of it is rough. I will say, out of the box it was unplayable. Probably partly due to the climate change; needed some truss rod adjustment, but after that is was great. Pickups are a bit thin, but not crazy microphonic like I expected. Overall build quality is good and the fretwork is spot on; fretboard definitely needed cleaning and lemon oil. Pickups are alright, but needed height adjustment overall. Saddles are junk, string trees are sharp as shit, the locking tuners are very cheap. Im gonna do 100$ worth of upgrades and see what happens. Still a steal if you arent afraid to work on a guitar.
All excellent points. To be fair, I think a lot of budget guitars need those kinds of adjustments, even from the “big name” brands. I also think it’s the luck of the draw. Mine was playable out of the box. It’s a shame yours wasn’t. That type of QC will be their downfall
@@thetattedbaldguyto be fair the climate here is probably much different than wherever it shipped from, im sure it wasnt happy sitting in a cold ups truck. it was pretty quick to adjust the truss rod, after that it was playable for sure.
Im happy to report back that my FFST is now my main guitar. With around 100$ in mods, ive taken care of every issue I had with the instrument. Swapped out the tuners with non-locking wilkinsons Swapped out the pickups for a pre-wired HHS guitarfetish set Changed the bridge saddles with some amazon bent stainless steel saddles with a notch for the string Swapped the string trees with some roller ones You will not find a better feeling neck anywhere near this price range.
The mummy esp is a replica. The white zombie LTD is the real deal. I do a video comparing the 2 next to each other. You can tell one image is not as sharp
Take the pick-ups out and put lollar pick-ups in it. If you're not hip to lollar, get hip he makes the finest. I have been playing for 40 years now, starting at 8yrs old, and my Fender has em in it. These are great platforms to mod the hell out of. The firefly fftc is the best one they make
Way cool, TBG! I saw the color change when you really brought the guitar in lose. Green to purple. Yup, I'm one of those Canadians shut out from Firefly. Last December, they sold some batwing inlay LP models on Amazon in Canada. They sold out on a couple days. Haven't seen another drop since. Kinda wish they made lefties, but that's their loss.
I was thinking of you when I said that. They’re missing out on a lot of business. Could’ve sworn I saw a lefty in the one of the last drops but it sold out in a day. They might be getting too popular to send any to Amazon. They’re always selling out direct from their website
@@thetattedbaldguy Deleting comments you don't like now? I wouldn't have a problem with your 2 note Djent wankery/technical limitations if it weren't so darn boring, repetitive, and devoid of emotion. By all means, play what you enjoy playing, review guitars because you like guitars, but when you start talking like you just scored The Dark Knight ("2 notes, but so much expressiveness"). Whatever you want to tell yourself to avoid putting in the time to get skilled in either guitar playing or song writing. 😆
No one commenting is helping you, we didn't hear a tone difference because none of the Amp audio came through all we heard was the guitar acoustically at least for the first half.
I actually did, but edited out to save time. I appreciate you staying! I forgot to say the time stamps were listed in the description during my intro 😬 I’m glad you stuck it out! 🫡
@@thetattedbaldguy don't read too much into my comments, I like seeing people jam out and ENJOY doing it... I worry we don't see enough personal joy in music as much as we used to.
She’s in plenty of my videos! More so the old ones when I’d film from my couch. But she’s become more like my mascot and I put her in all my long form video thumbnails 🐱
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Sounds like the sound upgrade happened. It’s 10x more clear on your jam. It’s about time!
Yes it did! Started with the Razorback demo! 🫡
I'm still loving my Firefly HSS . Crazy good feeling. Awesome as always brother!
Thank you! That’s one of the shapes I don’t own yet. Worth picking one up?
Cool guitar! I dig that thing. I love what Firefly is putting out. Excellent budget guitars. Love me some budget guitars, and what a great time to be a guitar player. We're in the Golden Age of budget guitars! And that guitar rocks hard! Love it.
I couldn’t agree more! Budget guitars were basically firewood 15-20 years ago. Who would’ve ever thought you could get a guitar under $200 as good as a $500 20 years ago
That color looks awesome.
Thank you. I’m a big fan of it too. Waited months for it to restock because I missed it the last time. I don’t have any other guitars with this type of paint
Can't go wrong with this guitar! Thanks for sharing!
Yesterday I ordered the white Firefly strat with the Floyd Rose style bridge. Should be here in about a week. Very excited to check this beast out ! I've played 34 years but have never had a guitar with stainless steel frets in all that time ! Us poor boys can't afford stainless steel lol. Not until now anyways
I think you’re going to be pleasantly surprised. It might need a little tuneup, but after you make it yours, you’ll happy you bought it. I’m curious how the new pickups sound
@@thetattedbaldguy well bro I just did my first ever unboxing and review on RUclips. It's of the FFST with Floyd but it's in 3 parts here on my channel if you wanna check it out. Thanks
Just got one. The neck is by far worth the money I paid, but the rest of it is rough. I will say, out of the box it was unplayable. Probably partly due to the climate change; needed some truss rod adjustment, but after that is was great. Pickups are a bit thin, but not crazy microphonic like I expected. Overall build quality is good and the fretwork is spot on; fretboard definitely needed cleaning and lemon oil. Pickups are alright, but needed height adjustment overall.
Saddles are junk, string trees are sharp as shit, the locking tuners are very cheap.
Im gonna do 100$ worth of upgrades and see what happens. Still a steal if you arent afraid to work on a guitar.
Is the heel joint tapered?
All excellent points. To be fair, I think a lot of budget guitars need those kinds of adjustments, even from the “big name” brands. I also think it’s the luck of the draw. Mine was playable out of the box. It’s a shame yours wasn’t. That type of QC will be their downfall
@@bluwngyes, its angled so its thinner and a more smooth transition. I find it very comfortable
@@thetattedbaldguyto be fair the climate here is probably much different than wherever it shipped from, im sure it wasnt happy sitting in a cold ups truck.
it was pretty quick to adjust the truss rod, after that it was playable for sure.
Im happy to report back that my FFST is now my main guitar. With around 100$ in mods, ive taken care of every issue I had with the instrument.
Swapped out the tuners with non-locking wilkinsons
Swapped out the pickups for a pre-wired HHS guitarfetish set
Changed the bridge saddles with some amazon bent stainless steel saddles with a notch for the string
Swapped the string trees with some roller ones
You will not find a better feeling neck anywhere near this price range.
Fuck yeah! S.O.D.!!!
That’s why you’re the man. Only the real ones know SOD!!
Are those Kirk Hammet guitars replicas?
The mummy esp is a replica. The white zombie LTD is the real deal. I do a video comparing the 2 next to each other. You can tell one image is not as sharp
Take the pick-ups out and put lollar pick-ups in it. If you're not hip to lollar, get hip he makes the finest. I have been playing for 40 years now, starting at 8yrs old, and my Fender has em in it. These are great platforms to mod the hell out of. The firefly fftc is the best one they make
Never heard of Lollar but I’d love to check them out. Where do you order them from?
Way cool, TBG! I saw the color change when you really brought the guitar in lose. Green to purple. Yup, I'm one of those Canadians shut out from Firefly. Last December, they sold some batwing inlay LP models on Amazon in Canada. They sold out on a couple days. Haven't seen another drop since. Kinda wish they made lefties, but that's their loss.
*that's close, not lose! Sheesh!
I was thinking of you when I said that. They’re missing out on a lot of business. Could’ve sworn I saw a lefty in the one of the last drops but it sold out in a day. They might be getting too popular to send any to Amazon. They’re always selling out direct from their website
Had to be like 2 whole notes in that intro...
#skillz 😁
It’s not about the amount of notes, but how you use them
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Either way, lol. Skillz and 0r1g1n@l1ty in sp@d3z.
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Deleting comments you don't like now?
I wouldn't have a problem with your 2 note Djent wankery/technical limitations if it weren't so darn boring, repetitive, and devoid of emotion.
By all means, play what you enjoy playing, review guitars because you like guitars, but when you start talking like you just scored The Dark Knight ("2 notes, but so much expressiveness"). Whatever you want to tell yourself to avoid putting in the time to get skilled in either guitar playing or song writing. 😆
No one commenting is helping you, we didn't hear a tone difference because none of the Amp audio came through all we heard was the guitar acoustically at least for the first half.
My apologies. That whole segment was an afterthought
I'm glad I stayed till the 8:17 mark..... I was afraid that you were going to bust into some mad Air Supply song..... and sing about emotions. :D
I actually did, but edited out to save time. I appreciate you staying! I forgot to say the time stamps were listed in the description during my intro 😬 I’m glad you stuck it out! 🫡
@@thetattedbaldguy don't read too much into my comments, I like seeing people jam out and ENJOY doing it... I worry we don't see enough personal joy in music as much as we used to.
Easy “A” TBG
I clicked on this video for the cat in the thumbnail, and I didn't see any kitties... This is clickbait, man!
She’s in plenty of my videos! More so the old ones when I’d film from my couch. But she’s become more like my mascot and I put her in all my long form video thumbnails 🐱
@@thetattedbaldguy haha... fair enough. I'll watch another one of your videos, but I better see a kittie this time!