Great stuff Bob!! I own an Ampeg J12T, paired it up with my Blues deluxe. And of course I play my P90 goldtop through it 😁 I have some recordings on my channel. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more content! Subscribed 🤘👍

Thanks for this. Very informative about these wonderful amps.👍

I just bought a new Deluxe. The pickups are so nice.

Top, top job! Entertaining but in-depth too. Only problem is, now I want a Firebird even more than before!

Thanks, great video

Thank you so much, I am a new subscriber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great video! Do you happen to know where I can get those tuners at 13:40? I ordered a new set of Kluson tuners for my 2012 ES-335 that did not fit. Mine came with the single ring version that also says TPKLICWD on the back. I am looking for the double ring like in the video. Do you happen to be selling yours?

Hello, I hear 355 spoken on the video but it's written 335 on the title. Thank You!

Sulla mia chitarra avevo eko Binson con la mia Jupiter preamplificata e Binson mi sono divertito molto bei tempi era il 1967anni d' oro inoltre la Jupiter ha il distorsore incorporato una favola

Great choices here; the Source Audio Zio is definitely underated, either to add gain or add volume to main drives & fuzzes pre or post. Surfy is a newer discovery, and I've used their Spring for a while now.Before that, I used the SA True Spring, which is the only digital emulation I've really liked; I'd still use it anyday, especially live, where it's hard to tell from the real thing. The Stereomaker will soon replace my Orange Detonator, which is great, but doesn't emulate stereo.I was curious about the Brownfacer/Blossom Point, for the presence control and possibly to set the overall level going to the amp at the end of the chain(?).It does have separate input & output levels, which is a surprisingly difficult feature to find.With such effects, you always want to keep noise floor, headroom, and the amount of potential power consumption related in mind.Otherwise, it's easy to end up with this squashed, indistinguishable mess, - in stereo. Another discovery lately has been Thorpy, out of England; if you can't find whatever effect that does it for you, Thorpy probably make it.

What a awesome video have a wonderful weekend bob ❤😊

We can see Brian Jones also playing with a Non-Reverse Firebird III during live shows (Royal Albert Hall) and TV live shows (Ed Sullivan Show) through 1966. As well as his bittersweet slide solo on 'No Expectations' in the Rock And Roll Circus movie. An incredible and unique insight into the Firebird guitar world 👏 Keep it up, Bob !

Did you notice a difference in tone when you changed it from AC568 to the AB763?

Bravo Bob! Really enjoyable watch. I never knew the explorer shape was originally created so early on. Keep on educating us! Big Hug. Jonny X

Wwhhat a fantastic video have a wonderful day also Wednesday is my younger brother birthday bob ❤😊

Ted must have disclosed the constructional concept of Les Paul's The Log to Ray, as this is the closest thing to (Polfus') original idea. By a fortunate mistake, I obtained an ebony Historic (reverse) Firebird V in Oct 2006 for $1270 (hardcase included) as the salesman mislabeled the tag as a Studio model. I have had several people mention that it has that authentic sound like the older ones, even though the pickups test out much at higher readings.

Whoa, Marty Stewart is insane, he is incredible.

2what a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend also I have subscribed to the channel ❤😊

GREAT video of my all time favorite guitar, the Gibson Firebird. I longed for a Firebird ever since 1963, when I saw a whole flock of them in the shop window of the local music store, suspended in mid air like a fleet of custom-colored spaceships. Ten years later, I lucked onto an original ‘64 Firebird III (or ‘third’ as Bob calls it 😂) and now play a ‘72 Firebird V Medallion. Produced by Gibson in commemoration of the ‘72 Olympics in a limited numbered run of 366 (1972 was a leap year), the Medallion was the very first reissue of the original ‘63 Firebird V and shares its two-piece center block (nine-ply center blocks came later) and logo-less pickguard. It sounds every bit as good as the original thanks to the left-over 60’s alnico pickups Gibson still had lying on the shelf. Subsequent reissues employed newer ceramic pickups and lacked the magic of the originals. Believe me, absolutely NOTHING sounds like the neck pickup of an original Firebird. The Firebird’s bridge pickup is often criticized as sounding too shrill, but easing up on its tone control actually dials in mids and takes you from Tele to Les Paul territory with the flick of the wrist, making the Firebird the perfect studio guitar. I’ve done countless sessions in my time and the first thing producers would tell me was “bring your Firebird!” as it covers all grounds and is a time saver. On top of its sonic magic, the Firebird, to me, represents the epitome in design, together with the Studebaker Avanti, another goodie from 1963.

A rather lovely video - Don't forget the AC30/4 also had EF86 making it quite different in feel and tone. I have both AC30/4 and a AC30/6 TB 1962 Nice tones from the GT and P90. I don't really like my Les Paul PAF though my VOX - Prefer my Esquire or Strat .

Thank you for this very comprehensive and entretaining video.

Johnny Winters played a 64 and made it sing. One of the few who could. Miss you brother! Beautiful guitar though.

not just informative, but truly entertaining!! I certainly loved its sound, I wonder why all that criticism... I guess there is always a degree of fear about 'change'... thank you Bob!!

A very comprehensive appraisal and the guitars are in great hands.

Great to have a new upload Bob! Missed your content. You might just be due for a new amp focused one...

Really nice video! One of the best on YT but... it is not a different scale, wich is 24 3/4", but a longer body and a different position where the fingerbord meets the body. That's why it feels like a longer scale guitar. 😉

Grande Bob. Video sempre super dettagliati e accattivanti! Avanti con il prossimo! Can't wait.

best firebird video on youtube thank you Bob

Always loved the Firebird, it's a beautiful guitar. Was cool to hear the story of your first Firebird AND see that you have old video of you playing it!

Great job! Certainly on the same level as 5 Watt World's guitar histories!

Grande chitarra e grande video come sempre !

Years ago I saw Johnny Winter play both a regular Firebird and a reverse Firebird, and Sonny Landreth played one on the original "Slow Turning" tour with John Hiatt (it was the reverse model if I remember correctly). Sonny frequently plays his instrumental tribute to Johnny Winter, "Firebird Blues", in concert nowadays, except he plays it on a Strat! In the mid 1980s, Johnny himself switched to a lightweight, headstock-less Dan Erlewine "Lazer" as his main guitar and only rarely played the Firebird, darn it..... I seem to remember seeing pictures of Billy Gibbons playing a Firebird with ZZ Top as well.

E in più,che dire dei loghi Firebird e Thunderbird?!? Sono opere d'arte,come le chitarre!

Bellissimo video Bob,come sempre!!!! Stupende chitarre e bassi,sempre sottovalutate,come una marea di altre ahimè! Sei stato fortunato a poterne usare di vintage! Bellissimo il video di te da giovane!!!!

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Wow! Well done

GRANDE BOB!

Grazie Bob

Wow! Thank you!

So funny mine is exactly same as 6:45 😅

Great videos! I just stumbled onto your page today. Sweet tones What microphone is this out of curiosity?

Wow, I thought the accent Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd made up the "Wild and Crazy Guy" didn't exist in the world, yet here it is. Very cool video though, unusually creative. Kudos for a very different and adventurous approach to a guitar tech video.

Wow! That is an old , or repro, phone! The numbers are inside the finger holes, which was discontinued because with use the numbers wore away. The numbers then appeared outside of the finger holes.

Great stuff, well done, liked and subscribed.

What a brilliant vid, thanks. Just bought a beautiful Levin 330 M2 archtop from 1960 with original case. Have been looking for a Binson for quiet some time now and may have found a T5E. Housing looks a bit battered but it’s looking fine inside and has recently been served. It’ll be impossible to resist. You’re very good at playing guitar too.

Does the reverb suck any of the tone from the guitar? I have a 6g6b that needs some classic reverb but almost anytime I run my guitar through any other pedal, even with true bypass, it seems different than going direct.

9:34 Interesting that the agreement was signed so early, prior to the appearance of the Rickenbacker 12 string. At this point only John played Rickenbacker routinely, Harrison's 420 being used only for a short period.

EXCELLENT!!! ❤

Good video, Bob! You covered this topic very well, I have a particular interest in these guitars as a collector of them (I also started a Facebook group dedicated to 1960s era Rose Morris Rickenbacker guitars). Just a few notes that hopefully add context (or corrections): It’s important to point out that the 325 had completely discontinued production after 1959 until the Rose Morris order was placed in Dec. 1963. While an F-shaped sound hole was standard on the 325 models (both in 1958-1959 and when reintroduced in 1964), the first two batches of Rose Morris 1996 models had a wider sound hole on a different position (called “two o’clock” position). This was changed by May 1964 to the more typical F-hole of the other hollow-body Rose Morris Rickenbacker models. 11:17 - the 1995 is not a version of any guitar that George Harrison played (he had a 425 with an added pickup, while the 1995 is identical to the 615 model). They are both through-neck cresting wave bodies, but the 615 has the pickups surface-mounted like hollow-body Rickenbackers, while the 425 is more budget oriented and recesses the pickups into the body. 12:55 - the “Made in USA” printed on the truss rod cover was primarily done to identify the country of origin for import reasons, not necessarily for the benefit of customers. 14:11 - I used to own this guitar (the ‘65 Rose Morris 1993 12-string), built in February 1965 and exported to Australia. I currently own another example from this same batch. Only 100 of these guitars were made, in four batches of 25 across a 10-month period. 23:30 - that particular guitar shown (1964 Rose Morris 1993) is refinished. The color is, and always was, Fireglo. No Rose Morris models were ever officially “Autumnglo” but there was a shipment of “red burst” 1997 and 1998 models made in early 1966 after Rose Morris requested a red model, but they were not popular. 25:50 - it wasn’t that Rickenbacker was unable to fulfill Rose Morris orders quickly enough….they were unwilling to do so. This is obvious when looking at the overall production records from Electro String (which produced all Rickenbacker guitars). 1966 and 1967 were the factory’s biggest production years in that decade. They were simply prioritizing U.S. domestic production after previously prioritizing export shipments in 1964-1965.