$179 For This Guitar, Are You Kidding Me?

[@tmartin6717]

After Phil's previous Firefly review, I ordered a 12 string with a 335 style body. It was flawless, but only cost about $200. Amazing.

[@HighVybeTribe]

Amazing value for the dollar right there

[@ERiCtheBuLL]

Thanks for your service and this video, Phil.

[@CDNelson87]

Very cool. I have been considering one of those but was on the fence. I also love that I always learn something new about setups or electronics in your videos.

[@astrologyambience240]

Thanks Phil and Dovy. Phil - celebrity drop-in, guest appearance in the movies is a "Cameo appearance", or "Cameo"

[@eearts]

I have 7 Firefly guitars. Overall i would say they are great value overall. Love their Les Paul versions.

[@rostamostmann9657]

Overall your sentence sounds weird overall 😉

[@totalSLACK]

where do you get this guitar?

[@philreeves2404]

Thanks for your service, Phil.

[@blakeanderson7906]

I enjoyed this guitar review, nice work Phil and Dovydas!

[@mikedwiles]

What a pleasant surprise! Great to see Dovy!

[@nmtodorow]

Bought one 2 months ago, great guitar! Would buy again.

[@satchelpaige5868]

Thanks for the recommendation

[@rayschoch5882]

Out of curiosity, I bought a Firefly "Mad Cat" clone for about the same price. One of the pickups was VERY weak, though it worked - sort of. I put in a pair of Duncan "Cool Rail" humbuckers (thus doubling the price of the guitar), and the result is EXCELLENT. Looks great, sounds excellent, plays easily, less than 8 lbs. My Firefly experience has been a good one.

[@TheFreshmaker02]

Changing the stock configuration doesn't raise the price. Sounds like a great guitar regardless

[@rayschoch5882]

@@TheFreshmaker02 It IS a great guitar - a pleasant surprise. The Seymour Duncans cost me about $100 each, so if I add them to the original cost, it's a guitar that cost me about $400 out of pocket. That's twice what I paid for it originally.

[@TheFreshmaker02]

@rayschoch5882 It's not how the market works. Not denying it's a good guitar. Upgrading a cheap guitar doesn't increase the price. Just helping ya out. I myself upgrade guitars and know from experience. Upgrading a car will lessen the value. Don't get me wrong those are amazing PUPs. I didn't say your guitar wasn't legit. I don't agree with the market, it's just how it is. Cheap guitars unless limited edition will not raise in value

[@rayschoch5882]

Ah, now I see what you were getting at. Potential resale price is not usually part of my thinking. I just assume it's money down the drain, but not terribly important to me because I'm trying to make a guitar better.

[@timnimigean8971]

​@@TheFreshmaker02 I don't think he was saying his guitar that he loves is now worth money and he was going to flip it, he was just being honest that to get it to a great point he did have to spend a little money.

[@Eric-t8c3c]

Tremendous video. This is the type of video I love on this channel. Informative and entertaining. Know Your Gear is awesome ❤

[@bradrehn1007]

Very fun and informative! Thanks, as always!

[@JonNewquist]

Thanks for the bonus noodle of just the two of us.

[@JeffSeale]

That loop at the end was EPIC!

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

Your videos are an absolute gold mine for those who have bought more than 100 stringed instruments in our lives and are likely to buy more.

[@DavidHBurkart]

Wow, excellent and interesting guitar for a buck-eighty! Dovy was a cool surprise. Seems like you might need some long fingers like his to play that baritone to full potential. Thanks Phil & Dovy!

[@petebrown3715]

Fantastic video , demo and guitar playing. Thank you both

[@1satisfiedmind]

Love Dovydas, got the shirt, and donate to the cause. Excellent.

[@Yardbird68]

Expect the unexpected! Classic Phil, totally caught off guard expecting YOU to be playing. FUN!

[@JenniLudes]

Very fun vid and DØVYDAS just makes it even more fun! I've been wanting to try out a baritone but don't want to spend a lot on it. This might be a decent way to do that. Just not sure if I have any more room around here!

[@redmed10]

Please algorithm stop feeding me firefly guitar videos. I live in uk and cant get a hold of them.

[@pauloldfield6968]

Great content Phil

[@mattsanders5922]

FUN! Thank you for introducing Mr. Dovydas!

[@dlmyrs]

Great review and playing demo. Neat to see a guest player!

[@mortonwilson795]

What a great looksee at this Baritone and the wonderful 'Celeb Drop-in'! Thank you both for putting a smile on my face this Tuesday morning.

[@jshearer94]

Way cool!! Thanks for All the Tech tips. I installed new pickups, and diagnosed an issue (using a multimeter) because of your videos. I had a ton of fun doing it!

[@gunsofsteele]

My FF Mad Cat ROCKS!!! After I pressed in & glued some of the frets, then leveled, crowned, & polished them. 19 rocking spots before the work. Plus, full setup & stringing her with Reverand Willy's. ✌️

[@ChrisEck13]

Wow 19. I know inexpensive guitars usually have a few high frets, but that's crazy. Learning how to do fretwork is a valuable skill and this is the reason why. It would cost nearly as much, possibly more, to get a fret level and crown than the cost of the guitar.

[@gunsofsteele]

@ChrisEck13 With the one I got it would be worth it for someone to fork out a couple C notes. It is awesome!

[@riverrail]

I've never seen anyone demo a baritone guitar. It was interesting and looks fun to play but, I'm not going to get one. At my age, my hands are not as strong as they were 10-20 years ago. Good demo. Thanks, Phil and Dovy

[@professordeb]

This is great! What an amazing value instrument and Love Dovy....Who was the other "drop in celebrity" and which video?

[@sunn_bass]

Amazing instrument for the price. Thanks for sharing thoughts on this baritone guitar. This temps me to try the Firefly PJ bass.

[@jockobacumbo623]

Great video! Great seeing Dovi do his thing too! Totally unexpected and always a treat. Thanks

[@demogis]

Perfect timing! I am a regular viewer and bass player. I have been considering playing 6-string guitar a little more but I really cannot get accustomed to the size or the thin strings. I have been looking at baritone options for a few months now and just purchased this one because of this video. Like Phil said, it's not worth buying something too crazy expensive to start out with. I think this will be a good answer to my curiosity.

[@brownie_the_3rd]

Hey Phil, do you think you could do a video about making pickups and how different things affect the final sound of them? Pretty sure there would be plenty of interest for such a video.

[@Hanover_Fist]

Thanks Dude.

[@youllhavefunhere]

Those are pretty mild pickups for humbuckers I feel like. They might just not be the right height, but if someone wanted it to play metal, it might not scratch the itch super well. That being said $200 is a steal for a guitar of this quality, despite the hickup

[@zeronyne]

Yeah, I'm not sure this screams Djent or even "Cure" LOL.

[@zaxzumu4605]

I mean, the skeleton is there. You just have to replace the weak parts to get what you want. And at less than $200, it's a great mod platform. I just ordered one and will be putting some humbucker sized p90s in it with all new electronics and a freeway switch (has two rows for the the position toggle to add in series and out of phase options). Gonna go for that Loathe sound.@@zeronyne

[@KyussTheWalkingWorm]

There are very, very few bass VI style (JM body with a 30 in scale) baritones on the market, the only other affordable one I can think of is the Squier CV and it's both over double the price and not set up for metal at all (strat pickups and a JM floating trem). Previously, if you wanted something like it set up for playing heavy music you basically had to build a Warmoth, and that's a $1k+ build just for the parts.

[@MoosicDude]

A lot of guys who play these things don't use particularly high gain pickups because they really want clarity when tuning that low. Loathe are a band that really helped popularise these baritones after 7+ strings and fan frets being the flavour of the last decade. I follow their guitar tech on youtube and he does custom wound alnico 8 magnets with not a ton of output. They sound massive and the clarity is stunning.

[@DJPLAYNICE]

Really enjoyed this! Thanks @Phillip McKnight

[@estenray5385]

Damn Dovi! Love those baritone riffs you were working out on that Fire Fly! That looper sequence had awesome vibes and attitude! Sounds like the beginnings of a great tune! Thank you Phill for the introduction to Dovi I’m off to go subscribe !! Brilliant review of that amazing $200 baritone. Now I have to go get one! lol 😂

[@klaymeister]

May get one of these and string it up for bass 6 tuning 😅

[@GuitarGearGyan]

Baritone are great. I just had to fix my paranormal dquier one as the neck bowed like a bridge bit after having a luthier put stainless steel frets and carbon rods it now plays like a dream with low action. The only thing left to Mod are now the pickups.

[@CntBckt]

This is one hell of a video! Potentially high value instrument, high and low points of its construction, PLUS a small issue diagnosis and repair. PERFECT!!

[@firecrackerheart]

thx, as always, for the comprehensive review, phil .. .

[@JeffreyRubicon]

Loved seeing Dovy make a celebrity appearance on KYG. How cool!

[@richschuster1097]

You got Dovydas! Now he will truly know I’m the one person who watches all the videos.

[@mikekozi-lester3887]

Hi Guitar 🎸 Guy 👦 and Dovy nice video 📹 and workmanship

[@axtonkahler7360]

I bought that same baritone about a year ago. The only thing I found to complain about is that standard baritone string sets aren't long enough to use the through body stringing. Stringjoy strings are a bit longer than Ernie Ball and worked great, but ultimately I swapped out to locking tuners which Ernie Ball baritone strings will just barely reach.

[@ChrisEck13]

A couple sets of those String Joy strings costs as much as the guitar lol.

[@editorjuno]

Which locking tuners did you choose? My EXL157s seem to span the distance just fine, but since I think better tuners would be a useful improvement anyway, they might as well be locking.

[@axtonkahler7360]

@@ChrisEck13 For real! Which is why I didn't want to keep buying them. $20 Amazon tuners were the perfect budget fix.

[@tonyheymunkets]

Awesome video I really dug the sound of that guitar I'm sure that's something to do with the awesome player

[@_Yep_Yep_]

Lotta guitar for 180 bucks. Was nice for D to drop in, also. Looked like a fun segment.

[@JamesFord-g5e]

Good diagnose and repair you know what your doing soo many tybers are completely wrong

[@MatthewNusca-n2k]

Fun fact. Instead of buying knock off guitars you guys should check out your local antique/music shops. They usually have solid deals going and the people working there are usually musicians who take pride in the appearance of their instruments. I bought a near mint condition jackson for 150$ that didnt require any setup the other day. Only has a few small dings on it but thats natural relic baby.

[@CommissariatGames]

LOL, yeah, the TWO local music shops within a 400 mile radius of me sell all their guitars at three times what they are actually worth, regularly sell stolen instruments (I know because a large portion of me and my late dads collection was stolen many years ago and BOTH of these stores were the ones who bought the main chunk of them, luckily we caught it the day after they bought them) and have very little actual knowledge of the instruments they sell. Also most of what they sell is in HORRIBLE condition. The rose tinted idea of "The mom and pop store EXPERIENCE!" needs to die. Youre better off going to reverb/ebay and doing your own research on whatever you might buy from there. Also most "knockoffs" these days are on par with mid level brands at least. Ive bought around a dozen KOs from china, through aliexpress and ebay, and with a little modification, they are perfectly fine instruments, and on the off chance that you DO get a lemon, usually the sellers are very friendly and willing to correct the problem as soon as possible. Again, just do the research before you buy, and youll do fine.

[@MatthewNusca-n2k]

@CommissariatGames truth lol

[@wetwater3373]

I think I will give this a try for my guitar ensemble.

[@AyoJesse]

This is a double drop E beat stick and im here for it.

[@mucklowproductions]

I agree, it's an E to E octave down tuning (bass VI). But, like in this review, it's referred to as B to B baritone. Why don't the reviewers do it right?

[@AyoJesse]

@ I don’t think Phil is a djent head 🤣

[@mucklowproductions]

@@AyoJesse 😂 probably not.

[@audiophileman7047]

This is a fascinating type of guitar.🤔 If I owned one, I would certainly not let it rot away in a case somewhere. 🎸🎸🎸

[@joeman5220]

Mike Mushok of Staind and many other players made a good career of playing baritone guitars. They are nice for exploring different keys and getting new inspiration. Dave Matthews used one in several of his songs on the album Everyday. Also, I think this segment with a guest guitarist playing the reviewed guitar is a nice change of pace since we will hear other people react to the guitar build, sound and feel. Thanks for doing this Phil!

[@grrttshw]

Been eyeballing this for a while.... Just pulled the trigger after watching this video. Going to be a long term project build, pickup / electronics swap and some locking tuners. should be an absolute monster!

[@christophervincent8420]

?That was an amazing review. Would you recommend this over the Squier Bass Vi?

[@TommySG1]

Fun one Phil 🤙 Don’t own any Firefly’s although they are definitely a huge bang for the buck from what I’ve seen 🤙

[@smacker360]

I have 2 Firefly guitars. One is still original and the other I changed the pickups for personal preference only. Both play great and sound amazing. The price for what you get is unmatched IMO.

[@mikatheluv]

My god no shipping outside USA I was about to give it a go!!! amazing product amazing video thank you so much

[@DMSProduktions]

NICE little Doorsesque vamp toward the end there Dovy! \m/

[@le_th_]

Love a good baritone

[@stevewoodyt]

Every time I get it in my head that I want to buy one of these they are OOS. I gave up looking at the website. I’d say it been about a month since I looked. I just bought a Ibanez 7 string two days ago. Kinda wish I’d seen this before. I’ve wanted a a baritone for so long. I got a steal on the ibby though. Mom isn’t gonna let me get an another already. Blame it!

[@Bugsy666]

I don't say anything to my wife about all the home decor she buys so I can spend what I'd like, when I'd like! I'm the boss! (I got my last guitar shipped to my workplace so she would be none the wiser...)

[@marzarnold9039]

Awesome price to satisfy that curiosity. I might have to break my fast and buy one. I think I would find that very fun.

[@bradaudition]

When I saw the 30" scale length on the website, my first thought was "bass VI" scale length. So I picked one up and threw a set of La Bella Bass VI Flats on it. The low E just....barely....fit in the ferrule, but other than that, it worked great!

[@Traumglanz]

Give it some bass pickups and you have your dirt cheap Bass VI.

[@user-rs7tv5lq5v]

@@Traumglanz neck pickup with tone dialed back should be about as good

[@bartvschuylenburg]

I think these same instruments were sold in Europe branded as SubZero Rogue VI 30 by Gear4Music and have now been rebranded G4M 638 and were meant as Bass VI at first.

[@bradaudition]

@@user-rs7tv5lq5v the pickup voicings seem fine as is, to be honest. All I had to do was file the nut to accomodate the thicker strings.

[@stefpenfield5918]

Dovy kept his shirt on.

[@dparrigo]

Does Firefly make bass guitars? If they do, I'd love to see you review one of theirs. Thanks.

[@DanielNourry-hd8sz]

Man, I love this channel!

[@BrentAdams]

Wow! Very nice entry level Baritone.

[@SHARt_murmur]

Just did a setup and pup swap on one, only real issue I encountered was also with the pickups, as they were microphonic. But aside from that, I was just as surprised how good of an instrument it was. Bands like Loathe, Sleep Token, etc, are using instruments like these, and these style's of baritone's are gradually starting to become more known/used.

[@ericoswood1856]

Very cool video, thanks Phillip!!

[@ricklanders]

Great breakdown & review, thanks Phil You guys look like literal bros 😂

[@jackthompson5863]

I bought this guitar. It sounds great and the set-up out of the box was pretty good. The only thing I don't like about it is how narrow the neck is on the first few fres. It makes it difficult to do basic chords in the first position. The neck is really long too but that's not so bad.

[@reedengle6134]

I really really want to try one of these but it seems they don’t ship to Canada. I am a baritone guy and had to sell most of my guitars to facilitate the move here. I was hoping to replace some of them once I got here but it’s proving harder than I thought way up here in The Yukon. Thanks for paying some attention to us Baritone folks. Happy Veterans Day.

[@vincentedgeworks]

Happy veteran’s day, from one to another!

[@msantos7948]

Great review. Now i want one. Thank you 😅

[@Cbcw76]

Sounds terrific... REALLY terrific.

[@gringogreen4719]

Baritone guitars are a bit tricky. I had a Danelectro Baritone back in the 1990s and I was limited back then because I was a beginner. This one looks cool, sounds ok. In a band context with a baritone you are going to be sonically stepping on the toes of the other guitar player, the keyboards, and the bass player. So live it may be a bit lost in the mix or muddy. A baritone would sound good with loads of effects on it in a Dream Pop or Shoegaze setting. Most likely if you buy an oddball guitar (baritone, Fender Bas VI, Nashville High Tuned, etc...) they don't get a ton of use UNLESS it's your main instrument. So that should be a factor if you want to buy an odd ball type of guitar.😉👍✨

[@gearhead2017]

I saw him at the schecter factory and he met zakk wylde in a meeting room,that was very cool

[@diegesisfreak]

I put Ernie Ball bass vi strings on mine. One barely fits but overall it's pretty sick

[@JoshuaC923]

Star in a reasonably priced guitar💥

[@markwarner5554]

I hate that Firefly (and also G4M) advertise these as baritones, when they are in fact just Bass VIs. They really should be strung E-e, like a normal guitar, but an octave down. Anyway...they are very tempting.

[@cchavez248]

A Bass VI is even better! Would this accommodate the thicker Bass VI strings?👍😁

[@philsequeira3180]

Brilliant!

[@daleturner3507]

In a mix with another guitar or even 2 others the baritone has its uses. A southern rock band The Steel Woods uses one with a second guitar and it’s a cool sound.

[@fredericadda]

The post-credits scene was amazing.

[@MrMoneyHelper]

Phil, how was the intonation? Others have tested Firefly baritone models that couldn't be set properly because the bridge wasn't mounted far enough away from the neck.

[@Barry101er]

Simply one of the best geetar channels ❤❤ ❤

[@bigbadbillb]

Looks like a Jaguar with a reverse headstock. Very cool.

[@ianrose5505]

Thank you fantastic info and video

[@doogledog1740]

Looks very similar in general to the Artist GM1BARI baritone, (perhaps comes from the same factory?). That sells for AUD$299 (`USD$195). Thanks, Phil, and Dovy.

[@leelossi1257]

Fantastic video!!!!!!!!

[@firecrackerheart]

DØVY IS RAD.

[@johnro6659]

I have 3 Firefly guitars and all three had electronics issues from bad grounds and wires that were not connected. Build quality was pretty good as far as the rest goes I have to say my confidence it not the best for FF. My SG style was the worse it made horrible sounds nothing coming out of it but a low growl sound. Not sure what it was but I redid the whole wireing over and got rid of the growl and it worked. Not sure what the issue was but I fixed it by desoldering all the connections and redoing all the solder joints. I have a similar baritone Fender tribute by Douglas (Rondo Music) I got mine preowned for $99.99 at GC. The specs are pretty much exactly the same as the Fender it's modeled after. I have to say it surprised me at how well it was made but i have always had great luck with Rondo Musics guitar brands.

[@NeuroApathy]

Awesomeness

[@MotorcityBart]

Great video

[@JulianFernandez]

cheap instruments are off the charts these days

[@catisimon77]

My husband owns one of these, and loves it.

[@monmixer]

You did GREAT Dobie, almost a Micheal Jackson mixed with a bit of jazz.

[@yevgenydevine]

Nice to see this one destroyer of guitar stores on your channel.

[@BOSSenjoyer]

That's a crazy cool guitar

[@tombrackettjr.9308]

Just found your channel. Can you tell me where you got the tool hanging things in your shop? I find it very frustrating to find stuff in drawers.

[@angryrabidfoxes7380]

Could you perhaps do a video on how the guitar market will be affected by trumps proposed tariffs on all imports?