Are Firebirds going away? 🚫🔥🦅 2016 Firebird V T Deep Dive, Review, and Demo

2016 Firebird V T Deep Dive, Review, and Demo

[@ZalMoxis]

Mr Fabulous pickups are excellent..... i have these ones in your FB as well as the Big Bird humbucker style.

[@evhleppard]

I have always loved the look of these.

[@michaelbreach5862]

The new Epiphone “custom shop” ones coming out are going to be $1,700 msrp. Looks like Gibson is basically following the Fender business model and replacing their semi-affordable standard lines with Epiphones (Epiphone basically like MIM fender). I just snagged one a few days ago because I know these are going to soar in price and become rare. Get one while you can.

[@blueslawyer]

I love my 2006 Firebird V! Thanks for playing the King of the Hill theme... one of my favorite tunes to test out a guitar!

[@boechlerguitarsandrepair]

It's a super fun riff to play 😁

[@offaxisdude]

kluson banjo tuners are every bit as good as anything...had one since 1963,tuners work great

[@robertgladstein]

Exactly

[@JuddLofthouse]

Great review my friend I just got one 👌👍

[@j.jester7821]

Gibson still makes them if you have the cash.

[@Tjricchio]

When Johnny winter died so did the firebird!

[@oopsydaizi3s824]

Thinking of all the Fire birds destroyed by Gibson a few years ago during their “play Authentic” army tank

[@boechlerguitarsandrepair]

RIP. Those guitars go for a lot of money these days! I'd like to review one

[@SpaTZz9]

I have a Firebird V. The pick ups ARE NOT Mini Humbuckers. The Firebird pick ups are rail magnets, no pole pieces.

[@boechlerguitarsandrepair]

There are still called "firebird mini humbuckers" the are indeed built different than standard mini humbuckers, the issue is Gibson is not making modern firebird pickups like the originals, the originals were low wind with alnico magnets, the new ones are made with ceramic magnets and wound to about 15k. They still sound good in my opinion, but sound a lot different that a vintage Firebird

[@mskcrc]

Honestly, who can afford this shit anymore? For the price of one ES-335, I got three used Eastman electrics and they all play like custom shops.