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[@roberts3993]

Thank you so much for playing it through an actual entry level amplifier...I'm not a fan of reviews that play a $100 guitar through $3000 worth of amplifiers and effects.

[@KungFuCooter]

He told you that it was a Kitana 50 Amp. That's $500. $2500 in pedals?

[@stepvanjoe3469]

The amp $239

[@das_edelweiss8736]

A KZbinr I watched for a review on a guitar said that *”If you truly wanna hear the guitar you gotta play it on a good amp!”*

[@SingPsalms]

@@KungFuCooter Valeton headphone amp like 20 something bucks, sounds great. plenty of good budget options for good sounds. but I'd consider the Katana 50 budget, higher-end budget lol but very worth it... also like the Mustang 25LT, not as nice sounding as the Katana but has more modeling presets.

[@kaoe145]

I have no problem with plugging in a low price guitar in a high dollar model amp for a review it lets you know what it could do you need a control so having a good amp for guitar reviews let you have that control

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

I experience some collisions in my brain when we notice blemishes in the finish of a 200 quid guitar, but eagerly pay hundreds of dollars extra for a relic-d guitar. 😁

[@charlesreohr6236]

You meant wreaked finished guitar I found the correct spelling in google.

[@courtney5796]

I ended up with the Grote version of this (because it came with a VERY nice gig-bag @ $200 shipped) It's got a red flame top and is gorgeous. I cleaned up the frets myself and took it to my local guitar store to check out intonation. They were very unhappy to hear I only spent $200 on it. :)

[@Aeon135]

Phil, you and Trogly are honestly the only reviewers i pay attention. You seem to be the only people who actually CRITIQUE stuff they get sent, even if it was free. So many youtubers are WAY too nice and don’t want to risk not getting more free junk. Really respect your commitment to giving yoir true thoughts.

[@undrway003]

Again, thank you for an excellent overview. The Firefly guitar seems to be making progress and is definitely become more main stream because of demonstrations like these. Have an amazing day! CHEERS

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I spend a lot of time outdoors at our lakeside cabin. Sitting around the fire at night with a guitar is common. I would never subject my expensive guitars or amps to the perils of rugged outdoor use, but I would this. Plugged into my battery powered Roland Cube if beer gets spilled on it, bug spray, drunks tripping over it…I could care less.

[@teslaedison6236]

You mean you couldn't care less

[@gunkanjima3408]

@@teslaedison6236 Get a life, mate

[@briansimpson8116]

My favorite style of guitar. I love the figuring in the wood.

[@chancemiller9340]

Nice review. The nylon rattle dampeners are a new development. It's nice to see that as the price approaches/approached $200 and has spilled over, upgrades have continued to be added.

[@luca7x689]

Synyster Gates Custom in the background is 💥.. will always be one of my favorite guitar designs..

[@justinrayguitars6024]

Picked up one several yrs ago off Amazon. Bridge rattled like crazy so all that I had laying around was a roller bridge. Ended up putting a Bigsby on it that cost twice as much as the guitar. Still have it and still love it.

[@petestaint8312]

Thank you for not shredding! Got to hear the actual sound. 👍

[@Shutupletstalk]

Sounded great! Loving that emerald green too!

[@kenhull2386]

Phil....Love your approach on this type of review. You are our King of Honest Information. I love the fact that you'll give a $200 guitar the same checklist as a $2000 Gibson or Fender....and you're keeping it all very REAL! I now check in every day!! Keep it up.

[@charlescorley5393]

I bought one and had some custom wound PAF style hum buckers installed. I also have an Epiphany ES335 Pro. The Firefly now is my preferred. Insane value.

[@65dougk]

I'm guessing Phil's wife found his panty hose stash and he had to say "oh! ah, ah, I don't wear those, those are for guitar reviews, yeah, that's the ticket".

[@MDonovan]

He has boxes of them!

[@garymcaleer6112]

Thanks, Phillip. Nice instrument, especially for the price. My tobacco flame top Grote detuned for added richness flavor would sound just as nice as the Firefly. Happy holidays, bro! Love you.

[@Sankeyite]

Love my Blue 338 and a red/blk Lp. Once set up they both play great, 2 yrs down the road they still get played everyday! Had to come back and add that on the LP set up, installed probucker vintage pu's with coil split, a Wilkinson roller bridge and has been a gig worthy guitar ever since. Now playing it weekly at the lodge and it's keeper for sure, plays right next to a Gibson LP and a fender strat, they haven't kicked me out yet cause my FF, and everyone loves the sound so .....

[@benpowersguitar]

Nice video Phil. I really want to try one of these even more now.

[@jodycopeland1]

Love the tone and some very tasty licks

[@christophermarsden9386]

Got the same color in February changed out the tuners for Graph Tech Ratio Locking and love it.

[@MattZildjian]

not sure if due to the guitar or the amp, but this guitar had a really pleasing snap to the sound which gave it so much life

[@shaneworden1325]

Thank you for another great review. Because of you sir I will be ordering one of these.

[@charger19691]

I really like this Axe. Thank you for sharing!

[@BeatsAndGuitars]

Got damn it Phillip…I was trying not to but a Firefly but they do have some amazing colors.

[@donaldscheer5206]

I recently purchased a Fire Fly FFLPS STYLE ELECTRIC GUITAR And I Love it!!

[@hughbarton5743]

Arghh!!! Although I don't play that much(old, hands shot by arthritis, don't care about gigging anymore...), I thought I was all set with a Tele Thinline, Epi Les Paul, Ibanez Acoustic, Fender Mustang Bass, Kala Uke, various keyboards.... But I so miss my Penco 335 copy...so, I fear its time to buy another 335ish guitarthing... So beautiful! What a great color!!! I'm in love.... Thanks Phil! ( I guess )...sigh....

[@charlesreohr6236]

A friend of mine has arthritis he's older than me. I am 68. He says as long as he can still play he will it keep his fingers from welding up he plays bass in a jazz band. He also plays other things like keyboard, guitar and trumpet. I don't know his real age I think he's in his mid to upper eighties. He is always looking to learn new things and loves to play music. His bass is a Fender P Bass with strange looking EMI pickups.

[@daviddemar8749]

I started playing at 32 yrs old with a 170 USD cost Aria acoustic. At that time I swore that I wouldn't succumb to Guitar Acquisition Syndrome in my life.. It's almost 30 years later now. I have 7 guitars and over the years i have become a headstock snob. I can't play as often as I used to because I have RR-MS. But i have been having daydreams lately about playing a semi - hollow body guitar; something i thought I would NEVER consider. So dont apologize my friends The cherry red Epi 335 imho looks and sounds gorgeous and has been getting great reviews all over the place. Remember You Only Live Once.....😎🎼🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎸❤

[@jessiejames2155]

I just bought this guitar for $250.00. It's blue on black . Its gorgeous ! I still have to make the adjustment on the distortion magnet.

[@markpjf85]

Stunning Emerald green guitar

[@danpaolillo2636]

I’ve bought five of them. The newest ones have wax potted pickups. Really helps with the microphonic feedback.

[@leroybrady4288]

Thanks for the review! I love mine!

[@donniehba795]

Cool. As it turns out I bought the identical guitar back in May and took delivery on the same day as with a new Epiphone ES-335. I immediately changed out the pickups on the Firefly to Filterton -- not because anything was wrong but I wanted it to be different than the Epiphone. Both sound and play great but the Epiphone is better -- of course it cost close to 3 times as much. Keep up the great work, Phil!

[@basspro1008]

Thank you so much!!! Awesome review !!

[@minervameza2686]

Love that groovy, McKnight playing! Keep it up, baby! 👍🏻

[@blakeanderson7906]

My first guitar was a Firefly lp and I changed everything on it and it was a fun learning experience. Currently I don't play my Firefly as I purchased some other guitars that I just enjoy playing much more than the Firefly... Having said that though, for the right person, I bet you will enjoy this guitar... especially for the price.

[@googleboy7]

Hi phillip, I have several brand name guitars. After your previous review of the Firefly 335 I bought one. I love it. Thanks! Shalom/gw

[@BILLYBOBSTUNES]

Thanks for this review Phil 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🔥🔥🔥

[@FastSloW-qt8xf]

I bought a monopricr boardwalk. Which is their "335" version. Out of the box it was the nicest new guitar I've ever gotten. Most of my stuff comes from sweetwater. Love my semihollows. Especially with some quality p90s

[@relentless_fps]

Looks & sounds great for the money! I’ve had one of the Firefly Spalted Maple Top 335s in a transparent Ruby Red for awhile. It’s gorgeous & plays well, there’s plenty of upgrades you could do to really bring out the full potential & make it to your liking. I had one of the originals in the Blue Burst & I liked it a lot so I figured I’d pick up one of these. They have a lot of cool new colors popping up here & there on the website. I’d like to eventually get one of the Les Pauls as well!

[@ratwynd]

The only electrics I have ever bought that didn't need much more setup than new strings were used higher end guitars played by someone for a while. That includes some pro level instruments from Gretsch, Fender and Gibson. The only new acoustics that did not need a setup were Martins. I look at a setup as part of the necessary work to make a newly acquired guitar 'yours'.

[@mrroye]

I am listening to this video on my full ear headphones. And it sounds fantastic to me. As far as driving the speakers, I have a 9 band MX are EQ between my guitar an my amp at all times. So giving it a slight boost on the way out would cover that with no problem. An in fact every person I've ever taught to play guitar when they switch to electric I told them to get a 7 band or more EQ.

[@mrbigg7255]

Love the color

[@fawkesandhound]

Great quick look at this guitar. That price is crazy too.

[@richardkeller8658]

I've owned two Fireflys. I purchased a 338 that arrived with a twisted neck. You could look down the neck and see it twisted between the 6th and 8th fret. I then purchased their FFLPS and it arrived with a broken pickup and terrible frets. I guess that I'm one of the few that have had bad experiences with Fireflys. In my opinion, I would save a few dollars more and get a Tagima or an EART. Phil, I really do enjoy your videos!! Keep it up. thanks!

[@BudgetRC_Channel]

Your comment about the guitar being bright was spot on. Compared to my Ibanez AS93, my spalted Firefly is substantially brighter acoustically than my Ibanez. The Firefly is also a full pound lighter than the AS93. I've had 4 of the Firefly 338s and one thing I noticed is that every one of them had a different bridge. I think they get whatever hardware is cheapest at the time of each build batch. My first had an e-clip style bridge that was so poorly cast that the saddles didn't fit into the slots and the saddle screws wouldn't fully seat. My next two had the wire-retainer style bridge and they worked ok. My 4th (the spalted) had a wire-retained style bridge too, but it appeared to be a higher quality casting than the others. All 4 of them came with various degrees of cosmetic paint issues, usually because of inadequate or incorrect wetsanding & buffing that left a lot of sanding scratches that needed to be buffed out. None of these guitars was perfect, but every one of them was a great guitar after I set them up and polished out the cosmetic issues.

[@mburtondavis]

Bought one and have wicked fret buzz on the 1st and 2nd fret of the low E and A strings and I’ve tried everything but change the strings to a smaller gauge or replace the nut to one not cut so low.

[@kennethm.3296]

We live in a fun time! I'm 49 and remember my first squire and these g

[@kramusic]

I have one of the very early Firefly FF338 guitars and, it had several issues when I got it. It had neck, fret buzz, bridge and, intonation & tuning issues that, took me a very long time to correct. The neck issue was the biggest issue to deal with but, after I dealt with all the issues, it seemed like I found myself playing the guitar constantly. After watching your review here, I may buy another FF338 to see how much better the quality on them has become. I still play the original cherry red one I bought years ago.👍🎸

[@chadyoak1633]

I just got a firefly SG type of guitar about a month ago. It come very close to being setup perfect.... as good as any guitar I’ve had shipped to me anyways. I think the pickups sounded very good for a $189 guitar. The nut wasn’t cut the best and the tuners weren’t all that great but other than that I can’t really complain about anything! I did put a new nut on it and a set of used Gibson burstbuckers in it. I absolutely love the guitar now. It definitely satisfies my need for the Gibson sound. I play it more than any of my $2000 guitars. I took a chance on firefly and I’m soooo glad I did!

[@tomtracy2803]

I got a green one a couple years ago and love it. But that spalted maple is....WOW!. I replaced the bridge and solved the noise. They didn't have those washers. The tuners are good enough, but I'm replacing them at the next string change.

[@russellmcbride1242]

Loving my quilt top 338 and my LLP lizard burst. 🎵FIREFLY🎶💯

[@johndodson4527]

Nice playing.

[@megatodd707]

Cool guitar. Very nice review. That’s good consumer advice 👍

[@blues62751]

Cool Phil ! 👍🎸

[@dwalks637]

Nice work 🤘

[@JaniceLalla]

You and it sound great

[@23skidoo46]

The Harley Benton 335 version is the best I've played. great guitar for the price and it rocks.

[@douglasgoodall3612]

Mine arrived yesterday. Happy to say it is quite playable right out of the box. I have my PRS Hollowbody II Piezo to compare it against. It has different harmonics, and I don't regret investing a modest sum for some variation in tone and playing experience :-)

[@gillamb8669]

Nice shade of green. Even the back looks hot. 👍🤘

[@Madchris8828]

Oh man. That finish. Holy cow! It even sounds pretty nice for the price. Ha, that rhymed

[@tankdarla637]

I love green guitars!

[@robertdamron898]

I own 5 Firefly Guitars. Including this one. LOVE Them ALL. Gonna Buy More. 😁

[@Manuel-gh9wm]

I'll buy it it's a nice guitar sounds great

[@adamdelarozza1985]

Thanks for making this video! I have the exact same Guitar. Purchase from amazon last May $159. they call this color (Matte Green) or Transparent green, they use Both to describe it. I luv mine and the color is hypnotizing as you know. I decide to get the model this guitar copies so well. i opted for the Heritage 535 in Emerald Green and one thing the FireFly has on it is the 'f' holes are binded but they aren't on the H-535🙂

[@dbmabe]

Shout out for the 50W Katana!! I bought a MKII a few months ago. I bought an original back in 2017 and then made the mistake of selling it. When I needed another bedroom amp, I tried several, Vox VT20X, was a close 2nd. In fact, I ended buying it but took it back and traded back up to the Katana 50. My only gripe with the MKII is they got rid of the kickback stand.

[@jstnxprsn]

I recently did an upgrade project on my guitar collection, mostly with low cost models I bought intending to upgrade. Squiers, a Glarry, etc. But my Firefly 338 is the only one, where the only thing I added was a case and strap. Everybody "Ooooh"s when I open the case. Action was good. Intonation good. Hell, I didn't even bother to change the strings, although they wore out quickly and I'm about to. I may do some fine tuning here and there as I play it more, but mist likely the only change I'll make eventually will be for better quality tuners, those these are adequate for non-pro playing situations. What I'm saying is for the money, you really coildn't want more out of a guitar. I love mine. One slight thing though. I chose the blue one, yet compared to all the blue ones I'd seen, mine came with a greenish tint to the blue. Still stunning to look at, jst not quite what I'd expected. I'm wondering if they have a quality control issue in their paint dept. Thanks for the great review.

[@fongy200]

I live in the UK and we don't tend to see these much here, however I did replace some pick up's in one because the owner said they were squealing. Hollow bodies can tend to do that if situation permits but on this occasion the pups were microphonic, really bad. He chose some Entwistle HV58's and although their not the most expensive pick up out there they are definitely an improvement. The Firefly left sounding superb and the owner very happy. Their worth the money, even as a piece of furniture, a wall hanger or something for less than 200 bucks it's a no brainer. I wonder how many get sold to interior designers and decorators? Just a thought. Thanks Phil, superb content as always.

[@ericvoss2636]

After 35 years of playing and having a mild interest in a hollow body guitars the blue one showed up in stock on Amazon I pulled the trigger 'wife told me to'. It showed up well boxed, the strings were resting on the the first fret a simple truss rode adjustment fixed that. This one does have a wiring problem the bridge pick up only has a tone and a “less tone” controls so at some point I have to pull the wires and if I'm going to do that I'm just going to change pick ups and get a new wiring harness. The B string saddle has a little up and down movement and a click so I'm changing the the bridge at he next string change. When set up right the guitar plays great and sounds just fine.

[@rickknowlan8949]

Good, balanced review.

[@ptrisonic]

I actually like the pick ups on my "338" . They are slightly microphonic (as were most of Gibson's HB's from the fifties) which I like. They are plenty powerful for Bluesbreaker style blues (from the mid to late sixties) which is "my " era. Thru a NMV Marshall style amp (like a Maven Peal Ganesha) it really sounds incredible... Yes you have to make some small adjustments to the guitar but I've done that with a Les Paul from the Gibson Custom Shop too. I expect to personalize guitars (action, neck etc.). With a guitar this reasonable it is good to try set ups on (it is easy but you need confidence to perform it on a guitar worth thousands of $'s). I got mine for Christmas last year from my Sister in Law (I love that woman)! Best, Pete.

[@HandlebarWorkshops]

I've been looking at kit versions of the ES-335 lately and this is cheaper and I don't need to worry about finishing it. I would have liked you to look at the pickups to see if they are comparable to any others on the market.

[@DavidLHolzer]

Great review. Thanks Phil. I have an Oscar Schmidt 335 copy and l love it. Just like the FireFly, I get rave reviews when someone lays eyes on it.

[@othermyke]

I have an Oscar Schmidt goldtop they made great affordable guitars too bad they stopped.

[@robertyork2537]

My first guitar was a black Delta King. I sold it and regretted it. Found one of the early 2000 models like the one I had at a local shop for 170 bucks. Those older ones are great!

[@TheDrunkenScoundrel]

Damn, it even SOUNDS good.

[@trent69marc]

just wanted to say that the bone nut is about 42 mm´s ( 41,91 mm exactly ), another great video, thx for that!

[@braddietzmusic2429]

It’s a GREAT time to be a guitarist.

[@activese]

Hi, almost every set of known brand pickups are a little or way more than $200. Fralin, Dylan, Monthys, Duncan, Marzio, but to keep it on budget maybe ghs, or wilkinson if you want to change them, but it looks amazing, and that green it's so nice.

[@ellsworth1956]

Great video as usual. What would be your 3 favorite pedals you can't live without?

[@garyeckel1656]

String Instruments are very crucial at the nut and bridge for playing clear tone.

[@talkychris]

Love a green guitar.

[@PierceThirlen2]

I bought a green sunburst Crown (Teisco) semi-hollow guitar for $89 in '68, adjusting for inflation $701 today. It had bound F holes, bolt on neck, skinny frets, mediocre tuners, cheap single coil pickups, cheap but intonatable bridge, and was not at all setup, and at 3.5 X the price of a Firefly. You are getting much more guitar for the money today.

[@captaintony1227]

I own 2. I ordered the original spalted maple in natural. And before I even got it the got a flamed maple in that was purple. I figured id sell one. But I cant part with either . maybe one day I'll pick my favorite. But till then I'll enjoy them both.

[@Russell_Optics]

I have the original spalted finish also that I got about 8 months ago and like it, but I think the purple one looks awesome. Cool thing is at only $200 you can easily afford to keep both.

[@johnmoser2689]

Could you do some cool Bass guitar reviews that would be super cool 😎 your Bass skills are top notch

[@SteveSanchez0]

I grabbed a Know Your Gear “lime green Decal”! That newer logo is badass in my opinion, I’m gonna definitely try to grab at least a T shirt soon here too.. LIME GREEN IS MY FAVORITE COLOR!! sorry for yelling.. lol, but for real, lime green is on point! Haha

[@RelicOnMaui]

I bought one of the quilted maple models and noticed upgrades I haven't heard in any of the KZbins. For $20-30 more, I wonder if you get much better detailing. Mine had none of the problems people mentioned years ago. But considering 50 years ago, an Aria thin hollow knock-off without the thinline center plank, sold for the same $159-200, these are unbelievable bargains. CNC strikes again!

[@TheMerc1950]

If I didn't already have a semi hollow Gretsch, I would be looking at this.

[@amandahuginkiss6868]

I would expect to do a setup on anything shipped to me that I hadn't played before, and actually anything I buy hands on. I tend to buy used, so that is probably why :-)

[@bumpyroad3251]

Yeah, it's much of a luck to buy a guitar {used or new} without having to do some set up on it. Everything I've ever bought needed some touches to shine on me. Nevertheless it's not the same an action lowering to fret leveling, crowning and polishing.

[@NeoRichardBlake]

Yeah, I've never understood people to get pissy about a new guitar needing a setup... I thought that was just a thing. New guitar = do a setup. If every guitar came set up, there'd be almost no need for the service from guitar shops.Seems petty to complain about, and I think some people just need something to gripe about sometimes.

[@NeoRichardBlake]

@@bumpyroad3251 Yeah, needing a fret level, I can see complaining about. But, honestly, I even give fret sprout a bit of a pass. I live in a desert, so I kind of assume that I'm going to have to touch up some scratchy frets. I've only had like two guitars that didn't need a little fret end whack with a nail file.

[@thommackris920]

Yup, minor fret sprout, doing a setup (and possibly working on the nut) goes with buying any guitar, at any price. Phil should emphasize this, considering the presentation style of his videos is geared toward those with minimal to no technical knowledge. What I want to know (and got very little from this) is the things that will cost more money for the average buyer: a neck with a hump (very bad), inadequate range of adjustment in the truss rod, the need for fret leveling, parts that need replacement (bridge, tuning keys, etc.)

[@sunn_bass]

If they made a semi-hollow bass in 30 or 32 inch scale I'd get one in a minute. Nice review.

[@TheGhostGuitars]

Honestly, I ALWAYS expect to do a setup on any new acquisition whether it be new or used guitar. This includes fret dressing, intonation, nut adjustment and saddle and pup height adjustments. I have a very specific setting requirements. I have one of the Firefly FF338-BB Blueburst with that odd JSN Torch headstock logo. Anyone knows what it's supposed to mean? The previous owner had installed a set of 2009 Gibson Les Paul Traditional Professional Burstbucker 3 and 57 Classic cream/black zebra humbuckers installed. Also included in the deal are the original humbuckers which are proven to be pretty ...microphonic as hell. With the Gibby pups the 338 rocks even under a fair bit of gain (tho not with as much volume as I'd normally do). I like it enough to not require any new semi-hollow for a long time (aside from a bass tho).

[@stuahlers1528]

Just bought a cherry red one a couple of months back, right out of the box not a flaw. No setup needed, tune up, intonate, and ready to go! Put heavier gauge strings and sounds awesome. Spot on review, thanks!

[@larrykendall317]

I got the 72 Thinline replica. The tone pot was loose not nut on the top. Its a wall hanger. Glad to send it to you.

[@michaelchiasson9088]

Enjoy your reviews and tech clinics so much. Have you reviewed any ‘SLICK’ guitars in the past? They look interesting and some nice price points. Thanks.

[@fistinair1979]

He has done a Slick before. Have it a pretty good review if I recall.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

I have the cherry spalted maple. I also have an inspired by Gibson Epiphone ES335 that I bought at the same time, but had to wait a couple of months to receive it. Yes the Epiphone is a superior instrument in every aspect, but only by a hair. The FF is slightly lighter in weight and a bit brighter sounding than the Epiphone, and of course 1/3 of the price.

[@BuckFlicks]

I had the first yellow spalted maple Firefly put out and I loved it... and I thought, "If I like this one so much, I bet I'd REALLY like an Epiphone ES-335." So I traded in my Firefly on the 335 and I just didn't like it. I recently sold my Epi at my cost and I just ordered another Firefly ff-338. Gonna hang on to this one, though I might go for some more vintage-sounding PAF pickups. The first FF I had was quite microphonic. Maybe they've made some improvements since I had the first one.

[@ArthurMorgan_5327]

Check out the tonerider AC 2 classic PAF , best vintage tone humbuckers for the money

[@glenkepic3208]

Great vid. Guitar is a tremendous value (tho i'd skip the green;) 10 year old SB Ibz AS 73 so i'm set but had to laugh at the "You're not gonna drive the amp that hard..." bit. Tell that to Alvin Lee (TYA), Rick Derringer (RoadWork) or BB King (Lab Series on 10, controlled from Lucille). Semi's love being turned up. ok, the example, but hit it !!

[@rabbithowls71]

My favorite mod to cheap guitar humbuckers is a magnet swap. Throw some A2’s, or and A2 bridge and A3 in the neck and it will really change things for the better, and for only a few dollars.

[@jhumbrac]

These 335 types of guitars are really difficult to mod. Anyone thinking of using this as modding platform has a lot of work in store for them. Make sure you get some strong string or fishing line before you get started

[@NeoRichardBlake]

Yeah, other than aesthetics, I've never really understood why semi-hollows don't have access ports for the electronics.

[@RaptorV1USA]

it IS a PITA but its not that bad.. use good quality Bournes mini pots and yer pretty much good to go. You def. have to plan it out and have some solid patience but if you are careful about it you'll only have to ever do it once... many folks enjoy modding even when its a bit of a challenge or PITA...ultimately its all doable as long as you tape off the f holes etc nicely before you get to it you'll be good to go. i'm about to replace everything in one I just got & i'm considering using solderless connections under the pups at least so if I do want to swap pups in or out later its quick and easy...

[@charlesreohr6236]

I found that measuring and soldering every thing out side first then using air line for aquariums tie wrapped to the tops of the pots and switch makes it an east quick instalment. Just feed the air line ends thru the pot or switch hole and into the f holes connect the switches and then pull them through. Its a lot easier than trying to do it any other way. After you put the nut on just cut the tie off and install the knob. It saves a lot of time but you need to make sure the wiring is correct. I also install quick connect for the pickup in the pickup slots down to the switch and pots it makes for changing out pickups a lot easier. I also give the wires a little extra length so there will be a less of a battle getting the set in the right direction.

[@miket.220]

Use aquarium air line, that hollow plastic tubing they use to feed air from the compressor into the fish tank. You can fit that over the stem of a pot and guide it through MUCH easier than twine or string.

[@acidbran]

Red one for 3 years now ? Plays great and sound nice. Got mine with Discover points for around $80 shipped. I'll keep it.

[@Russell_Optics]

I ordered one of these in an icetea spalted maple finish a while back because of a video that Darrell Braun did and was pleasantly surprised at the value. A good set-up and polished frets made a big difference. I like the neck on it also. I think your green one is better looking though.

[@Hikaru109Ichijyo]

great review . . .. fireflys are pretty . . . fly

[@allanmakela3011]

Got a Haze 335 from Australia$350 with a Bigsby type vibrato,no flaws,nice stuff

[@VictorKMayfield]

My Firefly SG style is a great guitar.. I had to do a slight setup, but WELL worth 200 bucks. I also got a Firefly Les Paul style and its great too but HEAVY.