Firefly Guitars MASSIVE Baritone LP!

[@miyaaaaw]

I love how Buckethead approached this situation. He made the body bigger so the long neck doesn't look abnormal

[@riffmondo9733]

Plus he is 6’ 6” without the Bucket. And most his stuff is E flat!

[@yanmetcaluire]

I love Buckethead too, a great and underrated guitar player here in Europe where I live. The Monsters ans robots amazed me for years

[@presmasterflash7555]

Firefly made a bucket head copy. Idk if the body was the bigger size as well but it was a white custom with the arcade killswitches. It sold out pretty quick.

[@miyaaaaw]

Yep whenever I click one of their links I'm always late 🥲 They do great things for very low prices. I'm a fan 👍🏻 @presmasterflash7555

[@Inspector-71]

​@@presmasterflash7555 I believe it's the standard size 9" body

[@OkayyyIGetIt]

Alright, hearing Max get some chugs in was badass. We need more of that!

[@deztruct0823]

Definitely want one of these to keep tuned to C# Standard

[@DrMurdercock]

they have a sick ass flat black one right now with a single H.

[@Eriktheadikt]

I helped get these done, I suggested the Belly cut and the 24 frets as wel as the neck cutaway, i have modded mine qith locking tuners and a Rallilhammer Chisel and Nuevo 90 aetup for pickups, i have also helped with the 30 scale with reverse headstock and a few others as am an avid barotone fan, my favorite baritone this far is the Semi hollow, there is a matte black single pickup version of the LP coming end of this month

[@CritterRepairTech]

It’s a good thing you are experienced with medieval swords! That is one long giraffe neck on this guitar. Great sound! You give a thorough session complete with plus points to appreciate such as the neck joint and some constructive criticism to consider. Overall, Firefly price point and quality level has a lot to offer. Injured guitar? May have to repair and deck out with some new metallic glitter tattoos. Amazing what airbrush art could look do with the right artist.

[@robertscotti7970]

Ive been waiting, finally! Now a double cut with string through body and a reverse headstock and im all in!

[@asmcint]

Never thought I'd catch myself drooling at an LP. Nothing really wrong with the style, don't get me wrong, I just like my tuners all on one side and my pickup selector to actually point in the direction of the pickup being selected. But that baritone in looks and sound is so goddamn gorgeous that my personal gripes about layout just fall by the wayside.

[@LesterMitchell]

Great review man! Love the low heavy sound!

[@josephbonofiel4762]

Send the Firefly towards the Santa Anna winds or take it to a college where artists learn to paint wood . That is what I did for my Jackson V in 1989. They repainted it Gold Sparkle Flake which took 4 months to be show room condition again and free of charge ! Colleges Today have "Friendly Professors, " free Paint/ CNC Machines and Free Labor .

[@phaeded0ut]

These are awesome! I disagree in liking the back binding starts and stops, this looks pretty to me. The mods I did to mine is to change out the tuning machines with Gotoh locking tuning machines, strap buttons replaced with Fender/with Schaller Straplocks, added a pickup selector plastic ring (this is a cosmetic thing for me) and changed out the wiring on the Volume pots. The volume pots are wired in such a way (older) that if the pickup selector is in the middle position and one of the volume controls is on zero or off then no sound will be heard. So, to “fix” this it is necessary to move the wires from the second lug to the third, and the wires on the third lug to the second lug on the volume pots. To be safe I also added a ground to body from the neck volume pots. I did not add any treble bleed circuits to my volume pots and I have to say that I really do prefer not having them in this Baritone. This mod also seemed to round the bass, upper mids and especially the treble to make the overall pickup sounds more “even.” If you are looking to add a kill switch between, while it is a tight fit, a TESI 12mm with a little drilling will work out (if you want to retain all of the controls). Unlike my IYV guitars (both jazz models), this beastie has nonconducting paint inside the control cavity, but did not have similar shielding on the back of the plastic backs, so I added copper shielding tape to the pickup selector and control cavity plates, too. I had to do some setup work on the pickup heights, mostly on the treble side. The strings were (metal) dusty and my neck needed a little lemon oil. The standard tuning machines that come with this guitar and with my IYV guitars were really decent, I just prefer having locking tuning machines for easier string changes. With a new set of DR Tite .012’s, and top winding over the tail piece. Normally I prefer to have a TP-6 tail piece for easier string changes. A slight player note, for me tuning from low B to high B, I typically use .12s for a 24.75” and it “feels” like I am playing a set of .008’s, and even tuning up to standard tuning feels “lighter.” I almost want to try putting on a set of heavier flat wounds on it.

[@klacustoms]

I would put a surface mounted chrome finished bottle opener around the volume knob and some custom kitchen cabinet handles by the toggle switch to give off a 50's vibe vintage style look to the guitar.

[@musicbycandlelightmbc3225]

@Guitar MAX: You can always make a gold, black, navy blue or whatever color you like acrylic guard or plate for the pots and damaged area. It will cover the hole and you just have to glue the damaged part, let it set, and then drill the 4 holes in the guard/plate for the pots and poof...done. Similar to the cover plates at the back of most guitars.

[@naruto199797]

With the 28-inch scale, you can go lower than a typical baritone, the lowest you can go before the intonation goes a bit weird is drop F so if you wanna tune down low like an 8 string but you dont want an 8 string this is a great option

[@ChiefSpartan1]

Thank you for covering this guitar! I can get this for cheap and its damn close to the Agufish signature that is sold out. This is my Christmas present to myself!

[@mikeg6666]

Firefly never ceases to amaze me , constantly innovative and affordable.

[@snapfinger1]

Can’t imagine what a baritone Gibson black beauty would cost. The chug is there & melodically capable.

[@pathead]

Sweet baritone guitar. Ever since I got my 34" scale bass, I've been wanting a 34" scale guitar. Too bad about the damage to the blue one. I would make up a little pick guard plate that goes over all the knobs. Could make a little circle out of the same to cover damage around the toggle if there is some. You could make up something cool in a simple CAD program, then have an online printing company make a couple for you to screw on. It might even look better with a cool a pick guard.

[@ShaneSaiyan]

Man there have been at least a half dozen Firefly guitars I would have bought on sight with the price being what they are but they don't ship to Canada and that is WANK

[@a.j.garrett9639]

Exactly 💯

[@crnametlaIV]

Can you do a video with some Ibanezes?

[@philipatoz]

Max, I feel your pain! Even though that's an inexpensive guitar, it's still beautiful (or was), so heartbreaking when an accident happens. But we've all had those moments! Least it wasn't a high end, expensive or vintage instrument!

[@The_2_2For_Real]

As for the ruined guitar, you could glue it back together, reinforce the backside and put a round high quality sticker of sorts on top to hide the damages.

[@eguitarplayer6689]

I agree with you about 7 strings (low end).👨‍🎤

[@pyyktodd]

Oh how i wish I could afford one. Maybe next year.

[@toro5280]

That barritone is super cool. I'd get one if the Fireflys were available in Europe. But that blue guitar, oh man, what a pity it got broken. I was thinking the same, just fixing it would probably be doable even as a DIY, but how would you replicate the beautiful paint?

[@ilikepotatoes1345]

It's a shame Firefly only ship within US, this Baritone looks fun.

[@thrillvilled111]

That sucks that the one take failed due to audio issues, you could next time have 2 microphones that you can use so that if the one sounded bad or broken, you got the second microphone track as a backup.

[@beboz28]

I was curious to hear how the firefly baritones sounded played metal style. Thank you for showing me. I’m really interested in getting the SG style, but I want to wait and see if they release one in matte Black or all black the dark Cherry doesn’t look bad but I wanna wait and see. As far as the three pick up guitar, I will get it repaired and then try and do a relic job on it. I’m sure the repairs would fit into the relic scheme.

[@mikemartinek5567]

Argghh regarding the Firefly three humbucker "glam" lp series. Hopefully you were kidding about burying it! I bought mine a day or so after seeing your "all-in-one-take" review of it. I like it ALOT. And, for that kind of money-wtf lol.....

[@SuzyQ-f6v]

Hey Max would you happen to own a Harley Benton JA baritone? I’ve been eyeballing the FireFly offset baritones and the Harley Benton JA baritone possibly a Squier tele classic vibe baritone. But I rather pay less than 200$ considering it will be my first baritone and I haven’t played in years. If you do own a Harley Benton JA baritone. Could you just hit me in the chin with it and tell me which one of the two I should order. The Harley Benton or the FireFly haha I enjoy watching your content thank you for ur videos and the effort you put into them man! 🤘

[@mickeymessstudios109]

I got one of these and I love it - but BEWARE, the neck is fat (regardless of what Max says) and mine needed 1) a fret level job to eleminate fret buzz in mulitple places across fretboard and 2) a proper setup and intonation and 3) fret polishing and 4) the Nut slots needed adjustment for the heavier gauge strings (because it ships with "guitar" strings instead of Barritone gauge strings which are actually much thicker (60 gauge or more) !!!!! So this was NOT an out of the box experience for me in any way. Final cost after shipping and luthier and new proper strings 570$ - (220 + 100 + 270) .... I love it ... but you need to know what you are getting yourself into. BTW, there is a SCHECTER Barritone which probably is a better deal out of the box.

[@nieko3038]

That’s 270 reasons to learn to do that work yourself. And that’s on one guitar only. I expect some work on every guitar I buy. Doing the finishing touches like polishing is quite satisfying work.

[@IBleedMercuryOfficial]

Does it neck dive?

[@richardburns4194]

Do a contest. I love beat up guitars. Gots character.

[@patrickkem689]

Just needed some MOP inlays❤️👍

[@acereaper6633]

GUITAR MAXX!!!! 🤘🔥🔥

[@randallhaney7909]

I think the best thing to do with the sparkle blue Paul style is .. Send it to me😂

[@retropuffer2986]

The guitar physically looks cool and sounds heavy!

[@vhw]

Hate that they don't seem to ship internationally. Imagine slapping some zakk wylde emgs on that thing, it would RIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!! I want one

[@zemi2750]

They used to, I got one directly to the Caribbean for like $30 extra about 3/4 years ago (LP LE SP), myb because of damage in transit, cutting through profits. I would've prob bought like 5 more FireFly's if shipping was available.

[@derekmalunow8962]

Does it neck dive, Max?

[@mdenison2567]

is there any distribution for these in UK or Europe yet? desperate to get my hands on one but Guitar garden still don't ship here as far as I know :(

[@ironnewedge2386]

Hey, I have one of these genuinely play it everyday, checked a lot of boxes for me, I am having some issues with the neck pickup. I think it's a ground issue, but I love the feel overall.

[@MacboyColor]

Just noticed all the Ham Radio gear in the background, Nice! Is that a Hallicrafters Model S-38C shortwave radio I spy?

[@godandfamilyalways8149]

Could be, but also could be old radio gear that's been converted to audio gear... that sometimes happens.

[@Icepacalapse]

Yes it is. I listened to radio moscow's comedic claims through the 80s on that model.

[@WingHouseCup]

Amazing looks and sounds from that beast. Now I cant wait to get one. LOL

[@jerrymyers870]

An ebony fretboard with block inlays is all it needs.

[@leonardmartinez9978]

Max can you tell me if you could turn it into a 6 string short scale bass???

[@sebastian_meier]

Offer international shipping or create a warehouse in europe - they could easily triple or quadruple the production volume if they'd target more markets

[@CthulhuInc]

oh, wow! i feel your pain - i just discovered a small ding on the front of my seagull acoustic 12er - man!

[@MrNickRowe]

Do they come from the same place as harley bentons? Interesting this comes out the same time as the hunter signature

[@ScootsMaGoots1717]

I love mine so much!

[@tylerellington8796]

28" or 30", Max?

[@markjohnson1460]

You should have a buy link got me to get it

[@khkartc]

Where can you get one?

[@higheriam]

My last guitar was stolen out of my garage 10 years ago, havent had one since. Id pay shipping for the blue sparkle. Jb weld it back together. As long as it plays. Alive in L.A.

[@FutureSuperstars5761]

Time for you to have a broken guitar give away for one of your subs!...BTW I love that baritone guitar too.

[@mossryder]

It's not on the website.

[@j7cc]

Always very cool reviews ! 🕊☘️🤘🎸💜🍷!

[@Mr.Monster1313]

Love it !!!

[@Rikamortis6stringer]

Don't take your eye out with that long neck😅 That really sucks that you knock that thing off the stool😢 All I could say is maybe move that pot to another location and put some sort of cover over it maybe a poker chip or something to cover it and then write guitar Max on it or something I don't know I would be irritated. The only saving Grace is like you said The guitar is only worth a couple hundred bucks +. But yeah you ought to do some design of some sort at first I was thinking tape but that probably won't work so maybe just move the knob and put a poker chip over it because that paint job is badass. Anyways thanks for the video See you on the next one Max! Hang in there buddy!!!👍

[@dannagle2319]

For the damaged guitar patch the hole and relic the body so it looks intentional.

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Never played a baritone. Always wondered about the tuning tho. Im assuming most ppl tune it like a normal guitar in e standard but to b. But couldnt you also tune it like the bottom six strings of a 7 string? I wonder what would be the pros/cons of each. Obviously the 1st would make more sense for a normal 6 string player. But maybe the 2nd way would be easier for someone that literally just plays 7 strings lol. Idk just a random thought ive had floating in my head for awhile lol

[@imaluthier218]

Send the blue burst sparkle to me, I’d love a cheap punk guitar!

[@Woozy.0]

I would have gone in on this, but why the hell would you put dots on a Les Paul??

[@danielshafer3227]

It would be 10X cooler with no inlays. Dots on LPs are for dorks.

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

A good baritone electric is generally heavy...... not a bad strategy to have a way to suspend it from above so you can still move somewhat... and concentrate on playing instead of holding it

[@liftingafterdark3241]

Can anyone confirm the model number on the site? The site doesn’t give scale length or many other product spec details.

[@Icepacalapse]

This guitar is back on the site today 12/5/24

[@timdoog42]

What gauge strings are you using Max?

[@debcamp2359]

Ask your friends at fesley for colour match?

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

Keep in mind if you play in a cover band doing AC/DC, Journey, etc. with high vocal ranges, you can cover alot more songs for your singer...

[@Lordbaccus]

I want this!!!

[@Icepacalapse]

I ordered one and immediately went back to the listing and it was gone. I don't expect perfect guitars at this price point but this one arrived perfect cosmetically. It was perfectly intonated but needs the frets polished. It had no high frets. The string spacing has the high and low strings pretty far from the edge. Anybody have a report on the LP style guitar with the floyd type bridge?

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

Glad you're enjoying it, and thanks for the report!

[@scottanderson4175]

That guitar doesn’t need any binding at all 🫤 it would be more sinister or badazz without ! And I don’t understand a relic Firefly 🫤

[@BranniganCarter]

Firefly is looking like some great sounding wall art guitars lol

[@jessehutchings]

How can you tell that based on looks?

[@papablue3015]

Nice 🤘

[@jessehutchings]

This guitar was made for me lol *Honestly, it would save us time and money if they could offer this guitar with EMG or Fluence pups and locking tuners for $499 .. because the hardware quality is always the major shortcoming for budget guitars

[@BurnsGear]

Get them to ship to Europe please 👋🏼

[@robbobtheplucker3082]

Won't get that binding like that on the back of a gibson!!!!!!!!!!! Firefly's are premium for pence!!!! Not a sparkle dude but what a shame that guit took a hit like that!! I have at least 6 different FF's and couldn't be happier. I do have a baritone. But it's a headless Agile. Twice the price but man it's killer!!!!!

[@-processdrone-]

welp, this guitar doesn't seem to be available anywhere already.

[@Mario-jn5zq]

No chance to buy it from Germany 😢

[@JeffBisCamp]

🤘😎🤘🔥🎸🔥🎸

[@zombiemontage]

Baritones are great. Time to play some Fear Factory on a Les Paul 😂

[@jcalzada74]

Bad ass guitar... but I think there is a ground issue that need to get fixed

[@bikersoncall]

I can't use a baritone, I need the 24.75 scale with upper fret access like this one, the 24 fret feature ok either way. The prophecy's have changed, they were 24 fret in the beginning I had a couple of them but they should have designed them to look like the standards. I love every detail about this new Firefly except the baritone aspect. ........ OOOPPS, I forgot, there is no way on earth I would by an otherwise gorgeous beauty like this one, without block inlays.

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

Looks like a no-brainer steal at that price it's amazing actually and I would be tempted if I wasn't baritone fat

[@jessehutchings]

You're what?

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

@jessehutchings baritone fat

[@mannyfragoza9652]

Sounds great as a Rhythm guitar. Im not sure anyone would buy a Baratone guitar to play leads but then again there are no rules. Give the ACE guitar away ?

[@daveydohrman2241]

Give the guitar away

[@cheperom4173]

Install a killswitch

[@trukr817]

Me, I would glue that blue one and just do as well as I could with it and not sweat the looks, playing it does not require a perfect paint finish. Guitars are still for making music.

[@patrickkem689]

Hard to just get on board with a 24 fret Les paul

[@zungle6626]

IYV makes 2 outstanding 24 fret LP style guitars 24 fret 25 1/2" scale Carved Heel Belly Cut W/FR and without. Puts Firefly's to shame...

[@aeroragesys]

Do a giveaway. A viewer wins a free custom firefly guitar damaged by none other than Guitar Max. Sign it too!

[@rickymize8673]

Get a nice pick guard put on it

[@onsesejoo2605]

Mm, I would turn it to a bass guitar with bass strings just to confuse people with LP style bass guitar, six strings ala Fender VI. :P

[@Krullmatic]

I bought one of the Adam Jones knockoffs. It's got Medusa on the back. Instead of calling it the Adam Jones, O call mine the Albert Johns!😂 (BTW I don't know who on the heck Albert Johns is lol). That's the name that popped up in my head.

[@superblondeDotOrg]

My Steinberger headless is the baritone neck version and baritone guitars are very tough to bend strings due to tension unless they are tuned to much lower tuning. And unless that is done, the tension when bending will break the 8's and even 9's easily, if hitting the bent pitch fully. Baritone guitars are great except the need to bend...

[@kennyayala6189]

I say repair the damage to the guitar physically (wood glue and a lot of sanding are probably your best bet) and don't worry about the paint. That will make it a "relic" which means it costs more and "sounds better" ;)

[@Hambonebodi]

❤

[@DarrinR.-pq8md]

On the "Bone Head" guitar, can you rewire it into just one volume and one tone? Use other hole for a kill switch. Try to patch up hole best you can. Either repaint it with spray cans or put KiSS stickers all over it. Or just buy another one and say you fixed it. Use parts for other projects. 😅

[@sricabla]

How come no love for affordable basses? Is there any sites for affordable basses to review, or do they all suck?

[@BarrenWasteland]

I dont think people who want a baritone are concerned about the 24th fret access haha

[@AnnoDomini-l3u]

I'd like to know how you and others get these guitars, I sent repeated messages to guitar garden over the last 3 months and Haven't gotten 1 reply, I was going to buy from them, but got tired of deaf blind people operating their website ,so I bought a Stratocaster instead,

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

Could have been worse you might have snapped the headstock on the blue guitar just fix it the best you can

[@robertscotti7970]

If its a solid body that shouldnt have happened to the knob... See if theyll exchange it for you.

[@Zombie_13x33]

epoxy would fix your guitar. tape the hole off from the front. pour the epoxy in from the rear keeping the guitar flat. not perfect but it would work. then drill a new hole

[@GuitarMAXMusic]

That's a good idea, I might have to try that!