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Catmandue

Catmandue

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I finally went and got myself a new Gibson Firebird. It is on order and should be coming in around two weeks. I got it in a Tobacco burst to match my SG and Deluxe Stratocaster. I love Tobacco bursts! It has been a bear for me the last three years so I feel I deserve it. I played one of these a few years back and it felt and played really well. Before trying one out I felt they looked a little over the top. Once I played it they feel and look right. I've been Jonesing for one of these for a bit now.
 
Catmandue said:
I finally went and got myself a new Gibson Firebird. It is on order and should be coming in around two weeks. I got it in a Tobacco burst to match my SG and Deluxe Stratocaster. I love Tobacco bursts! It has been a bear for me the last three years so I feel I deserve it. I played one of these a few years back and it felt and played really well. Before trying one out I felt they looked a little over the top. Once I played it they feel and look right. I've been Jonesing for one of these for a bit now.
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Cool deal, man. Can't wait to see a pic of all three side by side type thing.
 
Catmandue said:
I finally went and got myself a new Gibson Firebird. It is on order and should be coming in around two weeks. I got it in a Tobacco burst to match my SG and Deluxe Stratocaster. I love Tobacco bursts! It has been a bear for me the last three years so I feel I deserve it. I played one of these a few years back and it felt and played really well. Before trying one out I felt they looked a little over the top. Once I played it they feel and look right. I've been Jonesing for one of these for a bit now.
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WOW-- big news from the CATMAN!!! well done my friend damn WELL DONE!!!!
Congrats!!!
 
Drumoid said:
Cool deal, man. Can't wait to see a pic of all three side by side type thing.
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I'm going to be out of our home for repairs. I will get the guitar shipped to a Fed X while i'm in a hotel. I will bring a small amp with me to check it out in the hotel room. When I get back I will post photos of the three. While I'm at the hotel I will post photos of it when I get it. My life is really crazy right now. When I get back home I'll post the three tobacco bursts photo. I can't wait to get it! I'm bringing my Blackstar HT-1 with me to try it out. This amp also has headphone inputs, I can't get too loud in a hotel. I'll bring a pedal with me as well.
 
eSGEe said:
I need a bird------- well a Gibson one -- I HAVE BIRDS---- anyone wanna trade a Parrot for Firebird??? (oh Shannon would string me up-----) but at least I can turn the FIREBIRD OFF and they dont eat much.....
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I got yer bird right here...
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It really was his bird.
But things change hands in the swamp quite often.
So now I have his bird. Right here...:blink:
 
eSGEe said:
which one ya get ??
Mini hums? Humbuckers? P-90;'s?????!!!!??????
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Catmandue said:
Mini hums.
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FWIW, Firebird minis are not like Gibson mini hums - underneath the closed cover they have rails in the bobbins.

I'm a traditional humbucker guy - never bonded too well with the Firebird pickups myself. I had a '67 for a while; let it go for next to nothing in '74 to get a Black Beauty Les Paul reissue when they first came out. Both my current 'Birds are Studio models with regular humbuckers.

Kinda miss having a tobacco burst electric; it really is the classic finish for a Firebird. The only tobacco burst I've got is an old Gibson acoustic, it's a '49 LG-1.
 
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