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A big hello to all on this forum. I've been a Firebird player/owner/collector for about 30 years. I had a bunch of original 'Birds "back in the day", but sold off most of them before realizing that they'd be worth what they are today. My latest aquisition is one of the "Inspired By' Johnny Winter Firebirds. I posted a review of this guitar on Harmony Central that WAS honest, but not too kind.
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/revi ... ebird/10/1
It was brand new when received, but REALLY rough around the edges.
I also own a couple of other "birds, including a super cool Inverness Green Firebird III.
Anyway, just wanted to say "Hey", and hope to be talking with you all soon.

Fill (as Im known on some other forums!!)

Sweet! You know your going to have to share some pictures!

merry xmas!

Glad to have you & can't wait for pix!
Merry Xmas to you & all!

Tony

Sorry to hear your unhappiness with the johnny Winter model but it is as I feared a bad recreation with modern FB pickups you'd be better off buying a used V and replacing the pups and relicing it yourself and saving about 6K

lamf wrote:Sorry to hear your unhappiness with the johnny Winter model but it is as I feared a bad recreation with modern FB pickups you'd be better off buying a used V and replacing the pups and relicing it yourself and saving about 6K

Yeah, lamf, Im kinda near that point with it. I always dug Johnny as a player, and was REALLY looking forward to this guitar when it was still a buzz word. I hate to be thinking about selling it, but it bothers me a lot to have to change the pickups too.
Im on the fence about selling it at this point. I have a set of Duncan Antiquities that would sound really nice in the guitar, but I SOOO feel like I shouldnt have to put them in there for Gibson, just to make it what it should be.
On the other hand, I already own the guitar, and at this point, all it needs is pickups, so...
Its a balancing act between wanting to recoup the money, and wanting to make an "OK' guitar awesome.
As I said in my Harmony Central review... had I known what the guitar REALLY was, I wouldnt have bought it, which really sucks. The company that Gibson has become is really sad. To make that guitar with generic (albeit, relic'd) pickups is just inexcusable, IMO. If they REALLY only made 100 of them, how could they NOT have replicated 100 sets of authentic pickups for it???? They sure charge enough that a buyer is entitled to that level of commitment from Gibson, not to mention Johnny Winter himself being entitled to having his name attached to a guitar that really is qualified to be called a recreation of his guitar, because clearly, this guitar is not that.

Just put the Duncan's in it!