I love the mini humbuckers in that guitar and plan to keep them, regardless of them not being real Firebird pickups.

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I thought it was a pretty cool axe and always though the looked cool.

This one seemed to play well and sound good, and the gold is just too cool looking IMO.

I dont know much about Firebirds though, can folks with experience share the good, the bad, and the ugly Thanks, Paul.

They are pretty much universally unloved, not unusable, but they are very hot and harsh.

Most folks want to switch them out.

I do. But, you can get a lot of good sounds from a Bird, they are designed to have a more clear and articulate high end than PAF type pickups, and they do.

Steinberger tunners on current production are better than the banjo tuners and help with neck dive that is common on birds.

Unique and cool looking instument - not a lot of people playing birds out there The Bad High gain pickups on current production birds sound nothing like vintage birds.

A set of Duncan Antiquities, Kliens or Lollars will fix that.

Also current issues have a zinc tailpiece - easy to swap it out for a lightweight tail.

Its a big guitar and 1st fret feels way out in left field till you get used to it.

Also you are gonna need some room onstage - big guitar with a big headstock The Ugly Watch that headstock.

Dont knock it or drop it - cracks far easier than any LP or SG On the 50th Anniversary, all that gold is ugly to me Heres me and my bird onstage.

The case, its bigger than any bass case, more like a keyboard case.

When I saw the pics of PJ Harvey rocking them in the Gibson apprcaition thread, I was SOLD.

Off to the local store.

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Comfortable.

Looks cool. Cons: Huge, and the low E is flubby.

I probably will replace the pickups with some Lollars, as the cleans can be a bit harsh.

Ive always been a Fendersingle coil player for the most part, but the Firebird feels and sounds like home to me.

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