Members *BLEEP* Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 One snide comment that I forgot to mention earlier is that, for some reason, most of the Firebrand SGs (specifically) that I've seen have suffered some form of butchery. Bigsbys, routing / chiseling, horribly amateur fixes to the body or neck, band logos done with latex house paint or krylon -- there's something about wal-NUT that brings out the nutter in people, causing them go nuts, causing them to permanently modify their guitar. Gibson subliminal marketing maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 lol.I bought mine in 1998. Took the pick guard off this year and put a Rose Alnico humbucker in the neck. I got mine in Oct 78, they were brand new, It was a choice between a RD Standard, and The Paul, both were $499 CND with the case thrown in. Mine had T-tops, not the Dirty Fingers. Ebony board (later on they had some pretty horrendous white streaks), wide oval frets, and a thin wide profile (for the time, nothing like a shredder neck), I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 The ES-335 "S" is a solid walnut ES-335 with a small body. I remember seeing one once. I wasn't impressed, but I might've been impressed if I actually played it. Probably heavy as a ... As for Firebrands in general, when I see used Firebrands, they are usually Firebrand SGs. If I'm not mistaken, the Firebrand Les Paul is a sub-class of The Paul series -- all of which I believe are walnut. A lot (not all) of Firebrands were done in mahogany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 Way back when, I remember Dave Edmunds mentioning that he put aside his 335s in favour of 'The Paul', but got seriously ragged on for playing a 'cheap guitar.' And nowadays he plays Teles ... which he now says he wishes he'd been playing all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A-20 Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 Nice looking guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeFender Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 I might have kept mine, if it was the LP shape. The 335 shape as a solid struck me as very odd. But it played well and sounded nice. This was 1988-1990-ish? I was wheeling & dealing at the time with a friend who was a pawn shop employee/trader. I tried all kinds of nice equipment before I really knew how to play or what I was playing. I remember him loaning me: A Robin guitar with shark teeth inlays. Very nice!A Fender PrincetonAn Ibanez ArtistA Fender Super ReverbFender "The" Twin? Red knobs I ended up with: Epi LP (sold)MIM TeleMarshall 4203 Artist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 I have an SG Firebrand and I really like it. Mine is the Deluxe version made of Mahogany. http://www.everythingsg.com/index.php/firebrand.html Here's some pics of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrChitlins Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 I had one of the 335's at my house for a couple months. It was very... brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VeritasAequitas Posted July 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 anyone got any clips :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 Incidentally, Li'l Ed (of Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials) played some scything slide on a 335S Firebrand he inherited from his uncle JB Hutto (of JB Hutto & The Hawks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 A lot (not all) of Firebrands were done in mahogany. I guess that accounts for the variations I've seen with the natural finish models. I knew The Paul could be either walnut or mahogany. Even though it was a "cheap" guitar, I've been impressed with The Paul, as it's sort of like an SG in some ways but still predominately a Les Paul. The more recent and fancier The Goddess and that other thin and light Les Paul were sort of a return to the The Paul format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 Incidentally, Li'l Ed (of Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials) played some scything slide on a 335S Firebrand... When it comes to scythes, I always think of the legendary Shrat from Amon Duul swinging his apocalyptic scythe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted July 20, 2010 Members Share Posted July 20, 2010 Great fargin' album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted July 21, 2010 Members Share Posted July 21, 2010 I got mine in Oct 78, they were brand new, It was a choice between a RD Standard, and The Paul, both were $499 CND with the case thrown in. Mine had T-tops, not the Dirty Fingers. Ebony board (later on they had some pretty horrendous white streaks), wide oval frets, and a thin wide profile (for the time, nothing like a shredder neck), I loved it. That $499 CND in 1978, adjusted for inflation, would be around $1750 CND / $1700 USD in 2010 dollars. For a "cheap" guitar, they weren't so cheap... JMO, but the Gibson LP Studio models selling new today for $800-1400 are much better guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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