It’s a volute, Gibson has them on some models and other manufacturers incorporate it on their guitars as well. It was used as a way to combat against neck weakness in that area of the neck where breaks occur most often. Cool guitar I want one…
They're nice guitars for the money, tbh. Beautiful finishes, play well (once set up). Mine arrived with scratchy frets I had to polish, a dry fretboard I oiled back to life, and some white paste on the freboard/body. I'm assuming the paste was a wax or finishing compound of some sort. That said, I am not taking anything away from how nice they are for the price. They just need to be gone over once opened. For the money, they are hard to beat. Some of their LP models even have heel contours.
Firefly guitars & Firebird Music out of China have been around for quite a while now. I have one of the early Firefly FF338 guitars that I bought several years ago and, I still play it a lot.
It seems to be the factories that were making the Chibsons in China and are now making them under their own brands and even with some quality improvements 👍
Aden is amazing not only with his laugh sound! I'm new in Canada and we traded our guitars and when he heard that I don't have an amp he gives me one! Thank you bro!
So who delivered it? unless you live close by, every guitar I get FedEX or UPS, is beaten battered and holes punctured through them, last one a hole the size of a fist right where the Fragile marking was.
Sorry to hear about your experience! Mine came shipped very well. No damage on box. However the pickup switch wasn't working properly so may have been bumped. I'm not sure who delivered. I think usual Amazon intelecom service. Hope you got a refund anywhoo
My father has bought 12 FF guitars over the last two years. He buys them to give away as gifts. Most end up just being wall hangers. But a few have been modded and are being played out live at gigs and they're pretty decent especially for the money spent. I'm not much into modding. I'd personally rather spend the bigger bucks and have exactly what I want. Like my Schecter SLS Elite FR S Evil Twin Neck through design Black satin finish Floyd Rose 1,500 Fishman Fluence Sustaniac Carbon fiber reinforcement rods in the neck SS frets Ebony fretboard And like the guitar you have here, it also has a volute. It's the most amazing shred guitar I've ever had. But this Bat FF is serious cool. I'd consider modding one for sure.
Hey happy for your purchase like Joe bomanassa says. "They're tools" so if you've found the right tool for what you need great to hear! I have never personally owned a Schechter but I hear they are superb quality. After having some time with this firefly. I can see there is some appointments that are missed. The pickup quality is sub par. And I'm getting a little buzz even tho the neck is setup perfect so that means the neck pocket is not 100% right. They're in more of a rush then the higher end companies haha. Please subscribe if haven't yet!
There's really not much to mod. If you get a good, solid body with a decent neck, change the tuners and put the pickups. It'll cost about 300 bucks in an hours work. At this point you're not going to get a much better guitar paying 5x the price.
The neck heel is at the body, that "ramp" at the peghead is a volute, Gibsons and Epis dont have them. The Fireflies all have neck scarf joints, they're not one piece necks. FF would definitely ship with a broken switch, their inspection standards are quite low, the sell and ship near junk along with the good ones. You get it for free?
From personal experience, I absolutely love Firefly guitars (Especially my FFLPS Iridescent), but my one gripe with it are the tuners, which I plan on upgrading to locking tuners, other than that, I absolutely love the guitar.
Yeah man, nothing wrong with a volute! For those of you who might knock over your set neck guitar, it offers additional support! Firefly, is awesome! I mean, so MAYBE you have to do a little bit of fret work for 200 dollars? Or however much that LP Custom style guitar was? You often have to do some fret work on guitars costing THOUSANDS! (Yes, the big G) Is that a Lead 12? Personally I'm not sold on "Bat" inlays & would prefer block. But still man, that's a pretty groovy guitar! Oh yeah, I have a Firefly LP JR DC with a tune o matic instead of a wrap around & it's awesome! I traded it straight up for an Orange Micro Terror I paid 105 dollars for! Every time I play it, it blows my mind how nice it is!
That's awesome, we don't get much firefly offerings here in Canada! This was literally the only model I've even seen here and it only lasted on Amazon for about 10 days lol. yes she's a lead 12. ZZ top actually recorded "my head's in Mississippi" with this same amplifier!
Sorry, I've kinda heard about the Canada guitar blues. I'm glad you were able to get your hands, on that! Lead 12's are awesome! I have a 5210, which is a similar preamp, but a 50 watt 1x12. And man, kinda reminiscent, of a JCM800!
That's Awesome! I'm just starting to get into marshall myself. Jcm800 tho would definitely be the mac-daddy! Any suggestions for a tube amp marshall that wouldn't break the bank?
This one was sold in small batch. I think firefly usually does small batches so you have to check regular. They will be selling soon on Amazon Canada. Under the company "Firebird Music" otherwise you cannot get them in Canada any other way currently.
You dun good Dogg. Good stuff. Tired of paying Gibson $$$ for something that I always end up tearing apart to sound right. Why not this for less $$$ and mod anyway?!
I mean I'm not going to upsell a china guitar and tell you it's USA Gibson standards.... Hahah however for the price paid. You're definitely getting your money's worth +
@@ehdforlife It's easy to confuse the two. Gibson may have in the past used a scarf in the construction of their necks. These days it's a solid piece. However, they do glue the outer edges of the head stock on as to not require such a large blank of wood in the necks construction. The length of the neck can be multiple pieces of wood but the head stocks are milled as part of the overall length. To be honest, I literally saw a video here on UA-cam yesterday of a content creator getting a tour of the Gibson USA factory in Nashville. They showed in detail the process. It's quite informative and entertaining. ~Cheers~
Very Cool, Thankyou. Congrats on New Guitar. Stunning Guitar and Playing, awesome. I have recently found Firefly Guitars available in Australia too. Only a few models (335's at 3 different pricepoints and Strats) in a couple of colours each. $300-$390- Australian for the 335. All the Best. Cheers
I have a Lemon Drop LP, it's great. I saw that one, and would have bought it, but the BATS! Nope, no thank you. If they did the same model without the bats, I'm in.
This was my first fflp as firefly is finally available in Canada! Im hoping to buy more when they become available here! Loving these stainless steel frets! Definitely don't see them on budget models often!
Yeah i just ordered one on Amazon on Thursday waiting for it wasnt sure because ppl in the reviews were posting pictures of a different gold guitar. I messaged the seller but didnt get a response figure i could return it worst case. But this clarifies it is the firefly bat
Yes I know what you're talking about! I seen different yellow guitar in reviews too. But now you know it's the bat guitar! Let me know how yours comes! I'm fairly upset about the 3 way switch issue but realize it's probably more of a Amazon shipping issue.
@bluesguy Nice! Hopefully by tomorrow when I'm home from work I'll have it in my hands, I've had issues with chibsons in the past having defective switches, they say there is a firefly lottery so who knows hoping it will be OK!
I guess I got lucky no defects came set up well, beautiful guitar and fun to play, my iyvs will take a back seat for now, if Amazon keeps getting Fireflys I'll go broke trying to collect them love the fretboard pickups sound good to
I just want to know which model of the Fire Fly Les Paul looking model is the best quality playing model overall?
It’s a volute, Gibson has them on some models and other manufacturers incorporate it on their guitars as well. It was used as a way to combat against neck weakness in that area of the neck where breaks occur most often.
Cool guitar I want one…
They're nice guitars for the money, tbh. Beautiful finishes, play well (once set up). Mine arrived with scratchy frets I had to polish, a dry fretboard I oiled back to life, and some white paste on the freboard/body. I'm assuming the paste was a wax or finishing compound of some sort. That said, I am not taking anything away from how nice they are for the price. They just need to be gone over once opened. For the money, they are hard to beat. Some of their LP models even have heel contours.
The “bump” is a volute. It’s how the headstock is strengthened to prevent it snapping off at the angle. It’s actually a very good thing.
Thankyou sir. A few others have confirmed this as well.
the heel stock on the neck is call a veloute it makes the neck stronger
Thankyou!
Volute.
Yes , volute
Firefly guitars & Firebird Music out of China have been around for quite a while now. I have one of the early Firefly FF338 guitars that I bought several years ago and, I still play it a lot.
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That lump on the back of the neck is called a valute. Only found on seventies model guitars from gibson😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Interesting thanks nobody has pointed it out was on the 70s models.
It seems to be the factories that were making the Chibsons in China and are now making them under their own brands and even with some quality improvements 👍
That's definitely a fair assumption!
Aden is amazing not only with his laugh sound! I'm new in Canada and we traded our guitars and when he heard that I don't have an amp he gives me one! Thank you bro!
Yes he is GREAT! Enjoy all of his Video's, positive attitude and reviews.
Awesome demo. Thanks 🙏
So who delivered it? unless you live close by, every guitar I get FedEX or UPS, is beaten battered and holes punctured through them, last one a hole the size of a fist right where the Fragile marking was.
Sorry to hear about your experience! Mine came shipped very well. No damage on box. However the pickup switch wasn't working properly so may have been bumped. I'm not sure who delivered. I think usual Amazon intelecom service. Hope you got a refund anywhoo
@@bluesguy Thank's, FedEX and UPS have been brutal here, but Amazon is always great. Yes got a refund from Sweetwater, love that Firefly, enjoy.
Yellow bat? 🎉 If it.
works well good. Firefly seems like a fly by night deal. Hmm id love to hear/ see an interview w/ a Firefly rep or empyloyee.
My father has bought 12 FF guitars over the last two years.
He buys them to give away as gifts.
Most end up just being wall hangers.
But a few have been modded and are being played out live at gigs and they're pretty decent especially for the money spent.
I'm not much into modding.
I'd personally rather spend the bigger bucks and have exactly what I want.
Like my Schecter SLS Elite FR S Evil Twin
Neck through design
Black satin finish
Floyd Rose 1,500
Fishman Fluence
Sustaniac
Carbon fiber reinforcement rods in the neck
SS frets
Ebony fretboard
And like the guitar you have here, it also has a volute.
It's the most amazing shred guitar I've ever had.
But this Bat FF is serious cool.
I'd consider modding one for sure.
Hey happy for your purchase like Joe bomanassa says. "They're tools" so if you've found the right tool for what you need great to hear! I have never personally owned a Schechter but I hear they are superb quality. After having some time with this firefly. I can see there is some appointments that are missed. The pickup quality is sub par. And I'm getting a little buzz even tho the neck is setup perfect so that means the neck pocket is not 100% right. They're in more of a rush then the higher end companies haha. Please subscribe if haven't yet!
There's really not much to mod. If you get a good, solid body with a decent neck, change the tuners and put the pickups. It'll cost about 300 bucks in an hours work.
At this point you're not going to get a much better guitar paying 5x the price.
The neck heel is at the body, that "ramp" at the peghead is a volute, Gibsons and Epis dont have them. The Fireflies all have neck scarf joints, they're not one piece necks.
FF would definitely ship with a broken switch, their inspection standards are quite low, the sell and ship near junk along with the good ones.
You get it for free?
Thankyou for clarifying. Not one piece neck? Interesting.. haha ya they refunded me enough money to replace the broken switch. Not a bad deal.
Thankyou for clarifying. Not one piece neck? Interesting.. haha ya they refunded me enough money to replace the broken switch. Not a bad deal.
Thankyou for clarifying. Not one piece neck? Interesting.. haha ya they refunded me enough money to replace the broken switch. Not a bad deal.
Don't know if you mean a scarf joint or a volute. None of my Firefly LP models have either.
Interesting.. maybe it's new to the series! It's definitely got a big volute. Lol
Man I would love to have one but can't find it.
Yea they sold a small batch on Amazon.. waiting for new models!
@@bluesguy I'll keep checking on Amazon?
Hey they are back in stock right now on Amazon Canada!
From personal experience, I absolutely love Firefly guitars (Especially my FFLPS Iridescent), but my one gripe with it are the tuners, which I plan on upgrading to locking tuners, other than that, I absolutely love the guitar.
Yeah man, nothing wrong with a volute! For those of you who might knock over your set neck guitar, it offers additional support! Firefly, is awesome! I mean, so MAYBE you have to do a little bit of fret work for 200 dollars? Or however much that LP Custom style guitar was? You often have to do some fret work on guitars costing THOUSANDS! (Yes, the big G) Is that a Lead 12? Personally I'm not sold on "Bat" inlays & would prefer block. But still man, that's a pretty groovy guitar! Oh yeah, I have a Firefly LP JR DC with a tune o matic instead of a wrap around & it's awesome! I traded it straight up for an Orange Micro Terror I paid 105 dollars for! Every time I play it, it blows my mind how nice it is!
That's awesome, we don't get much firefly offerings here in Canada! This was literally the only model I've even seen here and it only lasted on Amazon for about 10 days lol. yes she's a lead 12. ZZ top actually recorded "my head's in Mississippi" with this same amplifier!
Sorry, I've kinda heard about the Canada guitar blues. I'm glad you were able to get your hands, on that! Lead 12's are awesome! I have a 5210, which is a similar preamp, but a 50 watt 1x12. And man, kinda reminiscent, of a JCM800!
That's Awesome! I'm just starting to get into marshall myself. Jcm800 tho would definitely be the mac-daddy! Any suggestions for a tube amp marshall that wouldn't break the bank?
Yeah man, the Marshall Dsl40c or cr is a good amp to start with.
I wonder if the buzz I hear is because the switch is messed up other than that not bad not bad atall
Demo was made prior to any kind of setup so you get the real feel how it sounds out of the box. With a proper setup after the video, there is no buzz.
Man I can't get a firefly guitars? I have looked at Amazon and guitar garden no luck help
This one was sold in small batch. I think firefly usually does small batches so you have to check regular. They will be selling soon on Amazon Canada. Under the company "Firebird Music" otherwise you cannot get them in Canada any other way currently.
I do not recommend ebay ( you'll pay and the seller can claim, oh that's the post office deal...).
You dun good Dogg. Good stuff. Tired of paying Gibson $$$ for something that I always end up tearing apart to sound right. Why not this for less $$$ and mod anyway?!
I mean I'm not going to upsell a china guitar and tell you it's USA Gibson standards.... Hahah however for the price paid. You're definitely getting your money's worth +
Scarf Joint, is what you were talking about.
Thankyou ! I'm assuming the extra wood is to try to prevent the classic Gibson headstock breakage ?
@@bluesguy That is my understanding.
@@ehdforlife
No
Scarf joint is how the head stock is attached to the neck.
Which FF does.
What he is pointing out is a volute.
@@mykuntstynx9463 Yes! You are correct. Thank you.
@@ehdforlife
It's easy to confuse the two.
Gibson may have in the past used a scarf in the construction of their necks.
These days it's a solid piece.
However, they do glue the outer edges of the head stock on as to not require such a large blank of wood in the necks construction.
The length of the neck can be multiple pieces of wood but the head stocks are milled as part of the overall length.
To be honest, I literally saw a video here on UA-cam yesterday of a content creator getting a tour of the Gibson USA factory in Nashville.
They showed in detail the process.
It's quite informative and entertaining.
~Cheers~
Very Cool, Thankyou. Congrats on New Guitar. Stunning Guitar and Playing, awesome. I have recently found Firefly Guitars available in Australia too. Only a few models (335's at 3 different pricepoints and Strats) in a couple of colours each. $300-$390- Australian for the 335. All the Best. Cheers
Thanks for always stopping by !! A 335 style would be awesome! Seems more expensive in Australia though my friend!
Thats awesome❤ i love listening to your music😊
Is that a yamaha revstar on the wall ?
No. Is that a hint for idea for future review?
@@bluesguy oh okay I was just curious because it has the same shape that’s why i thought it was a yamaha revstar.
Awesome review! Subscribed to your channel
Hey thanks! Much appreciated! 🤘 rock on
Sounds good with one pickup. I love Firefly Guitars. I have several and one is an FFLP. You are a pretty damn good player too. Rock On from San Diego.
I have a Lemon Drop LP, it's great. I saw that one, and would have bought it, but the BATS! Nope, no thank you. If they did the same model without the bats, I'm in.
Haha I hear yah.. I was very limited to my options considering this is the one and only model currently available in Amazon Canada!
Those Bats make that guitar super cool.
Well im yellow with envy. I own 4 fflps guitars. But not that one. Might have to go shopping now.😮. Sounds great man.
This was my first fflp as firefly is finally available in Canada! Im hoping to buy more when they become available here! Loving these stainless steel frets! Definitely don't see them on budget models often!
Yeah i just ordered one on Amazon on Thursday waiting for it wasnt sure because ppl in the reviews were posting pictures of a different gold guitar. I messaged the seller but didnt get a response figure i could return it worst case. But this clarifies it is the firefly bat
Yes I know what you're talking about! I seen different yellow guitar in reviews too. But now you know it's the bat guitar! Let me know how yours comes! I'm fairly upset about the 3 way switch issue but realize it's probably more of a Amazon shipping issue.
@bluesguy Nice! Hopefully by tomorrow when I'm home from work I'll have it in my hands, I've had issues with chibsons in the past having defective switches, they say there is a firefly lottery so who knows hoping it will be OK!
I guess I got lucky no defects came set up well, beautiful guitar and fun to play, my iyvs will take a back seat for now, if Amazon keeps getting Fireflys I'll go broke trying to collect them love the fretboard pickups sound good to
I don't understand how they can build them so cheap with good quality and make money at the same time.
Mass quantity selling. Probably don't make much profit from each individual guitar. Also China has cheaper labor.
Do they have firefly guitars in Canada 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well... They "did" ... At time of this comment they are currently out of stock! Waiting for more on Amazon Canada!
I want one!!!
Gotta be a better furniture and amp arrangement for chrissake
🤣 maybe you should make reviews
Strange Brew review
Haha is this a suggestion for future content?
If you’d get out of the chair maybe I could see something besides the end of the headstock…
🤣 you got it mate. Will do another close up video.
I hope you play better than you opened the box
🤣 touchee
sure, Firefly. A decent budget guitar that doesn't try to pretend to be anything more than what it is
I want one....Good review!! Im new to my channel! Stop by pls!
Fire flys in canada hahahahahaha very funny not
Haha I got one of the only ones they shipped on Amazon Canada
Maybe more coming soon
Hahaha Joker.