Eventually I will have that same exact one that you do. Then we’ll have 2 of the same exact models. I’m loving that Dimeslime finish mate. Just gorgeous!! “It will be mine,Oh yes, She will be mine!”-Waynes World. Some nice chops and tones. I have quite a few Dimebag signature models from Washburn to Dean, high end and more budget friendly. Ranging from $600-$3,000-??. Firefly knock’s it out of the park again!! If you ever want to sell or trade that down the road bro?, let me know 4 sure. Getcha Pull & until next time….. Stay safe, Stay metal, and don’t forget to Riff.?! Ps: Happy Holidays to you & your family.🎅🏻🤘🏻🔥🎸🎅🏻🤘🏻🔥🪓🤘🏻🎅🏻
Oh man me too. There’s only two options left on theirs site and I won’t have the $ until after the holidays. I’m feeling doubtful any will be left then. Hopefully they’ll do another run. This is the one I want. That slime finish is the cat’s meow
I created it years ago. Not exactly the most creative thing I’ve ever come up with but it wasn’t taken and I just went with it. Maybe one day if I can switch my career to social media full time, I’ll change my channel to my real name
Looks like you have the Harley Benton 2x12. I have the same cab. Imho, it's a good cab for the $$. Been keeping an eye out on the Guitars Garden site. Was able to snag a blue burst version of this guitar this morning. Your video helped sell me on it. Keep up the good work!
Good stuff! I’m happy to hear that. Also, you’re correct. I have the Harley Benton 2x12 and it’s phenomenal. Handles my 100w boss katana head without a problem
Crazy how hard it is for people to understand that to avoid copyright, they have to make small changes to the guitar to make it "different". This may include something from as small as making one horn slightly shorter than the other to making the pickups slightly closer together, or a relocated output jack etc. They aren't and can't go for an EXACT 1:1 rep. With that considered, I think Firefly bodied this model. They offered a sick looking guitar that will be immediately familiar and recognizable on stage that can be used as a crazy good mod platform. Cheers bro! 🤘
You are 100% correct, and that was very well said. If you look carefully it seems they pulled from both Dean and Washburn to avoid the copyright. I have 10 Fireflys and I’m impressed with this axe! 🫡🤘🏻
This is the kind of Firefly that'll be tough to get. It's such a beauty of a guitar with really good pickups so any style will work. Fun review, TBG! Keep checking their web site to snag one. As for me, I ask where the bleep are the lefties?
I already swapped the Floyd out on mine for a Gotoh GE1996T. Absolutely rock solid tuning now. Pickups aren't too bad either. I may swap the bridge but I am good for now.
Thats a cool guitar! Only been buying the LPs from Firefly in Canada they are tricky to get, just received my second Westcreek revenge in winter camo the snake byte tribute, pretty nice guitar the pickups squeal like crazy though might need to swap them
The camo looks great! I was thinking of grabbing one too. It’s a shame to hear about the pickups. Their last guitar, the high voltage had really noisy pickups too. Definitely could use a swap
@@thetattedbaldguy thank you for the reply, but yeah i agree they are reaaaly missing out, i would've already bought 10 guitars if they shipped to europe
My apologies! I have the link to the website in the description now. These guitars sell out so quickly. I follow Firefly on IG and they usually say when there’s a new drop, or even better is a Firefly FB group. If you don’t use social media id check the website daily, as annoying as that is. Wish I could be more helpful 🫡🤘🏻
@@thetattedbaldguy not to sound like a downer, but i tried going to the website, and my anti-virus at 3 separate times flagged it as a fake site, is this a cause for concern?
@@eternalskullit's a safe site, but they do limited drops. So they'll usually post pictures of upcoming models saying "available next week!" etc and you'll just have to check daily around then and try and get in what you want. They usually carry less than 100 of each model and once they're gone, they're gone. The really nice ones like this one and some Frankenstrat models and some Buckethead models have sold out in a matter of an hour before.
I agree but I think they pulled a little bit from both. IMO the Washburn has slimmer fins. I think pulling a little bit from each helps avoid copyright
I don’t have the firefly V but I think the neck was ok. However, I’m a bass player and don’t really notice the necks unless they’re really chunky. This one isn’t bad
I have a firefly Explorer silver burst and it's got a nice sized neck, not 50's baseball bat like Epiphone Inspired by Gibson guitars but more like a perfect cC shaped that fits the hand greatly !
Their website is guitarsgarden.com but they are currently sold out. They’ll be listed under the FFVX when they restock. You’ll also see explorer style guitars under the FFVX category, but looking at the pictures you can clearly tell the difference between an explorer and an ML
You must have been checking the website like every hour cuz didn't even see that color on that's why fireflies are awesome they just have these drops and you got to get them while they're hot did somebody showed a blue one on rebirth of 700.00
It’s almost like a sneaker brand with boutique drops. I missed it the first round a few months ago and just check the site regularly. I got lucky by chance
What makes you know that? Not disagreeing just like to learn these things. I can tell all the chibsons I've seen are fake but no nothing about any other manufacturers
I do care and it’s NOT counterfeit. The previous owner did his own modifications such as trying to create a camo effect with the paint and putting the metal tape around the border. He also put in the real pickups, which was why I bought the guitar. I don’t mind his silly modifications, I can always take the tape off and repaint it. But just so you and everyone who liked your comment know, it’s not counterfeit.
They are gone from website wonder if they got hit with a lawsuit already ? lol could be a good start if they keep them going though could be a great guitar to buy and then overhaul into a nice dime.
They didn’t get hit with a lawsuit. That’s just what they do. When the item is completely sold out, they remove the option entirely. I have faith they’ll bring them back. I missed the first batch or 2 of these. So I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t stop making a best seller.
Floyd 1000's aren't their "cheap" model. They're just outsourced for manufacturers. Made of same materials as the German made Floyds. Cheaper would be licensed by floyd and Specials.
Dime used a Bill Lawrence in the Bridge...the Dimebucker was a "knockoff" version of the Bill Lawrence...the FireFly guitar at least has the correct colors for the neck pickup the ivory bobbin is closer to the bridge on Dimes guitars... I just cant stand guitars with the output jack on the face of the guitar...but thats just me...pretty cool fiddle aside from that...
I’m with you on the jack in the front. Wish they’d move it under fin. It’s weird I’ve seen a few different pickup setups from him, but after you mentioned it I found pics w the bill Lawrence in the bridge
@thetattedbaldguy I did find some pics where the neck had the ivory bobbin on the neck side too...and all black neck pickups... But the Bill Lawrence is always the bridge pickup...until he switched over to the DimeBucker... And front jacks should be illegal...
those pickups are shitty , i am already replacing them. also that string tree is useless and makes it harder to setup , i have a dean far beyond driven and the firefly far beyond driven models,. the dean sounds better but the firefly feels nicer.
its a pretty bad relica in terms of how far the bridge and neck pickups are spaced apart, that alone is the killer and death of this firefly model, the proper deans or washburns always had the correct spacing between each pickup, these firefly models route the pickups way to close together,,, not a good guitar at all
Eventually I will have that same exact one that you do. Then we’ll have 2 of the same exact models. I’m loving that Dimeslime finish mate. Just gorgeous!! “It will be mine,Oh yes, She will be mine!”-Waynes World. Some nice chops and tones. I have quite a few Dimebag signature models from Washburn to Dean, high end and more budget friendly. Ranging from $600-$3,000-??. Firefly knock’s it out of the park again!! If you ever want to sell or trade that down the road bro?, let me know 4 sure. Getcha Pull & until next time….. Stay safe, Stay metal, and don’t forget to Riff.?! Ps: Happy Holidays to you & your family.🎅🏻🤘🏻🔥🎸🎅🏻🤘🏻🔥🪓🤘🏻🎅🏻
This is one of many on my list of “next fireflies to get.” A perfect candidate for a tremolo upgrade and a dimebucker swap
It really is! Those are easily its two weaknesses. If you replace both you’ll have a hell of an axe on your hands
Oh man me too. There’s only two options left on theirs site and I won’t have the $ until after the holidays. I’m feeling doubtful any will be left then. Hopefully they’ll do another run. This is the one I want. That slime finish is the cat’s meow
That guitar is STUNNING! I found a similar blue-burst one on eBay when trying to find other models & that one made me want it real bad!
Was it a Firefly or one of the eBay replicas? Gotta be careful it’s not a replica. I have an ESP mummy replica and it’s basically a wall piece
I’d say that headstock looks closer to the Washburn Dime model. But dang that’s one sexy guitar! I want one
I'm not sure if I like your channel name, but I definately like your eagerness to present the stuff
I created it years ago. Not exactly the most creative thing I’ve ever come up with but it wasn’t taken and I just went with it. Maybe one day if I can switch my career to social media full time, I’ll change my channel to my real name
Looks like you have the Harley Benton 2x12. I have the same cab. Imho, it's a good cab for the $$. Been keeping an eye out on the Guitars Garden site. Was able to snag a blue burst version of this guitar this morning. Your video helped sell me on it. Keep up the good work!
Good stuff! I’m happy to hear that. Also, you’re correct. I have the Harley Benton 2x12 and it’s phenomenal. Handles my 100w boss katana head without a problem
Crazy how hard it is for people to understand that to avoid copyright, they have to make small changes to the guitar to make it "different". This may include something from as small as making one horn slightly shorter than the other to making the pickups slightly closer together, or a relocated output jack etc. They aren't and can't go for an EXACT 1:1 rep. With that considered, I think Firefly bodied this model. They offered a sick looking guitar that will be immediately familiar and recognizable on stage that can be used as a crazy good mod platform. Cheers bro! 🤘
You are 100% correct, and that was very well said. If you look carefully it seems they pulled from both Dean and Washburn to avoid the copyright. I have 10 Fireflys and I’m impressed with this axe! 🫡🤘🏻
Yeah, the headstock is more of the Washburn style with an offset headstock
This is the kind of Firefly that'll be tough to get. It's such a beauty of a guitar with really good pickups so any style will work. Fun review, TBG! Keep checking their web site to snag one. As for me, I ask where the bleep are the lefties?
Thanks Cal! They really do the lefties dirty. I rarely see them, if ever. Firefly is certainly trying to step up their game!
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride…
Yeah y’all get the short end of the stick for sure in the guitaroverse
god damn Firefly’s executives for not shipping anywhere but US
Which is wild. They’re all made in china, then ship from California. They’d get a lot more business if they expanded
I already swapped the Floyd out on mine for a Gotoh GE1996T. Absolutely rock solid tuning now. Pickups aren't too bad either. I may swap the bridge but I am good for now.
The Gotoh was a pro move. Well done. Even just the bridge pickup swapped out would make it a game changer
I got a Firefly Explorer silver burst and it's awesome ! I've beat the crap out of it and still got most of the paint and all the wood !😅
Nice! I have the red and black explorer and it’s awesome
Dime never had a lawrence in the neck. He had an sd 59 there. The lawrence xl500 was always in the bridge. And it was mounted backwards.
Yes, I was just saying it’s the authentic pickups and I was pointing out where they were
Thats a cool guitar! Only been buying the LPs from Firefly in Canada they are tricky to get, just received my second Westcreek revenge in winter camo the snake byte tribute, pretty nice guitar the pickups squeal like crazy though might need to swap them
The camo looks great! I was thinking of grabbing one too. It’s a shame to hear about the pickups. Their last guitar, the high voltage had really noisy pickups too. Definitely could use a swap
I literally had dreams about playing such guitar and im wondering if i can buy it in europe, more specifically in Bulgaria?
Sadly, no. Unless you find it in the used market. Firefly doesn’t ship out of the USA, and I’m not sure why. They are missing out on a lot of business
@@thetattedbaldguy thank you for the reply, but yeah i agree they are reaaaly missing out, i would've already bought 10 guitars if they shipped to europe
Where did you get it from cuz I keep on checking the website and it's not there
My apologies! I have the link to the website in the description now. These guitars sell out so quickly. I follow Firefly on IG and they usually say when there’s a new drop, or even better is a Firefly FB group. If you don’t use social media id check the website daily, as annoying as that is. Wish I could be more helpful 🫡🤘🏻
@thetattedbaldguy alrighty thanks man
@@thetattedbaldguy not to sound like a downer, but i tried going to the website, and my anti-virus at 3 separate times flagged it as a fake site, is this a cause for concern?
@@eternalskullit's a safe site, but they do limited drops. So they'll usually post pictures of upcoming models saying "available next week!" etc and you'll just have to check daily around then and try and get in what you want. They usually carry less than 100 of each model and once they're gone, they're gone. The really nice ones like this one and some Frankenstrat models and some Buckethead models have sold out in a matter of an hour before.
Many thanks my guy
I want to get one of these but I’m worried about the floydrose not being good ,do you have tuning issues with the guitar ?
I see a lot of people saying this is a copy of the dean ML, but these guitars are copying the Washburn 333.
I agree but I think they pulled a little bit from both. IMO the Washburn has slimmer fins. I think pulling a little bit from each helps avoid copyright
Hey I'm so sad they don't ship to Australia
What about the neck?? Is it still chunky?? Like the flying V??
I don’t have the firefly V but I think the neck was ok. However, I’m a bass player and don’t really notice the necks unless they’re really chunky. This one isn’t bad
I have a firefly Explorer silver burst and it's got a nice sized neck, not 50's baseball bat like Epiphone Inspired by Gibson guitars but more like a perfect cC shaped that fits the hand greatly !
can't find anywhere, can anyone point in the right direction
Their website is guitarsgarden.com but they are currently sold out. They’ll be listed under the FFVX when they restock. You’ll also see explorer style guitars under the FFVX category, but looking at the pictures you can clearly tell the difference between an explorer and an ML
What’s the scale length? It doesn’t say on the website
If it's a true copy 24 3/4"
You must have been checking the website like every hour cuz didn't even see that color on that's why fireflies are awesome they just have these drops and you got to get them while they're hot did somebody showed a blue one on rebirth of 700.00
They are back up on the site tonight around 10pm central time, they added a quite a few new models, I jumped on the ZW sensation circle one
I was thinking about the ZW actually. Looks awesome!
It’s almost like a sneaker brand with boutique drops. I missed it the first round a few months ago and just check the site regularly. I got lucky by chance
I’m impressed. Better than a replica from eBay or temu 😂😂
I agree!!
that razorback you showed is a counterfeit. not that you'd care. just thought i'd let the normal people know.
What makes you know that? Not disagreeing just like to learn these things. I can tell all the chibsons I've seen are fake but no nothing about any other manufacturers
He’s wrong. It’s not counterfeit, as I’m about to explain to him. Read my reply to him
I do care and it’s NOT counterfeit. The previous owner did his own modifications such as trying to create a camo effect with the paint and putting the metal tape around the border. He also put in the real pickups, which was why I bought the guitar. I don’t mind his silly modifications, I can always take the tape off and repaint it. But just so you and everyone who liked your comment know, it’s not counterfeit.
They are gone from website wonder if they got hit with a lawsuit already ? lol could be a good start if they keep them going though could be a great guitar to buy and then overhaul into a nice dime.
Ok maybe they just out of stock lol
They didn’t get hit with a lawsuit. That’s just what they do. When the item is completely sold out, they remove the option entirely. I have faith they’ll bring them back. I missed the first batch or 2 of these. So I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t stop making a best seller.
Floyd 1000's aren't their "cheap" model. They're just outsourced for manufacturers. Made of same materials as the German made Floyds. Cheaper would be licensed by floyd and Specials.
Noted. I appreciate the heads up. This is most likely a licensed by but it doesn’t indicate that
Dime used a Bill Lawrence in the Bridge...the Dimebucker was a "knockoff" version of the Bill Lawrence...the FireFly guitar at least has the correct colors for the neck pickup the ivory bobbin is closer to the bridge on Dimes guitars...
I just cant stand guitars with the output jack on the face of the guitar...but thats just me...pretty cool fiddle aside from that...
I’m with you on the jack in the front. Wish they’d move it under fin. It’s weird I’ve seen a few different pickup setups from him, but after you mentioned it I found pics w the bill Lawrence in the bridge
@thetattedbaldguy I did find some pics where the neck had the ivory bobbin on the neck side too...and all black neck pickups...
But the Bill Lawrence is always the bridge pickup...until he switched over to the DimeBucker...
And front jacks should be illegal...
I seen a few of these not quite this one
Why is he wearing his sons tee shirt?
Who are you talking about?
Clean tones? Whats a clean tone? lol.
Wish it had 22 frets instead of 24 like the original.
Know whats funny? I gave them the idea to make these. Have the emails to prove it. And I didn't even get one.
Why do you talk like that but nice review
Talk like what, copper? It’s how I talk, see
@@thetattedbaldguy😂 Fox and the hound !?
@@thetattedbaldguyfunny how? Like a comedian? Funny how!??
@@AuntAlnico4Dave Chapelle 😂
That’s called delivery
Dude looks good but sounds horrible change the pickups I built my dime rebel and it's got dimebucker in bridge position
I wonder why you need so many guitars if you barely play???
What gives you the impression I barely play? I don’t film myself every time I jam. For some reason, my talking videos do really well
I wonder why you ask dumb questions.
Its a cheap chinese floyd they make for garbage $250 chinese guitars. Same floyd on the sbs guitars.
The pickups gotta go
That would certainly take the sound to the next level
Can’t play it seated… lulz like would play an electric guitar sitting in a chair like Tesla or Unplugged.. 😂
Don’t forget Extreme’s More than Words too! 😂
@ that was in my head as well lol 😂
those pickups are shitty , i am already replacing them. also that string tree is useless and makes it harder to setup , i have a dean far beyond driven and the firefly far beyond driven models,. the dean sounds better but the firefly feels nicer.
Yeah the string tree is pretty rough, but all in all for the price, this guitar is worth the upgrade.
its a pretty bad relica in terms of how far the bridge and neck pickups are spaced apart, that alone is the killer and death of this firefly model, the proper deans or washburns always had the correct spacing between each pickup, these firefly models route the pickups way to close together,,, not a good guitar at all
Cool
It has 24 frets. That’s why the neck pickup is moved closer to the bridge. I’d much rather have those two additional frets than "authentic spacing"
It's a 24 fret guitar, all 24 fret guitars have closer pick up spacing
😂 you are insufferable true !?
@@thetattedbaldguy😂 funny haters . Don't listen to them, your guitar kicks ass ! Keep on rocking on the free world !