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Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371555 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371512 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:38:29 +0000 Opinions and Polls cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371512 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371502 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:53:09 +0000
Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371502 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371411 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:04:27 +0000
Was up entertaining with the FBX (I think) last night. While assimilating every sort of floor pedal out there, comments centred upon exactly that: its looks...and it sure doesn't look like a Firebird. My opinion is that they should have called it something else.

Its strong point (relating to me) is that Hex/Piezo hookup. Once you begin to use a guitar split up through a good desk you'll NEVER want to play any other way. The inbuilt effects certainly do come off solidly and as you'd expect. Just think of all those rows of pedals you see spread out in the music shop...the best of them: ALL of them! That part's pretty cool...

But there's been some trouble with their Robotuners working to specs. On this point, Gibson's working with the developers to sort it out. I suggested that it should have been an option. They aren't a fly-by-night company...I mean, we're talking Gibson, here. They offered to swap axes for me yesterday, so they're working late sorting things out...I never expected to hear back from them over these holidays...but they are genuinely interested in my feedback.

We'll see. I'll keep this post posted!

Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371411 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371402 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:04:05 +0000 Opinions and Polls notes_norton https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371402 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371391 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:19:22 +0000
I'm impressed...

Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371391 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371117 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:24:52 +0000 Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371117 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371112 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:43:24 +0000 Opinions and Polls TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371112 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371106 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:03:19 +0000
My opinion:

It's Gibson's SUCCESSFUL attempt at cornering the market on floor pedals. This thing does everything except percolate coffee and brew beer. It's for the kiddie "maybe if I use this effect I'll sound better" floor pedal market. The neck is slow..and you cannot put a .008 on the high end...the Robotuner goes nuts. They should NEVER have re-used the word "firebird"...I have one...and it ain't. Batteries last maybe an hour...but two chargers and seven rechargeable backups came with mine. In my hand, it feels like one of those toys you'd get for your kid's fourth birthday.

However...

You can do marvellous things with their piezo hex output. I play (as it is) with a split pickup and will NEVER go back to mono. Still, it's what you can do with your fingers that trumps whatever innovation may be on a guitar...and it's clunky. Like restringing an acoustic with lights and wondering why it won't outplay a Strat, Lester, or Artist...which is primarily due to the inability to use all string gauges. It's okay to play, even fun, in fact. But it will NOT replace anyone's mainstay axe that's been playing for any great length of time. Can't explain it better than that.

They gave me access to a dedicated website...with maybe one post a week from their half-dozen members...and I've stated what I did here on it...and to Gibson, directly. Gibson replied that they weren't planning on altering a Lester (my suggestion) and were dead silent on the string gauge issue. I'll say right here...as I told them..."Gibson fell down on this one."

Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371106 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371094 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:05:33 +0000 Opinions and Polls TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/gibson-firebird-x/#post-371094