Epiphone Slash Firebird: An affordable version of Gibson’s $7699 ‘SlashBird’
Guns'n'Roses guitarist gets new signature Epiphone
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The new Limited Edition Slash Firebird is Epiphone’s latest signature guitar for a man who’s famous for wearing hats. And playing guitar in Guns N’ Roses. A very nice-looking guitar it is, too.
Epiphone Limited Edition Slash Firebird
The brand-new聽Slash Firebird features a rather attractive聽AAA Flame Maple top that comes in a subtle聽Translucent Black finish that shows off that flamed top nicely. The main body and neck are mahogany, as you would expect. It also has a CITES-friendly聽Pau Ferro fingerboard.
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One Cool Bird
The guitar is loaded with a pair of Seymour Duncan “Slash”聽open coil humbuckers and has Sprague “Orange Drop” capacitors in the wiring for the tone pots. You get the聽usual “two Volume, two Tone” control layout of a traditional Firebird. This model even has the correct vintage style Top Hat knobs.
I like that Epiphone has opted for a set of聽Kluson Reissue Firebird banjo-style 12:1 ratio tuners. They should hold down the tuning well in conjunction with that Epiphone LockTone ABR Tune-o-matic and Stopbar bridge setup.
Epiphone Limited Edition Slash Firebird Premium Package 路 Source: Epiphone
Skull & Tophat
This guitar is available in a few versions, like a standard edition or Premium one with a limited edition case with Slash’s “Skull & Tophat” logo. The premium version is hand-signed and -numbered by Slash himself. The former is limited to 900 guitars worldwide and the latter is only 100, so expect an upcharge for the autograph.
On paper, this looks like a good buy. I have purchased some great Epiphone guitars myself in the last few years, like the Brent Hinds Signature V, so I am expecting something good here.
What I really love is that it gives players and fans the opportunity to get a Slash Firebird for considerably less than the 2017 Gibson version, which although lovely was bloody expensive at USD 7,699!
RRP – TBC
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