Firefly LP's Available

[djh22]

I know that there is some love for the Firefly guitar, and their FFLP is in stock (rosewood fretboard, bone nut) priced at $179.96 - $199.96 + shipping

https://guitarsgarden.com/collections/fflp-electric-guitars

 

[PhredE]

Just checked the site.

It now reads (under the FFLPS section):

"
FFLPS ELECTRIC GUITARS

There are no products in this collection."

Oh well, word travels fast I guess.

 

[radiocaster]

They're probably made in the same factories that made Chibsons. You could just tell them to spray over the fake logo.

But there are also other brands like Bad Cat, Sunsmile and Firehawk. Or even Suneye, but those have a Jerry Garcia cutaway.

Not sure they have as much of a US distribution though.

 

[widefault]

They take down their store every night for some dumb reason, then back up again the next day ~9am or so.

For the price, they are about the best LP copies there are. They even make a "modern" version with a heel cut, but in very limited quantity in each batch.

Just about $200 shipped to my door, the equivalent Epiphone is ~$600. Quality wise, close if not equal. This one came out of the box with a good setup and great fretwork. All I've done since was to change the knobs and the plastics.

With my Glen Burton, which was ~$70 from Amazon's Warehouse Deals. Surprisingly nice, but not at the ~$200 retail.

 

[bender66]

Was tempted to buy one of the Jrs when they had wraptail bridges. Then they had to ruin them by putting a tom/stop. Nope. No thank you. That's just silly.

Everyone was squawking about how more affordable the manufacturing was adding a tom, etc. Just drill the anchor holes in the right spot & were talking 1 piece of metal vs 2.

The FF FB page is one of the cultiest nutfarms around.

 

[blowtorch]

I've got three Fireflies and one on the way

The white one is cool and fun, the black one is very good but a bit heavy, the explorer is AWESOME , it blows me away how GREAT it sounds

here's the one enroute

 

[oregomike]

They have an SG up, which is really tempting. So what is the catch or common issues with these? Theres got to be something. Or is it just junky hardware? Do they weigh 20lbs? Neck issues?

 

[blowtorch]

you won't do better for the price IMO

 

[widefault]

Every one of them I've had has cosmetic flaws, usually in the paint, but I also had one of their Teles with razor-sharp burrs on the neck screws and file marks on the binding. They are basically a b-stock Epiphone quality at 1/2 to 1/3 the cost.

 

[blowtorch]

^
That has not been my experience, at all. I've found the quality level to be surprisingly high.
I've been lucky, maybe. I know lots of guys have experienced issues

 

[blowtorch]

So, it's arrived, FF#4

9.6 lbs. Seems perfect

 

[cyclopean]

They never have that explorer in colors i like.

 

[blowtorch]

They never have that explorer in colors i like.

Currently you can get it in any color you want


as long as it's green

 

[blowtorch]

another FF enroute

Update on the LP I'd posted above- I wish the pickups sounded better. I've zero complaints in that direction on the explorer type