1959 Fender Tweed Vibrolux + Gibson Firebird (Tremolo Demo)

[JoardeBaat]

wow!!!!! that was so fk nice!!

[shonmusic26]

I can't stop watching and listening to this video. It sounds so so good.

[FinalFantasyCenter]

Amazing tone and playing! The only thing i don't like about firebirds, are the tuners. They are always so heavy, making the guitar go out of balance. But the one in the video looks well balanced. I would love to own one of those. Keep up the great job Mr. Hilden.

-Dracule.

[EXTREMElongboarding]

what model fire bird is that? I've never seen one with full size humbuckers

[jelledegitaarman]

@EXTREMElongboarding studio

[diamondrhyme]

Neil Young is looking for that amp. :)

[diamondrhyme]

It's interesting how much like a normal firebird (one with Firebird pickups) this guitar sounds. They must have a special version of the hum bucker they designed to somewhat emulate it.

[ssstoffe]

Nice sounding things and very well played!

I have question about the firebird though. I'm thinking about ordering and I have no chance of trying one before doing so. I've heard that the head is really heavy which makes a bit hard to stand up and play since it just wants to fall over the whole time. Is this true or is this exaggerated?

[tomtom2000able]

@ssstoffe it is true for the standard firebirds since they have the "banjo tuners" witch are extremely heavy compared to the mini grovers on the studio

[diamondrhyme]

@ssstoffe I've had more than one Firebird. I think it has the best balance of anything... very comfortable guitar to play. Best neck ever.

[ssstoffe]

@diamondrhyme Ok, cool! I actually ordered one today! So you better be right! ;)

[Bruceholvenstot]

why no tube distortion? better than a stomp box

[MrBadAssBoy123]

@Bruceholvenstot sorry if I may be wrong, but don't you need to crank the amp to get the tube distortion? And I have seen Greg comenting that he can only play at a low volume because he he has neighbours.

[Bruceholvenstot]

@MrBadAssBoy123 pedals are ment to emulate the tube distortion and speaker break up of tube amps with low headroom a la neal young's deluxe. he 's uses pretty low wattage amps generally so with a baffle or something we could hear how how it sounds cranked up. if you're selling guitars that expensive you want to hear how they sound in an authentic context. maybe i'm wong but it isnt very authentic to put a brand new 100 $ pedal between a 6000$ gtr and a 3000$ amp from 1959.

[MrBadAssBoy123]

@Bruceholvenstot that was kinda the way I ment ;) but I see you already knew that...

Maybe he loves his home plenty enough to not want to risk losing it by annoying the neighbours, i don't know.

But I'm sure that Greg chooses pedals with care ;)

Cheers

[PBANDSNOW]

The beginning makes me think of Zeppelins No Quarter.

[Poltergoo]

You play guitar like Ray Manzerek from the Doors- which just boggles my mind completely lol.

Sweet playing dude.

I'm interested; what artists do you listen to?

[skulchin]

@Poltergoo Don't you mean Robby Krieger? If so, I totally agree with you

[edevagrace]

@skulchin I mean mean Ray Manzerek. Like Ray Manzerek playing guitar - I know Robbie is the guitarist, but they style feels more Manzerekish.. if that makes any sense at all ;)

[edevagrace]

@skulchin Nope, I mean Ray Manzerek. I know Robbie is the Guitarist, but this sounds like Ray Manzerek picked up a guitar and did his thing.. if that makes any sense ;)

[sthugh]

I will NEVER understand why Gibson did everything they could to ugly those guitars up by putting the dorkiest headstock on them they could come up with. The bodies are sure cool though.

[nothing2offer]

nothing like a man and his guitar putting teddy to sleep. Awesome sound.

[Skaterboy1028]

what's the full name of this guitar?

[jeTTa002]

@Skaterboy1028 Gibson Firebird Studio

[TheFutureProgrammer]

I absolutely love this sound!

[eric1love]

looks as tho that guitar might fall to pieces if you'd play a bit rough with it

[jimmyp73]

sound a little like robbie krieger, riders on the storm

[ellioteaston93]

please test other firebirds!!!! i love your tests

[GuillermoSmyser]

Pray friend, why is this the only video of yours with a Firebird? Do you not like to sell them? I would LOVE to see you play some more firebirds (preferably with minihumbuckers and neck-through design).

[cjoey39]

Wow , that's a great sound. You have beautiful feel and imagination! Yes you have fine equipment but it's the player that plays! Nice job! Loved it!! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"

[RyanWekwert]

On the high end one It feels like the head stock and body are just unbalanced is the studio a little more stable? I cant stop watching and listening to this video. It sounds so so good.

[GregsGuitars]

@RyanWekwert this one has a good balance

[guilhordas]

@GregsGuitars is this lollar imperial pickups, what do you think about lollar?

[RyanWekwert]

So any videos going up of normal sounds without the trem? So It seems the Studio would be more for me. I don't really like the binding and tuning machines. So you like you're studio?

[GregsGuitars]

@RyanWekwert amp has been sold. Yes, I like the studio

[RyanWekwert]

How are the pick ups different in this one or the standard one. I'm looking at used studios but they are only a few 100 dollars more.  I'm not really big on binding and all that or gibsons for that matter. Just really love the shape and thick neck of these guitars. So can you do more demos? ha

[GregsGuitars]

@RyanWekwert it is different because these are full size humbuckers, They have a bigger, warmer Sound

[blueturtleman1]

Sounds good Greg. I like gibsons too.

I just bought a '76 Reissue Gibson Explorer.

Everybody seems to play 'metal' on these things, but they are so much more. Comfortable to play too! For a pointy guitar. Cool jazz tones.

I'd love to hear you take one for a test drive.

Hot pickups. (My only complaint is, even new, it needed a set up and fret dress. Now it's great. No big deal)

Cheers, Bob

Vancouver B.C.

[alwaysopen]

He gets rid of a tone control as well.

That position is on most of Gibson's guitars.

Look at the SG, 335,345,355, Byrdland and others.

My PRS SAS switch is below the vol knob.

[callthemall]

So is this a studio Firebird? I would think the standard has a few more bells than that..

[GregsGuitars]

Yes, a Studio Firebird with a nice sound

[callthemall]

indeed

[juurviljasupp]

I bought into that build after 1:48 so hard. I want a Firebird now.

[alwaysopen]

Why in the name of GOD does Gibson put the pup selector switches of their guitars all over the place? The one on a Firebird is so far out of the way I can't stand it. A Les Paul is situated perfectly as is Fender's Strat.. I like the 335, 345, and 355 setups as well as most of the others but I don't know if the engineers were awake when they let some of their guitars go through the manufacturing process.

[strwy2hvn94]

now hold on. wiht it down there on a firebird, no accidental switches

[alwaysopen]

DUH......

How often does that actually happen to someone who knows how to play guitar?

[Kolyan01]

Very warm tremolo! Fantastic sound!

Greg, do you have your own albums? I like your playing very much, you are the best guitarist on youtube!

[GregsGuitars]

Yes, I have a lot of CDs done. Check my Homepage or if you in the USA check CD Baby or Itunes

[johnbeloe]

what mic greg?

[GregsGuitars]

AKG D-320 B

[symptom07]

I know they are different guitars. But, in your opinion, the Firebird is closest to a Les Paul or an SG?

[GregsGuitars]

as close to a Les Paul as a ES-335 is close to a Les Paul....

[gnrmanmatt]

is the gear in all your videos yours???

[GregsGuitars]

yes. I buy and sell (part of my business as a musican)

[ahhotdogg]

is that pellegrino and malboros on the table behind him

[bluesderek]

Oh, mal ganz was anderes :-) Ok, auf ner Firebird möchte ich auch gern die kleinen Firebird-PUs sehen/hören, aber der alte Tweed Vibrolux klingt echt Hammer!

[PisauraXTX]

Sweet, Teddy is holding the microphone.

Great job! This sounds great.

[rhum66]

Hi Gregor.

Cool as usual, the old things has a marvellous sound but please test it on a shuffle kind of groove with the okko. on that clip it sounds a bit like "rider on the storm" and here you can' hear the raindrops fallings ... great.

[GregsGuitars]

Thanks. I did a couple of shuffle Videos with this amp. Just check the other

[FruscianteIsmyGod]

fantastico...grande

[bluesguitardude]

i thought the firebirds had mini-humbuckers... are this regular humbuckers?

[turles552]

no those are alnico humbuckers

[GregsGuitars]

full size humbucker in this firebird. I think this model ist called Firebird Studio.

[prophetdude2]

never really liked tremelo

just seems kinda pointless

[WTig3r]

how would you compare this to your regular vibrolux? does it sound warmer?

[GregsGuitars]

yes, warmer and more compression. It is a tweed....

[MrAUSSENGELAENDER]

einfach nur wundervolle Solos die du da raushaust!! großartig!!

[cheopsnet]

Superb!

[modifproductions]

trippy music

[minivicente]

sweet sound

[Sulcuscentralis]

Wow! What a tone! And you are a great player mister.

[SSDDG]

I'm the most jealous guy on earth.