Ibanez Fireman - Any Owners, Experiences, Opinions?

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These guitars have really caught my eye -- love the look. From everything I read and hear (online) the neck profile, features, and tone all seem like something that appeals to me. But I've never seen one "in the flesh". I don't know about the quality, the weight, or the "real" tone.

Anybody else have any experience with these? There's the one with 3 single coils and now there's a limited edition version in an HSH configuration. What do these feel and sound like (compared to other guitars)?

Thanks,
Ron
 
I wanted one and found one on EBay with a headstock break that looked ugly but very sound for a decent price and rolled the dice.

-Chunky neck profile, decent fret work. Not jumbos, kinda medium and tall.
-the Injectors are really cool pickups. I'm serious, they are killer.
-The 5-way failed and that is pretty common so I replaced it for $15.00
-The volume and the tone are swapped position-wise. I don't like that but not worried enough to change it.
-The pickups can get meaty to single-coily via the tone control so that works as advertised for sure.
-I struggled with keeping it in tune so I replaced the tuners with locking hip shots and that solved that problem.
-on a personal note, I play in more of a classical position with more of the guitar on my left leg vs. right (I'm a righty). The weird curve on the bottom is a little uncomfortable in that position but is likely fine for 90% of the world.
So, for an additional $100 dollars, you make a already good guitar a really great guitar.

With all of that said, I really do like it. A lot. It plays great and sounds excellent. Excellent enough where I am also considering getting the new version with the humbuckers. It has a neat feature where you can lock-down intonation and the bridge height. Not sure if that makes a difference but it seems to make sense.

For the price, I say it's worth a try.
 
I dig them when Pablo Gilberto plays them but I don't think I could because of that penis for the top horn. ;)
 
Badronald":21y1wz85 said:
I dig them when Pablo Gilberto plays them but I don't think I could because of that penis for the top horn. ;)
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...that must be the subliminal appeal...
 
Gilbert has a surf green fireman with dual hums that he played on the "Return to Budokan" dvd that I'd love to have. Or one like it anyway.
 
ripleyripley":14vxrpwm said:
I wanted one and found one on EBay with a headstock break that looked ugly but very sound for a decent price and rolled the dice.

-Chunky neck profile, decent fret work. Not jumbos, kinda medium and tall.
-the Injectors are really cool pickups. I'm serious, they are killer.
-The 5-way failed and that is pretty common so I replaced it for $15.00
-The volume and the tone are swapped position-wise. I don't like that but not worried enough to change it.
-The pickups can get meaty to single-coily via the tone control so that works as advertised for sure.
-I struggled with keeping it in tune so I replaced the tuners with locking hip shots and that solved that problem.
-on a personal note, I play in more of a classical position with more of the guitar on my left leg vs. right (I'm a righty). The weird curve on the bottom is a little uncomfortable in that position but is likely fine for 90% of the world.
So, for an additional $100 dollars, you make a already good guitar a really great guitar.

With all of that said, I really do like it. A lot. It plays great and sounds excellent. Excellent enough where I am also considering getting the new version with the humbuckers. It has a neat feature where you can lock-down intonation and the bridge height. Not sure if that makes a difference but it seems to make sense.

For the price, I say it's worth a try.
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For the locking tuners, did you have to drill any new holes?
 
Yeah...I wanted to use the Hip Shot UMP but it didn't line up
 
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