Firebird Upgrades
I recently discovered that Callaham guitars, the same guys that built the bridge I use on my Telecaster, offers a replacement bridge for Gibson guitars. Since I have had such good results from the Telecaster bridge I decided to give the ABR-1 a try on my Firebird. It was due for a nut replacement as well, so I figured I would knock out all the hardware upgrades at once. The results? Stellar.
The guitar sounds more airy. Highs and mids are well defined, and not fizzy like they used to be. Since I had a bone nut installed, tuning stability on the guitar is nearly perfect. I think the last upgrade I'm going to perform on this guitar is a set of Steinberger gearless tuners. I have heard good things about them, and they apparently weigh less than the retarded banjo tuners already on my bird. I lament at the idea of drilling new stabilizer pin holes, however, so I may just live with the bajos or seek a drop-in replacement.
February 14th, 2010 - 01:41
Do you have any recordings of the firebird with the callaham on?
Rock on!
February 18th, 2010 - 00:22
Actually yes! Clips are at the following link. I recorded them the day I got here back from getting a bone nut and the bridge installed.
http://www.anxaw.net/gear/2006-gibson-firebird-v