i just found this site this evening and sure enough i had a few ideas buzzing in my head. first off, i am pondering buying one of Epiphones new firebird guitars...i played a gibson model and just loved it...however when i saw the price tag i quickly put it back on the wall!...i have been watching on ebay as well, but still out of my price range. does anyone have any experience, hear-say, or general knowledge with the Epiphone model? also, i plan to get the 3 pu version with vibrato...i have read that the selector switch is a 3-way, which doesn't make a bit of sense to me??? i would assume there could be 6 options(neck alone, brige alone, middle alone, all 3, neck and middle and so on)would it be possible to put a replacement 5 way in there without much trouble and in turn have the extra 2 tonal options? am i misunderstanding something? would it even be worth it? also, i am not crazy about the epi tuners...would it be possible to replace them with the banjo type...again...possible? worth the trouble?...i have heard that some of the other parts may be worth switching out for Gibson or equal quality parts(such as pu's)as well. i am pretty new to the guitar world and i would really appreciate any help you guys may offer. thanks!
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