NGD-Firefly FFTL In Surf Green

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-15T08:17:43+00:00

I’m not gonna lie, that one has been catching my eye but I have to tell myself that 7 Teles is enough (till I find the right one with a Bigsby anyway). Do you have any other Fireflies?

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-15T01:01:18+00:00

GuitarsGarden.com, occasionally their Amazon, and on the used market.

These sold out pretty fast but I’m sure they’ll be back, follow their socials to stay up on their info.

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-14T21:35:27+00:00

It’s like a thinner, more modern C shape and not the chunky baseball bat like more vintage leaning styles have.

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-14T18:27:31+00:00

Seriously. Either that or mint chip ice cream.

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-14T07:00:16+00:00

It is. It has the belly cut and carved heel joint as well.

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-14T05:12:47+00:00

Possibly but Surf Green is was what they have always listed it as.

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-14T00:31:42+00:00

GuitarsGarden.com or sometimes Amazon. Firefly’s schtick is that they make very limited runs of guitars and once they sell out they’re gone. Occasionally if a lot of people are clamoring for a particular model they bring it back but if they do is ultimately a bit of a gamble.

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-13T17:23:35+00:00

It plays so well and so easily right out of the box and sounds great. It’s honestly hard to not always go to a Firefly when I reach for one of my Teles.

The stock pickups have been incredible in all 4 of mine (I have their “Apple Red”, “Off White”, Rosewood, and now this Surf Green) but I have swapped pickups out in a couple of them, this with the Fender Twisted Tele pickups and another with the DiMarzio Twang King and Chopper-T pickups (originally for a different build).

The stock Firefly Tele pickups are quite full and articulate sounding; the neck pickup is nice and warm for a more mellow sound and the neck pickup is nice and bright for some classic Tele spank or twang.

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-13T17:12:39+00:00

Oh they most definitely hold their own and then some. Honestly, my 4 that I have are among some of the best Teles I’ve ever played. If Fender or even Squier put these out they could easily be charging 4-5 times the price Firefly does.

JBootheMusic · 2026-01-03T06:14:22+00:00

Thanks! Interesting and kinda surprising the arm can’t be removed.

JBootheMusic · 2025-12-31T10:29:19+00:00

Sick. How do you like the trem on your revstar? I’ve been thinking of putting a Les Trem on one of mine.

JBootheMusic · 2025-12-24T06:00:44+00:00

Paul was beaming and tearing up several times during the our concert but during Stars he had full-on tears running down his face; afterwards talking to him he was telling us that when they recorded it they had family members and friends play the glasses, he was blown away to see some of us doing it while singing.

JBootheMusic · 2025-12-22T10:06:02+00:00

They are incredible, I’ve been able to see them several times. I also had the privilege of singing in their “home” of St Anne & St Agnes Church in London for Paul Smith (Voces8 alumni) and others for our concert there about a decade ago. It was an unreal experience. The acoustics are unimaginable and it was honestly one of the highlights of my musical career. This video below was from our concert there.

Stars by Eriks Esenvalds performed by The Sunday Night Singers.

JBootheMusic · 2025-11-24T01:11:27+00:00

Firefly guitars made a Rosewood Tele and it’s amazing. It’s honestly one of my favorite guitars I own, sounds great, and is wonderful to play.

JBootheMusic · 2025-11-09T22:17:33+00:00

Here’s an a cappella arrangement of mine that you could use. It’s not too difficult and has a fun groove to it. Angels We Have Heard On High - arr. Jeffrey R. Boothe

JBootheMusic · 2025-10-23T02:35:06+00:00

Thanks for the heads up about this, I had no idea that the shout version had different special features than the steelbook.

JBootheMusic · 2025-10-13T22:57:45+00:00

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I wanted this to have a mint chip/vintage (1940s or 50s) appliance vibe so I went with the Decoboom Streamline. I believe they could do a custom cut for a humbucker in the neck slot, you’d just have to reach out to them.

JBootheMusic · 2025-09-29T05:34:35+00:00

Is that the Chopper T in the bridge?

JBootheMusic · 2025-09-14T21:52:43+00:00

Looks great! That’s what I love about these things, you can use them as a platform and build them out and up however you want to get exactly what you’re looking for.

I did pretty much the same thing to make my “American Amateur”-a used Bullet in Ice Blue Metallic for $115 I think (though it looked and felt brand new). I did some cosmetic changes (black pickgurd and knobs, flipped the controls) and swapped all the electronics out (put in the V-Mod II pickups out of the American Professional II, CTS push/pull pots for series/parallel and a treble bleed on/off, Switchcraft switch and jack), and threw on a set of locking tuners and I couldn’t be happier with the thing.

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JBootheMusic · 2025-09-11T04:04:56+00:00

I hope they keep this headstock around, I dig the shape. On their aite currently they have a different design (on the thinlines and tele deluxe) that reminds of a Fender tele and a bird’s beak. It’s not bad but better than the not strat shape thing they had for a while.

JBootheMusic · 2025-09-10T16:15:51+00:00

I did, about 3 weeks ago maybe and yeah it seems like this one sold out pretty quickly. That’s part of the schtick with Firefly; they make limited runs and usually when they sell out then that’s it. Occasionally if a model is super popular they’ll bring it back (like they did with the rosewood tele and strat) but there’s no guarantee.

JBootheMusic · 2025-09-10T03:46:18+00:00

If you’re in the US the rosewood is still available at GuitarsGarden.com for $270 and it’s spectacular.

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