Where can I find a good price on an Epiphone Firebird?”
The first question you need to answer is whether you want a new Epiphone Firebird, or a used one. If you’re in the market for a new one, I suggest checking your local mom-and-pop Gibson/Epiphone dealers. If they have something in stock, you can probably haggle with them on the price and get a fairly good deal. It’s more difficult to haggle on the price of something they need to order. As of a month or two ago, Guitar Center changed to a no-haggle pricing policy. The best you could do with them is get 5% below their tag price (not the absurd MSRP, which nobody pays), and even then you’d probably need to know somebody who works there to get that friendly discount. You could check out the online stores (e.g., zZounds, Musician’s Friend, Music 123) as well, and they may offer better prices — their overhead costs are lower — and have a couple reduced-cost blemish models available (if you’re OK with that), but read on for the pitfalls of buying online. If you’re in the market for a used on
