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I'm finally the owner of a Flying-V.
Been lusting afer a number of Gibson guitars for 40 years, could never afford them, or for some other reason, just didn't buy them.
So this year, in addition to the Original series 60s Les Paul, I've just added a Flying V.
This one began its current life as a husk from Stratosphere, and honestly, with the cost of the case, I'm probably $300-$500 over what one would have cost OTC, however, as you can see, I would have spent that much or more making changes to get what I wanted with the gold hardware and black PG... Grovers and bridge being the biggest chunk of that.
The pickups are Duncan JB and Jazz, the bridge/tailpiece are TonePros locking. CTS 500k pots, .047 "black candy" tone cap.
The serial number and "Made in US" stamps are hard to see... not very deep, but they show nicely under black light.
Plays like a dream. The nut is cut a little better than my '19 Lester, I was actually a bit worried that the E and B were too low, but they don't buzz. The truss rod dialed into about .010 relief with 1/8 turn. Currently strung up with DR "Pure Blues" 10-46.
And the obligatory factory style "baby picture"... I was going to put it on a pad with my notebook next to it, but it looked silly.
Been lusting afer a number of Gibson guitars for 40 years, could never afford them, or for some other reason, just didn't buy them.
So this year, in addition to the Original series 60s Les Paul, I've just added a Flying V.
This one began its current life as a husk from Stratosphere, and honestly, with the cost of the case, I'm probably $300-$500 over what one would have cost OTC, however, as you can see, I would have spent that much or more making changes to get what I wanted with the gold hardware and black PG... Grovers and bridge being the biggest chunk of that.
The pickups are Duncan JB and Jazz, the bridge/tailpiece are TonePros locking. CTS 500k pots, .047 "black candy" tone cap.
The serial number and "Made in US" stamps are hard to see... not very deep, but they show nicely under black light.
Plays like a dream. The nut is cut a little better than my '19 Lester, I was actually a bit worried that the E and B were too low, but they don't buzz. The truss rod dialed into about .010 relief with 1/8 turn. Currently strung up with DR "Pure Blues" 10-46.
And the obligatory factory style "baby picture"... I was going to put it on a pad with my notebook next to it, but it looked silly.
