Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: gwEm on November 15, 2010, 09:20:17 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GIBSON-FLYING-V-1982-CURLY-MAPLE-TOP-EX-COND-/220691400148?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item33623b85d4#ht_1348wt_932
this is a bargain. i won't be buying it, but nevertheless, i have to admit its a good deal
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Aww man, that is a LOVELY V. I wish I had the money, aggghh..
Damn you, gwEm. Damn you.
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As soon as I saw "curly maple" I wondered if it was one of those "The V" models. I used to admire one in the window of Duck, Son and Pinker in Bath when I was a student. Didn't have the money for multiple guitars in those days though....
Terrible photos, though, unfortunately. And I don't think those pickup covers are original. The one I remember looked like this:
(http://www.flying-v.ch/thev/f_81theVsunb.jpg)
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This is my kind of V
no scratchplate and not as stubby as normal Vs
however im already at my maximum quota of guitars until the new year
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As soon as I saw "curly maple" I wondered if it was one of those "The V" models. I used to admire one in the window of Duck, Son and Pinker in Bath when I was a student. Didn't have the money for multiple guitars in those days though....
Terrible photos, though, unfortunately. And I don't think those pickup covers are original. The one I remember looked like this:
Yes I was wondering where the double cream Dirty Fingers were too. However, I have seen the odd 'The V'/'V CMT' with covered pickups. I don't know if T-Tops were an option, or if they are aftermarket replacements. they look like 80s Gibson pups of some kind though
I don't like the way the stop tail is so far back on these models, looks a bit odd.
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I don't like the way the stop tail is so far back on these models, looks a bit odd.
Looks too far away from the bridge to my eye
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I don't like the way the stop tail is so far back on these models, looks a bit odd.
Looks too far away from the bridge to my eye
I suppose it gives a slightly less steep angle over the bridge, so a bit like top-wrapping a normally-placed tailpiece.
But I suspect they did it as an afterthought, when they realised the volume control was too close to the normal tailpiece position.
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I don't like the way the stop tail is so far back on these models, looks a bit odd.
Looks too far away from the bridge to my eye
I suppose it gives a slightly less steep angle over the bridge, so a bit like top-wrapping a normally-placed tailpiece.
But I suspect they did it as an afterthought, when they realised the volume control was too close to the normal tailpiece position.
Think you are spot on there Phil
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it has sperzel tuners right? would those be original.
I quite like the look of this V.
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it has sperzel tuners right? would those be original.
Those are Schallers. The guy says they're original, and I think Gibson have used Schallers in the past, but not usually with buttons that shape. They're usually the tulip buttons like this:
(http://image.shopzilla.co.uk/resize?sq=80&uid=2211104869)
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ahh. it was the S on the back of the mechanism. i was getting mixed up. cheers.
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MAybe Gwem would like these 1/4 scale minitures
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4637/paulstanleyflyingv.jpg)
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MAybe Gwem would like these 1/4 scale minitures
I think if I'd got started on those, I'd have saved quite a bit of money over the years :)