Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Andy Lindsay on May 23, 2006, 02:47:08 PM

Title: Anyone have on of these?
Post by: Andy Lindsay on May 23, 2006, 02:47:08 PM

Oh my god. Gotta find on of these. 7 string flying vee. Anybody have any ideas where I can find one?

Title: Anyone have on of these?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on May 23, 2006, 04:05:48 PM

No idea, can't see them on Epiphones website or Gibson, maybe it was custom?

Title: Anyone have on of these?
Post by: sambo on May 23, 2006, 04:07:18 PM

it looks like one of the guitars from that "design your dream guitar" thread on here ages ago... there was a link to a site where you could make guitars... that looks seriously like one of them...

Title: Anyone have on of these?
Post by: blue on May 23, 2006, 05:30:44 PM

these were limited edition epiphones about 5 to 7 years ago.  there was a v and a les paul.  i've got one of the les pauls, that got my first set of bareknuckles!  not a bad guitar, and they crop up fairly regularly on e-bay.  if you really want one, go for it, but an ibanez or maverick seven string might be a better buy.  although these do look cool, people are amazed when they turn out to be seven strings, and they do have fixed bridges.

Title: Anyone have on of these?
Post by: Andy Lindsay on May 23, 2006, 05:51:19 PM

Yeah, I've got an Ibanez 1527 which I blocked the trem off. The Basswood body is a bit muddy sounding to me, so I was looking for something with a hardtail this time and a punchier tonewood. There's hardly anything out there in 7 string world to choose from :(

Title: Anyone have on of these?
Post by: deg0ey on May 24, 2006, 08:01:00 PM

I've got one of the 7 string LPs sa well...It's sitting at home waiting for a refret and some BK's

Title: Anyone have on of these?
Post by: blue on May 24, 2006, 09:10:36 PM

yeah, they seem to have used old lead piping for some of the frets!  under the low E and B strings they were quite heavily marked in a very short time.  it still plays fine and i can't justify the expense of a re-fret.  i know a fret dress would clear it up, but it would happen again in no time, so until it causes playability problems, i'll live with it.