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Davey

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« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2007, 03:42:54 PM »
what is so wrong about puting a floyd on a V??

or just a gibson?

so, any other manufacturer V is ok?
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i like that one. dont like the switch, but i like it better than any of his other guitars, with the bulls eye graphic

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« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2007, 03:58:59 PM »
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I guess the idea is to switch pickups with your elbow?

Personally I think his bullseye les pauls look cool, but beyond that it's all a bit gimicky.


+1, on the v it makes me dizzy, lol.

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« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2007, 10:56:24 PM »
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what is so wrong about puting a floyd on a V??

or just a gibson?

so, any other manufacturer V is ok?
whew, i'm home free hehehehe



I'd say it about any gibson, or a fender for that matter. for me it just doesn't sit right with any of the more "classic" style guitars. On a superstrat or a more sharply pointed V shape (as on the jacksons etc.) it fits more with the more modern styling. It should be added that I really don't get on well with floyd's at the best of times so I may be slightly biased.
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« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2007, 11:11:03 PM »
Urgh that's ugly. I like his LP and his Razorback but I don't think the bullseye works on a V. The shape of the guitar and the bullseye clashes imo.

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« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2007, 08:06:22 AM »
Very gorgeous.

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« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2007, 08:37:06 AM »
I actually like it (notr it says inspired by not designed by ;) )

I think that selector switch is up there so it makes switching to the wrong pickup less likely when you are pissed out of your brains
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« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2007, 08:46:45 AM »
double post, sort of
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« Reply #22 on: May 21, 2007, 09:36:07 AM »
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Quote from: Davey
what is so wrong about puting a floyd on a V??

or just a gibson?

so, any other manufacturer V is ok?
whew, i'm home free hehehehe



I'd say it about any gibson, or a fender for that matter. for me it just doesn't sit right with any of the more "classic" style guitars. On a superstrat or a more sharply pointed V shape (as on the jacksons etc.) it fits more with the more modern styling. It should be added that I really don't get on well with floyd's at the best of times so I may be slightly biased.


Yeah, but wasn't the V considered a very modern guitar shape back in the day?  And correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't there plenty of V's with tremolo systems released in the 60s/70s?  I know Hendrix used a left-handed one with a tremolo briefly.  Admittedly, it wasn't a Floyd Rose, but the idea is exactly the same.  I think the Floyd looks bloody good on the V, and having seen a picture of a pimped up Les Paul Custom which was given EMGs and a Floyd, it works very well on a Les Paul too (although not quite as well as on the V).

Although, of course, if you're a bit biased towards Floyds this won't make any difference :D
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