Inverted Flying V

[HTH AMPS]

i think we all know where we've seen a V like that before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYn5hxeFt10

Breakin' the law, breakin' the law  :twisted:

[bucketshred]

That is just horrible - what are the guys at Gibson smoking these days?

Andy!

[Kilby]

i think we all know where we've seen a V like that before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYn5hxeFt10

I guess it needs some painkillers in it then.

I was looking at the firebirds in that series, they all look really cheap :(

THey even get the specs wrong on one of them (compared with the photos anyway)

[Ratrod]

Reminds me of those strats with the neck on the wrong end. I can't remember the name anymore.

Anyway, that V looks hideous.

[noodleplugerine]

THey even get the specs wrong on one of them (compared with the photos anyway)

I noticed that too -

http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Guitars/Flying%20V/V%2DFactor%20New%20Century/

Is that really an ebony fretboard?

[Kilby]

I noticed that too -

http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Guitars/Flying%20V/V%2DFactor%20New%20Century/

Is that really an ebony fretboard?

In the main picture it looks doubtful, but the additional pics it could be ebony, but they may have over lightened the image in photoshop (you also get similar lightening when you switch between CRT & LCD displays when working on images)

Heres the firebird I was bitching about, apart from making it look like something that a fecking rapper would own are those full sized humbuckers I see before me ? http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Guitar%20of%20the%20Week/Firebird%20Studio/

Nope theyre not, si I wonder what gibson will get around to attaching when the build them !

[Doog]

brilliant doog. what, were you looking at your screen upside down to notice that?

oh lighten up

[Philly Q]

Heres the firebird I was bitching about, apart from making it look like something that a fecking rapper would own are those full sized humbuckers I see before me ? http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Guitar%20of%20the%20Week/Firebird%20Studio/

Nope theyre not, si I wonder what gibson will get around to attaching when the build them !

They're minibuckers in the pic but the specs list 498T/490R - and also it says the tuners are mini Grovers but in the pic they look like banjo tuners :? .  But surely no-one's going to buy one anyway.  Only Gibson could be misguided enough to take a beautiful guitar like a Firebird and build a variation that bloody ugly.

Not keen on full-size HBs in a Firebird then Rob?  When you said you were GASing for one I thought I might be able to flog you my Firebird Studio.  

[WezV]

i could go for the maple wings and mahogany neck through if they had  done it with a nice sunburst like a firebird should really have.  Other that that it would have looked better with a laminated neck thru section - make it stripey!!!!

[Kilby]

I'm afaraid I'm totally in love with minibuckers, and the thicker section.

Not that theres anything wrong with the studio model (I prefer the conventional tuners) but I thought that they did such a wonderful job with the original (though I do quite like the non reverse firebirds)

I have to agree with you Wes, a nice finish on the guitar would have worked wonders for it.

Hmmm Phillu you have me thinking about Firebird studios now (damn you)

[WezV]

just noticed it is laminated - but they havnt exactly got the colours of woods complimenting each other.  I would have gone for a 5 peice necck thru with a 1/2" mahogany laminate in the middle with 1/4" of wenge either side then 1" of maple either side of that with a thin black veneer between the centre section and the wings. It would have avoided that raw maple with a big chunk of raw mahogany look that ruins this guitar.  I also would have done it with mahogany wings capped with maple to keep the tone usable....

i really like firebirds  - havnt made one in a few years though, my first ever commision was one!!

[Ted]

I want one of these http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Guitar%20of%20the%20Week/LP%20Classic%20Custom%20Silverburst/

but not gibson  :)

[Philly Q]

I'm afaraid I'm totally in love with minibuckers.

I like 'em too, especially as neck pickups.  I bought a pair a couple of weeks ago, just because they were quite cheap.  Not sure what I'll do with them, but I have a few ideas.

[apmaman]

my local guitar store does that to stratocasters. All be it cheap Jim Decan copies.


That V is cool I think, only because its so out ot the norm

[Kilby]

I'm afaraid I'm totally in love with minibuckers.

I like 'em too, especially as neck pickups.  I bought a pair a couple of weeks ago, just because they were quite cheap.  Not sure what I'll do with them, but I have a few ideas.

Well you have to put one in the neck position of a tele (though PAFs work well too)