Reply #48: one last one (I swear) [View All]

[cleofus1]

on sale for a mere 629.00 for a limited time!


Gibson Faded Flying V
It's back to the V-Factor future with the new Worn Cherry finish. It gives this classic but futuristic model the look of a well-worn, well-loved vintage instrument.


Well, I love Flying V's, and no, I'm not a metal head!! Everyone raves on about how this guitar is only a metal axe, not true! The guitar cleans up nicely, in fact I could get a nice clean tone in any of the three pick up positions. For solos, just kick into the bridge pickup and you can go from Wishbone Ash classic rock tone right through to the modern metal row that you hear. All depends on how much gain you've got in your amp. I just play through my 30W Marshall as clean as I can get it, and stick a Boss Blues Driver pedal in front of it. It works well. If you use the neck pickup you are in more of BB King country. These pickups ARE capable of doing insane distortion, but also are fine for most anything. They will nicely drive a tube amp, the sound through my mate's 60's AC-30 is awesome. Real blues city! The frets I found were slightly rough on the edges but nothing uncomfortable. The balance of the guitar strapped on is something else! Given that a top line V over here in the UK goes for anything up to 1400 quid then this guitar represents a whole lot of bang for your buck!! This is a versatile guitar that can do just about anything you could want while looking like a guitar that should be worth a lot more!! The pickups are reasonably modern sounding. But Gibson have been fitting their guitars with these for 20 years or so now, so to some that could represent "vintage tone". However with a decent amp and a bit of tweaking on the gain knob, you should be able to cover a lot of ground reasonably well. If you are a V fan and want one bad, but don't have the cash to get the top model (Which IMO is slightly neater put together and has a nicer neck) then this is a great starting point.

This is my last post on this thread...I just lost control there for awhile...