Posted on 21-11-2009 06:33:45
Yeah, every guitar is different. It´s not all about the year. There are bad ones around from every year of production.
Posted on 21-11-2009 06:29:30
Night fever, night fever........lol.
Maybe Paul Stanley is going to like it.
Anyway it´s a good thing Gibson makes some crazy Vs these days, more to choose from.
And Gibson........not only 70s finish, we need the 70s specs with the Vs.
Posted on 21-11-2009 06:16:34
N I C E guitar and very good price, congrats.
Posted on 16-11-2009 08:55:48
Prices are going crazy these days, anyways if the people can´t and aren´t willing to pay, prices will drop............I hope.
I really do like fotos of Vs (the more the better) but more so I do like seeing Vs are beeing actually played.
These days even a beat up crappy 1978 7ender Stratocaster(sorry for the f..word) is reaching ridicolous price, even back then no one
wanted these bad guitars(yeah a few were good).
I hope that the pricing of the old Gibson Flying Vs (70s-80s) keeps at a level so the working man can buy it.
Besides, Gibson is making high quality guitars these days, especially Flying Vs.
But one day I will get a block inlay........
Keep on rocking my V friends \m/
Posted on 16-11-2009 08:30:07
There´s nothing that the standard V can´t do better and it´s way cheaper. In my opinion the 83 RI is better value than the shred V but I am not a fan of tremoloes at all (on a V).
Posted on 04-11-2009 17:21:48
Congrats, very nice Silverburst, incredible low action (just the foto?). Good find.
Posted on 31-10-2009 03:47:15
Seymour Duncan SPH90-1 Phat Cat, less bottom end than Gibson P90, Humbucker size.
Posted on 29-10-2009 03:40:34
That´s one really nice guitar, I love it. It seems like the Custom Shop is putting out more and more really great Vs these days.
Gibson should come up with a block inlay series. White, (rev)silverburst, black and special colors.
Posted on 27-10-2009 05:10:08
.....and the Northeman did not fear the christian God.
The foto is awesome and the vintage V (and inlays) and your playing is what separates you from the
other so called Black Metal players.
For me a guitar is played by the heart, the hands are tools.
So, keep the Metal burning.
Posted on 27-10-2009 04:02:54
Welcome to the board.
Well, I don´t believe in this magnet aging thing at all. Ceramic magnets definetely don´t go weak.
All magnets can be demagnetized(up to a point), but how could that happen in a guitar pickup?
I think the phenomen of guitar pickups getting weaker is caused by the winding. It´s the same thing
with transformers getting weak during the years. There are more and more microscopic shortings
in the winding(partial short), dropping the power of the pickup (output voltage).
Another point is the winding gets looser over the years, adding/cutting frequencies and harmonics-noise,
response to the guitar´s resonance.
(Many pickups sound even better(sweeter) by dropping some amount of windings from the pickup)
Changing magnets on a new pickup with some old one (old PAF etc.) has an effect because back
then they were crafted different than today.
That´s only my opinion and others may differ.
Posted on 26-10-2009 15:16:38
Dirty Fingers - sounds too dirty
496R 500T - a bit on the harsh side(500T), 496R sounds great in the neck position
490R 498T - too much high mids for the V
The 500T is a good pickup (nice clean tone - overdriven it depends on the V(bright sounding V-no go->harsh sound))
Maybe you could like the 57classic plus in the bridge position.
Posted on 12-10-2009 13:52:47
A clean V, wiring is completely redone (bad job). I wonder why even the pickups had been resoldered.
Price is too high.
It seems to be a great white Flying V in a very good condition.
Posted on 10-10-2009 08:21:39
Congrats on your first Gibson V, great find. Yeah, do whatever you like.
The sound is the most important part of a guitar. I am pretty sure it rocks when it´s done.
I am pretty sure the serial is hard to read, I think it should be 83073534
Gibson serial:
Nashville Plant, TN, USA
November 3rd, 1983
Production Number: 34
Yeah, an original 83 (and real mahagony body, great).
Welcome to the board.
Posted on 06-10-2009 12:06:52
Awesome looking guitar, the neck is stunning and the serial is cool (I like repeating numbers).
Ebony fretboard, inlays and the binding makes this V looking great (yeah and the color is really good).
This V looks really clean without the pickguard, I like the contrast with the white parts and the red color.
Is the tuning system working great? What about the balance of neck and body(due to the weight of the tuning system)?
Congrats, brother
Posted on 15-09-2009 15:43:03
I am afraid you will regret it, I would. Anyway I hope it comes in god hands (maybe someone here on the V board who will post fotos every month. Would be a cool calendar for the next year, yeah)
All the best and may your dreams come true,
Robin :o)
Posted on 15-09-2009 01:20:51
I beg for mercy......that´s too much.
Outstanding block inlay.
The tone pot has been disconnected to get more power to the output jack.
Wolf Hoffmann did exactly the same on his Flying Vs (until he just threw the tone pot out of his guitar and used one single volume pot).
By the way, a 010 cap is more usefull than a 022. If you want some sort of hollow wah sound by rolling back the tone, try a bumble bee 010 cap.
Posted on 13-09-2009 12:51:53
What a beauty, awesome guitar. Great condition and just the right color. Congrats and welcome. It seems it had been refinished by Gibson?
Posted on 28-08-2009 05:28:50
It´s a Hoyer 5069S built in 1982/83 in Germany by Hoyer in Erlangen.
If it is not refinished (look under the pickguard) you have one of the rare ones. Knobs aren´t stock and the pickups were DiMarzio super distortion and DiMarzio PAF(some had 2 super dist.) (stock) with split switch (stock). Brass nut (stock).
Schaller hardware (stock).
Neck through construction (V wings glued on). Strings through body (stock).
The trussrod cover is missing and it´s creme white with 5069S written on it. You have nearly no chance to get it used (rare).
Posted on 28-08-2009 05:10:39
Hey Sebastian, you have that dakota red all over your body, lol.
Great video of you and your Flying V in action. Keep melting the Metal.
Posted on 14-08-2009 15:59:36
RIP Les Paul. God bless his family and friends, my deepest condolences.
