Epiphone Dave Mustaine Custom Flying V Electric Guitar

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The owner just recently purchased this new Epiphone Dave Mustaine Custom Flying V electric guitar and he was interested in a setup. He also wanted to change to locking tuners and new bridge - both from Gotoh. Unfortunately, the tuners didn't fit but the rest of the work was completed without a hitch. It's a very nice guitar, if you like Flying Vee's!
-Steve
www.manotickstringworks.com
Ottawa, Ontario

[@romanshredz]

Hey I know that Flying V 😜 great setup … and yeah those locking Gotoh tuners were on sale at my local guitar parts shop, didn’t think about checking the string post height but these are the “MGT” tuners which have an 18mm post height on the shorter tuners… will watch out for this next time Cheers 🍻

[@michaeljames6216]

I wouldn't replace the tunes. I would have figured the client would want the same bridge that comes on the custom. Those Pickups are hot, I back my bridge off just a little and max it out when I solo.

[@brandonjackson5865]

As soon as you sat that guitar on the bench, I thought to myself I bet it would look better with Cosmo Black or black nickel or black Chrome hardware. I guess the owner thought the same thing. I’m sure someone makes a black chrome V plate to black out the hardware completely. I would have thought the Gotoh would’ve dropped in the tuners especially.
Since I put locking tuners on my guitar I usually do two strings at once whatever strings are in the same pack or with dadarrio I would do the low e and a and work my way to the high e. I’m old school because I change strings on a Floyd Rose guitar one string at a time remove one and replace it, it’s the way I learned to be able to change strings on a floating trem without fighting it for hours to get it in tune. I used to could replace a set stretch them and lock it down in around 30 or so minutes doing it one string at a time. It might sound tedious but if your guitar is set up right and you don’t change brand or gauge strings it’s the most reliable way for anyone new to FR to replace their strings without losing their minds getting it in tune and at the correct zero point.
Those Gotoh tuners come in staggered post lengths to make the break angle over the nut correct, but I guess they sell non staggered sets too but they only have three different post heights and I guess the overall thickness of the headstock could come into play. I’ve got two medium posts on my Kramer Beretta for the low end and a and 4 shot posts for the rest and I believe my Ibanez has three medium and three shorts or maybe medium and long anyway the posts on those Gotoh are supposed to be really low to the face of the headstock for the correct nut break angle since you can’t rely on wraps to get the angle right. I would’ve thought the Kramer and Epiphone headstock in that shape would be about the same ?

[@fredericdobbelaere7725]

😊la classe !👍👌

[@patrickkeenan6331]

Perhaps the noise the customer is hearing manifests when using distortion...

[@johnboho2330]

6 to 1

[@mr.timebombman2230]

Never cared for how cheap the ferrule style tailpiece felt on even the Gibson versions.