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I’d want it to come back with regular sized knobs also!! Never did see the look and like of those Dinky thingys!! I have a 58’ Epi Amos V and that’s a real keeper that has exploded on the used market!! Love the channel and follow every day!! Trogs
That’s some really cobby workmanship under the pickguard. Not something I would expect from a major manufacturer. The guy who put that together must be a real djerkoff.
Duane D - That ISN'T from a major manufacturer... Whoever took the EMGs out assed that guitar up, and I seriously doubt that was Gibson. A hack has had his hands on that guitar. Gibson would NOT have routed that pickup cavity and under the control pots with Forstner bits, which is what somebody did. Also look at the painter's tape on the pickup wires at the volume pot. Some wannabe "luthier" screwed this thing all to hell... Gibson just got it back and resold it as-is. Djunk.
Imagine you get a elegant, mean looking, seriuosly sexy 7 String Gibson Flying V. With black beauty looks and except the EMGs and woods 58 specs. AND YOU TURN IT INTO THIS MONSTROSITY. My brain hurts and cries. Hopefully someone didn´t butcher another on of these
Any Luthier would be disgusted with the crap that Gibson is selling as a so-called 'premium brand' ... paint chips as well and infills to support the pickup ... Gibson just selling their brand placement with this amateur cobbled together piece of junk ...
Gibson shouldn’t have let that guitar out of the factory. The drill press routes look like something from 7th grade wood shop. Plus it doesn’t even function. I’m a Gibson owner and fan but this is embarrassing.
I had to make some really deep routs for a chair I built in high school woodshop, could only be done with a drill. At least I then used a chisel to smooth them out. Hey, Gibson. My woodworking skills have tanked, so I think I could fit right in at the Mod Shop.
Yeah it looks very rough inside, not much attention to detail or just making it look a bit nicer. It's got that homemade "experiment with trashed guitar I don't care about" look to it.
100% agree with this...the routes on that thing is an absolute hack job. how the hell could a QC worth a damn let that thing pass? but then again, im assuming gibson has an actual QC process...
@@crswro1690 the actual QC process might not let that pass, but this was a meme guitar from the mod shop. still pretty horrendous, but that could be an explaination.
@@cheebsgod meme guitar or not, you expect a certain level of competence in a company that charges what gibson does. i havent even seen chinese amazon guitars hacked up like that.
I think the "Flange go here" is for the extra wide pickguard as the protruding part is called a "flange" in mechanical lingo. Not a 'Phlanger' in electronics.
Scale length and other specs are the biggest issues with all the Gibson 7 strings. People have no problem paying Gibson prices for 7 and 8 string guitars. Companies like Kiesel and Aristides show people will pay top dollar.
@@BenState The problem is that by going thicker, you not only basically have a bass string, but the nut isn't cut wide enough, and the string hangs up making it impossible to keep in tune. The scale length has to be extended.
Glad to see some Gibson 7 string content on your channel. I have a Les Paul Classic 7 string that I love. Interest to see which 7 string model you'll have on here next.
The 7 string Gibson V could have been the monster guitar of all time, except...they refused to adapt, and give it at least a 26 - 26.5 scale length. Jackson was way behind on that also...suspicious, no? Especially for us Drop "A" guys..that 7th string just flops around no matter what gauge you use. Total shame because I would love to have one..ugh!
it's the people buying this crap that refuse to adapt, don't blame the seller for the quality of the product, blame the waterheads that trample over each other to buy it
@@panameadeplm While I agree that people buy things that they don't understand because of hype, marketing, etc, the companies have a reputation, and charge a lot a money for their product, especially Gibson.
@@spikesguitarcamp A brand is not, and must never be, in charge of its own reputation. Brands have advertisements. At least, that is how things were once upon a time. Reputation is something created by the people that interact with the things the brand creates. Brands today no longer have reputations, they have worshippers. For some absolutely inexplicable reason, people now think that brands and companies should just always make the best products possible, regardless of what consumers end up buying, because apparently we live in Star Trek times and the economic foundations of supply and demand no longer exist. People seem to think that it doesn't matter what products you put money into, the end result must always be positive, because corporations are inherently good and their purpose is to make the world a better place, and not earn a profit, apparently. It's funny. Case in point: Gibson's reputation right now is "overpriced junk built by undedicated, irreverent workers whose main purpose is to be resold for a profit at a later time moreso than being a musical instrument." That is one side, and the other side is your retired dad or your 13 year old cousin saying "Gibson is the only brand that makes _real_ guitars, man." I can charge a million dollars for this morning's turd, that doesn't mean anything. The problem is if people start lining up to buy it. I can't sell a painting if I'm too busy making money selling my literal shit, because that would mean I'm losing money. That's why I don't blame Gibosn, or Apple, or insert clothing brand here, I blame the uneducated consumer and the way they irresponsibly spend their capital on the worst things money can buy, based on attention seeking and corporate spirituality. Yes, Gibson should not ever sell actual garbage like the guitar featured in this video. But it's not Gibson's fault that people want to buy garbage. Gibson does not have a duty to society to earn less money by educating me on what I should spend my money on. Society has a duty to itself to not be idiotic.
I have the original '58 Gibson 7 string V, and it is a monster of a guitar. Compared to my other 7 strings with full scale length (to include a Schecter 26.5"), it sounds and plays fantastic. Factory recommended string gauge is 59-10, a heavier gauge is even tighter for drop A. I was thinking about doing a review of it since apparently there are no good ones on RUclips..
If it hadn’t been documented that it is a Gibson mod-shop guitar, you’d think that was done by some hack in his garage. And you’d be certain when the electronics didn’t work that it was some EVH-inspired amateur who had made it. Then that DJEMO plate…!!! Cool if you’re 15, but it looks sloppy for something coming out of a professional workshop. Was it Take Your Kid To Work-Day?
If the thing works when you flex the pickguard, that leads me to believe that there's probably a cold solder joint between the pots, likely one of the capacitor leads. Try re-flowing all the solder joints real quick before you send her off. I'd hate to see it get injured in shipping for something that's likely a simple home fix.
Dude!!!! I suscribed because of that 7 string Gibson video you did, I "politely" asked why you didnt make a demo about it Now after like 4 years you doing it! Respect
The problem with kill "button" vs. kill switch is that with the button you can only play the "off" on the beat, whilst with a "lever" switch you can put it in "off" position and play the "on" on the beat, like the intro to "Delivering The Goods" by Judas Priest. They played it with a Gibson SG or V with the neck volume at zero and using the normal switch as a kill switch.
They used Forstner bits on a drill press to "rout" that out. Telltale circular patterns with a centering dip. I would have followed it up with a trim router to clean it up a bit, but yeah...it works. Honestly, with the added problem of the tone pot being wonky and the questionable pickup wiring, it kind of looks like a garage mod, not a factory mod. I wish I was closer to ya, I'd clean that up for free, just cause it deserves to be helped. Adding a second pickup would not only require more woodworking and clean-up, but also causes the problem of having to add back a 3 way switch to the whole mess (probably at the cost of the kill button).
yeah the drill press shocked me, like I always clean my drill pressing with a hand router, and i'm only doing mods for myself and i'm 15, it does not take that long to take a router to clean up your work
I dream in playing and owning a 7 string on day, this flying V's and explorers are awesome looking, I can't help but imagine all of the possibilities it has, you can make all these chords sound humongous and have riffs just plain brutal and heavy to having the treble strings in hand for mixing this cords, the only band that comes to mind when I think of this style of playing is revocation, recommend a lot their song Labyrinth of eyes, such an awesome solo
I'm not sure that words exist to properly describe the true atrociousness of this thing. I'm all for unusual (albeit "unique and possibly unsightly") instruments but this thing is absolutely Lovecraftian. I might not sleep for weeks.
Beware of brown Jenkin, the Witch's familiar! Lol. Just watched a cool Lovecraft story about a little rat with a human face who attacked babies. You know, a break from the horror of the mainstream news.
I live in France, and I bought the Epiphone version Flying V - 7 Strings for 300€ in 2001 at my local guitar shop. I turned it "full black" (tuners, pickguard, ....) and it looks very very nice !!
I'm not a fan of Flying V's, but being a 7-string makes all the design elements work, and the headstock looks especially cool. Too bad regarding the electronics. Could be a grounding problem or cold solder joint. Good the Warranty is still in effect. Shout out to Pacifica Guitars for sending you the guitar. 👍😎
Steinberger gearless tuners don’t seem to be manufactured anymore, I’ve been looking for a chrome set for months to no avail. After watching this episode I figured it would spark a little interest in them so I had to pull the trigger on the only full set I could find on the internet which are black.
The Buckethead lp, the king of baritones? I hope you get your hands on either an old Squier Jazzmaster baritone, or a Gretsch 5260(?) baritone. Those things go *low*, and are absolutely stupid for metal, despite neither being a particularly "metal" guitar from the spec sheet, aside from the scale length
@@Trog y'know, worst part about that is- not only did I forget you did that video, but I even commented on it when I first saw it. My bad, but I still disagree on the Buckethead being the king of baritones. All the same, take care, man
I plan on my next guitar being a baritone. Just not sure what model I want it to be kind of leaning towards a Telecaster but if something else catches my eye first like a decent SG or Stratocaster who knows. To bad the Wilshire or the Crestwood isn't offered as a baritone. That's actually what I'm interested in after I get my Casino. I like how they put that string up top. Only thing I see if you'd do something similar on a LP is the Gibson logo would have to move where you'd usually have Les Paul model and Les Paul would have to be either left off or put on the truss rod cover. Though I thing that tuning key would look like a zit on a forehead . If Gibson really had to put something other than a round input jack plate they should've gone with a diamond shaped one. Or install it on the side the wing. I always wondered why they didn't put the input a off the side the wing but at an angle 10 or 15 degrees from parallel. Isn't there a model or brand of guitar named Pacifica. As far as that rout by the neck they ssf should've put a pickup there. Maybe routed space in the cavity below the bridge to move the controls back towards the tip of the wing and installed the flanges below the pickups . Would save a little room using the space where the volume would be if the put one of those switched pots to activate the flanger. Or get a switch off alone away from the kill switch. The kill switch obviously was working quite well since everytime you put down the pickguard you loss signal. I wonder why they didn't put tuners like a firebird has. Don't know if it's the strings or drop D or a combination that guitar sounds pretty heavy. A good friend who can play anything he sets his mind to has a 7 string but his tones n most of what he plays aren't as deep.
I seen a guitar I think you did last week. The pickups were swaped out. They had a red and blue color by the leg. They are "WCR Guitar pickups". I had a set of "crossroads" in a LP. Very nice stuff.
I need more trogly 7 string riffs in my life. I also like how you quickly figured out what every other guitarist (myself included) does when they get a 7 string. Drop A Gang
Also a tip for the future if you're struggling with wiring issues - you can test the pickup and wiring by playing music from your phone and holding it over the pickup while it's plugged into an amp. Means you don't have to go taking strings on and off, but you can still hear the volume knob and tone knob doing their thing when you twist em around.
@@AppaBoy Yep, I do that while I'm at the bench but if I'm totally wiring stuff from scratch with some more fancy options like phase, DTB, series/parallel, splitting, or some combination thereof it's a fun way to just be extra sure it all works without spending extra time on stringing up and down.
Want a effect pedal inside easy to do first find a mini one ya like. Remove from its housing i would use a homemade riser block to fit it in securely. Run the battery box wires to the power side wire up the signal in an out to an from the jack plate. Rewire a on off switch to pedal an add to the pick guard test out for issues an boom built in effect lol. Should be big enough for a mini one of your choice an if your feeling extra. Add a connector to the switch an power and jack connectors make the riser block swappable an mock up multiple pedals for more tone opportunities. LoL
I have an original '58 style Gibson 7 string V. This thing looks like they took all the remaining factory botched/damaged bodies from the original 7 string run and let kids throw these together for a quick promo.
I like it alot. Had a couple of 7 strings over the years. I'm not into Djent metal or even old Korn or any of that, I just really like having that low B on there. I like classic metal, I had fun trying to throw in some lower riffs and such. I thought the original black and gold release from Gibson with the EMG's was quite exciting.
I could be wrong but I think that Seymour Duncan uses green and bare are ground; red and white get soldered together and black goes to either a pickup selector or a slug on the volume or tone if only one pickup is installed with no toggle… yours has the black and red soldered together… could that be part of the grounding out issue?
I really dig those tuners... those came on my Epiphone Firebird Studio model that was a limited run for a few years there. Actually that's a REALLY solid guitar for the price point, and the satin finish is great... just worth noting.
You DID used to be able to buy the original Steinberger Gearless tuners on StewMac. I bought a set in about 2004 for my Firebird V because l didn’t much like the klunky, heavy old banjo tunes it came with. I think l paid about £100 shipped from the US. They tuned far better and rectified the Firebird’s slight tendency to neck dive. The original Steinbergers were much cooler, too. They didn’t have that ugly T-piece on the front to lock them off, just a knurled collar with a pair of flats you could tighten with a spanner. Just as effective, but far more elegant.
Hey Trogs, have you heard any other demo/mod shop guitars with issues? I bought that lefty Key Lime LP Special about a month back and it has a nasty hiss. I need to get it fixed soon but not really sure where to get it done.
Needs the guy from the Rob Scallon video yelling “DJENT!” In the phone. Those 40-1 tuners are great on my 2015 Firebird… I don’t know why Gibson stopped using them a few years ago because putting regular tuners on moves the tuning pegs over enough to change the string angle.
ill give u a drop a for affort lol. which is the tuning that would be in if u kept the 6 strings standard than tuned the 7 to an a . I generally use ADADGBE for my 7 strings just for a fuller drop D sound. Its a bummer tho because i thought those epiphone versions would be cool to play even tho the scale length is to short. 25 1/2 isnt to bad if u play in standard, but im so use to 27' scale that having that 24 7.25 would feel awkward to me .
I'm by no means an experienced guitar tech but I have installed a couple of Seymour Duncan's in my personal instruments in the last couple of months. In my instances the white and red wires were soldered together and taped off, the black was the "hot" wire and the green and ground wires got gtounded to the back of a pot. Looks like the white wire is used as the "hot" wire here with the black and red taped off. Could that be posing an issue?
Lord DJEMO had to go back to Gibson for repair. I'm hoping he'll come back with the Flanger. We will check in on him again in a future Unboxing Episode
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I’d want it to come back with regular sized knobs also!! Never did see the look and like of those Dinky thingys!! I have a 58’ Epi Amos V and that’s a real keeper that has exploded on the used market!! Love the channel and follow every day!! Trogs
hopefully someone fixes those hacked up route jobs and makes an attempt to get at least some semblance of a strait line on the pick guard...
Austin, it's just a moody guitar - DJ Emo! 🤷
You should a quicky when it comes from Gibson ✌️
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That’s some really cobby workmanship under the pickguard. Not something I would expect from a major manufacturer. The guy who put that together must be a real djerkoff.
Probably no longer working there after this vid!! ✅
@@luthravin4774 Promoted to shop supervisor and given a $20 and hour raise
Pretty crappy routs.
I see what you djid there
Duane D - That ISN'T from a major manufacturer... Whoever took the EMGs out assed that guitar up, and I seriously doubt that was Gibson. A hack has had his hands on that guitar. Gibson would NOT have routed that pickup cavity and under the control pots with Forstner bits, which is what somebody did. Also look at the painter's tape on the pickup wires at the volume pot. Some wannabe "luthier" screwed this thing all to hell... Gibson just got it back and resold it as-is. Djunk.
Imagine you get a elegant, mean looking, seriuosly sexy 7 String Gibson Flying V. With black beauty looks and except the EMGs and woods 58 specs.
AND YOU TURN IT INTO THIS MONSTROSITY.
My brain hurts and cries. Hopefully someone didn´t butcher another on of these
Do they seriously not have a router in the mod shop? Unbelievable that it left the factory without cleaning that rout up. Just, wow.
Any Luthier would be disgusted with the crap that Gibson is selling as a so-called 'premium brand' ... paint chips as well and infills to support the pickup ... Gibson just selling their brand placement with this amateur cobbled together piece of junk ...
over two thousand dollars for this... i don't even blame gibson, i blame the irresponsible bugman consumers
Gibson shouldn’t have let that guitar out of the factory. The drill press routes look like something from 7th grade wood shop. Plus it doesn’t even function. I’m a Gibson owner and fan but this is embarrassing.
Completely embarrassing
I had to make some really deep routs for a chair I built in high school woodshop, could only be done with a drill. At least I then used a chisel to smooth them out. Hey, Gibson. My woodworking skills have tanked, so I think I could fit right in at the Mod Shop.
Yeah it looks very rough inside, not much attention to detail or just making it look a bit nicer. It's got that homemade "experiment with trashed guitar I don't care about" look to it.
Just shows how confident Gibson are that they can sell any piece of junk with their name on the headstock.
Oh my god! That routing and dowling was so roughly done 😩
Do you have that iceman anniversary priced at $100,000 for real
I don't think he's trying to sell it unless he gets a godfather offer
Seriously?!
If I bought that from a chinese ebay seller for 200 bucks, I'd be looking for a partial refund lol. Gibson are just a meme at this point.
100% agree with this...the routes on that thing is an absolute hack job. how the hell could a QC worth a damn let that thing pass? but then again, im assuming gibson has an actual QC process...
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@@crswro1690 the actual QC process might not let that pass, but this was a meme guitar from the mod shop. still pretty horrendous, but that could be an explaination.
@@cheebsgod meme guitar or not, you expect a certain level of competence in a company that charges what gibson does. i havent even seen chinese amazon guitars hacked up like that.
MEMELORD DJIBSON
I think the "Flange go here" is for the extra wide pickguard as the protruding part is called a "flange" in mechanical lingo. Not a 'Phlanger' in electronics.
The only guitars I've ever had troubles with wiring/pots are flying V's, ironically. Sounded good once you got it working.
Scale length and other specs are the biggest issues with all the Gibson 7 strings. People have no problem paying Gibson prices for 7 and 8 string guitars. Companies like Kiesel and Aristides show people will pay top dollar.
Totally agree with you, that 24.75" is problematic if you want to go low.
@@hkguitar1984 I barely tolerate the 25.5" 7s I have
@@BenState 7th string can be too loose feeling if you tune down
@@BenState The problem is that by going thicker, you not only basically have a bass string, but the nut isn't cut wide enough, and the string hangs up making it impossible to keep in tune. The scale length has to be extended.
@@johnevered9640 use bass strings thank me later
Glad to see some Gibson 7 string content on your channel. I have a Les Paul Classic 7 string that I love. Interest to see which 7 string model you'll have on here next.
My guess is tension on the wires between the kill switch and the pots, that’s why flexing it resolves the issue.
Cant believe they turned that gorgeous 7 string V into.... that.
The 7 string Gibson V could have been the monster guitar of all time, except...they refused to adapt, and give it at least a 26 - 26.5 scale length. Jackson was way behind on that also...suspicious, no? Especially for us Drop "A" guys..that 7th string just flops around no matter what gauge you use. Total shame because I would love to have one..ugh!
it's the people buying this crap that refuse to adapt, don't blame the seller for the quality of the product, blame the waterheads that trample over each other to buy it
@@panameadeplm While I agree that people buy things that they don't understand because of hype, marketing, etc, the companies have a reputation, and charge a lot a money for their product, especially Gibson.
@@spikesguitarcamp A brand is not, and must never be, in charge of its own reputation. Brands have advertisements. At least, that is how things were once upon a time. Reputation is something created by the people that interact with the things the brand creates. Brands today no longer have reputations, they have worshippers. For some absolutely inexplicable reason, people now think that brands and companies should just always make the best products possible, regardless of what consumers end up buying, because apparently we live in Star Trek times and the economic foundations of supply and demand no longer exist. People seem to think that it doesn't matter what products you put money into, the end result must always be positive, because corporations are inherently good and their purpose is to make the world a better place, and not earn a profit, apparently. It's funny. Case in point: Gibson's reputation right now is "overpriced junk built by undedicated, irreverent workers whose main purpose is to be resold for a profit at a later time moreso than being a musical instrument." That is one side, and the other side is your retired dad or your 13 year old cousin saying "Gibson is the only brand that makes _real_ guitars, man." I can charge a million dollars for this morning's turd, that doesn't mean anything. The problem is if people start lining up to buy it. I can't sell a painting if I'm too busy making money selling my literal shit, because that would mean I'm losing money. That's why I don't blame Gibosn, or Apple, or insert clothing brand here, I blame the uneducated consumer and the way they irresponsibly spend their capital on the worst things money can buy, based on attention seeking and corporate spirituality. Yes, Gibson should not ever sell actual garbage like the guitar featured in this video. But it's not Gibson's fault that people want to buy garbage. Gibson does not have a duty to society to earn less money by educating me on what I should spend my money on. Society has a duty to itself to not be idiotic.
@@panameadeplm Ok there, settle down Gibson employee..
I have the original '58 Gibson 7 string V, and it is a monster of a guitar. Compared to my other 7 strings with full scale length (to include a Schecter 26.5"), it sounds and plays fantastic. Factory recommended string gauge is 59-10, a heavier gauge is even tighter for drop A. I was thinking about doing a review of it since apparently there are no good ones on RUclips..
That sound demo was metal af with that loose pick guard just hanging there hahaha
Keep up the great work Trogly! Much appreciated!
If it hadn’t been documented that it is a Gibson mod-shop guitar, you’d think that was done by some hack in his garage. And you’d be certain when the electronics didn’t work that it was some EVH-inspired amateur who had made it.
Then that DJEMO plate…!!! Cool if you’re 15, but it looks sloppy for something coming out of a professional workshop.
Was it Take Your Kid To Work-Day?
It looks so much worse than the original. Really terrible "workmanship".
It's just your standard Gibson QA at this point. :-/
Xtra points for just plowing through that playing demo and making it happen, tape and all. 🙌🏼👍🏼❗️
If the thing works when you flex the pickguard, that leads me to believe that there's probably a cold solder joint between the pots, likely one of the capacitor leads. Try re-flowing all the solder joints real quick before you send her off. I'd hate to see it get injured in shipping for something that's likely a simple home fix.
Dude!!!! I suscribed because of that 7 string Gibson video you did, I "politely" asked why you didnt make a demo about it
Now after like 4 years you doing it!
Respect
The problem with kill "button" vs. kill switch is that with the button you can only play the "off" on the beat, whilst with a "lever" switch you can put it in "off" position and play the "on" on the beat, like the intro to "Delivering The Goods" by Judas Priest. They played it with a Gibson SG or V with the neck volume at zero and using the normal switch as a kill switch.
At this point you can just use the pickguard itself as a killswitch
They used Forstner bits on a drill press to "rout" that out. Telltale circular patterns with a centering dip. I would have followed it up with a trim router to clean it up a bit, but yeah...it works. Honestly, with the added problem of the tone pot being wonky and the questionable pickup wiring, it kind of looks like a garage mod, not a factory mod. I wish I was closer to ya, I'd clean that up for free, just cause it deserves to be helped. Adding a second pickup would not only require more woodworking and clean-up, but also causes the problem of having to add back a 3 way switch to the whole mess (probably at the cost of the kill button).
yeah the drill press shocked me, like I always clean my drill pressing with a hand router, and i'm only doing mods for myself and i'm 15, it does not take that long to take a router to clean up your work
I dream in playing and owning a 7 string on day, this flying V's and explorers are awesome looking, I can't help but imagine all of the possibilities it has, you can make all these chords sound humongous and have riffs just plain brutal and heavy to having the treble strings in hand for mixing this cords, the only band that comes to mind when I think of this style of playing is revocation, recommend a lot their song Labyrinth of eyes, such an awesome solo
I'm not sure that words exist to properly describe the true atrociousness of this thing. I'm all for unusual (albeit "unique and possibly unsightly") instruments but this thing is absolutely Lovecraftian. I might not sleep for weeks.
Beware of brown Jenkin, the Witch's familiar! Lol. Just watched a cool Lovecraft story about a little rat with a human face who attacked babies.
You know, a break from the horror of the mainstream news.
A total abomination!! I had to check my calendar thinking maybe 4-1-22
🤣🤣🤣
@@saltpeter7429 A feelgood family story about animals and children? Wholesome!
High School wood shop quality routing is how you know it’s an authentic Gibson and not some overseas knock off.
I live in France, and I bought the Epiphone version Flying V - 7 Strings for 300€ in 2001 at my local guitar shop. I turned it "full black" (tuners, pickguard, ....) and it looks very very nice !!
I wish they made a bass version of those steinberger tuners. I'd put a set on my thunderbird in a heartbeat.
I'm not a fan of Flying V's, but being a 7-string makes all the design elements work, and the headstock looks especially cool. Too bad regarding the electronics. Could be a grounding problem or cold solder joint. Good the Warranty is still in effect. Shout out to Pacifica Guitars for sending you the guitar. 👍😎
I LOVE the Steinberger tuners on my Firebird. I wish they were more affordable. I'd put them on all my guitars if they were.
Steinberger gearless tuners don’t seem to be manufactured anymore, I’ve been looking for a chrome set for months to no avail. After watching this episode I figured it would spark a little interest in them so I had to pull the trigger on the only full set I could find on the internet which are black.
Some of my favorite episodes is when things go wrong and you plow through it anyway. This is why we have duct tape :) Good show!
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
Greg is in the house
Greg in the house
The Buckethead lp, the king of baritones? I hope you get your hands on either an old Squier Jazzmaster baritone, or a Gretsch 5260(?) baritone. Those things go *low*, and are absolutely stupid for metal, despite neither being a particularly "metal" guitar from the spec sheet, aside from the scale length
You're only a search away on the Squier Jazzmasters.
@@Trog y'know, worst part about that is- not only did I forget you did that video, but I even commented on it when I first saw it. My bad, but I still disagree on the Buckethead being the king of baritones. All the same, take care, man
The steinburger appointment is perfect.
YAAAAS!
I plan on my next guitar being a baritone. Just not sure what model I want it to be kind of leaning towards a Telecaster but if something else catches my eye first like a decent SG or Stratocaster who knows. To bad the Wilshire or the Crestwood isn't offered as a baritone. That's actually what I'm interested in after I get my Casino. I like how they put that string up top. Only thing I see if you'd do something similar on a LP is the Gibson logo would have to move where you'd usually have Les Paul model and Les Paul would have to be either left off or put on the truss rod cover. Though I thing that tuning key would look like a zit on a forehead . If Gibson really had to put something other than a round input jack plate they should've gone with a diamond shaped one. Or install it on the side the wing. I always wondered why they didn't put the input a off the side the wing but at an angle 10 or 15 degrees from parallel. Isn't there a model or brand of guitar named Pacifica. As far as that rout by the neck they ssf should've put a pickup there. Maybe routed space in the cavity below the bridge to move the controls back towards the tip of the wing and installed the flanges below the pickups . Would save a little room using the space where the volume would be if the put one of those switched pots to activate the flanger. Or get a switch off alone away from the kill switch. The kill switch obviously was working quite well since everytime you put down the pickguard you loss signal. I wonder why they didn't put tuners like a firebird has. Don't know if it's the strings or drop D or a combination that guitar sounds pretty heavy. A good friend who can play anything he sets his mind to has a 7 string but his tones n most of what he plays aren't as deep.
Every time I heard Trogly say "Djemo", the guy from Norman's Rare Guitars kept popping up in my mind.
I vote for a preamp installation for that pickup route.
kinda metal af at the end demo with the killswitch and cover hanging out
The disappointment was apparent in the tone of your voice throughout this video. You did your best in a bad situation so kudos for that.
That DJEMO pickguard part is hideous…. Other than that I actually like it….. routing at the bridge was also atrocious…. But ya can’t see that
That fiddle is ready for Djemolition imho
I seen a guitar I think you did last week. The pickups were swaped out. They had a red and blue color by the leg. They are "WCR Guitar pickups". I had a set of "crossroads" in a LP. Very nice stuff.
Another Great Video!! Thank you again Trogly!!
I had similar issue on LP custom. The cap was no good. Changed to new cap and was back in business
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I just do what it takes to get the job done/execute, I don’t think I’ve ever sat there and noticed my thumb position on back of neck
Who thinks of that thumb position crap.. mine more top hanger everywhere on the board
I need more trogly 7 string riffs in my life.
I also like how you quickly figured out what every other guitarist (myself included) does when they get a 7 string.
Drop A Gang
Also a tip for the future if you're struggling with wiring issues - you can test the pickup and wiring by playing music from your phone and holding it over the pickup while it's plugged into an amp. Means you don't have to go taking strings on and off, but you can still hear the volume knob and tone knob doing their thing when you twist em around.
How about just tapping on it with a screw driver? I suppose it doesn’t really show off tone pot well but most techs including myself do it
@@AppaBoy Yep, I do that while I'm at the bench but if I'm totally wiring stuff from scratch with some more fancy options like phase, DTB, series/parallel, splitting, or some combination thereof it's a fun way to just be extra sure it all works without spending extra time on stringing up and down.
Looks like a 7th graders wood shop project under the hood there.
Want a effect pedal inside easy to do first find a mini one ya like. Remove from its housing i would use a homemade riser block to fit it in securely. Run the battery box wires to the power side wire up the signal in an out to an from the jack plate. Rewire a on off switch to pedal an add to the pick guard test out for issues an boom built in effect lol. Should be big enough for a mini one of your choice an if your feeling extra. Add a connector to the switch an power and jack connectors make the riser block swappable an mock up multiple pedals for more tone opportunities. LoL
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40:1 !!!😮 that intrigues me greatly.
I have an original '58 style Gibson 7 string V. This thing looks like they took all the remaining factory botched/damaged bodies from the original 7 string run and let kids throw these together for a quick promo.
Epiphone is coming out the Matt Heafy Origins 7-string that will be in 25.5" scale length. You should get one of those when they release.
Yes I am a traditionalist also also but it does look better with there with the plastic on
Love it wish I had one. Closest I got is the mkh 7 string Les Paul epiphone
I like it alot. Had a couple of 7 strings over the years. I'm not into Djent metal or even old Korn or any of that, I just really like having that low B on there. I like classic metal, I had fun trying to throw in some lower riffs and such. I thought the original black and gold release from Gibson with the EMG's was quite exciting.
19k on the JB sounds about right. Longer bobbins = more wire to get around the bobbin = higher resistance.
I could be wrong but I think that Seymour Duncan uses green and bare are ground; red and white get soldered together and black goes to either a pickup selector or a slug on the volume or tone if only one pickup is installed with no toggle… yours has the black and red soldered together… could that be part of the grounding out issue?
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Greetings Holstorr
@@hkguitar1984 hey man. It's another fine day HK.
@@holstorrsceadus1990 It is indeed.
We've just about made it through the week (thank goodness)
Well done Holstorr. Enjoy your Silver Medal for your efforts.
I would buy one of these 7 string Flying Vs
Always love the honesty. Similar experience with my jaguar to the kill switch bud
what a cool V they should make that!
You might try esp/ltd guitars also
I really dig those tuners... those came on my Epiphone Firebird Studio model that was a limited run for a few years there. Actually that's a REALLY solid guitar for the price point, and the satin finish is great... just worth noting.
Trogly’s in the house!!!!
Greetings Ramiro
Well done, you made the podium Ramiro. Congrats on your Bronze Medal brother.
You DID used to be able to buy the original Steinberger Gearless tuners on StewMac. I bought a set in about 2004 for my Firebird V because l didn’t much like the klunky, heavy old banjo tunes it came with. I think l paid about £100 shipped from the US. They tuned far better and rectified the Firebird’s slight tendency to neck dive. The original Steinbergers were much cooler, too. They didn’t have that ugly T-piece on the front to lock them off, just a knurled collar with a pair of flats you could tighten with a spanner. Just as effective, but far more elegant.
This string layout is our of the ordinary lol. Both my 7 string Schecters are offset. But for a Gibson Flying V, this is the only option lol
Ty for the more extended range stuff more plz 🙏
Why did you interpret “flange” for flanger?
7 string baritone Flying V? Yeah; talk to Devin Townsend about that…
What's with the 6mm bridge posts?
awesome!!! please do more 7strings trogly!
Do a Mike Ness signature that was just released..
That was a very fender looking “f” in the word flanger. Lol
419mm wing span is regular, at least mine has the same measurments ;)
Hey Trogs, have you heard any other demo/mod shop guitars with issues? I bought that lefty Key Lime LP Special about a month back and it has a nasty hiss. I need to get it fixed soon but not really sure where to get it done.
isnt it red/white together on duncans?
Needs the guy from the Rob Scallon video yelling “DJENT!” In the phone. Those 40-1 tuners are great on my 2015 Firebird… I don’t know why Gibson stopped using them a few years ago because putting regular tuners on moves the tuning pegs over enough to change the string angle.
I’m not a metal guy, but this demo rocks Austin! 🤩
What brand does the baritone better..?
I don’t know what djemo is but it did look better with it off
That is good ol’ american craftsmanship right there...nice job Gibson!!!!!
Matt heafy of Trivium has a AMAZING!!!! 7 string les paul
I love the deep sound
ill give u a drop a for affort lol. which is the tuning that would be in if u kept the 6 strings standard than tuned the 7 to an a . I generally use ADADGBE for my 7 strings just for a fuller drop D sound. Its a bummer tho because i thought those epiphone versions would be cool to play even tho the scale length is to short. 25 1/2 isnt to bad if u play in standard, but im so use to 27' scale that having that 24 7.25 would feel awkward to me .
It’s quirky, collectible, and has a kill switch. Honestly, this guitar just screams Trogly.
Sweet axe. My little hands wouldn't have a chance
I'm by no means an experienced guitar tech but I have installed a couple of Seymour Duncan's in my personal instruments in the last couple of months. In my instances the white and red wires were soldered together and taped off, the black was the "hot" wire and the green and ground wires got gtounded to the back of a pot. Looks like the white wire is used as the "hot" wire here with the black and red taped off. Could that be posing an issue?
Essex Studios.. Eugh..
You did GREAT on this....too bad the electronics were acting up.
Why does that flying V remind me of spinal tap?
I love gibson to death I have 6 les pauls they need better quality control befor they run there name to shit
I want a 9 string guitar. Kinda like Matt pikes. Does anyone know where or who can make one?
Haha the killswitch really would have played a joke on me either, i can imagine that satisfaction when you realized that there wasnt something off😅👍
The Mod Shop Flying V with dangling pickguard! It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
Ironically the floppy pick guard is very punk/metal.