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I didn't used to like the Pelham blue on a guitar till I got to see it in person . Maybe its nostalgia but it reminds me of the metallic blue that GM used on some cars like the Corvette in the 60s. When I bought that second SG from you it was the pelham blue. I played the heck out of it of course as I do whenever I get a new guitar. It usually starts out as getting used to a guitar but after playing a guitar for awhile I find little secrets in tine and action which helps me to adjust it to my liking. But the more i played that SG especially plugged in the more i liked it. I am rather picky when it comes to certain things but having had to use a cheap knock off for years gives you a different way to look at decent players to better models. Over heard many people refer to Epiphone as toy guitars and my reply to them is first off all they were in business long before Gibson and Fender. I then remind them that it's a good alternative to spending over $1200 or more on a lot of brands these days . I also challenge them to go in any music store pull any Epiphone or all and try them. I've found several including the SGs I bought from you my Casino, my SJ200 and my Traditional Pro III that debunks the toy guitar statement.
I've got a question I forgot to ask you. Is there any place I can buy a shroud to install in my guitars case. If not what do you think it would be worth if someone could make them? I'm considering trying to make them myself although I only have a little experience sewing. Since the ex used to sew I have gained a little residual knowledge on the subject. Also do you think that would be something that people might be interested in obtaining as further protection in there guitar case?
Scratched glasses, missing knob and several finish flaws (the cavity for the Floyd has visible exposed wood in addition to all the chips and other flaws mentioned), looks like nothing has changed at Gibson, premium price and mediocre workmanship. I've seen $1500 imports with better fit and finish, for that price this guitar should be flawless.
Gibson survives today in name only. Their guitars are easily the worst built in guitars in the +$500 market. Slap a Gibson logo on garbage built guitars and charge $7k. People will buy for the name only.
Not even $1500 guitars, my $250 Ibanez Gio in Blue Chameleon came with absolutely no QC issues. $250 dollars from China with absolutely no problems. It’s a joke what Gibson puts out expecting people not to complain about.
To me the floyd route looks very shallow, so no pulling it up for vai/eddie copying. IMO why would you want to deal with the floyd if you don't want to do that?
Comment section right above you says it's "a garbage paint job and substandard routes". Must be the Fricker crew. Also the point of a Floyd is the locking nut.
That's Gibson's version of "hand made". It's not like PRS or anything like that. Last year I returned a Silverburst Les Paul Custom with a neck that was tilted (too much) laterally, and had orange peeling behind the neck. Polishing compound all over the place. Never buying a new Gibson again, although I obviously love their guitar models and heritage.
Exactly. Or that they think EMG's are just for metal.. My first EMG set was actually the retro active fat 55's, which are regular looking alnico pups. But very versatile and great sounding. After that, and watching a bunch of Ritchie video's I bought my second set which are the 57/66's. I now have like 4 guitars w/ that set in them, they are amazing..
The big picture is that Gibson is focusing on collectible, limited run guitars, which allowed them to significantly raise prices without improving QC. The Gibson of recent years is mostly about peddling poor quality nostalgia.
Bro I bought a 10 k Aussie dollars Gibson Flying V custom shop and my Brett Hinges Epiphone shits all over the Gibson in everything!!! Gibson are EVIL !! They milk money for so called “ custom shop “ but the guitar was very disappointing
ZERO “O” quality control think about this V is a custom shop , scratched sunnies , missing switch button top man seriously! I would never ever again buy a new Gibson
Exactly what I was going to point out. $6,000 Custom Shop guitar with missing pieces, jacked up swag, and binding / paint issues. I'm sorry but that's not acceptable coming straight from the custom shop.
@@cataclysmicconverter - And it's 40 years old! 😅 Ian Hill is one of the very few bassists who have been the sole permanent member in any band, by the way 🙂 And also Steve Harris!
@ryant3600 Yes. We agree that Ritchie is a great guitar player. But he's NOT Glenn Tipton, and he is NOT KK Downing. I could walk into just about any Guitar Center right now and hear "some dude" pick up a guitar and jam out a great rendition of any Judas Priest, AC/DC, or Led Zeppelin song. But they've had 40 years to practice those songs. The Rockstar invented the style and wrote the song. I'm not trolling you. I don't mean to offend you. But this has got to be said. It means EVERYTHING. We love the artist. We appreciate the individual who loves the artist enough to copy their work and play it live. But they're NOT the original.
The more I try to watch anything about Gibson Custom, especially. Everyone overlooks anything that Gibson should have caught at the factory like it's no big deal. Most Custom Guitars start at 5 grand but are usually more than that from Gibson. Paying 5 to 10 grand for anything, it should be absolutely perfect from the factory !! The other problem I have with you and the others doing this is that ya'll will burn Fender and PRS for the most ridiculous things. PRS is by far the best made Guitars available for what you pay. Their quality control is consistent across the range. But Gibson is by far the worst quality control for anything they make. I mean, the weight alone is almost a 2 and a half lbs different on Les Paul's alone. That's ridiculous in anyone's mind for woodworking. I saw a few more things that you didn't mention about this guitar. I do like the information you provide and the knowledge about Gibson you share. But dude, you need to start getting stronger with Gibson about their quality control because this shouldn't be passed. Gibson standard stuff is much worse.
I wanted so bad to have a Gibson but changed my mind after seeing so many flaws in their workmanship! Bought a new Jerry Cantrell Epiphone Wino for $1200 and couldn't be happier! It is a great guitar!
There are other EMGs that use covers similar to those (my Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid C-1 EMG 66 and 57 have those covers), also that F on the bridge PU isn't for "front" but most likely for F spaced.
Another $7000 Gibson release riddled with finishing flaws. $499 Ibanez guitars don't get finishes this poor. It's a shame the Epiphone Faulker goes for like $3000 used now.
You'd be better off with an Ibanez. And if you want a V styled guitar Epiphone got you covered. Despite it supposedly being Gibson's budget brand they're somehow much higher quality than the actual Gibsons. Jackson have got awesome King Vs you can get for under $600 and Schecters may be a bit pricey with over $1000 they're still not nearly as high as a Gibson and their quality is miles better than a Gibson.
$499 Ibanez guitars don’t have nitro finishes and are made in China by workers who get paid a pittance. Not excusing poor quality control, but that’s a poor comparison.
@@haggismcmutton4702 They're made in Indonesia and why would I want an inferior finish that only gets put on Gibson and Fender custom shop guitars for nostolgia purposes?
Hey Trogly! FYI that little circuit board inside the body in NOT a pre-amp. That's just a bus circuit helping the cables stay nice and neat inside the routes and makes it so you don't have to solder as much, because lead terminations can be secured with a screw inside their designated hole.
Love the idea, and the Guitar, if the quality control would have existed👎 For that kind of 💰 this should be Flawless, and come with a lot more! IMHO! Get with it GIBSON!
Lifelong Priest fan here (since 1978). Really happy that Richie finally started getting the love from the fans, and that Gibson thinks enough of his selling power to do a custom shop version. Amazing guitar. Maybe a bit too much for me - now if it had a '67 pickguard and a factory Kahler.... haha. Congrats Richie
I love the story of the Flying V. They wanted a futuristic guitar, and when they released it, no one liked it. Then 20 years later people were like "hey those were cool, bring them back"
After this guitar was revealed I took a look at the Epiphone models thinking maybe they'd still be around the $1100 price point. They've shot up to freakin $3000 and up to $4000 now. Still, I do love this blue one! Maybe they can do more fun colors for this model in the future, I'd love to see a similar "bright" metallic purple on one
How is it that Gibson is the only maker of $7k guitars that hasn't figured out how to get a finish flush with the binding? My 335 is the same. Got it used for cheap, absolutely would not accept that on a brand new instrument at this price.
@@cataclysmicconverter 8:25 Referring to the trim cavity, he said “The route on the top they did a very nice job.” And he complimented to work on the other cavities also. I have no idea what video you’re watching. I have a feeling you’re just making this up to rip onGibson for no reason.He didn’t take the tram out so you don’t even see the inside of the cavity. Only the back of it and it looks perfect.
@@216trixie He clearly noted there was a chip missing in the rear cavity, although it was finished and didn't matter much. But it does go to show that the manufacturing maybe is not quite up to the standards you'd expect from an instrument approaching $7k.
Last week, I saw Richie with Elegant Weapons in Amsterdam, supporting PanterA on their European tour. Great player, tasty riffs, cool personality - and this guitar is a beast. My favorite artist model in quite a while
I got a Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid from Sweetwater that was 1/5 the price and FLAWLESS. Schecter’s workmanship destroys Gibson. What happened to this company? They used to be the top dog!
Really regretting not getting the Epiphone version because it was really sweet and Epi hadn't quite gotten to the prices they are charging now for signature models. I've seen them listed for up to $4k. I hope they bring those back. But wait, what? No signature on the Gibson COA? The Epi's COA was signed by Richie.
I have the orginal Epi V and I absolutely love it. Despite many qc issues it is still one of my favorite, mainly bc of its well designed features: 58V body shape, floyd rose bridge, comfy neck, output jack on top wing and emg 57/66 pickups. I liked it so much that I started looking for a backup a year later but the price kept going up like crazy. The closest thing is a dean V but that is sadly no more (and I hate the headstock). I'm not a diehard fan of Mr. RF but he somehow designed my dream guitar.
I played a 8,000 Gibson CS LP once and it had the same paint raised along the entire body and neck binding.. It felt so horrible and poorly done. IMO its bad craftsmanship from Gibson especially on a guitar that costs this much. Regardless if they spray a color on to thick or not, That should not be like that. All the chips and finish issues on this, WOW! What a shame, because this is such an awesome looking V.
I'd be raising hell if I paid that much for a guitar (which would never ever happen) and it arrived in this condition. Gibson can surely afford to hire some compitent QC emplayees, for what they charge for their CRAP.
Maybe the biggest QC issue I noticed, and I look for when purchasing a guitar. The low and high E strings don't run evenly along the length of the fretboard. The low E string runs close to the edge of the fretboard that string slippage on the low E could happen. At 1:09 of the video you can pause and notice this as well as other sections of the video. The high E is high up on the fretboard . A touch off is fine, but that looks more than I like to see in a guitar.
A good-looking guitar, but a $6999 Custom Shop with enough flaws to warrant return and resale as a B-stock? That they couldn't even take the time to remove the buffing compound speaks volumes.
Lazy scratched finish and missing switch tips. And at a whopping $7000. This is completely unacceptable. And the Epiphone version while has gone up in price is much better and still less than the half the price of this piece of garbage.
Funny how if a $200 Firefly guitar that has a missing a toggle tip or a paint chip and it's absolute garbage but a $7000 Gibson with those flaws and everything is ok.
all the case candy in the world ain’t justifying that price tag. nice guitar though would’ve been better if it was the 60s style instead of the korina style or the 70s style
trogly is way to forgiving , he is paying what people pay for cars or like 4 months plus rent and he is like oh just a finish chip and the headstock paint is sloppy you can tell he is a dealer and has no plans on ownership of it , its just a piece of inventory , for a regular person buying this to own thats unacceptable levels of quality control and it would be nice if you looked at this from the buyers perspective sometiime dude no one i mean no one is overlooking that so casually after dropping 7+ grand it really makes you seem totally disconnected from the average person.
Wow. $7,000. They saw an Epiphone went for $3,000 at the highest...so they HAVE to 2x that...and add $1,000 for some reason....100 of those pick tins CAN'T be cheap? Sorry to be one of these guys, but damnit Gibson...DAMNIT! Your not doing yourself ANY favors. They need to stop with these 50/50 (looks good from 50 feet going 50 mph) guitars for ridiculously high prices and such low quality. Edit: Frickster would have a FIELD DAY with that....so forgiving that man...
I think a metal grommet from the flag might have been rubbing against the lens of the sunglasses. See if Gibson will replace that. Edit: medium compound is usually red, so seeing pink it might be a bit of that and the white fine compound. (Heavy compound isn’t really the best idea for guitars (or cars), you can rip the finish right off.)
Honestly... I see so many workmanship issues on such an expensive guitar that it makes me wonder about Gibson's quality control... are they letting it go again yet? :(
Sounds good. Since they are only doing 100 units, I think it would have been nice to have the artist’s signature in the booklet. I got limited run, Apple phone signature model… Where they did 200 units and I got the signature in the booklet. I think the photo was signed.
sounding good "electric eye". love to see the metal trog guy version. looks good on ya. can we convert you into a metalhead? afterall it`s all just a mash of blues, rock, pop, punk, with a touch of jazz, classical, sometimes hip hop, funk, soul, techno, etc... whatever you like, with higher output equipment and whammy bars. that`s metal. and that`s why i love it, along with infinite other reasons.
Sorry, I have to comment... Am I the only one who noticed how poorly the pickguard is fitted to the body for $6000?! Look at the uneven gaps on either side of the Floyd Rose. Look at the uneven gaps at the top of the pickguard near the neck pickup between the pickguard edge and the body binding on both sides. Look at the uneven gaps near the bottom points in relation to the body binding again. Unbelievable and mind blowing for $6000. I couldn't live with that. No way. 😲🤬
Never ever ever remove your locking nut if the guitar has top screws installation. If you do, you risk enlarging the hole if they are not tightened correctly and you will end up fucking up the entire floyd system, and that shit is a MAJOR repair.
I'm sure it's a nice guitar and Richie Faulkner may also be a nice guy, but everything about him is copied from KK Downing including his look. This V is a take on the Hamer Vector KK Downing has. Being a Judas Priest fan since the 70's, it's disappointing to see it. We don't see Andy Sneep playing an SG or a Hamer GT and wearing red leather pants.
You think Richie is KK's clone because... he plays a Flying V and has blond hair? So was Randy Rhoads also a copy of KK? Or Michael Schenker or all the other dudes with blond hair and Flying Vs?
@@Duevel Come on bro, Randy Rhoads and Michael Schenker didn't replace KK Downing. They both had/have their original music and style. Put a picture of Richie Faulkner and KK Downing side by side and please tell me who had the look, style, and music first?
Just got hold of the Epiphone V … is this Gibson version really that much better? Normally you’d say of course but the flaws shown here never justify the multiply by 7 price. I’d love to see a side by side comparison.
It's an acquired taste. I don't findn the effect to be worth the trouble and time to set it up. Although I am the type who has multiple guitars set up for different applications I still am constantly changing tunings on the current one I play. That and changing string size and hell even BRAND can mean a complete set up.
@@leviathan_is_me yeah thats why i never bothered, for the amount and the way i use trem a non locking system is fine, i only really use it to shimmer chords once in a while, no divebombing stuff.
@@elevenAD So you should consider a Wilkinson.... I myself have 2 guitars with a Floyd Rose - a Charvel Predator and a Carvin Ultra V. Back in the days, there also was a Washburn "Superstrat" with crackle finish (red-black)...
@@martinkasper197 BITD i had a Washburn Super Strat! Metallic Blue, it had a huge trem system called a wonder bar! First real guitar i ever owned! good memories! and yeah one of the guitars im thinking of buying now has a Wikinson, i think they would work fine for me!
Nice flying V, but I'd prefer the single side pickguard on Brett Hinds' signature etc. Did you measure body thickness? I'm very curious about the thickness of different flying v versions :-)
I wish that was a blue->white burst instead of a giant pickguard but I like the other features quite a bit. The binding really looks great. I’ve never been a Judas Priest fan despite being a metalhead but I do own 3-flying V’s.
Q C problems still not sorted .Gibson not bothered as people still keep buying expensive guitars with shoddy workmanship.Throw in some cheap case candy and all will be well.
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This is a Cool V! More features than I personally need though haha
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I didn't used to like the Pelham blue on a guitar till I got to see it in person . Maybe its nostalgia but it reminds me of the metallic blue that GM used on some cars like the Corvette in the 60s. When I bought that second SG from you it was the pelham blue. I played the heck out of it of course as I do whenever I get a new guitar. It usually starts out as getting used to a guitar but after playing a guitar for awhile I find little secrets in tine and action which helps me to adjust it to my liking. But the more i played that SG especially plugged in the more i liked it. I am rather picky when it comes to certain things but having had to use a cheap knock off for years gives you a different way to look at decent players to better models. Over heard many people refer to Epiphone as toy guitars and my reply to them is first off all they were in business long before Gibson and Fender. I then remind them that it's a good alternative to spending over $1200 or more on a lot of brands these days . I also challenge them to go in any music store pull any Epiphone or all and try them. I've found several including the SGs I bought from you my Casino, my SJ200 and my Traditional Pro III that debunks the toy guitar statement.
I've got a question I forgot to ask you. Is there any place I can buy a shroud to install in my guitars case. If not what do you think it would be worth if someone could make them? I'm considering trying to make them myself although I only have a little experience sewing. Since the ex used to sew I have gained a little residual knowledge on the subject. Also do you think that would be something that people might be interested in obtaining as further protection in there guitar case?
Your quite the guitar player these days Trog!
Hmmmm....lots of sloppy work on a $7000 guitar!!!
Agreed. Chips, substandard routes, and unfinished painting really hurts the eyes. I really like Gibsons, but they don’t like me.
it will hold its value and that's what matters to the people buying them. it sounds awesome too.
the shitty paint work and mistakes and general I don’t give a shit because I’m getting paid 14 bucks an hour is what makes it “authentic”
I’d trip just about missing toggle tip 🤠 no attention to detail QC?
They're not flaws, they're features 😅.
What’s the riff he plays at 16:18
Electric eye
Scratched glasses, missing knob and several finish flaws (the cavity for the Floyd has visible exposed wood in addition to all the chips and other flaws mentioned), looks like nothing has changed at Gibson, premium price and mediocre workmanship. I've seen $1500 imports with better fit and finish, for that price this guitar should be flawless.
Gibson survives today in name only. Their guitars are easily the worst built in guitars in the +$500 market. Slap a Gibson logo on garbage built guitars and charge $7k. People will buy for the name only.
It’s extremely disappointing to pay a premium for a name brand instrument and get mediocre quality control. Jesus get your shit together!
Not even $1500 guitars, my $250 Ibanez Gio in Blue Chameleon came with absolutely no QC issues. $250 dollars from China with absolutely no problems. It’s a joke what Gibson puts out expecting people not to complain about.
My squier came with less issues lol
Found and played one today. Beautiful guitar, played great and didn't see any obvious flaws but could never justify the $7,500 price tag on it.
To me the floyd route looks very shallow, so no pulling it up for vai/eddie copying. IMO why would you want to deal with the floyd if you don't want to do that?
@@rahulmenon4357 I don't recall Eddie having his routed, I only remember his floyds being on the body. I have one and it's not routed.
Comment section right above you says it's "a garbage paint job and substandard routes". Must be the Fricker crew.
Also the point of a Floyd is the locking nut.
@@rahulmenon4357You do realize a Floyd has adjustable spring tension right? Austin set it up that way.
Past a certain point a lot of the tone you're hearing can be replicated with the right pickups and amp combo.
did they charge you extra for the relic'd glasses?
You dropped the glasses at 4:24, maybe that's where the scratched came from?
If I was Richie I’d demand to talk to somebody about the quality control on my guitars.
That's Gibson's version of "hand made". It's not like PRS or anything like that. Last year I returned a Silverburst Les Paul Custom with a neck that was tilted (too much) laterally, and had orange peeling behind the neck. Polishing compound all over the place. Never buying a new Gibson again, although I obviously love their guitar models and heritage.
Exactly
@@lars667buy heritage guitars. Not Gibson
@@ascension6699 Yes good point. However, I started making my own guitars 🤣
It honestly astounds me how many people think that EMGs ONLY come in a black plastic cover.
Exactly. Or that they think EMG's are just for metal.. My first EMG set was actually the retro active fat 55's, which are regular looking alnico pups. But very versatile and great sounding. After that, and watching a bunch of Ritchie video's I bought my second set which are the 57/66's. I now have like 4 guitars w/ that set in them, they are amazing..
Yes, it's a long time since they started with all kinds of covers.
Probably scratched the glasses when they fell out of the pendant at 4:24
The big picture is that Gibson is focusing on collectible, limited run guitars, which allowed them to significantly raise prices without improving QC. The Gibson of recent years is mostly about peddling poor quality nostalgia.
Bro I bought a 10 k Aussie dollars Gibson Flying V custom shop and my Brett Hinges Epiphone shits all over the Gibson in everything!!! Gibson are EVIL !! They milk money for so called “ custom shop “ but the guitar was very disappointing
ZERO “O” quality control think about this V is a custom shop , scratched sunnies , missing switch button top man seriously! I would never ever again buy a new Gibson
How the hell is there buffing compound left on a guitar at this price point
Gibson is lagging... Fucked up glasses and missing knob.. For a high end company I expect more
Exactly what I was going to point out. $6,000 Custom Shop guitar with missing pieces, jacked up swag, and binding / paint issues. I'm sorry but that's not acceptable coming straight from the custom shop.
I must be getting old! I still associate "Judas Priest Flying V" with the K.K. Downing signature Vector model by Hamer! 😅
Exactly 🤘
@@cataclysmicconverter - And it's 40 years old! 😅 Ian Hill is one of the very few bassists who have been the sole permanent member in any band, by the way 🙂 And also Steve Harris!
@@cataclysmicconverter Then you're missing out on some incredible tunes. Ritchie is a beast of player..
@ryant3600
Yes. We agree that Ritchie is a great guitar player.
But he's NOT Glenn Tipton, and he is NOT KK Downing.
I could walk into just about any Guitar Center right now and hear "some dude" pick up a guitar and jam out a great rendition of any Judas Priest, AC/DC, or Led Zeppelin song.
But they've had 40 years to practice those songs.
The Rockstar invented the style and wrote the song.
I'm not trolling you.
I don't mean to offend you.
But this has got to be said.
It means EVERYTHING.
We love the artist.
We appreciate the individual who loves the artist enough to copy their work and play it live.
But they're NOT the original.
@@TheErik249 He isn't even trying to be KK or Glenn. He's Richie, and he has his own style.
You dropped the sunglasses as you revealed the flag hence why they are scrached.
no, dropping to soft carpet doesn't scratch them like that. They had to of rubbed against something in the case
You can hear the glasses hit the floor in the video.
That scratch looks deliberate, accidental scratching would be more random and not so deep.
The more I try to watch anything about Gibson Custom, especially. Everyone overlooks anything that Gibson should have caught at the factory like it's no big deal.
Most Custom Guitars start at 5 grand but are usually more than that from Gibson.
Paying 5 to 10 grand for anything, it should be absolutely perfect from the factory !!
The other problem I have with you and the others doing this is that ya'll will burn Fender and PRS for the most ridiculous things.
PRS is by far the best made Guitars available for what you pay. Their quality control is consistent across the range.
But Gibson is by far the worst quality control for anything they make.
I mean, the weight alone is almost a 2 and a half lbs different on Les Paul's alone.
That's ridiculous in anyone's mind for woodworking.
I saw a few more things that you didn't mention about this guitar.
I do like the information you provide and the knowledge about Gibson you share.
But dude, you need to start getting stronger with Gibson about their quality control because this shouldn't be passed.
Gibson standard stuff is much worse.
I wanted so bad to have a Gibson but changed my mind after seeing so many flaws in their workmanship!
Bought a new Jerry Cantrell Epiphone Wino for $1200 and couldn't be happier! It is a great guitar!
The only music RUclipsr I ever see call out Gibson for what they truly are is Glenn from SpectreSound.
@@trendwave5615I've been really curious about that guitar as a long time fan of both AIC and his solo albums... How does it play?
I would highly recommend NOT keeping the original battery in the case after it dies. The acid will seep out and make a mess!
This dude makes SO many excuses for Gibson!!!
Not excuses - just no need to get all upset about it. I just document the guitar
There are other EMGs that use covers similar to those (my Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid C-1 EMG 66 and 57 have those covers), also that F on the bridge PU isn't for "front" but most likely for F spaced.
Another $7000 Gibson release riddled with finishing flaws. $499 Ibanez guitars don't get finishes this poor.
It's a shame the Epiphone Faulker goes for like $3000 used now.
You'd be better off with an Ibanez. And if you want a V styled guitar Epiphone got you covered. Despite it supposedly being Gibson's budget brand they're somehow much higher quality than the actual Gibsons. Jackson have got awesome King Vs you can get for under $600 and Schecters may be a bit pricey with over $1000 they're still not nearly as high as a Gibson and their quality is miles better than a Gibson.
$499 Ibanez guitars don’t have nitro finishes and are made in China by workers who get paid a pittance.
Not excusing poor quality control, but that’s a poor comparison.
@@haggismcmutton4702 They're made in Indonesia and why would I want an inferior finish that only gets put on Gibson and Fender custom shop guitars for nostolgia purposes?
Hey Trogly! FYI that little circuit board inside the body in NOT a pre-amp. That's just a bus circuit helping the cables stay nice and neat inside the routes and makes it so you don't have to solder as much, because lead terminations can be secured with a screw inside their designated hole.
Love the idea, and the Guitar, if the quality control would have existed👎
For that kind of 💰 this should be Flawless, and come with a lot more! IMHO!
Get with it GIBSON!
Couldn't agree more!!
When dropping that kind of coin there should be absolutely NO QC issues.
Lifelong Priest fan here (since 1978). Really happy that Richie finally started getting the love from the fans, and that Gibson thinks enough of his selling power to do a custom shop version. Amazing guitar. Maybe a bit too much for me - now if it had a '67 pickguard and a factory Kahler.... haha. Congrats Richie
This Gibson sells under Judas Priest brand but he uses it for Elegant Weapons. They couldn't justify 7000$ if yhe logo was a EW instead of JP.
@@RobSinner He uses it for Judas Priest since the tour start in 2021.
Im sorry but i genuinely laughed out loud when i saw that massive chip under the locking nut. 7 grand guitar my ass hahaha
Honestly. Id be mad if it was a $700 guitar.
I love the story of the Flying V. They wanted a futuristic guitar, and when they released it, no one liked it. Then 20 years later people were like "hey those were cool, bring them back"
Haha, they definitely nailed the futuristic look especially for back then.
I like the symmetry of the double pickguard.
Gibson is just a meme at this point. I do like the way it looks, but the utter lack of meaningful qc is just pitiful.
Crazy that for $7K the switch knob would be missing and also that the sunglasses would be scratched. Otherwise, killer rig here 👏👏👏
6k for a guitar and they dont wipe off the buffing remnants...
6000 bucks and you get no switch tip scratched glasses buffing compound everywhere questionable fit and finish wow .
After this guitar was revealed I took a look at the Epiphone models thinking maybe they'd still be around the $1100 price point. They've shot up to freakin $3000 and up to $4000 now.
Still, I do love this blue one! Maybe they can do more fun colors for this model in the future, I'd love to see a similar "bright" metallic purple on one
BS they release early. QC lacking for the $$$. Good review.
Gibson quality is this bad on an $8000 guitar. That's ridiculous.
How is it that Gibson is the only maker of $7k guitars that hasn't figured out how to get a finish flush with the binding? My 335 is the same. Got it used for cheap, absolutely would not accept that on a brand new instrument at this price.
4:25.... gee golly i wonder how those glasses got scratched 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
yeah, falling to soft carpet really scratches glasses...
@@Trogand purchasing a square foot of land on a Scottish manor makes you a lord or a lady, right?... 🤪
Those chips make it a 2nd.
If that one piece mahogany body got deemed a second, how many more pieces of wood can they go grab and start over with? Not an argument, just curious.
Wow, for 7 grand we'll get some chinese made trinkets in a "special bag"?
A fool and his money......
I’m surprised that Gibson cannot route guitars with CNC Machines to higher standards. I see other manufacturers performing better quality control.
Hate to say it but Squier higher end models quality is better then the last few Gibson I’ve seen. Epiphone got em beat on quality control
Why do you say this? These routes were clean according to this video. Trogly complimented them.
I agree, I think even Epiphone and Kramer are doing a better job.
@@cataclysmicconverter 8:25 Referring to the trim cavity, he said “The route on the top they did a very nice job.” And he complimented to work on the other cavities also. I have no idea what video you’re watching. I have a feeling you’re just making this up to rip onGibson for no reason.He didn’t take the tram out so you don’t even see the inside of the cavity. Only the back of it and it looks perfect.
@@216trixie He clearly noted there was a chip missing in the rear cavity, although it was finished and didn't matter much. But it does go to show that the manufacturing maybe is not quite up to the standards you'd expect from an instrument approaching $7k.
Last week, I saw Richie with Elegant Weapons in Amsterdam, supporting PanterA on their European tour. Great player, tasty riffs, cool personality - and this guitar is a beast. My favorite artist model in quite a while
lucky mofo. lol i’m jus waiting for the american tour if it happens.
God trogly will defend gibson over every problem they have with there guitars. Especially at the price points
I got a Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid from Sweetwater that was 1/5 the price and FLAWLESS. Schecter’s workmanship destroys Gibson. What happened to this company? They used to be the top dog!
Really regretting not getting the Epiphone version because it was really sweet and Epi hadn't quite gotten to the prices they are charging now for signature models. I've seen them listed for up to $4k. I hope they bring those back.
But wait, what? No signature on the Gibson COA? The Epi's COA was signed by Richie.
I have the orginal Epi V and I absolutely love it. Despite many qc issues it is still one of my favorite, mainly bc of its well designed features: 58V body shape, floyd rose bridge, comfy neck, output jack on top wing and emg 57/66 pickups. I liked it so much that I started looking for a backup a year later but the price kept going up like crazy. The closest thing is a dean V but that is sadly no more (and I hate the headstock). I'm not a diehard fan of Mr. RF but he somehow designed my dream guitar.
I played a 8,000 Gibson CS LP once and it had the same paint raised along the entire body and neck binding.. It felt so horrible and poorly done. IMO its bad craftsmanship from Gibson especially on a guitar that costs this much. Regardless if they spray a color on to thick or not, That should not be like that. All the chips and finish issues on this, WOW! What a shame, because this is such an awesome looking V.
I'd be raising hell if I paid that much for a guitar (which would never ever happen) and it arrived in this condition. Gibson can surely afford to hire some compitent QC emplayees, for what they charge for their CRAP.
it"s cool but the pickguard....too much plastic on the body
Sloppy work and a missing toggle, and a scratched pair of sunglasses. Poor show Gibson. This is B stock.
Maybe the biggest QC issue I noticed, and I look for when purchasing a guitar. The low and high E strings don't run evenly along the length of the fretboard. The low E string runs close to the edge of the fretboard that string slippage on the low E could happen. At 1:09 of the video you can pause and notice this as well as other sections of the video. The high E is high up on the fretboard . A touch off is fine, but that looks more than I like to see in a guitar.
Missing switch cap... ruined sunglasses..... How wonderfully gibson of them.
Grrr. I just can't get excited about the double pickguard look. Way too much plastic covering what should be beautiful finish.
Curious to know if the glasses were scratched BEFORE you dropped them or after.
At that price you should be getting nothing short of perfection, not sloppy tool work covered over with plastic fittings.
A good-looking guitar, but a $6999 Custom Shop with enough flaws to warrant return and resale as a B-stock? That they couldn't even take the time to remove the buffing compound speaks volumes.
over 7k, but no switch tip and scratched sunglasses. awesome
He dropped the sunglasses.
Lazy scratched finish and missing switch tips. And at a whopping $7000. This is completely unacceptable. And the Epiphone version while has gone up in price is much better and still less than the half the price of this piece of garbage.
Funny how if a $200 Firefly guitar that has a missing a toggle tip or a paint chip and it's absolute garbage but a $7000 Gibson with those flaws and everything is ok.
As an actual player, I’m not interested in any guitar covered in plastic.
Considering you can get far more for your money with much better quality elsewhere, just paying for the Gibson name doesn't cut it anymore.
all the case candy in the world ain’t justifying that price tag. nice guitar though would’ve been better if it was the 60s style instead of the korina style or the 70s style
Considering the price tag, they didn't pay that much attention to details! Just paying for the Gibson logo I guess?
trogly is way to forgiving , he is paying what people pay for cars or like 4 months plus rent and he is like oh just a finish chip and the headstock paint is sloppy you can tell he is a dealer and has no plans on ownership of it , its just a piece of inventory , for a regular person buying this to own thats unacceptable levels of quality control and it would be nice if you looked at this from the buyers perspective sometiime dude no one i mean no one is overlooking that so casually after dropping 7+ grand it really makes you seem totally disconnected from the average person.
Wow. $7,000. They saw an Epiphone went for $3,000 at the highest...so they HAVE to 2x that...and add $1,000 for some reason....100 of those pick tins CAN'T be cheap? Sorry to be one of these guys, but damnit Gibson...DAMNIT! Your not doing yourself ANY favors. They need to stop with these 50/50 (looks good from 50 feet going 50 mph) guitars for ridiculously high prices and such low quality.
Edit: Frickster would have a FIELD DAY with that....so forgiving that man...
Doesn't hold back does he...
@@mark-wh2qc Nope, which is why I like his opinions.
Look is amazing but the finish quality is terrible for a 7k axe 😮
I think a metal grommet from the flag might have been rubbing against the lens of the sunglasses. See if Gibson will replace that.
Edit: medium compound is usually red, so seeing pink it might be a bit of that and the white fine compound. (Heavy compound isn’t really the best idea for guitars (or cars), you can rip the finish right off.)
I love Richie as a player and a person but I find that price insulting!
I would love to see you review and demo a Flying V '98. They're a weird cross between a 58 and a 67 V.
4m25s sunglasses hit the deck. Moments later, "oh look my sunglasses are scratched"
On more time G is not making the job as good as the price deserve it . Sadly
Yeah, this is a hard pass.
7 G's for a V ?
Not just no, but hell no.
Honestly... I see so many workmanship issues on such an expensive guitar that it makes me wonder about Gibson's quality control... are they letting it go again yet? :(
The Pole Pieces on the RF EMG's (which are basically the 57/66) are REAL. They are made different than the typical EMG pickups such as the 81/85.
That pickguard seems little off center
Hi
Btw that's a floyd rose 1000 on it
Thy should make a production model of a 67/70s style V with a Floyd Rose.
they sometimes overspray the binding and then scrape it off
Sounds good. Since they are only doing 100 units, I think it would have been nice to have the artist’s signature in the booklet. I got limited run, Apple phone signature model… Where they did 200 units and I got the signature in the booklet. I think the photo was signed.
What a piece of crap! I have ESP's and have none of these problems. But it's a Gibson. 🙄
ESP has quality control though. Gibson doesn't bother with stuff like that.
Yeah, no, HAHAHAHAHA
Yeah when you contact Gibson for the switch tip, tell them about the glasses were damaged! Awesome piece!
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You made the podium for today and earned a Bronze Medal today Biker Jon.
Trog, look on your floor for the switch tip. Something fell out of the flag when you opened it up.
That was the glasses.
sounding good "electric eye". love to see the metal trog guy version. looks good on ya. can we convert you into a metalhead? afterall it`s all just a mash of blues, rock, pop, punk, with a touch of jazz, classical, sometimes hip hop, funk, soul, techno, etc... whatever you like, with higher output equipment and whammy bars. that`s metal. and that`s why i love it, along with infinite other reasons.
Bb
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Congratulations on climbing to the summit of the Mole Hill and earning a Gold Medal Scott.
@@sgt.grinch3299 Thank you Sgt! Cheers 😃
Sorry, I have to comment... Am I the only one who noticed how poorly the pickguard is fitted to the body for $6000?! Look at the uneven gaps on either side of the Floyd Rose. Look at the uneven gaps at the top of the pickguard near the neck pickup between the pickguard edge and the body binding on both sides. Look at the uneven gaps near the bottom points in relation to the body binding again. Unbelievable and mind blowing for $6000. I couldn't live with that. No way. 😲🤬
He almost had a Van Halen logo on the case!
What a weird place to put the input jack.
75% SS insignia😂
Never ever ever remove your locking nut if the guitar has top screws installation. If you do, you risk enlarging the hole if they are not tightened correctly and you will end up fucking up the entire floyd system, and that shit is a MAJOR repair.
I believe he would heavily modify his guitars in the early days and one of his mods was putting a double pick guard on his guitars.
I'm sure it's a nice guitar and Richie Faulkner may also be a nice guy, but everything about him is copied from KK Downing including his look. This V is a take on the Hamer Vector KK Downing has. Being a Judas Priest fan since the 70's, it's disappointing to see it. We don't see Andy Sneep playing an SG or a Hamer GT and wearing red leather pants.
You think Richie is KK's clone because... he plays a Flying V and has blond hair? So was Randy Rhoads also a copy of KK? Or Michael Schenker or all the other dudes with blond hair and Flying Vs?
@@Duevel Come on bro, Randy Rhoads and Michael Schenker didn't replace KK Downing. They both had/have their original music and style. Put a picture of Richie Faulkner and KK Downing side by side and please tell me who had the look, style, and music first?
Just got hold of the Epiphone V … is this Gibson version really that much better? Normally you’d say of course but the flaws shown here never justify the multiply by 7 price. I’d love to see a side by side comparison.
Imagine spending 7 grand on that quality?
Never played a guitar with a Floyd in my 35 years of playing but man this looks so badass!
It's an acquired taste. I don't findn the effect to be worth the trouble and time to set it up. Although I am the type who has multiple guitars set up for different applications I still am constantly changing tunings on the current one I play. That and changing string size and hell even BRAND can mean a complete set up.
@@leviathan_is_me yeah thats why i never bothered, for the amount and the way i use trem a non locking system is fine, i only really use it to shimmer chords once in a while, no divebombing stuff.
@@elevenAD So you should consider a Wilkinson.... I myself have 2 guitars with a Floyd Rose - a Charvel Predator and a Carvin Ultra V. Back in the days, there also was a Washburn "Superstrat" with crackle finish (red-black)...
@@martinkasper197 BITD i had a Washburn Super Strat! Metallic Blue, it had a huge trem system called a wonder bar! First real guitar i ever owned! good memories! and yeah one of the guitars im thinking of buying now has a Wikinson, i think they would work fine for me!
Nice flying V, but I'd prefer the single side pickguard on Brett Hinds' signature etc. Did you measure body thickness? I'm very curious about the thickness of different flying v versions :-)
I'm not wild about Flying Vs, signature guitars, or blue Gibsons.....BUT...this is a NICE looking guitar.
I wish that was a blue->white burst instead of a giant pickguard but I like the other features quite a bit. The binding really looks great. I’ve never been a Judas Priest fan despite being a metalhead but I do own 3-flying V’s.
Under pickguard rours looks much better on old Epiphone signature, and much different layout of wires and electronics.
I get doin the review, but fuck the 'Artist' version of the Flying V....get ur own 'V' and make a statement ! for....... thousands of $$$ less !
Q C problems still not sorted .Gibson not bothered as people still keep buying expensive guitars with shoddy workmanship.Throw in some cheap case candy and all will be well.
Can't afford one, eh !