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Epiphone Flying V - Inspired By Gibson

00:00 - Intro 00:27 - A Little History… 02:42 - Specifications 03:35 - Observations 05:58 - Sound Samples Epiphone Flying V - Inspired by Gibson Collection On the bench today is the Epiphone Flying V. The Flying V guitar design falls into the “cool as hell” category of guitars but has horrible ergonomics. I have seen guitar idols from blues to metal play this guitar and make it their own. While playing standing up the guitar is a joy to play. Sitting down in a conventional sitting position and the fit and ease of play is downright horrible and uncomfortable. A little history… Ted McCarty, the President of Gibson in the late 1950s, wanted a line of guitars that would project a more modern Gibson. The design philosophy behind these instruments was to break from the established designs that had not changed in the shape of Gibson guitars really since the company’s beginnings with round bodies. McCarty and his team, including pivotal designer Seth Lover set about designing guitars that reflected the space age. Lover was already known at the time for inventing the PAF humbucker pickup. Lover is credited with sketching the initial rough shape and design for a pointed-body guitar and called it the "Flying V." Once the guitar was released to the market, the initial buyer reception was very negative. The guitar's radical design proved too unconventional for guitarists at the time. As a result, manufacturing quantities were low: records indicate that only 81 Flying Vs were shipped in 1958 and then only 17 in 1959, totaling just 98 instruments for the initial production run. By the end of 1959, sadly the Flying V was discontinued because of poor sales. The real birth of the Flying V took place during the mid-1960s as innovative rock guitarists embraced its unique look and sound. Because of the new interest Gibson reintroduced the Flying V in 1966, with regular production commencing in 1967. Enter Epiphone… The first Epiphone-branded Flying V was the Model 1140 Flying-V, released in 1983. This model was manufactured in Japan. Epiphone had a few sporadic releases of the guitar before finally the Flying V became a sustainable part of Epiphone's lineup starting in 1986. In more recent years, Epiphone has also produced various "Inspired by Gibson" and "Epiphone x Gibson Custom Shop" recreations of the original 1958 Korina Flying V as well as many artist signature models. The guitar we are covering today, the Epiphone Flying V in Ebony from the new Inspired by Gibson Collection recreates the 1958 classic with a mahogany body and a set mahogany SlimTaper C neck. The guitar has the following specifications: • Pair of Epiphone ProBucker humbuckers • CTS pots with period correct wiring • Epiphone Vintage Deluxe 18:1 ratio tuners • Vintage Epiphone logo on the headstock. • Rolled neck • Indian Laurel fretboard • 22 frets • Graph Tech NuBone nut • LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge • String-thru tailpiece The guitar sells brand new for $699. Used the guitar sells for $338 - $552 depending upon condition. Observations… I own two Gibson Flying V guitars, and I have to say by comparison I am very impressed with the Epiphone version of the V. Side by side I am pressed to find any differences beyond the name on the headstock and the poly-based finish. I normally do not collect ebony guitars, but I find that I really like the look of this guitar. It is very classic. The quality of the finish is outstanding. It is funny that the word “classic” comes to mind for me when the design of the guitar originally was intended to project the future. I found no sharp edges on the frets and there are no raised frets that cause fret rocking. The only thing I do not appreciate about the guitar is the Indian Laurel fretboard may have rolled edges, but the surface of the board is really rough to the touch. I plan on a subsequent video where I tape off the guitar (body and pickups) and steel wool the fretboard starting with a course grade of steel wool and working through various grades until I get to 0000 grade. This with some oil should help smooth things out. The guitar weighs in at 7 lbs and 2 ounces or 3.23 kilos. Other than the fretboard being rough the only other thing I needed to do out of the box was to adjust the pickup height. The neck relief, string height, and intonation were all set fine from the factory. It was a very playable guitar out of the box. The electronics are solid and pretty much what I would install in the guitar if I built a harness myself with CTS pots. For what you are paying the pickups are great. I think they have excellent tone, while sounding great both clean as well as driving a distortion or fuzz pedal. To summarize…