Vending your "V" ...

[Dave W]

Uwe has one, he used to say he didn't like the Ripper pickups in it, I don't know if he's changed his opinion lately.

[barend]

can go back on topic to the Girlie with Gibson, please 

[Highlander]

... but I still want to know about the yellow thing...!

(sorry - a weakness for a Dan Armstrong Plexi that was never realised...)

[uwe]

I've made my peace with Ripper pups in Rippers where - play a Ripper unplugged - the substantial body/long scale neck of the bass has enough authority to still project a good tone with less than forceful pups such as Ripper pups (= castrated mudbuckers that don't sound mudbuckish anymore) invariably are. The "V" has unfortunately none of that authority unplugged, it sounds like a thick piece of damp cardboard. The less than bass-enhancing V shape (the substance of the body is too far away from where the neck meets the body, Flying V guitars don't sound fat either, but midish, they even twang a little), short scale, no mahogany content (neck is maple, body alder, it's a combo that works on a Fender, but not on this bass) and the docile to lame pups all combine to a thoroughly un-alluring sound that is both unfocused and without any punch. Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, it's a well-made bass.

Mine cost me 3.000 bucks way back (or perhaps 2.500, I'm not sure) and - to bend the words of the great Winston C. - "never have I spent so much for so little". Taking this bass out to play always asks for real will power, determination and general German discipline on my side!


PS: Akward to play? No, Flying V basses are generally well balanced (those long wings that go all the way back) and have brilliant upper fretboard access. That they are uncomfortable to play sitting down is a myth too. In fact, if you assume "Spanish guitar position" and put your right knee between the wings, while resting the lower wing on your left leg, I find them more comfortable to play over extended periods of time sitting down than "regular bodied" basses.

[Dave W]

There you have it, folks.... another ringing endorsement of the Gibson V Bass. 

[uwe]

I can't help it!

[Highlander]

Apparently, F3nd3r are having promotional problems...



ps
anything on the yellow plexi yet,,,?

[bobyoung]

can go back on topic to the Girlie with Gibson, please 

Much better topic.

[gearHed289]

... but I still want to know about the yellow thing...!

(sorry - a weakness for a Dan Armstrong Plexi that was never realised...)

Plexi BC Rich. They come up on ebay regularly in a variety of colors.

http://cgi.ebay.com/BC-Rich-Acrylic-Mockingbird-SEE-THRU-FINISH_W0QQitemZ180384037730QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item29ffb9fb62&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|293%3A1|294%3A50

[Highlander]

Cheers Tom...! 

[Freuds_Cat]

Apparently, F3nd3r are having promotional problems...



ps
anything on the yellow plexi yet,,,?

Not a F3n&3r all Ken. Looks like a 70's Japanese. Obviously this company felt they could fill a niche advertising to a different demographic than CBS.

[Dave W]

We are not going to have girlie threads, girls with basses threads or girls with Gibson basses threads, period.

We're not going to get into a situation where our bandwidth gets used up by people who aren't forum members and people who join just to post pics. I saw what happened elsewhere, it's not happening here.

Thank you for your support.

[Freuds_Cat]

Uwe started it!  

[n!k]

hahaha

I am quite positive that that nun is playing an Ampeg BIG STUD bass! What an incredible combo.

[uwe]

Dave ruins everything.  

But how about hunks with stringed instruments, the audience would be more select then = less bandwidth?