A little bird sang to me that ...

uwe · September 29, 2011, 11:20:31 AM

the specs of the upcoming Flying V Bass reissue will be:

Body; Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany (SG Bass profile, Grabber peghead)
Fingerboard: Preciosa

Scale: 30.5" / 20 Frets / Dot Inlays
Finish: Cherry (walnut filler)
Tuners: Chrome Shamrock
Knobs: Black Top Hat w/insert tone/vol
Controls: 2 Vol/ 1 Tone
Pickups: Dual Chrome covered TB Plus
Case: Hardshell V Bass case

Now don't soil your panties because of the chromies, girls! I would have preferred a long scale version, but of course a Flying V longscale is a mammoth bass in length. Maho and TB Plus. A trusted recipe.

Basvarken · September 29, 2011, 11:33:21 AM

So I can add another four pages to the book?

OldManC · September 29, 2011, 12:00:14 PM

That's one step closer to a "vintage" spec bird being put in the lineup...

uwe · September 29, 2011, 12:00:26 PM

Rob, this is just like the Ostfeldzug, with the right hardware (= Dutch bikes) Endsieg is always imminent.

uwe · September 29, 2011, 12:02:10 PM

Quote from: OldManC on September 29, 2011, 12:00:14 PM
That's one step closer to a "vintage" spec bird being put in the lineup...

Isn't there an unrepaired SB still lurking in the Carlston household? You won't get another shortie if you don't tend to that one, I tell you!

OldManC · September 29, 2011, 12:19:03 PM

Even that one is long scale, Uwe. My only shorty is my Triumph. You're right though; I do need to get to that SB some day. Then again, I have another assignment that's even more pressing...

lowend1 · September 29, 2011, 12:21:31 PM

When will Gibson learn that...

Dave W · September 29, 2011, 03:01:55 PM

Quote from: lowend1 on September 29, 2011, 12:21:31 PM
When will Gibson learn that...

They're really not even trying to do that much. They're just throwing TB Plus pickups into it.

Not that I blame them. Sometime in the next couple of years they'll need a hefty defense fund for all the execs.

uwe · September 29, 2011, 07:22:30 PM

Quote from: OldManC on September 29, 2011, 12:19:03 PM
Even that one is long scale, Uwe. My only shorty is my Triumph. You're right though; I do need to get to that SB some day. Then again, I have another assignment that's even more pressing...

Herr Carlston, you know the rule. Without photographic evidence posted here that Donnervogel never even arrived with you so how could you forward it?

And turning on turd: Switching from alder/maple to full maho is more than a cosmetic change and could make a lot of dif on ze litte Vergeltungswaffe, I was never happy with the original wood combo and it was one of the reasons why the Epi Flying V sounded better as that was full (albeit mock)-maho too.

Droombolus · September 30, 2011, 03:02:16 AM

Quote from: OldManC on September 29, 2011, 12:00:14 PM
That's one step closer to a "vintage" spec bird being put in the lineup...

Not necessarily. For all we know they'll put the same PUPs on zee Flying Vee as they put on the SG and the LP Jr. DC Basses......

uwe · September 30, 2011, 03:29:05 AM

I've heard the look of the pups will be new.

lowend1 · September 30, 2011, 05:14:22 AM

Quote from: uwe on September 29, 2011, 07:22:30 PM
And turning on turd: Switching from alder/maple to full maho is more than a cosmetic change and could make a lot of dif on ze litte Vergeltungswaffe, I was never happy with the original wood combo and it was one of the reasons why the Epi Flying V sounded better as that was full (albeit mock)-maho too.

Wasn't the body on the Epi a little thicker as well?

uwe · September 30, 2011, 07:55:51 AM

That I don't know.

Barklessdog · September 30, 2011, 12:00:15 PM

I remember a thread Dave posted in about how a V shaped body does not resonate the same as other bodies, thus the lack lust tone of most v shaped guitars.

I can't think of one v shaped guitar or bass that was ever a sought after tone.

uwe · September 30, 2011, 12:08:30 PM

It's something people want to have chiefly for the look and I'm not counting myself out.