Epiphone JIMI HENDRIX Love Drops FLYING V FULL DEMO

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[@jameslonglove]

Great playing! I'm glad you acknowledged that their choice of Indian laurel is unacceptable in a $1500 guitar.

[@AndrewAHayes]

I wont spend another penny with Epiphone until they address the fake Grover Tuner issue, they haven't even commented on it! this speaks volumes!

[@MarkEdward-bl6cr]

Id much rather save a bit more and get a used Gibson for that kind of cash and yes Indian laurel is unacceptable

[@christophervincent8420]

Agreed. Way too much for it.

[@FerminHarris-ms4bq]

Y'all clowns if your deal break is a such insignificant detail as the wood on a fretboard 😂

[@christophervincent8420]

@@FerminHarris-ms4bq it's a deal breaker because $1,500 for an Indian Laurel neckboard is a rip off. They could have used Rosewood easily.

[@fisterroboto1044]

I just had my Gibson Flying V painted in this color scheme (it's a red one though). When the artist handed it back to me they announced this. What a coincidence

[@scottbott8525]

Indian Laurel fretboard. Made in China $1500 That's a hard NO

[@B-DueceTre]

Wow! Sounds awesome, for $1500 I absolutely agree about the use of indian laurel. While I like indian laurel just fine, when I make an investment for this amount I expect Rosewood. The fender american performer has been rosewood, and even the cheapest Gibson Les Pauls as well. Just seems like your getting short changed for this price point. Make it $1000, even $1099 and I may be able to look past it, especially as you pointed out that the PRS SE line & Fender Player II are providing rosewood at a fraction of the cost of this guitar.

[@nic0vide0]

100 percent, stop supporting these expensive guitars with Laurel boards. Everyone else is giving you Rosewood.

[@kennyblackbird5674]

The problem was never with the Maestro Vibrola it's self but with how the nut is cut and being unlubricated.

[@keithconner]

Being a Randy Rhoads fan i love this V.

[@Sig8066]

Great review boys as usual! Fantastic V...too expensive though for an Epi.. I'll by a '67 RI Gibson V and paint it myself Lol

[@GuitarShack]

I have the Epi 63 FBV and the Indian laurel fretboard on mine is pretty dark and looks just like rosewood. It can vary and I’ve seen ones that don’t look like rosewood, but mine actually does. Actually it’s even darker than some of my Les Paul’s. That aside, I agree that Epiphone should be using rosewood on these pricier guitars. Especially since Fender is doing it on the much cheaper player ii series.

[@lisanagel9424]

This is such a cool guitar! It’s the 60’s all over again!

[@tommilitello198]

This has been on GC website for awhile,shown in stock.wondered a couple weeks ago why you tube wasn’t all over it

[@Daedalus33]

The $900 epi Wino has ebony, how is it possible this has indian laurel. Totally unacceptable now

[@sinakaedwards2009]

They should have made the fret board Ebony to make it worth the price tag. I like it looks wise, but I'm a Dave V fan for life.

[@AndrewAHayes]

Dave Vanian of The Damned?

[@sinakaedwards2009]

@@AndrewAHayes Sorry, Dave Mustaine.

[@manelalentorn]

@@AndrewAHayes 🤣

[@Aldo-Music-Channel]

Excellent review 👍 In Australia these are retailing for $3499, I can get a Gibson 70's reissue for similar money, wouldn't fork out that much for an Epiphone.

[@fandangodrive4310]

I refuse to pay for a $1500 guitar made in China

[@Diax1324]

Do you refuse to play a $1500 guitar made in Japan?

[@kennyblackbird5674]

​@@Diax1324I'm sure they have very good luthiers in China but probably not in abundance. Allegedly they use children in their factories???

[@Myfingersstinklikefish]

​@@kennyblackbird5674the Quingdao epiphone facility is completely American owned and operated by Gibson Epiphone USA with American and Asian luthiers so there you go the Chinese crap doesn't cut it epiphone the American owned and operated building sits in the country of China and that's where it ends..a lot of you really need to start researching first before you open your mouth and spew garbage it's so easy to catch you in your garbage it's called a computer and research..

[@billc.3146]

Don't care about the laurel fretboard. It works, it's cosmetically acceptable, and I'd rather have the nicer pickups over a rosewood board. I don't think it's overpriced at all. And at $1500, it will sell out.

[@Yourd4d]

Yeah I was gonna say the fretboard looks absolutely fine I don't see an issue tbh. Really glad we're seeing a 60s V being revived tbh.

[@rubbinman]

I got mine yesterday. The fretboard was fine it was so dark I forgot it was laurel😂😂 The pickups are fantastic and the neck is nice and fat. So far I really like it and have 0 buyer’s remorse

[@EthanJLongoria]

You should review the SRV Strat . . . just saying.

[@fisterroboto1044]

I wholeheartedly support this comment

[@BBQROCKSTAR178]

Great looking and sounding Guitar, $500 too much money.

[@philipleigh]

Be interesting to see how it compares to a bog standard Epi V.

[@bryancollins6796]

I would've like to have seen the split diamond inlays on an Ebony fretboard.

[@secretdaisy6484]

I’m getting one but I’m not happy about the lack of rosewood on the fretboard. Everything else is ok. 👍☮️🌞🎸🎵

[@PalidicoVermingagurania]

By varying the fret boards, you get more sustainability, availability, quality control , variety to the consumer and producer, And as a player, I can tell you little to no difference, and especially no correlation to price.

[@johndaugherty4127]

Agree. The Slash Les Paul rocks total balls with Indian Laurel. $799 and the best Les Paul I ever played.

[@markdakel9253]

Its lack of a rosewood or ebony fretboard is hugely disappointing. It has a hard shell case and great pickups, but it comes down to value. Fender is offering a better guitar at half the price. If this Epi was $899.00 it would sell out.

[@johndaugherty4127]

Heyell yes!

[@martianmurray]

Not into V’s but this is nice

[@jbmusicuniverse9505]

chrome hardware or nickel?

[@Alex_Mitchell]

"Made in China", unfortunately.

[@Myfingersstinklikefish]

Quingdao is completely American owned and operated by Gibson Epiphone USA with American and Asian luthiers

[@fisterroboto1044]

Bit of a shame surely, although not everything from China is bad ofcourse.

[@binaryanticommunist1882]

I wonder if the worker slaves are ever allowed to venture out of their 15 minute cities.

[@Alex_Mitchell]

@@Myfingersstinklikefish So? Does the CCP still benefit? Do the Chinese workers live and work in decent conditions? Has anything been done about the plight of the Uighur people? Why support a country that is actively threatening Taiwan and attempting to undermine democracy throughout the world? I am disappointed in Epiphone and will continue to boycott Chinese goods.

[@Alex_Mitchell]

@@fisterroboto1044 It's not about the quality of the product, it's about the conditions under which they are made.

[@hcc2891]

What size are the frets?

[@doctoribanez]

I dont understand epiphone and those fret boards. Even for 15 hundred

[@Steve.Cutler]

No way im paying that much for an Epiphone. I dont care if it has custombuckers. I prefer the burstbuckers.

[@michaeljames6216]

One piece neck?

[@johndaugherty4127]

The best Les Paul I ever played has an Indian Laurel fretboard.

[@aa64912]

I know it’s over priced

[@Myfingersstinklikefish]

Not even close to being overpriced

[@jonbon7219]

it's over priced. it's a collector thing like the Monterey mex strat

[@Jimmyprice258]

But it's RIGHT handed!!!! I'm a lefty (special needs child)

[@manelalentorn]

They also make it for lefties… so I guess theres no more excuses to buy it 🤣

[@jonbon7219]

Vs are just awkward and the tone controls are weird. rather have an explorer or sg.

[@Aceroxx02]

Not one, but two lower strap buttons...and both in the worst possible position. Should be right in the "crotch" of the guitar.

[@Myfingersstinklikefish]

Some of you are still using the made in China..well the Quingdoa epiphone is completely American owned and operated by Gibson Epiphone USA with American and Asian luthiers and only Epiphones are made there so the china thing doesn't really apply.. also Epiphone were restored back to premium in 2019/2020 they were never meant to be a budget brand in the first place so why complain its not going to change anything and it shouldn't Epiphones are worth every cent Epiphone is legendary and if you can't afford them buy something you can afford its that simple..

[@fisterroboto1044]

nah I only buy quality guitars. Sure they cost alot more than these epiphones, but once you get a taste for handbuilt instruments, it's hard to go back to something like an epiphone. I feel sorry for the idiots who buy these. Just save up some more money and get a good guitar, it's that simple.

[@PaulCooksStuff]

The Epiphone factory is in China. It says "Made in China" on the sticker on the back of the headstock. Gibson+Epiphone aren't ashamed of saying so. I don't know why you're contriving so hard to pretend it isn't.

[@AndrewAHayes]

I wont spend another penny with Epiphone until they address the issue of their Les Pauls coming with fake Grover tuners, they haven't even commented on it!

[@Myfingersstinklikefish]

​@@PaulCooksStuffSo since when does a country have anything to do with the craftsmanship? It doesn't it's who's in that American owned building and that would be American and Asian luthiers..

[@PaulCooksStuff]

@@Myfingersstinklikefish a country has nothing to do with craftsmanship. Eastman, shijie, cortek china - there are many excellent guitar makers there. That's why I can't fathom why you're going to such extraordinarily tenuous lengths to cover up that it's china.

[@TJISLA]

Guitarra de 500€ . No 1500€ no lo vale. Ese diapasón de laurel apaga la nota y sustain.

[@southboundguitar]

I will NEVER pay more than 8-900 bucks for an Epiphone, I don’t care what it is. My 2014 LP Tribute Plus has Gibson 57 Classics, a full maple cap, long neck tenon, and a Indian Rosewood fb. It was all of 600 bucks. No fucking thanks.

[@southboundguitar]

It MIGHT would be different, IF Jimi were here to collect those proceeds.

[@Myfingersstinklikefish]

First you probably can't afford epiphones and 2nd it wouldn't matter at all if you didn't buy it because there is 200 behind you that will and have I'm one of them.👍