Gibson Flying V Faded 3 Pickup Review

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Overall Rating 4.55

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Features 4.5

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Quality 4.48

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Reliability / Value 4.58

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Gibson Flying V Faded 3 Pickup Specs

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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: Rounded  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: White Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.695"  
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  • Tuners: Vintage Style  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Extra Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Six-position rotary selector. Peghead Pitch: 17°. Knobs: Black Numbered.

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Gibson is a company that you can count on and be sure that they know their job, and that's building great instruments. Another model from Gibson named Flying V Faded 3 Pickup outperforms and outranks sound-wise many other models in its price range. It's well worth the price.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Gibson's Flying V Faded 3 Pickup an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Flying V Faded 3 Pickup's features!

Best guitars sound great when plugged in any amp, and it's also the case with Gibson's Flying V Faded 3 Pickup as well. Flying V Faded 3 Pickup is a guitar that sounds great in many music genres, and is sure to satisfy your needs, when searching for your own tone. Easy hardware setup, beautiful, rich tone delivers a lot of inspiration, so playing this instrument is bound to be a joyful experience.

Ready to play out of the box, Gibson's Flying V Faded 3 Pickup is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Gibson put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as Flying V Faded 3 Pickup does.

Flying V Faded 3 Pickup is one of the finest in its class. Gibson created a guitar that is both durable, and a guitar that performs well in studio, on stage and while rehearsing/practicing. Quality hardware and finish are a guarantee that this instrument will last long and serve you well, if you take the usual care for your instrument, as you should.