geezer1

What do you think of today's Marshall tube amps compared to the 60s - 70s era Marshalls? Do they sound much different?

Thanks, I believe you are correct. I was talking to a friend who has been a luthier for 30 years who said the same thing. I remember using Fender super bullets over back in the day that I believe were 9s. They felt easy to bend to my young fingers. lol Nowadays, it's EB 8s for me.

Hey ya'll! Yeah I got it! I been so busy playing with my " new toy" I haven't been online at all until right now! lol OK, here's the low down. The playability is just like I remembered. So smooth it practically plays itself. Sounds great, feels great in my hands. Two things, it is slightly heavier than my '79 Silver burst, (or feels that way because I'm old now), and I have been spoiled by the 8-gauge Ernie Ball strings I've been using. I'm not sure if there are 9s or 10s on it. My old arthritic hands are having a little trouble bending them. They feel like 10s, but it may just be the EB extra slinky 8 - 38 ga. are much easier to play. I'm also looking into a complete setup by a pro. ( lower action, fret filing etc). It isn't definite, but I'm weighing my options. On a 1 - 10 scale overall, I give it a 9.5.

I tracked it this morning and it is in Maryland. I feel like a kid on Christmas eve!

Thanks for the feedback. I was worried that it was because the newer ones have shoddy workmanship. I just ordered a Gibson '70s Flying V Mirror Limited-Edition Electric Guitar Ebony. It is scheduled to get here Monday. I'm pretty excited. I really miss my old one.

I used to own a 1979 Silverburst V. I bought it brand new for approx. $400 - $500 and a trade in RD (1977). I Recently started playing again and I am looking to buy another V. I'd love to have a used 79 Silverburst like my old one , but the used ones like that for sale online are at least $5000. Yet, I see brand new V's for sale for as little as $1500 - $2500 on the Gibson website. Why the big difference?

It's ridiculous, especially considering they are REPLICAS!!! Are you kidding me? $1000 for " The most historically accurate Patent Applied For replicas". 😲 I can get a set of DiMarzio Vintage PAF's for about $300!

We take so much for granted when young....

Have you noticed any change in learning new songs? It seemed like I could learn a song in like a half hour or so when I was young. Now I find myself struggling to put each lead phrase in the right place, and it takes me hours, sometimes days to get to a point where I'm not forgetting , loosing my place, or leaving out lead phrases.

I'm a Gibson man too. Sorry about your surgeries. I've had 3 and I thought that was bad. Nobody understands the woes of a back injury until they have one. Speaking about guitars, my first electric was a 1968 Epiphone. My second was a Gibson RD I bought in 1977. My 3rd and favorite was the silver burst Flying V I bought in 1979. That's the one I fell in love with. Life showed up and I sold it. Didn't touch another guitar until Last year.

Wow, we have quite a bit in common. What I would give to have my 25-year-old body again. I'm glad your surgery was successful. C-spine surgery is pretty frightening. I will definitely update you on my quest to obtain my next V. What kind of guitars do you have? I'd like to get your opinion on them as our body types are similar.

Absolutely! I'm 6'5", and now I have arthritis in my wrists and knuckles. Both my height and arthritis work against me using my right leg. I wonder if the v's on the Gibson website in the $2500 ish price range are any good?

I got used to playing the v seated when I practiced with the "crotch" of the v sitting on my right thigh. I was so used to it, I can't play the lp seated without a strap so the bottom of the guitar is in my lap with most of the neck outside my left shoulder. If I had 6 grand to burn I'd buy a 79 silverbusrt v right now!!

I just started playing again after 40 years. I have a cheap les paul knock off to get the rust off and I hate it. It weighs a ton, I was used to a Flying V, which is what I'm shopping for now.

Thankyou! That makes me feel a lot better. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm using a cheap LP knock off a friend gave me to knock the rust off. You get what you pay for. It's a $200 guitar and I'm getting splinters, fretwire cuts, and keeping it in tune is futile. lol Didn't realize how spoiled I was!