Got one of the recent 68V here,according to my serial-number, it was made in Nashville USA ,10th may 2012,production-number 40!
-Mine is with the cherry finish (dark burgundery,gloss finish) ,Kluson Deluxe,Tuno-matic bridge, and came with granadillo-fretboard (rusty-red,Oh well..but at least it goes well with the finish of the body,(I was hoping for a more "brownish" board,I will see around if theres any "fixes"/good oil`s for this a little later!)
The body,which was flawless,had a great setup,no buzz,cracks,or anything ! It looks shiny & cool and sounded loud & very resonant when playing unplugged! :)
I believe there`s only the 68 in white finish that comes with ebony-fretboard..which by now is hard to find,(at least in my region!)
Gibson T-500R in bridge & 496R for neck humbuckers ,when overdriven,it sounds really thick,massive & LOUD with a warm tone-characther,Excellent buckers for high-gain metal,Doom,Stoner-rock & early 90`s death-metal,..but it can do really more, When tweaking the amp,tone & volume knobs on the guitar,it sounds great also for classic rock & blues as well when testing on a JCM800 50W combo !
The neck feels like a a bit chunkier& wider than a normal 60`s neck,and it is a very straight board,A bit unusual after playing for while a LP Classic Custom.
It`s like getting off a "Bentley" and jumping into a "Willy`s Jeep" ,LOL...but the guitar is really fun to play,and is really growing so far on me ! XD
-By now I have replaced the pots with CTS500K,added a spargue bumble-bee,50`s independant wiring,It made a little clearer tone of the 496R neck-bucker,no subtle big changes with the bridge-tone/sound..
Uhm,back to the question,I believe the 67 reissue had vibrola-system, nickel-case over the (490R and 498T?) humbuckers, and a different kind of fretboard-wood,the rest to me,looks pretty much the same !
The faded V`s is actually the same as 68, except for the gloss finish on 68!
Cheers
