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Offline Bobgt

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What are the benefits of a flying V
« on: March 05, 2006, 03:00:33 AM »
does a flying be guitar do anything better or different than a strat?

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What are the benefits of a flying V
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2006, 08:02:36 AM »
Slightly more meaty tone - considering it has humbuckers.

Very easy access to the higher frets and the fretboard is extremely slick on the Flying V.

Depends what you want from a guitar - strat offers more blues kind of music, Flying V offers more metal style.


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What are the benefits of a flying V
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2006, 08:12:44 AM »
Quote from: Kilamite
Slightly more meaty tone - considering it has humbuckers.

Very easy access to the higher frets and the fretboard is extremely slick on the Flying V.

Depends what you want from a guitar - strat offers more blues kind of music, Flying V offers more metal style.
Completely Wrong, Flying V IS The Model Of The Guitar, NOT The Sound, Fretboard, Style Or Whatever. Flying V Is Associated With Metal Though, If You Need a New Sound, Put In Some New Pickups or Buy a new amp or a footpedal. Then You can Make Anything Sound Like Anything. :D

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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2006, 08:15:58 AM »
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Slightly more meaty tone - considering it has humbuckers.

Very easy access to the higher frets and the fretboard is extremely slick on the Flying V.

Depends what you want from a guitar - strat offers more blues kind of music, Flying V offers more metal style.
Completely Wrong, Flying V IS The Model Of The Guitar, NOT The Sound, Fretboard, Style Or Whatever. Flying V Is Associated With Metal Though, If You Need a New Sound, Put In Some New Pickups or Buy a new amp or a footpedal. Then You can Make Anything Sound Like Anything. :D


strats have totally different sound compared to any flying V...

what kilamite said was 100% correct
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2006, 08:25:14 AM »
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Slightly more meaty tone - considering it has humbuckers.

Very easy access to the higher frets and the fretboard is extremely slick on the Flying V.

Depends what you want from a guitar - strat offers more blues kind of music, Flying V offers more metal style.
Completely Wrong, Flying V IS The Model Of The Guitar, NOT The Sound, Fretboard, Style Or Whatever. Flying V Is Associated With Metal Though, If You Need a New Sound, Put In Some New Pickups or Buy a new amp or a footpedal. Then You can Make Anything Sound Like Anything. :D


strats have totally different sound compared to any flying V...

what kilamite said was 100% correct


The Body of The Guitar Doesnt Change The Sound, The Pickups Do. The Body Of The Guitar is To Be Comftable To Play,(I Don't Know How U Can Play A Flying V Comftable Though). Pickups and the amp make the Sound. :finger:

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« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2006, 08:33:08 AM »
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Slightly more meaty tone - considering it has humbuckers.

Very easy access to the higher frets and the fretboard is extremely slick on the Flying V.

Depends what you want from a guitar - strat offers more blues kind of music, Flying V offers more metal style.
Completely Wrong, Flying V IS The Model Of The Guitar, NOT The Sound, Fretboard, Style Or Whatever. Flying V Is Associated With Metal Though, If You Need a New Sound, Put In Some New Pickups or Buy a new amp or a footpedal. Then You can Make Anything Sound Like Anything. :D


strats have totally different sound compared to any flying V...

what kilamite said was 100% correct


The Body of The Guitar Doesnt Change The Sound, The Pickups Do. The Body Of The Guitar is To Be Comftable To Play,(I Don't Know How U Can Play A Flying V Comftable Though). Pickups and the amp make the Sound. :finger:


sorry but the wood in the guitar makes the sound... I'm not saying that pickups dont affect your sound......but wood affect your sound the most
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2006, 08:38:14 AM »
First - you need to learn how to quote people properly.

Second - you need to learn what makes the overall tone of a guitar.

I never said it was the shape of the guitar that affects the tone - its the build and materials used, and over all mass of the body.

A strat has a very light body and build, so the tone carries little sustain giving you a perfect tone for blues music (even with a humbucker, the strat will still provide little sustain unless you overpower it with distortion which will murder the tone of the guitar that makes it unique)

Flying V (depending on the model of the guitar though) has more mass and meat in it. Will provide greater sustain and heavier distortion.

Try it in a guitar shop if you don't believe me.


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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2006, 08:41:27 AM »
Quote from: "Kilamite"
First - you need to learn how to quote people properly.

Second - you need to learn what makes the overall tone of a guitar.

I never said it was the shape of the guitar that affects the tone - its the build and materials used, and over all mass of the body.

A strat has a very light body and build, so the tone carries little sustain giving you a perfect tone for blues music (even with a humbucker, the strat will still provide little sustain unless you overpower it with distortion which will murder the tone of the guitar that makes it unique)

Flying V (depending on the model of the guitar though) has more mass and meat in it. Will provide greater sustain and heavier distortion.

Try it in a guitar shop if you don't believe me.

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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2006, 03:18:03 PM »
Quote from: "Kilamite"
Slightly more meaty tone - considering it has humbuckers.

Very easy access to the higher frets and the fretboard is extremely slick on the Flying V.

Depends what you want from a guitar - strat offers more blues kind of music, Flying V offers more metal style.


k thx guys  :D

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« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2006, 03:38:24 PM »
All the positives will never out weigh the BIG downfall in the flying V....its almost impossible to play one sitting down.


Stage guitar only, me thinks..

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« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2006, 04:22:19 PM »
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All the positives will never out weigh the BIG downfall in the flying V....its almost impossible to play one sitting down.


Stage guitar only, me thinks..


i can play it sitting down, a little uncomfortable but still playable.
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« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2006, 04:40:24 PM »
You can buy clips Sixx...things that clip onto the bottom and give it a les paul style curve.

You can remove it for standing.


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« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2006, 05:44:19 PM »
shit... really? I've never heard of that before...

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« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2006, 11:01:24 AM »
Got reviewed in Total Guitar about a year ago.


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