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It's based on the Alembic bridge on his original V.Bridge looks unusual?
It's the 2nd time Epiphone does a proper '76-style V, the other one being the Dave Rude V.It is kind of chonky looking... The purple one is sick.
Idk, I saw the screenshots on twitter and stole them lol. They're from a dude I trust thoughWhere’s the reverb link op?
There was actually a utility to them. Given Vs still had the neck tilt of other Gibsons, the rings helped angle the pickups. Not to mention you usually had to have pickups set stupid fucking high due to said neck tilt.Love the purple one, but I had pickup rings on pickguards. I know that’s a thing, but it always strikes me as redundant.
Oh wow, I didn't know that. Well, now I hate them less, lol. I'm generally not a fan of pickup rings, but the pure vitriol is really reserved for 7 and 8 strings. If there's a purpose to them, and they're on 6 strings (and if it's a classic design) then I don't mind so much. That's interesting about the neck tilt!There was actually a utility to them. Given Vs still had the neck tilt of other Gibsons, the rings helped angle the pickups. Not to mention you usually had to have pickups set stupid fucking high due to said neck tilt.
I also believe the neck tilt issue was even *worse* on those late '60s - early '80 Vs.
Yeah I couldn't remember the specifics of the neck angle, just that the necks were set much higher than they are nowadays which also has to do with the fact those '70s-spec Vs were also pancake thin. So yeah, the pickup rings were there to remedy a design flaw.The thing about those 70s Vs is that there was zero neck tilt. The fretboard was like half an inch or more up off the body. Which looks like it's not the case from the side pic of the purple one.
But they finally got all the rest of the shit to look like a proper 70s V. I would take it over the current horse shit Gibson USA is calling a "70s" V.
But being a Kurt Hammond model it will probably be 2k European dollars.