Gibson Flying V '67 Reissue pickups settings testing

Gibson Flying V. '67 Reissue. I bought this very used and liked it for the price, but didn't love it clean. Whoever had it before me had the pups cranked so high the strings ground a groove into the bridge bobbin. I broke out a screwdriver and decked both pups. (Lowered them until they were flush with the pickguard). Still using the stock (hot) Gibson 496R & 500T. Even though they are hot, when decked they sound MUCH better IMO. Still testing. If I cant find the sweet spot, then Ill go to the 57PAFs. Guitar is running into a Fulltone OCD pedal, then into a Marshall JCM900. Clean tones only for this test.

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• Gibson
• 496R
• 500T
• Flying
• '67
• Reissue
• Fulltone
• OCD
• Marshall
• JCM900
• Pickups

[Kur0y4m4]

@ThomasMetal75. Yep. Original ceramic pickups. i know they might not be as mellow as some '57s (alnico). Still, I adjusted them as close to the pickguard as possible, and running through a JVM 2000(?), and this was what I got. I tore down the V and am rebuilding it after I sand it down to the mahogany nectar.

[Kur0y4m4]

Point taken. No mods on the electronics. Just like the switch shows, its in the middle position. I still think I hear some rumble there. Not as glassy as Id like. Now that im in the US Ill try better amps and then if still unhappy i can afford to swap pups. I single humbucker can run north of 400 back in JPN... I expect pricing to be mor reasonable here.

[scarsonmybed]

Hi Kur0 ! So did you modded your Flying V finally? I would love to hear from you, I'm thinking about modding mine :-)

[ThomasMetal75]

Are these the original pickups that the 67' reissue comes with?

[publicservant2009]

hey.... u should tell us what position ur in ( neck or bridge) then demonstrate..... otherwise whats the point? :0 ........ and everyone should check out my video too! ( and sorry, i almost forgot. nice feel and playing too..

[publicservant2009]

hey.... u should tell us what position ur in ( neck or bridge) then demonstrate..... otherwise whats the point? :0 ........ and everyone should check out my video too!

[colmcq]

nice clean tone for a marshall anyway

[Mr44anaconda]

Sounds good to me