This Flying V is a work of art, yet, every time I see one it's been
   chopped up or had a tremolo put on it. Granted, Gibson did put some
   horrid tremolos on some, but most came without. This is the first
   type of V I owned and I wish I had never sold it! This model is a
   fave among the heavy metal, thrash and death players.

    Made from: 1983-1987

    Color: Ferrari Red, Black, Antique White and some came with racing
           stripe designs and special hand painted designs that were
           signed by the artist that painted them. The stripe and artist
           models are pretty darn ugly and can be found at pawn shops
           everywhere. The solid colors, in good shape, are a little
           bit hard to come by.

    Body:  mahogany
    Neck:  rosewood finger board w/dot inlays
    Frets: 22
    Tuners: chrome or black Gibson
    Wired: 2 volumes/1 tone w/3-way switch, jack on front of bottom fin
    Pickups: 2 Dirty Fingers
    Bridge: tunomatic w/stop tailpiece or Gibson vibrato or Kahler tremolo
    Notes: NO PICKGUARD


This guitar kicks total ass. The all stock V without tremelo is my personal
favorite. Very easy to play and a nice solid tone. The ultimate choice
for the heavy player who can live without a tremolo. 
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Here's an update: While web surfing for V info, I stumbled upon this
perfect example of butchery. The V below is a ruined '83 with a 
beautiful Ferrari Red paint job. The guy who owns this wanted two tone
controls instead of one and wired a tone pot into the jack hole. If 
that's not enough, he ...(gulp)....DRILLED a hole into the side of one
of the fins and wired the jack there. He is very proud of his work so
I will save him some embarassment and not disclose his name but here's
the "after" photo. Please learn from this guys' mistake. By the way,
that is a stock tremelo.