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Got it for my 18th birthday (1983) - it was a "Hire Purchase" reclaim, so I got it for £495. It's a 1980 also (297th day of 1980, no. 65). Played it for years, but in comparison with a lot of other guitars I've got/tried, I don't like the pickups. I'm not sure if these are the single coil or mini-humbucker type of boomerangs, but the output is a bit low for the sound I like. I like the darker woods used on yours - I saw an Explorer2 in that combination (again in the 80's), but have never seen one since. [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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I saw an E2 that was a perfect match to my V2 a couple of years ago. I was going to pick it up but got there just a little to late.
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how are the pickups on that v2? i imagine the v shape might do something...or not.
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they are single coils and were discontinued because they were poorly received for the reasons he mentions, no balls. Gibson ended this line with regular humbuckers in the last however-many of them they made.
Gibson purists tend to dislike this guitar for this reason. plus you either love the looks of the guitar or hate it.
the guitar players look damaged - they've been outcasts all their lives
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