Korean trans black flame top V?

Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 4406 Location: Hostile Territory

Great looking "V"!!! those hour glass inlays are the same as on the Evo SS.

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 7:13 pm

Wow. It's almost like a cheap Nile V. Hmmmm....I too am interested to hear the guff on this 'V Special Select'...

Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 697 Location: Colorado

I have no information on this rare Dean V, but if anyone woudl like to loan me $600 plz pm me! lol

That's a cool axe indeed!

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 2742 Location: Denver

That axe is rad as HELL! One of y'all has to buy it. I can't now but when you get sick of it down the road, I can take it off your hands. Smile

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:14 pm

That thing is dope. If it were an ML........

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:38 pm

Can anyone explain this one? Seriously, I've never seen anything like it. Dave at BT? Anybody?

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 393 Location: Lake Mary, Florida

Interesting V. It would probably play even better if the G string were actually on the saddle correctly.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 5324

it's a one-off Korean "Custom Shop" V..

i think that there were 2, or 3, made.. it was made for an "artist" and it was rejected.. so they were sold off..

this V was on the old board.. one of them was sold on eBay for something like 600..

it's rare, as rare as a MIK can be, and it does look cool..

ask Elliott about it.. Wink

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 4381 Location: Vaasa, Finland

*droooool*

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That would explain the series III headstock. So this isn't a fairly new guitar, because aren't all the new (last few months) coming in with the bigger Series II headstocks ?
Bill

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 176 Location: Mass.

ragnut wrote:

Interesting V. It would probably play even better if the G string were actually on the saddle correctly.

There you go gettin' technical again, Joe.....

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 2036 Location: VALHALL

WOW ... DROOOOOL ...

Nice top on that V !!

Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:53 pm

throbgod13 wrote:

it's a one-off Korean "Custom Shop" V..

i think that there were 2, or 3, made.. it was made for an "artist" and it was rejected.. so they were sold off..

this V was on the old board.. one of them was sold on eBay for something like 600..

it's rare, as rare as a MIK can be, and it does look cool..

ask Elliott about it.. Wink

Makes sense. Seems to be a bit like my trans black EVO (only that one didn't get rejected bwahahahaha!!)

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:15 am

throbgod13 wrote:

it's a one-off Korean "Custom Shop" V..

i think that there were 2, or 3, made.. it was made for an "artist" and it was rejected.. so they were sold off..

this V was on the old board.. one of them was sold on eBay for something like 600..

it's rare, as rare as a MIK can be, and it does look cool..

ask Elliott about it.. Wink

So that means there WAS a custom shop in Korea???

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:24 am

No. It just means that the specs are different to a normal MIK model. The only custom shop I know of in Korea is Tokai's.

Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 1088 Location: Espoo, Finland

ponch wrote:

No. It just means that the specs are different to a normal MIK model. The only custom shop I know of in Korea is Tokai's.

Which Tokai's are built there? I tought that only the low-end model's are built in Korea. All the high-end Tokai's are built in Japan, right?

Mikko

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:22 am

liipotin wrote:

ponch wrote:

No. It just means that the specs are different to a normal MIK model. The only custom shop I know of in Korea is Tokai's.

Which Tokai's are built there? I tought that only the low-end model's are built in Korea. All the high-end Tokai's are built in Japan, right?

Mikko

Right. But apparently they currently have a custom shop in Korea. I don't really know alot about it, but some of those new MIK 'Custom Shop' Tokai's you see on Ebay are legit. I'd still go MIJ. The Reborns kickas$. I'll be snagging one of those next year for sure.

Joined: 30 Nov 2003 Posts: 1088 Location: Espoo, Finland

ponch wrote:

Right. But apparently they currently have a custom shop in Korea. I don't really know alot about it, but some of those new MIK 'Custom Shop' Tokai's you see on Ebay are legit. I'd still go MIJ. The Reborns kickas$. I'll be snagging one of those next year for sure.

Oh yes, I found the info.

"Custom Shop Love Rocks
These are made in Korea and they are basically the same as the 2001 limited editions. They went back to the original Les Paul design and the 2001 Japanese Les Paul headstock with the little bump in the headstock. See below (2001 Limited Edition Love Rocks for details).

They feature Mahogany body and neck with Flamed Sycamore Top and Rosewood fingerboard. They are serial numbered and hand crafted in Korea to keep the costs down."

Btw, I've had two Tokai's. One Korean made ALS-48 and one LC-70SS. The LC-70 is a really good guitar. I liked it very much. The Korean made wasn't as good. The price is little different too of course.

Mikko

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:38 am

+1! The LC 70 was cool. Tokai's MIJ LPs are killer. Better than Gibbo production standards and Classics for sure. More 'mojo'.

For my money tho Bacchus have the best MIJ custom shop. Exact replicas, excellent quality woods. I really can't fault my SG. It's the best I've laid my hands on. Seriously Japanese QC is sh!t hot.