I bought a Gibson Grace Potter V

[Archer_of_Fish]

And it is one fantastic guitar. It is very light and resonant acoustically it is loud and sweet...reminds me of an SG in a lot of ways. The finish is sort of a dark reddish brown which doesnt really show up well in photos. The finishing is excellent, one teeny little bit of paint is left on the binding at the neck joint on the bass side of the neck. The top is glossy, the back and sides are satin which is something I quite like. My favourite aspect of this guitar is how it is a V but doenst look heavy metal....no small feat.








The neck is thin and fast with a very slight V shape at the top that is barely noticeable as you go up the neck. The fingerboard is supposed to be Chechen but it sure looks and feels like regular rosewood to me. If this is Chechen then sign me up because there is nothing wrong with the fingerboard on this guitar.

A closeup of the fingerboard



I dont like Burstbucker Pros on Les Pauls but on all mahogany guitars they are great, and on this guitar they are great. They have enough clarity and punchiness to make me happy. While on the subject of pickups i have to say that my only nit was how the pickups were mounted from the factory. Specifically the pickups were flat with the body but didnt match the angle of the string and neck pitch...which is where I think they should sit. I see this on SG's and it drives me nuts. When I did the string change and setup I corrected that little nit.

A little foam and voila....issue solved.



Great guitar.

[ex-250]

Nice. I have no idea who Grace Potter is, but thats a nifty guitar.

[ItsaBass]

I love the bare back with the black top. That is classy. If it was '50's style I'd probably find something to sell in order to get one.

Does it have the scaled-down V body?

It'd look really hot with a b/w 2-ply or 4-ply guard (black on the top, white on the bottom)

[sosomething]

Killer. That's ALMOST as hot as she is.

[MetalManiac]

That looks Sharp! Isnt Grace Potter, Harry Potters sister or something?

[Ayrton]

I picked up mine last week, great guitar!

[JBG]

Just saw the thread over at the LP forum and it's one damn fine guitfiddle

[Archer_of_Fish]

Nice. I have no idea who Grace Potter is, but thats a nifty guitar.

[StratFreak]

Such an awesome looking guitar, one of my favourite V-Shaped guitars !

[sosomething]

The band sounds a lot better now too after Dan Auerbach taught them how to be interesting.

[Will S-T]

That's the classiet V I've ever seen.

A V wearing a tux!

[Mr 9finger]

Nice grab Doc! I still want that Mesa stool though.

[MetalManiac]

Nice grab Doc! I still want that Mesa stool though.

Bonehead.

[Wattage]

Dang that is nice!!!!

[StratFreak]

Not to be mean, but those frets are horrible. They look like something off a 70's japanese copy.THin, small. WTH??.

Now that i look at them, they're TINY as hell ! I still really like the other parts of the guitar though !

[ItsaBass]

They look like most other Gibson frets to me...but if they are smaller...so much the better! It's hard to find a Gibson with small frets. '50's Customs, and the '73 reissues of the '54 Customs. Some old Gibson acoustics... That's about it. And the V profile? Great unique features on this guitar.

Is the body full sized or scaled down?

[TheLivingDead]

Awesome!

Is it me or does that pickguard get thicker towards the neck?

[ItsaBass]

Awesome!

Is it me or does that pickguard get thicker towards the neck?

Probably a combination of reflections and optical distortion from shooting so close to the subject.

[Archer_of_Fish]

Not to be mean, but those frets are horrible. They look like something off a 70's japanese copy.THin, small. WTH?? Pass.Pass bigtime.
I Really and truly hate to say this..but I'll take a hundred forty dollar Korean SX guitar wiht large frets over this easily( make no mistake- the Korean frets will need to be mauled(er, levelled).

What a bizarre post that one is.

Anyway....I Really and truly take pride in saying this..I'd take this guitar with tall narrow frets over a hundred forty dollar SX guitar with large frets any day (make no mistake this V's frets will NOT need to be mauled(er, levelled).

[Archer_of_Fish]

Awesome!

Is it me or does that pickguard get thicker towards the neck?

Its the Flash, angle and proximity to the guitar.

The pickguard is 2 layers, a cream colored first layer and a bevelled clear top layer.