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Gibson V 90

Wed, 14/11/2012 - 20:42

Gibson V 90 bought from R. Rutten. He recorded with this guitar both demo's and the first 3 albums of The Gathering as well played all shows 'till 1993...a small piece of Dutch metal history.

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VoodooChild

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 22:19

Beautiful and sick man. It's a special one too. Never seen a gibson with one pick up.

gloriousdeath

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 22:22

there are also versions with a slanted neck pick-up...btw V 90 means that the body is 10% smaller as standard V body... nice light and slim V with a fast neck !!!

VoodooChild

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 22:30

Cool. Didn't notice that. I really like flyin V guitars bu I will never buy one unless I start seriously playing gigs. Since for home use it's to dificult to play sitting down for example.

gloriousdeath

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 22:36

above all i like the balance... somehow i find V's very comfortable to play... yes, V's and superstrats have my preference....

VoodooChild

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 22:50

Yeah V's are really easy to play high up the neck. At least the view I played on. But sitting down on something else then a barstool is very difficult with a V. I play most of the time sitting in the middle of my bed watching series.

gloriousdeath

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 22:55

yes, playing a V in the middle of you bed is extremely uncomfortable hahaha... i play a lot sitting; you can stick a V nice and easy on one of your knees....but i don't use this one much, it's more a collectors piece; it would be very unpleasant if i dropped this one !!!

VoodooChild

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 23:01

Yeah I understand. If I had it and dropped it I would be devistated. Something that happens when I discover a scratch on my ''normal'' guitars to be honest. But on this collecters item would be even worse. May I ask how you bought the guitar from him? It's something special alright. Almost something you should win a contest for or something. Everyone would want that guitar so I should expext some hell of an auction.

gloriousdeath

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 23:24

Well, that's quite a story. It was sold on ebay.nl with no info on it's background at all.... i bought it because i was looking for this particular model; so i just found out it was René selling it after i won the auction !!! Then we made an appointment that i could pick-up the guitar in Maurik, where they were recording the album Home: i could stay all day and have the experience of a The Gathering album taking shape !!! But disaster struck: his father died !!! Our appointment got postponed... then his grandfather died !!!! After 3 or 4 months i finally picked up the guitar. They were polite, but there was a strange mood.... now i know that Anneke left the band at that time !!! Wished i met them in better times !!!!

VoodooChild

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 23:30

That's a story indeed.So it was a surprise. That's cool. Bad thing his father and grandfather died. He must have thought, everytime I make an appointment a family member dies. He was probably scared as hell the last time. Cool story. One day I hope to buy this guitar on eBay and when I ring the bell of the house Dave Murray opens. Would be awesome. Or Angus Young. He lives here so that could be possible.

gloriousdeath

on Wed, 14/11/2012 - 23:39

yes, i was really the bird of ill omen.... anyway, i also bought a guitar of Martjo Brongers of Vortex and almost ( just to late) one of Bart van Rixel of Hammerhawk and Defender fame... so, you never know what you might run into... wouldn't mind buying a SG of Angus !!!!

NocturnalOccultist on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 03:54

never seen a flying v with a kahler! its nice!

gloriousdeath

on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 10:50

yes, it's a killer guitar with a great history... here you can see it in action www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB_sKrYnt4I

metal_thrashing_dad on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:00

Killer story behind this one and killer guitar as well!!!

gloriousdeath

on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:36

thanx man... yes, it's nice to possess such an important piece of Dutch metal history... pioneers and trailblazers for bands such as Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil etc etc

metal_thrashing_dad on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:43

Absolutely, give me "Nightime Birds", "Mandylion", or "How to Measure a Planet?" over any other so called female - fronted metal bands. Anneke has the most etherial voice i've heard in the last 20 years. And everytime i saw them live with Anneke, it was an awesome experience!!!

gloriousdeath

on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:50

yes, too bad they parted ways... but i like her solo-work as well. The band she was playing with under the name Agua de Annique was not that great, but with the new band it's really good !!!!

metal_thrashing_dad on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:59

I'm not that familiar with her solo work, i have to check her out. But i like the stuff that he recently did with Devin Townsend!!!

gloriousdeath

on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 12:13

check out her homepage www.annekevangiersbergen.com/ you won't be disappointed....

slayerslayer on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:24

thank you for posting this!

gloriousdeath

on Tue, 29/01/2013 - 11:40

Glad you like it... i was damn lucky to get my hands on this one...

dubtribe

on Wed, 21/05/2014 - 13:17

Damn mate ... that's awesome !!! I said it once before, and I say it again ... your house is a treasure chest!!!

gloriousdeath

on Wed, 21/05/2014 - 18:55

thanx man... yeah, its really special to have such a piece of Dutch metal history in your possession.... looking at old live footage or clips like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB_sKrYnt4I seeing that guitar being used and then to be able to grab it out of its case and thrash out a few riffs yourself......