@@FultonStreetBeats It was the very first leg of the Blizzard tour... Tommy and Rudy had just joined a few weeks earlier. Yeah, I was on cloud 9 walking out of that show. It had a big impact on me. Not even seeing Rush on the Moving Pictures tour a couple of months earlier got me fired up like seeing Randy. Truly magical experience. Surreal to realize all these years later I was actually there.
You were very fortunate to get to see him. I bought a ticket to see Ozzy with Randy, in New Orleans, but before they got here, the accident happened. I was very disappointed to see the Night Ranger guitarist on stage, Brad Gillis, trying to fill Randy's shoes. Not that he's a bad guitarist, but he's not Randy Rhoads.
@@jameslanclos568 Brad only had about 3 days to learn all those Sabbath tunes for Speak of the Devil. George Lynch and Michael Schenker even auditioned.
Yes, earlier I did say that he's a good guitarist and I didn't mean to sound like I was putting him down. I was disappointed that Randy wasn't there, as well as heart broken after he passed away. When Sabbath's Heaven and Hell and Diary of a Madman hit the shelves, my friend and I bought them immediately. He was a Sabbath addict and could play any Sabbath song on guitar. He asked me which album was better and I said Ozzy's album. Heaven and Hell too, was pretty damn good. Like Hendrix, Randy too, left us way too soon.@@scottdunn2178
I got mine a couple of weeks ago. Showed up in nice shape. I'll definitely upgrade it. Just bought a new whammy bridge. Pickups, 500k volume pots, and new tuners
The Gibson purists that don't think too much about Chibsons might find the "Ed Roman: The FAKE Guitar King" on the KDH UA-cam channel, very interesting. I wouldn't be surprised to find other rare guitar shops making USA, counterfeit, rare guitars, in the least. People spend BIG bucks on "rare" guitars, if you catch my drift !!! 🏄🎸 KEEP IT! Put a little black fingernail polish on it !!!
The V style bodies are easily damaged on their “points”, even with people being as careful as possible. If the damage doesn’t affect the playability, I’d just grab some touch up paint from the auto parts store near you and do that.
Send it back. UPS did the sam thing to my Harley Benton Gold Top, cracking the eck at the nut. Once theu bleep up the box, why the bleep do they carry on with delivering it? Also, the guitar company should properly doun=ble box it with the guitat box going into a well padded 2nd box. Mind you, Thomann did that and UPS still found a way to bleep it up. I feel for ya. Delivery like this turned me off of ordering guitars because the carriers stink.
I have 2 of these 1 with strat style trem and1 with floyd style trem both fun guitars,1 with white plastics and 1 with black plastics like RR changed to right before he passed, saw RR with Ozzy 4/23/81 in Harrisburgh PA. MOTOTEHEAD opened.
I feel your pain…I hate FedEx, too! We bought our son an Epiphone LEs Paul Player Pack, for Christmas…and they left it outside, on our deck…in the snow. 😕 Cool V though…I’d try to get a partial refund, and keep it.
@@FultonStreetBeats I just checked and saw that there are some that have white knobs, others black. You can see that randy used both variations. I also saw one variation on aliexpress that has a small round back cover for the cable route. I would return it and take more time to research…🤘🤘 ( have you ever considered getting a Jay Yuenger (white zombie) signature iceman? )
I am a Randy Rhoads fan too but i would not keep that guitar with that big of chip taken out. Then again going thru the steps you might as well keep it?
You paid 100% of that guitar's price, and you should get 100% of that guitar. In my opinion, your two options in front of you are to ask the seller for some kind of discount or send it back and get another one. I'd personally opt to keep it and deal with the damage as it won't affect the playability, but that's just me. Stinks that this keeps happening -- hope the next one arrives safely!
Not the sellers fault ----> Fed Ex should be held responsible. UPS isn't much better. However I'm finding USPS upping their game re: shipping - even though I hate our postal services. Just my experience this past year. Probably a temporary fluke. Let's see what happens in the next few months.
@@riskybusiness3413 most likely it's not the sellers fault, but unfortunately it's impossible to prove to the customer that it wasn't like that BEFORE it was shipped without good quality videos and photos of it pre-packaged and packaged. Either way it's another great example of why shipping insurance is a thing. Hopefully the seller has it, or can do something to get their money back from FedEx too because it's not fair to either party -- manufacturer OR customer.
Thanks to your channel, I just dared and risked and I bought a guitar from China...fingers crossed I will be as excited and as happy as you are...unless it arrives with a broken neck. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Without a doubt I would keep it. A straight neck and a great finish account for alot. The rest you could hotrod yourself. Plus I'm sure the tail can be fixed.
I'd contact the seller about a partial refund for the damage....but would keep it and do the repair work myself regardless of the outcome of a partial refund !
Mike, that is a shame FedEx ruined what should have been a very nice Randy Rhoads V. I’d like to hear how it sounds so I hope you post a demo if you decide to keep it.
My luthier has one of those, he modded the hell out of it - real floyd, Duncans, locking tuners, strat style football output jack (ala Randy's), fret level/crowned etc. Is it a real Sandoval? No way, but the thing is such a player. Honestly, no one can tell the difference esp since Sandovals are super rare to begin with. Sometimes I would visit his shop just to hold his Randy V (being a massive Randy fanboy myself).
Upgraded mine with LP harness and dimarzios. Strat style output jack, Locking grover minis. Tusq nut. Lowest action of any I have love it. Two way truss rod. In all actuality... and I'll get flamed for this. So be it.... ours is probably better than Randy's. Randy's did not have a truss rod and made with a poplar danelectro neck.
Don't blame the fedex delivery driver. I guarantee you 99.9% of the time it aint the driver that breaks anything. The drivers don't work for fedex they work for contractors. The loaders are part time workers that don't care about your stuff and do not care if they break it because they don't get punished and they don't have to deal with you the customer. As a driver you can see something is damaged and try to.leave the package there as damaged and fedex will try to force you to deliver anyway and then put it on you and your contractor when the customer calls in
I second what @ronroberson said below. That's an easy repair you can fill with bondo or epoxy putty, sand and touch up. If you don't have the skills or basic tools you probably know someone nearby who does. This is not a job that requires a 'luthier.' I mean, it's a $300 chibson. Any decent hobbyist woodworker or shop carpenter could do a passable repair job on it that probably nobody would ever notice unless they scrutinized it closely. Sending shit back every time it has a booboo is not going to make the world better. Use this as a chance to fix something yourself instead of blaming it on fedex or whoever. Fix it and rock it!
Glad you didn't take me wrong. If I lived near you I'd fix this guitar just to show you how. Funny thing is half the used vees you see have some damage or wear on the points, especially if they were gigged. Having said that, I take care of my guitars and don't bang 'em up but still, when we buy something new, regardless of the price, we want the privilege of being the first/only person to bang it up, right? It hurts when it's banged up out of the box. As far as Fedex, UPS etc... shipping is always a gamble and the workers are under a lot of pressure to make quota. Most of the time they get our packages to us with undamaged contents, which is pretty amazing really. Last year though I bought an Epiphone ('authorized' Chibson-ha!) P90 LP Special used from GC for only $125. It came to me with the neck pranged loose in transit, otherwise perfect in excellent condition. I redrilled it for fatter screws, stabilized the holes with brushed-in Titebond and reattached the neck, and now it's better than new. Much easier than the return and billing fiasco. Love your channel brother!
Oh I totally get it. No worries. I actually fix guitar finishes all the time. Mostly Nitro corrections. Easy fix, with some filler, and blending time . However, it is still time-consuming for a proper job. I'm willing to tackle the job provided the seller eats some of it. You are 💯 % correct. We like to make our own damage. Lol. Human nature is so weird. Thanks for watching brother. 🙂
@@FultonStreetBeats Right on. Still a heartbreaker/pisser to open something new and see something like that. Or the stomped neck on that beautiful goldtop a couple weeks ago, that was just sad and unfortunately not really worth the trouble to fix. I just had a wild thought- the crunched point on this Randy Vee could be the first step of an authentic-looking relic job. Not my thing personally but I've had people ask for that on furniture and guitars, and this may be a good escape option on this guitar for you or one of your customers. Anyway enjoyed the conversation as usual, have a great day!
How bad is it? Is it a ding, paint chip or chunk of wood gouged out? I wouldn't get that guitar with a Floyd either. I'd get the same model and put a VegaTrem on it !!! I never had a Flying V, are they HUGE? About the back switch plate, I don't know their intentions, but it's a great spot to put the battery compartment, should you upgrade to active pickups !!!
sweet guitar bro! even tho "break X" messed it up id see if the seller will refund some of your money and maybe fix the bad spot the best ya can... this way you eliminate return shipping chaos...
@@FultonStreetBeats 4got to mention you also have the right not to recieve a effed up guitar lol! being its black n white it should be ez to match up the colors.... bet buddy guy would like that too! he loves pooka dot guitars!
Wha? The original was built by Karl Sandoval for $750 in 1979. He'll build you one today for about $9 grand. I don't know where you're getting this Danelectro neck thing from...
Wow, bro, I would just fix that bad boy, and rock it. That looks like an amazing guitar. Some bondo and black paint is all you need. I own three Chibsons myself. Love them.
I love your channel and the cool videos that you create and share with us. Thank you very much for you time and effort to bring us these cool uboxing videos. It's a known fact that that delivery companies do not always handle with care. What I just don't understand is why you or anyone else order any guitar or musical instrument without purchasing a hard case for it to be placed in when it's shipped no matter where the instrument is sent from. That would have kept the instrument from being damaged. Still doesn't let fed ex off the hook for mishandling your package, but would have allowed the nice guitar to have been protected. There's no way I would order any instrument without making sure it was shipped in an actual hard case. I surely do not mean to make matters worse, but in the future just buy a case when you or anyone who watches this channel or any other channel that contains videos of unboxing guitars. It doesn't have to be an expensive case, but spend the extra few dollars and for the instrument to have a case. Any guitarist should know to buy a case. They do sell nice ones for not that much more. It's a shame that your beautiful Randy Rhoads V arrived damaged. I wish that hadn't happened and that you had to have this experience end this way. So please just order a case in the future so we all don't have to see those Styrofoam boxes anymore. In my personal opinion it's always better to see someone opening the case to reveal a beautiful guitar.
Unfortunately, one was not available with this guitar. (Like with a lot of guitar replicas from Ebay) . I always chose a case option when available. Usually they are not available, and sometimes not cost effective, depending on the guitar. Especially when I have plenty of cases here.
I have a small business and will never use Fedex or UPS for anything. I always use Usps so I can go to my local post office for pick ups and you can inspect your packages there.
Maybe my Chibson guitars shipped here in the states the Slash is worth buying I modified it like the American with all of them I put tone man harnesses and switches with American Seymour pickups Grover Mini locker with a roller bridge be selling the slash on Facebook soon sounds like the real thing
Keep it and ask for a discount, looks a great guitar otherwise and the ding is on a place on the guitar that is hidden when playing, and that ding is a relatively easy fix. You will have to wait at least 3 months for a replacement if you are ordering directly from China because they only make them to order and they wont have any lying around.
She's worse than it looks in video. Definitely would need some extensive work to make it right. I can do it though. Just waiting on word from the seller. Thanks for watching, brother RJ! You rock!
It's a guitar made to look like a guitar disguised as another guitar! 🤣 Too bad it came chipped, but still looks really killer esp. to a RR fan. I know Karl Sandoval is still making these, but I wonder if he got a license from Gibson (or at least some unwritten acquiescence that the big G won't sue him).
Since Fedex saw that Tom Hank survived no matter what happened to Wilson, they don't care what happens to their shipments... Hahahahahaha. Forgive the joke, you have to take things with humor ... But if it sucks that you pay for a guitar in minimum conditions and they arrive in those conditions ... Good luck with the repair or with the return...
Great guitar, I'm not a flying v fan but that guitar looks awesome, gutted for you about the damage, no excuse, I hope you can get it fixed, truly great guitar
Might protect the points but a hard case doesnt protect the neck that well plenty of guitars have been broken in the case, that's why they use styro which cushions impacts much better.
A lot of times, a case is not available from the seller. Especially when it's a V style guitar. Also, a V case would have gotten damaged. Damage is damaged. Regardless. The guitar was shipped properly in foam. It's how I ship guitars also. I use UPS, and I have only had one issue ever with shipping. And that's because of a UPS traffic accident. This is the third guitar shipped through fedex, damaged by FedEx this month, and the first had a hardshell case.
A good paint guy could fix that without having to disassemble the guitar or paint the whole body. The damage is in one small spot and on the black only. If you wanted to keep the guitar that would be a good option, you could never even tell it had been fixed.
I bought a cheap guitar online for my son. "What if he does not like it" I asked. No problem, easy return policy. Just pay for the return shipping. Sounds reasonable. Son gave the thumbs down. So back it goes. They shipped it from one state away FREE 2-day del....but their "return center" was across the country. The cost of shipping it back was almost the value of the guitar. So I have a theory. They intentionally shipped damaged product thinking their was not much chance of a return. And gave me free 2-day air to make it even more costly to send it back was I was obligated to "ship it back in the same way we shipped it to you."....cross-country 2-day air.....very expensive. This is why I fear buying a Chibson.
I've never had a problem returning through eBay. Never let the seller make you close the return until you have your another guitar in your hands or your money back. I never pay for return shipping back. If the seller won't do it, Ebay will make them.
Hey buddy, keep that one and have them send you a new. Guitar The ain’t fucked up it ain’t your fault I shouldn’t have to send it back and they can’t do nothing with it anyway guitar is ruined good luck
Must be your area man. Around here we have a UPS hub 1/4 mile from my house. Nearest Fed Ex hub is an hour away. Every Fed Ex package comes in great shape nothing wrong. UPS and USPS on the other hand... Yeah no... They f@ck up everything they touch, everytime.
@@FultonStreetBeatsthere's not alot in this world quite as gut wrenching as your guitar finally comin in and seeing the box just mutilated... Worst one I've had so far was luckily just a String Swing multi stand. Box came in with a giant hole that took up 3/4 of one side of the box. Needless to say my $200 stand was so bent when I unfolded it, it would literally teeter totter in place... It went back immediately with video evidence of how the package arrived and the unboxing so there could be no doubts that USPS screwed up yet again. Luckily the folks at String Swing have great customer service and they sent me another one out immediately over night at no cost to me. Can't wait to see what ya do with this one though and hopefully if ya do return it everything goes smoothly and much better the next time.
Blessed to see Randy Rhoads on the Blizzard tour in Phoenix, 1981. Motorhead opening. I was 15.
OMG 😲 you lucky man. I wish I could have. Just to go back in time once.
@@FultonStreetBeats It was the very first leg of the Blizzard tour... Tommy and Rudy had just joined a few weeks earlier. Yeah, I was on cloud 9 walking out of that show. It had a big impact on me. Not even seeing Rush on the Moving Pictures tour a couple of months earlier got me fired up like seeing Randy. Truly magical experience. Surreal to realize all these years later I was actually there.
You were very fortunate to get to see him. I bought a ticket to see Ozzy with Randy, in New Orleans, but before they got here, the accident happened. I was very disappointed to see the Night Ranger guitarist on stage, Brad Gillis, trying to fill Randy's shoes. Not that he's a bad guitarist, but he's not Randy Rhoads.
@@jameslanclos568 Brad only had about 3 days to learn all those Sabbath tunes for Speak of the Devil. George Lynch and Michael Schenker even auditioned.
Yes, earlier I did say that he's a good guitarist and I didn't mean to sound like I was putting him down. I was disappointed that Randy wasn't there, as well as heart broken after he passed away. When Sabbath's Heaven and Hell and Diary of a Madman hit the shelves, my friend and I bought them immediately. He was a Sabbath addict and could play any Sabbath song on guitar. He asked me which album was better and I said Ozzy's album. Heaven and Hell too, was pretty damn good. Like Hendrix, Randy too, left us way too soon.@@scottdunn2178
The intro was just killer! Love this!
I'm sure it's been said already but that is legitimately the best intro ever 😂
I got mine a couple of weeks ago. Showed up in nice shape. I'll definitely upgrade it. Just bought a new whammy bridge. Pickups, 500k volume pots, and new tuners
The Gibson purists that don't think too much about Chibsons might find the "Ed Roman: The FAKE Guitar King" on the KDH UA-cam channel, very interesting. I wouldn't be surprised to find other rare guitar shops making USA, counterfeit, rare guitars, in the least. People spend BIG bucks on "rare" guitars, if you catch my drift !!! 🏄🎸 KEEP IT! Put a little black fingernail polish on it !!!
The V style bodies are easily damaged on their “points”, even with people being as careful as possible. If the damage doesn’t affect the playability, I’d just grab some touch up paint from the auto parts store near you and do that.
Another awesome review!
Thanks brother. I will be back in the studio soon. Lol.
Love the Randy guitar. I've seen a lot of Alexi ESP style ones that i've been curious about seeing reviewed and or the Warlock clones
Send it back. UPS did the sam thing to my Harley Benton Gold Top, cracking the eck at the nut. Once theu bleep up the box, why the bleep do they carry on with delivering it? Also, the guitar company should properly doun=ble box it with the guitat box going into a well padded 2nd box. Mind you, Thomann did that and UPS still found a way to bleep it up. I feel for ya. Delivery like this turned me off of ordering guitars because the carriers stink.
I have 2 of these 1 with strat style trem and1 with floyd style trem both fun guitars,1 with white plastics and 1 with black plastics like RR changed to right before he passed, saw RR with Ozzy 4/23/81 in Harrisburgh PA. MOTOTEHEAD opened.
Love it!! Legendary!! And best place ever to come to for reviews! 🤟🙏😎🎸
Thanks my brother 🙏
I feel your pain…I hate FedEx, too!
We bought our son an Epiphone LEs Paul Player Pack, for Christmas…and they left it outside, on our deck…in the snow. 😕
Cool V though…I’d try to get a partial refund, and keep it.
the beginning man 😂😂great video
Were there any other options on makers for this model?
I think I saw the reverse white with black dots the other day on ebay.
@@FultonStreetBeats I just checked and saw that there are some that have white knobs, others black. You can see that randy used both variations. I also saw one variation on aliexpress that has a small round back cover for the cable route. I would return it and take more time to research…🤘🤘
( have you ever considered getting a Jay Yuenger (white zombie) signature iceman? )
How do you choose your seller? 👍🎸
I mostly check feedback, and make sure they communicate well before I order. If not I move along.
@@FultonStreetBeats It really shows the over all quality has improved, sellers just need to get there Sht together providing better communication. 🫡
I am a Randy Rhoads fan too but i would not keep that guitar with that big of chip taken out. Then again going thru the steps you might as well keep it?
I can correct it but it still costs. I contacted the seller. Hopefully we can work something out.
You paid 100% of that guitar's price, and you should get 100% of that guitar.
In my opinion, your two options in front of you are to ask the seller for some kind of discount or send it back and get another one. I'd personally opt to keep it and deal with the damage as it won't affect the playability, but that's just me.
Stinks that this keeps happening -- hope the next one arrives safely!
Not the sellers fault ----> Fed Ex should be held responsible. UPS isn't much better. However I'm finding USPS upping their game re: shipping - even though I hate our postal services. Just my experience this past year. Probably a temporary fluke. Let's see what happens in the next few months.
@@riskybusiness3413 most likely it's not the sellers fault, but unfortunately it's impossible to prove to the customer that it wasn't like that BEFORE it was shipped without good quality videos and photos of it pre-packaged and packaged. Either way it's another great example of why shipping insurance is a thing. Hopefully the seller has it, or can do something to get their money back from FedEx too because it's not fair to either party -- manufacturer OR customer.
Where do i go to actually buy one Ive looked on ebay
I just found mine in a ebay search for (randy rhoads guitar)
Thanks to your channel, I just dared and risked and I bought a guitar from China...fingers crossed I will be as excited and as happy as you are...unless it arrives with a broken neck. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
No. No broken necks!! Lol. The worst.
Without a doubt I would keep it. A straight neck and a great finish account for alot. The rest you could hotrod yourself. Plus I'm sure the tail can be fixed.
That Dewey cox intro cracks me the fuck up !! 😂
I laugh everytime I see it. Especially when I hear myself doing the voices. 😆
I'd contact the seller about a partial refund for the damage....but would keep it and do the repair work myself regardless of the outcome of a partial refund !
I'd get the one with the Floyd Rose on it though, if they have em. It would probably be newer as well..
Mike, that is a shame FedEx ruined what should have been a very nice Randy Rhoads V. I’d like to hear how it sounds so I hope you post a demo if you decide to keep it.
I will Nick. Just waiting on a seller response. Thanks for watching 🙂
@@FultonStreetBeats , Keep us posted on what you happens.
Will do brother
Can be easily fixed.. cool guitar
Chindoval?
My luthier has one of those, he modded the hell out of it - real floyd, Duncans, locking tuners, strat style football output jack (ala Randy's), fret level/crowned etc. Is it a real Sandoval? No way, but the thing is such a player. Honestly, no one can tell the difference esp since Sandovals are super rare to begin with. Sometimes I would visit his shop just to hold his Randy V (being a massive Randy fanboy myself).
That's awesome! Thanks for watching 🙂
Sorry I missed this one Mikey ! I'm dealing with some issues here !
Upgraded mine with LP harness and dimarzios. Strat style output jack, Locking grover minis. Tusq nut. Lowest action of any I have love it. Two way truss rod. In all actuality... and I'll get flamed for this. So be it.... ours is probably better than Randy's. Randy's did not have a truss rod and made with a poplar danelectro neck.
Yes sir. It was a danelectro neck with no trussrod. So many don't realize this. Excellent point.
That's awesome!!!!!
Awesome
Thanks Brother
Ooooo, that intro!
😆👏
Very easy fix, bit of filler, then paint and clear cloat the area and its fixed
Don't blame the fedex delivery driver. I guarantee you 99.9% of the time it aint the driver that breaks anything. The drivers don't work for fedex they work for contractors. The loaders are part time workers that don't care about your stuff and do not care if they break it because they don't get punished and they don't have to deal with you the customer. As a driver you can see something is damaged and try to.leave the package there as damaged and fedex will try to force you to deliver anyway and then put it on you and your contractor when the customer calls in
I blame FedEx the company.
How long did it take for you to receive it? Was it from china or within the US?
From Ebay shipping from USA 10 days. 3 days longer than it should have. FedEx lost it for 3 days.
I second what @ronroberson said below. That's an easy repair you can fill with bondo or epoxy putty, sand and touch up. If you don't have the skills or basic tools you probably know someone nearby who does. This is not a job that requires a 'luthier.' I mean, it's a $300 chibson. Any decent hobbyist woodworker or shop carpenter could do a passable repair job on it that probably nobody would ever notice unless they scrutinized it closely. Sending shit back every time it has a booboo is not going to make the world better. Use this as a chance to fix something yourself instead of blaming it on fedex or whoever. Fix it and rock it!
Glad you didn't take me wrong. If I lived near you I'd fix this guitar just to show you how. Funny thing is half the used vees you see have some damage or wear on the points, especially if they were gigged. Having said that, I take care of my guitars and don't bang 'em up but still, when we buy something new, regardless of the price, we want the privilege of being the first/only person to bang it up, right? It hurts when it's banged up out of the box. As far as Fedex, UPS etc... shipping is always a gamble and the workers are under a lot of pressure to make quota. Most of the time they get our packages to us with undamaged contents, which is pretty amazing really. Last year though I bought an Epiphone ('authorized' Chibson-ha!) P90 LP Special used from GC for only $125. It came to me with the neck pranged loose in transit, otherwise perfect in excellent condition. I redrilled it for fatter screws, stabilized the holes with brushed-in Titebond and reattached the neck, and now it's better than new. Much easier than the return and billing fiasco. Love your channel brother!
Oh I totally get it. No worries. I actually fix guitar finishes all the time. Mostly Nitro corrections. Easy fix, with some filler, and blending time . However, it is still time-consuming for a proper job. I'm willing to tackle the job provided the seller eats some of it.
You are 💯 % correct. We like to make our own damage. Lol. Human nature is so weird. Thanks for watching brother. 🙂
@@FultonStreetBeats Right on. Still a heartbreaker/pisser to open something new and see something like that. Or the stomped neck on that beautiful goldtop a couple weeks ago, that was just sad and unfortunately not really worth the trouble to fix. I just had a wild thought- the crunched point on this Randy Vee could be the first step of an authentic-looking relic job. Not my thing personally but I've had people ask for that on furniture and guitars, and this may be a good escape option on this guitar for you or one of your customers. Anyway enjoyed the conversation as usual, have a great day!
fedex and ups. i have had issues with both. it seems to be a roll of the dice.
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How bad is it? Is it a ding, paint chip or chunk of wood gouged out? I wouldn't get that guitar with a Floyd either. I'd get the same model and put a VegaTrem on it !!! I never had a Flying V, are they HUGE? About the back switch plate, I don't know their intentions, but it's a great spot to put the battery compartment, should you upgrade to active pickups !!!
It's all three unfortunately. V's are really not huge. Just odd to play sitting. But standing they are excellent, with very accessible frets up high.
I never had a Flying V, but now I feel that a V is too flashy, a guitar for an old man like me!@@FultonStreetBeats
It's definitely worth having one.
I believe that I'll look ridiculous with a V strapped to my old body !!!@@FultonStreetBeats
sweet guitar bro!
even tho "break X" messed it up id see if the seller will refund some of your money and maybe fix the bad spot the best ya can...
this way you eliminate return shipping chaos...
I agree
@@FultonStreetBeats 4got to mention you also have the right not to recieve a effed up guitar lol!
being its black n white it should be ez to match up the colors....
bet buddy guy would like that too! he loves pooka dot guitars!
@@birdman316 I definitely can fix it.
@@FultonStreetBeats hekk yaa brother!
i just hope your wallet gets fixed as well!
The original is $9800.00 and has a dan electro neck .
Wha? The original was built by Karl Sandoval for $750 in 1979. He'll build you one today for about $9 grand. I don't know where you're getting this Danelectro neck thing from...
@@scottdunn2178 Look up an original on reverb three sold for $9800.00 which i would never pay for.
@scottdunn2178 if I ever have the dough I would definitely buy one from Karl. What a keeper that would be.
Wow, bro, I would just fix that bad boy, and rock it. That looks like an amazing guitar. Some bondo and black paint is all you need. I own three Chibsons myself. Love them.
Man that really sucks about the damage...great video though and a really nice looking guitar other than the FEDEX damage!!!!
Thank you 🙂
I wish this wasnt typical of a FedEx delivery
That's such an easy repair. And besides, that's where it would have eventually gotten dinged anyway. Hope it all works out for you!
nice axe, pity it was damaged
i would have paint the damaged part & forget about it
Send it back for a replacement, then help the seller punish (get compensation from) FedEx
I love your channel and the cool videos that you create and share with us. Thank you very much for you time and effort to bring us these cool uboxing videos. It's a known fact that that delivery companies do not always handle with care. What I just don't understand is why you or anyone else order any guitar or musical instrument without purchasing a hard case for it to be placed in when it's shipped no matter where the instrument is sent from. That would have kept the instrument from being damaged. Still doesn't let fed ex off the hook for mishandling your package, but would have allowed the nice guitar to have been protected. There's no way I would order any instrument without making sure it was shipped in an actual hard case. I surely do not mean to make matters worse, but in the future just buy a case when you or anyone who watches this channel or any other channel that contains videos of unboxing guitars. It doesn't have to be an expensive case, but spend the extra few dollars and for the instrument to have a case. Any guitarist should know to buy a case. They do sell nice ones for not that much more. It's a shame that your beautiful Randy Rhoads V arrived damaged. I wish that hadn't happened and that you had to have this experience end this way. So please just order a case in the future so we all don't have to see those Styrofoam boxes anymore. In my personal opinion it's always better to see someone opening the case to reveal a beautiful guitar.
Unfortunately, one was not available with this guitar. (Like with a lot of guitar replicas from Ebay) . I always chose a case option when available. Usually they are not available, and sometimes not cost effective, depending on the guitar. Especially when I have plenty of cases here.
I have a small business and will never use Fedex or UPS for anything. I always use Usps so I can go to my local post office for pick ups and you can inspect your packages there.
Growing up I played drums with Karl Sandoval back in the 00’s. I’m sure he hates the bootlegs out there. But still awesome nonetheless!
Yeah I 2nd your sentiment on fed ex.
If anyone works for FedEx, how does this happen so frequently. Please chime in.
Yes please. 🙏
I got the same guitar very highly Moded with the best it still feels so cheap sounds probably the wood so money I got in it they used a wall hanger
Definitely not the same then.
Maybe my Chibson guitars shipped here in the states the Slash is worth buying I modified it like the American with all of them I put tone man harnesses and switches with American Seymour pickups Grover Mini locker with a roller bridge be selling the slash on Facebook soon sounds like the real thing
Keep it and ask for a discount, looks a great guitar otherwise and the ding is on a place on the guitar that is hidden when playing, and that ding is a relatively easy fix. You will have to wait at least 3 months for a replacement if you are ordering directly from China because they only make them to order and they wont have any lying around.
That sucks but they'll offer you some $ back. The right black nail polish will cover that up.
She's worse than it looks in video. Definitely would need some extensive work to make it right. I can do it though. Just waiting on word from the seller. Thanks for watching, brother RJ! You rock!
Send it back , and use a different delivery co. Hopefully it will be fine next time
Bass player candy
Annoying ebay search won't let me find the seller
I hate that. I will try and find the link today.
send it back... make fed x pay!
Mmmmmmaaaaannnnn I wanted to hear it😢😢😭😭😭😢😢😢😢
Soon, hopefully. Waiting on the seller to respond back.
Send it back, you will be happier in the long run. Make FED EX pay for the neglegence
It's a guitar made to look like a guitar disguised as another guitar! 🤣 Too bad it came chipped, but still looks really killer esp. to a RR fan. I know Karl Sandoval is still making these, but I wonder if he got a license from Gibson (or at least some unwritten acquiescence that the big G won't sue him).
The good thing about these guitars is that the V design is not even close to Gibson. Or the headstock. Much thicker and wider body.
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Since Fedex saw that Tom Hank survived no matter what happened to Wilson, they don't care what happens to their shipments... Hahahahahaha. Forgive the joke, you have to take things with humor ... But if it sucks that you pay for a guitar in minimum conditions and they arrive in those conditions ... Good luck with the repair or with the return...
If you don't want it I guess I will offer to take it. Lemme know if you want it to go to a good home.
Great guitar, I'm not a flying v fan but that guitar looks awesome, gutted for you about the damage, no excuse, I hope you can get it fixed, truly great guitar
Order it with a case and you won't have that problem. Regardless of what you think of FedEx.
Might protect the points but a hard case doesnt protect the neck that well plenty of guitars have been broken in the case, that's why they use styro which cushions impacts much better.
A lot of times, a case is not available from the seller. Especially when it's a V style guitar. Also, a V case would have gotten damaged. Damage is damaged. Regardless. The guitar was shipped properly in foam. It's how I ship guitars also. I use UPS, and I have only had one issue ever with shipping. And that's because of a UPS traffic accident. This is the third guitar shipped through fedex, damaged by FedEx this month, and the first had a hardshell case.
I see this all day, better quality carboard makes a difference.@@FultonStreetBeats
A good paint guy could fix that without having to disassemble the guitar or paint the whole body.
The damage is in one small spot and on the black only.
If you wanted to keep the guitar that would be a good option, you could never even tell it had been fixed.
See if you can get $200 off. If not send it back.
I bought a cheap guitar online for my son. "What if he does not like it" I asked. No problem, easy return policy. Just pay for the return shipping.
Sounds reasonable. Son gave the thumbs down. So back it goes.
They shipped it from one state away FREE 2-day del....but their "return center" was across the country. The cost of shipping it back was almost the value of the guitar.
So I have a theory. They intentionally shipped damaged product thinking their was not much chance of a return. And gave me free 2-day air to make it even more costly to send it back was I was obligated to "ship it back in the same way we shipped it to you."....cross-country 2-day air.....very expensive.
This is why I fear buying a Chibson.
I've never had a problem returning through eBay. Never let the seller make you close the return until you have your another guitar in your hands or your money back. I never pay for return shipping back. If the seller won't do it, Ebay will make them.
@@FultonStreetBeats Cool I'll check it out. Have not eBayed in awhile. Cheers.
Keep an hot rod the crap out of it..don't got to worry about scratching it..
I'm keeping it🙂
Hey buddy, keep that one and have them send you a new. Guitar The ain’t fucked up it ain’t your fault I shouldn’t have to send it back and they can’t do nothing with it anyway guitar is ruined good luck
Must be your area man. Around here we have a UPS hub 1/4 mile from my house. Nearest Fed Ex hub is an hour away. Every Fed Ex package comes in great shape nothing wrong. UPS and USPS on the other hand... Yeah no... They f@ck up everything they touch, everytime.
I hear ya. I feel your pain.
@@FultonStreetBeatsthere's not alot in this world quite as gut wrenching as your guitar finally comin in and seeing the box just mutilated... Worst one I've had so far was luckily just a String Swing multi stand. Box came in with a giant hole that took up 3/4 of one side of the box. Needless to say my $200 stand was so bent when I unfolded it, it would literally teeter totter in place... It went back immediately with video evidence of how the package arrived and the unboxing so there could be no doubts that USPS screwed up yet again.
Luckily the folks at String Swing have great customer service and they sent me another one out immediately over night at no cost to me.
Can't wait to see what ya do with this one though and hopefully if ya do return it everything goes smoothly and much better the next time.
Chindival
I feel your pain. Sucks..
Fedex sucks. The last guitar I got delivered by Fedex was also damaged, and the box was also destroyed.
So frustrating
Its gonna get more damage than that !
Is it though? 🤔
just fix it. its 300 bucks
Fed ex needs to pay for it
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