The Gibson Flying V is a bold, angular shape built for players who want to stand out as much as they want sustain, with the same mahogany-and-humbucker foundation as the Explorer and SG.
14 mods reviewed: 12 drop-in, 1 needs verification, 1 needs modification.
The Gibson Flying V is a bold, angular shape built for players who want to stand out as much as they want sustain, with the same mahogany-and-humbucker foundation as the Explorer and SG. Gibson's own spec sheet for this exact model confirms a Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge with an aluminum stopbar tailpiece and Grover Rotomatic tuners, resolving what had been an open question, this is a standard stopbar, not the unique V-shaped string-through plate found on the Epiphone Flying V.
Tailpiece
Aluminum Stopbar
String spacing
52mm (2.05")
Scale length
24.75" (629mm)
Tuner hole size
10mm (25/64")
Nut width
43.05mm (1.695")
Bridge mounting spacing
74.4mm (2.93")
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The manufacturer explicitly confirms this fits USA Gibson guitars like this one.
TonePros' own listing for this bridge explicitly states it fits USA Gibson Nashville-equipped guitars, matching this guitar's confirmed Nashville spec directly.
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View at AmazonMatches your guitar's Nashville-spec bridge exactly. Drops into the existing saddle slots, no need to replace the whole bridge.
Saddle-only swap matched to this guitar's confirmed post-2000 Gibson Nashville-spec Tune-o-Matic bridge, per Graph Tech's own bridge-stamp fitment guide (PQ-8501-00). Not a universal TOM saddle, this SKU is specific to the Nashville-post bridge family.
Should fit if your bridge has the original Nashville posts, but some Gibsons made from 2012 on switched to slightly larger posts that this bridge won't seat on. Worth checking your posts before buying, or measuring against Faber's spec.
Faber's own FAQ flags that some Gibson guitars made from 2012 onward use a Nashville-style bridge with larger 5mm thumbwheel posts instead of the original 4.35mm posts the ABRN is built for. Faber has not published which specific models are affected, only that "some" post-2012 Gibsons have the larger posts. This guitar's year falls in the affected range, but the exact post diameter on this model has not been independently confirmed either way. If the larger posts are present, Faber conversion posts (NSWKIT, BSWKIT, or iNsert) are needed.
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Fits the standard humbucker route. A vintage-voiced, aged alternative to the stock pickups. Needs soldering.
Standard humbucker route and mounting, consistent with this guitar's factory humbucker cavity. A vintage-voiced alternative to the stock pickups, aged and lower output rather than a modern hot-output design.
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View at ReverbThe exact pickups found on the USA Gibson Les Paul, direct fit here too. Still needs soldering.
This is literally what Gibson ships in the USA Les Paul, a genuine drop-in for the standard humbucker route this guitar also uses.
Fits the standard humbucker route. A higher-output alternative to the stock pickups for pushing an amp into natural overdrive. Needs soldering.
Standard humbucker route and mounting, consistent with this guitar's factory humbucker cavity. A long-established high-output ceramic-magnet alternative to the stock pickups, aimed at players who want more push into natural amp overdrive.
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View at AndertonsFits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock Burstbucker pickups already sit in.
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View at AndertonsShould swap straight into the existing tuner holes, no reaming needed.
Gibson's own spec sheet confirms Grover tuners on the standard 3+3 footprint.
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Should swap straight into the existing tuner holes, no reaming needed.
Gibson's own spec sheet confirms Grover tuners on the standard 3+3 footprint.
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Matches this guitar's confirmed 10mm tuner holes, the same tuner family it already ships with.
This guitar's tuner hole size is confirmed at 10mm, matching Gibson's own spec sheet listing Grover Rotomatics as stock.
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Matches this guitar's confirmed 10mm tuner holes, a locking upgrade over the stock tuners.
Grover's locking line ships at the same 10mm hole size as this guitar's confirmed tuner holes.
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View at AmazonShould swap straight into the existing tuner holes, no reaming needed.
Gibson's own spec sheet for this exact model confirms Grover Rotomatic tuners on the standard 3+3 footprint, the strongest kind of sourcing available.
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This guitar has exactly the stopbar-and-TOM setup this no-drill kit is built for. Worth knowing that some other Flying V variants use a string-through plate instead, which this kit does not fit.
The manufacturer specifies this kit for Flying V guitars with a stop tailpiece and Tune-O-Matic bridge, exactly this guitar's confirmed hardware. Flying Vs with a V-shaped string-through plate, such as Epiphone's 1958-style Flying V, are a different setup that this kit does not fit.
A real modification, not a drop-in. New holes go in the guitar, best left to someone experienced or a tech.
This guitar ships with a fixed aluminum stopbar, not a vibrato. Direct-mounting a Bigsby means new holes in the top.
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