Members boxcarmonument Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/ValleyArts/Brent%20Mason%20Signature/ Just found this thought it was interesting. The company is called Gibson Valley Arts. A subsidiary of Gibson. Brent Mason Signature Body Body: Swamp ash Size: Full NECK Neck: Maple FINGERBOARD Fingerboard Wood: Maple Fingerboard Scale: 25.5" Fingerboard Frets: 22 Nut Width: 1.687" Fingerboard Inlays: Dots OTHER Tuners: Satin chrome locking Sperzel Tailpiece: Chrome hardtail Controls: 3 knob: neck & bridge volume, middle volume, master tone/series-parallel for middle pickup Switch: 3-way Pickups: Gibson mini-humbucker (neck), Duncan Hot Stack (middle), Duncan vintage lead stack (bridge) Pickup Configuration: Humbucker, single, single Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 When did Gibson acquire Valley Arts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 Yup thats one for the what were they thinking file...lol I hear they are pretty sweet axes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 When did Gibson acquire Valley Arts? Late '02 or early '03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members No Soul Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 When did Gibson acquire Valley Arts? several years ago, old news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 several years ago, old news! Thanks..that's one I missed.I played a few in the 80s but lost track of company years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A-20 Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 I'm gassing so bad for a white guitar with gold hardware... just like that for example. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 Thanks..that's one I missed.I played a few in the 80s but lost track of company years ago. I think the company had big financial problems at some point, probably in the '90s, and ended up selling out, at least partially, to Samick or one of the other big Korean mfgs. Maybe their factory out in Cali burned down or something like that? Seems like I remember imported VA guitars of marginal quality sorta ruining their reputation? FWIW, I do think some of the main guys from the company's '80s heyday are now involved in the Gibson thing. I wonder if they're making good stuff again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 Yea, I do vaguely remember the Samick versions of them.It's a shame what they went through. They were very nice many years ago.Sounds like the Gibson ones maybe quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 Great guitars! They have them at the gibson showcase. If your in Nashville (after they open the damn thing again) stop by the showcase, and play one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 I have posted this before.[YOUTUBE]FaP97Z5bS_4[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 Larry carlton was a VA player at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 Half the guys on the LA session scene probably played Valley Arts stuff in the late '80s. Mike McGuire and Al Carness were the minds behind Valley Arts, and both ended up working for Gibson after Samick acquired a controlling interest in Valley Arts in the early '90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 "If you know how to fly an airplaine, its basically easy" haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 59refin Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 What an absolutely sick player! If I buy a Valley Arts will I sound like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/ValleyArts/Brent%20Mason%20Signature/ Just found this thought it was interesting. The company is called Gibson Valley Arts. A subsidiary of Gibson. Brent Mason Signature Body Body: Swamp ash Size: Full NECK Neck: Maple FINGERBOARD Fingerboard Wood: Maple Fingerboard Scale: 25.5" Fingerboard Frets: 22 Nut Width: 1.687" Fingerboard Inlays: Dots OTHER Tuners: Satin chrome locking Sperzel Tailpiece: Chrome hardtail Controls: 3 knob: neck & bridge volume, middle volume, master tone/series-parallel for middle pickup Switch: 3-way Pickups: Gibson mini-humbucker (neck), Duncan Hot Stack (middle), Duncan vintage lead stack (bridge) Pickup Configuration: Humbucker, single, single that gold hardware would have to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 What an absolutely sick player! If I buy a Valley Arts will I sound like that? ...yep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timmay8612 Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 That guy makes that thing sound incredible. Its an interesting concept too, although I didn't really quite hear the strat in between tones, more like a hybrid of that and a tele sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rekel Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 That guy makes that thing sound incredible. I was a backup musician for him a few times with his amp just about right next to me. That guy can make anything sound incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 Late '02 or early '03.sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted May 22, 2010 Members Share Posted May 22, 2010 You're not the only one but it was fairly recent; about 5 months ago, I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members neffrocks Posted May 23, 2010 Members Share Posted May 23, 2010 If Brent Mason wanted a penis-shaped guitar, they'd make him one. He's one of the finest players out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TruSlice Posted May 23, 2010 Members Share Posted May 23, 2010 Umm, all of it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rekel Posted May 23, 2010 Members Share Posted May 23, 2010 Umm, all of it is Whether you care for the looks or not (and I don't know how close this copy is soundwise compared to the original from him) but I can tell you for a fact that the latter is a killer instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted May 23, 2010 Members Share Posted May 23, 2010 What an absolutely sick player! If I buy a Valley Arts will I sound like that? I guarantee it! If not Ill buy your VA Tele off you at half the price you paid the problem with the looks is the colors. the gold knobs/control plate, white pickup ring,and red pickup is all incongruent easily fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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