Epiphone’s metal-ready Richie Faulkner Flying V Custom soars into view

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Judas Priest man’s signature guitar packs Floyd Rose tremolo and EMG humbuckers

Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner has landed himself a signature model with Epiphone, the Ltd Ed Richie Faulkner Flying V Custom.

The highly spec’d model is chock-full of big names, including EMG 66 (neck) and 57 (bridge) humbuckers; a Floyd Rose Tremolo 1000-Series locking vibrato with R2 locking nut; and Grover Rotomatic machineheads.

Elsewhere, Richie’s new model offers a mahogany body in Ebony gloss finish with a thin-C profile neck modelled after the guitarist’s fave Flying V.

The Ltd Ed Richie Faulkner Flying V Custom is available soon for $999. Head over to Epiphone for more.

Michael Astley-Brown
Michael Astley-Brown

Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism, and has spent the past decade writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as a decade-and-a-half performing in bands of variable genre (and quality). In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.

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