Brownsville Flying V

Brownsville IV 400. 2pc book matched solid basswood body. 3 tone sunburst with light flame. I originally thought there was a flame maple veneer on the top but when you pop the pick guard off you can see that it's the basswood itself that has the light flame in it. Reverse headstock also has a sunburst and flame. Bound set maple neck with rosewood fretboard. String through body with tune-o-matic style roller bridge. Pearliod inlays, 2 ply pearloid pick guard. Brushed aluminum hardware, all hardware is solid and doesnt feel cheap. H-H configuration with 3 way switch. 2 volume 1 tone pots, dime sized. Plastic nut but it doesn't bind at all. Guitar is fairly light, so it's conformable to play standing up for extended periods, which is handy considering it's not at all comfortable sitting down.

I play metal, classic rock and blues mainly and this guitar is just as versatile as my Ibanez RG in terms of being able to get all the right tones, it's not a single sound guitar. Play some Peter Green and then turn around and bust out some Pantera. I have no trouble finding the sound I need. Main amp is a Fender Princeton Chorus, for blues I use amp distortion, for classic rock I use a Digitech Hotrod and for Metal I use a Digitech Metal Master. I use DR MT-10 strings. Guitar has phenomenal sustain thanks to the string through body design. It's great at pinch harmonics much better then my Ibanez, however it harder to use feedback to sustain a note on this then on my Ibanez. No noise. I was expecting for this to be a project guitar and was planning on changing out the electronics and hardware but after playing this thing not only am I not touching anything on it but I'm looking for another. Sure, you can upgrade the pickups, but you'll only be doing it out of personal taste, not necessity.

Got it used but there was a major issue. Nut came unglued, no big deal. However the fretboard started separating from the neck starting from the nut and going down to the 5th fret or so. Quick fix using some thin CA glue, a pair of shims and a pair of clamps. Neck was set great, the book matching was great. Finish was crystal clear. the perloid inlays are much richer then any other Asian guitar I've seen. Frets were excellent. All the electronics worked great, no noise from pots or switch. Switch and jack feel sturdy. The tuners are very smooth, and sensitive. Roller bridge is a weird choice considering it's a string through, but doesn't affect anything negatively. The 3 design points that I have a gripe with are 1) the jack location is annoying if you want to loop your cable around the strap. 2) the reverse headstock is annoying to use tune considering 3) the balance is slightly neck heavy. Overall the hardware and electronics are seriously above par, even when compared to much more expensive guitars, they don't leave you with a desire to to upgrade any of them. Just examine the guitar carefully before buying or be prepared to put a little work into it. After a set up the action on this guitar is great, set it as high or low as you want, no problem to dial in the intonation, access to the higher frets no problem at all, very comfortable and very fast.

Guitar is solid all around, no concern about gigging it. Only recommendation is to upgrade the strap buttons.

Never needed support; I guess you could just take it to a Sam Ash. Website support is non existent. All parts seems to be std sized so you wouldn't have to look for Brownsville specific parts.

Been playing for 6 years. I've got 5 electrics, 2 acoustics and a bass. 3 Fender amps and a Crate 1/2 stack. After a little work and a proper set up this guitar gave me the best first impression of any I've played. I was expecting for it's to be a cheap base for a project guitar, where I'd replace all the electronics and hardware yet not only is it now my favorite guitar, but I'm looking to get it's Les Paul brother. A $90 set neck string through guitar with quality hardware and electronics that puts every other Asian guitar I've ever played to shame. Sure it's not a Gibson, PRS or a USA Fender but for the price you can't go wrong.

Nice Tobbacco sunburst finish.
The V design features a comfortable curve in the body for easy resting when playing while sitting down.
String-thru body.
Maple neck w/ rosewood fretboard.
Two standard humbuckers. Good output but the wiring might need to be soddred after a while.
22 frets.
2 volume knobs. 1 tone knowb. tone knob works as a distortion knob. Quite cool. 3 way selector.
H/H pickup configuration.
Mahogany body and neck. Rosewood fretboard.

I play metal and shred. The flat fretboard is great for bends and runs. The action is set low and perfect for pinch harmonics. It fits my style perfectly.
I Use a Spider 15 as a practice amp. And i use a Fender digital amp w/125 watts and probably 75 options. It works through both. Put it through an overdriven tube amp, and it sounds amazing.
Full sound, when the tone knob is turned to full it gets a vicious bite. It is perfect for breaking leads, or chunky rythms.
I believe this is my favorite guitar, and it is so easy on the wallet.

The guitar was set up finely at the factory. Mine had some pickup problems, but a little soddering fixed it quick.
The action is low, but not too low. There was no buzz even with heavy open rythm lines. I set mine slightly lower to get a hair of buzz to add to my sound. It fits onstage with my band perfectly.
The pickup wiring, and there was some paint scratched from the end of one of the tail ends of the v, were the only things i found wrong with the manufacturing.

I depend on this guitar to get me through a show without problems. I can drop tune it with out worrying about the intonation. The finish has lasted me and survived me onstage quite a few times. I would use this guitar without fear of needing a backup. I use a straplock system for some of my onstage moves, and the straplocks hold strong. The finish was scratched when i bought it but onstage and studio and carrying it around, nothing has happened to the finish, it stands strong.

I own A epi les paul, a kramer vanguard, a kramer focus, a floyd-rose dicovery series, and a ibanez accoustic guitar. If i lost this guitar i would go and try to buy two more. I love the tone of the pickups, especially the bridge pickups, and i cannot find anything negative to say about it other than the only thing that could make it better is if the neck had 24 frets instead.

Made in china, flamed maple top with mahogany neck and body.
Rosewood finger board? 2 humbuckers with 2 volume and 1 tone with 3 way selector.
Tortoise shell type of plastic pickguard. Black colour with sunburst front. Tuners are Gotoh with a nickel type finish. Roller type bridge.
String through body tailpiece.

This screams metal guitar but is actually good for blues licks also.
Sound is quite full and bright on bridge pickup and dark on the neck pickup. Played through a Marshall 2203 super lead and cab it sounds really crunchy. Pickups surprisingly had no annoying squeals like other cheap guitars I own. (epiphone v) Pots and selector are really quiet with no scratchiness and feel like decent quality.

Bought used but setup was fine. adjusted bridge a bit higher and changed strings. Fit and finish is excellent (as good or better than my epiphone v and much better than my 99 Gibson v). The only flaw I could see beside some belt buckle rash on the back and a ding on the headstock was a misaligned screw on the pickguard. The solid neck joint and paint was much better than my Gibson. Go figure I paid over 1000 canadian for the Gibson and 545 for the Epiphone.
The bridge is interesting as the saddles are of a roller type.

Don't gig anymore but this guitar would hold up fine

Can't find a single thing about this guitar. Sam Ash didn't even know the model but I have seen a 3/4 picture of it on their website at the top of the Brownsville listings.

I've been playing over 25 years and own several guitars and amps, mostly American Gibsons (Les paul, V and Explorer), Canadian Godin Acousticaster, Fender California Strat and now this Chinese Brownsville. To say I was pleasently surprised is an understatement, whoever makes these guitars definately knows what they are doing.
I don't know what the actually selling price for this guitar was new, but for 100 bucks how could you lose.