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Fazley Vintage Series FFV618 Black
Product no: 9000-0145-8843
Product information
General
With the FFV618, Fazley offers a tough electric guitar in the legendary 'round horn' V-shape. Are you looking for an inexpensive guitar that you can impress on stage with? Then you're in the right place! Maybe you've only just started playing guitar, and you're looking for your first or second guitar. Then you're in the right place too! As a guitarist, you naturally want to stand out and not play the same guitar that everyone else has. In short, Fazley proves that a cool and good guitar doesn't have to be expensive.
FFV618: Pure tone machine!
As befits this type of guitar, the Fazley FFV is built from a lime body with a set-neck neck for extra sustain. Thanks to the two powerful humbuckers, you can count on thick tones that lend themselves ideally to rock and metal. Incidentally, the cleans are also very warm, so you can also use this axe for pop or blues, for example. In addition, a TOM bridge with stop bar has been chosen. This system is particularly stable, which benefits resonance and tuning stability, among other things.
Service promise
Fazley FFV618BK Electric Guitar (Black)This product comes with a 3-year warranty.
This product comes with a 3-year warranty.
Fazley Carrier D4VB Deluxe V-Style Electric Guitar Gig Bag (Black)This product comes with a 3-year warranty.
This product comes with a 3-year warranty.
Dunlop PVP101 Variety Pack Light/Medium 12 PackThis product comes with a manufacturing defects warranty.
This product comes with a manufacturing defects warranty.
Fazley Kubo BT 10 10-Watt 1x 5-inch Combo Guitar Amplifier with BluetoothThis product comes with a 3-year warranty.
This product comes with a 3-year warranty.
Devine JACM/5 Mono TS Jack-Jack Signal Cable, 5mThis product comes with a manufacturing defects warranty.
This product comes with a manufacturing defects warranty.
Fazley NILO SGS-BLK Nylon Guitar Strap (Black)This product comes with a manufacturing defects warranty.
This product comes with a manufacturing defects warranty.
Fazley T-10 Clip-On TunerThis product comes with a 3-year warranty.
An iconic V-shaped basswood body complete with round-horns and loaded with a formidable pair of humbuckers and gold hardware, the Heavy Series Fazley FFV618 puts a solid legend within affordable reach.
Filled with 15mm-thick protective padding, finished with a soft cotton interior lining and wrapped in a water-resistant 600 Denier polyester shell, the Fazley Carrier Deluxe gig bag has been specifically designed for full-size V-style electric guitars.
Product features
Sustainable product
Not specified
Protection type
Bag
For standard models
Extreme electric guitar
For brand/model
Gibson® / Epiphone® Flying V® (guitar)
Preformed case
No / not applicable
Length
Normal electric guitar
Left-handed/right-handed
Left-handed, right-handed
Machine heads
On both sides, on one side
Specially for hollow/semi-hollow
No
Material
Polyester
Thickness of bag lining (mm)
15
For number of instruments
1
Storage compartments
Yes
Shoulder strap
Yes
Water resistance
Splash-resistant
Colour
Black
Lock
No
Weight and dimensions including packaging
Weight
970 gr
Dimensions
130,0 x 55,0 x 6,0 cm
Product specifications
Fazley Carrier D4VB for V-style electric guitars
compatible with full-sized 4/4-size electric guitars
Dunlop's PVP101 Variety Pack Light/Medium contains an assortment of twelve of their most popular light to medium gauge plectrums so that you can try them all to figure out which ones you like best.
With the Kubo BT 10, Fazley drops the next-generation of their beginner-friendly electric guitar combo amps. By popular demand, this upgraded model now features a stereo headphone output and Bluetooth.
The Devine JACM/5 is a jack cable with plenty of length for studio applications and offers a great price/quality ratio. Every studio should have one or more of these popular cables.
This black Fazley NILO SGS-BLK is a simple and affordable yet efficient guitar strap without any unnecessary frills. The rugged nylon strap is 5cm wide and offers a maximum length of 150cm.
A neat and easy solution, the Fazley T-10 tuner simply clips onto the headstock of your guitar, bass, ukulele, or violin and features a backlit display that provides clear guidance while tuning up.
Product features
Sustainable product
Not specified
Tuner type
Clip-on tuner
Pitch detection via
Vibration sensor
Compatible with
String instruments
Chromatic
Yes
Range
C0 - C8
Type of display
LCD, colour
Colour
Black
Built-in speaker
No
Weight and dimensions including packaging
Weight
30 gr
Dimensions
8,0 x 4,5 x 3,5 cm
Product specifications
Fazley clip-on tuner
model: T-10
colour: black
range: A0 (27.5Hz) - C8 (4188Hz)
calibration: A4 = 440Hz
accuracy: +/- 0.5 cent
modes:
chromatic
guitar
bass
violin
ukulele
switch: on/off
backlit display: green (in tune), white (out of tune)
power: 1x CR2032 lithium button cell battery
dimensions: 75 x 50 x 25mm
weight: 20g
Videos
4.5
290 reviews
Rating
5 stars1914 stars723 stars102 stars71 star10
5 / 5
Fazley FFV618BK Electric Guitar (Black)
Guitar is phenomenal. Didn’t want to pay epiphone or Gibson prices! Needed a small setup when it arrived. Feels really good, nice weight to it, doesn’t feel cheap at all and the build quality is great. Pickups sound ok. Maybe worth upgrading later down the line. Tuners feel smooth, smooth fret ends and not sharp. Highly recommend!
June 5, 2026
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Daniel W.
5 / 5
Fazley T-10 Clip-On Tuner
Really great price for an essential little gadget. Works for any string instrument.
December 9, 2025
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Eddie
5 / 5
Fazley FFV618BK Electric Guitar (Black)
Fazley flying V
For the price this is a great guitar.
Looks good, fit and finnish better than I expected.
After a little set up,tighten truss rod,raise bridge,tune,stretch strings and tune again, which is all very normal for a new guitar,took me 45 mins to get the V sounding really good. Its now my favourite guitar.
For the price I am very happy with this purchase and will consider getting other guitars to add to my collection.
First time having a new guitar through Internet purchase, arrived on time, packaging very good double boxed no damage. Bax music very good keeping me informed via email and delivery spot on DHL.
October 24, 2025
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Rob
3 / 5
Fazley FFV618BK Electric Guitar (Black)
Warning: This tale grew in the telling => a very long and over detailed review.
I have a child who wants a Flying V and only a Flying V. I cannot run to Epiphone, let alone Gibson prices. At the moment this is the only budget Flying V on the market that I can find that looks reasonable close to a Gibson, in this case the pick guard less rear routed 1980s version of the V.
The guitar arrived 3 days ago and while I did initially consider returning it for a direct replacement, I was not sure that I would get another that is significantly better and I could even end up with an example with more serious problems, and so I have decided to keep it.
The pros:
It is playable with one exception, some of the the fret ends - see cons. The truss rod does appear to work, but I have not had to make any major adjustments, only to slacken off for a little more relief. The action can be taken down the high end of low (high E = 1.25mm and bottom E = 1.75mm at the 12th fret), without too much choking or buzz. There are only 4 rocking frets, none of which are bad enough to require an immediate fret levelling. The (plastic) nut is cut well enough. The guitar can be intonated, even with the cheap supplied strings. The pickups can be taken up to my preferred height without getting unduly tilted or floppy.
The hardware ls largely what you might expect at this price point and it all works to a greater or lesser degree:
(1) Tuners: These are no brand generic tuners which have an acceptable finish, are somewhat imprecise in tuning, but do not appear to slip. The guitar has not held tune all that well, but I can pretty put much of that down to the low quality strings, which will of course be replaced now that I have decided not to return the guitar. BTW… These tuners are not as good in feel as the ones I have had on some other budget brands, notably Harley Benton and Antiquity (PMT house brand - now deceased), but are still way ahead of these found on old cheaper Epiphones like the Les Paul Special II.
(2) Small cheap looking potentiometers, a 'proper' mechanical 3 way toggle switch, i.e. not a PCB switch, which feels OK, but it is visually not of any great quality, and pickups that while not exactly the 1980s Gibson ‘Dirty Fingers’ should be reasonable output humbuckers (measured resistance of 7.9 KOhms at the neck and 11.4 KOhms for the bridge).
(3) Bridge, stop bar tailpiece, strap buttons, which have OK cosmetic appearance and function well enough.
The cons:
The paint finish: These are a few small cracks in and one 6 mm wide 2mm deep semi-oval chip out of the varnish on the neck binding. The front of the guitar has a very shallow rather strange looking three legged ‘spider’ indent about 5cm across located south and inboard of the control knobs. Otherwise pretty reasonable, but I did reminded myself that with black underlying defects are always more visible than with other colours and therefore did make some allowances.
The input socket: This is located on the inside of the V on a flat surface. It loos as if the plate which holds the socket was designed to screw to a curved surface and is consequently slightly buckled in the centre on both the top and bottom. The jack socket is of poor quality and whilst it grips the plug all too well at the moment (try getting the jack plug out without using what seems like an unreasonable amount of force), I do not hold out much hope of it having a very long life.
Construction: The frets are dull and scratchy, as is to be expected at this price point, and the fret ends are not that well finished, but 4 fret end on the Low E side are potentially hazardous. These are somewhat deformed, cut with a very shallow angle, lifting at the end and are razor sharp. As I am now keeping the guitar, these will have to be dealt with immediately. The holes for the switch and pots have not been drilled in a straight line, the middle pot being 3mm closer to the outside edge of the guitar, and the spacing of the pots is not equidistant with the middle pot being 3mm closer to the first than to the last pot, giving a somewhat ‘higgly-piggly’ unprofessional appearance. There are some brown glue marks on and around the fretboard inlays, but I did expect that.
Overall:
Would I buy another (if it were stolen/lost/destroyed)? Yes, as I would as I would not really have a choice unless something else cheap and Gibson like had appeared on the market. If it were just for my own use I may be tempted to try the Harley Benton, but the recipient of this guitar wants a Gibson look alike and would not be happy with the truncated headstock shape or the peculiar looking cut outs from inside of the V wings that the Harley Benton currently exhibits.
September 21, 2025
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TimM
2 / 5
Fazley FFV618BK Electric Guitar (Black)
I liked the style but unfortunately the copy I got was let down by poor QC. There were a number of marks and scratches on the finish and a glue mark on the fretboard. The truss rod was overtightened so the neck was back-bowed and unplayable out of the box. Once I loosened the truss rod to get some relief in the neck and adjusted the action, it became playable although there was still fret buzz on the thicker strings. Had the finish been better, I might have kept the guitar and done some remedial work on the frets but the cosmetic flaws made me return it. On the plus side, the returns process with Bax was very easy.
September 6, 2022
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Alistair B.
4 / 5
Fazley FFV618BK Electric Guitar (Black)
IF it Looks GOOD Then..AND it Really does..The Gold Fixtures against that Black Body..Its Lustre..its Size & Presence..Standing there On its Own 2 Feet..IF you want a Sturdy'ICON'to Watch over your Guitar-Room..To Lock it All together..This 'Nearly-Free-Vee'..is So Well put together..Checked it out with Hands & Eyes..Strapped it on..Put on SRVs'Tin-Pan-Alley'for Company..& took it for a Spin..Now as a Player I am..Shall we say..'Still-Trying'..But I Can at least Tell when a Geetar is'Sympatico'..Nice neck & Action..The Bass is Full-bodied..the High-side has good Sustain..The Basics are ALL There.. Upgrade the Pick-ups why wouldn't you..& NOW We Talkin'.."What Say Stevie-Ray..the Baddest Place in town" ..
March 18, 2021
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Rodney B.
5 / 5
Fazley NILO SGS-BLK Nylon Guitar Strap (Black)
Perfect, exactly what you see in the photo. Well made. Get one.
November 28, 2019
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David
5 / 5
Devine JACM/5 Mono TS Jack-Jack Signal Cable, 5m
A great affordable cable.
February 2, 2017
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Stephen R.
Reviews from other countries
5 / 5
Fazley NILO SGS-BLK Nylon Guitar Strap (Black)
Très bonne sangle, à ce prix, imbattable !
August 5, 2026
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Paulo GG
This review was automatically translated from French.
5 / 5
Fazley T-10 Clip-On Tuner
Heel handige tuner. Speel nooit meer vals
July 16, 2026
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Paul
This review was automatically translated from Dutch.
