The Gibson Flying V Guitar - 10 Interesting Facts

Ever since its introduction the Flying V electric guitar has gained countless admirers world-wide

. It's V shaped body has been ideally suited to the various guitarists who choose to stand out and who also like to pose on stage.

This guitar has been around much longer than most people know, though it's witnessed a number of design and style adjustments en route. These instruments are still produced in the present day and are as well-liked now as they ever have been.

Below are 10 facts about the guitar:

1. The Gibson guitar Company first commenced making prototypes of the Flying V in 1957.

2. The initial guitars had been made of a wood labeled Korina. This wood is just like mahogany though lighter in colour.

3. The official Flying V model was released in 1958 and only 81 models were shipped that year. A further 17 ended up being shipped in 1959.

4. While these initial versions are exceedingly valuable and collectable at present, the very first versions ended up being priced at $247. 50 with an additional $75 needed for the genuine hardcase.

5. To put in perspective how collectable these original models are today, a 1958 or 1959 model happens to be the fifth most collectable guitar around and is worth approximately $200,000 - $250,000.

6. There have been many famous users of this style of guitar over time for example: Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, Marc Bolan, Tom Petty along with the Schenker brothers.

7. Gibson made a design alternation in 1967 when they announced mahogany as the wood of choice for the instrument. There were also delicate modifications to the shape and also the introduction of a new scratch plate, a different sort of bridge and tailpiece configuration as well as a different control layout. The 1967 product had become the standard Flying V guitar and still is to this day.

8. Between 1979 and 1982 a V2 model was brought in. This model had different carvings in the body and in addition had two boomerang shaped single coil guitar pickups as standard. These pickups failed to prove a major success and many guitarists through the years made a decision to upgrade these with humbuckers.

9. The Flying V became synonymous with heavy rock as a result of its ability to physically fit over the guitar players knee when being weilded live on stage.

10. The 1967 mahogany model of the Flying V is manufactured in exactly the same way as the Gibson SG model, aside from the obvious variations in the shape.

So that's the Flying V electric guitar. It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea and it undoubtedly appears to be a relatively genre specific model, having said that in 1957 this guitar was undoubtedly a remarkably advanced design.

You might want to check out under your bed just in case you've got an original 1958 model lying there.

by: Jim J Ward

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