Less we forget the legendary Lonnie Mack was a very early V player. Listen to his tune "Wham" and you see where Stevey Ray Vaughn found his tone as a budding student... God's of the "V" one and all...

The Flying V has become my no1 obessesion ahead of even a Les Paul! That is saying something, great guitar

very good! many thx for the documentation... nothing rock's like a ✌🏻

Many years ago I was stationed in London, England. One day I remember reading an eye catching ad in the classified section of either the Melody Maker or New Music Express. For sale were 2 guitars which were both located somewhere in Germany. The first guitar listed was a 1969 Fender Stratocaster that was owned by Eddie Van Halen for $1,500. The second guitar was an original 1958 Gibson Flying V for the princely sum back then of $5,000. This was in the time frame of November of 1979 to November of 1981. I’ve often wondered what happened to those guitars and where they might be today?

The Flying V is an iconic guitar! I think there's even a music store that has one as a logo, but I'm not entirely sure.

Super cool guitar and super cool story!! Thank you for sharing!

The old girl really sings thanks cheers

Well, great stuff as always! Thanks a lot for the entertainment.

Certainly has that breathy mojo. Great to hear an original. Cheers Dudes 😎

Lonnie Mack is buried in Aurora In An absolute legend around here.

My goodness… you have incredible guitars passing through your hands. This is hands down one of the rarest holy grails in the market now. Only an explorer would be more rare

The icon from Rudolf and Michael Schenker.

Freddie King didn‘t play the Flying V. He prefered the ES 345. It was Albert King who was the first popular guitar player with the Flying V...

2 pc center seam..Korina just beautiful..original paf’s ..Bonamassa has a few nice guitars remember Albert King born under a bad sign.👍

Der erste Besitzer dieser fantastischen V war meines Wissens Andy Powell von Wishbone Ash

Killer! Is there a cooler guitar? I’d argue no lol

Is this the one Rudolf bought from Andy Powell from Wishbone Ash ?

oh wow!! is this coming for sale?

Fast wie die Amos V 🤘🏻

Do we have any idea about the weight of this particular instrument ?

... man sollte der Saitenaufhängung mehr Bedeutung beimessen.... ich hab mir mal den Spass gegönnt die Stoptails mal direkt auf das Holz zu schrauben... macht das mal und ihr werdet eine Überraschung erleben... was das Sustain angeht.... hier ist dieses direkte Prinzip auch gegeben... ebenso wie bei den Tele s .... das Holz hier klingt natürlich hervorragend... hört man natürlich sofort... davon abgesehen

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I never understand when guitarists refer to a guitar's quality as more breathing?

...and Rudi Schenker has the guitar buy's from Andy Powell...😉💰💰💰

Wished to hear that guitar through a real tube amp without reverb, delay. Sorry, but that demo was kinda awkward 🤨

I decided to publicly burn my gibson flying v ff 1982. There were only 99 left