ADRIAN UTLEY (Portishead) and a 1958 GIBSON FLYING V
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11 ай бұрынThe 1958 Gibson Flying V is arguably the rarest of the classic vintage instrument pantheon - only 81 of these iconic beasts were ever made.
I was delighted to be invited by the good people at Gardiner Houlgate Auction houses to check it out in all its glory and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to invite one of my favourite musicians Adrain Utley (Portishead, Jeff Beck, Patti Smith and so many more) to come and hang out and make some noise in the name of science and fun!
Just look at this thing - what a gorgeous, wonderful and thoroughly confusing musical instrument. Not the sort of thing that either Adrian nor I would normally be seen with - and therefore a prime opportunity to explore something cool and unusual.
This video documents the scenes when a couple of inveterate guitar lovers are left entirely unsupervised with a priceless vintage guitar and a steadfast refusal to conform to stereotypes.
I hope you enjoy it almost as much as we did!
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Michael
Thank you so much to Adrian Utley and Gardner Houlgate Auctioneers. Adrian will also be my guest in a future episode of Life On The Fretboard for Fretboard Journal.
@chasmenear7130 10 ай бұрын
BY FAR the most resonant electric guitar ever built. Limba is a gorgeous tone wood, and was largely used for FURNITURE back then!
@MichaelWatts 10 ай бұрын
Very true Chas!
@23fm 8 ай бұрын
What a lovely experience.
@MichaelWatts 8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@JJones4234 10 ай бұрын
This was my '58 Flying V that I owned from 1967 to 1988. Houlgate Auction has a small bit of my history! There is so much more to tell !!!
@MichaelWatts 10 ай бұрын
That is so cool! Thanks for getting in touch!
@shane5022 10 ай бұрын
Keep up the great work, Michael! Love this channel.
@MichaelWatts 10 ай бұрын
Thank you Shane!
@andrewbowen6875 11 ай бұрын
Read the history about this a while ago and it’s insane how these guitars can change hands all the while rocketing up in value for something that wasn’t a success when it came out. Still looks far out even now.
@MichaelWatts 11 ай бұрын
Doesn’t it though? Mental creation!
@andrewobrien1652 11 ай бұрын
Sounds Ace!
@MichaelWatts 11 ай бұрын
Thank you Andrew!
@victorbeebe8372 11 ай бұрын
I was born in 1958. I was I had some of charecter of that Guitar!
@PaulOwens 11 ай бұрын
Bob Mould back in his Hüsker Dü days played an Ibanez copy which I fell in love with. And of course there's the rumour that won't die that Jimi played 'All Along the Watchtower' on one. Unfortunately I have never had the courage.
@MichaelWatts 11 ай бұрын
Hüsker Dü! Loved that band, and Sugar too!
@markn4526 10 ай бұрын
Nice discussion about the mystique of the Flying V. I think the V is so much more fascinating than the Explorer, but I like them too. I just wish you had shown more close-up detail of the guitar.
@MichaelWatts 10 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Mark!
@davidharris7431 11 ай бұрын
The Vs are the best looking electrics . Peace ✌
@ellenrik 11 ай бұрын
What did I just see? I'd better double check my coffee and maybe order some more. What a lot of fun. Jimi Watts, Hahahaha...
@MichaelWatts 11 ай бұрын
Ha! Glad you enjoyed it!
@DavidComdico 6 ай бұрын
Guys, Link Wray’s Rumble was 1958.
@MichaelWatts 6 ай бұрын
Good shout!
@snorrevonflake 7 ай бұрын
Did not know that the originals also had that anti skid thing on the bottom side. 16:00 and another demonstration that the amp is 90 % of the sound, tweed rules.
@michaelmayer6889 6 ай бұрын
What kind of wood is that? Sorry for my criticism. Since you're in Germany look up Halkans music in Stockholm. I sold Jan thre 67 V's about 50 years ago and you can find a pic of him holding one. 🙂
@MichaelWatts 6 ай бұрын
It’s Korina. Like the rest of the 58 and 59s. This was filmed in Bath U.K. which is not in Germany. Neither is Stockholm. 67 Vs are totally different to the original models. I hope that helps.
@tulyar1043 Ай бұрын
As I understand it the first couple of Flying Vs were made for an act dressed as Indians, so maybe their manager approached Gibson to make an arrow shaped guitar and the result was....the Flying V. This info was in a Guitar Player mag in the late 1980s.
@Diredwarves 10 ай бұрын
Where's your casimi? :(
@MichaelWatts 10 ай бұрын
Not long now
@dalgguitars 10 ай бұрын
Less than a hundred made. Can't really overstate it's importance. Economic failure at the time. Probably seemed like it was from a thousand years in the future. Maybe the coolest solid body guitar?.? (other than that white strat Jimmy Hendrix played, but that was because of Jimmy.)
@michaelmayer6889 6 ай бұрын
Replaced bridge, nonoriginal knobs, looks refinished, and possibly not a 58. I had V's in he 70's.
@MichaelWatts 6 ай бұрын
Confidently incorrect
@HTRism 8 ай бұрын
1- Adrians chops are too heavy the guitar can't handle it! (hence the out of tuneness) 2- I have that exact same book. my father got it as a gift when I was 7 or 8 and I've been addicted to guitars ever since.
@MichaelWatts 8 ай бұрын
I don't know, I think Adrian has a pretty light touch but the V was not yet ready to cooperate! It's a great book - mine has been thumbed thoroughly
@michaelmayer6889 6 ай бұрын
By the way I took myself off youtube.A waste of my time.
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