The Gibson Flying V Turns 50

February 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Let’s all sing “Happy Birthday” to the Gibson Flying V guitar. Yes indeed this futuristic looking guitar was introduced back in 1958, way ahead of it’s time. In 1957 the president of Gibson was Ted McCarty. He wanted his designers to come up with a guitar to compete with Leo Fender’s most popular design, the Stratocaster. [...]

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