Hello, I have been playing and collecting vintage Gibson Flying V's and other Gibson vintage guitars for several decades. Over that time I have acquired some very rare, clean and cool guitars that I would like to share with the vintage guitar web community. I hope you enjoy the pictures and the videos. Click on the nine tabs above to be directed to my various guitar collection groups and videos. Scroll down to see my 1960's Flying Vs.
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My License plate. This pretty-much says it all.
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Group picture of my three 1960's Gibson Flying V's with original cases.
Left to right: 1967 Sparkling Burgundy, 1967 Sunburst and 1969 Walnut.
Pictured below: 1967 Gibson Flying V, Sunburst
Super Clean, 100% Original and totally unmolested. This guitar was under the original owner's bed in Texas for 39 years. He played it for a year then put it away. I purchased it in 2009. Of the 175 that were made by Gibson from 1966-69, very few are this clean. It is the twin brother of the famous Jimi Hendrix Sunburst Flying V.
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Pictured Below: 1967 Gibson Flying V, Sparkling Burgundy.
Super Rare !!! This is the cleanest '67 Sparkling Burgundy Flying V that I have ever seen. I purchased this guitar in July 2011 from a gentleman who bought it at a pawn shop in Ohio for $385 in the early 1980's. Notice the hue of the original finish in the inside pictures vs. the outside pictures (very cool). Also, notice the Black Stinger and Natural Finish combination on the back of the neck. I have seen seven other Burgundy V's with this neck finish combination. Five of them have the dreaded stop bar tailpiece mod. This is one of the coolest guitars I have ever seen !!! All original except for Grover tuners. I spent almost 10 years pursuing this guitar from the previous owner until he was finally willing to let it go.
Notice the peculiar finish hue with outside photography. The finish looks salmon.
What a cool finish !!!!!!!
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I recently removed the Grover Imperial tuners and restored this great guitar with its original double-line Kluson tuners. The guitar is now ALL-ORIGINAL !!!!!!!!
The original Kluson tuners back on. Don't you just love those Grover tuner holes ?
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All original electronics. Notice the red QA stamp on the underside of the pickguard.
Pictured Below: 1969 Gibson Flying V, Walnut.
I purchased this guitar from a dealer in Tokyo, Japan in early 2003. This is a great guitar ! It is the best playing Flying V that I have ever played !
Pictured below: 1967 Gibson Flying V with Sparkling Burgundy finish.
I purchased this incredible V in April 2017. The previous owner had owned for 37 years. Of all the Sparkling Burgundy Vs that have ever surfaced, this one has the fewest issues of any of them. It had an added strap button that has since been removed. This one escaped the dreaded Grover mod. The front has faded to a cool looking salmon color.
This V is one of only two known to exist that have the natural neck with no black stinger.
Pictured Below: 1967 Gibson Flying V, Cherry (refinished)
I don't usually waste my time buying refinished guitars, but, I got this one dirt cheap. The original finish use to be Sunburst or Sparkling Burgundy. This one still has its original case. It has a gap serial number of 932xxx, same as the famous Jimi Hendrix Sunburst Flying V. It was probably made the same day as his.
