Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them - Page 5

vic108 · 05-30-06, 10:01 AM

There's SOMETHING about a LONNIE MACK model...

I hope one day to find one.....

A RARE one in NATURAL......

The MAN himself.......

andreja marovic · 05-31-06, 06:14 AM

I am a big fan of a Lonnie Mac V and I have been looking for one sfor some time now...they are becoming very expensive and I regret haven't got one some 2 or 3 years back when they were like 2.5K.
Todaym it's going to be almost a double.

I heard that they were like 150 guitars made in 93 or 94 and all in cherry red finish.Never heard of a natural finish mahoganey one.
BTW this model is 100% mahogoney, no korina wood.
Andreja

Indiana Erick · 05-31-06, 06:21 AM

"The V" the Sha na na/Thackery special
Those are cool

Flying V · 05-31-06, 07:20 AM

If you don't mind, I will be in the pic too

Hmmmmm, V's...

Russ(Gibson Guy) · 06-09-06, 01:20 AM

Here are mine....

The Gothic is sporting mirror guard with stock pups.

The Kahler loaded one had its Kahler built custom at Kahler with Gary Kahler and John. It is a PAF Kahler (an old frame but certainly collectible). The pic was prior to my setting up the trem. It has stock pups as well.

Russ(Gibson Guy) · 06-09-06, 01:24 AM

Here are mine...

The Gothic is sporting a mirror guard and stock pups.

The Kahler loaded one has a custom built Kahler trem installed with Gary Kahler and John. The frame is an old PAF frame (certainly collectible). It has stock pups also. The pic was prior to final setup of the trem.

Stringrazor · 06-13-06, 05:03 PM

I was never into V's until I got and repaired an '83 Korina reissue that had been tossed out of a 2nd fl window (by an angry gf, or so I was told).

Here's a before and after pic. Someone had tried to fix it with wood screws. The neck was hanging on by a thread. The tenon was broken, the body was cracked on one side of the upper bout near the neck and the other side of the upper bout (near the screw holes) was missing a large chunk. I had to carve it square and glue in a new piece out of mahogony.

I gave the guy who found it $200 and spent about $50 in supplies and tools. My wife bought me an Epi V case for it (I put a round "Gibson pure" sticker over the big "E"). I got a lot of repair advice at mimf.com and my effort is part of the archived library there. It playes and sounds like a dream. After moving the strap button from the end to the inside of the upper V, it''s very well balanced.

BEASTON · 06-16-06, 09:14 AM

Have a look to that beauty

skeletor · 06-16-06, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BEASTON

Have a look to that beauty

wow. nice. what knobs are on that? are they strat knobs?

BEASTON · 06-19-06, 01:15 AM

They are original knobs

skeletor · 06-19-06, 03:00 AM

Ive never seen gibson knobs like that before. v nice. is that a diamond in each one? :cool

ah its one of these...

http://www.flying-v.ch/f_94cent/f_94cent.htm

1994 centennial. serious bit of kit. I would hang on to that one mate. must be worth a lot. did you get the personalised ring and everything too?

zekmoe · 06-19-06, 03:12 AM

Wow, love that all gold anniversary one. I saw an explorer like that once too, and it looked just as cool.

veeman · 06-26-06, 04:46 PM

KK Downing V #17.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...ingV6-25-6.jpg

Bluesbubba · 06-26-06, 09:52 PM

I would love to get a Natural finish Flying V but I would probably end out changing the ceramics to 57s or BBs

I did that with my LP Classic.

Elliot Easton · 06-28-06, 11:39 AM

Here's my '83 Custom Shop Korina. The red is a '50's Chevy color. Rick Nielson has an original '58 in this color that he swore to me was custom ordered that way. I thought it looked amazing, so I had Gibson do one for me. I seem to remember that Tim Shaw did some research and was able to corroborate Nielson's claim. He even knew the exact paint to use!

fadman · 06-28-06, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elliot Easton

Here's my '83 Custom Shop Korina. The red is a '50's Chevy color. Rick Nielson has an original '58 in this color that he swore to me was custom ordered that way. I thought it looked amazing, so I had Gibson do one for me. I seem to remember that Tim Shaw did some research and was able to corroborate Nielson's claim. He even knew the exact paint to use!

Hi Elliot really liking that V very nice. have you any plans for gigs in the UK?
cheers
fadman

Elliot Easton · 06-29-06, 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fadman

Hi Elliot really liking that V very nice. have you any plans for gigs in the UK?
cheers
fadman

I hope so-they're working on trying to put together a tour of Europe.

JohnnyAquanet · 06-30-06, 01:44 PM

This is my 1975 V. I paid alot for it but its so close to mint I could't resist!

Bluesbubba · 06-30-06, 10:54 PM

I'm so excited

I found a Gibson Flying V Natural! I looked all over Southern California and I found one. Started at 3pm and just got back from LA with this beautiful thing! I will email pictures first thing Saturday Morn!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...ingV3lores.jpg

fadman · 07-01-06, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyAquanet

This is my 1975 V. I paid alot for it but its so close to mint I could't resist!

Johnny thats a beaut V enjoy
cheers
fadman

muddy sanchez · 07-18-06, 06:43 AM

Sorry about links only but here's mine with the bigsby added;

BEFORE

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28723755@N00/192579279/

AFTER

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28723755@N00/192579277/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28723755@N00/192579280/

It's an 84 with a kahler trem and was in bad shape so I took the chance to do some pretty major mods. Plays like a dream now...

SheltonGuitar · 07-20-06, 01:09 PM

I know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody that's got a Max Korina V. I want to take a look at the real deal and compare cosmetics....anybody got any pics of a real '58?

Triplet · 07-21-06, 03:40 AM

My heavily modified '89 USA. Put in '57s, RS electronics (added tone pot - moved the switch and jack), antiqued finish....

muddy sanchez · 07-24-06, 01:16 AM

^^ Love it!

Anje · 07-31-06, 05:07 AM

finally got one

badform · 08-01-06, 10:56 AM

Here's my bastardized XPL. The sins of youth took their toll on it, but it's still alive.

Jeff · 08-01-06, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anje

finally got one

Man, I really like that guitar! Is that korina? What model?

Anje · 08-01-06, 02:35 PM

nop, it's a '80, so all mahogany
great guitar! good player, huge tone

sleepingtiger · 09-06-06, 09:02 PM

No love for V2's? I have a sale pending on the walnut one, but "Blondie" is staying with me!

andreja marovic · 09-08-06, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleepingtiger

No love for V2's? I have a sale pending on the walnut one, but "Blondie" is staying with me!

If you want to sell the V2 drop me a email with pics.
Thanks,
Andreja

veeman · 10-28-06, 07:53 AM

Updated.

http://images.lilypix.com/albums/use...n___9-23-6.jpg

Curt Basner · 10-28-06, 08:31 AM

Beautiful herd, veeman.

Still wish I had had the foresight to get one of the V2s back in the day...coulda had one for cost!

Zero G · 11-15-06, 04:56 PM

Unique, one-of-a-kind - bet you boys never seen one like this!!!

http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/cambria.htm

skeletor · 01-28-07, 02:23 PM

eshuffle · 01-29-07, 04:49 AM

Mine isn't a Gibson but it has many of the features and specs.

http://www.myspace.com/126627865

andreja marovic · 01-29-07, 07:13 AM

cool ............
but have a look at these please:
http://www.flameguitar.com/images/andreja/

CutieJones · 01-29-07, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Carpenter

Jimi’s impact on the “V” is large.
Surely someone out there in LPF land has a Jimi Hendrix Flying “V” limited addition besides me.

I have one, Looks like yours has had the trussrod cover replaced. quite a rare V. Dont come up for sale too often.

lanman · 01-29-07, 12:47 PM

's mel gibson · 01-29-07, 03:43 PM

Well,...here's my plain jane 1980 V. I got it used w/OHSC about 10 years ago for $500canadian. Which isn't such a bad deal since everything's a little more expensive up here.

I had to replace a tone pot that was doing 360's. It was rotted to shit from some ugly acidic drink spilled onto it and had soaked it's way into the internals.

Here's what I plug it into ina mix and match way, depending on the size of the room and how much stage area is available.

My V has a Seymour Duncan in the neck and it's turned around.(out of phase?) But there's no strange 'other tone'. It sounds normal to me but that's how I got it.

And I guess it's obvious I don't play a lot of ballads or love songs.

Zero G · 01-30-07, 05:32 PM

Here’s my original ’67 – lot’s of details and tall tales which I won’t bore you with now…

If you’d like to hear it, here is a very recent original production, “Hot Plate”, recorded on my porta-studio, which features my improving vocals (I’m almost mediocre!), and the “V” on all the guitar tracks...hope ya'll get a kick out of it

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/song...songID=4848457

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05-30-06, 10:01 AM	#161
vic108 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mudwogweap, VA Posts: 380	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them There's SOMETHING about a LONNIE MACK model... I hope one day to find one..... A RARE one in NATURAL...... The MAN himself....... __________________ Guitars will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no guitars

05-31-06, 06:14 AM	#162
andreja marovic Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Everybody knows this is nowhere....in the good old Serbia Posts: 2,369	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them I am a big fan of a Lonnie Mac V and I have been looking for one sfor some time now...they are becoming very expensive and I regret haven't got one some 2 or 3 years back when they were like 2.5K. Todaym it's going to be almost a double. I heard that they were like 150 guitars made in 93 or 94 and all in cherry red finish.Never heard of a natural finish mahoganey one. BTW this model is 100% mahogoney, no korina wood. Andreja __________________ Turn it louder please... Hendrix is God on guitar.

05-31-06, 06:21 AM	#163
Indiana Erick Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 937	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them "The V" the Sha na na/Thackery special Those are cool

05-31-06, 07:20 AM	#164
Flying V Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 65	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them If you don't mind, I will be in the pic too Hmmmmm, V's... __________________ Give me fuel, give me fire...

06-09-06, 01:20 AM	#165
Russ(Gibson Guy) Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 67	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Here are mine.... The Gothic is sporting mirror guard with stock pups. The Kahler loaded one had its Kahler built custom at Kahler with Gary Kahler and John. It is a PAF Kahler (an old frame but certainly collectible). The pic was prior to my setting up the trem. It has stock pups as well.

06-09-06, 01:24 AM	#166
Russ(Gibson Guy) Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 67	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Here are mine... The Gothic is sporting a mirror guard and stock pups. The Kahler loaded one has a custom built Kahler trem installed with Gary Kahler and John. The frame is an old PAF frame (certainly collectible). It has stock pups also. The pic was prior to final setup of the trem.

06-13-06, 05:03 PM	#167
Stringrazor Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 110	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them I was never into V's until I got and repaired an '83 Korina reissue that had been tossed out of a 2nd fl window (by an angry gf, or so I was told). Here's a before and after pic. Someone had tried to fix it with wood screws. The neck was hanging on by a thread. The tenon was broken, the body was cracked on one side of the upper bout near the neck and the other side of the upper bout (near the screw holes) was missing a large chunk. I had to carve it square and glue in a new piece out of mahogony. I gave the guy who found it $200 and spent about $50 in supplies and tools. My wife bought me an Epi V case for it (I put a round "Gibson pure" sticker over the big "E"). I got a lot of repair advice at mimf.com and my effort is part of the archived library there. It playes and sounds like a dream. After moving the strap button from the end to the inside of the upper V, it''s very well balanced.

06-16-06, 09:14 AM	#168
BEASTON Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 57	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Have a look to that beauty

06-19-06, 01:15 AM	#170
BEASTON Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 57	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them They are original knobs

06-19-06, 03:00 AM	#171
skeletor All Access/Backstage Pass Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK Posts: 433	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Ive never seen gibson knobs like that before. v nice. is that a diamond in each one? :cool ah its one of these... http://www.flying-v.ch/f_94cent/f_94cent.htm 1994 centennial. serious bit of kit. I would hang on to that one mate. must be worth a lot. did you get the personalised ring and everything too? Last edited by skeletor : 06-19-06 at 03:23 AM.

06-19-06, 03:12 AM	#172
zekmoe Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 294	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Wow, love that all gold anniversary one. I saw an explorer like that once too, and it looked just as cool. __________________ Bob Not a downstroke, fistpicker.

06-26-06, 04:46 PM	#173
veeman Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Over There Posts: 778	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them KK Downing V #17. http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j7...ingV6-25-6.jpg

06-26-06, 09:52 PM	#174
Bluesbubba Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Land of Too Much Political Correctness Posts: 986	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them I would love to get a Natural finish Flying V but I would probably end out changing the ceramics to 57s or BBs I did that with my LP Classic.

06-28-06, 11:39 AM	#175
Elliot Easton Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,137	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Here's my '83 Custom Shop Korina. The red is a '50's Chevy color. Rick Nielson has an original '58 in this color that he swore to me was custom ordered that way. I thought it looked amazing, so I had Gibson do one for me. I seem to remember that Tim Shaw did some research and was able to corroborate Nielson's claim. He even knew the exact paint to use! __________________ "A little bit of knowledge can be a very dangerous thing."

06-30-06, 01:44 PM	#178
JohnnyAquanet Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 617	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them This is my 1975 V. I paid alot for it but its so close to mint I could't resist! Last edited by JohnnyAquanet : 09-07-06 at 08:29 AM.

06-30-06, 10:54 PM	#179
Bluesbubba Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Land of Too Much Political Correctness Posts: 986	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them I'm so excited I found a Gibson Flying V Natural! I looked all over Southern California and I found one. Started at 3pm and just got back from LA with this beautiful thing! I will email pictures first thing Saturday Morn! http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...ingV3lores.jpg Last edited by Bluesbubba : 07-02-06 at 01:37 AM.

07-18-06, 06:43 AM	#181
muddy sanchez Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 61	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Sorry about links only but here's mine with the bigsby added; BEFORE http://www.flickr.com/photos/28723755@N00/192579279/ AFTER http://www.flickr.com/photos/28723755@N00/192579277/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/28723755@N00/192579280/ It's an 84 with a kahler trem and was in bad shape so I took the chance to do some pretty major mods. Plays like a dream now... __________________ Drew Price Nutrition www.drewprice.co.uk

07-20-06, 01:09 PM	#182
SheltonGuitar All Access/Backstage Pass Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,389	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them I know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody that's got a Max Korina V. I want to take a look at the real deal and compare cosmetics....anybody got any pics of a real '58? Last edited by SheltonGuitar : 07-20-06 at 03:20 PM.

07-21-06, 03:40 AM	#183
Triplet Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 621	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them My heavily modified '89 USA. Put in '57s, RS electronics (added tone pot - moved the switch and jack), antiqued finish.... __________________ 'then she made me play games I didn't wanna play...'

07-24-06, 01:16 AM	#184
muddy sanchez Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 61	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them ^^ Love it! __________________ Drew Price Nutrition www.drewprice.co.uk

07-31-06, 05:07 AM	#185
Anje All Access/Backstage Pass Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dark side of the moon Posts: 730	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them finally got one

08-01-06, 10:56 AM	#186
badform Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: B'more, MD Posts: 373	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Here's my bastardized XPL. The sins of youth took their toll on it, but it's still alive.

08-01-06, 02:35 PM	#188
Anje All Access/Backstage Pass Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dark side of the moon Posts: 730	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them nop, it's a '80, so all mahogany great guitar! good player, huge tone

09-06-06, 09:02 PM	#189
sleepingtiger Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them No love for V2's? I have a sale pending on the walnut one, but "Blondie" is staying with me!

10-28-06, 07:53 AM	#191
veeman Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Over There Posts: 778	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Updated. http://images.lilypix.com/albums/use...n___9-23-6.jpg

10-28-06, 08:31 AM	#192
Curt Basner Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 653	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Beautiful herd, veeman. Still wish I had had the foresight to get one of the V2s back in the day...coulda had one for cost! __________________ Curt Basner Las Vegas

11-15-06, 04:56 PM	#193
Zero G Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Galaxy, NJ Posts: 1,100	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Unique, one-of-a-kind - bet you boys never seen one like this!!! http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/cambria.htm

01-28-07, 02:23 PM	#194
skeletor All Access/Backstage Pass Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK Posts: 433	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them

01-29-07, 04:49 AM	#195
eshuffle Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Detroit Posts: 39	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Mine isn't a Gibson but it has many of the features and specs. http://www.myspace.com/126627865

01-29-07, 07:13 AM	#196
andreja marovic Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Everybody knows this is nowhere....in the good old Serbia Posts: 2,369	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them cool ............ but have a look at these please: http://www.flameguitar.com/images/andreja/ __________________ Turn it louder please... Hendrix is God on guitar.

01-29-07, 12:47 PM	#198
lanman Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,084	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them

01-29-07, 03:43 PM	#199
's mel gibson Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 869	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Well,...here's my plain jane 1980 V. I got it used w/OHSC about 10 years ago for $500canadian. Which isn't such a bad deal since everything's a little more expensive up here. I had to replace a tone pot that was doing 360's. It was rotted to shit from some ugly acidic drink spilled onto it and had soaked it's way into the internals. Here's what I plug it into ina mix and match way, depending on the size of the room and how much stage area is available. My V has a Seymour Duncan in the neck and it's turned around.(out of phase?) But there's no strange 'other tone'. It sounds normal to me but that's how I got it. And I guess it's obvious I don't play a lot of ballads or love songs.

01-30-07, 05:32 PM	#200
Zero G Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Galaxy, NJ Posts: 1,100	Re: Gibson Flying "V"s lets see them Here’s my original ’67 – lot’s of details and tall tales which I won’t bore you with now… If you’d like to hear it, here is a very recent original production, “Hot Plate”, recorded on my porta-studio, which features my improving vocals (I’m almost mediocre!), and the “V” on all the guitar tracks...hope ya'll get a kick out of it http://www.soundclick.com/bands/song...songID=4848457