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Ultimate Flying V Playlist?

Ed Driscoll

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Jimmy Page on "You Shook Me," apparently:

It’s hard for people to believe, but I just used my Fender Telecaster for the entire album, except for one track. Somebody was trying to sell me a Gibson Flying V at the time. I don’t what made them think I could afford it, because I clearly couldn’t, but I asked them if I could just try it out. I brought it into Olympic and used it on “You Shook Me.” With those big humbuckers, it was so powerful you can hear it breaking up the amp in the middle of the song. I could’ve tidied it up, but I really liked hearing the amp really struggle to get the sound out. It’s really fighting through the electronics to get out of that speaker. I’m not sure what happened to the guitar. It might’ve found its way to Keith Richards or something, but I really don’t know.

 

Ed Driscoll

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I don't know if he actually used it on this track, but Lonnie Mack was always associated with the Flying V:

 

The Shifter

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Van Halen - Hot For Teacher

And I think(?) Girl Gone Bad.

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lpnv59

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From the Kinks video at the bottom of the thread, maybe it found it's way to Dave Davies.

Dave found his V in the USA. They flew into LAX I assume because they were scheduled to appear on Shindig. When they landed his guitar had disappeared. They only had a few hours to get a replacement. At a music store the salesman brought out the V collecting dust in the back. Don’t think he paid much for it either.
 
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