Gibson Flying V 1969
61 x 124 cm life size limited edition print
$270
Museum-quality limited edition prints. Numbered and signed, limited to 30 pieces. Includes certificate of authenticity and handling gloves. Size: 124 x 61 cm, unframed. Life-size instrument representation.
The 1969 Gibson Flying V represented the second wave of this revolutionary design, following its initial limited run in 1958. The '69 model featured a solid mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, and Gibson's powerful humbucker pickups. Its radical shape, initially considered too avant-garde in the late '50s, found its audience in the heavy rock scene of the late 1960s.
Albert King made the Flying V his signature instrument, playing it almost exclusively throughout his career. Dave Davies of The Kinks employed a '69 V during the band's harder-rocking period. Lonnie Mack was another blues-rock pioneer who helped establish the Flying V's reputation as a serious instrument rather than just a novelty design.
Gibson Flying V 1969: Modernist Icon
The 1969 Gibson Flying V represented the second wave of this revolutionary design, following its initial limited run in 1958. The '69 model featured a solid mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, and Gibson's powerful humbucker pickups. Its radical shape, initially considered too avant-garde in the late '50s, found its audience in the heavy rock scene of the late 1960s.
Albert King made the Flying V his signature instrument, playing it almost exclusively throughout his career. Dave Davies of The Kinks employed a '69 V during the band's harder-rocking period. Lonnie Mack was another blues-rock pioneer who helped establish the Flying V's reputation as a serious instrument rather than just a novelty design.
