GTP Alternative Cool Wall: 1958-1959, 1963, 1967-present Gibson Flying V

[Turbo]

1958-1959, 1963, 1967-Present Gibson Flying V nominated by @Custom878

Body Type: solid-body
Body Material: korina (1958-1963), mahogany (1967+)
Neck Material: korina (1958-1963), mahogany (1967+)
Bridge: fixed bridge
Tailpiece: string-through body (1958-1963), stop bar or vibrato (1967+)
Pickups: humbucking neck and bridge pickups​

 

[epic_apri_39]

Flying V, looks great, and it's a Gibson.

21 frets though is not for me. Also notoriously uncomfortable.

Cool.

 

[Casey]

It's a Gibson that's not a Les Paul.

Sub Zero.

 

[Parker]

Sub zero because Albert King.

 

[Tom]

Heavy, awkward, difficult to play sitting down, and generally underwhelming. As a guitarist, I've never seen the attraction personally, and in my opinion it's therefore uncool.

 

[polysmut]

Heavy, awkward, difficult to play sitting down, and generally underwhelming. As a guitarist, I've never seen the attraction personally, and in my opinion it's therefore uncool.

Also, Gibsons have fat necks. That's fine for some but I prefer a thinner one.

 

[Tom]

Also, Gibsons have fat necks. That's fine for some but I prefer a thinner one.

Likewise. I've always been a Stratocaster man myself, but that said I did own a rather garish Epiphone Explorer a few years back!

 

[TenEightyOne]

Being a classic Gibson saves it from being seriousy uncool and gives it a meh.

Was always more into strats or hollowbodies myself

 

[ImaRobot]

I've been yearning to turn this into a Bass for so long, It's a future project I've had in mind when I get the time. While it may look extremely pretentious, I wanted to set it up as Off-white with gold-hardware Some day, hopefully.

Sub Zero.

 

[polysmut]

I've been yearning to turn this into a Bass for so long, It's a future project I've had in mind when I get the time. While it may look extremely pretentious, I wanted to set it up as Off-white with gold-hardware Some day, hopefully.

Sub Zero.

Gibson made a bass version for a while. Possibly in the '80s.

 

[ImaRobot]

Gibson made a bass version for a while. Possibly in the '80s.

That is very hard to come by lol. I plan to do it from the ground up, to be honest.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Heavy, awkward, difficult to play sitting down, and generally underwhelming. As a guitarist, I've never seen the attraction personally, and in my opinion it's therefore uncool.

You just rest the meeting of the V with your thigh between it while sitting, and it's that easy. At least any time I played one it was. As a guitarist as well, I understand the attraction of it and emulating those who played it. Also it's a striking design that many have tried to emulate in that regard as well.

I give it a cool, because it's not nearly as cool to me as many of the classic Fender stuff that I always found better. Or is it a Thunderbird or SG both of which I'd rate SZ.