Easton’s 1982 Gibson Custom Shop left-handed Flying V was a much-loved guitar, but when someone offered "stupid money" for it ...

As the Flying V’s popularity grew, so, too, did the demand for rare, original examples from the earlier periods of production. Subsequently, the prices of original 1950s Flying Vs now reach well into ...

The Gibson Flying V received a U.S. patent on Jan. 7, 1958. In an excellent 2014 profile in Guitar Aficionado magazine, author Chris Gill says competing guitar maker Fender deserves some of the ...

Then Dave Davies of the Kinks picked one up on a U.S. tour in 1965 when his only guitar was lost by an airline. Appearing with the Flying V on television brought exposure to the instrument, and it ...

Despite being half a century old, Gibson's Flying V and its derivatives are still doing brisk business. The V-Factor New Century manages to make the Flying V even more audacious. Not only does this ...

Using Chris Buck’s ’50s Epiphone Flying V, Huw Price demonstrates how you can take an affordable Epiphone and transform it into a relic’d Gibson. A little DIY Tom Murphy action, if you will… ...

Gibson first started action toward trademarking the body shape back in 2010 and was initially granted a patent application for the Flying V with the European Union Intellectual Property Office ...

Limited quantities of the Gibson Dave Mustaine Flying V EXP were made available via Gibson’s website (already sold out) and select global dealers. A wider release of units is planned for ...

Experience the legacy of metal history with the Gibson Custom Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V —a masterpiece recreated to honor the Metallica guitarist’s iconic sound. This solidbody electric ...