When the Flying V’s original patent appeared in 1957 alongside the Futura/Explorer and Moderne, it might have been argued that Ted McCarty’s heady 50s sci-fi-style brainstorming sessions in the Gibson ...

Even now, the Flying V's iconic outline stands out from the herds of hourglass-aping guitar bodies. It's hard to believe, then, that this extreme instrument was introduced way back in 1958, along with ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Flying V wasn't an immediate hit. The guitar was heavy, with a rounded back. and Gibson ceased manufacturing the Flying V the next year, having shipped only 81 in 1958 and 17 the year after.

Although the Gibson Flying V, which was introduced at the same time, found a small but devoted cult of players during the late ’50s and ’60s, the Explorer didn’t really catch on until the ...

Gibson Guitars on Tuesday (Dec. 14) released the first for-sale versions of Megadeth bandleader Dave Mustaine 's new signature instruments with the Tennessee-based guitar manufacturer.

In partnership with Gibson Custom Shop, Epiphone is bringing the genre-defining sound of Metallica's early albums to every stage with the Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V – a painstaking recreation of ...

The Flying V was first manufactured by Gibson in 1958, along with other unconventionally-shaped, angular guitars like the Explorer and the Moderne. Initially unsuccessful, with only 100 originally ...

First approached by Gibson in 2020, Mustaine began working with the company to design the Dave Mustaine Flying V EXP, availible in two colors.

Gibson has released its debut signature Dave Mustaine guitar. Read More: The Flying V model guitar has already sold out, although would-be buyers of the Megadeth frontman’s guitar may be able to ...