These Are Expensive For a Reason... (100% Worth It) | 1980 Gibson Flying V Natural

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  @hpugrad2001 · 2 years ago

  I play my v sitting down at home all the time. No issues

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• BR

  @bradconklin2878 · 2 years ago

  "Doctor, Doctor please ..."

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• DO

  @doctoribanez · 2 years ago

  My guess is a harley Davidson sticker.   The shape looks familiar anyway

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• MA

  @matevigh8418 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Not many know that in 2015 Gibson produced a batch of 60's style Flying V's (thin body, elevated fingerboard w/o binding, volute, small headstock) for the Japanese market. Due to the ban of rosewood export, grenadillo was used as fretboard material. The neck is quite thick (around D-shape), they came in 4 colours: white, black, cherry and tobacco sunburst, pickups were Gibson '57 classics (with chrome covers). I happen to own a cherry one which I bought brand new for 820 EUR in 2019 from Thomann.

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• WA

  @wayneanderson2523 · 2 years ago

  I bought a Gibson V in April, and man is it the best. Not only does it look sick, but it’s incredibly comfortable to play no matter where you are at. They are quite lightweight too

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• FA

  @FADE_FROM_VIEW · 2 years ago (edited)

  I owned one of these around 1997, during my last year of high school when I was 18. &nbsp;It was a 1980 model same natural finish as this , belonged &nbsp;to a friend of mine‘s dad who had developed chronic arthritis and no longer had the dexterity to play. &nbsp;my friend didn’t play guitar so had no interest in it, and his dad was going to give it away but offered it to me and instead on the basis that I would actually play it. &nbsp;I can concur that these things were next to nothing, which was the main appeal for me as I’d come from playing a Les Paul copy that was a bit too cumbersome for my skinny frame. &nbsp;I was heavily into the band Ash at the time, and had seen their lead singer Tim Wheeler playing one in a few videos, so I was very much enamoured. It was very similar looking to the one you’ve got here, and I played a lot of shows with it in my early playing days up until my early 20s. Sold it in the early 2000s to fund travel overseas, but actually managed to buy it back in 2011 when I saw it listed on a local Trading site; the guy who had bought it from me still owned it for over 10 years and sold it back to me for what he paid for it . &nbsp;<br><br>I reconnected with my friend whose father had originally given me the guitar i a few years after that, only to learn that his dad had passed away recently. He’d actually taken up guitar in the years prior to &nbsp;that, and admitted that he always missed having that guitar, so it seemed a very natural thing to return it to him after all those years. &nbsp;He only plays it at home and very sparingly so but has given me access to use it for any special gigs or recording that I might want, so it’s nice to still have access to that after all these years. &nbsp;it’s kind of ironic because that guitar had a nearly 20 year journey that ended up nearly breaking even in terms of my costs, and is now back with arguably the person that should have had it in the first place .

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• JA

  @jamesnewton485 · 2 years ago

  Vic Rattlehead was on the back!

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• KE

  @kevinhuber8723 · 2 years ago

  Thank You for the video. I have a 1979 model since 1988. I even wrote to you about possibly buying it and never heard back~ so I have kept it with its original case. Rockin&apos; guitar with huge loud clear sound. Michael Schenker is not given enough credit for his work with UFO and they turned me onto an entire genre they basically led.

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• SH

  @SHENDOH · 2 years ago (edited)

  I want that Norlin beauty! Definitely needs a re fret

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• NA

  @NadieTeQuiere666 · 2 years ago

  So much playability, to spend the last of its days stuck in a case for its owner to brag about it.

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• TE

  @telecatsermaster · 2 years ago

  Gotta love a V..

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• SP

  @spicykimchi1 · 1 year ago

  I&apos;ve wanted a Flying-V for years. Fortunately, I&apos;ll be flying to Japan to get one this summer. Guys like K.K. Downing, Michael Schenker, the Accept guys, the Wishbone Ash dude, etc. all looked so cool with a Flying V. But in my opinion, if you have one on stage, you&apos;d better have the chops to play it. I remember seeing some alternate / garage bands on MTV just playing clean open chords with a V.