These 70s Vs are Magical | 1979 Gibson Flying V Tobacco Sunburst | Review + Demo
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Episode Guide:
0:00 - Intro - Check Links In Description!
0:28 - Late 50s Vs
1:34 - 1967 Style Vs
3:25 - Hendrix's Vs
4:11 - Medallion Vs
4:29 - The Next Changes
5:15 - 70s Vs = Magic!
7:44 - Specs
8:37 - Clean Demo
10:45 - Dirty Demo
11:55 - Condition
15:40 - Blacklight
16:44 - Case
The flying v was first introduced in 1958 and lasted until 1959. These were Korina bodies with a very futuristic design. Shipping ledgers state there were only 98 original 50s Vs made. There were a few custom order from 1960-1964, but Gibson didn't toy with the idea of reissuing them until 1966 when another korina version was made as well as a new one which would later be deemed the "67 V."
Thanks to people like Jimi Hendrix and Kirk Hammett of Metallica and many others, 60s and 70s flying Vs have quite a stellar reputation. In fact, kirk's famous black flying v is from 1979 just like the one in this video.
What are the differences between a 70s and 60s V? There are actually quite a few minor differences, but the biggest ones to know and the original 60s were one piece bodies and necks with a tremolo unit on them.
The 70s Flying Vs are quite magical. They are very resonant and they play great. They are also very light weight. I highly recommend these guitars.
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If you like the Flying V shape and you've got between $2,500-$5,000 to spend, I highly suggest seeking one of these out. They are special
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Episode Guide:
0:28 - Late 50s Vs
1:34 - 1967 Style Vs
3:25 - Hendrix's Vs
4:11 - Medallion Vs
4:29 - The Next Changes
5:15 - 70s Vs = Magic!
7:44 - Specs
8:37 - Clean Demo
10:45 - Dirty Demo
11:55 - Condition
15:40 - Blacklight
16:44 - Case
Love the volute and the sunburst finish on the back and neck too. I remember checking out cherry sunburst LPs in the early 70s and they were like that but those nice features disappeared when I bought one in '77.
I've had a Gibson Flying V from the 1990 era it was a POS with ceramic pickups, it had no tone to it at all I might buy another V someday.possibly a 70's Gibson.
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You can get that sweet medallion now with great pedigree
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My old band mate's late 70's Flying V was light and resonant and you could feel the string vibration throughout the guitar. My favorite thing about it was the slightly chunky C-shaped neck and the action though. It felt like you were playing a laser guided missile, everything was so precise and perfect. Plus you could beat the piss outta the thing and it never went outta tune.
Wish Gibson would bring back this aesthetic. Full pick guard, burst finish, looks great.
gooseabuse i even like the volute
Yeah. Now they do the shitty looking naturals
Gibson is so out of whack even with new management. Their new “70’s V” is just a disgrace.
@@ITSHAA-yn5zc I absolutely couldn’t agree more with this comment! They make a ‘70s V’ and omit the most important ( in my opinion) feature of a 1970’s Gibson Flying V, the HEADSTOCK SHAPE!!! It’s an insult in my opinion! It just rubs it in in the fact that they made what appears to be ( Ive never played one sadly) a very good, extremely close re-issue 70s V for the Japanese market. So why the f**k couldn’t they be bothered to make a ‘70s V’ that actually looks like a real 70s V ? It’s almost like they’re purposely taking the piss out of their customers! I’m the proud and extremely happy owner of a white ‘79 Gibson V and I absolutely LOVE the thing!!! It’s a truly fantastic guitar. The only thing that lets it down slightly are the tuners. They don’t hold the tuning that well, particularly the G string tuner. I’m considering getting a set of new Kluson ‘vintage style’ locking tuners for it. They appear to have exactly the same footprint so there’s no worry about having to modify the guitar to fit them. While they’re not identical by any means they do sell a chrome tulip set of replacement tuner buttons which look pretty similar to the originals and I would imagine they’ll perform fantastically! Mine still has the original t-top pickups which sound great and also has the original electronics and wiring. Despite the misconception (by people who usually haven’t played one!) that these Vs will be really difficult to play sitting down that couldn’t be any less accurate. Positioned correctly they are pretty much the perfect guitar for practice playing sitting down. Overall just tremendous guitars!
Every time I see a flying V, I think of Michael Schenker.
My thoughts exactly. Michael Schenker is my favorite guitar player. Thanks for pointing this out.
Andy Powell
Amen! God bless guitar God Michael Schenker!
Doesn’t get any better! Been my fav since the seventies and that has never changed! Glad to see you guys out here!
Marc Bolan
Back in 1979 one of my Band Members used the headstock of an Olympics Commemorative Flying V to punch-out a set of blown speakers in a guitar cabinet. Ahhh, if we only knew then what we know now. Think he paid $300 for it used back in 1977!
My teenage dream...
That guitar and a 60's Guild Starfire XII!!!
That’s funny, I didn’t know Kirk Hammett played guitar, I thought he played a wah pedal...
Yeah every once in a while he plays guitar
There’s one in every crowd
@Michael Ballinger listen to the black album
@@otavio048 everyone is so pissed because of a joke lol
i had a real 74 v that i loved i traded it for a kramer in 85 worst trade ever
:(
I can beat that, I traded a medallion v for a 1990 explorer!
@@jimbobjimbob8275 im feelin your pain jimbob i also traded a 68 fender cream and mapel strat for a kramer as well thanks a million eddie van halen
@@thomasreay4713 ...yeah, it was way back in 1993. I wish I could remember the medallion number, as there is an online database of known surviving medallions, but non looked like the one I had.
the flying v is the entire reason i started playing guitar i remember when i was 7 yrs old and saw one it was love at first sight i even got to hold a real one at the santa monica guitar show back in 2004 it was like seeing god at least to me thank you ted mccarty
Somebody's been taking guitar lessons 🤘
Been binging your content man.......so interesting to listen to. I’ve learnt so much from you in just a few days🤘🏻
I am a V player, and I'm glad you did this video. I've held and played a 1975 Flying signed by Frank Black of The Pixies. Wonderful sounding and feeling guitar. I play a 2008 Faded Cherry Gibson V and I tell ya, this thing DOES resonate. A luthier working on it commented to me afterward how great it vibrates in the hands, showing that it's really good quality mahogany. It vibrates up the neck freely, and it's gonna resonate even more freely when I put lighter tuners on it soon. I HIGHLY recommend the Faded V's. The finish does wear, but it wears BEAUTIFULLY. This is my main guitar, and I couldn't be prouder of that. I recommend you take the tuner off the headstock when you demonstrate how a guitar sounds Trogly. It dampens the vibration of the guitar's headstock
Austin, the guitars you've had on the show the last couple of days are just incredible! You have fully engaged my GAS 😎🎸Great stuff as always man!
i cant believe u only have 25k, you are by far my favorite guitar youtube channel, keep up making great youtube videos!
Thanks for watching, Jacob!
So stoked, I finally own this guitar. this exact guitar, it's so light. Badass guitar. going to be playing it everyday, Great video \m/
Funny you're talking about headstock repairs. Anyone that knows the old ''gear trader" store from Huntington Beach would be familiar with Big Mike. He had some beautiful equipment, couple/few Marshall heads from the 70s and the tall Jimi Hendrix basket-weave cabinets, w/ greens and 30 watt black backs. I just mention to give an idea his stuff was very nice, and extremely well cared for even though he played regularly. His main guitar was what you're holding, basically they look like twins. I had never really cared about Vs, until playing his and I was immediately sold. Extremely resonant, like sg's, & LP special.... Anyway, Eddie's guitar tech, Matt used to come in, and he saw Mike's V on a stand and went over and picked it up, played it and remarked how great it was, put it back on the stand and I don't remember if he tripped on the cord, or just thought it was better laid than it was, but as I'm sure you know by now Boom! Snapped right under the truss rod cover, actually the two pieces hung together by the screws. It looked so sad, so, like a broken neck chicken, or maybe a swan, they seem a little more graceful. I think Mike was in shock because he's a pretty vocal Guy usually, and he said nothing. Matt on the other hand was as you'd imagine, astonished apologetic, somewhat incredulous as to how, being Van Halen's guitar tech, he may have done that move of replacing a guitar on a stand more than any ten of us. True to fashion of a professional Road Dog, manager, and if I remember right he even had a partner in an amp building company, he said something to the tune of do u have a case let me take care of this. I can't remember if he took it to Gibson, or an ex head of wood working from Gibson, but when it returned, and pretty quickly, we were hard-pressed to even see the repair. Man the memories from that store... One night I actually found complete books of gold inside an old Hammond organ.
Nice demo!
Wow! What an awesome V! Sounds fantastic!
Enjoyed your demo!! 😉
I still have my 79 with block inlays I bought new in in the UK January 1980 and comes out occasionally at OD Saxon gigs and plays great ,Kirk Hammett asked me a couple years ago if I still had it as he saw me play it at a Keystone gig in the bay area in 81on one of our USA tours ,love the demo and my brother has a silverburst 80 V.
Uh, it remind me Michael Schenker's tone on UFO's album Phenomenon, 1974. The perfect heavy blues rock machine.
Yes, and of course UFO's awesome live album "Strangers in the night" from 1979, supposedly recorded straight into Marshall stacks without any overdubs. Michael Schenker really knows how to put the Flying V to great use.
I like the way Epiphone Les Paul Specials vibrate when you play them unplugged. I had a white one a few years ago.
Have a 79 White block inlay used to this day and bought it brand new in uk and it's become a quite famous enough guitar , graham Oliver founder of Saxon ps my brother has a silver burst .
Ahhh, the axe I absolutely LUSTED for when I was a teen in the late 70s...these badboys were metal af! I wound up "settling" for a V made by some tiny little known company who made decent copies of great guitars...maybe you've heard of them? It's a Hamer Vector, made in the USA in 1982, and is to date the most amazing guitar I've ever laid hands on. To make the story even better, it was a custom order (cream white, not a stock color for '82) that developed cracks and checking, so the dude who originally ordered this $1000+ axe decided it was junk and sold it to me for $225 in 1986. SCOOOOOOOOOOOORE! It's one of two "NEVER gonna sell" guitars that I own!
Btw, for those who missed the joke, I'm being totally facetious with the "maybe you've heard of them" thing...I wasn't entirely sure at the time how amazing Hamers were, but I *did* know that I got a hell of a lot of guitar for the money!
I used to have a Gibson faded Flying V, it was sweet! Wish I still had it but one of my buddy's has it now. They're less than a grand now but they're going up in value.
It sounded pretty magical with that chorus behind it. And that sounds exactly like "Tush", buddy. Good job.
I'm in love with this guitar
Thanks for the review & vid bud!
Lovely sunburst colour, and I love the more rounded headstock. For me, this was the best era.
That Tobaccoburst works super well on this guitar. I guess I never noticed how body covering the scratch plates were either.
That V is just beautiful condition & the sound .
I love this guitar !! Lusted after Flying V since '72 with Andy Powell then Schenker a year or two later though i saw the Kinks when i was 8 on TV. Fast forward to '04 and family is in a semi pro band and main axe is one of these in SB. Never saw one before. About 5 years ago, i buy a Best Of Albert King disc. Cover shot, same axe!!
I have seen some of the most incredible guitars in your hands over the years. This thing sounds incredible. (and I'm not even trying to sell it to you, because its already sold). ;)
Rock on good buddy.
Hey Solar Guitar Studio - you might wanna be cautious with that good buddy lingo! I am a truck driver and in the 70's and 80's "good buddy" meant a fellow trucking friend. Today though.. it means two men are REALLY friendly with one another lol.... Just thought I would pass that along lolol.
@@alabamahebrew We'd probably both be a lot more famous...
@@Eventual420 - lol... maybe
Ron Just Ron what on god’s green earth are you talking about
I have to say, this version is probably my favorite V style. Same as Kirk Hammett's and the same model James Hetfield's V was modeled on.
Hey man I have a 1981 version of this , the only difference is that it's a 3 piece body , I've had it from new , and still play it live regularly, great video.🤘
1979? That guitar is like new. Great playing Austin. 👍🏻
I must admit that this v has such a delightful sweet full fat tone.... Truly made for blues. I had a 2004 v faded cherry finish and even if I couldn’t play as I do nowadays, I still remember that I really loved everything about it..... Regret having to sell it.....
I love my Gibson V. Its nothing special but it's cool.
I’m usually not a flying V guy but that sounds outstanding!
Those late 70's V's were perfect. The action was astonishingly low yet never fretted out or any of the other unwanted effects of such low action. Never really seen or played anything as well rounded a 2 humbucker electric guitar since. One of the ultra rare guitars that are just put together so well as regular production they near "played themselves".
The medallion V's medallion was to commemorate the Olympics? Er…..oooookay. Awesome axes for sure! Always wanted one of the late 70's V's as in this upload or a Korina original copy. Finding legit versions of either has become pretty difficult.
Ahhhhh,the vintage V!very nice choice! Love the 2 vol and 1 master tone control.hendricks model is BA.but the one you got is the one you want.you're exactly right.they are the choice real deal model.they are GOLDEN.got rid of one when young,worst move ever.what a fantastic sound.thanks for the blast to my past.awesome!!!
I once owned a '59 "V" I got on a trade. It changed my playing, found my chops on that guitar!! Later I had a suspicion it was stolen & promptly sold it!
Looks like a lot of fun
You're wearing a Wildwoods
T-shirt because its more conducive to your rock craft.
That is a super nice V , sounded great.
My 2015 70’s reissue for Japan is an amazing V as well .
I have a 1975 Flying V signed by Andy Powell.
I love this guitar Fantastic!! 🤘🎸
I have a 1989 '67 v and it's my go to axe
I still love my '89 V. First really good guitar I owned, and yes you can sit down with them; you just have to get creative.
Nice guitar and demo😀👍
My dream guitar is a 79 V in cream white. Wish I could afford one.
Hey bud keep your hopes up one day it will happen and you will be able to look back on this and laugh!!!!!
thanks for that review ! .. That guitar would make it into my top 5 guitars that I want to own and never sell...
Another lovely Guitar.
Trogly, might be a little late to this but I just today noticed that Reverb has an article on your headless SG.
No mention of the reverse cardboard V that the security guard has in the Breaking The Law Vid? That thing is a beast man!! Pure metal machine!! ;) Tone for days!! Resonance to melt your mind! It has tin foil pick ups FFS! What a stunning guitar! Lol. Cheers Austin lad.
I was going to reference the video where I talked about it, but decided to leave it out haha
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Hey Mr trogly I love this guitar it's fuppin sweet as can be keep the videos coming I know you will ☮️ bro!!!!!!!!
I'd love to get that v you have and a classic white v with matching headstocks
nice jam bro.....cool vid too
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If it wasn’t for the comfort factor (although I’ve switched to the classical playing position) this would be my all time favorite guitar.
Very nice! Kalamazoo too!!!
Love the V design
I prefer the '59 shape to the '67, but they're both classic. The solution: one of both! haha
Same here those fifties V's are the the biggest flex on anyone
Soo nice
If it's a V then it's for me... and Explorers...great video!
No mention of Michael Schenker?? WHAT??? LOL "Lights out, lights out in London..." Yesss.....
All of Micheal Schenker's studio( plus the great live album "Strangers in the night") really show how awesome the Flying V is. True balls out Rock & Roll guitar.
I hear you. "Strangers in the night" plus all of UFO'S studio albums showcase Michael Schenker putting the Gibson "Flying V"to great affect. Schenker always seems to get overlooked.
0:33 “Ligma wood?”
This is an level up to "Ligma balls"
Limba
I like the pickguard on the 70s flying V the best
NICE!
Jaw. Iiterally. Drops.
I’ve always loved tobacco bursts, I never understood why Fender loves pushing Sunbursts instead of tobacco burst. They are so beautiful. I don’t even like Vs but this is insanely pretty.
Trogley-- You need to play some old Savoy Brown tune to get yer funk on with that fine V-tar!! N I C E AX!!
My main guitar in the 80's was a sunburst '70 V.
What amp are you playing through, the ZZ top, and Randy riffs you played when it first got dirty sounded delicious. I love it's. Another fella on this thread wrote asking how this 79 compared with the modern Dean ml series? I would be curious as well.
He said in his vids its a marshall of some kind
When you hit that game I was like yeah
Love the look but could never find a V I liked playing .
where the neck meets the body the body is a completely different shape
that fiirst tune you played was cool.
How would this stack up against a Dean ML guitar? They seem similar enough in terms of specs and looks
I hate the big scratch plate Vs, but for some reason this one doesn't trigger me. You ever thought about doing an Ibanez Rocket Roll V review? 70s Ibanez guitars are awesome. The Ibanez SC210 single pickup is one of my freaky bucket list guitars, would love to see the Troglys take on one!
I actually love the big PG style V's. Would even be happy with the Epi 'two knob' style made in the late '90s. btw, pre S/N RR Sr here.
I'm not a V kinda guy, but that guitar is very, very cool.
Sold my 1980 silverburst and silver sky still got my cherry black one
I owned the 1980 “the V” tobacco sunburst. bound body. I never liked the way the neck was attached at the body. It sits up off the body a about half an inch which makes playing on the upper frets a pain.
You are really holding on to a chunk
of wood at that point. You should show the difference between a 70’s V and the 60’s V where the fretboard comes right down on the body the way it should. I did play the hell outta that V though and sold it for the same price I bought new and it was a road warrior.
This is like something you would see James Hetfield play in 1981..... or maybe UFO or MSG group...
Lol. I love them though they play so good.. believe it or not my Paul Reed Smith has that same type of resonance and feel you were talking about
Hetfield's original V was actually an Epi with a Gibson logo, funny enough!
@@ScottGreenMusic yeah I think I heard that somewhere before. Just seeing one of these guitars just reminds me of when I was first learning how to play in the early 80s when I was watching dudes like Judas Priest and all the NWOBHM bands all seem to be playing flying V's at the time..lol actually love these guitars man they are great playing and sounding guitars. I owned one years ago like an idiot I traded it away and I miss it to this day it's been 20 years.
@@ScottGreenMusic I'm not sure if you mean the white one but I read that his white v he used very early was a fake one and even had a bolt on neck.
What's the story on late model V's and Explorer pro with smaller body profiles?
Thank you. I had no idea that my perfect blonde '77 V was worth that kind of money. I may quit taking it to
gigs. I've owned it since 1980 & would be crushed if anything happened to it. Tuners switched to Grovers
before I got it. One more thing, to sit & play these is simple. You just place your upper right leg into the back
notch on the guitar. It will sit in perfect playing position & never move an inch. Hilarious!
Are the one with the pointier head worth more ?
Albert king played one you can see it in the vid where he played it with SRV on utube !!!!!!
My cheap sx vintage strat vibrates a lot in the neck.
The Gibson shapes Awesome shaoes.
They also made an 79 anv. Spl
That may have been the only lefty I ever saw Jimi playing
Hey Trogly, did they ever make these 70's Flying Vs in left-handed?
I'm sure they did but it wasn't too many I'm a lefty myself.
heallo i haz the same, but its called "teh v" and its of 1981 and i luv it
Late 70s / early 80s flying V in silverburst.. coolest production guitar ever
I do have one of those if it ever gets returned to me
Thats not something Id lend out! Must be to a highly trusted bud, who also doesnt gig with it
@@kentfranklin736 I sent it down to a 'luthier.' Someone spray painted it black over the original finish and it had a solid headstock repair but I wanted it to look nicer. The whole situation is really sketchy with that guy, but I do believe I will eventually get them back.
Its crazy how gibson bursted all 4 sides of the body and back of the neck on those.. who would paint over that. Then again I hear silverbursts werent as desirable until Adam Jones came along with them
Got any left handed stuff?
I've had 2 70s lefty SGs and a lefty '74 custom
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@@Trog Very nice, I just found you a few weeks ago and love what you're doing documenting all this pieces of history.
I feel ya man I'm a lefty too!!!!
He's not lefty
I don't understand the valute hate, j love them!
Damn Trogly fuckin sheds in this video! \m/
@trog .....Do you remember how much you sold this one for ???
Also, Austin, why are you wearing your t-shirt inside-out?
I think it was a Wildwood Guitars T-Shirt
@@Trog but at greenscreen part it is definitely inside out O_o. Clearly seen at 6:00
Yes, turned inside out to not show their logo since they did not ask to be a part of this episode
A lot of people don't know is that in a interview with les paul he was the one who came up with the. Idea but toled Gibison not to put his name on it.
I’m curious, what did this one sell for?
Why do flying vs just look so cool?