Flying V! — The Metal Guitar of the Gods was directed by Peter Hansen and produced by ex-Mercyful Fate and ex-King Diamond axeman Michael Denner.The list of featured artists includes Dave ...

I mean, come on! The Scorpions, Judas Priest, it was a heavy metal guitar. You know, Michael Schenker— white V. It was my dream to have a white V. When I finally got a V, it was kind of weird to ...

The Flying V design exploded in popularity in the ‘70s and ‘80s. The likes of Neil Young toured with the sharp-edged guitar for decades. The Explorer lives on as a ghost in countless ...

He plays a Gibson Flying V guitar. Brian Cooke/Redferns. Musician/vocalist Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top signs a Gibson Reverse Flying V on the Gibson Guitars bus on Jan. 28, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas.

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 ...

The Flying V’s function appeared to follow its form, as it eventually took off and found its wings as an archetypal hard rock statement guitar. As it transpired, these guitars were way ahead of their ...

Epiphone Guitar Corp. this week announced the debut of a new guitar it calls the "Limited Edition Joe Bonamassa 1958 Amos Korina Flying-V." Modeled after the guitar Arthur sold in 1959 and now ...

In 1969, Hendrix custom-ordered a left-handed Gibson Flying V directly from Gibson and used it during the Band of Gypsys era. On August 13 the following year the guitar made its most famous appearance ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After five decades, Jimmy Page’s dragon has re-emerged from its lair. Fender instruments on Wednesday gave the public its first look at its recreation of a Telecaster guitar that ...

That brings us neatly to the guitar we have on test here – the Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom Jimi Hendrix Love Drops Flying V. But that only takes us partway through the story.

LOS ANGELES — After five decades, Jimmy Page’s dragon has re-emerged from its lair. Fender instruments on Jan. 23 gave the public its first look at its recreation of a Telecaster guitar that ...