Legend says that if you put a Flying V between your legs and strum an A chord you'll fly to a magical planet full of soaking wet victoria's secret models.
Steve Floyd They could stop the recording only for two seconds and then search for him. They have Rory to edit it. Such a huge disregard for this myth of the guitar
RickyboyH Serious question though, how do Europeans actually say the date out loud. I would say today was "December fifteenth" would you say it was the "fifteenth of December"?
When the V first came out, it was not popular, but the black jazz musicians in Chicago started buying them up and using them. They're the ones that made it popular, it was a jazz guitar ( and no metal then). Being a jazz man yourself Lee, I'm surprised you didn't know that.
yes Freddie played a 345 and Albert played a korina V which was stolen and Dan Erlewine of stewmac mad him his V with his name in the fret board. I do believe Bonamassa owns it now, atleast I wouldn't doubt it
unfair how bonamassa's going to own every piece of vintage equipment soon, let alone alberts flying V. In his defence, that live video of him playing "I'll play the blues for you" sounded too good.
+Jantes Inferno Most younger people weren't born when "Seek And Destroy" came out (I bought "Kill 'em All" in vinyl when it came out back then!), but Rob Chappers knows Michael Schenker as he knows the first songs of Metallica... It would be a great opportunity to show younger people something "new"!
The boys of Andertons are the best at entertaining and in forming us on all things electric guitar. Great the way they demonstrate tone and quality differences between a manufactures price and option ranges.
As a lifelong guitar novice, I've come to love your videos and channel. Your videos are very informative and bring a very unbiased approach to comparing guitars and equipment. As you are fully aware this industry is littered with one sided opinions that poison the reviews and content in many videos. Thank you so much for your videos and having the balls to make amazing content. Your friend from Austin Texas. Yee Haw!
I've dedicated my life to diseases of the head holes, but the one hole I've never been able to fix is the one in my soul. Perhaps owning an Explorer would fix that hole.
To accomplish your goal to fix hole in your soul just grab a pole, buy a vole, scroll past the troll and roll in the money from your payroll. just make sure to keep your self-control so you don't end up on parole. Damn i'm really on a roll.
Nix nice guitar, looks like a good deal to me. looking around they go between 350 to 450 usd. I didnt know those existed till i read your comment.. ill have to look into those myself
I own one, best Flying V I have ever owned. I purchased the upgraded one. The dirty fingers pick up took a minute to get use to but I have come to really like them. Neck is a bit thinner but very comfortable good sounding instrument. It's a keeper!!
Thank you for this amazing review guys! I actually just went ahead and got the Flying V, after watching this video about 5 times. Sounds freaking beautiful!
You now what's worse, the cheaper stuff is directed to students and beginners, I mean, i've been playing for 15 years but I'm only 20, I didn't make it in life yet to be able to afford the expensive good stuff. Not only I have to buy my gear very slowly, I had to master my luthier skills to be able to mess around with bad stuff and make it better.
Easily brings to mind what my first regular musical instrument retailer had to say about it. He chooses to sell guitars that a serious beginner would still be able to play when he or she became a professional. To him, a guitar isn’t just a toy to have fun with and put aside to collect dust two minutes later. The idea being, you can always upgrade to a Gibson or an American-made Fender if you can afford it, as long as your Epiphone, Squier or foreign-made Fender is still beneficial to you.
Don Preston, the guitar player for the late Leon Russell played an Explorer. I love Explorers ever since I saw him playing in The Concert for Bangladesh.
I got the cherry high performance explorer for my birthday, which is in a bit more than a week but it arrived early, it's my first explorer and it has been for a loooong time my wanted guitar, this 2017 feels just awesome, even tho I haven't handled so many earlier versions, but I loved it, that's what matters to me.
Right on, vipe D........Albert King....he was a Lefty, too.......Freddie King played Tele, LP Goldtops, And Es335, I believe....Cap'n Lee A.......Hideaway!!!!!!!
Poll: Im VERY curious how many of you (like me) are waiting, praying, dying and going CRAAAAZY wondering why Gibson won't make a line of Firebirds Explorers and V's with 24 frets?
Ok, Check it out, the Explorer and the V were designed by Ted McCarty in 1958, he also designed cars for GM. The Explorer and V are taken from the design cues of a '58 Buick Fury.
The Edge's 1st guitar was an explorer. Allen Collins ( Lynyrd Skynyrd) may be the best Explorer player to strap one up. The King you referenced was Albert King - who played a V.
yo diggitty my first guitar was a V, to me they are the most comfortable to play sitting down... the uninitiated hate playing 'em sitting and do so akwardly, as I'm sure you well know
It was Albert King who played the V. He was left handed and, interestingly, played a right hand guitar, just turned around. Now, you're thinking, "That's been done!" Albert, not only played the right hand guitar flipped, he also played the guitar strung right handed.
Your hats should say "Bah Humbucker". Seriously though, I wish Gibson would shit can the scratch plate. The ESP explorers look so much better than this. Just my opinion.
Noeffnwaypal I agree, they're obviously going for a vintage look with these, but I feel like more options should be available. - pickguard +more colors
I love your stuff with the Captain but could you do more regular videos with Rabea... Not sure what they would be about but you guys are both just so fun to listen to
I think the V player you were thinking of is Albert King. I've always loved V's, even before I started playing. I can't say I'm entirely a fan of the look of these new V's, though they sound great. I prefer either the '59 style or the '67 style, but this slight hybrid between them doesn't really do it for me. Great video though!
