VS 100th Episode! 1958 Flying V with Marcus King, Jack Pearson, Kingfish, Oz Noy, J.D.Simo (S3: E20) 

Jackie Pearson is the man!

JD sure makes that V sound great.

I can’t believe you guys didn’t have me come down and play, you know I like V’s

I love that Kingfish is getting recognition more and more. He’s a top notch player and ,from everything I’ve seen of him, a super humble guy.

Jack F-ing Pearson.... Most underrated guitarist on earth.

Give somebody a V and all of a sudden they think their Albert King! Me too.

amazing how this guitar has that nasal tone, almost like a p90, very albert king sounding, spetacular players as well!

Never seen a V with two PGs. I've seen on an old 335 with two, but not on a '58 V. Very cool and that infamous nasal sound a la Albert King. SRV would've loved this sound for sure.

Jack Pearson is simply one of the greatest. Period.

you got to own a V. kingfish and Simo had the right idea, whip out your best Albert King when you have a V in your hands.

They all sound great on the Flying V but Jack has a nuance that no other player has, his sense of touch is sublime.

Jack Pearson is the closest ive ever heard someone get to albert king with that V

anyone saying wood doesn't affect tone hasn't heard this V. incredible and unique.

It’s so amazing same guitar same amp all different tones/styles but all so brilliant. That guitar has it that whatever it is. All of them seem to feel “it” when they play. Very cool.

it's like albert kangs soul has been attached itself to every flying V, much like SRV and Hendrix lives in many strats walking around today

These videos have become Gold!

I've got a theory of sorts as to why the Flying V sounds so different to other Gibson guitars. Firstly the Korina wood it's made from. It's not mahogany and that's one major difference. Then there's the amount of korina wood around each pickup. There is practically no wood around the neck pickup, unlike most other Gibson guitars where they have plenty of wood around it, even the SG. But look how close it is to the neck where it's picking up on the neck vibrations. Then we look at the bridge pickup and it's got so much wood around it compared to any other guitar's bridge pickup that it just has to sound significantly different. Whatever the reasons, it sure is a unique guitar, that's for sure.

A lot of bbking liks

Kingfish and Jack need to jam

Every single one of them sounded amazing. Excellent players all of them, and that rig! Awesome.

its a perfect example that the same guitar, same amp, same venue sounds very very different from different hands. great video btw

wtf it has got dots on the bottom side of the neck. lol

The secret Jack's style is his ability to remain calm. He doesn’t get ahead of himself and doesn’t hit the strings too hard.

marcus king pulling from the grand wazoo. love it.

Definitely all extremely worthy players for this one. I'd have a hard time picking a fave. Close call between JD, Jack and Kingfish.

J.D. CROSSCUT SAW

yessssssssssss

Is it normal that there is side dots on the bottom of the neck?

I did not realize that I had seen so many musicians with the same instrument

Can't believe Gibson charges 20 grand for something that sounds nothing like that. Why can't they simply make a pickup that sounds transparent it's not that hard. ReWind did it. Peter Florance di it.

Anyone ever seen a 58 Flying V with the extra pickguard on the left like this one has?

Wish they had JB playing on that V, too...he seems to have a special bond with them...my favorites on this were Pearson and Kingfish, but all were excellent of course.

Jack Pearson is incredible. Kingfish makes the V look like a ukulele.

There's an Ampeg BT-15 Bass Amp in the background. Had one of those when I was 17 (50 years ago). Best amp I ever owned - period. I believe it was Ampeg's first solid-state amp. The head flipped over into the cabinet for transport. I miss that amp so much.

No one can get anywhere near Albert Kings great V sound.

Kingfish makes it look so easy… he plays some nice extra notes that expand his blues approach

So i heard that Marcus King has a twin called Marcus ray Vaughn....

That is a amazing instrument. It's sounds so good in everyone's hands.🎶

Oz noy 😮

💜

Jack Pearson was smart to tune it down, man that thing sounds great growling low like a baritone there! Most or some anyway wouldn’t even notice...

ah yes you did it ! thanks

Marcus King, eat that question man!

i WILL TAKE ONE ...HOW MUCH ? :)

JDs been eatin everything

Sure sounds like the pickups are out of phase. Albert King gets that sound from his too so maybe out of phase was standard with these. I was too young to know what that means when I got to play a 1958 V

Do all of the originals have that middle position that sounds a bit out of phase? This one sure does and I assume that Albert's had it too.

Ahh hahaha ; -D

Interesting that apart from Jack Pearson everyone played through the Dumble..Sorry Todd ..No contest ! The JOAT is a great amp , but not in that league..

They should have given that V to Kingfish! Sweet

Pentatonic back and forth, how boring.

Jeez why are they all playing the same naff riffs.

I got Epiphone with a Broken neck sent it back bought a Gibson v binded body 2017 It sucked my dean played better I seen korina v Epiphone I played I wasn't gonna buy It i got enough guitars but I did an just as good as any Gibson I had haven't had good luck with Gibsons way over priced for a name on the head stock

Sell me this guitar