However, the limited run of the debut model — the Dave Mustaine Gibson Flying V EXP, available in antique natural and silver metallic finishes — is already sold out on Gibson's website.

When the Flying V’s original patent appeared in 1957 alongside the Futura/Explorer and Moderne, it might have been argued that Ted McCarty’s heady 50s sci-fi-style brainstorming sessions in the Gibson ...

In 1956, Gibson president Ted McCarty commissioned some new designs, and the Flying V was the only one that survived the process intact. A patent was issued on Jan. 7, 1958, and it quickly became ...

Epiphone, Gibson's Custom Shop, and the Jimi Hendrix family estate have come together for a brand new “Love Drops” Flying V in honor of “a player who took the instrument to places no one ...

Yet it was decades before either instrument achieved any real success. "Gibson needed something to reclaim the spotlight, and it had to be something modern - and the Flying V was certainly that" Back ...

If you were ever going to buy your dream guitar, now’s the time. Experience the legacy of metal history with the Gibson Custom Kirk Hammett 1979 Flying V—a masterpiece recreated to honor the ...

In keeping with the many hours that went into creating each of the 50 examples set to be produced, the Gibson Joe Bonamassa “Amos” 1958 Flying V Collector's Edition rings up at a cool $19,999.

I don't have a Flying V ... I am a Gibson guy to the bone. I play explorers and Les Pauls." During the brief discussion, Hagar also delved into his past with Gibson guitars, revealing that it was ...

In the new film, Ted “Theodore” Logan’s (Keanu Reeves) hero guitar is a Gibson Flying V, while Winter’s Bill wields the SG Special. You can enter the drawing to win an SG here. The new ...

Paul Stanley with Matt's Guitar Shop holding his Gibson Flying V.