As Guitar Aficionado notes, its look was Gibson's attempt to come up with a Modernist answer to the Fender Stratocaster. In 1956, Gibson president Ted McCarty commissioned some new designs, and the ...

One of the most distinctive electric guitars ever made will celebrate its 60th birthday Sunday, having served three generations of blues, rock and heavy metal players. The Gibson Flying V received a U ...

There are few instruments more distinctive than the Flying V. It’s odd that a guitar this funky looking has been commonly used by a wide range of guitar players from country and blues to rock, but it ...

The back of Alive!, the first live album Kiss ever released in 1975, and also one of the first LPs Dave Mustaine ever purchased, read “Kiss uses Gibson Guitars because they want the best.” This was ...

The “Flying V” is one of the more identifiable guitars in rock, but Gibson has run into trouble trying to lay claim to the body shape in Europe. According to Guitar.com, a judgement was recently ...