1975 FLYING V White 2HB Black Label Patent Number T-Top, Kalamazoo Made, Rare, OHC,  EXC  code GI169

Extremely cool Gibson Flying V that was made in the USA  According to Gibson’s shipping summary records, of the 1872 Flying V’s made in 1975, 1 of 154 made in White!

Mahogany Body, perfect Mahogany Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, Neck Profile: C Three-piece mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard and dot inlays, Original pickups patent number T-Top.Original pots date 1974. Original Patent Number bridge and Aluminum tailpiece. This V is solid and has great sustain, with fast playing low action and very minimal fret (original) wear. This V is solid and has great sustain, plays well incredible tone. Includes original hard shell case with Gibson logo and purple interior in excellent shape and all latches and hinges work great. Electronics are all original. No cracks, no breaks, no changes.The guitar is lightweight, extremely resonant, and wonderfully balanced.

The Flying V returned to regular production for a third time in 1975 with a version similar to the 1966 V, and since then some variation of the Flying V has remained a regular production model of the Gibson electric solidbody guitar line. Demand for the Flying V reached critical mass in the '70s as hard-rock and metal guitarists fell for its aggressive styling. Performing with UFO, Michael Schenker played a white 1975 Gibson Flying V, which he later decorated with a distinctive black-and-white “negative” mirror-image motif. He got the guitar from his brother Rudolf of the Scorpions, who started collecting Flying Vs during the '70s and today owns more than 100. Flying V players from the U.K. during this period included Mark Bolan of T. Rex, Uriah Heep’s Mick Box, Wishbone Ash’s Andy Powell, Bad Company’s Mick Ralphs and Chris Spedding. In the United States, the V found its way into the hands of guitarists like Billy Gibbons, Rick Nielsen, Joe Perry and Paul Stanley. Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield helped further the Flying Vs reputation as an iconic metal guitar during the '80s, but the V has also remained a favorite of rockers like Lenny Kravitz, Grace Potter and Eddie Van Halen, who used his '50s V to record several songs on 1984, including “Hot for Teacher.”

• Scale: 24.75"
• Radius: 12"
• Neck thickness at 1st fret: 0.8"
• Neck thickness at 12th fret: 0.98"