The Flying V -- Leading guitar experts agree, the ultra-modern Flying "V" barnstormed traditional solid-body guitar design when it was first introduced in 1958.

The illustrated history of this Modernistic guitar is back for a revised second edition. Larry Meiners wrote and published the first edition in 2001, and author

(Guitar Reference). Until the launch of the Flying V and Explorer in 1958, electric guitars were supposed to look like...guitars. Suddenly, Gibson turned conven

" ... is an informative, yet entertaining collection of interviews with notable collectors and repairmen, among them, George Gruhn, the Mandolin Brothers, and M

FLYING V EXPLORER FIREBIRD: AN ODD-SHAPTED HISTORY OF GIBSON'S WEIRD ELECTRIC GUITARS