Gibson Flying V

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Richie Faulkner playing live with his Gibson Custom Shop Flying V
Gibson’s Richie Faulkner Flying V Custom is finally here – and its first batch sold out in under 24 hours

By Matt Parker Published

The Judas Priest guitar hero has teamed up with the Custom Shop’s finest for this extremely limited signature model

Electric Guitars
Deftones' Chino Moreno and his neck-diving Gibson SG
Fed up with Gibson SG neck dive? An ingenious new guitar strap could be the answer

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Frantone mastermind Fran Blanche claims to have solved SG headstock drooping once and for all

Accessories
Dave Mustaine's Epiphone Flying V Custom and Prophecy, and Kramer Vanguard signature guitars
Dave Mustaine’s Epiphone and Kramer signature models are finally here – and it looks like they’ve been worth the wait

By Matt Owen Published

More than 3 years after the guitars were announced, Mustaine's affordable signature models have arrived, complete with Seymour Duncan or Fishman Fluence pickups and an assortment of metal-friendly aesthetics

Guitars
Gibson 80s Flying V (left) and 80s Explorer
Gibson’s new 80s Flying V and Explorer models party like it’s 1984 with ebony finishes and high output humbuckers

By Matt Parker Published

Fat tones in a black suit are the order of the day as the firm casts its gaze back to an era of angular designs and heavy tone

Electric Guitars
Epiphone Korina 1958 Explorer
Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer and Flying V review

By Neville Marten Published

This intriguing collaboration between Epiphone and Gibson’s fabled Custom Shop has produced faithful reproductions of two of the most brilliantly radical guitars ever devised

Electric Guitars
Jeff Beck
How Jeff Beck and Seymour Duncan created humbucker magic with the classic JB pickup

By Dave Burrluck Published

While the classic Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB was never actually a signature pickup, without Jeff it may never have happened…

Guitar Pickups
James Hetfield (left) and Kirk Hammett perform onstage with Metallica
James Hetfield says “if there was a guitar that changed the course of my history” it was this one – and it’s a cheap copy

By Matt Parker Published

The story of this particular guitar features in the Metallica man’s new book about his six-strings, Messengers: The Guitars Of James Hetfield

Electric Guitars
Gibson Les Paul/SG
The rise of the Gibson Les Paul/SG Standard

By Rod Brakes Published

How the timeless rock machine found a user base that numbered some of the world's greatest players, and became a mainstay of the Gibson catalog

Electric Guitars
Fender Jaguar and Jazzmaster on a Fender guitar case
Jazzmaster vs Jaguar: what's the difference between these iconic Fender offsets?

By Daryl Robertson Last updated

Fender's Jazzmaster and Jaguar have transcended genres, but which is the right guitar for you? Time to unpick the history, players and tones

Electric Guitars
Highline Guitars Metallica Flying M
Metallica unveil custom one-of-a-kind 'Flying M' guitar – and you can win it

By Matt Owen Published

Built by Highline Guitars and Inventables, and inspired by James Hetfield's trademark Flying V, the guitar will be raffled off in support of the band's All Within My Hands foundation

Electric Guitars
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