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Eddie knows more about Hendrix’s hay day than anybody. He is a legend on his own so he never needed to inflate his importance, I’d take him at his word on that.
C’mon guys, a little tongue in cheek way with words is not unknown to our dear Trogly. Breathe, open , expand, we needn’t live on a hair trigger’s edge, Eddie himself would tell us: “Peace” ✌🏻
6:02 a quick hint on how to open without breaking the sticker. A Hair dryer or heat gun for a few seconds will heat up and loosen the glue enough to make it easier. Just helping out.
@Fender Bender ,Actually Lemmy from Motorhead was Jimi's Guitar Tech for quite some time before he became famous himself.. Lemmy always said that Hendrix loved his Gibson more but was under contract by Fender
"A guy named Eddie Kramer!" Dude you know your guitars, but sure as hell don't know your people. Eddie was Jimi's studio wizard. Those guys worked hand in hand in producing some of the most original and new at the time electric soundscapes. Eddie produced Jimi's studio albums and made guitar effects with him. He was probably more important than Chas Chandler..
The original is in the Hard Rock Cafe Vault in London, which is literally a bank vault full of amazing instruments and memorabilia in the basement of the old Coutt's Bank building across the road from the original Hard Rock Cafe on Old Park Lane. I saw the guitar in 2010 when it was on loan to the Hendrix In Britain exhibition at the Handel House just across Mayfair.
No.... consumers should stop asking builders to stop abusing new guitars to look like garbage... they look like beat up crap from the back of the junk room in a pawn shop. What ever happened to taking care of your stuff?
@@ericbgordon1575 ESP has made some good looking SG shaped guitars. One of the guys from DOWN had one and it was sexy and I have played one. I would like to see Toni Iommi’s munky guitar made by ESP. That would be so fun!!!
As a huge fan of Hendrix, this release of this Flying V and the SG both excited me and killed my heart. The fact that they made 25 lefty handed models (I’m a southpaw) filled my soul with joy.......but the price. I want this guitar sooo bad, I’m willing to sell everything I currently own (except my CS 69 Strat) to get this V as a lefty. 🥺🥺😩😩😭😭😢😢😢☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
Kind of defeats the purpose of buying a "relic'd tribute guitar" in the first place. Pay a shit ton of $ for a shitty representation of the orignal. Leave it to Gipsun. blah lol
Always a good time with a coffee in hand and Trogdog on screen. Mildly disappointed you didn't bust out the colourful silk shirts for the playing demo.
I dunno, price range seems rather reasonable for this kind of limited edition signature guitars....even regular signature guitars in production are very overpriced. Not that it’s justifiable but this guitar isn’t really unique in that regard
You think flying v more than strat? He loved his Gibson’s and these guitars are great but strats are what he played the most and what he did the most with.
C'mon Austin! "A Guy named Eddie Kramer"????? Like you really don't know who the Legendary Producer is? He only was responsible for such great records by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Frampton, Mott the Hoople, Carley Simon, John Mayall, Ten years after, Small Faces, and KISS to name a few! Many claim he made Hendrix the legend he was because Eddie actually made Jimi tune his guitar correctly and put the time in to practice before recording such amazing records as "Electric Ladyland". I only hope you were being sarcastic! BTW, Eddie also was a great photographer and took many legendary photos of Hendrix.
Not long after Jimi died I was having a pint in the double A. Pub in Airdrie Scotland with Eric Barret's younger brother. Eric was Jimi's stage manager. He knew that I played guitar and asked if I wanted to come down and see it. Unfortunately I had to pass because I stayed up at Longrirggend about ten miles away and would have missed my last bus home. I know Eric also got the white strat and Monica Danneman got the black one. Do I regret this now ? Not really " I've still got my guitar" to quote Jimi. Have a peaceful Christmas.
I have the same tremolo, just with the big plate. It works perfect. Not for metal dive bombs tough, but just as a good Bigsby (- 'm a fan and use that also) very reliable tuning-wise, under almost constant pressure. Yes, a good tuner doesn't hurt, but works absolutely within the acceptable limits.
Sort of true if you watch the old Jimi vids where he played Gibson, the neck scale didn't fit his new experience playing ... as was kind of the case for Leo strats, oddly the CBS - 'Woodstock' version was dialed in to Hendrix and made his style rock-et. Short life robbed all of the best to come. We miss you Jimi thank you for what your musical talent managed to leave behind 4us
Convincing finish checking is really rare, as is a convincing relic. I have a single guitar that's an exception to the rule, and was just lucky the builder was really vibing that day. Fret ends are always a giveaway.
Austin your not of an age to know who Eddie Kramer was. Your excused. Like your content and honest reviews. Most don't have the guts to take a guitar like that apart. Kudos!
The Jimi SG I saw in person had witchhats that weren't vintage correct - they look like the allparts replacements, which have a smaller footprint than the real ones. From the vid it looks the exact same on the V. Was surprised you didn't comment on it, Austin, it was one of the first things I noticed!
Oh I get it. But that's the thing. It doesn't actually look aged. Ever. I'v never seen good one. It just looks like a perfectly good guitar someone took a razor blade to. And this example of "aging" is awful. It just hurts my soul.
Yep, it just looks super cheesy. Gibson is a great guitar manufacturer and a shitty “relicing” company, they’re throwing their hat in that ring because it’s all the rage right now to fake years of authentic wear and tear on a guitar. Would be cooler if they just left it new, don’t understand why things have to have artificial “personality” inserted in when everybody knows it’s a new guitar anyway.
I played the original custom vee owned by Hendrix. Same strings he used, too. Edit - yes, it was owned by Hard Rock, I played it at HRC London in ‘03. Those pictures you showed was the same guitar wit various other bits of Hendrix’ collection; his sofa, scarves, shirts, etc. When I started working for the same Hard Rock in ‘12 i asked about it and “Jimi,” as they call it, was being sent around to various Hard Rock Cafes for a few months at a time as a kind of “tour” type thing.
Hate the relicing, always hate the relic jobs. But, love this guitar. I have a '18 Explorer that's got that mojo that few instruments have right from the start. Really love the split diamond inlays. That would be a nice touch for Gibson to add to all the V's. The super pointy headstock with vertical inlay is a nice touch too. Over priced in my opinion, but nice collector piece. God bless and Merry Christmas 🎄🎸😎
I have a Gibson faded V from ‘07 and it is one of the most comfortable best feeling and sounding guitars I’v ever played... as long as you are not trying to sit down, I think that is the only downfall to the V, it’s so awkward to play in a sitting position.
I have an '03 Faded V that I sanded down, filled the grain and refinished in Olympic White. I left the back of the neck unpainted with the original satin cherry finish and painted the back of the headstock white to match the body.
Just imagine if a model like this one were being manufactured as a standard model instead of a signature one. Do you think the ratio between righty and lefty would still be 5 to 1? Two other people frequently associated with the body shape include Albert King and Dave Davies. Would Gibson ever make models with their scroll attached?
Indeed very bluesy sounding. Every time I get the oportunity to wield a V I get why Albert K. used to love these. Wish to get my hands on a good one at some point. And Trogly, keep going. You sure do a great job. Thanks for that.
I played the original one in 2003. It even had Hendrix's strings back on, the ones he played on Isle of Wight. BTW they were 10's if I'm not mistaken. However, the original one is a left handed model, most probably the only left handed guitar Jimi ever had. I played it while sitting on a bench from the Jimi's apartment in London.
At $10,000 U.S. i dont see it. A cool guitar but like alot of gibsons signature custom shop reissues..... its going in some rich guys collection never doing what a great guitar does... gets played
Is there anyway to find out what the original pick ups were on his custom order? Would he have gotten Tops at that. Thanks for any feedback you might have have a custom Karina flying V and was going to have the paint job redone to match his love drops, but without the gold hardware going with aged nickel, looks more classic to me, but I want to buy the best possible pick ups are closest match to what he had. Thanks.
I thought the role of producers was to stay in the back and let the rock stars do their thing and take the glory. This comment section seems to disagree. There is never enough corksniffery for the classic rock crowd. Also, neat flying v m'dude.
Why does Trogly put so much emphasis on the "T" when he says things like "bu"tt"on or "me"t"al"? I always wondered if he really tries to do that or is that just the way he talks. I've never really heard anybody do that like him. Lol.
@@cosmikrelic4815 he's great. I just thought that was funny so I pointed it out. I actually really like his channel. If I didn't, I wouldn't watch him as often as I do. At first, I found his voice to be a little annoying but i got used to it over time and now I think he's great!
Every V ive ever tried does the same thing. They sustain like crazy and bark when you crank em..... you can find a great used newer one for about 1500 bucks.
@@zosojstro yeah I’ve thought about what Jimi would’ve done if he lived longer...considering lots of 70s rock stars went for fancier, novel guitars (Travis Bean, Dan Armstrong, Alembic etc) I’m sure Jimi might’ve dipped his toe into high end, highly customized guitars at least for a while. Of course most of those stars came back to traditional Gibson/Fender so I’m not sure that experiment would’ve lasted for long but for sure, Jimi would’ve went for something wackier in search of different feel and tone
Worked for GC in late 90's early 2000's and being hands on as shipments came in I was shocked at the lack of quality control..it was really my first experience with Gibson guitars and forever has left a bad taste in my mouth..I think the worst one was opening up a custom in the shipping /recieving dept and as we pulled the pink dust cover in the case back it was stuck to the finish.it seems they have gotten alot better..
Hey Austin, I've been subscribed to your channel for at least 3 years, this is the first time I'm reaching out to you, I own the Epiphone Korina wood 58 reissue explorer and the flying V, I really appreciate your opinions on guitars, hopefully soon we can talk about guitars, hope to hear from you soon, until then , keep on rocking 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
even guitarists with a specific guitar that they have become ubiquitous with, can play and enjoy other instruments. ritchie blackmore with a 335, jimmy page with a tele, tony iommi with a strat. players who are famous for their tone with a specific instrument want variety too. i wish i could see SRV play a strandberg boden classic, and hendrix on a kiesel. idk just to see how they would feel and what they would play.
My buddy has a gold hardware Gibson from that era, they nailed the relic job on this. Of course hater who can't afford one will trash it, maybe they'll appreciate it if they ever get a job?
I’d love some affordable jimmy page signatures. Maybe a David gilmour goldtop with special pickups for that “the wall” sound. Maybe a signature John Lennon epiphone casino. They have lots of options I don’t know why they don’t try harder to do signatures I’m sure many artists would do it
Question.. I just bought a 2006 Gibson flying V /factor X model.. The guy said it's basically the same as a 67' reissue which would be the same as this 1 u have, except different pickups and no maestro vibrola whammy bar.. So if I add the pickups and whammy bar would it be the same as this 1 ??
George Martin? Isn’t he the dad of Coldplay’s singer? Wait maybe he was the CEO of Martin Guitars when they went through their rough period in the 70s? I’ve got it George Martin was that guy who worked for The Beatles, but there’s no way he be anywhere near as important as John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
‘The pressure seemed to have eased off at that point. He knew he wasn’t happy with the Band of Gypsy’s, but he hadn’t got anything else going on. It was a very comfortable time for the two of us. Whence the idea came I know not-maybe the management, maybe Jimi , maybe a bit of both-but the plan was “why don’t we-form the Experience?’ I suspect the deal was that he would ultimately cover some of the places we’d not been to, like Japan and Australia; in fact rumor has it there were people selling tour jackets for Japan. Of Course, we never got there in the end. I’m not sure how Noel got the call but I don’t think he’d even seen Jimi for six months. There was a meeting at the management office in New York with the three of us and then a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone, during which we announced the tour. After the interview Jimi went back to his apartment and I went back to my hotel and within a few hours I’d got a call from him. ‘Could we meet up?’ Musically the conversation was over in a very short time. It came down to ‘What do you think?’ I knew that he meant Noel. It was very tricky. Jimi and I had great affection for Noel as a player and for his humour, but something didn’t feel right.’ The Hendrix Experience, Mitch Mitch &John Platt, 1990, @p.146.
Idk of it's worth noting but unless the pickups in the original have been documented being a 67 with gold hardware the pickups could be patent # or t tops. Gold hardware got used slower since it's on less guitars. That's why you occasionally find gold PAFs in the mid 60s, and gold patent # as late as 69.
Shame you don't do more Flying Vs, would love to see more, especially the 70s ones. Would also love to see you document and review one of the 2015 Japan limited run 70s V. They are great guitars, I own one but almost nothing seems to be known about them.
"A guy named Eddie Kramer . . . I'm so glad so many people picked up on this and yet no one educated The Trogly who Eddie Kramer is - and more to the point since I'm South African is that Mr Kramer is one of ours, also a South African and also for those like Trogly who don't know, Mr Kramer produced every single one of Jimi's recordings. Just saying. If anyone knows anything about Jimi Eddie Kramer will know. Now I've put that to rest. Did I hear the rest of the review? Not really.
As a player that mostly sits around the house when I play, I imagine a flying V would be a nightmare for me over the long run as I don't ever play in the "classical" position. I've tried to convince myself I like the Explorer more, I've played both a few times in store and the Explorer is a dream to play sitting, great guitar, but I still want a V more! lol
You can count on one hand how many times you even seen Hendrix with a Gibson...this is nothing but a marketing Con Job and lining Jani Hendrix pockets a woman Jimi barley knew in the first place...and you can get a original 1969 Flying V for $7,000 ...this Hendrix V is a reissue and $10,000 what a joke
I've got the SG Special Custom Shop Twin that matches this guitar. Gold Hardware, short Maestro Vibrola, P90's in Ebony. I believe it to be very rare as I've only seen one other on the internet and it was a website forum from ten years ago.
Don't know about the Gibsins he may have played but his Strat was a right handed that he played normally strung for the intended use. Fender did a reissue run where they made both. I've only ever known one person personally that plays their guitar the same way Hendrix did.
Hendrix re-strung his right handed guitars to play like a Lefty. Dana Fair is the only guitar player I personally know that plays a normally strung right handed guitar upside down and backwards because he's Left handed and learned that way as a kid
Eddie Kramer was Jimi Hendrix's engineer. He built Electric Lady Studios. He was also producer/engineer for Led Zeppelin, KISS...Oh man. I can go on forever. Eddie Kramer is to engineers what Hendrix was to guitar playing.
There are pictures of him playing an SG, white/cream (I'm a bit color-blind), with 3 humbuckers. He also played an Epiphone Wilshire, he said in statements it was a 61' or 62' model, paying around $65.00 for it. P90 pickups. My understanding is it was made in the Kalamazoo factory.
@@jonathanhudak2059 I'm sure I saw a video, of John 5 playing Jimi's SG. I cannot remember the video, he was playing several guitars from times and players past. Some guy was handing him the guitars one by one. On the Wilshire, I think in 62', they went to mini-humbuckers, maybe they made a few at the first of the year with P90's. The years before that, they had P90's. I saw a picture of him with that guitar, just type in Jimi Hendrix Wilshire, and you should find it if you're interested. I play Wilshire's, so it interested me knowing Jimi used one, as well as Johnny Winter.
His Special '69 Flying V has always been one of my obscure favorites - I was happy to see a Custom Shop Release!
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You change your mic? Sounds less quality
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Can you do a video comparison of the difference between actual vintage aging and reproduction aging?
Eddie knows more about Hendrix’s hay day than anybody. He is a legend on his own so he never needed to inflate his importance, I’d take him at his word on that.
Eddie is dope as fk.
Just a guy named Eddie Kramer, come on dude, show some respect, this guitar sounds killer, one of the best i've heard, Cheers !!
He's a young man, who is into guitars, not music history... Although Eddie Kramer is pretty well known🙄
C’mon guys, a little tongue in cheek way with words is not unknown to our dear Trogly.
Breathe, open , expand, we needn’t live on a hair trigger’s edge, Eddie himself would tell us: “Peace” ✌🏻
Show some respect for Trogly....you're just some guy named Marcelo.....
There’s nothing wrong with liking gibsons. he likes what he likes.
@@chrisharris7205 I Love Trogly, never miss a episode, always drop the like, Peace !!!
6:02 a quick hint on how to open without breaking the sticker. A Hair dryer or heat gun for a few seconds will heat up and loosen the glue enough to make it easier. Just helping out.
"When I think Jimi Hendrix, I think Flying V's"....What?
He's a Gibson fan so it makes sense that he would go there.
I mean he did play SGs and flying Vs on stage quite often.
@Fender Bender ,Actually Lemmy from Motorhead was Jimi's Guitar Tech for quite some time before he became famous himself.. Lemmy always said that Hendrix loved his Gibson more but was under contract by Fender
My local shop where I learned to play had a Gibson poster of Hendrix playing that V during a gig.
@Social Outcast yes instead of thinking of the good things he’s done you just think of his death... you must be fun at party’s
"A guy named Eddie Kramer"?!! Shade for the legendary producer, there.
I see a man of culture right here
@Dustin Webster 😆
"A guy named Eddie Kramer!" Dude you know your guitars, but sure as hell don't know your people. Eddie was Jimi's studio wizard. Those guys worked hand in hand in producing some of the most original and new at the time electric soundscapes. Eddie produced Jimi's studio albums and made guitar effects with him. He was probably more important than Chas Chandler..
Good thing he doesn't trade studio wizards.
who?
...more important than a guy named Chas Chandler who was in some band called The Animals.
More important as his producer *to Jimi's career and enduring popularity* than Chas as Jimi's manager. It's at least arguable.
Pretty sure Austin was trolling us with that comment.
The original is in the Hard Rock Cafe Vault in London, which is literally a bank vault full of amazing instruments and memorabilia in the basement of the old Coutt's Bank building across the road from the original Hard Rock Cafe on Old Park Lane. I saw the guitar in 2010 when it was on loan to the Hendrix In Britain exhibition at the Handel House just across Mayfair.
Someone from Fender should teach Gibson employee's how to age guitar finishes
They’re both pretty atrocious sometimes... have you seen the custom shop Rory Gallagher strat?🤮
@@guitarocd9984 but when he played it he checked and aged it fairly quickly.
No.... consumers should stop asking builders to stop abusing new guitars to look like garbage... they look like beat up crap from the back of the junk room in a pawn shop. What ever happened to taking care of your stuff?
Yeah fender seems to be best at it they have deffinetly improved since the rory Gallagher strat
@@jenniferwhitewolf3784 exactly. I’ve got guitars that are 35 years old and pristine
How can you be a Hendrix fan and not know he used Gibsons at times!
The " all along the watchtower" recordings. Pretty sure I read he was using a V. I love the V guitar, inherently Rock and Roll.
"a guy named eddie kramer" never change trogly
@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ yeah whos malmcolm young, bo diddley, chet atkins etc. who are they? lol
LOL young people are great!
@@donkimble Depends really. I purchased a '59 conversion LP for $10k and I play the shit out of it.
Ah, give me reissue any day. Not up for vintage at all. Been there, done that.
@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ And judging Radiohead by the amount of subs they have on TH-cam
I'd reallyyy love to see a custom shop version of claptons "The Fool" SG
Get ready to spend $30k
Far more likely to get that from ESP than from Gibson.
@@ericbgordon1575 ESP has made some good looking SG shaped guitars. One of the guys from DOWN had one and it was sexy and I have played one. I would like to see Toni Iommi’s munky guitar made by ESP. That would be so fun!!!
this channel gives me life
As a huge fan of Hendrix, this release of this Flying V and the SG both excited me and killed my heart. The fact that they made 25 lefty handed models (I’m a southpaw) filled my soul with joy.......but the price. I want this guitar sooo bad, I’m willing to sell everything I currently own (except my CS 69 Strat) to get this V as a lefty. 🥺🥺😩😩😭😭😢😢😢☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
The checking on the back looks awful.
Fake checking always does.
Kind of defeats the purpose of buying a "relic'd tribute guitar" in the first place. Pay a shit ton of $ for a shitty
representation of the orignal. Leave it to Gipsun. blah lol
Always a good time with a coffee in hand and Trogdog on screen. Mildly disappointed you didn't bust out the colourful silk shirts for the playing demo.
“A guy named Eddie Kramer”
$10,000.....hmmmmmm
Someone's got to pay for all that litigation.....
I dunno, price range seems rather reasonable for this kind of limited edition signature guitars....even regular signature guitars in production are very overpriced. Not that it’s justifiable but this guitar isn’t really unique in that regard
Lmao!!!
Hendrix's sister needs to get her cut!!
That thing ain’t worth ten grand
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Thinking of Hendrix as a V guy is akin to thinking of Slash is a BC Rich guy haha
But if they did do a signature Mockingbird, I would totally understand. He did play them, and is on record as having fondness for it.
@@saltpeter7429 Good point, I agree.
I don’t think he knows who Eddie Kramer is. Lol
You think flying v more than strat? He loved his Gibson’s and these guitars are great but strats are what he played the most and what he did the most with.
I think jimi could go on stage with a tennis racket and still rock!!!!
This is one of the BEST sounding guitars I think that you have ever demoed. Great job!
C'mon Austin! "A Guy named Eddie Kramer"????? Like you really don't know who the Legendary Producer is? He only was responsible for such great records by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Frampton, Mott the Hoople, Carley Simon, John Mayall, Ten years after, Small Faces, and KISS to name a few! Many claim he made Hendrix the legend he was because Eddie actually made Jimi tune his guitar correctly and put the time in to practice before recording such amazing records as "Electric Ladyland". I only hope you were being sarcastic! BTW, Eddie also was a great photographer and took many legendary photos of Hendrix.
I thought it was sort of obvious it was a joke...
Trog don’t know about music. I’m not sure it even interests him.
Not long after Jimi died I was having a pint in the double A. Pub in Airdrie Scotland with Eric Barret's younger brother. Eric was Jimi's stage manager. He knew that I played guitar and asked if I wanted to come down and see it. Unfortunately I had to pass because I stayed up at Longrirggend about ten miles away and would have missed my last bus home. I know Eric also got the white strat and Monica Danneman got the black one. Do I regret this now ? Not really " I've still got my guitar" to quote Jimi. Have a peaceful Christmas.
I have the same tremolo, just with the big plate. It works perfect. Not for metal dive bombs tough, but just as a good Bigsby (- 'm a fan and use that also) very reliable tuning-wise, under almost constant pressure. Yes, a good tuner doesn't hurt, but works absolutely within the acceptable limits.
"Hey Janie, where you goin’ with those guitars of mine?"
Sort of true if you watch the old Jimi vids where he played Gibson, the neck scale didn't fit his new experience playing ... as was kind of the case for Leo strats, oddly the CBS - 'Woodstock' version was dialed in to Hendrix and made his style rock-et. Short life robbed all of the best to come. We miss you Jimi thank you for what your musical talent managed to leave behind 4us
Convincing finish checking is really rare, as is a convincing relic. I have a single guitar that's an exception to the rule, and was just lucky the builder was really vibing that day. Fret ends are always a giveaway.
Austin your not of an age to know who Eddie Kramer was. Your excused. Like your content and honest reviews. Most don't have the guts to take a guitar like that apart. Kudos!
True that!!
The Jimi SG I saw in person had witchhats that weren't vintage correct - they look like the allparts replacements, which have a smaller footprint than the real ones. From the vid it looks the exact same on the V. Was surprised you didn't comment on it, Austin, it was one of the first things I noticed!
A guy named Eddie Kramer?! WTF Trogly, have you never seen Seinfeld?
Your imagination in seeing things on the guitar is amazing! Cyclops!
There’s a reason people like trogly don’t do drugs.
Cool guitar! Thanks for the review Trogly! Sounds great by the way too! 👍
why relic it at all? just ruins it. it looks bad
Because niche collectors pay more for an aged look.
(Not my cup of tea at all, but Fender/Gibson et al are just following the money)
Oh I get it. But that's the thing. It doesn't actually look aged. Ever. I'v never seen good one. It just looks like a perfectly good guitar someone took a razor blade to. And this example of "aging" is awful. It just hurts my soul.
Yep, it just looks super cheesy. Gibson is a great guitar manufacturer and a shitty “relicing” company, they’re throwing their hat in that ring because it’s all the rage right now to fake years of authentic wear and tear on a guitar. Would be cooler if they just left it new, don’t understand why things have to have artificial “personality” inserted in when everybody knows it’s a new guitar anyway.
Look up Sorokin Guitars. That guy knows how to age a guitar realistically.
@@PaulCooksStuff Aged and ruined are different.
I played the original custom vee owned by Hendrix. Same strings he used, too.
Edit - yes, it was owned by Hard Rock, I played it at HRC London in ‘03. Those pictures you showed was the same guitar wit various other bits of Hendrix’ collection; his sofa, scarves, shirts, etc.
When I started working for the same Hard Rock in ‘12 i asked about it and “Jimi,” as they call it, was being sent around to various Hard Rock Cafes for a few months at a time as a kind of “tour” type thing.
It's really on these videos that Trogly's lack of music knowledge shows
his guitar knowledge still shines through though!
I think he was joking about the Eddie Kramer thing
@@doogallas just read about it for a few weeks. Definitely not a hard subject 😂
@@gazzy_burns I would assume that if Trogly spent his time learning about every musical topic precious to you, then we wouldn't get videos everyday.
A guy named Eddie Kramer is like saying a guy named Ted Templeman poor choice of word Trogly
Agree. Not sure Trogly knows who Eddie Kramer is.
Hate the relicing, always hate the relic jobs. But, love this guitar. I have a '18 Explorer that's got that mojo that few instruments have right from the start. Really love the split diamond inlays. That would be a nice touch for Gibson to add to all the V's. The super pointy headstock with vertical inlay is a nice touch too. Over priced in my opinion, but nice collector piece. God bless and Merry Christmas 🎄🎸😎
I have a Gibson faded V from ‘07 and it is one of the most comfortable best feeling and sounding guitars I’v ever played... as long as you are not trying to sit down, I think that is the only downfall to the V, it’s so awkward to play in a sitting position.
I hear ya! My first "real guitar" was a 1979 Ibanez flying V. Even the thin rubber strip didn't help much! Keep rocking my friend!
I have an '03 Faded V that I sanded down, filled the grain and refinished in Olympic White. I left the back of the neck unpainted with the original satin cherry finish and painted the back of the headstock white to match the body.
Just imagine if a model like this one were being manufactured as a standard model instead of a signature one. Do you think the ratio between righty and lefty would still be 5 to 1?
Two other people frequently associated with the body shape include Albert King and Dave Davies. Would Gibson ever make models with their scroll attached?
My last day of school!!!!!!!!! Merry Early Christmas 🎄.
17:35 I see Trogly has mastered sweep picking
Indeed very bluesy sounding. Every time I get the oportunity to wield a V I get why Albert K. used to love these. Wish to get my hands on a good one at some point. And Trogly, keep going. You sure do a great job. Thanks for that.
“A guy named Eddie Kramer.” 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 cmon man....
I played the original one in 2003. It even had Hendrix's strings back on, the ones he played on Isle of Wight. BTW they were 10's if I'm not mistaken. However, the original one is a left handed model, most probably the only left handed guitar Jimi ever had. I played it while sitting on a bench from the Jimi's apartment in London.
"That's a pretty nice number"
Troglyman , Eddie Kramer was the "Experience's" manager. He was also the bassist in the band 'The Animals' before that. I am here to help ✌️
At $10,000 U.S. i dont see it. A cool guitar but like alot of gibsons signature custom shop reissues..... its going in some rich guys collection never doing what a great guitar does... gets played
Fender Friday.....
Let's check out this Gibson !
And its Saturday here !
That is a pretty NICE number
Is there anyway to find out what the original pick ups were on his custom order? Would he have gotten Tops at that. Thanks for any feedback you might have have a custom Karina flying V and was going to have the paint job redone to match his love drops, but without the gold hardware going with aged nickel, looks more classic to me, but I want to buy the best possible pick ups are closest match to what he had. Thanks.
I thought the role of producers was to stay in the back and let the rock stars do their thing and take the glory. This comment section seems to disagree. There is never enough corksniffery for the classic rock crowd. Also, neat flying v m'dude.
...said a guy named Victor T.
@@puntman94 meaning?
Why does Trogly put so much emphasis on the "T" when he says things like "bu"tt"on or "me"t"al"? I always wondered if he really tries to do that or is that just the way he talks. I've never really heard anybody do that like him. Lol.
Semiwhat.
man you guys are picky, leave him alone.
@@cosmikrelic4815 he's great. I just thought that was funny so I pointed it out. I actually really like his channel. If I didn't, I wouldn't watch him as often as I do. At first, I found his voice to be a little annoying but i got used to it over time and now I think he's great!
When you put gain on that thing, it just comes to life!
Every V ive ever tried does the same thing. They sustain like crazy and bark when you crank em..... you can find a great used newer one for about 1500 bucks.
“By a guy named Eddie Kramer”
Anyone know any other guitars with those inlays?? I've never seen another! And can't find a single pic of any.... Seems no one else ever used them..
idk man, those big chunks of lacquer missing around the strap button and under the truss rod cover. Looks like a mistake passed off as a relic
If Hendrix hadn't died, he may very well have become synonymous with the V rather than the Strat.
A great mystery!! He may have gone EVH and designed his own guitar
@@zosojstro yeah I’ve thought about what Jimi would’ve done if he lived longer...considering lots of 70s rock stars went for fancier, novel guitars (Travis Bean, Dan Armstrong, Alembic etc) I’m sure Jimi might’ve dipped his toe into high end, highly customized guitars at least for a while. Of course most of those stars came back to traditional Gibson/Fender so I’m not sure that experiment would’ve lasted for long but for sure, Jimi would’ve went for something wackier in search of different feel and tone
Worked for GC in late 90's early 2000's and being hands on as shipments came in I was shocked at the lack of quality control..it was really my first experience with Gibson guitars and forever has left a bad taste in my mouth..I think the worst one was opening up a custom in the shipping /recieving dept and as we pulled the pink dust cover in the case back it was stuck to the finish.it seems they have gotten alot better..
Hey Austin, I've been subscribed to your channel for at least 3 years, this is the first time I'm reaching out to you, I own the Epiphone Korina wood 58 reissue explorer and the flying V, I really appreciate your opinions on guitars, hopefully soon we can talk about guitars, hope to hear from you soon, until then , keep on rocking 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
even guitarists with a specific guitar that they have become ubiquitous with, can play and enjoy other instruments. ritchie blackmore with a 335, jimmy page with a tele, tony iommi with a strat. players who are famous for their tone with a specific instrument want variety too. i wish i could see SRV play a strandberg boden classic, and hendrix on a kiesel. idk just to see how they would feel and what they would play.
My buddy has a gold hardware Gibson from that era, they nailed the relic job on this. Of course hater who can't afford one will trash it, maybe they'll appreciate it if they ever get a job?
What's the steam machine for? Fog maker? Hydrating guitars? Hardcore vape?
Waiting for the Hammet/Hetfield V's (with original pickups - no EMGs)
Just wondering, since you're a LP guy, and you're talking sig models. Have you done a review on Billy Gibbons pinstripe goldtop?
Pretty sure he did one but I could be getting confused with the goldie sig for that Japanese dude that looked similar?
" happy Fender Friday everyone, today we will be looking at A GIBSON"
Was that a humidifier under the workbench pushing out steam?
I’d love some affordable jimmy page signatures. Maybe a David gilmour goldtop with special pickups for that “the wall” sound. Maybe a signature John Lennon epiphone casino. They have lots of options I don’t know why they don’t try harder to do signatures I’m sure many artists would do it
Trogly @14:35 "the only choice you have with these is left handed or right handed for the V anyways". Trogly what's the other choice? 🤣😂
Oh, this one. The one where Gibson put our a press release saying "Hendrix didnt always play Gibson guitars..."
Question.. I just bought a 2006 Gibson flying V /factor X model.. The guy said it's basically the same as a 67' reissue which would be the same as this 1 u have, except different pickups and no maestro vibrola whammy bar.. So if I add the pickups and whammy bar would it be the same as this 1 ??
Holy crap that’s awesome. I don’t need another guitar. I don’t need another guitar. I don’t need another guitar.
Yes you do. yes you do. yes you do....Whoahahahaha
Adam Jones doesn’t have shit on Jimi Hendrix.
I have bought the Billie eyelash uke
How is it?
@@fleetfarm8283 ill let you know on December 28th.
Eyelash?
@@fleetfarm8283 update it has not arrived yet
Thanks for the update bro! Hope it gets there soon
Ok you didn’t know who Elvis Costello was, but guy! Eddie Kramer is a production legend.
How about George Martin?
George Martin? Isn’t he the dad of Coldplay’s singer?
Wait maybe he was the CEO of Martin Guitars when they went through their rough period in the 70s?
I’ve got it George Martin was that guy who worked for The Beatles, but there’s no way he be anywhere near as important as John, Paul, George, and Ringo.
‘The pressure seemed to have eased off at that point. He knew he wasn’t happy with the Band of Gypsy’s, but he hadn’t got anything else going on. It was a very comfortable time for the two of us. Whence the idea came I know not-maybe the management, maybe Jimi , maybe a bit of both-but the plan was “why don’t we-form the Experience?’
I suspect the deal was that he would ultimately cover some of the places we’d not been to, like Japan and Australia; in fact rumor has it there were people selling tour jackets for Japan. Of Course, we never got there in the end. I’m not sure how Noel got the call but I don’t think he’d even seen Jimi for six months. There was a meeting at the management office in New York with the three of us and then a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone, during which we announced the tour.
After the interview Jimi went back to his apartment and I went back to my hotel and within a few hours I’d got a call from him. ‘Could we meet up?’ Musically the conversation was over in a very short time. It came down to ‘What do you think?’ I knew that he meant Noel. It was very tricky. Jimi and I had great affection for Noel as a player and for his humour, but something didn’t feel right.’
The Hendrix Experience, Mitch Mitch &John Platt, 1990, @p.146.
You can register a Fender online for sure but if you want to do anything else they only were iPhone friendly.
You're right about the checking. It should look like veins, or the roots of a tree
10k! 😂
Being a player I wouldn't want to pay 10 grand, but I can see the collectibility being worth it
Pretty cool but not ten grand cool. I feel like the aging is to hide poor craftsmanship
Idk of it's worth noting but unless the pickups in the original have been documented being a 67 with gold hardware the pickups could be patent # or t tops. Gold hardware got used slower since it's on less guitars. That's why you occasionally find gold PAFs in the mid 60s, and gold patent # as late as 69.
Great review and demo🔥
Shame you don't do more Flying Vs, would love to see more, especially the 70s ones. Would also love to see you document and review one of the 2015 Japan limited run 70s V. They are great guitars, I own one but almost nothing seems to be known about them.
"A guy named Eddie Kramer . . . I'm so glad so many people picked up on this and yet no one educated The Trogly who Eddie Kramer is - and more to the point since I'm South African is that Mr Kramer is one of ours, also a South African and also for those like Trogly who don't know, Mr Kramer produced every single one of Jimi's recordings. Just saying. If anyone knows anything about Jimi Eddie Kramer will know. Now I've put that to rest. Did I hear the rest of the review? Not really.
As a player that mostly sits around the house when I play, I imagine a flying V would be a nightmare for me over the long run as I don't ever play in the "classical" position. I've tried to convince myself I like the Explorer more, I've played both a few times in store and the Explorer is a dream to play sitting, great guitar, but I still want a V more! lol
there are non-invasive solutions th-cam.com/video/rZEoibGGkS4/w-d-xo.html
some other styles out there too if you google "flying V leg rest".
@@Andrew_182 holy crap what an awesome invention! that sure solves the problem perfectly, thanks!
@@A-Wall No problem at all. Apologize to your wallet for me lol.
You can count on one hand how many times you even seen Hendrix with a Gibson...this is nothing but a marketing Con Job and lining Jani Hendrix pockets a woman Jimi barley knew in the first place...and you can get a original 1969 Flying V for $7,000 ...this Hendrix V is a reissue and $10,000 what a joke
good luck buying a 60s V for $7k haha
@@Trog I did 2 years ago paid $7,500
I’ve got one also, piece of crap. I’m ashamed to own it. May sacrifice by fire....🔥🔥🔥 anybody who pays that sort of $$$ for a logo is an idiot.
@@lancehahn4701 sell it. You could get a lot of money for it.
@@jayrichardson5811 I bet you bought a '70s V and thought it was a '60s. Very few Vs were made in the '60s, they are very rare and therefore valuable.
We get the split diamonds on the SG Supreme from 1999-2008, and the SG Deluxe from 2013.
Trogly, you need to play this through a Marshall Super Lead 100 watt all knobs dimed!!!!
I've got the SG Special Custom Shop Twin that matches this guitar. Gold Hardware, short Maestro Vibrola, P90's in Ebony. I believe it to be very rare as I've only seen one other on the internet and it was a website forum from ten years ago.
“Some guy named Eddie Kramer”. Nice touch Trogly. Lol
Don't know about the Gibsins he may have played but his Strat was a right handed that he played normally strung for the intended use. Fender did a reissue run where they made both. I've only ever known one person personally that plays their guitar the same way Hendrix did.
Hendrix re-strung his right handed guitars to play like a Lefty. Dana Fair is the only guitar player I personally know that plays a normally strung right handed guitar upside down and backwards because he's Left handed and learned that way as a kid
Eddie Kramer was Jimi Hendrix's engineer. He built Electric Lady Studios. He was also producer/engineer for Led Zeppelin, KISS...Oh man. I can go on forever. Eddie Kramer is to engineers what Hendrix was to guitar playing.
I’m gonna be blunt and say that I didn’t like the Jimi Hendrix “signatures” from the first second I saw of the ad for multiple reasons.
@Fender Bender my thoughts and feelings exactly, these are tribute guitars NOT signature guitars
@Dmitri Morse It’s a-shame Gibson already tainted the word tribute though
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
I always thought shouldn't they just legitimately finish check them?
Didn't Hendrix also have an SG?
There are pictures of him playing an SG, white/cream (I'm a bit color-blind), with 3 humbuckers.
He also played an Epiphone Wilshire, he said in statements it was a 61' or 62' model, paying around $65.00 for it. P90 pickups. My understanding is it was made in the Kalamazoo factory.
Yep, sure did a triple pickup Custom
@@jonathanhudak2059 I'm sure I saw a video, of John 5 playing Jimi's SG.
I cannot remember the video, he was playing several guitars from times and players past. Some guy was handing him the guitars one by one.
On the Wilshire, I think in 62', they went to mini-humbuckers, maybe they made a few at the first of the year with P90's. The years before that, they had P90's.
I saw a picture of him with that guitar, just type in Jimi Hendrix Wilshire, and you should find it if you're interested.
I play Wilshire's, so it interested me knowing Jimi used one, as well as Johnny Winter.
That's some extreme wear on the bridge p u. Cover lol. Different topic my 59 spec explorer has that strong body vibration against the belly lol
"A guy named Eddie Kramer", hahaha! ...Wait ...Are you actually serious??!