I Finally Found this RARE Flying V! | 2002 Gibson Lenny Kravitz Signature '67 Flying V Black Sparkle
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16:46 - Tone Demo (Dirty)
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“Are you gonna go my way”. Hands down my favorite Lenny song.
Hell yeah that riff is killer
He also played a Flying V in the video, though a different color. Strange that wasn't mentioned.
How did he do a list without that song? You can tell he wasn’t an adult at the time.
this was a christmas present i wasn't expecting! I never knew Lenny got his own signature V, as for my favorite song that Lenny did i have to say "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" is my favorite mainly for the fuzzy and gorgeously fun to play solo from his guitarist craig ross
That’s definitely one of my favourite songs from him as well as Always On the Run, Fly Away and Rock & Roll Is Dead
It ain't over till its over is such a jam
Damn a real Kravitz connoisseur we got here 🤌
Haha jk man
I bought Lenny's first record "Let Love Rule" when it first came out in the late 80s. He played all the instruments and the album had a heavy psychedelic vibe. He has his feet planted in funk and rock. Prince kept an eye on him before Lenny's first album and they eventually played live together.
I bought it when it came out. I still get in a mood and play it ✌🏻
Regarding the 7th screw being silver, from what I've seen in photographs, these guitars came with gold screws so it could be a Gibson error, however there are photographs that appear to show that for at least one concert, Lenny did have a chrome screw in there. I would guess that this was an error of Lennys guitar tech and that it was corrected, 99% of the photos of Lenny playing his V show it with a gold screw but there are photos from one gig he played where it appears to be chrome. So maybe it's been made to replicate that era?
So long as there's a wire to either the bridge or the tailpiece, the string grounding is covered. No need for another wire to the tailpiece.
I was about to comment about that, glad to see someone correcting him
Yup.. the metal strings complete the ground!👍
Sweet guitar Austin.... what an amazing Christmas present for yourself !!! You should definitely keep it !!! Merry Christmas Eve and have a happy New year too !!!
Merry Christmas to you - just turned 12 in England
AAAAA MERRY XMAS FELLOW BRITS
Merry Christmas to You
I was a builder in the Custom Shop during that time and built quite a few of them. I'm glad to see they're still being enjoyed.
What about the non chrome screw?
I worked at MusicYo in the shipping warehouse during that time, I didn’t even know they made them 😂
@@BobbyGeneric145 definitely not a "unique spec" lol. I wish I would have thought of that one. I can also tell by the solder job it's not one I built. I like to pull the braided shield back a bit more and solder more in the middle of the pot.
@@carlh3048 any idea why the specs are different? Specifically the pups? Thanks for your time! So cool you got to build Gibsons
@@brandonfairchild5340 I don't want to speak negatively about Gibson but the missing tremolo ground and Burstbuckers instead of '57 classics could easily slip by QC. The builders are somewhat trusted to know what hardware to use. It's almost definitely builder error, just like the missing ground wire. I'm wondering if that guitar wasn't sold because of the grounding noise which can be fixed with a piece of wire.
„Are you gonna go my way“ is the first song come to my mind from Lenny Kravitz. Thanks Trogly for finding out these interesting pieces and reviewing them!
I saw Lenny live on Saturday February 5th 1994 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Queensland, Australia. He opened with "Are you gonna go my way" with a huge feather boa and a beautiful Flying V. He was incredible live. During the song he leapt down into the crowd and ran all over the arena still playing his riffs and singing with a headset mic. He ran up and down the aisles and stairs and in and out of doors to appear elsewhere. It was insane.
I was going to say "Hmm needs to play some Judas Priest on that" when you started playing it. Big question Austin have you ever come across the Gibson Limited Edition KK Downing Flying V and Glenn Tipton SG signature models. They were only sold as a set. That would be a cool find.1
Absolutely stunning Flying V - Are You Gonna Go My Way was one of the first songs I asked my guitar teacher to figure out with me. Like others have mentioned, I had no idea Lenny had a signature V. Nice score!
Great find, Thanks for Sharing.
Going forward maybe measure the bridge string height before pulling the instrument apart for documentation.
If you end up installing new strings of a different weight then yeah, a guitar that has been cased for so long will most times need the truss rod tweaked to keep the action within specifications.
Lenny has a ton of great songs..California and Black Velveteen are two of my favs....Not too many musicians as cool as Lenny.
Sat in the case since 2002😩You hit spot on with Judas Priest , sounded real sweet.
Merry Christmas! The old Guess Who song "American Woman" is my fav Lenny Kravitz song. He took it to another level. Looks way better than the Dave Mustaine Flying V!!!
The guitar tone in that song is so dry and just not very good in my opinion. Definitely prefer the Guess Who version
This video triggered a huge sequence of memories for me - I started playing guitar when I was 6, and that was 2001. I grew up with classic rock and metal, and i loved Lenny Kravitz at the time. one of his albums was one of the first five CDs i ever bought with my money (it was him laying in red paint holding a flying V, not sure what the album was). He's probably one of the reasons I got into guitar to begin with. I remember playing along to his version of American Woman in my room, picturing myself playing on stage. I remember seeing this guitar in my Guitar World magazine and being instantly enamoured by it (still untouchable too, hahah).
This was a great throwback to my early beginnings as a guitarist, hahah.
I didn’t know about this guitar either! LOVE Lenny Kravitz and his music. I hope you do keep it and enjoy it for a while, I would. And I’m so glad you were aware of him in your youth. ‘Makes it so enjoyable to hear your enthusiasm. Happy Holidays Trogly and everyone !!!🎄
I always liked his, almost a ballad "Can't Get You Off My Mind" "I Belong To You" has a good pop-ish beat
That's lovely. You can check if it's Brazilian or another Rosewood quite easily. Brazilian has a distinctive sweet smell and a dusty red hue to its dust while others will have either brown or purple hue. How to check? Scrape the fingerboard lightly with razor blade like you're cleaning it and look for dust and use your nose, or sometimes (if you're lucky) you can tell when cleaning the fingerboard with lighter fluid and looking at cloth for red hue
Cool. V fan so all in.
Lenny was cool, along with whomever played lead with him. Total '70s flash back.
I'll Fly Away, story was Lenny was just trying to get tone from an amp in a shop and the riff just happened.
Pretty rad.
Happy Holidays !!!
He wasn't high on my list but his songs & music are very good. he really has his own style which is sort of all over the spectrum. and he has his own voice too, nobody else sounds like him.
I’ve watched just about every video you have and don’t believe I’ve ever commented until now! Absolutely stunning guitar! 100% MOJO on this 1!
My favorite Lenny Kravitz song is "Rock And Roll Is Dead" Hard core, balls to the wall Rock n' Roll. TURN IT UP
the trembar does not have to be grounded as long as the bridge is grounded. it is just to make sure there is a ground path from the strings to the ground on the output jack. The strings, tuners, bridge and tremolo are all connected together so there should not be a grounding issue. Im sure that was intentional
Nice addition to the collection. Much nicer than the Dave Mustane V. Hold on to that one for your Troglyville museum! Merry Xmas Austin.
For sure Dave should be yelling into the phone to Gibson about the mess they allowed through QC with his name on it!
I have a Les Paul special that came with Burstbucker 2+3 pickups also. I usually like Gibson pickups but not that combination. I replaced them with Seymour Duncan’s. Now it may be my best sounding guitar.
I bought Lenny's "Greatest Hits" album for the song, "Again". Lenny nailed Lennon's voice in the chorus, and I wanted some of his songs in my collection.
‘Fields Of Joy’ is my favorite. Slash’s solo f’n kills!!!
Wow. That is a beautiful guitar. 🤘🎸
Are ya gonna go my way was my introduction to lenny…. Killer opening riff..
Things I wish Trogly would review for Christmas:
The remaining Gibson types vintage vibrolas, like the early Maestro vibrola and the 80s Gibson Master Tune Vibrola. Did you review an All American with the Fender tremolo?
And do some reviews of the vintage Kalamazoo guitars, I have always been curious if they got Gibson parts or if they're some knock offs!
Also check out the Gibson Rick Neilsen video of his collection, it's insane! Like multiple 58 korinas including a split headstock Explorer.
Mr Cab Driver is a fave of mine. We used to cover it in a band I was in.
I was actually a Lenny Kravitz groupie in the early 2000s. I knicknamed him Lengthy Kravitz after his member. Lol. I will always love that man.
That's a beautiful V, I saw lenny at a Lollapalooza and he opened for Aerosmith too when I saw them. Enjoyed him both times I saw him, quite the showman and looked like he enjoyed himself. Merry Christmas all!
“Are You Gonna Go My Way” is my favorite cause that main riff and groove is INTOXICATING
Huge LK fan💚 did not know of a signature model. This is a wonderful episode! My fav Lenny record is LENNY all songs are great! Thank you for sharing!
That thing is mint! Nice pickin. I wonder if the pickup spacing has an effect on the tone with both pickups selected? Seems like this one doesn’t change much from neck to middle.
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" is my fav Lenny Kravitz song. Pretty much sums up his musical style.
Elegant looking V merry Christmas to and yours Austin 🤘
Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way made me fall in love with the Flying V. A few months ago I got one!
Gibson custom shop builder: Man, I'm out of gold screws. Oh well, I'll just use a regular one. Someone with money will buy it and think it's a special touch or something.
That finish reminds me of when they repave a street and put down new blacktop with little pieces of something reflective embedded in it that catches the streetlights at night. But filming with mirrored parts must be weird, “there’s the camera, and there’s me…”
It's Glass embedded in the asphalt, I worked for the County and the State and it was busted up glass that is used. It helps with Braking hard and it's Reflective
I actually saw one of these for sale in a Guitar Center outside of Charlotte. Must have been fairly new when I saw it. It was a nice guitar that attracted a TON of fingerprint smudges. Definitely suited more as a live use guitar that will be cleaned often and shown off
That was years ago right ,when you seen G.C. list one of these LK
Favorite Lenny song of me is always on the run 100% the riffs of that song is soooo sick
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
Greg’s in the HOUSE!!!
@@nathanielvargas3863 Greg's not MIA
Wooohooo
One for the Trogly’s Museum! Beauty! Merry Christmas everyone ☃️
A happy holidays to you and your family Austin! Have a great weekend and thanks for your great show! I watch it daily for years now! Cheers!!!
I'm starting to get the impression that these burst buckers Gibson is pushing are not remotely up to snuff. Back in May, I had a guitar assembled from a China-manufactured V kit. The guy who assembled it for me put traditional Gibson zebra buckers in. I have since changed my mind about keeping that guitar after having bought an Epiphone negative V from Canada, but those pickups are going into this Canadian-market guitar. They are immediately hot, even when you're playing clean.
"American Woman" is definitely an awesome cover by Lenny, and you know it's good when people that were around when the Guess Who came out with the original are saying Lenny's cover is better. My favorite track of his is that title cut from *Are You Gonna Go My Way* you rocked when you drove it, Austin. He even strapped on one of those '67 models during the video shoot.
Pretty cool. I saw Lenny and the Black Crows a long time ago good show. 🤟😎
Merry Christmas Trogster!
Have a Happy New Year as well!
Lenny's best song is Far Far Away !
Merry Xmas everybody
My Favorite Lenny Kravitz song is whatever hie plays for his last song.
Beautiful guitar! And Lenny’s awesome too👍🎸
I could be wrong, but it sure looks to me like the guitar has been re-fretted, and they weren’t gentle when they pulled the original frets, lots of chipping on each side of the fret that can’t really happen from installing them. Appears to be some apprentice marks around the frets too, but that could just be Gibson for ya.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing during the closeups on the fretboard... oof.
Yeah, I mean I guess they could have messed up at the factory and put the wrong frets in and then pulled them or something, but the finish also looked off to me, weird orange peel and zero checking or dents at all. My guess would be someone sprayed extra clear over the whole thing to cover up scratches and small dings. I could be completely wrong though.
cs shop prob figured its 1/125 no one will play it fuck it wrap it up
He Went to highschool with slash too, always on the run is my fav song , but the first song I ever heard was it ain’t over till it’s over
Hearing Austin sing that small part of “Fly Away” made my year
Love Lenny! That guitar is crazy cool
It Aint Over Until its Over is my favorite Kravits tune!
Looking at other examples of this guitar online, I don't see that singular chrome screw on any other guitar. I'd say that was either a factory thing on this particular guitar or it was replaced.
Mine #65 LK has all gold screw & these came with white lined historic hardcase's, not maroon
usually when i take all the strings off and put em back on neck changes happen. now i change em 1 @ a time like i learned in luthier school, but i do appreicate you taking it apart for us! that neck will settle down
Merry Christmas. I'd have to say Fly Away is my favorite of his own songs. I take that back my most favorite is are you going to go my way. Was trying to remember one of them last songs you played . I know it wasn't you got another thing coming. It was after. Can't remember the song . Maybe it was more of the previous artists music or was thinking Iron Maiden not sure.
Amazing Guitar and Lenny is An amazing Artist!!!!
"R u gonna go my way " great tune with a great groove. According to Lenny when they penned this song they were going for a Hendrix vibe
Are You Gonna Go My Way is my fave Lenny track.
"Are you gonna go my way" is his best imo. It's also one of the best rock songs ever imo.
Best tones I've heard you get in a while, esp from 17:50. Would sound great through the high treble channel of a Plexi.
I don't dig mirrored pick guards at all but I quite liked the finish. I saw Lenny at Glastonbury in 93 or 94 & once when he appeared onstage with G 'n R but that was for just one song, if I remember right. Not ever really my cup of tea but he was a pretty cool guy. Best song, definitely 'Are You Gonna Go My Way?'
If you have a ground wire to the tune-o-matic, it's connected to the bridge too and it's not necessary a ground to the vibrola
Madagascan rosewood fingerboard evident on that. Gorgeous 👍
Wow, what a wild looking guitar, I didn't know it existed. But the tone and the looks are worlds apart, imho. After checking on Reverb to see if there are any on the market (December 30th, 2022) I found one in Paris... coincidentally this exact guitar (Nr. 089 of 125) with a €15K asking price. The seller states it's in "Mint" condition without mentioning the fact that there's a blemish on the headstock and the strap buttons have been replaced. And there are only 3 photos of the guitar, one of which is blurry, and no case candy. How is it even possible to shoot blurry pics nowadays?! I definitely expect more from someone selling a guitar of this caliber... and asking price. No way I'd ever spend that kind of money based on a shoddy Reverb ad like that. And based on its tone, it might even be fake.
My favorite of Lenny's is "It aAin't Over Till its Over"
Merry Christmas to you and your family Austin. P.s. your Momma is right, always listen to your Momma.
it ain’t over till its over is a certified classic
If I Could Fall in Love my favorite song, i play every summer that song 🤘🔥
Sick find bro! That's a beauty V.
Really dig the gold mirror appointments. Pretty cool fretboard too. She's a unique piece. Not my favorite pickups. Still sounded OK though
That is in Amazing condition! Wonderful.
Black Velveteen is my go-to LK jam. So fun to play.
Merry Christmas!
Marry Christmas right back at you.
Hope this holiday season finds you well and cheerful.
" Are you gonna go my way" - favorite Lenny Song... actually the video may have been my first exposure to vintage gear
thanks for showing up tonight, man
This show is part of my morning routine now. Been a great year of vids. Merry Christmas dude
I wasn’t ever a Lenny Kravitz fan, but that finish is awesome! I never even knew they made an LK signature V
Some other good Lenny Kravitz songs:
"Are You Gonna Go My Way"
"Where Are We Running'"
"Rock And Roll Is Dead"
"Let Love Rule"
"Lady"
"Again"
Yh I would never ever sell that I have to say this is the coolest guitar I’ve seen since that orange les Paul black widow on the channel merry Christmas to everyone 🎄
Love the videos. I saw a set that I wish I had the money to use your program to document these. I found a fender custom shop set on Reverb. This is the title:
1995 Fender Custom Shop Korina
Doubleneck Stratocaster Telecaster
SET of 3 (ONE OFF)
They are gorgeous
Hard to define a favorite song for a LK fan ! May be Sister (live version). Seen many time live, it’s a beast 🤟🏻
Lenny and I have the same Birthdays. May 26th. He was born in '65. I was born in '75. That flying V is absolutely beautiful!
Merry Christmas Austin!
Merry Christmas, Trogoly thanks for the guitar dose
Go My Way is my favorite Kravitz tune. I gotta say that is the coolest flying V I've ever seen! But I'm a sucker for sparkles anyway.
The looks are just killer!
Fave Lenny Kravitz song# are you gonna go my way
Love the vids. Love your style, knowledge, and passion. Gotta say..your picking style is INSANE! I find myself staring at your pick hand 9/10ths of the time.
The tones, especially the clean, almost sounded like the tone knob was all the way down. Also, poor Craig Ross being called Slash.
Always on the run (the riff) is actually written and played by Slash.
@@koenraadhendrik touché. I see someone with big wild hair with Lenny and just assume it's Craig.
Vs are my favorite body style. This is a beautiful guitar. Take great care of her. Loved the Judas Priest jam.
The very first single I ever bought was Are you gonna go my way, all the way back in '93. It was a time when dance music and rave where getting popular, and i remember my older cousins trying to talk me out of buying it...They where suggesting some random rave single instead!
Hey Hey, just seeing this episode now, I'm the guy that bought the "repaired headstock", but that was months ago & it was from the KISS guy right ??? Ram Parma is a huge collector. Now if were on the same page, I'm was extremely surprised when my #65 LK arrived with NO HEADSTOCK repair, it was a very very hairline finish crack of the paint,, woohoo !! Very pleased, the guy gave me a great deal thinking it had a headstock repair. I'm guessing Ram wasn't the original owner, Ram is a very successful doctor/surgeon. You know these LK Signature's hardcases' interiors came in white, to see your in the Maroon color I was a bit thrown off. Also, mine does have the '57 pups & no silver screw on my pickguard neither. Love to chat with you about our LK's... yours is the 1st one I seen since MINE, & mine was the 1st one I seen on 4 yrs as G.C. listed 1 for sale for $3500. guitar only... I'm a huge fan & I'm very happy to see you finally do this episode.. I can send you photos. Get back to me my friend..
Sincerely, Don from Massachusetts
Don’t think we don’t notice those riffs getting smoother ;) Good on you, man!
Beautiful guitar!
Looks pretty similar to what I do on a lot of race bikes paint jobs with a pearl over black.