Jimi Hendrix Gibson Flying V 1967 copy
Jimi Hendrix: Catfish Blues | Flying V 1967 | Flying V 1967 copy | Martin Sharp poster | 1. Psychedelic TV studio, Paris, 10 October 1967. One of the most iconic electric guitars from the 1960s is the dark brown (Sparkling Burgundy) Jimi Hendrix 1967 Gibson Flying V known as Love Drops , which he hand-painted in July of that year and then featured in live gigs and television appearances through to early 1968. It has been noted that the guitar was used for the recording of All Along the Watchtower , which is undoubtedly Hendrix's finest and best known recording. He eventually passed the guitar on to a friend at the beginning of 1969, who subsequently stripped it and had it repainted in black / ebony (McGuinness 2020). Ebony is a black colour with a dark brown base, therefore not pure black. In was not until much later - between 1995 and 2006 - that the guitar was partially restored to its original superficial appearance, though this time with a black / ebony base...
