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 Jimi Hendrix 1967 Gibson Flying V Love Drops which he hand-painted in July of that year and 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). In was not until much later that the guitar was partially restored to its original superficial appearance, though this time with the ebony base under the replicated Hendrix artwork. The original guitar was right-handed, as were the vast majority of guitars the left-handed Hendrix pla...
