Jimi Hendrix Gibson Flying V 1967 copy
Jimi Hendrix: Catfish Blues | Flying V 1967 | Flying V 2026 | 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 which he hand-painted and used from around May of that year through to early 1968, eventually giving it to a friend in 1969. The original was right-handed - as were the vast majority of guitars Hendrix played through to his death in September 1970. He would wear the guitar upside down, with the strings rearranged for normal play, whereby the thicker ones were at the top and the thinner ones at the bottom. After February 1968 he appears mostly to have used a tobacco sunburst 1968/69 Flying V for live gigs, and then a special black 1969 left-handed Flying V made especially for him by Gibson. This was seen at the famous Maui, Hawaii gig of 30 July 1970. Due to its thicker tone, the Gibson Flying V was generally used by H...