Hendrix's 2nd* Most Famous Guitar | Gibson Artist Proof Psychedelic Lovedrops Flying V

[@Trog]

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[@fernandobocadillos]

The Love Drops V, obviosuly!

[@thenameless3271]

Shame they didn't get Jimi to sign it, Gibson must've really dropped the ball in 2006.

[@JokersWild70]

Lmao. That's fucked up

[@-.__328]

Oh yhea man Gibson really is going downhill the executives coulda fires up there time machine and went back to have the man sign it the cheap bastards

[@marions.120]

@@Philip_Taylor -They need the money, right? Surprised they didn’t have someone from Jimi’s family sign it!

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

I think Jimi was touring back in 06, probably just couldn’t make it!

[@marions.120]

@@TylerJohnstonGuitar-Oh yeah, 1906!

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Hendrix played right-handed guitars upside down because he was used to having the pots above the strings. Even stronger, if you look up footage of him playing the Isle of Wight festival, using his custom ordered Flying V, which was one of only two genuine left-handed guitars he owned, you'll see him reaching at the wrong end of the guitar a couple of times to adjust the volume of his guitar. You can see him go, "Oh yeah, they're on the other side of this one.”

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

Yeah the Hendrix family really cashed in on him. Sad the way it all went down, and is still going down. Humans can seriously suck sometimes. Especially Janie...the adopted one of all people.

[@Bobyoudontneeemyname]

It sucks they got ripped off…but yea they are milking that cow dry.

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

@@Bobyoudontneeemyname I'm referring more to the families infighting. I was 'lucky enough' to be present at a few during my time in Seattle.

[@SHENDOH]

I met So Hendrix in 1992 in Seattle when they unveiled a Jimi mural on 1st ave on a building that housed the music store where he frequented. Al was a really nice man and was very proud of his son. He was so happy how many people loved Jimi's music.

[@modergav]

A very iconic guitar. I remember that in guitar hero PS2 trilogy this guitar was on the game. Very cool. Keep this one , Austin

[@supafrogg258]

After Jimi had gifted "Love Drops" to Mick Cox of Heir Apparent, what on Earth was Mick thinking, by then un-psychedelicizing Love Drops, through refinishing it in black, to rid the guitar of Hendrix's artwork? Mind boggling!

[@Nojumper0]

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[@mikeholmed7029]

Yep l saw the guitar at the Met.

[@mikegraphone2736]

The story that I read but I can't remember where was that the paint job Hendrix put on was flaking off every time it was played so it eventually looked like crap.

[@supafrogg258]

@mikegraphone2736 Thank you for that detail. That shed some light on the situation that may have prompted Mick Cox's action. Road wear during Cream performances had also taken it's toll on the custom artwork of Eric Clapton's '64 Gibson SG Standard, psychedelic-painted by the Dutch Artist team, "The Fool". The back of the SG's neck around the first position had worn down to bare mahogany, and that wood exposed to palm perspiration had deteriorated structurally. Patches of the custom paint work had also flaked off the front of the SG's headstock.

[@mikegraphone2736]

@@supafrogg258 Your Welcome,Another fact is that Hendrix used nail polish to paint some of his guitars he may have used some on the V, I can't imagine nail polish lasting very long.

[@tschommer]

Imagine getting a hand painted guitar gifted to you from Jimi Fing Hendrix, and then getting it repainted.

[@joermnyc]

Even worse: having Jimmy Page lend you his Dragon Tele and deciding, “I’ll make it better” by painting over the whole body in thick brown paint! It not only destroyed the artwork, but the heavy goopy paint killed the tone of the guitar according to Page. It took him DECADES to figure out how to strip that brown mess off and restore the Dragon art!

[@tschommer]

@@joermnyc Yea, at least with Hendrix it was repainted by the new owner. With Page’s tele, it was still Jimmy’s and done without his permission, and the dude thought he was doing him a favor.

[@cheezyridr]

this video made me realize why i like this channel so much... i like learning about many of the cool guitars you feature. i would never want to own any of them, but they are pretty interesting to learn about. thanks for scratching an itch i didn't know i had

[@jimballardband]

Jimi also did a similar paint job on a Strat. And did have a left handed Flying V.

[@dybreetv]

It's cool that Vs are symmetrical so Jimi could just flip it over

[@TheRealDealBobbySteele]

I would think you’d still need to file the nut but that’s not difficult I’m not left handed so I’m only guessing

[@robertdawson8522]

Naw!Most famous is the White Woodstock Strat.The 2nd is the Black strat played at Atlanta Pop and Isle of Wight.Its also the guitar featured in the fotos taken by Monika Danemann in the garden the day before he died

[@caseysmith544]

You Could have done Wild Thing, Jimi Hendricks covered that.

[@rramoreproductions2083]

@The Trogly's Guitar Show Just wanted to mention the case,The very early shipped ones like my Number 8 got shipped before the cases were ready I know this from the custom shop,So they later shipped me the proper case as my number 8 orginally was in the standard custom shop case at that time

[@thedude7726]

That guitar sounds fricking amazing on the neck and middle. Dang on man.

[@MarkusK.-wd9pm]

Now it's time to compare this with the new Epiphone one.

[@filippopavarini9388]

I have a question for the owners of this 2006 Custom Shop: is the hand-paint job done over the traditional black finish (so, is it embossed) or is it covered by laqueur AFTER the paint job?

[@stkbkr1]

I CAN DIG IT BROTHER

[@anonymousanonymous3073]

Cool guitar- I didn’t really know to much about this (ie when Hendrix used it and the back story about it being painted over) . I have 3 of the Hendrix Strats- to me they are wonderful guitars and quite underrated. They play and sound as good, if not better than my Fender Custom Shops (and they are a third of the price)

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Excellent details here . What ever happened to Jimi's Marshall Amps ? They were stamped JHEXP . His amps were hot rodded by Roger Meyer

[@joermnyc]

I would assume/guess “prototype” guitars are the factory attempts to get it as close as they can to the artist’s original (or original idea for something like the SGV), and the Artist proof guitars are the factory and the artist going back and forth to do final tweaks to make it something they like. Usually serial #1 (or even #0) is the final ready for the market model for the artist, unless they have it in the contract that they want more than one of those.

[@OniDasAlagoas]

Hey Trogly, been watching you for years. Always thought you would filme your episodes and later on add narration to it. But seeing you talking while filming at 8:50 mind blowed me.

[@BassTheworldcom]

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[@Trog]

In the current era - everything is "live" Too difficult to line everything up otherwise

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

@16:29 was real good and by @17:00 you entered into a different world. Gibson sustain gets credit.

[@ericbgordon1575]

Back in 1995 when I first subscribed to Guitar Player, I entered a drawing when the magazine was giving away an earlier Hendrix signature edition V.

[@telemaster]

Gotta love pre 2010 custom shop guitars for the occasional Madagascan rosewood fingerboards. So close to Braz - it’s a shame it’s off the table now.

[@ziggylayneable]

I'm kind of old. This guitar is what made me buy my first flying v. Now I've been playing for 40 years and I own 31 guitars. Jimi Hendrix is always my number one over anybody else. I'm a Metallica fan. You name the metal band I'm a fan. I was a teenager in the 80s. But this guitar made me go out and spend a lot of money on a flying V.

[@jimmyjames2022]

The oxblood colour shows clearly through on YT, this is an awesome Hendrix V. Wonder if the 'several chords that sound familiar but shall not be named' will demonetize this. Might as well just play blues, it's all the same licks anyway. 🙃

[@v.e.7159]

Love Drops was the music club and coffee bar slang for LSD in the UK. Which is odd, as I didn't think Jimi was over there when he had his Flying V. I wondered what happened to the white SG ?

[@Furtheronmusic]

I luckily got to hold the actual original Isle of Wight Hendrix 69 custom Flying V at the Hard Rock Cafe in London some years back.

[@Nojumper0]

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[@adamkrauss303]

Although haven’t seen one in person, I happen to really like the painted design and think it’s very tasteful and not overdone.

[@waltergwiazda1803]

That's a awesome v. I love 💕 Hendrix!

[@mikeholmed7029]

I got to see Jimi's guitar at the Play it Loud exhibet at the Met mueseum.

[@joetheman74]

Trogly, It would be great if you were to check out a Strat style guitar exclusive to Andertons called the Woodford Pioneer. They are premium with very unique finishes and top quality specs. You may like them and it would be great to see you review one. Also have you heard of the Fender Starcaster? It's an old 335ish guitar from the 70's. Fender currently is producing them again in the Squire range. It would also be great to see you review a Squire Classic Vibe Starcaster. They look awesome and I want to see how you compare it to a real Gibson.

[@ksharpe10]

One famous flying v player of late 60's ones is Wally Bryson of Raspberries fame, his may be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame.

[@DougHolmes]

Is the decoration painted straight on top of the lacquer, or is there a caot on top to protect it?

[@bigbasil1908]

Is the flying v any better at staying in tune with tremelo arm use than a strat? I know Hendrix was constantly having to retune his strats when playing live

[@Bb186fo]

Man I really love Hendrix's artwork! Ive always thought that his Flying V and his red and white Fender Strat with this style of psychedelic artwork both looked amazing! Eric Clapton's "The Fool" Gibson SG is another I've always loved In that category. Even if Hendrix wasn't quite at that Immortal level of fame as he became later after he was gone, It still blows my mind that the guy he gifted the Flying V to had it refinished. I know it was his to do what he pleased with, but man it looked amazing! Also i know Trogly briefly touched on it but I wonder how they ended up officially 100% authenticating it? I imagine it's not easy through so many years through old photos and records or serial numbers. Be interested to hear the full story on that! Jimi really had an eye for cool guitars! Or maybe HE was so cool it made everything he touched cooler by association Lol

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

Fun facts: love drops was originally sunburst, it was painted with nail polish and felt tip markers, the saddles were plastic for whatever reason, this is potentially the guitar little miss lovers acetate demo was played on around or on the same day and in the same studio that the stars that play with laughing sams dice was recorded.

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

Also the sg was used often. Just not documented well. Specifically during the early winter 69 tour which was filmed for the most part and culminated in the royal albert hall shows he played. Filmed all in some sort of reality show like format but edited severely and now only snippets can be found among the 2/24/69 footage of RAH. Notably his Stockholm 69 show where he plays sunshine of your love and red house as well. There’s also when he appeared on the dick cavett show with said guitar. Also he was due to receive an all rosewood Stratocaster but unfortunately passed away

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

@The SNES Man it was commissioned in 69 but not scheduled for delivery until 70 for some reason from what I heard. Him being on tour all the time probably impacted it but I doubt that. Probably just some forgetfulness on fenders part. It also took him an unusually long time to get the Flying V Gibson made for him.

[@ExtremelyOnlineGuy]

@The SNES Man yeah I was just gonna mention that! I wonder what the strat Eric got him even looked like. I remember reading in crosstown about it but that was so long ago I can’t remember any details

[@mattbluesmain1359]

great professional presentation thank you

[@MutamyceteMusic]

So we know the art won't be 100% accurate but some details look like they where made to look slightly "better" than the original done by Hendrix. There's more artsy touches on things like the red painted lips for example. Jimi's has a fairly crude complete white outline drawn around his while the remake has a very psychedelic outline that incorporates dots and tapering paint stroke sizes. I'm assuming they wanted to amp up the art quality to justify the price.

[@jeromestevenfaigin6059]

Nice story, you should've seen painted VWs and vans. Cool stuff.

[@cheesyboi6585]

He also used it in the isle of wight in 1970 for sure

[@duanewelsh5611]

Should've waited until the 27th for this review. Jimi's birthday!

[@clarkbabin9799]

Just saw a Gibson email where they're releasing some of the new guitars in what they call a Deep Purple finish. The models shown were including a Flying V, an SG , A 335 and a Les Paul. Didn't look to deep into to know if there's particular specifications for each. I'm almost certain they're not named for the British rock group.

[@Trog]

They are just a new Gibson.com exclusive color - like the Black ones and Olive Drab Greens. The special has been out for a few weeks now but the Classic and 335 are new today

[@maspesasmasperras5554]

@@Trog hola trglo

[@clarkbabin9799]

@@Trog I thought I saw that they were Gibson exclusive.

[@qingleiishii8430]

Hello Trogly, will you document the recently released Epiphone IGC Love Drops Flying-V?

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Z is for retired. Just got home from the Penguin’s game. Another VEE and another great episode.

[@dikinebaks]

10:42 "strange haze"

[@dannythemedic]

why isnt this channel called Trogly's Gibson Show?

[@cheezyridr]

cause they'd sue him over it, just like they do with everyone else

[@Trog]

same reason yours isn't called "Beef & Travel"

[@duanewelsh5611]

@@Trog good one Austin

[@TheGreatTomDix]

Totally think that people should do their own hand paint!

[@sleevelessace]

is it weird that for me having the only gibson branding on a 70s v is on the truss rod?? idk im going to buy my first gibson next year and for almost 4000$ CAD i want it atleast to be silkscreend otherwise why wouldnt i just buy a kirk hammet epiphone flying v and put a truss rod cover on it? it already has usa pickups?

[@davidbreitwieser3591]

I remember seeing these when I was about 10 years old, I’ve loved them ever since, I love cool hippy art guitars, although I’d prefer a jazzmaster

[@ShadowhandofDune]

"Love drops" is acid.

[@Nojumper0]

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[@blackfordjeffrey]

Personally I’d think the 2nd most famous or well known other then a Strat would be the white SG custom. But that’s my opinion

[@Kahuna54]

I may have to look into a V just for the weight factor alone.

[@philhood4604]

Sounds nice with OD

[@Ashton...333]

have you done a rig rundow yet

[@kevinp8758]

Mauve Fog is my favorite Hendrix tune.

[@Nojumper0]

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[@Maxreverse]

Outstanding V

[@cleetushellhamster4143]

Guess it would be cool now if you can get your hands on a Monterey strat

[@kjellbratt6301]

What is the name of the paint? Some sort of nail paint?

[@adrianr2312]

Welcome back everyone! Amazing review as always, Trogs

[@kostisk8914]

Painting that artwork is harder than it looks. Some of the design looks like someone with some ability came up with. There’s like some proper looking designs in there. Pretty cool I think. Would take some practice to copy that just right.

[@blackmanx5845]

I'm kinda starting to hate these "reissue" guitars by Gibson, at least with trems... I mean if Hendrix had a Vega Trem available, he would have worked that sh!t into the body and made it work, period. Spending so much money on something that's "inferior"... I feel that the original artists are rolling in their graves, since they would have wanted the newer tech, it just makes me say "meh". I'm pretty sure if you asked them what they hated about their guitars, they would answer, tuning or changing them out in the middle of a song or each song.

[@glaucosouza1971]

Allright! V season is open. Great!

[@Nojumper0]

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[@Relayer6a]

The "red" could be from oxidation too.

[@ShredAimlessly92]

Would love to see an Epiphone run of these someday at the same quality level as the Joe B. and Slash guitars. Just make it black so the buyer can paint it themselves lol.

[@Nojumper0]

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[@hivoltage-wk2fp]

Good evening everyone

[@Bw40099]

very cool guitar!

[@leahcaudill6559]

Cool 👍 thanks.

[@fearnpol4938]

I understand that guitar has already been bought by JB, who has declared it the finest B he’s ever played and Gibson has already started building his sing nature version with an Epi model coming soon!

[@Nojumper0]

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[@killerk4044]

I'm trying to find a samick Art Valley stratocaster

[@lauralomenda2266]

Hi! Killer K. I have a Samick Crane. From 2000. Yellow and Brown Swirl. Heavy as hell. HSS. Good tone. Floyd Rose. My friend has a black acoustic Samick. Good tone. Samick makes good quality guitars. Those are the only 2 I've seen and played.

[@Colinshreds69]

Hendrix didn’t paint it himself, a girlfriend of his did

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

There is now an Epiphone version, new release.

[@neil2706]

I like potatoes

[@neil2706]

@@Krullmatic that's what I'm drinking now my buddy that's all I drinks when I'm at work

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Well done you earned a Silver Medal

[@jp2246]

@@sgt.grinch3299 I'm thinking bronze medal at best...

[@SeanDS89]

13:37 lol I was wondering about that, oh well, I wish they wouldn't be greedy, I mean Jimi was all about making and sharing awesome music so I don't think he would approve of how things are now, but whaddaya gonna do

[@stereoroid]

You know, Jimi probably did show the backs of his guitars more than most players, when he was playing them with his teeth!

[@Guitauction]

Birthday serial # discount for myself? LOL

[@Trog]

Your birthday is "Jimi Hendrix Artist Proof" ?

[@cheezyridr]

@@Trog that reply made me lol, i guess i'm easily amused tonite

[@potterman83]

I've never been a fan of signature gear but what Hendrix's family has been doing is ridiculous! Everything they sell is inspired by gear and that you can get from other manufacturers for less money.

[@jameshughes6049]

Evening all!!

[@TMoody]

Why was Zakk so done with Gibson??

[@ejfr1985]

He created his own brand Wylde Audio

[@vladimirpoutine7522]

I'm here. It's nerd time.

[@AA-eq5wk]

the five has got the two and three that gets our six to nine

[@jonathanbrazee3846]

Trogly: "pretty basic stuff in here". Gibson: " give us $12,000".

[@Nojumper0]

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[@michaelpond6386]

Has Jimis Ozark ever surfaced?

[@andye3684]

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[@sgt.grinch3299]

Good evening Andy

[@SIXPACFISH]

Props on your "Near" Hendrix licks! Close enough to get the sound, but not close enough to make The Estate any money. Good On You! I don't know why greedy Estates try to bogart all the money on every video about an Artist. If the Estates all do this. No one will make videos and in 20-30 years. The next Generation will not ever hear about The Artist, and The Estate's income stream will dry up.

[@SHENDOH]

5:40 Underwhelmed? 🤦🏻

[@leftyo9589]

its not like jimi's unless you string it backwards and play it left handed!! LOL

[@backontheroad8778]

You should do an episode on Jimi's 1969 Goya Rangemaster QC! (or just how cool the Goya Rangemaster was)

[@CarsInDimension]

Hendrix showed the back of his guitar everytime he played with his tongue/teeth.

[@BassTheworldcom]

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[@hectormutton2542]

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[@sgt.grinch3299]

Peace Peace Hector with a Gold Medal

[@hectormutton2542]

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[@ledzeppelinzoso]

That was 10 grand when it came out whats it at now?

[@bikerjon8934]

Waffles

[@hivoltage-wk2fp]

Scotch Whisky

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Good evening Biker Jon

[@Nothing-gv8mv]

Hey! That's my nickname

[@randa4382]

Thanks for nothing? Rainbow fam by any chance?

[@nathjones1542]

Jimi’s use of the “Flying V”was most likely inspired by Albert king whom he took artistic inspiration from. Also if people want to recreate Gibsons then sell them off is it any different from Gibson doing it (yes it’s copyright and illegal) because as far as I can tell the Gibsons of the 50’s and 60’s have never been recreated and because of manufacturing changes you cannot go back and so is this why we have the custom shop, which again still does not replicate the older time guitars because the art of woodworking and knowledge of hand to wood has been lost in the age of convenience and making big dollars. After so much ground work had been laid down in those earlier times by what I’d call “ true craftsman” Gibson has just found a way of doing everything more economically but without the character of a hand put to wood, built guitar. You cannot replicate that and they know it. Cool paint jobs are great but does it not take much more than that to make a truly inspired instrument and is this not what we should be aiming for. My point is also that a truly great instrument has beauty, has character, has precision, great sound and is built with love. This is not to say Gibson workers and Gibson as whole don’t feel that when making them but they surely are limited in what influence they have because the guitars change hands so frequently during the process. The Gibsons of old will never return and they weren’t all perfect and somethings have improved in terms of tooling standards however if you look at what great artists play and make great music from, well I’m pretty certain that those guitars would be far from perfect and unblemished. 😮 Great episode mate.

[@criskatan]

Funny that you should bring up Jamie {spelling?}. Did you know that she's a "Fujita", which by the way, is a very wealthy influencial family from Japan who made their fortune from mining and military contracts??

[@arcadiohernandez4906]

Trogly your playing has improved or are you a ringer unbeknownst to us?

[@Nojumper0]

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[@advancedapproachproduction2394]

Imagine walking into a guitar store and buying a Hendrix Guitar 💀

[@1sttvbn]

The evil empire (The Hendrix Estate)

[@Stephen-uk2in]

I remember when Bruce’s name first came up on the show, but not the specifics of the “dark period”. What happened? Edit: oh was it the snakepit?

[@Trog]

It is a half feature length film available here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baaafmaaoddgh80

[@davidhatred7275]

makes less sense for hendrix to NOT paint the back, he's one of the few guitarists who shows off the back when they play with their teeth! lol

[@Nojumper0]

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