craigb Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 4 hours ago, Notes_Norton said: The great Texas guitar player, Lonnie Mack had the first production V—serial number 5 and played it until he died. "So, avoid buying a V because it will kill you!!!! Right??!" 😮 ~ The thinking of youth now-a-days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) Hey Lonnie ! I'm starting to think that V of yours would look great with my new tee shirt . Kenny Edited May 13, 2023 by kennywtelejazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno de Souza Lino Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 23 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said: A dyslexic guitar player walked into a guitar shop to buy his first Flying V ...Oops ! this is what he got instead ... Kenny The sad part is they call it it The Reverse V when it should be called The Flying Chevron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 And... At this point, you might as well call this one a Flying W... 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 10:44 AM, kennywtelejazz said: The Great Blues Guitar Player Albert King ! who played his V lefty w the strings upside down . Kenny Our lead guitarist/vocalist all though high school (and a little beyond) in our cover band played a righty guitar as lefty so his "knobs" nad "jack" were not in the same place as Albert's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywtelejazz Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) When I worked in music stores I used to practice and fool around playing lefty guitars upside down as righties .....mostly Strat style guitars This was a fun little game I used to play and it used to relax me . In I do have it in the back of my mind to come across a lefty guitar at the right price someday and play it upside down ......it's good practice ! Albert did have a good relationship with Flying V's as his trademark instrument . His first flying V was a Gibson called Lucy in honor of I love Lucy which was stolen and later recovered . His first 2 flying V's were stock right handed Gibson's flipped over so all the knobs and stuff were in the wrong places . Here is the Wiki on Albert King's Flying V's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Albert_King_guitar) for anyone here who is interested Kenny Edited May 13, 2023 by kennywtelejazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno de Souza Lino Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 You could always get one of those Flying W guitars and string one neck lefty and the other righty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 (edited) On 5/12/2023 at 12:23 PM, Notes_Norton said: The great Texas guitar player, Lonnie Mack had the first production V—serial number 5 and played it until he died. That album the he did with SRV is killer. If.you haven't listened to it you owe it to yourself to catch a few of the songs. If you listen to one song let it be "Stop". Killer song.. Killer!! Edited May 14, 2023 by Grem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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