11 legends of the Flying V and Explorer

Players of pointy axes - in pictures

The MusicRadar Team, Tue 28 Jul 2009, 3:38 pm UTC

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Hendrix's psychedelic Flying V

Jimi's half-sister Janie with the reissue of his psychedelic Gibson Flying V

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Hendrix owned three Vs: an originally black specimen he hand-painted with a eye-catching psychedelic, floral design, and which he toured in 1967 and 1968 (reissue pictured), a sunburst example from 1969 that now resides with the Hard Rock Cafe, and a 1969 lefty version created for him by Gibson (also the first V to feature an inlaid pearl logo). Did he use one on All Along The Watchtower? Some experts believe so…

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