1957 Gibson Flying V Prototype Guitar - Seattle, WA
N 47° 37.298 W 122° 20.913
10T E 548949 N 5274453
Located within the Museum of Pop Culture is a gallery containing rare guitars belonging to some of the best musicians in the U.S. Admission fees apply.
Waymark Code: WMWGYZ
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2017
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Over 50 guitars are located in the Guitar Gallery: The Quest for Volume within the Museum of Pop Culture. One of them is a 1957 Gibson Flying V prototype guitar. A nearby placard reads:
Gibson remakes its stuffy image with a wild new syle
".......too stodgy," Gibson president Ted McCarly once said,
"so we decided to .... he worked with a local artist, trying "all sorts of weird shapes." A triangle .... producing two tailfins as sharp as a '57 Chevy's. Introduced ... to sell well after about 100 were distributed the model was discontinued .... This particular Flying V is a design prototype; Gibson sent it to the Geib Case
.... unusual shape.