What do you think of Joe's '58 Flying V? Let us know in the comments! 👇

@daviddenisson515

18 күн бұрын

Like many of the vintage guitars, they are superb instruments. An overpriced plank of wood. It is worth it if you can afford it, if you can't afford it you will not miss out getting a great sound and making great music with affordable guitars.

@chrisfecteau6334

17 күн бұрын

joes cost $247.50 new

@alar7743

17 күн бұрын

Who knows why a Gibson Flying V made from Karina costs 10,000 and a guitar made from mahogany Gibson Flying V costs 15,000 - while the Epiphone Flying V from Corina costs 1000 ?????

@f.duranleau4416

17 күн бұрын

Thank you Guitar Center for this fun video! It's really nice to see that Joe really appreciates vintage guitars and that he shares the stories with us...Really cool! Great playing by Joe but I think that this particular Flying V sound much better LIVE when played through his vintage high power tweed Fender twin amps...In this video it sounds a little muddy to my ears...Thanks again Guitar Center!

@5barkerstreet

16 күн бұрын

junk

Told her the truth about the value and paid it. Extreme respect.

@johnsmith-bk4ps

17 күн бұрын

Not exactly

@leobender2910

17 күн бұрын

@@johnsmith-bk4ps says who?

@robinbolton6064

10 күн бұрын

Asperger spectrum collecting. Collecting I think is the result of past trauma or insecurities in other areas of life. It’s one thing to be an expert. It’s another…. To need to know it all And own it all. Just sayin’

No dignity or integrity in taking advantage of others...Your actions will come back positive a hundred times over Joe! Great back story on this instrument.

@picksalot1

18 күн бұрын

Agree 100%

@mheyl180

16 күн бұрын

Joe is such a gentlemen in every aspect!!! And - besides hearing him play, it's a joy to listen to him talk also, especially with all these unique stories to his guitars!! What a great video!!

@crucified-music

13 күн бұрын

JOE BONAMASSA IS A DOUCHE BLUES kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5qe1puPkc67orw.html

I never get tired of listening to Joe on old guitars. Playing them or talking about them.

@GoblinModeJack

17 күн бұрын

Him and Steve Vai.

@robb4340

15 күн бұрын

@@GoblinModeJack Both Passion For Guitars and Gear and Both Italian.

Very respectful what he said about paying someone what it’s worth. That’s very honorable. Not many people in this world do that anymore , sad to say.

Dude, thank you for brining such a great story and showing a little piece of history. What better person to give this rare guitar a home!

"Clearly, I'm not married" Hahahaaha

@davidbakerscuba

8 күн бұрын

Me either, that why I have cool guitars, lol

I love Joe and the preservation of history.

I just remember Jimi playin a V on the song Red House on a VHS tape I saw as a kid and thinkin that was the coolest guitar and sound I have ever seen.

Obviously he’s a great player, but he absolutely kills it in these kinds of vids, which he does a lot. His enthusiasm, respect and natural curiosity always come shining through.

Boy is that guitar happy that it found Joe.

Seen this dude playing this on a KZread concert maybe 20 years ago. Phenomenal 🎉🎉

Joe: "I believe in tonewood so much, that I made my kitchen cabinets out of it." Legend.

@iaincobain3594

18 күн бұрын

I'm sure Paul Reid Smith agrees

@aleksik4028

16 күн бұрын

How long is the sustain in those cabinets?

@maxs972

14 күн бұрын

@@aleksik4028 "just listen for a minute, the sustain, listen to it"

Not just a unreal guitarist, or a musician/songwriter, but a ceritified guitar and music equipment geek, whats not to like about Joe, love these videos, part of the history we need to keep for the future

@crucified-music

13 күн бұрын

JOE BONAMASSA IS A DOUCHE BLUES kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5qe1puPkc67orw.html

Joe needs to start doing a regular web series ("Guitar Safari! with Joe Bonamassa")

I bet those cabinets look and sound great!!

Oh the tone, tone for days, and days!

Love hearing the stories of the guitars Joe has gathered and how he respects where they came from. That is a beauty and so good that he plays it live. Each previous owners DNA is carried in those guitars. How cool they get to go along for a ride with JB on stage. Awesome!!

So cool that Guitar Center called Joe to tell him about this instrument. He's such a good dude, people all around want to help him. And this is a win-win-win situation.

Joe is just a legend man, so humble and honourable.

Pretty baller. Love how it's looking as an aged instrument. You can see all the knicks and dings in it and the cracked nitrocellulose lacquer. It's got a whole history and life of memories associated with it. So cool.

спасибо джо...вы не только замечательный гитарист и понимаете свой инструмент...вы еще и человек с юмором... спасибо!🙂

Thank you Joe for everything you do just because of you I feel like there's no other guitar than Gibson or fender thank you for your help❤

Heard some Billy Gibbons there , definitely.

Joe a great blues guitarist..,he's a very rare gem out of the corners 👌 of the universe..,he 's got class & talent...,and great singing voice to go along with his guitar 🎸 licks..,from your fan..,Richie WBear

Good Lord, that tone 🖤🖤🖤

Great story. An bravo for your kindness ❤

Great guitar and great story. It’s a guitar that has gone to the best home it could ever hope to have. Fantastic !

I love to hear Joe’s guitar stories. I’m glad he is working with Guitar Center. The guitar world needs both of you. I’m hoping and praying that it’s a successful collaboration for both of you. I know I am searching your online store for my next guitar.

I really like Joe Bonamassa. He seems like an interesting larger than life kind of person and I'm glad he has adopted so many vintage guitars that needed a good home, lol.

@brushstroke3733

17 күн бұрын

I agree that he is larger-than-life in a positive vibe/energy sense, but it's also his regular guy, humble human authenticity that make him great.

That guitar sounds incredible.

The way someone treats other people is a direct line into thier personality and how they really are.

That is one sweet find. Those original paf's sounded killer!

Another great instrument found the right home. I love the story and yet another example of what Joe often talks about, "guitars find him".

what a tone. wow

What a magical piece, and a great story too. I collect Vs. Nothing like this, of course, but I'm glad it has such a good home. 💙🔥

Great story.

Joe’s biggest attribute besides his playing is his dry and somewhat sarcastic upstate New York sense of humor.

I could watch this type of videos all day... JB as always great

Thank you Joe, thanks a lot for sharing all of this...

V's & Explorer's are the only ones for me. Got my 1st Explorer from that Hollywood Guitar Center back in 2005!

Sounds beautiful.

Brilliant guitar player and all round decent human being. Had the privilege of seeing him in concert many years ago when he played in Singapore.

Here comes another signature model

Joe could make a mop sound good!

Awesome! V's are great! Very cool guitar!

The always entertaining and inspirational Joe B.

when my dad purchased his 58' blonde unbound es 335 ( only 50 made) he said he remembered seeing one at the time. back in the day the number 335 denoted the retail price as well...His receipt says $267.50

kool V brother! sounds nice too!

Great story, my first Sears V was a crazy dark 70s looking wood I have no idea but I thrashed it through a giant Peavy bass amp...

Lonnie Mack. His name absolutely SHOULD be synonymous with the Flying V. Pure lightning ⚡️

Fascinating stories,have a 98 Epi v,and like nice strats,you also catch yourself looking at them often,Joe is right the design was too futuristic for the 50,s,choice of Korina,superb also

Oltre che un bravissimo esecutore Joe è un grande esperto del fascino che certe chitarre come queste possono esprimere !

I love that a great vintage instrument is still being played & as for being in Joe’s hands & on the road … vintage guitar lottery ! Sounds great (of course)! 👍

So Cooooollllllll!!!

Great player, great person... Love that guitar. Planning on a kit build of that model to go with my Explorer kit build of the same Korina style!

Looks awesome and sounds awesome

a great guitar player and a nice guy.

Teacher says every time a bell rings, Joe makes the guitar market go way up.

Man you jam! And you are a great story teller.

Love Joe and yes I’d say he is an honest guy!! I’m building one right now and debating whether to relic it or not .. I’m leaning relic!

Cool story. Awesome Guitar.👍

They’re still out there I’ve had a few in my hands as a kid

Cool!!!!!

Nice find, you did the right thing. I remember reading a story about a guitar store in London (if I remember correctly) in the late 50's or early 60's that had one of the very early Flying V guitars literally hanging up outside the store. The owner of the store thought it would never sell, but thought it looked like an eye-catching gimmick that would entice customers.

Very Cool..! I have 2 gibson V's and the first 5 usa Dean V's that Dean Guitars built for Michael Schenker....

that's beautiful!!!

Man thats got some Clapton vibes

Obviously a great guitar, and Joe B makes it sound like a great guitar. I respect that Joe B. values and loves this rare vintage axe. For me, there is zero allure. If someone gave me a 1958 Flying V, the first thing I would do is try to get hold of Joe B to see if he wanted to buy it. As they say, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." To me, the V is the ugliest (and certainly the most unwieldy) guitar ever made (by Gibson) next to the Gibson SG, which just reminds of the Devil every time I see one. But please don't think I'm pissing all over Gibson guitars... I proudly own a 2016 Custom Shop Les Paul and a vintage '92 ES-355TD SV "BB King Lucille" Artists Model, the latter of which is probably the best playing guitar I've ever played. Still in awe of Joe's 3-state "Nerdville" collection, and his awesome playing ability! Press on brother Joe! Thanks for being America's most ardent caretaker (aside from Norm) of American vintage guitars!

Joe’s crack about CLEARLY not being married, because he still does all this crazy musician stuff, shows he’s got some real humility, which would make him a decent husband, ironically.

I read somewhere that Leo Fender bought the extra Korina wood from Gibson and used it to make some Fenders.

3 out of 90...that's not bad going Joe...leave a little 87 for us.....haa.....sounds good too..... and of course it'S a beauty.....

interesting version of story

I live in Sacramento, I remember when this happened. A GC employee said the original owner played in a SF jazz combo. Only in SF…..

@jerry-st7rc

4 күн бұрын

I go to this guitar center all the time. I live in arden arcade. Makes me sick thinking I could have bought this at an estate sale. Just a hypothetical pipe dream.

I love guitar nerds

Yeah I think one of those in pretty much mint condition are going for around the million dollar mark or very close to it..they are just so very rare...🎸🎸🎸

Everything is fantastic - the video and the story, the only question is why this rare and original piece of korina doesn`t sound at all))))

Lol I was in that GC 2 weeks ago in Sac Town.

Speaking of the mojo inherent in the korina wood, let's not the third (and often forgotten) member of the '58 exotic family -- the now twice abandoned "Moderne".

I had a Selmer alto that had been pulled off a manufacturing line. Only part of the engraving, no neck. Someone even added a number to the serial number on it, as if it had been smuggled away from some 'to be completed' room somewhere. It was as if the factory switched design without finishing out the skid of bodies, tossing partial(s) into storage, indefinite style. With the Flying V--there may exist, because the makers dropped the line, axe(s) that were finished by a person(s) that salvaged or cleaned away the forms & templates--even the guy that emptied the dumpster lol, then 'finished' the guitar themselves. Partly imo but probably. Would have to see other 1958 finish examples.

Even if the first generation Flying V is a killer model, I think it is one of the single most overvalued electric guitars on the market. It’s a perfect specimen of why the vintage market needs to cave in. It was better when it was undervalued.

Clearly I'm not married jajaja the phrase of the day.

and yes... clearly

the fucking mojo on this instrument, DAMN!

V is not my cup of tea but I can look at it and tell it’s bad ass, I would own an Explorer I really love the way Allen Collins wielded like a chainsaw and the way it screams! But I have 2 GLPs that I got dialed in.

I would love to know what condition it was in exactly when it was brought to Guitar Center. Especially the neck, frets, pickups and electronics. What was done to it to make it playable on tour with Joe B.?

I guess I'm not as good of a person as Joe is but if someone had that and thought it was worthless I would just go along with it lol.

often wondered if the flying v was named after Ritchie Valens and his flying guitar

Joe needs a korina Explorer!

I see a Jp-c2 ! Plug it!

Guitar center please send me to Nerdville😊

Bubbles can play a mean guitar.

In the early 1980s I had the chance to trade a burst plus $2,500 for Ronnie Montrose's V. I decided against it because I didn't like the V as a player. Much is made of Vs and Explorers because they are rare, but, at least to me, a burst is a much superior instrument. If you're rich enough to have both, good on you. But for me, the choice is clear.

I wonder what Uncle Norm thought about this purchase?

Of course he has multiple 58 V's 🤣legend.

If anyone is curious about the value, made from '58 to '59 Gibson stopped production because they only managed to sell 98 of this new design. It was brought back in '63 and again in 1967 to the present day. A 1958 V like the one joe is holding here will easily fetch $100,000 but can sell for as high as $200,000 - $250,000. I bet the seller was shocked.

@johnsmith-bk4ps

17 күн бұрын

Thats more like what he paid, its worth way more

AWESOME STUFF

Ask Joe where is the tele he was playing in 91 on mtv when they ended music news!!! All the pickups had rails and there was a middle pickup!!!!

This will definitely reach 1500 usd at least.

Albert and Billy didn’t used them for their sound. That’s guitarded ! It’s their look that made people not wanting them and than wanting them.