Jimi Hendrix Psychedlic Flying V Sale

Guitar Center, Inc. (Nasdaq NMS: GTRC), the leading musical instrument and professional audio retailer, announces the official launch of the Gibson Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Flying V on Friday, March 24th, marking the first and only time that these historic limited edition instruments will be available. Designed by the legendary Gibson Guitar Custom Shop, and authorized by the Hendrix Estate, as an exact reproduction of Hendrixs famous hand-painted 1967 Flying V, the new Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Flying V offers guitarists unsurpassed playability and classic tone. In addition, the instrument features detailed artwork recreated by master luthier and artist Bruce Kunkel.

Purchased by Hendrix in 1967 and used on tour throughout Europe in 1967 and 1968, Hendrixs original Gibson Flying V has the distinguishing feature of having Jimis own psychedelic hand-painted artwork adorning the top and sides creating a truly unique appearance reminiscent of the late 1960s. Originally painted with what appears to be nail polish, the Gibson Custom Shop has sourced and used materials which reproduce the same sense of depth and texture to the guitar's one-of-a-kind artwork, while maintaining the strictest standards in creating faithful reproductions of all of the original Flying V's materials and hardware.

Paying tribute to Hendrixs role as musical innovator and guitar visionary, Gibson has produced a limited run of 300 of these Custom Shop instruments, 150 of which will go on sale starting precisely at 10 a.m. EST, (9 a.m. CST, 8 a.m. MST and 7 a.m. PST) on Friday, March 24th at Guitar Center stores. The guitar comes complete with a Gibson Custom Shop case, certificate of authenticity, and custom care kit.

Keith Brawley, Vice President of Merchandising for Guitar Centers Guitar Division, commented on the new Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Flying V, "The Flying V has always been a prominent instrument in Hendrix's musical legacy, and working closely with Gibson, we are very excited to offer this piece of musical history to our customers. This guitar just has such a great vibe to it, and we know that players and collectors will be eager to get their hands on these once-in-a-lifetime instruments." Brawley concludes, "That's just another testament to the tremendous impact that Hendrix still has, and Guitar Center is proud to be involved with continuing the Hendrix experience."

The Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Flying V guitar will be available starting March 24th for a price of $7999.99 ($12,300.00 List) at all Guitar Center stores.

Comments

[Axl_Duff_Izzy]

Fuck me that's one hell of an expensive guitar, wish I could afford it Jimi is a god,

[metal4all]

i would buy it

[nirvana4lf]

i would too if i had the money!

[thefinalcut]

Buy a close replica Flying V clone, change any spec that need be and paint it like Jimi's. $1000 tops.

[wingedgopher]

jimi wouldnt even have been able to afford it.

[Portuguese_boy]

a behringer v-tone guitar signed by me would cost $8000.00, and it would be sold out in 2 days

[dropin_biking]

Thats a little expencive for what your getting, well maybe not seeing as its a limited edition...

[DunlopGuy]

what thefinalcut said, buy a flying v and change any specs and then put some crappy paintjob on there and voila! instant jimi hendrix

[magicfwomp]

the sound of gibson flying v's arn't all that great

[leaping badger]

hmm gibson really are trying to cash in.

[redwing_suck]

Spam deleted.

[GNRrockslife]

I wish I could afoord it. But if all Guitar Centers are carrying it, how limited could it be??? There's at least 300 Guitar Centers I think

[abigape]

WANT PICTURE

[GuitarJunkie]

wow...thats really pushing it price wise....what a cheap way for gibson to try and make a buck...the same for the Hendrix estate. The only thing his family has done since his death is cash in on everything he did in his life. I cant stand them.

[MetallicAhead]

jimis a legend, why wreck his legacy by releasing a sh*t gibson painted to look like its worth that kind of money?

[Dead_Gods_Live]

I think it's a joke, as has been already stated numerous times. Jimi wouldn't have wanted this, cuz it was a one of a kind guitar and now it just doesn't "seem" so completely unique now.

With the money thing...didn't his family try and sell his Marshall amp as well on Ebay? Or a fan and ended up taking it off the site and selling it to a museum? It sounds familiar, but I'm telling ya, if I had his amp, there would be rigging devices around the bulletproof glass box so anyone who came too close to the glass got a good f*cking volt of electricity!

That was pre mature, guy. Keep up the good work...

[pvpredator5682]

GNRrockslife wrote:

I wish I could afoord it. But if all Guitar Centers are carrying it, how limited could it be??? There's at least 300 Guitar Centers I think

and theres 300 hundred guitars

[pvpredator5682]

i think ull change ur mind

[pvpredator5682]

http://guitarcenter.com/hendrix/ go check it out

[lespaul_rentals]

GuitarJunkie wrote:

wow...thats really pushing it price wise....what a cheap way for gibson to try and make a buck...the same for the Hendrix estate. The only thing his family has done since his death is cash in on everything he did in his life. I cant stand them.

Amen.

[Iron Priest]

Over Priced. Jimi was (and is) an amazing player, but no guitar is worth that much unless it's fu?king gold plated and signed by Jimi. Seriously... You're paying for the Gibson logo on the headstock and the ability to say it's a "Limited Edition Jimi Hendrix Flying V!!!" Seriously, educated players know that it's a marketing ploy and unless you're a collector, it's not worth it at all...

[drop-dead666]

thats ****ing gay jimi hendrix is a god but i hated his style the wah effects he used i wouldnt buy it for 200 bucks, 12000 bucks? cmon mite as well go buy 10 les pauls

[p8ntballerz182]

dude $ 12000 looks like i'll have to tell my mom i don't want a car.

[kbass9267]

300 guitars x $7,999 = $2,400,000

God danm.

[Slayer_Of_Gods]

probably easy enoguh to get a better guitar for a cheaper...way cheaper...price than that

[fondukfun]

It's pretty sweet despite the over-pricedness.

[Soul Power]

They might as well get a black Fender Custom Statocaster, paint the words Soul Power on it, mane it after Tom Morello and sell it for $12,000.

[acdc101]

probably easy enoguh to get a better guitar for a cheaper...way cheaper...price than that

Goddamn it, do half of you people have any sense? You know why the guitar cost's 7,000? Because it is a collectable limited edition. Obviously you can get a better guitar for much less money, but it won't appreciate in value like this guitar will. It will probably double in value in 10 years, while your player guitar has probably depreciated.

[acdc101]

Dropdead666, p8ntballerz182, and others, REMINDER: Gibsons target market is not pre-pubescent paintballers, it is over the hill collectors who are looking for a good investment.

[MTVget0FFtheAIR]

think of the profit gibson is going to make. 12,000...it probably costs 1000 tops to make.

[Stop Messin']

I love Hendrix, V's and Psychedlic paint but not evough to pay $8000. Fender should release Jimmy Pages Telecaster(if they didn't already?) I never liked Fender buy Pages Tele was cool with the foil and stuff.

[Stop Messin']

acdc101 wrote:

probably easy enoguh to get a better guitar for a cheaper...way cheaper...price than that


Goddamn it, do half of you people have any sense? You know why the guitar cost's 7,000? Because it is a collectable limited edition. Obviously you can get a better guitar for much less money, but it won't appreciate in value like this guitar will. It will probably double in value in 10 years, while your player guitar has probably depreciated.

Yeah and the people that shell out $12,000 will have to sell it in 2 years for about $1,200 because they can't afford a loaf of bread.

[Weybl Himself]

wingedgopher wrote:

jimi wouldnt even have been able to afford it.

That's because all his money went to drugs, hence the great music lol

[jof1029]

spam check

[Ethan Lennon]

As much as I love Jimi I still wouldnt buy it cuz he wouldnt want me to. So if you have any sense dont buy it

[angusfenderbend]

hendrix painted his with nail polish. just get a flying v and some nail polish and do it yourself. 800 dollars is stupid. buy a car if youve got that kind of money. hendrix himself couldnt afford that guitar at the brink of his career.

[angusfenderbend]

*8000

[redwing_suck]

Spam check.

[redhotsexmagic]

sooo anyone wanna loan me $8000?

[beau05]

if i could afford it, i'd buy it. but because it's a 'limited edition' i wouldnt really wanna play it.

id say its worth what there asking for, apart from it being a collectible, it also states that they used all original materials and hardware, and its a bit of a challenge to get almost exactly the same type of timber to match the original. and it's also hand painted, with 300 guitars having to have the paint look the same

[zerohero]

jimi is a master on guitar and with the art!!!

[Emily...]

osh my gosh im so excited i love this guitar its a dream guitar not just because hendrix had one but because its so damn cool

[Chris26875]

mmm this guitar would taste good with an oporto freshly grilled chicken burger yumm...but id rather pay $4 for the burger then $12000 for a guitar id neva play

[stars_n_bars]

dude...**** you gibson, the hardcore players could never afford that, just the rich dudes, or the lucky few with a spare $8000 lying around

[glowsun02]

stars_n_bars wrote:

dude...**** you gibson, the hardcore players could never afford that, just the rich dudes, or the lucky few with a spare $8000 lying around

Isn't that usually how it goes? Rich losers, who probably don't even know how to play guitar, buy this and hang it on thier wall. Whilst real guitar players can't afford even a $800 guitar, but $8,000? This sucks. It would be wicked slick to shred that thing. Or play some Purple Haze. \m/

[sashki]

Hendrix was always more associated with a Strat...why don't Fender make him a signature or tribute guitar?

[joms]

Shungakers!! A well tribute huh...

[keeponrockin]

His monteray one was the coolest.

[sillybuuger12]

sashki :
Hendrix was always more associated with a Strat...why don't Fender make him a signature or tribute guitar?

because jimi only ever used a standard strat with no modifications except for the nut being reversed to make a right handed guitar lefthanded. if fender DID biring out a signature model they would need the consent of Jimi's estate which everyone knows these days is owned by his so called "sister" who aint even black met him only once, bullied his father into leaving her the estate and THEN conveniently wrote jimi's blood brother who he loved oput of the will, and now a fat coprate bitch with no soul for the music, no talent ad is only his sister by adoption make money out of the poor man's music.

if they brought out a signature everyone would see it for what it is yet another way to rape Jimi's legacy for the money.

this guitar on the other hand is slightly different because with the repro's of this it is a reproduction of something unique, due to the fact tit was jimi's own hand that painted it not just a standard strat with the nut flipped and an extra large price tagg because it has his name on it

[Styx]

f*ck it! i could buy a new car with that money!

[whiskeyisgood]

that looks pretty cool but let me suggest: pick up your old trusty guitar which has a sound you like, feels good in your hands and has endured many practising & playing hours with you, paint whatever the **** you want on it, and voilà you have a custom Yourself (TM) guitar more similar in spirit to Jimi's flying V than that museum piece no one's gonna play very much in fear of scratching the paint off.

peace

[Useful_Idiot16]

my friend is buying one...he is a rich bastid...w.e its gonna be sick as hell

[Claptindisciple]

holy f***! your friends actually buying one of those? f***'n millionares

[Zuka]

Jimi Hendrix Flying V? Now that sounds just f***ing incredible. Of course, I wouldn't buy it for $8000-$12000.

[Farewellmyhell]

if you've got enough dough that you can go spend $12,000 on ONE guitar, you've got too much money on your hands.

[GlamSpam]

Thar is so not worth it. (all though it would be cool to play a instrument from a god like Jimi)

[jimiismydaddy]

Everyone has jimi shirts, now theyll all have jimi guitars. Lets all jump on the bandwagon, come on.

[zerohero]

I don't think i would ever spend $8,000 on a guitar but I wouldn't mind having one.

[AcDc_1337]

they are only making 150, thats crazy. its a sweet guitar but 8 grand is up there, even for hendrix's name to be on it.. but, as everyone else says, who doesnt want one.

[AcDc_1337]

corret me, 300.

[Rodders]

If you've got the money....

Not as expensive as the Jimmy Page one though.....

[Logz]

spam checked

[Mark Wylie]

this guitar sounds sweet

[Useful_Idiot16]

jimiismydaddy wrote:

Everyone has jimi shirts, now theyll all have jimi guitars. Lets all jump on the bandwagon, come on.

OMG NO ONE CAN LIKE JIMI ONLY I CAN OMGZZZZ

[tHewHiteHendrix]

neat looking. i really hate v's tho.

[ShadowPitch]

That looks pretty sweet, but lik everyone else said, 12000???!?!?! you gotta be kidding the **** outta me!!!!! why don't I just get a regular, and paint it. haha, the Custom Yourself comment was funny xP

though I really don't like the feel of V's.....

~word up

[dustafust]

They did make a jimi hendrix signature strat awhile back,, it was kind of trippy....

It was a right handed guitar,, but it was shaped like a left handed guitar, so you were playing your guitar upside-down like jimi hendrix..... try and think that through...

and to all of you bitching about the guitar,, if you don't like it,, don't buy it,, that simple. god bless america and free marketing.

And trust me,, if any of you had a way to make about 600,000 dollars, no work,, simply by letting gibson copy a guitar from your long dead brother,, all of you would do it,, and if any of you idiots say you wouldn't, your full of shit,, and have no real money sense,, 600,000$ is a shitload of money.

[~YarLA~]

SLash bought his 1st-sunburst-edition guitar with 50000. I wonder how much would ppl pay for that.

[genresrforposer]

i heard sum1's gonna make a biopic(think "ray" or "walk the line") abt hendrix's life.

either lenny kravitz or an unknown will play hendrix.

check it out on the movies portion of kdge.com, at least hopefully it's still there.

[whyman]

Jimmy Hendrix is a Guitar Hero i wud pay any thing just to say i had some thing he wud of played

[whyman]

Oh and any way they will probaly re realieas it in a few years and sell it a lot cheaper just liek angus yougs sg

[Riceboi32]

Jimi the Dead God Hendrix!!!!
Were not worthy for your guitar!!!!

[Mercyful Fate]

yes we are
give me it

[FlyingFuc!<]

paint job is sick.

[rockybo]

I played that guitar. Extremely disappointing.

[Muggus]

If only it made you play like Jimi...then it'd be worth it.

[dud-fatty]

fu*king ledend!! shame about the price

[Gibson_Rocker13]

sillybuuger12 m :
sashki :
Hendrix was always more associated with a Strat...why don't Fender make him a signature or tribute guitar?


because jimi only ever used a standard strat with no modifications except for the nut being reversed to make a right handed guitar lefthanded. if fender DID biring out a signature model they would need the consent of Jimi's estate which everyone knows these days is owned by his so called "sister" who aint even black met him only once, bullied his father into leaving her the estate and THEN conveniently wrote jimi's blood brother who he loved oput of the will, and now a fat coprate bitch with no soul for the music, no talent ad is only his sister by adoption make money out of the poor man's music.

if they brought out a signature everyone would see it for what it is yet another way to rape Jimi's legacy for the money.

this guitar on the other hand is slightly different because with the repro's of this it is a reproduction of something unique, due to the fact tit was jimi's own hand that painted it not just a standard strat with the nut flipped and an extra large price tagg because it has his name on it

i know! but a left handed strat and switch the nut or vice versa then you got the custom hendrix guitar without the custom hendrix price. but act fast or his "sister" will sue for flipping the guitar and then make a cheap commercial with pepsi again (which, by the way sucks, coke is way better)

[Jake_LPMan]

The Clapton ES-335 Custom shop costs £9000, which is aboot 17000 dollars.

[MedicreDemon]

why are V guitars better? i just started playign so i dotn get it its just the shape of the body big ****in deal i think it looks worse too and the paint on this one looks kinda stupid i think i wouldnt play this if i had one