jimi hendrix
Jimi Hendrix’s Epiphone
Danny has just posted a great piece on The Guitars of Jimi Hendrix, in which he describes how Hendrix played an Epiphone Wilshire . The Wilshire was a Strat-style guitar made between 159 and 1970 and which origianlly features two P-90 pick-ups and a Tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece. In mid-192 the P_90s were replaced with mini-humbuckers.
50 Years of the Flying V
Epiphone’s Korina Flying V 1958 was created to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the original Gibson Flying V. The Flying V was originally issued in 1958 as part of a futuristic guitar line-up that included the Gibson Explorer and Moderne and is one of the most easily recognisable guitars ever made, thanks to its v-shaped body and pointed head. Despite being adopted by no less than Albert King and Lonnie Mack, the Flying V proved less than successful and was discontinued in 1959
