This Guy Likes Gibson Flying Vs

[topekatj]

And he’s a holy roller (plays Xmas songs in church on a V)!

 

https://flyingvguitars.weebly.com

[RobB]

He wins. Unreal!

[Dave Scepter]

5 hours ago, topekatj said:

https://flyingvguitars.weebly.com

Wow, that link is cool 👍

[Steve Haynie]

Let's all go to Ohio and become this guy's friend. 

[kizanski]

I count 4 Vees on that wall that would interest me.  I was never a fan of the big pickguard ones.

[velorush]

Just wow.

[cmatthes]

Only 37 more to go to tie his Flying V collection!

[a.bandini]

38 for me, and I have more than anyone needs. 

Wicked cool, and another example how the internet makes my obsessions trivial.  

[stonge]

That makes me feel marginally better about myself; the most guitars of one model I've ever owned is 4 Daytonas, and I'm down to 2.

That's cool but silly to me at the same time. Congrats on sticking to your vision though. 

[stobro]

I'm down to a mere half-dozen of these:

 

[stonge]

1 hour ago, stobro said:

I'm down to a mere half-dozen of these:

 

I had a Peavey Mystic, but always liked this shape better.  Kudos on this collection!

[Disturber]

No Vee collection without Gibsons most successful vee design. That guy is so behind.

 

[diablo175]

As someone who has amassed a considerable number of Cali's in the last 30 years (nowhere near this guy's V count) perhaps it's hypocritical of me but I still can't help but wonder, "why?"

Bragging rights? More money than smarts? Searching for the perfect V? Needs to fill up empty wall in what looks to be his basement?

 

[Dave Scepter]

24 minutes ago, diablo175 said:

 but I still can't help but wonder, "why?"

Bragging rights? More money than smarts? Searching for the perfect V? Needs to fill up empty wall in what looks to be his basement?

 

Because life's too short, it's his passion and he can!

[kizanski]

45 minutes ago, diablo175 said:

Needs to fill up empty wall in what looks to be his basement?

I agree the decor could use a little something.

[BruceM]

Is it just me, or is that the gayest guitar collection you've ever seen?

[alantig]

59 minutes ago, BruceM said:

Is it just me, or is that the gayest guitar collection you've ever seen?

No, it would be this one

 

[diablo175]

1 hour ago, Dave Scepter said:

Because life's too short, it's his passion and he can!

Life's too short to be dusting off and changing strings on 40 guitars.  

[geoff_hartwell]

1 hour ago, kizanski said:

I agree the decor could use a little something.

Isn’t there some overlap with Brütal 🤘and Architectural Brutalism? 🤷🏼‍♂️😆

[velorush]

5 hours ago, geoff_hartwell said:

Isn’t there some overlap with Brütal 🤘and Architectural Brutalism? 🤷🏼‍♂️😆

The exposed concrete is definitely Brutalist! Maybe that's what he's going for: contrasting the raw unadorned Brutalist aesthetic with the highly ornate aesthetic of the Vs. 

Or, more likely, he's spent so much on guitars he can't afford to spruce up the basement.

Could go either way...

[cynic]

9 hours ago, diablo175 said:

I still can't help but wonder, "why?"

I don't get it either, but as much as I don't need 40 Vs I also never needed 86 guitars at one time, but dammit I had them.

[ZR]

Man, sell a couple and finish your basement!😀

[LucSulla]

On 3/27/2025 at 8:29 AM, kizanski said:

I agree the decor could use a little something.

It doubles as his murder gallery. The Vs demand a sacrifice.

The austerity really ties the horror together for the victim. 

[Steve Haynie]

17 hours ago, ZR said:

Man, sell a couple and finish your basement!😀

What the heck are you thinking?  Have you never hauled $10,000 worth of gear in a $400 car?  

You do not finish anything in the basement except another wall to hang guitars.  

[kizanski]

12 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said:

You do not finish anything in the basement except another wall to hang guitars.  

He spent more on the wall hangers than the wall.