Disturber Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Who built this? Looks like a shorter uper horn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scepter Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) We celebrate the End of The Road but at the Begin of The Road, Paul used a Flying V built by the luthier Charlie LoBue in 1973. "At that point, he made me a short-wing Flying V. I really liked the V Albert King used, the one with the binding on it. I told Charlie to make the upper wing shorter than the bottom one. We took the template of the body and I drew where I wanted the wing to be and he made it." (Vintage Guitar March 1997) "The [Doublecut] guitar that Charlie made me got stolen, and then he made me a beautiful V guitar with one wing that was shorter than the other and a beautiful ebony fingerboard and a lot of abalone [...]" (Guitar Player 1978) Since the binding on the body, front and back this time, and neck appear to be single-ply celluloid the abalone that Paul mentions probably refers to the rectangular inlays (and possibly the truss rod cover). The headstock was unbound. The guitar had two chrome-cover humbuckers, most probably wound by DiMarzio, a slightly asymmetrical array of the 4 knobs, and a curious placement of the toggle switch (see below). It also had what appears to be the Schaller Harmonica bridge that Gibson used on some SG's from 1973 (Custom, Standard or Special) and later on the L6. The first known picture of the LoBue V comes from the show at the Coventry in Queens on December 21. Unfortunately this guitar would also get stolen, this one when KISS decamped to Los Angeles to record Hotter Than Hell. "We went to Village Recorders [sic], and the first day we set up, Paul's guitar was stolen". (Kenny Kerner, Behind the Mask p. 222-223) Apparently somebody just walked into the studio and claimed he was there to pick up some guitars for KISS. The last known picture of the LoBue V comes from 1974-07-25 in London, Ontario, Canada. Recordings for Hotter Than Hell began on August 16 after which the LoBue V was never seen again. Thanks for Axeology.com for this knowledge. Edited January 28 by Dave Scepter 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disturber Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 That was a very cool design. And covered early Dimarzio's. 😲 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMN Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 So somewhere out there this guitar exists. Wonder where and if they know 50 years later what it is. 😳 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soli'd Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 LoBue also made a few explorer types, seeing Steve Kimock playing his is what first got me into explorers, and eventually to getting an Ultimate from Mike. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeofdarkness56 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I think a lot of people forget how badass Kiss was back in the mid 70’s. Those pictures brought back good memories from those days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 That is a killer V. Wish I'd seen that back when I still acquired guitars... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disturber Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 8 hours ago, svl said: That is a killer V. Wish I'd seen that back when I still acquired guitars... Wish I'd seen that when Hamer was still around and taking custom orders! I wonder If @Northfield would build one just like it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scepter Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) Paul definitely has a type... it's his signature Iceman in a custom V form... or vice versa Edited January 29 by Dave Scepter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cboss Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 5 hours ago, Disturber said: Wish I'd seen that when Hamer was still around and taking custom orders! I wonder If @Northfield would build one just like it? I might be interested also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbilly Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 On 1/28/2024 at 8:16 AM, BTMN said: So somewhere out there this guitar exists. Wonder where and if they know 50 years later what it is. 😳 My guess is that it will show up when the current possessor passes, and the estate gets liquidated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 8 hours ago, Jimbilly said: My guess is that it will show up when the current possessor passes, and the estate gets liquidated. Unless it was bandsawed, stripped and rattlecanned, then covered in skate stickers by a theivin’ bostid… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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