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Guitar World
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Huw Price

“Epiphone’s ’50s-style Flying V is a perfectly decent guitar that emulates the spirit of the real thing without being completely vintage-accurate”: Can we turn an Epiphone Flying V into a vintage Gibson unicorn? It’s easier than you might think

Epiphone '50s Flying V: the perfect fixer-upper for any Gibson aficionado on a budget.

Soon after joining Guitarist, I was assigned to interview Joe Bonamassa and he began telling me about an amazing guitarist called Chris Buck.

Rather than let Joe carry on, I felt obliged to tell him that Chris and I were so well acquainted, I was even friends with his dad, Dory, who had been talking about giving Chris a special guitar. Dory and I eventually settled on a plan to refinish and upgrade his Epiphone Flying V.

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