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You HAVE been to the concerts right?
You HAVE been to the concerts right?
Oscars
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Galeongirl
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You HAVE been to the concerts right?
You are avoiding my question.
Post me ONE picture where Edge holds and/or plays a Gibson Flying V and I will instantly say you're right and won't bother you again.
Until you have shown me, I refuse to believe you.
Total U2 Nut
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Heya Reggo this doesn't have anything to do with the thread, just wanted to say nice sig! You'll have to cram one more cover in there soon! http://www.greenday.com/site/uploadedextras/COVER_SMALL.jpg
So what's this, U2's going to play at the Oscars?
Bonogirl777
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Maybe they think a V is his Explorer. 
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Silence
The Fly
No the V is a cutaway of an explorer, meant to lighten the latter, two distinct instruments.
Bonogirl777
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I know. I was just verifying that you knew! 
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okay thnx 
MooMoo!
New Yorker
The flying V isnt a cutaway of the Explorer. Theres no way you could cut an explorer body to make a flying V body.
Though Im sure you know the difference in shape.
Though Im sure you know the difference in shape.
U2Fanatic4ever
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this thread=
to respond to the OP.. When pigs fly will U2 be at this year's Oscars.
to respond to the OP.. When pigs fly will U2 be at this year's Oscars.
MooMoo!
New Yorker
Although its obvious they wont play this year, they HAVE played in the past.
Just need some more songs in some more films.
Just need some more songs in some more films.
U2Fanatic4ever
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yep..^
Bonogirl777
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Liesje
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What is this thread about
bonocomet
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Oscars and Edge's guitars. 
RedRocksU2
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U2Fanatic4ever
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Galeongirl
Galeonbroad
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I stand corrected
Originally Posted by MooMoo!
The flying V isnt a cutaway of the Explorer. Theres no way you could cut an explorer body to make a flying V body.
Though Im sure you know the difference in shape.
Exactly.
Thnx Moo I stand corrected the V came prior t the Explorer as per an article I found on Wikipedia 
Gibson Flying V
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Gibson Flying V
ManufacturerGibsonPeriod1958—1959, 1967-presentConstructionBody typeFlying VNeck jointSet-inScale24.75"WoodsBodyKorina, MahoganyNeckMahoganyFretboardRosewood, EbonyHardwareBridgeTune-o-maticPickup(s)H-H: 496R (neck), 500T (bridge)Colors availableClassic White, Cherry, Ebony, NaturalThe Gibson Flying V is an electric guitar model first released by Gibson in 1958.
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Gibson first manufactured prototypes of the guitar in 1957. Production guitars were made of korina wood, a trademarked name for limba, a wood similar to but lighter in color than mahogany. (Korina, originally spelled 'Korena', is the name that has been given to certain types of African Limba.) This Flying V, along with the Futura (Explorer) and, initially, the Moderne, made up a line of modernist guitars designed by Gibson's then-president Ted McCarty. These designs were meant to add a more futuristic aspect to Gibson's image, but they didn't sell well. After the initial launch in 1958, the line was discontinued by 1959. Some instruments were assembled from leftover parts and shipped in 1963, with nickel- rather than gold-plated hardware.
They started out with a mahogany guitar that was rounded in the back instead of being cut out. Gibson and Ted McCarty decided to change the back for weight reduction. The name supposedly has its origins in a comment that the guitar "looks like a flying letter V." Later they changed it to Korina for its then-fashionable blonde color.
Blues-rock guitarist Lonnie Mack and blues guitarist Albert King started using the guitar almost immediately. Later, in the mid-late 1960s, such guitarists as Dave Davies and Jimi Hendrix, in search of a distinctive looking guitar with a powerful sound, also started using Flying Vs. The renewed interest created a demand for Gibson to reissue the model.
Gibson reissued the guitar in mahogany in 1967, updating its design with a bigger, more stylish pickguard, and ditching the original bridge, which had the strings inserted through the back, in favor of the stopbar tail piece more commonly associated with Gibson models. Some models were shipped with a short Vibrola Maestro Tremolo. This 1967 model is now the standard for the Flying V or, as Gibson now calls it, "V Factor". Like other Gibson guitars the Flying V's headstock is angled at 17 degrees to tighten string tension to increase the amount of sustain.
Gibson has issued several limited-edition "signature" versions of the Flying V, including the Jimi Hendrix model and the Lonnie Mack model, the latter of which included a Bigsby tailpiece tremolo arm identical to the unit Mack has continuously used on his own Flying V since 1958.
A fully functional, playable, highly enlarged replica of a Gibson Flying V, sizing over 43 feet (13 m), was built in June 2000 by Scott Rippetoe and his team from The Academy of Science and Technology (Texas). This world record is registered in Guinness World Records
Originally Posted by MooMoo!
The flying V isnt a cutaway of the Explorer. Theres no way you could cut an explorer body to make a flying V body.
Though Im sure you know the difference in shape.
Exactly.
Thnx Moo I stand corrected the V came prior t the Explorer as per an article I found on Wikipedia Gibson Flying V
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Jump to: navigation, search
Gibson Flying V
ManufacturerGibsonPeriod1958—1959, 1967-presentConstructionBody typeFlying VNeck jointSet-inScale24.75"WoodsBodyKorina, MahoganyNeckMahoganyFretboardRosewood, EbonyHardwareBridgeTune-o-maticPickup(s)H-H: 496R (neck), 500T (bridge)Colors availableClassic White, Cherry, Ebony, NaturalThe Gibson Flying V is an electric guitar model first released by Gibson in 1958.Contents
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- <LI class=toclevel-1>1 Origins <LI class=toclevel-1>2 Other makers <LI class=toclevel-1>3 V Bass <LI class=toclevel-1>4 Notable Gibson Flying V players <LI class=toclevel-1>5 See also <LI class=toclevel-1>6 References
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Gibson first manufactured prototypes of the guitar in 1957. Production guitars were made of korina wood, a trademarked name for limba, a wood similar to but lighter in color than mahogany. (Korina, originally spelled 'Korena', is the name that has been given to certain types of African Limba.) This Flying V, along with the Futura (Explorer) and, initially, the Moderne, made up a line of modernist guitars designed by Gibson's then-president Ted McCarty. These designs were meant to add a more futuristic aspect to Gibson's image, but they didn't sell well. After the initial launch in 1958, the line was discontinued by 1959. Some instruments were assembled from leftover parts and shipped in 1963, with nickel- rather than gold-plated hardware.
They started out with a mahogany guitar that was rounded in the back instead of being cut out. Gibson and Ted McCarty decided to change the back for weight reduction. The name supposedly has its origins in a comment that the guitar "looks like a flying letter V." Later they changed it to Korina for its then-fashionable blonde color.
Blues-rock guitarist Lonnie Mack and blues guitarist Albert King started using the guitar almost immediately. Later, in the mid-late 1960s, such guitarists as Dave Davies and Jimi Hendrix, in search of a distinctive looking guitar with a powerful sound, also started using Flying Vs. The renewed interest created a demand for Gibson to reissue the model.
Gibson reissued the guitar in mahogany in 1967, updating its design with a bigger, more stylish pickguard, and ditching the original bridge, which had the strings inserted through the back, in favor of the stopbar tail piece more commonly associated with Gibson models. Some models were shipped with a short Vibrola Maestro Tremolo. This 1967 model is now the standard for the Flying V or, as Gibson now calls it, "V Factor". Like other Gibson guitars the Flying V's headstock is angled at 17 degrees to tighten string tension to increase the amount of sustain.
Gibson has issued several limited-edition "signature" versions of the Flying V, including the Jimi Hendrix model and the Lonnie Mack model, the latter of which included a Bigsby tailpiece tremolo arm identical to the unit Mack has continuously used on his own Flying V since 1958.
A fully functional, playable, highly enlarged replica of a Gibson Flying V, sizing over 43 feet (13 m), was built in June 2000 by Scott Rippetoe and his team from The Academy of Science and Technology (Texas). This world record is registered in Guinness World Records
Fun while it lasted tho wasn't it?!
