Until the launch of the Flying V and Explorer in 1958, electric guitars were supposed to look like...guitars. Suddenly, Gibson turned conventional design upside down, almost literally, by using straight lines and angular bodyshapes, changing the way electrics could look and, in the process, creating a set of rare future collectables.



Flying V, Explorer, Firebird tells the story of those first peculiar instruments and goes on todescribe Gibson's second attempt at nonstandard...