Gibson Adam Jones Flying V Prototype #3
Adam Jones #3
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Tool’s Adam Jones has shared his Gibson Adam Jones Flying V Prototype via his personal Instagram account. Could this mean we may finally see a production version of this oddball reverse Silverburst V sometime in the future? Or will he keep this design for himself?
Gibson Adam Jones Flying V Prototype
This Gibson Adam Jones Flying-V Prototype is marked #3 on the reverse of the headstock and we have seen Jones wielding the guitar live. Now, finally, we can see the guitar up close and in a lot more detail.
Prototype #3 · Source: Instagram/Adam Jones
Custom Shop x Murphy Lab
So there are currently only three prototypes in existence. This latest prototype is supposedly the heaviest Flying V Gibson has ever built.
“The most BAMF @gibsonguitar Flying V -EVER! ” (A direct quote from @samuelljackson ~jk)
This is NOW one of my TOP favorite guitars of ALL TIME 🙌🏽
*A Stellar Custom Vintage Aged REVERSE Silverburst @gibsonguitar Flying V with a beautiful Murphy Lab finish
My dream guitar made true by my good friend @gueikian
THANK YOU AMIGO 🤘🏽🔥
A very rewarding collaboration with @matkoehler and the @gibsoncustom
I always loved the 1958 Futura headstock & ask if Gibson team would be willing to pull it out of retirement
I believe it’s one of the heaviest Flying V‘s Gibson has ever made to date 👀
The overall tone – lows/mids/highs are amazing and the heavy body weight also helps me control feedback and sustain just like my vintage LPCs
I played this epic instrument on stage during the last 2022 @toolmusic tour and it’s sound & performs killer!
*Only 3 prototypes in existence.
I own #1 & #3 and @gueikian owns #2
I’m obsessed!! Can’t put it down – Adam Jones Instagram
Murphy Lab
The Prototype V #3 comes from the Gibson Custom Shop and has a Murphy Lab Aging, which is particularly visible in the bright paint spots in the video. Under the neck transition and at the wing ends. It is also interesting that Jones has chosen the oddball 1958 Futura headstock shape.
Murphy Aged · Source: Instagram/Adam Jones
BAMF
We are definitely happy that Adam Jones has apparently found his “BAMF” (Bad Ass Mother Fucker) guitar. Ideally, we will see a production model of this crazy oddball Flying V at some point in the near future. I really like the weirdness of this particular model and so would like to see more signature models with such unique specifications.
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And there was me thinking that Gibson made the Flying V as bad as it could possibly be in the 1980s?
Hideous.
Looks a bit like a Dean…
Absolutely- funny how a few months after they sue Dean for copyright infringement more than forty years on, they put out a copy of a Dean V.
You’re both bang on.
the ’58 is the best version of the V bar none, not a fan of this. and check out where they put the pickup selector 🤣