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Hi. I just read the article on the history of the Gibson Flying V [issue 389] in which it was claimed that it was Seth Lover who designed the Flying V. But was it not Ted McCarthy that came up with the concept for the Flying V, Explorer and Moderne?

DARREN BAIRD, VIA EMAIL

Tony Bacon responds: “This is a bit of a grey area, Darren, and so far there is no definitive

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