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Guitarist Elliot Easton Guitar 1982 Gibson Custom Shop left-handed Flying V GW Cover Date September 1984 This Interview February 2025 Photographer Jonathan Postal

- BY ANDREW DALY

Where and when did you buy this guitar?

I got it from Gibson. This was when they reintroduced the Korina Flying V [a limited run from 1981 to 1983]. Tim Shaw, who I was working with very closely and who was at Gibson at the time, had it built for me. It was a gorgeous guitar. The funny thing is, to surprise me, in gold lettering, they put my name on the headstock [just below the Gibson logo] — but they spelled it wrong! They spelled Elliot with two T's. [Laughs]

What did you like about it, and did you modify it?