Often wondered why he never used Gibson, though? Well Cooli, he used his Gibson Flying V to some extent in the late seventies. I believe his creamy, sustained tone on the solos on IYCSTH is from the V. I could be wrong though, but I know he used it. That's Francis and his Travis Bean mate. I stand corrected. Thanks. Where did he use his V then? It's been up before, but my memory isn't the best... I used to have an interview disc from 1982 in which the interviewer asks Francis whether he still has his green Tele.Francis says yes he has but was experimenting to see if he could use a Flying V that he really liked. -------------------- "It's been a year of mixed emotions.Empires have risen and fallen,fortunes have been won and lost.But for me,f*ck all's happened". Registered: Aug 2008 |  IP: Logged | osted 21. October 2012 21:23 to be honest, i have a few guitars,electric and acoustic,i have a black beauty les paul custom as my main guitar i use all the time,along with the others the cheapest being about a 100 quid strat copy,but i can make that guitar sound EXACTLY the same as the les paul with a few amp tweaks and my boss gt 10, played through a el34 100/100 watt marshall power amp and 2 full 4x12 marshall stacks and sometimes a marshall jmp 1 effects rack,it makes no odds if you got a ten grand guitar or a 50 quid