Thanks for the compliments, I'll pass them on to Gene ...
Chris, yes, Leon still has the Flying V, but these days he mostly plays a Gibson Custom Shop sunburst LP 59 (?) reissue he got for a good price from a salesguy who had owned it for a while. He did work for it and collected money from Christmas and birthday presents. I'll never forget his classic question when I - gently - questioned the need of a Custom Shop LP for a 15 year-old that already has a Gibson Flying V. "Dad,
don't you feel guilty with all your basses that your son only plays a special faded Flying V they didn't even get to finish right?"
![Grin ;D](https://bassoutpost.com/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
The Flying V sounds good though and I sometimes prefer to hear him on that as it doesn't have him immediately go into "Slash mode". Admittedly, the sustain of the Custom Shop thing is endless.