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Gibson unveils a limited-edition Tom Petty Flying V for the Heartbreakers’ 50th

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Fifty years after Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their self-titled debut, Gibson has built a limited-edition Flying V around the band logo from that 1976 album.

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