1979 Gibson Super V CES sunburst

Good condition, 6/10, Made in USA, including brown original hardcase with pink lining with replaced handle, lots of dents and scratches in the finish, perfect frets with no wear (has been refretted), has an aftermarket Bartolini pickup mounted on the fingerboard extension, 2 extra holes in the pickguard, volume and tone controls, the pickguard also has a crack, the strap button has been moved from the heel to the side of the body, this model was manufactured 1978 - 1985, more info: The concept of the guitar was to have a Super 400 neck attached to an L-5 body. It was one of the earliest models to sport the finger tailpiece and many of the earlier models including mine have the tailpiece on backward with the long finger on the bass side. It was made with two pickups and also a model with one floating pickup which is much louder acoustically, Guitar Type Archtop Electric, Archtop Hollow Body Lower Bout Width 17_ Body Depth 3.3125_ Nut Width 1.75_ Fingerboard Scale 25.50_ Wood Composition Carved Solid Tonewoods Maple, Spruce Fretboard Ebony, Gibson Super V brings together the clarity of a Super 400 and the iconic jazz tone of an L5 in a more comfortable 17 body Handcarved bookmatched solid spruce top; solid carved maple back and sides; 3 piece tiger flame neck with walnut centerstripes; solid ebony fingerboard with Super 400 style split block fingerboard inlay; Super 400 style split diamond peghead with Gibson logo and block-and-wedges inlay on the back; deluxe 7-ply body binding, 5-ply peghead and fingerboard binding, 3 ply back binding, bound f-holes, solid bone nut. Originally manufactured for only 3 years from 1979 to 1981. Custom orders were only available until 1993.