Gibson / Flying V Korina / 1983 / Ivory / Guitar

I know what you are thinking… why is this the only guitar you will find on our website from the 80’s? Well to let you in to a little secret, we are big fans of all the korina Custom Shop Re-issues that Gibson made from around 1981 through to 1983. They are great guitars, well made, most of them light weight and with a very cool acoustic resonance.

This one also has a very nice pair of unmolested, factory fitted, Gibson Tim Shaw, Patent Applied For pickups that even still have both the stickers intact and complete. As these stickers were placed on the pickup surrounds it is very common to see them worn away.

This one is also in Custom Colour, Ivory finish and looks rather fine we must say. There is not a thing we can see has been changed on this guitar and as far as we can tell it is exactly as it left the factory in 1983. Which again, is pretty rare to see.

This guitar being a ‘G’ serial number must have been one of the last of the run too, I have seen 83’s go up to ‘F’ but this is the first ‘G’ I have come across so it must I guess be one of the very last.

All original irony finish has faded a little in places but overall, there are very few dings on this superb guitar. Obviously there are no breaks or repairs and no overspray or touch ups.

Guitar has had little use and frets are in excellent shape with very little wear. Frets are the original wide Gibson frets. The Tim Sham PAF pickups sound really, really nice too and we think are a significant improvement over the 70’s T-tops that preceded them.

Overall, a very nice and rare to see guitar in a rare finish, especially over here in the UK. It is one of the classic V’s and at the moment, we think it is undervalued in the vintage guitar marketplace. Come and give it a try and I sure you will not be disappointed…

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ATB Guitars, UK  

Contact name:
Mike Long
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Languages:
English
Specialties:
Vintage Gibson, Fender and Martin from 1940's-1970's
Opening hours:
24 hours

Hello we’re ATB Guitars.


We are one of Europes leading sellers of vintage and rare guitars. We only sell vintage Gibson and Fender electric guitars from 1950 until 1975 and have an extensive inventory to browse in our bricks and mortar store in Cheltenham, UK or in our online web store.

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All prices are in UK GBP £ Sterling. Payment can be made by Paypal, bank transfer, cash, or money order cashiers cheque etc. 


Should you not be absolutely delighted with your purchase you may return it to Cheltenham, at your own expense, within 7 days from the date of delivery for a full refund. The item must not have been altered or tampered with in any way, and it must arrive in the same condition as it left us.

Postage and shipping:

We ship within the UK by Royal Mail Recorded (small items under 2Kg), TNT or UPS and Worldwide by Royal Mail Airmail Signed For (small under 2Kg) Parcelforce, UPS or FedEx. All shipping prices include expert packing, cartons and packing materials but not insurance which is typically around 2% of items value. Currently approx shipping rates for a single guitar are as follows:

UK excluding Northern Ireland and Highlands £29
Most of mainland Europe £49
U.S.A. £129
Asia £149 - £190
Rest of World including S. America £149 - £275

 

 
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