1994 Gibson Centennial Anniversary Limited Edition Flying V.

This Centennial Flying V is [number 6] of the 101 guitars made in 1994 to commemorate Gibson's 100-year anniversary. This amazing guitar weighs just 7.80 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 3/4 inches. 'All-gold' mahogany body and one-piece mahogany neck with a wonderful medium profile. Black faced headstock with pearl inlaid "Gibson" logo and an 11pt. diamond over the 'i' in Gibson. 'Centennial' 22k gold-plated, bell-shaped truss rod cover engraved "100 Years" and secured by two screws. Individual Grover Rotomatic tuners with tulip-shaped metal  buttons. Serial number "1899 9" inked-on in black on back of headstock. 'Centennial'  22k gold-plated anniversary Orville Gibson Coin recessed into back of headstock and secured by two screws. Single-bound rosewood fretboard with 22 medium frets. The twelfth fret with a pearloid banner engraved in black "1894  100th  1994 / Anniversary", the other position markers are pearloid 'dot'. Two 'exposed' double-black coil humbuckers with outputs of 8.48k and 14.12k. Single-layer 'Mother of pearl' plastic pickguard with thirteen screws, with the Gibson 100 Year logo engraved in gold. Three controls (two volume, one tone) plus three-way pickup selector switch. The potentiometers are stamped "R137 9431" (CTS, August 1994). 'Centennial' 22k gold plated 'top-hat' knobs with special 'embedded' 100 Year Anniversary logo and each with a 5pt. diamond. Nashville Tune-O-Matic bridge with metal saddles, separate stud with jeweled sterling silver serial number "1899" on bar. All hardware gold-plated. With the blue silk ribbon with the Gibson 100 Year Anniversary logo in gold and the jeweled (single 3pt. diamond) 14k gold signet ring with Gibson 100 Year Anniversary logo personalized for the purchaser, and the Gibson pre-pack checklist. Housed in the original Gibson four-latch, hand-tooled black leather, shaped hardshell case with dark blue plush lining (9.50).

This guitar is in mint 9.50 condition with just a couple of very tiny and insignificant edge marks. The Certificate of Authenticity, the Silk Screened Anniversary headstock cover and the personalized framed picture of the guitar are not present.

The first Flying V in this series had the the serial number 1894 - this one has the serial number 1899 which makes it the sixth guitar in the run.

"Issued in 1994 along with 11 other models (one model per month) to commemorate Gibson's 100-year anniversary. Production included 101 instruments numbered from 1894 (#1) to 1994 (#101). These limited Flying V guitars were released in July and included the number 9 as an additional digit on the headstock along with the year/production number designation. The serial number is a black ink stamp with four-digits, a space, then 9. Also the production number is on the gold tailpiece with the numeral '1' in diamonds. Other features include: gold pickup knobs with a raised Centennial logo and diamond chip, medaliion on the back of the headstock with an image of Orville Gibson, diamond over the 'i' in the Gibson headstock logo inlay, 100th Anniversary banner 12th-fret inlay, dot inlays, exposed double-black coil humbucker pickups, bound fingerboard, gold Grover tuners, Centennial logo on pickguard. All guitars include a black leather-covered case, deluxe Centennial leather strap, gold signet ring with Centennial logo and a framed 16" x 20" photograph of the guitar (not present). The body-neck construction and pickguard layout is similar to the Flying 'V' 67 model. The headstock is painted black with a gold bell-shaped truss rod cover engraved with '100 Years'. Gibson produced these guitars in 1994 and discontinued them for 1999 when the remaining inventory was sold." Larry Meiners. Flying "V" The Illustrated History of this Modernistic Guitar, p. 49.