1982 Gibson Sonex 180 Deluxe Cherry Red

Summary: This 1982 Gibson Sonex 180 Deluxe in Candy Apple Red finish is a marvel of progressive thinking guitar and material design. The Sonex Multi-phonic body is composed of Resonwood surrounding an inner tone wood (Maple) core. The tone wood core not only acts as the anchor point for the neck, it also adds acoustic resonance and exceptional body resilience. The Sonex body is so resilient that its structural properties survived extreme testing in temperatures ranging from −40 °F to 180 °F. The Sonex Deluxe has Velvet Brick humbucker pickups designed by Bill Lawrence.

Body: Resonwood in a Candy Apple Red finish.

Neck: Maple with a Rosewood fingerboard, 24.75” scale length, 1 11/16th” nut width, 22 frets,  pearl dot inlays.

Pickups/Hardware: Velvet Brick Zebra Humbucker pickups,a three-position pick-up selector switch, Tune-0-Matic bridge, stop bar tailpiece and volume/tone control speed knobs.

Cosmetics: This guitar is in excellent shape. It has light surface scratches and small indentations on the body, along with some edge wear. The back of the neck has a good scuff, and the frets show minimal wear. The back has light buckle rash, and a some abrasions. Overall, this guitar plays very well and sounds fantastic.

Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this instrument with a new set of strings. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable. The frets are in great shape with no major grooves or divots from use and it plays beautifully up and down the fretboard with no dead spots or choking out.

Weight:  9.4 lbs.

Case: This guitar ships in its original hardshell case, professionally packaged, and fully insured.ele