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1982 MODERNE

#82882025 - BLACK FINISH

1982 MODERNE

#82882025 - BLACK FINISH

1982 Moderne #82282025

A collector’s unicorn: a time-capsule Moderne preserved in mint condition in the Gibson Vault for more than four decades.

  • Korina body
  • Gold-plated hardware and black Top Hat knobs
  • Honduras mahogany neck with SlimTaper™ profile
  • Unbound rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
  • Pair of original humbuckers™ dated 1980, at the bridge and neck
  • ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic™ bridge with Stop Bar tailpiece
  • 2 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, CTS® potentiometers

Few Gibson models are shrouded in greater mystery than the Moderne™. Designed by Ted McCarty in 1957 and patented the following year, the Moderne didn’t make it into production until 1982-83, when a limited number of models left the Gibson factory alongside the Flying V™ and Explorer™ as part of the Korina Heritage series. Most of these instruments sported natural finishes, but a handful were made in white and in black.

Offered here as part of Gibson’s world-first Certified Vintage program is a time-capsule Moderne that can be described as a new old stock instrument. Other than requiring a replacement back plate, it has been preserved in mint condition in the Gibson Vault for more than four decades and is now offered for sale for the very first time. There are rare guitars, and there are unicorns. This guitar is definitely in the latter category.

BODY & CASE

  • Korina body
  • Black nitrocellulose finish
  • Weight: 7.0lb / 3.1kg
  • Original black rectangular hardshell case

HARDWARE

  • Gold-plated hardware
  • ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic™ bridge with Stop Bar tailpiece
  • Black Top Hat knobs

ELECTRONICS

  • Bridge Pickup: Original humbucker™ dated 1980, 7.4k DC resistance
  • Neck Pickup: Original humbucker dated 1980, 7.5k DC resistance
  • Controls: 2 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, CTS® potentiometers
  • Ceramic disc tone capacitors

NECK

  • Honduras mahogany with SlimTaper™ profile
  • Nut Width: 1.687” / 42.86mm
  • Fretboard: Unbound rosewood with dot inlays
  • 22 original frets
  • Scale Length: 24.75” / 628.65mm
  • Gibson Deluxe tuners with double-ring buttons

Few Gibson models are shrouded in greater mystery than the Moderne™. Designed by Ted McCarty in 1957 and patented the following year, the Moderne didn’t make it into production until 1982-83, when a limited number of models left the Gibson factory alongside the Flying V™ and Explorer™ as part of the Korina Heritage series. Most of these instruments sported natural finishes, but a handful were made in white and in black.

Offered here as part of Gibson’s world-first Certified Vintage program is a time-capsule Moderne that can be described as a new old stock instrument. Other than requiring a replacement back plate, it has been preserved in mint condition in the Gibson Vault for more than four decades and is now offered for sale for the very first time. There are rare guitars, and there are unicorns. This guitar is definitely in the latter category.

BODY & CASE

  • Korina body
  • Black nitrocellulose finish
  • Weight: 7.0lb / 3.1kg
  • Original black rectangular hardshell case

HARDWARE

  • Gold-plated hardware
  • ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic™ bridge with Stop Bar tailpiece
  • Black Top Hat knobs

ELECTRONICS

  • Bridge Pickup: Original humbucker™ dated 1980, 7.4k DC resistance
  • Neck Pickup: Original humbucker dated 1980, 7.5k DC resistance
  • Controls: 2 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, CTS® potentiometers
  • Ceramic disc tone capacitors

NECK

  • Honduras mahogany with SlimTaper™ profile
  • Nut Width: 1.687” / 42.86mm
  • Fretboard: Unbound rosewood with dot inlays
  • 22 original frets
  • Scale Length: 24.75” / 628.65mm
  • Gibson Deluxe tuners with double-ring buttons

CERTIFIED AND PROTECTED

A NEW WARRANTY

Gibson Certified Vintage instruments come with a manufacturer-minted certificate of authenticity and a detailed letter of appraisal confirming the provenance and history of the instrument, signed by both Gibson’s Senior Director of Product Development Mat Koehler and Director of Brand Experience Mark Agnesi. Covered by a new limited lifetime warranty, this guitar from the Gibson Certified Vintage program will ship with its original hardshell case.

CERTIFIED AND PROTECTED

A NEW WARRANTY

Gibson Certified Vintage instruments come with a manufacturer-minted certificate of authenticity and a detailed letter of appraisal confirming the provenance and history of the instrument, signed by both Gibson’s Senior Director of Product Development Mat Koehler and Director of Brand Experience Mark Agnesi. Covered by a new limited lifetime warranty, this guitar from the Gibson Certified Vintage program will ship with its original hardshell case.

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