Gibson S-1 1977 - Natural

The S-1 has buckle rash (the body is really dense and heavy. Although the buckle rash is there, the exposed wood is smooth with NO dents. The wood might Ash or Maple), a replaced tuning peg (the previous owner changed to a plastic button and some rust at harmonica bridge and neck plate (most probably from sweat). The frets are in really good shape.

It was made of a solid Les Paul Jr-like body with a maple Flying V neck bolted on. It has Schaller made "Harmonica" style tune-o-matic bridge and the standard Gibson stop tailpiece.

The S-1 is unique in its elaborate electronics and wiring. It features three "see-thru" (set in epoxy) single-coil pickups designed by Bill Lawrence, which could be used together to generate humbucking sounds. The pickups are controlled by a combination of a toggle switch and a "chicken head" rotary switch. The rotary switch has four positions which allows different selections of pickup combinations: 1) neck + middle, 2), middle + bridge 3) all three together, and 4) neck and bridge out of phase. The toggle switch bypassed the entire 4 position rotary switch circuit and made one straight connection to the bridge pick-up. The original hang tags, electronics instructions and warranty card are in the case.