1993 Gibson Limited Edition Flying V in Cadillac Gold - #20 of 50 produced. Made in USA. This guitar is essentially a Custom Shop guitar prior to the existence of the Custom Shop. Guitar comes with a Calzone ATA Case. I purchased the guitar in the mid 90's and played it regularly for several years before the collector market took off. Since then it has been kept in the case. I tried to take as detailed photos as I could. I changed the orientation of the hardware on the pickguard. Originally, the output jack was at the lower end but after stepping on the cord, it cracked the guard. rather than replace the guard, I just moved things around a bit - I liked the volume and tone controls better operationally in a straight line anyway. This guitar has no issues whatsoever - it plays beautifully. Ebony fretboard. Gold hardware that shows some aging. a few normal wear nicks and dings, but nothing I would consider significant. Still in amazing shape for a 30 year old instrument. Definitely a rare guitar - only 50 made.

Trogly has a video on number #31, look it up on YouTube and it will give you a great background on these guitars. A few points he makes is these are rarer than the centennial and were a precursor to the centennial flying v's. These have appointments of both the 1958 flying V and the 1967 flying V.

This Cadillac Gold Flying V has a Metallic Gold finish, V-shaped mahogany body based on the 1958 and 1967 Flying V, slim taper '60's neck, Gold hardware and pickup covers, rubber strip on underside of treble wing, mahogany neck, 22-fret ebony fingerboard, ABR tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar, arrow-shaped headstock with a raised gold “Gibson” logo, and bell-shaped truss-rod cover.  The guitar was custom made by Gibson for an artist in 1993.

INTERESTING: a guy contacted me about this guitar after seeing this post... I wont give out his name, but he sent me a photo of his employee ID and a message:

I'm stunned. One of my first guitars I made for Gibson on November 8, 1993. This is the first one I've seen in 31 years. My start date was 93123xxx. I hope it plays well still...I took a lot of pride in my work as though I was making them for myself... This picture was taken Nov 8, 1993 (referring to his ID). The same day this guitar was made and stamped...one of my first. This guitar was one of the last guitars built on the Ekstrom as well. Thanksgiving, we switched to the Komo machine. I can't tell you when Gibson bought the Ekstrom, but I was told it was in the early 60s. Your guitar is one of the last handmade guitars. What I mean is the Ekstrom was so old they made the bodies bigger to hand sand them smooth and to size. No two were identical. This guitar survived the old ways with a new guy who had 16 years of experience in the old way. That's a unique guitar, but I'm biased towards my work...😬

VERY COOL!