VINTAGE 1973 GIBSON LES PAUL DELUXE ELECTRIC GUITAR GOOD CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION WITH COMMON SIGNS OF USE AND AGE,SCRATCHES, NICKS, DINGS AND BUCKLE MARKSI SEE NO NECK/HEADSTOCK REPAIRS, BREAKS OR CRACKS IN THE WOODTHE GUITAR HAS THE FACTORY NATURAL FINISH ON THE NECK, BACK AND SIDES WHICH IS ONLY FOUND ON LES PAUL DELUXE GUITARS FROM THIS TIME PERIODALL CHERRY EXAMPLES I HAVE SEEN HAVE CHERRY FINISH ON BACK AND SIDESTOP RED FINISH HAS BLED INTO BINDING AND SOME PLASTIC PARTS AND HAS AN AREAON THE LOWER FRONT TOP WHERE A STRAP OR SOMETHING REACTED WITH THE FINISHI AM NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THIS ANOMALY BUT PERHAPS THE INSTRUMENT WAS STORED IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH WAS NOT FRIENDLY TO NITRO CELLULOSE LAQUERI HAVE SEEN 1990'S ERA PINK LINED GIBSON CASES WHICH HAVE BLEED INTO GUITAR FINISHES AND PLASTIC PARTS AND MABY IT WAS AT ONE POINT IN ONE OF THESE CASES OR COVERED WITH SOMETHING WHICH REACTED WITH THE FINISHTHE TOP MAY HAVE BEEN SPRAYED CHERRY AFTER IT LEFT THE FACTORY BUT I FIND NO SIGNS OF SANDING MARKS OR WHERE THE BINDING WAS MELTED FROM PAINT STRIPPERSO I DONT KNOW HOW IT COULD HAVE HAD THE GOLD REMOVED IF THAT IS WHAT HAPPENEDI ALSO SEE NO EVIDENCE OF THE GUITAR EVER BEING PAINTED GOLD BUT MABY IT LEFT THE FACTORY AS A GOLD TOP AND MABY IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE FINISH APPLICATIONPICKUP CAVITIES ARE RED AND THE SOLDER JOINT ON THE ONE ORIGINAL POT APPEARS FACTORY SO THE PICKUP DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS REMOVEDI AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER SO I REALLY DO NOT KNOW ITS HISTORYIT IS A GREAT PLAYERS GRADE INSTRUMENTPLEASE SEE PHOTOS BELOW