This guitar is in excellent condition and plays very well.  I have owned it for about 20 years, played it very little and taken excellent care of it.  The guitar is as pictured and I am not familiar with its history prior to my purchase of the instrument 20 years ago.  I have recently received an inquiry from another eBay member regarding the originality of all parts and components.  I am not qualified to answer that other than the serial no. is S770174, which according to information I have received indicates that it was produced in 1974.