This guitar plays and sound great. Amazing craftsmanship! It's a factory second. I don't know what made its so. Other than the lacquer cracks from normal age, there are about two blemishes which are shown in the pictures. The original owner wrote something on the the back of the headstock with a Sharpie. Some of that wiped off. Other than that the guitar is in great shape. I'd give it an 8 out 10. The 6 digit serial number starts with a 1, so it could have been built from 1970 to 1975. It comes with an old Gibson case made for a larger guitar. I put strap locks on it. I'll include the strap. I don't know where I put the original strap buttons but I will look if requested.