Well what can I say about this guitar!! I bought it brand new in 1998 from cranes music in Cardiff it is a 1998 standard made in the Nashville factory and came with the maestro tremelo. It's not mint but still in good condition, it has played it's fair share of shows in its time with me and never let me down there are few dinks and scrapes but nothing major. It's becoming a good looking vintage relic! It's not totally original any more the machine heads are us sperzel locking tuners and the pickups custom made alnico 2 humbuckers that I bought about 7 years ago and for the life of me I can't remember what they are but they sound amazing it also comes with original hard case. The reason for saying this is a rare guitar is obviously because of the maestro tremelo coming as standard. I can't find another one like it! If anyone can show me another one I'd love to see it. Very reluctant sale. thanks for your time and please no time wasters.