Heitage Korina Gibson Flying V's

The Flying V Heritage - 1981 to 1984

This is the first reissue to be close to the original 1958 Flying V, they are made out of Korina (a Gibson trade mark for african Limba wood). Gibson came back to the raised plastic molded gold logo although it seems that it actually was silver on the originals). The wings are cut out of 2 or 3 pieces of wood with the veing running parallel to the neck intead of parallel to the edges as on the original 58's.

1981 the Heritage was available in candy apple red and natural finish (mostly white pickguards but a few black), the serial numbers were inked at the back of the headstock, their format was a letter followed by 3 digits :

A 034, B 071 etc

1982 Heritage / FF-82

Heritage guitars were available in natural korina and black.
The FF-82 was a special serie made specially by the Custom Shop for the 1982 Frankfurt Messe. 100 guitars were produces out of which 80 went to the Germans Gibson Distributor and 20 to the Swiss Distributor (Zenker AG).
One guitar was exposed at the fair. This specific guitar has several rubies incrusted (see pics below courtesy Kelly).
Another typical feature is the bound fretboard. All were sold CHF 2'500.00 within 2 hours flat. The FF-82 were all produced in Alpine white (with gold hardware). Those bare a Gibson custom shop sticker and the serial number is embossed instead of inked. Actual price varies greatly depending on seller but good examples can be found around USD 1'500.00.