Gibson Custom Shop · Goldtop Flying V Standards

2013–2014 Custom Shop Goldtop Flying V Standards

Gold-finished Custom Shop Flying V Standards are documented in both 2013 and 2014. The available dealer descriptions give them different edition names, so this page treats them as related year-specific examples rather than assuming they are one identical, uninterrupted model run. The photographs below show the 2014 guitar only.

2014 Goldtop example

Full front view of the 2014 Gibson Custom Shop Goldtop Flying V among vintage guitar cases — Full front view

Closer front view showing the gold finish, pickups, and controls — Body, pickups, and controls

Gibson headstock and upper fingerboard detail — Headstock and fingerboard

The Goldtop Flying V shown in its open hardshell case — Guitar in its open case

Back of the headstock with the Custom Shop serial number CS 401313 — Back of headstock and serial

Gold finish and hardware photographed in the open case — Finish and hardware detail

Rear view of the Flying V and its neck — Back of the guitar

Close-up of the Custom Shop serial number CS 401313 — Serial number detail

Rear body and neck detail — Rear body and neck

Close-up of the neck wood and finish — Neck finish detail

Pictures courtesy of Rivington Guitars.

Year	What is documented
2013	A Gibson Custom Shop Flying V Standard Goldtop was listed as a Benchmark limited edition. It is a separate dated example; the available record does not establish that its run continued into 2014.
2014	A Gibson Custom Shop Flying V Standard Goldtop was listed as a Limited Edition. The pictured guitar carries serial CS 401313. The photographs show a gold finish, bound body, trapezoid fingerboard inlays, two humbuckers, a tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar, and four control knobs.

The 2013 and 2014 examples are similar in broad configuration, but the different edition names and year-specific listings do not establish that they were the same production run. No total production quantity is stated here.

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