The 1980's

You will note that I currently have no instruments in this category, and show this previously sold one only as a reference. The 80's were not a great decade for Gibson and most instruments made were trendy and short-lived. The above is an XR-1, and though a good guitar, was only made for a couple of years. It may be the precursor to the Studio (which came out the next year) as it is basically a Standard with dot markers, a decal logo, and no binding. The XR-1 had a factory coil tap switch, a popular item in the 80's, which fortunately was not continued on the Studio model.