Here we have the dark tobacco burst and is believed to be among the first few made in production from late 74 to 75. Notice the small size of the yellow burst, the dark brown color representing the tobacco tint with very little red.

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Information on this dark tobacco sunburst Ripper

 Clues to manufactured date that suggest 1975

    1.         Dark Tobacco Burst, serial number 101213 which Gibson says             manufactured in 1972 (wrong) but suggests an early mfg date
      
    2.         Pot dates 1377401 suggesting 1974 and 1377335 suggesting 1973

    3.         Capacitor, is yellow barrel style, markings, 200 VDC +10%