I bought this beauty in a second hand guitars' shop in late 1983 in Paris (France), by the way the owner's of the guitar's shop was the famous picking guitarist Marcel Dadi,(died on the flight TWA800 crashed in 1996, he has recorded one album in duo with Chet Atkins) and he sold me this guitar and confirmed that the guitar was a real vintage one. It was a child's dream...both the guitar and the meeting with this great guitarist. It seems that even the original case was sold with it, simulated alligator skin brown/burgundy color, with the inside coffin red. The outside of the case seems to be very old due to time age. This guitar has a terrific sound with the Fender Blues Deluxe amps!