I bought this guitar, with my first ever bank loan from my first proper job, in 1981 from Curly Music in Liverpool. I played my first public gig with it, kept it through good times and bad and always intended to take it with me to the afterlife.

The thing is, it never gets played, hangs on the wall and gets covered in dust. 
I’ve priced it high as I’m rather unsure of its value, particularly with the mods listed below, as in some ways it’s priceless but I’ll let the market decide.

As I’ve owned it and played it for so long it’s been through a few changes.
There’s the SG style strap button that I installed on the rear of the body when straplocks hadn’t been invented and accidents were common.
When I bought it, the original tar-backs had been replaced with a DiMarzio PAF and a Super Distortion. These have since been replaced with a pair of burstbuckers. I don’t have the original tar-backs.
The jack socket has been replaced a few times and the surround once.
The pots are original.
The original nut has been re-installed. The asymmetric pull of the strings often displaced the original Gibson glue.
There is a poorly routed area beneath the pickguard where the original owner installed a booster(!) circuit but it’s completely hidden.
The booster circuit included adding a mini-switch to the pickguard.
The current white, laminated pickguard is therefore a replacement for the original solid white one.
There is also a black pickguard that came from Tim Gentle music in the 80’s
There’s plenty of player wear to the plating but no breaks or repairs.
There are many dings and nicks but she’s a wonderful example of a used, but cherished, ’76 guitar.
Frets are excellent, very flat and the actions is low.
Neck profile is classic ’76 Explorer baseball bat style.
Comes with the original, purple-lined slightly tatty case.

I’m in no rush to part with it and unfortunately I won’t post it. However, I’m happy to travel to arrange a happy transaction.