Sonex-180 (Standard):
(From the "vintage guitars" link in England below)
Body Specs:
Multi-phonic™ body construction (wood core, resin outer layer)
Single cutaway design
Adjustable chrome plated Tune-0-Matic bridge with chrome plated stop-bar tailpiece
Uniquely shaped double sided finger rest with white revealed edge
Two high ouput Gibson "Dirty Fingers" 3-point adjustable exposed pickups that feature one cream and one black coil
3-position toggle switch for pickup selection (individual or both pickups simultaneously)
Coil tap switch to place either humbucking pickup into a single point non-humbucking mode
Attractive, efficient black speed knobs
Pickguard covers 3/4 of body, bolt-on 3-piece neck
Ebony finish

Body size:
Length 17-1/4"}
Width 13"
Depth 1-3/4"

Neck Specs:
One piece select hardwood construction
Width at fingerboard nut 1-11/16"
Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays and corresponding side dots
Individually enclosed chrome plated machine heads
Gibson truss rod with distinctive truss rod cover, decal logo
22 frets
24-3/4" scale length


Introduced as Sonex 180: 1980
Re-named Sonex-180 Deluxe: 1981
"Sonex by Gibson" logo decal: June 1982
"The Gibson Guitar Co." logo decal: July 1982
Standard Gibson logo, ebony, candy apple red, silverburst, or antique fireburst finish: Late 1982
Discontinued 1984.