That's the old split explorer headstock. Not sure it goes with a reverse V, but it certainly looked good on an explorer (I've seen an original split headstock explorer valued at $1,000,000)
I think thats the orignal futura headstock. It came out at the same time as the V and explorer but was much less popular. Today an original futura goes for alot more than 10 grand.
Having played many V's they are not the most comfortable guitars around. The made that guitar 100 times uglier and harder to play, good job Gibson keep up the screwing customers.
Ah, this explains why the explorer I saw was valued at $1M...
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Originally Posted by Gibson site
Split Headstock Explorer and Flying V
Custom's historic collection curator, Edwin Wilson, found an original middle '50s concept illustration of a prototype Explorer featuring a split head stock.
The unique headstock was eventually used only on the 1957 Korina Futura. It was that original Ted McCarty era illustration that inspired Custom's contemporary luthiers to create the new Flying V Split Headstock and the Explorer Split Headstock
