The Gibson MIV Deluxe is a limited edition double-cutaway un-Gibson-like guitar produced between 1991 and 1992. It features a reversed Explorer headstock and an HSH pickup configuration with a Gibson 500T, a Gibson NSX single coil and a Gibson 496R humbucker. In combination with the five-way switch and a two-way toggle the guitar was capable to produce a total of nine different sounds. The two-way toggle flipped the neck and bridge pickups from humbucker to single coil mode and back. The 5 way switch also had a stand-by position for kill-switch effects. The set-in neck with a slim-taper profile joined the body at the 22nd fret, making the upper frets very accessible. The tremolo on the Gibson MIV Deluxe was a Steinberger Jam Trem. And the body was made of Black Limba wood (Korina)
