The Year Series ‘78 was offered in two styles, the “Century” and the “Heritage.” The Century was available as a six string where as the Heritage was available in both six and twelve strings. The Century had a spruce top while the Heritage had a cedar top. The Century used perloid dot markers and a bone saddle and nut, where as the Heritage used brass. The Century had a brown two ring sound hole purfling and the Heritage had a single maple ring. The Century had chrome tuners and the Heritage gold.