GIBSON BARNEY KESSEL CUSTOM Description
- symmetrical sharp double Florentine cutaway body, laminated spruce top, laminated maple back and sides, two bound f-holes, three-ply top and back body binding, set two-piece maple neck with mahogany strip (early models only) or three-piece mahogany/maple/mahogany neck (mid-1962-1973), 20-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl bow-tie inlays, bound black-painted headstock with pearl Gibson logo and pearl quaver note inlay, three-per-side Grover Roto-Matic tuners (early models) or Kluson tuners (mid-1960s-1973), rosewood-based tune-o-matic bridge, trapeze tailpiece with raised diamond and rosewood shield plastic Barney Kessel nameplate, raised five-ply pickguard with a beveled edge, two humbucker pickups, four amber knobs (two v, two tone), three-way pickup switch, jack on side of body, gold hardware, available in Cherry Sunburst, Viceroy Brown (mid-1960s only), or Walnut (mid-1960s only) finish, 17 in. body width, 21 in. body length, 3 in. body depth, 25.5 in. scale, total production of 740 instruments, mfg. 1961-1973.