GIBSON BARNEY KESSEL REGULAR Description
- symmetrical sharp double Florentine cutaway body, laminated spruce top (1961-63) or laminated maple top (1963-1973), laminated maple back and sides, two f-holes, three-ply top and back body binding, set one-piece mahogany neck, 20-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl split parallelogram inlays, bound black-painted headstock with pearl Gibson logo and pearl crown inlay, three-per-side Kluson Deluxe tuners, rosewood-based bridge with a compensated saddle, 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, nickel hardware, available in Black or Cherry Sunburst finish, 17 in. body width, 21 in. body length, 3 in. body depth, 25.5 in. scale, total production of 1,117 instruments, mfg. 1961-1973.