1965 BARNEY KESSEL CUSTOM Model Arch Top Hollow Body Electric Guitar made in Kalamazoo,Cherry Sunburst, Super Flame Top and Back and all ! ,Rare, OHC EX+++ code GI002

1965 Gibson Barney Kessel "custom" is in absolutely stunning condition. Beautiful Cherry Sunburst finish whit a incredible flaming of maple everywhere. Patent sticker decal pickups, The neck is gorgeous with Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard w/ MOP Bowtie Inlays width at the nut 42,5 mm - 1fret 43,6 mm - 12 ftret 52,3 mm, straight and perfectly intonated with almost no fret wear. Original tuners and 1965 humbuckers are hot, dense and just gorgeous. It is just a genuine pleasure to play. The body is delightfully resonant and the guitar is really quite loud acoustically, due to the quality old woods and fully hollow design.  Mr. Kessel enjoyed a long and varied career in jazz and as a session musician for various pop acts, including The Monkees and The Beach Boys. The Kessel Signature model's most notable feature is a 17" wide, full depth body with a double sharp "Florentine" cutaway. Original yellow Lined Gibson Hard case

Barney Kessel, a pioneer of the electric guitar and a master of harmonic improvisations, also recorded over fifty albums including a number of innovative albums with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Ray Brown that were remarkable for the lack of a pianist. He also performed with the Oscar Peterson Trio and ensembles with Charlie Parker, Charlie Barnet, Art Tatum and Artie Shaw, and with performers Elvis Presley, Liberace and The Beach Boys. Leaving the jazz world for studio work, between 1967 and 1970, he operated Barney Kessel's Music World in Hollywood, but, in 1972, he returned to full-time stage work