Bill Comins Renaissance 16" Archtop 2008 Natural

Would be over $12,000 new. Selling my lovely Comins, purchased new from Bill in 08'. It's 16" x 3" body,  25 1/4" scale. I specified 1 3/4" nut, but it actually measures 1 23/32", and is a bit easier to play, and I prefer it to my other 1 3/4" necks.  Bill is fanatical about comfortable necks. 5A Euro maple sides and back, Euro Spruce. One note: we talked back and forth about about controls mounted on the pickguard vs. top. Bill thought archtops with built in pickups actually sound better with more things mounted on the top, ie: controls, 2nd (bridge) pickup...etc.. I chickened out and went with pickguard mounted.  Yet later I regretted that decision, as in practice, the controls always got in the way of my right hand when playing (guess having to do with the smaller dimensions of a 16), so I decided to finally get them mouted in the top after the fact. Bill was too busy at the time, and suggested I get it done locally, so I took it to master Los Angeles based luthier/repairman John Carruthers. He also expertly put plugs in the holes left in the pickguard from the missing pots, which if I never mentioned, you might never notice. I prefer this guitar w/o a pickguard, and keep it off. I'll just pack the guard in the case - you decide - hopefully I can find the screws, but if not easy enough to procure. Condition is wonderful. There is a small ding (shown in pic) on the front of the upper bout. Some laquer was filled in and buffed out. If one is so inclined, a luthier can sweat that out flush (which  they routinely do that to dings on my tops when I get my classicals re french polished), which to my amazement disappear. A few tiny scatches here and there - I'm a player, not a curater - but I take very careful care of my instuments, and overall it's cosmetically excellent.  Feel free to ask questions. Reasonable offers gracously considered.