This guitar has a number of distinguishing features: the highly flamed maple sides, the unique “melody note” headstock inlay which appeared on only a few Barney Kessel Custom examples, the unique “bow tie” fretboard markers and the original “waffle back” Grover tuners. Finally, there is the original gold-plated Bigsby vibrato which lends extra playing flexibility to this guitar. A true “jazz box” guitar which was and remains a tribute to the innovative and diverse guitar styling of Mr. Kessel. Excellent condition with HSC.