1982 D'Aquisto Special Electric

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  • Year: 1982
  • Manufacturer: D'Aquisto
  • Model: Special Electric
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Cherry Sunburst
  • Condition: Near Mint
  • Description: Jimmy D'Aquisto (1935-1995) was an American guitar maker best known as the premier maker of custom guitars. He served as an apprentice to John D'Angelico in the early 1950s and was considered his successor after the latter's death in 1964. From his shop in Farmingdale, New York and later during his "golden period" in Greenport Long Island, New York, D'Aquisto became the top guitar maker from the late 1960s until his death in 1995. This amazing Special Electric is all original. The body is made out of laminated maple, wide maple neck and ebony fingerboard. Original electronics and Kent Armstrong pickups. * 2 mini toggle switch for series (up), split (middle), out of phase itself (down) on each pickup. * Slight minor repair on side of the guitar