1959 Gibson ES-330 Sunburst, Excellent, Original Hard, $6,000.00

I sold this guitar a few years ago and just bought it back-it's that good. Why is the inside of this guitar painted red? We'll get to that. It's a 1959 big ol' neck ES-330. Plays great, sounds great and won't break the bank. It has, like most 330's, an added strap button at the heel-they didn't come with a second strap button-probably an edict from the bean counters at Gibson to save thirty five cents per guitar. It is original except the guitar had a Bigsby B3 at some point but the holes (only at the end pin-none in the top) have been very expertly filled. So, what's the deal with the red paint. It's factory-the factory order number and model name are on top of the red, not under it. But why paint the inside of a 330 red? Apparently, when a guitar was used for the brochure, it had to be photographed a certain way and the unfinished wood would reflect the light and look odd. The red paint was a more pleasing tone-remember this was black and white-so they painted the inside red before the guitar was assembled and put it aside for photo shoots. I'll put up a black and white photo so you can see just how pleasing it is. Correct brown case needs a hinge repaired.