Barbara Custom ES-335 Copy. According to the seller, "This guitar was custom built by a former luthier at Gibson before they moved to Memphis. He was in charge of the 335 line, and since retiring, makes these on a custom order basis and calls them "Barbara Guitars. The specs are exactly like a 335. The body is solid flamed maple, no laminates. The neck is mahogany. The hardware is all gold, grover tuners, and the pickguard, truss rod cover, and pickup rings are all ebony and oiled with a special formula tung oil instead of being covered with polyurethane. Triple bound, and the F-holes are also bound.
The pickups are a gold copy of a Gibson PAF that he has 'fine tuned' and custom wound to bring out all the warmth of the semi hollow body. They are really a great sounding pickup. I plugged it in to my Mesa Lonestar and the clean, woody, jazzy sound out of it is just beautiful. Hits that mellow harp sound on the neck, and a strong bite when fliped to the bridge."
Also: "The luthier's name is Alan Kenyon from Gallatin, Tennessee. I would say that it's probably much better sounding and better built than the majority(if not all) of Gibson 335's that are stocked in stores(except for
vintage). Sad, that many would overlook and pass these custom made by private luthiers because they are too focused on the headstock branding."
