believed made circa 1967, serial no. A132, an unconventional guitar manufactured by Bartell of California, presented to George Harrison in August 1967 whilst he was renting a house on Blue Jay Way, Los Angeles; the contoured maple hollow body with twin cutaways in three-tone sunburst finish, with two f-holes, two single coil pickups with four Daka-ware rotary volume/tone controls, selector switch, four-ply laminated scratchplate, compensator bridge and rectangular tailpiece, maple neck with rosewood cap and phenolic fingerboard with painted line markers, celluloid truss rod cover, 'Bartell of California' decal to the headstock, Kluson Deluxe machineheads, in padded gig bag; accompanied by a photograph of George Harrison with his guitar collection at Friar Park, circa 1974, this guitar clearly visible at his left elbow, and statements from the vendor and associates regarding the gifting of the guitar in the 1980s, accompanied by a letter of provenance, CITES licence no.593367/01, 40.5in (103cm) long
believed made circa 1967, serial no. A132, an unconventional guitar manufactured by Bartell of California, presented to George Harrison in August 1967 whilst he was renting a house on Blue Jay Way, Los Angeles; the contoured maple hollow body with twin cutaways in three-tone sunburst finish, with two f-holes, two single coil pickups with four Daka-ware rotary volume/tone controls, selector switch, four-ply laminated scratchplate, compensator bridge and rectangular tailpiece, maple neck with rosewood cap and phenolic fingerboard with painted line markers, celluloid truss rod cover, 'Bartell of California' decal to the headstock, Kluson Deluxe machineheads, in padded gig bag; accompanied by a photograph of George Harrison with his guitar collection at Friar Park, circa 1974, this guitar clearly visible at his left elbow, and statements from the vendor and associates regarding the gifting of the guitar in the 1980s, accompanied by a letter of provenance, CITES licence no.593367/01, 40.5in (103cm) long
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