Fender 1985 D’Aquisto Elite, Violin Sunburst

A more rare model for Fender, D’Aquisto Elite model was designed in collaboration with Jimmy D’Aquisto himself, based on his laminate design for players like Jim Hall. This 16" archtop comes with a spruce and maple body, with a single neck pickup for jazz tones. It is in excellent condition with no major wear besides light playwear to the gloss finish shown in the provided photos. It exhibits a few checking lines and is missing the original pickguard. Serial #E524619, comes with the original case.

Specs:

• Body width: 16"

• Body depth: approximately 2¾"

• Top: Arched spruce

• Back & sides: Figured/flamed maple

• Construction: Laminated maple back and sides

• Neck: 3-piece solid maple

• Neck joint: Set neck

• Fingerboard: Solid ebony

• Fingerboard inlays: Mother-of-pearl block

• Scale length: 24¾"

• Nut width: 1 11/16"

• Controls: Master volume + master tone

• Control knobs: Solid ebony

• Bridge: Adjustable compensated ebony

• Tailpiece: Contoured ebony

• Pickguard: Bound ebony

• Tuners: Sealed Fender tuners with ebony buttons

• Hardware: Gold-plated