D'Aquisto c. 1990 Solid Body "Special" Lefty Sunburst
The amount of "solid body" electric guitars James D'Aquisto made in his career is debated. The ledgers say 29 or so, some people say more or less, but what's evident is that the rarity and quality of these guitars are two major factors in their popularity and collectability. Like a good amount of these late period "solids", this guitar is actually a semi hollow guitar with no F-holes (a center block and two hollow chambers on the side) and this distinction makes for an incredibly resonant guitar. Though there is no distinct serial anywhere on the guitar, this particular example comes with original paperwork both notating a headstock repair/refinish and also an original appraisal paper and bill of sale from Jimmy D'Aquisto himself from at or before 1994, along with the Ledgers mentioning only two Left-Handed Solid Bodies between 1987 and 1990, and the specific shape and finish type/quality evident in the later guitars, placing this squarely in that period, hence the "c. 1990". This guit