Less than 20 of these first year 1959 ES-355’s were made in factory mono, factory stop tail but no Vairtone - this is one of them. We bought it as a husk with the intention of restoring it to its former glory as close as we possibly could. It was originally cherry red of course, then at some stage was sprayed sunburst then a little while ago was sent to Historic Makeovers who refinished it in black and aged it to perfection.