This guitar used to belong to famous Corsican guitar player Paolo Quilici..laminated curly maple back and sides, three piece maple neck, ebony fingerboard, solid spruce top.. the whole guitar has a warm orange glow...!!! two repaired cracks on the top. one little ding on the back of the neck....excellent playability and sound...in Francois Charle's book, you can see the small photo of a 45 cover, with Paolo and the guitar.