Carl Harvey prototype custom ESP Rastacasta electric guitar and case

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This is a prototype custom ESP Rastacasta electric guitar (.1) with case (.2a), played by Carl Harvey of Toots and the Maytals. The guitar has a wood body finished with three stripes in red, yellow and green. The neck and headstock are a natural wood tone. It has a black pickguard, and red, yellow and green pickups with gold toned hardware. The black hardshell case (.2a) is rectangular with fasteners along the sides and a single black handle. It has a grey padded interior molded to fit the guitar. Inside the guitar case was a plastic zip-lock bag of the following items: a gold colored whammy bar with a black rubber tip (.2b). An unopened black cardboard box of guitar strings manufactured by Tite-Fit (.2c). On it is white text that reads "TITE-FIT / 9.5 -44 / THE HANDMADE STRING / DR." Three extra tuning knobs in red, green, and yellow (.2d-f).

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