Only 70 ES-250 guitars were made by the Gibson company before WW II, talk about scarcity........... As with the ES-150 model the 250 was used by Charlie Christian.Made with high quality woods and superb parts like the pickup with the big magnets, made by CC pickups, vintage correct real bakelite knobs, faux tortoise pickguard, incredible handmade vintage replica tailpiece and handcut gold Mother of Pearl ‘open book’ inlays in the ebony fingerboard.