Buscarino Virtuoso Archtop 18" Cherry Sunburst, Robert Yelin Collection. UNRESERVED. Serial#: B1037996. As the described crown jewel of the Buscarino Archtop Collection, the Virtuoso is the standard by which all other modern archtops are set.

Built to the most exacting standards, this guitar has a laminated three-piece Flamed Maple neck, a single rounded Venetian cutaway, solid ebony features (fingerboard, pickguard, and tailpiece), and a two-way adjustable truss rod. Presented in a Cherry Sunburst finish, this guitar also has Burl veneer on the face and rear of the headstock, heel cap, and truss rod cover, which complements the Virtuoso inlay on the headstock. Also featured is a Mother-of-Pearl vine/floral inlay spanning the length of the fingerboard.

Perhaps a testament to the longtime friendship between John Buscarino and the late Robert Yelin is another detail on this guitar, and that's Yelin's name inlaid on a beautiful scroll surrounded by the aforementioned vine pattern on the solid ebony tailpiece.

VG+; near-mint