Noble V-653 Soloist Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar, made by Wandre, c. 1962, ser. #987.

Noble V-653 Soloist Model Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar, made by Wandre, c. 1962, made in Italy, serial # 987, yellow sparkle finish, maple and plastic body, sheathed aluminum neck with rosewood fingerboard. Overall length is 39 in. (99.1 cm.), 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). Very nice original condition; there are some typical old tight cracks to the plastic body covering but no major wear. It looks like a small crack by the jack in the plastic inset holding the controls has had a repair, and the area has been sanded/polished a bit. The fragile pickup assembly has no cracks or breaks, which are very common on these. This guitar was sold originally in the US and the phone jack appears period; European models have a small specific plug that is often dysfunctional. Appears all original except one of the neck securing bolts has been replaced with a functional but aesthetically less pleasing square nut. This extremely rare 3-pickup model plays and sounds extremely well, with new flavors of the completely unique tone Davoli pickups are famous for among connoisseurs of the fretted world of weird. Comes with a modern HSC. Excellent - Condition.