I’ve heard people call this a variation on Gibson’s Crest model because of the rosewood body, but it’s very much its own thing. The Crest was built more like an ES-330 with Johnny Smith pickups, but this one-off guitar that was made for Tony Mottola is basically a heavily customised ES-355.
Tony was a very successful professional guitarist who played for Frank Sinatra among others, and he designed this guitar with Les Paul. His fingerprints are all over it, starting with the pickups, which appear to be the ones used for the Les Paul Personal, Professional and Recording models, as well as the early L-5S and Les Paul bass.
