Nuese, who played with Gram Parsons in the International Submarine Band, modified (or arguably, mutilated) the guitar with a distinctive second cutaway to accommodate his left-handedness ...
Toward the end of 1965, Bloomfield traded the guitar to John Neuse, who gave him a 1954 gold-top Les Paul in return. Neuse was a good friend of Gram Parsons, who would become a member the Byrds ...