Very Similar to Lindsey Buckingham and Andy Summers Guitars.

2008 Carruthers ACS6.

This near mint 13 1/4 inch wide, 2 inches deep guitar weighs just 5.60 lbs. Single black-bound close-grain spruce top on chambered mahogany, single-cutaway body. One-piece birds-eye maple neck with a nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches, a medium-to-fat profile and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. 'Slab' rosewood fretboard with 22 original jumbo frets and pearl dot position markers. The end of the neck has the serial number "6408" in pencil and also John Carruthers pencil monogram. Headstock face with black decal "Carruthers Guitars / Venice California USA". Individual 'Kluson' Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons (black anodized). Single EMG pickup with an output of 14.75k. EQ control panel with four 'slider' controls on bass side of body. Bone saddle on specific-shaped rosewood base. Black plastic covered battery (1 x PP9) compartment accessible from back. There are a few marks on the back and sides of the body and one small mark on the top. This fine instrument is in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition. Housed in a modern gig-bag.

John Carruthers started to make guitars at home in his father's woodshop in their family’s basement. After graduating from High School in the late sixties, John moved to Los Angeles and obtained a job working at Westwood Music in West Los Angeles repairing guitars. Yamaha asked John to work for them as a consultant to help design their SG, SA, FG and FC electric and acoustic guitars, and their BB basses. Yamaha also hired him to set up their service departments and train their personnel. Bill Schultz in turn hired John to work at Fender. John’s career working on design and production spanned from their Fullerton complex to Brea, and finally to Corona. Most notably, John worked on the designs and implementation of the Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy D’Aquisto, Robben Ford, all Vintage Reissues and the Acoustic lines of guitars. With the success of the Fender product lines, John was asked to run the Fender Custom Shop but declined. Leo Fender took notice of John’s work, and asked him to consult with him on design and implementation of the Musicman Stingray and Sabre guitars and basses. Upon Leo Fender’s death, John was given the honor to make a limited 600-count run of bodies of the Leo Fender Commemorative Guitar Model for G&L. During the same time period, John also worked for Ibanez and helped them design and improve many of their guitars including the Joe Pass model, and the Artist Series guitars and basses. With these notable accomplishments, John moved to a larger shop in Santa Monica. After a few years, he bought his historic shop in Venice Beach, CA, where he remained for 30 years. In 2011, Carruthers Guitars moved to a new facility in Camarillo, CA. The new facility is nearly three times the size and is better equipped for manufacturing John’s world renowned guitars and basses.