More than any other guitar, I dream for one of the first several dozen Fender Esquires ever made. They were thin-bodied at 1-1/2", made of pine, had a black/white color scheme, a single pickup, and a neck with no truss rod. Yummy...
Here is one of Fender's modern reissues of those guitars:
345. Trapeze. Ebony board. Mahogany neck. Mono. Teardrop tobacco/vintage burst (deep black to whiskey yellow..no brown). Nickel hardware. Black rings and speeds. Nickel covers on a set of late patent# style pickups.
No flame, just age rings, water and mineral marks.
My good buddy Dave has me over to the manse for a few beers and a jam session. My playing is so good, he hands me this, saying he won't be needing it any more.
"This ’55 Esquire was used on the recording of David’s first solo album, and on the 'The Wall' recording sessions. It has a custom fitted neck pickup which was installed by Seymour Duncan – who sold this guitar to David in the first place.
David nicknamed this guitar “The Workmate” because of its worn color."
There are a few guitars that are on my long time must have list and a few of them are pretty high dollar but are still do-able...a 60's Gibson Barney Kessel Custom:
A Trussart Steel Top,. not unlike this one:
But if we're talking dream guitars I'm thinking I need to pick something I'll never, ever own...
In that case maybe a real Burst LP in a nice low flame/unburst: