Gibson CS336 Custom Figured Top Electric Guitar (with Case)

The Custom Shop's first tonally carved guitar.

Item: GIBCS336F

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Gibson CS336 Custom Figured Top Electric Guitar (with Case) reviews

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38 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

 

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* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Gibson CS-336 Custom Customer Review

Feature:
Guitar has the best materials and I love the design concept. Its slightly lighter than my Les Paul 59 RI's and the tone is just as sweet and woody. You can spend a lot more money and not get a much better tone.

Quality:
Once again the quality is top notch. Mine is a flamed top in tangerine burst. I always get comments on how good it looks and sounds.

Value:
I believe this guitar is priced correctly for the build quality, tone and design.

Desirability:
Already stated. It's nice to look at. It has great visual appeal, sound good, is easy to play, feels good in your hands, nice and solid, like a Gibson.

Sound:
I would place the sound of this guitar close to an ES 335 with a hint of Les Paul. With the tone controls you can really vary the sound (just like most Gibsons)

Ease of Use:
This guitar is very easy to play. No problems with set up at all. I use 10 - 52 as I tune down half a step. The only complaint I have about the playability is the tight fit of my hand in the cut-away when playing in the upper registers (above G).

Support:
Never had to use it.

Overall:
Actually, I am considering purchasing a CS-356 (I wish they made one with the Varitone control, like my old ES-345).

Submitted: 11/17/2007

Style of Music: hard rock, classic rock, metal

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* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

"A Truly Incredible Axe."

Feature:
My only disappointment is that it does not have an ebony fretboard....I have since found out about the Kiefer Sutherland inspired model, but that is about $1000 more than I paid for mine.

Quality:
It did need a setup, and the nut was not cut very well, plus it was made of plastic...I expected slightly better quality control, but once it was et up to my specifications....didn't matter.

Value:
Worth every penny....I have owned this guitar for 7 months and it has become my main electric axe.

Desirability:
This guitar caught my eye one day in my local shop and I couldn't get it out of my mind. Went back to play it twice....wasn't really looking for another axe, but this one was too good to let go.

Sound:
This guitar has amazing tone and sound.....the stock humbuckers are very full and lush.....lots of variation between pickup selection and tone controls.

Ease of Use:
Superb playability, absolutely love the carved body and how it hugs me when I play it.....extremely comfortable and lightweight.

Support:
Haven't had to use it.

Overall:
Clearly one of the best looking, best playing electric guitars I have ever owned...I could easily see myself picking up another one or two in the coming years......

Submitted: 1/19/2008

Style of Music: Cowboy Rock.

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The CS-336 represents the Custom Shop's first tonally carved guitar, and the fulfillment of a goal originally set forth over 100 years ago by Gibson founder Orville Gibson: to produce an instrument with one-piece back and sides construction. The mahogany back, sides, and center piece of the CS-336 are carved from one block of wood and, when joined to the maple top, create a guitar with unsurpassed resonance and woody tone. Its scaled down body size and slim taper neck allow for more comfortable playing with no compromise in tone.

Technical Info

Body:

Top wood: Figured, book-matched maple

Back, rims, and centerblock are tonally carved from a single block of mahogany

Binding: Single-ply cream on top and back

Neck:

Neck construction: 1-piece mahogany

Fingerboard wood: 22 fret rosewood

Inlays: Pearloid dot

Binding: Single-ply cream

Profile: Slim taper

Scale length/Nut width: 24 3/4 in.; 1 11/16 in.

Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046

Electronics & Hardware:

Pickups: '57 Classic humbuckers

Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch

Hardware color: Nickel

Bridge/Tailpiece: ABR-1/Stopbar

Tuner style: Vintage tulip

Included accessories:

Custom Shop case, Certificate of Authenticity, Custom Care Kit

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Archtop bliss in a compact size! Mahogany back, sides, and center block are all carved from the same piece of wood for superior tone. Scaled-down body size and slim-taper mahogany neck for playing comfort. Figured maple top; '57 Classic humbuckers. Includes case and certificate of authenticity.

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