The Gibson ES335 Birdseye Exotic Woods Electric Guitar has been used by many artists from Chuck Berry to Larry Carlton, Freddie King to Alvin Lee, and has proven to be one of the most popular and adaptable guitars ever created. Touted as the “wonder-thin” body by Gibson when it launched in 1958, the ES-335 represented a ground-breaking innovation in electric guitars. With its solid maple center block and f-hole semi-hollowbody design, the ES-335 effectively delivers the singing sustain of a solidbody while preserving the tone and richness of a full hollowbody—with no feedback.
The Custom Shop made several changes to more accurately reflect an original ES-335, including a period-correct center block resulting in ten to fifteen percent weight reduction, a slightly thinner body, and lower binding height.
Technical Info
Body & Hardware:
Laminated maple top, back, and rims
Dimensions (WxLxD): 16 1/2 x 20 X 1 in.
Single-ply binding on top and back
Nickel hardware
ABR-1 bridge, stopbar tailpiece
Nitro-cellulose lacquer finish
Neck & Headstock:
1-piece mahogany neck
22 fret rosewood fingerboard
Pearloid dot inlays
Single-ply binding
1960 slim taper neck profile
24 3/4 inches scale length, 1 11/16 inch nut width
Grover kidney tuners
Electronics & Strings:
'57 Classic humbucking pickups
2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector switch
Brite Wire .010 strings
