Gibson Custom Shop Limited ES-335 Birdseye (Vintage Sunburst)
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Gibson Custom Shop Limited ES-335 Birdseye (Vintage Sunburst)
History speaks for itself. The ES-335 is one of the most important guitars of all time. Right from its introduction in 1958 as the world’s first semi-hollowbody electric guitar it has been a mainstay of players eager to balance the gorgeous, round, mellow tones perfect for jazz and blues with the edge and sustain of a full-blooded solidbody.
Today the Gibson Custom Shop creates exacting duplicates of the ES-335 as it first left the Kalamazoo plant in 1958. That year just 267 were built, but the original vintage 335s grew steadily in popularity, peaking in 1967 thanks largely to Eric Clapton’s high-profile use of a cherry ES-335 in the band Cream.
All hardware is nickel, and there’s a classic ABR-1 bridge with a lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece. Neck length is 24 3/4 inches with a 1 11/16-inch nut width. Satin finish models have vintage style tulip shaped tuners, while figured and plain tops come with Grover kidney-shaped tuners.
All Custom Shop ES-335s have powerful ’57 Classic humbucking pickups, two volume pots, two tone pots, and a three-way pickup selector switch. They are strung with Gibson Brite Wire .010 strings and come safely nestled in a black levant case. This Limited Edition model comes with beautifully figured Birdseye Maple for the top, back and sides.
Gibson Custom Shop Limited ES-335 Birdseye Features:
- Body: Birdseye Maple/Poplar/Maple laminate.
- Center Block: 1-piece Maple.
- Binding: Cream, single-ply top, back and fingerboard.
- Neck: Mahogany,1960 slim taper.
- Headstock Inlay: Pearl Holly.
- Fingerboard: Rosewood.
- Scale length: 24 3/4", 22 frets
- Inlays: Pearloid dots, nickel hardware
- Bridge: ABR, stopbar tailpiece
- Knobs: Black tophat.
- Pickups: Two '57 Classic humbuckers.
- Controls: Two volume, two tone, three-way switch.
- Case: Black smooth levant hardshell case included.
