Gibson Custom Limited CS-336 Quilt, Primary Burst

Gibson Custom Limited CS-336 Quilt, Primary Burst Overview

Gibson Custom Limited CS-336 Quilt Overview by GAK:

Whoa! Straight from Gibson's Nashville Custom Shop this jaw-dropping semi-acoustic might look like an 'ES' model but has a tonally carved Mahpgany back and solid carved Quilt Maple top rather than the the 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple top, back and rims of its esteemed cousins from Memphis. So the CS-336 delivers the classic look of the 335 with its elegantly tapered figured-top but the Custom Shop's engineers have enhanced the CS-336's playability. Although the CS-336 has the same body lines as the ES-335, the model is scaled down to provide solidbody style comfort. And its neck has the slim, "fast" profile of vintage '60s Gibson guitars.

To create truly great resonating properties, the back and sides of the CS-336 are a single piece of mahogany that is shaped inside and out like a classic Gibson archtop, but with a solid center beam running the length of the body from the neck tenon to the tail block. The model's solid, two-piece maple top is also carved inside and out to the shape and thickness of ES-series archtops, but it, too, has a solid center section that matches up to the centre beam of the body. And before each CS-336 leaves the Custom Shop it is checked and adjusted by one of Gibson's state-of-the-art Plek machines, ensuring the ultimate ready-to-play set-up.

The overall body size is an ultra-comfortable 13-inches wide, 16 inches long, and 1 11/16th-inches deep. The CS-336 has two Gibson Custom Bucker pickups along with the historic Gibson two tone pot, two volume pot, one three-way selector switch control configuration and an ABR-1 bridge. Another factor in the CS-336's gorgeous sustain is its one-piece mahogany neck supporting a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays, designed to a vintage 1960 taper neck profile. Its scale length is a comfortable 24 3/4-inches with a 1 11/16th-inch wide nut. Plays and sounds as good as it looks! One only, actual guitar pictured.