Gibson Custom 1963 ES 335 Electric Guitar

About Gibson Custom 1963 ES 335 Electric Guitar

Gibson Custom 1963 ES 335 Electric Guitar by Sam Ash - To ensure the 1963 ES 335 Block Reissue has plenty of sonic bite, its got two 57 Gibson Classic humbuckers controlled by two volume pots, two tone pots, and a three way pickup selector switch. The guitar comes strung with Gibson Vintage Reissue .010s and is guaranteed the ultimate quality and ready to play set up thanks to a trip through one of Gibsons state of the art Pleck machines before leaving the Memphis Custom Shops floor.The body is adorned with nickel hardware, an ABR 1 bridge, and a lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece. That 1960 slim profile neck with a special long neck tenon has a 24 scale length and is 1 1116th inches wide at the nut. It is one piece mahogany supporting a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard with the guitars namesake pearloid block inlays and a single ply cream binding. Theres a handsome holly veneer on the headstock and vintage tulip shaped tuners.Theres a single ply cream binding on the top and back. It has the same solid maple center block that gave the original 58s their feedback resistant qualities and contributed greatly to their unique tonal characteristics. The body is closer to the slightly smaller 1959 Fat Neck design at 16 inches wide and 19 inches long, but sports the original 58s depth of 1 34 inches.Like all of the Gibson Custom Shops top of the line guitars, it also comes with a Custom Shop case, a custom care kit, and a certificate of authenticity. History The ES 335 was an important part of the six string landscape by the time Gibsons engineers gave the instrument its first major renovation in 1963, creating the prototypes of the Custom Shops 1963 ES 335 Block Reissue. Just five years earlier the ES 335s semi hollow body design was a remarkable innovation and became the perfect guitar for players seeking the gorgeous, round, mellow tones associated with hollow bodies ideal for jazz and blues complimented by the edge and sustain of a full blooded solid body. Sales absolutely spiked in 1963 following the two refinemen
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