Gibson ES 335 Dot Fat Neck Electric Guitar

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still has all the same winning tonal qualities as the Custom Shop 335s modeled in 1958 warm, darker, mellow rounded tones perfect for jazz or blues, supercharged with the edge, sustain, and plain authority that comes with semi hollowbody design. In keeping with the vintage 59s, the ES 335 Fat Neck not only boasts the correct rounded 59 one piece mahogany neck profile, but the slightly smaller body of the originals and vintage lightweight maple centerblock construction. The Fat Necks body measures 16 inches wide, 19 inches long, and 1.7 inches deep.Body and FinishesEach Custom Shop ES 335 Fat Neck has a plain maple top, back, and rims with a three ply maple body construction and that vintage lightweight maple centerblock. Models are available in antique red finish, antique natural, antique ebony, and antique vintage sunburst. The pearloid dot inlays give the guitar its distinctive moniker, and they are balanced by a single ply cream binding along the neck, top, and back.Neck and HardwareAll hardware is nickel, and theres a classic ABR 1 bridge with a lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece. True to the original ES 335s, the neck has the rounded 1959 profile and a 24 inch scale length with an 1 1116th inch width at the nut. The headstock has a rich holly veneer and the tuners are vintage tulip style.As with many other iconic Custom Shop reproductions of great Gibsons from the 50s and 60s, the 1959 ES 335 Fat Neck model has two 57 Classic humbucking pickups, two volume po
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