Gibson ES 335

I bought this guitar at the end of October and it has only been played for a few hours in my smokefree home. It comes with all of the case candy and warranty card that hasn't been filled out yet. It even still has the hang tag on the case. I have decided I need something with a larger neck, so I'm gonna let this one go. The guitar is a 2011 model made in the Nashville Custom Shop. It is not the cheaper version made in Memphis. All of the Nashville made 335's I have played have been better, and I work for Gibson so I've played quite a few. This is the most expensive regular production 335 Gibson makes. It retails for $6845, and I paid $4800 for it. The guitar looks as new as the day I got it. Get this essentially new guitar, for a lot less. Pictures are of actual guitar. Let me know if you would like any additional pictures. Below is the info listed on the Gibson website.  1963 ES-335 BlockThe ES-335 was an important part of the six-string landscape by the time Gibson’s engineers gave the instrument its first major renovation in 1963, creating the prototypes of the Custom Shop’s 1963 ES-335 Block Reissue. Just five years earlier the ES-335’s semi-hollowbody design was a remarkable innovation and became the perfect guitar for players seeking the gorgeous, round, mellow tones associated with hollowbodies - ideal for jazz and blues - complimented by the edge and sustain of a full-blooded solidbody.

Sales absolutely spiked in 1963 following the two refinements represented in the 1963 ES-335 Block Reissue. The first was cosmetic. The dots on the fingerboard of the ES-335 were replaced with block inlays, introduced for easier visibility and an extra touch of eye-catching class. And the neck was tapered to the thinner profile that was standard for Gibsons in the ’60s. The result was the classic instrument now honored by the Gibson Custom Shop’s exacting reproduction.  History 

The ES-335 was an important part of the six-string landscape by the time Gibson’s engineers gave the instrument its first major renovation in 1963, creating the prototypes of the Custom Shop’s 1963 ES-335 Block Reissue. Just five years earlier the ES-335’s semi-hollowbody design was a remarkable innovation and became the perfect guitar for players seeking the gorgeous, round, mellow tones associated with hollowbodies - ideal for jazz and blues - complimented by the edge and sustain of a full-blooded solidbody.

Sales absolutely spiked in 1963 following the two refinements represented in the 1963 ES-335 Block Reissue. The first was cosmetic. The dots on the fingerboard of the ES-335 were replaced with block inlays, introduced for easier visibility and an extra touch of eye-catching class. And the neck was tapered to the thinner profile that was standard for Gibsons in the ’60s. The result was the classic instrument now honored by the Gibson Custom Shop’s exacting reproduction.

Hardware

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 ¾-scale length and is 1 11/16th-inches wide at the nut. It is one-piece mahogany supporting a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with the guitar’s namesake pearloid block inlays and a single-ply cream binding. There’s a handsome holly veneer on the headstock and vintage tulip shaped tuners.

To ensure the 1963 ES-335 Block Reissue has plenty of sonic bite, it’s 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 Gibson’s state-of-the-art Pleck machines before leaving the Nashville Custom Shop’s floor.

Like all of the Gibson Custom Shop’s top-of-the-line guitars, it also comes with a Custom Shop case and certificate of authenticity.  

Finish and Body

The color options for its plain maple top, back, and rims – vintage sunburst, ebony, antique natural, and faded cherry – evoke the history of this outstanding instrument. Additionally, there’s 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 ’58’s depth of 1 3/4 inches.